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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 128
          Author:   Ting (D)
          Amended:  5/22/14 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  76-0, 5/19/14 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote


           SUBJECT  :    Living Schoolyard Month

           SOURCE  :     Education Outside
                      Green Schoolyards America


           DIGEST  :    This resolution Designates the month of May as Living  
          Schoolyard Month.  

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1.Environmental sustainability has become a high priority in  
            urban planning and design, and should be incorporated in  
            construction and renovation of schools.  Schools can benefit  
            their surrounding communities through thoughtful design and  
            use of their grounds, paying mind to local ecological, social,  
            and cultural context.

          2.An ecological schoolyard setting provides a peaceful,  
            comfortable, and aesthetically pleasant environment for  
            students, particularly for those students who lack the desire  
            or ability to engage in competitive, fast-paced, or more  
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            structured activities.

          3.Children should be given the opportunity to reflect and  
            embrace their local ecological, social, and cultural context  
            in both recreational and instructional settings.  Outdoor  
            classrooms provide clearer context for standards-based  
            instruction in life and physical sciences, health and  
            nutrition, and social science.

          4.The Instructional School Gardens Program has been established  
            by the Legislature for the promotion, creation, and support of  
            instructional school gardens.

          This resolution designates the month of May as Living Schoolyard  
          Month and urges the California Department of Education to  
          continue to prioritize the design and construction of  
          student-accessible green space on school campuses and to  
          integrate use of this space into the teaching of standards-based  
          curriculum.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/28/14)

          Education Outside (co-source)
          Green Schoolyards America (co-source)
          Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility 
          Children in Nature Collaborative
          Delaine Eastin, former State Superintendent of Public  
          Instruction
          Green Schools Initiative
          Green Schoolyards America
          International School Ground Alliance
          Life Lab
          NatureBridge
          Oakland Unified School District
          San Francisco Public Utilities Commission 
          San Francisco Unified School District
          StopWaste

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  76-0, 5/19/14
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian  
            Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  







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            Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,  
            Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,  
            Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,  
            Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,  
            Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Olsen, Pan,  
            Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk,  
            Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,  
            Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,  
            Williams, Yamada, Atkins
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Mansoor, Nazarian, Nestande, Vacancy


          PQ:d  6/4/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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