SECTIONS 8730-8734 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 8730-8734

8730. There is in the Department of Education a Central Library and
Repository for conservation education materials. Such materials may
be developed by private conservation groups, by industry, and by
professional, scientific, and governmental sources.

8731. The purpose of the library shall be to serve as a master
source of materials for the Conservation Education Service, public
school districts, county superintendents of schools, and any regional
conservation education centers which may be established.

8732. The department shall, in establishing the library, explore
new methods in data processing, new library procedures, and new means
for distributing materials to local school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and any regional conservation education
centers which may be established.

8733. The library shall thoroughly evaluate new materials for
validity, pertinence, objectivity, and usefulness, and shall advise
the state board in the adoption of textbooks in regard to meeting the
requirements for conservation education.

8734. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the
recommendation of the Conservation Education Service, is authorized
to make planning and implementation grants to individual school
districts, or groups of school districts, unified school districts,
county superintendents of schools, the University of California, the
state universities and colleges, and the community colleges to assist
such entities in the development of programs and curriculum in
conservation education.