KRS 157.920: Geography education -- Legislative findings and goal.

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds that:

(a) The decline in geographic literacy has been widely recognized;

(b) Geographic knowledge is essential to social, political, and environmental

leadership potential and civic involvement; and

(c) Support should be g iven to local efforts to restore geography education to the

school curriculum, train teachers, prepare teaching materials, and raise public

awareness of the importance of geography education.

(2) The General Assembly establishes, on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth,

a goal that the next generation of students in Kentucky will graduate with the

geographic skills and knowledge that will guarantee their readiness to meet the

economic, environmental, and civic challenges of the future.