National Overview:  States and Environmental Education (EE)

• 45 states have organized EE associations.
• 25 states have model EE schools.
• 21 states offer a state EE grant program.

• 20 states have an EE master plan.

• 19 states have a state EE Board (one-third of those are within the Department of Education; two-thirds within Department of Natural Resources or Environmental Protection).

• 17 states have an EE office within state government.

• 15 states have adopted formal EE learning objectives/outcomes.

• 12 states conduct student assessments that include EE.

• 9 states offer an EE teacher certification program.

• 7 states have a statute or bylaw encouraging EE.

• 6 states mandate EE in their K-12 public schools.

• 6 states conduct a state-wide public environmental literacy assessment.

• 4 states have created a functioning permanent EE Trust Fund (Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Ohio).