HB 0107 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to educational facilities; creating s.
3	1013.135, F.S.; requiring each district school board to
4	adopt and implement an indoor air quality program;
5	requiring annual reports to the Department of Education;
6	requiring uniform air quality inspections and evaluations;
7	providing requirements for educational facility sites and
8	project plans; providing requirements for heating,
9	ventilating, and air-conditioning systems; requiring
10	maintenance of records; requiring school district or
11	educational facility indoor air quality committees;
12	requiring indoor environmental quality training programs
13	for staff; providing an effective date.
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15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1. Section 1013.135, Florida Statutes, is created
18	to read:
19	1013.135 Indoor air quality of educational facilities.--
20	(1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement
21	an indoor air quality program using the guidelines of the United
22	States Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality
23	Tools for Schools Program to provide for ongoing maintenance and
24	facility reviews necessary for the improvement and proper
25	maintenance of the indoor air quality of its educational
26	facilities.
27	(2) Each district school board shall annually report to
28	the Department of Education on the air quality condition of its
29	educational facilities and the action taken to implement its
30	indoor air quality program and long-range building program
31	through the district educational facilities plan and district
32	facilities work program.
33	(3) Prior to January 2009 and every 5 years thereafter,
34	each district school board shall conduct a uniform air quality
35	inspection and evaluation of its educational facilities built or
36	renovated after January 1, 2004, using the United States
37	Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for
38	Schools Kit. Educational facilities built prior to January 1,
39	2004, that are not scheduled for renovation shall be subject to
40	such inspection and evaluation every 2 years beginning with the
41	implementation of the school district's indoor air quality
42	program. A district school board conducting an inspection and
43	evaluation pursuant to this subsection shall make available for
44	public inspection at a regularly scheduled district school board
45	meeting the results of the inspection and evaluation.
46	(4) Prior to approval for new construction, a district
47	school board shall provide for an environmental site assessment
48	relating to air quality pursuant to s. 1013.365. A district
49	school board shall not approve an educational facility site or
50	project plan if:
51	(a) The site is in an area of moderate or high radon
52	potential, except where the project plan incorporates
53	construction techniques to mitigate radon levels in the air of
54	the facility; or
55	(b) The standards of the State Uniform Building Code for
56	Educational Facilities Construction for heating, ventilating,
57	and air-conditioning systems are not met.
58	(5) Each district school board shall ensure that the
59	heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems of each of
60	its educational facilities are:
61	(a) Maintained and operated in accordance with the
62	prevailing maintenance standards, such as the standards of the
63	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
64	Engineers (ASHRAE), at the time of installation or renovation of
65	such system.
66	(b) Operated continuously during the hours that students
67	or school personnel occupy the facilities except during
68	scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs or during periods
69	for which school officials can demonstrate to the department's
70	satisfaction that the quantity of outdoor air supplied by an air
71	supply system that is not mechanically driven meets the ASHRAE
72	standards for air changes per hour.
73	(6) Each district school board shall maintain records of
74	the maintenance of its heating, ventilating, and air-
75	conditioning systems for a period of at least 5 years.
76	(7) Each district school board shall establish an indoor
77	air quality committee for the school district or for each
78	facility using the guidelines established by the United States
79	Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for
80	Schools Program to increase staff and student awareness of
81	facets of the environment that may affect the health of the
82	occupants of the facilities, including, but not limited to, air
83	quality and the presence of radon.
84	(8) Each district school board shall develop an indoor
85	environmental quality training program for facilities,
86	maintenance, and custodial staff. New employees must complete
87	the training program within the first 60 days of employment.
88	Existing employees must complete the training program within 1
89	year of implementation of the program. In the case of new
90	construction, extension, renovation, or replacement of an
91	educational facility, building maintenance staff responsible for
92	the facility shall be trained, or must be receiving training, in
93	the appropriate areas of plant operations, including, but not
94	limited to, heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems.
95	Such training shall be incorporated in the current training
96	manual for certification of master custodians.
97	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
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