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Oppose bill: In the 1980s-90s young people heard the same depressing messages about our environment and that the world was going to end. Why are you starting now? Our young students do not need more "drama in their lives." The last three years Progress Democrats and some Republicans have done damage to our nation's students. "If schools teach Climate Change, at least be honest about it! I question how many teacher teach the facts and both sides of the topic? Do you know this? Finally, show taxpayers the exact curriculum being used to teach Climate Change so we know what students are being taught in the classrooms. By the way, China, India, and Iran are the worst polluters in the world. Do our students know this? Are we teaching them the truth? In the meantime, are lakes, rivers, highways, streets, forests, neighbors, beaches, lawns, parks, and yards are littered with garbage. How about getting students involved in picking up garage and recycling? Tell students to stop littering. Why are we letting them on social media during school when we know it is bad for their mental health? It all comes down to money and politics which is a shame.

HB359, HB538, and HB1008 work together to support HB936, one of the three top priority bills in the [Virginia Progressives legislative agenda](http://VAProgressives.org). Taken together, the bills shape physical and curricular infrastructure Virginia's children will need to prepare for taking on the problems of the social provisioning of human needs going into a global climate crisis, and include proper funding mechanisms for their implementation. These bills reach up to meet initiatives from the federal level. Billions in federal funds are being spent into existence, and will flow in greater amounts in the future. They are seeking such programs in order to be spent effectively. More than half a dozen currently active can be found in our above linked legislative agenda, including, directly addressing the impact statement for HB936, [guidance for the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)](https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-09/CPRG%20General%20Competition%20NOFO.pdf) which states: ---- Accordingly, the CPRG general competition for implementation grants is designed to enable states, municipalities, tribes, and territories to achieve the following goals:" ... 2. Pursue measures that will achieve substantial community benefits (such as reduction of criteria air pollutants (CAPs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)), particularly in low- income and disadvantaged communities; ... In general, EPA anticipates that applications may seek funding for the following types of measures: ... • Implementation of new benchmarking and building performance standards ----- VA DEQ has been made aware, including in its Glen Allen DEQ CPRG public input session, that HB936 can tap this program while making DEQ's application more competitive.

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TO: Members, House Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee FROM: Virginia League of Conservation Voters DATE: February 5, 2024 RE: ✅ 2/5 VaLCV Bill Positions | House Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee On February 5, the House Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee will consider: HB1088 We encourage you to SUPPORT HB1088 HB 1088 (Carr) Climate change and environmental literacy; instructional materials, model policies. This Legislation Would: Require the Virginia Board of Education to provide materials on climate change and environmental literacy to local school boards that are based on scientific, peer-reviewed source material.

I urge the subcommittee to support HB 1088. It is essential that all Virginia students at all grade levels have access to complete and accurate information about climate change that is based on peer-reviewed science. Today's students will be dealing with climate change for their entire lives. The topic needs to be taught with age-appropriate information to help students understand the changes in climate that are occurring now and that will continue to worsen, and how to address the causes of those changes. The bill's requirement of accurate, peer-reviewed science is crucial, because organizations funded by fossil-fuel interests have been disseminating inaccurate science information to school systems around the country. I believe the bill would be stronger if it required not just the availability of instructional materials but also the actual teaching of accurate, peer-reviewed science in Virginia schools. Other states do this now. Virginia should too. For a Columbia University report on the state of climate-science education in U.S. schools, see https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/02/09/climate-education-in-the-u-s-where-it-stands-and-why-it-matters/ Note that Virginia is a laggard in this area. We can and must do better.

There can be no more important bill on your docket than this one. Our children and grandchildren are facing an increasingly bleak future due to human caused climate change. We need to give them the tools and understanding of causation so they can work much more effectively at turning the climate crisis around.