Oregon’s climate change education bill advances

Reported by Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education. April 18th, 2025.

Oregon’s House Bill 3365, which seeks to support climate change education in the Beaver State, passed the House of Representatives on a 32-23 vote on April 17, 2025.

If enacted, the bill would require the state board of education to “ensure that the academic content standards for core subjects include sufficient instruction on the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to such causes and effects” during its regular review and revision of curriculum goals, performance indicators, and diploma requirements.