The framework for the Nevada GreenPrint is driven by No Child Left Inside funding requirements. The GreenPrint details how Nevada will boost student knowledge across subject areas and connect students to communities through a variety of experiences.

The Nevada GreenPrint Environmental Literacy Plan for Schools recommends the integration of Nevada State Environmental Literacy Core Concepts into NV State Standards of Science, Health, and Social Studies. These Core Concepts and their Benchmarks will ensure students the ability to begin their journey toward Environmental Literacy.

Through this plan, existing courses and tests will be refined and strengthened to ensure academic achievement and foster Environmental Literacy. Associated professional development will give administrators, teachers, and pre-service educator’s opportunities to establish and demonstrate their understanding of environmental literacy. The GreenPrint also addresses methods to measure students’ environmental literacy level, both through coursework and experiences outside the classroom. These experiences will be held to rigorous standards, designed to promote and assess environmental literacy.