Education and Labor Environmental Education Council
Actual FY 2024Actual FY 2025Revised FY 2026Recommended FY 2027Recommended FY 2028
SOURCE OF FUNDS
Restricted Funds
Balance Forward240,853569,7321,127,9001,354,1001,559,300
Current Receipts13,25012,15712,40012,40012,400
Non-Revenue Receipts594,412854,433750,000729,100708,300
Total Restricted Funds848,5141,436,3221,890,3002,095,6002,280,000
Federal Fund
Balance Forward(21,495)(4,339)(800)
Current Receipts278,382374,109431,100429,800429,800
Total Federal Fund256,887369,770430,300429,800429,800
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS1,105,4021,806,0922,320,6002,525,4002,709,800
EXPENDITURES BY CLASS
Personnel Costs506,503623,055810,700810,500817,400
Operating Expenses33,50655,97579,50079,30079,300
Grants Loans Benefits76,30076,30076,300
TOTAL EXPENDITURES540,009679,030966,500966,100973,000
EXPENDITURES BY FUND SOURCE
Restricted Funds278,782308,433536,200536,300543,200
Federal Fund261,226370,597430,300429,800429,800
TOTAL EXPENDITURES540,009679,030966,500966,100973,000
EXPENDITURES BY UNIT
Ky Environmental Education Council540,009679,030966,500966,100973,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES540,009679,030966,500966,100973,000
Ine Kentucky Environmental Education Council was established in 1990 by KRS 157.910 and is charged with improving the environmental literacy of all Kentuckyians. The Council provides opportunities for all Kentuckyians to understand both that environmental problems exist and how each person's actions contribute to the health of the environment. In accordance with KRS 224.10-250, the Council receives the first $150,000 in environmental fines and penalties collected by the Energy and Environment Cabinet for funding programs and activities that improve the quality of environmental education in the Commonwealth. These programs and activities include:
Working with citizens, especially those engaged in environmental education, to implement the master plan for improving environmental education and environmental literacy.
Working with the Kentucky Department of Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and agencies that make up the Environmental Education Interagency Committee to establish guidelines for improving professional development in environmental education for educators.
Establishing standards for environmental education that fit within the Kentucky Department of Education’s instructional standards and help ensure balanced, ecologically-based curriculum and instruction.
Working to ensure that environmental education is equitably distributed to all Kentuckians.
Additionally, in accordance with KRS 224.43-505, the Council provides interest accrued on the Kentucky Pride Fund, a fund that receives environmental remediation fees charged on each ton of waste disposed of at Kentucky landfills, to the eight state public universities to operate environmental education centers.
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