3808                                               JOINT RESOLUTIONS

RESOLVED, That the Task Force be continued under all of its
charges as set forth in that Joint Resolution; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the report due by the Task Force on September
1, 1984 be a preliminary report and that a final report of the
Task Force's findings and recommendations be submitted to the
Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 1985; and be it
further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the
Honorable Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable
Melvin A. Steinberg, President of the Senate of Maryland; the
Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of the House of Delegates;
the Honorable Ruth Massinga, Secretary of the Department of Human
Resources, 1100 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201;
the Honorable Charles Buck, Secretary of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, 201 West Preston Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21201.

Signed May 15, 1984.

No. 4

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 10)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Environmental Education Program

FOR the purpose of requesting the State Department of Education
to conduct a study over a certain period of time designed to
to design and implement an environmental education program
to continue to make recommendations for the design and
implementation of environmental education programs in the
Maryland public school system by a certain date; providing
for reports a report to the Governor and the General
Assembly; establishing goals for the program; providing for
the State Department of Education to coordinate the program
with certain State agencies; and generally relating to a

study on environmental education the design and

implementation of an environmental education program in the
Maryland public schools.

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland's rapidily increasing
population places heavy demands on the environment and resources
and places severe pressures on wildlife, land, aquatic resources,
and on the quality of the human environment; and

WHEREAS, Many of the State's valuable resources, including
the Chesapeake Bay, are dependent on responsible management of
the human environment for continued existence; and