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MA H560

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mindy Domb

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Interdisciplinary Climate Literacy Trust Fund to support K-12 climate education, funded through legislative appropriations, grants, gifts, and donations, with money remaining at fiscal year-end retained in the fund

  • Creates a 10-member Interdisciplinary Climate Literacy Advisory Council including youth leaders, environmental justice representatives, educators, and climate science experts to develop guidelines for district-level climate literacy plans

  • Authorizes districts to implement plans covering causes and impacts of climate change, environmental justice, policy solutions, climate activism, and how to evaluate and communicate credible climate information across science, math, arts, history, civics, and social sciences curricula

  • Requires funding prioritization for schools serving economically-disadvantaged students, environmental justice populations, and communities facing disproportionate climate impacts

  • Mandates annual reporting to the legislature by October 1 on fund sources, expenditures, recipient districts, and educational materials, with reports made publicly available online

Legislative Description

Implementing elementary and secondary interdisciplinary climate literacy education

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

11/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means11/17/2025
Education2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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