Detroit, Michigan, skyline. Photo by Kahari King on Unsplash.
Michigan's House Bill 4961 died in committee on December 31, 2024, when the 2023-2024 legislative session ended. If enacted, the bill would have established an environmental literary task force charged with developing an environmental literacy model curriculum that would, among other things, "[p]repare students for understanding environmental challenges of this state and the United States, including the relationship of the environment to ... climate change." "Climate change" was also listed among the "definitions for key terms that must be addressed in the environmental literacy model curriculum." The bill was sponsored by Julie M. Rogers (D-District 41) and thirty of her colleagues.
