HD 1004 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act implementing an elementary and secondary interdisciplinary climate education curriculum in the Commonwealth

This bill requires Massachusetts schools to include climate change education in their existing science, history, and other subject curricula. It mandates that environmental science standards cover topics such as human impact on the carbon cycle, effects on health and agriculture, and changes to the water cycle and natural disasters. The state education department is authorized to provide resources and professional development materials to help schools teach these topics and may seek additional funding to support the initiative.
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