Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 Introduced
The Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 (HR 3637) was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Rick Boucher (D-PA), and David Wu (D-OR). HESA amends the Higher Education Act to authorize a new $50 million grant program at the Department of Education that will annually support between 25 and 200 sustainability projects at higher education institutions and consortia/associations. The Campaign for Environmental Literacy has launched a campaign in support of the legislation, and is asking institutions of higher education to sign on to a support statement and to also contact their legislators about this bill.
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With great pleasure, I am writing to let you know that the Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 (S. 2444) was introduced this morning in the Senate by Senator Patty Murray. HESA is co-sponsored by Senators Bingaman, Dodd, Kennedy, and Kerry. Such a powerful list of Democratic co-sponsors puts HESA in an excellent position. We are continuing to look for a Republican co-sponsor to keep HESA (and sustainability education) as bi-partisan as possible.
The House is expected to vote in mid-January on the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act and also includes HESA. If it passes, then the conference between the House and Senate (which has already passed their new Higher Education act) should occur shortly thereafter. This conference will decide which of the 30+ new programs including HESA make it into the final bill.
So we may be getting close to the finish line. Please be sure to get your campus to endorse HESA and reach out to your Congressional delegation, if you haven’t already.
Jim Elder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy