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# Davis signs environmental education bill
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/davis-signs-environmental-education-bill/
- Published: 2003-10-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:01:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Pier, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Gov. Gray Davis was in Santa Monica last week to sign a bill that will help elementary and secondary school students better understand the environment.

Davis on Thursday was at the Santa Monica Pier to sign the bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley. Heal the Bay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Santa Monica Bay, supported the bill, as well as actor Pierce Brosnan.

“California has serious air and water degradation that affects our health and our economy,” Pavley said. “(The bill) will help students make informed decisions on how to live and work in ways that are positive on our environment. As a teacher, I know that kids care about the environment and lessons about the environment will get them more engaged in the learning process.”

The bill directs the Office of Education on the Environment to develop environmental principles and use them to create a model curriculum. It also requires that the Department of Education incorporate these environmental principles into the next purchasing cycle of instructional materials.

National Geographic, a strong supporter of the legislation said in a statement, “AB 1548 does not reinvent the wheel. It refines it for a child of the 21st Century. Environmental education is critical to empower future generations.”

The bill also establishes an account to generate funds through public and private donations, and judgments against polluters in state or federal court that will be specifically designated for use for environmental education.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 6, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)