Results of a Survey of State Level Environmental Education Programs

National Environmental Education Advancement Project
February 1996

A State-by-State Summary: Nebraska to Wyoming

For definitions of each of the 16 components of a comprehensive state EE program, click here.

Nebraska

Components in place:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Association

Nevada

Components in place:
State By-law or Requirement for K-12 EE Instruction
State EE Curriculum Guide
State EE Association

Component being developed:
State EE Curriculum Guide

New Hampshire

Components in place:
State Assessment that includes EE
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association

New Jersey

Components in place:
State EE Master Plan
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Office
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association

Components being developed:
State Assessment that includes EE
State Interagency EE Committee
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

New Mexico

Components in place:
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Association

Component being developed:
State EE Master Plan

New York

Components in place:
State EE Curriculum Guide
State EE Office
State Level EE Center and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association

North Carolina

Components in place:
State EE Master Plan
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Office
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

Components being developed:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
EE Trust Fund

North Dakota

Components in place:
None

Components being developed:
State EE Master Plan
State Interagency EE Committee
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

Ohio

Components in place:
State By-law or Requirement for K-12 EE Instruction
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

Oklahoma

Components in place:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Office
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association

Components being developed:
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

Oregon

Components in place:
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association
Funding Sources for EE

Pennsylvania

Components in place:
State EE Master Plan
State By-law or Requirement for K-12 EE Instruction
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Office
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Funding Sources for EE

Components being developed:
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State Assessment that includes EE
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

Rhode Island

Components in place:
State Supported EE Grants Program
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association

Components being developed:
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

South Carolina

Components in place:
State EE Curriculum Guide
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Funding Sources for EE

South Dakota

Component in place:
State EE Association

Tennessee

Components in place:
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State EE Office
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association

Components being developed:
State EE Master Plan
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State EE Curriculum Guide
State EE Board or Advisory Council

Texas

Components in place:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
EE Trust Fund

Utah

Components in place:
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

Components being developed:
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

Vermont

Components in place:
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association

Components being developed:
State EE Master Plan
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes

Virginia

Components in place:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State Supported EE Grants Program
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

Components being developed:
State EE Curriculum Guide
State Assessment that includes EE

Washington

Components in place:
State EE Master Plan
State By-law or Requirement for K-12 EE Instruction
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Office
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services
Funding Sources for EE

Components being developed:
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
Required EE Training for Teacher Certification or Licensing
State Assessment that includes EE

West Virginia

Components in place:
State EE Master Plan
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State EE Association

Wisconsin

Components in place:
State By-law or Requirement for K-12 EE Instruction
Required EE Training for Teacher Certification or Licensing
State EE Curriculum Guide
State Supported EE Grants Program
State EE Board or Advisory Council
State Level EE Centers and/or Regional Offices
State Interagency EE Committee
State EE Association
Funding Sources for EE

Components being developed:
State EE Master Plan
Coordinated Statewide Teacher Inservice Training in EE
Computerized Networking System for EE Materials and Services

Wyoming

Components in place:
State EE Curriculum Guide
EE Learner Objectives/Outcomes
State EE Association

Components being developed:
Funding Sources for EE

For information on other states: Alabama-Montana