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1999 SESSION

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HB 2478 Indoor air quality in public schools.

Introduced by: George W. Grayson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Indoor air quality in public schools. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a task force to identify existing guidelines and standards for indoor air quality and Uniform Statewide Building Code requirements for heating, air conditioning, and ventilation systems for schools. The task force will consist of twelve members, including two members of the House of Delegates and one member of the Senate, representatives of the Virginia Association of School Boards, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Association of Counties, and the Virginia Education Association, one licensed architect or engineer actively engaged in the practice of school design and construction and representatives of the Departments of Housing and Community Development, Education, and Health. Various appointments will be made by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, and the Governor. The task force must develop recommendations regarding indoor air quality in public schools and report such recommendations to the House Committees on Education and on Appropriations, and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and on Finance by December 1, 1999.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Indoor air quality in public schools. Requires local school boards to strive to ensure that the instructional areas in all school buildings comply with federal and state requirements and regulations governing indoor air quality.

Currently, the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act provides that the interiors of public schools be smoke-free, with limited exceptions for designated areas after student activities have concluded. In addition, § 22.1-138 already requires testing for radon in public school buildings.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Indoor air quality in public schools. Requires local school boards to establish procedures to ensure that the instructional areas in all school buildings comply with federal and state requirements and regulations governing indoor air quality.

Currently, the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act provides that the interiors of public schools be smoke-free, with limited exceptions for designated areas after student activities have concluded. In addition, § 22.1-138 already requires testing for radon in public school buildings.