Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 7523. Legislative purpose

(1) authorize and require the Department of Education, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Protection to develop and implement environmental education programs for the citizens of this Commonwealth and to provide leadership, services, funding and accountability for environmental education;

(2) encourage the environmental education efforts of other agencies where appropriate, including, but not limited to, those of the county conservation districts, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of General Services and the Department of Transportation;

(3) create and establish the Advisory Council on Environmental Education within the Department of Education; and

(4) establish the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education to support the environmental education efforts of State agencies, county conservation districts, formal and nonformal educators and nonprofit organizations.