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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 640

    By Senator Rich





    34-567-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational facilities;

  3         creating s. 1013.135, F.S.; requiring each

  4         district school board to adopt and implement an

  5         indoor air quality program; requiring annual

  6         reports to the Department of Education;

  7         requiring uniform air quality inspections and

  8         evaluations; providing requirements for

  9         educational facility sites and project plans;

10         providing requirements for heating,

11         ventilating, and air-conditioning systems;

12         requiring maintenance of records; requiring

13         school district or educational facility indoor

14         air quality committees; requiring indoor

15         environmental quality training programs for

16         staff; providing an effective date.

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18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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20         Section 1.  Section 1013.135, Florida Statutes, is

21  created to read:

22         1013.135  Indoor air quality of educational

23  facilities.--

24         (1)  Each district school board shall adopt and

25  implement an indoor air quality program using the guidelines

26  of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor

27  Air Quality Tools for Schools Program to provide for ongoing

28  maintenance and facility reviews necessary for the improvement

29  and proper maintenance of the indoor air quality of its

30  educational facilities.

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 1         (2)  Each district school board shall annually report

 2  to the Department of Education on the condition of the air

 3  quality of its educational facilities and the action taken to

 4  implement its indoor air quality program and long-range

 5  building program through the district educational facilities

 6  plan and district facilities work program.

 7         (3)  Before January 2010 and every 5 years thereafter,

 8  each district school board shall conduct a uniform air quality

 9  inspection and evaluation of its educational facilities built

10  or renovated after January 1, 2005, using the United States

11  Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for

12  Schools Kit. Educational facilities built before January 1,

13  2005, which are not scheduled for renovation are subject to

14  such inspection and evaluation every 2 years beginning with

15  the implementation of the school district's indoor air quality

16  program. A district school board conducting an inspection and

17  evaluation under this subsection shall make available for

18  public inspection at a regularly scheduled district school

19  board meeting the results of the inspection and evaluation.

20         (4)  Prior to approval for new construction, a district

21  school board shall provide for an environmental site

22  assessment relating to air quality pursuant to s. 1013.365. A

23  district school board may not approve an educational facility

24  site or project plan if:

25         (a)  The site is in an area of moderate or high radon

26  potential, unless the project plan incorporates construction

27  techniques to mitigate radon levels in the air of the

28  facility; or

29         (b)  The standards of the State Uniform Building Code

30  for Educational Facilities Construction for heating,

31  ventilating, and air-conditioning systems are not met.

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 1         (5)  Each district school board shall ensure that the

 2  heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems of each of

 3  its educational facilities are:

 4         (a)  Maintained and operated in accordance with the

 5  prevailing maintenance standards, such as the standards of the

 6  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and

 7  Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), at the time of

 8  installation or renovation of the system.

 9         (b)  Operated continuously during the hours that

10  students or school personnel occupy the facilities except

11  during scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs or during

12  periods for which school officials can demonstrate to the

13  department's satisfaction that the quantity of outdoor air

14  supplied by an air supply system that is not mechanically

15  driven meets the ASHRAE standards for air changes per hour.

16         (6)  Each district school board shall maintain records

17  of the maintenance of its heating, ventilating, and

18  air-conditioning systems for at least 5 years.

19         (7)  Each district school board shall establish an

20  indoor air quality committee for the school district or for

21  each facility using the guidelines established by the United

22  States Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality

23  Tools for Schools Program to increase staff and student

24  awareness of facets of the environment which may affect the

25  health of the occupants of the facilities, including, but not

26  limited to, air quality and the presence of radon.

27         (8)  Each district school board shall develop an indoor

28  environmental quality training program for facilities,

29  maintenance, and custodial staff. New employees must complete

30  the training program within the first 60 days following

31  employment. Existing employees must complete the training

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 1  program within 1 year after the implementation of the program.

 2  In the case of new construction, extension, renovation, or

 3  replacement of an educational facility, building maintenance

 4  staff responsible for the facility must be trained, or must be

 5  receiving training, in the appropriate areas of plant

 6  operations, including, but not limited to, heating,

 7  ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. Such training must

 8  be incorporated in the current training manual for

 9  certification of master custodians.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Requires each district school board to adopt and
      implement an indoor air quality program for educational
15    facilities. Requires annual reports to the Department of
      Education. Requires uniform air quality inspections and
16    evaluations. Provides requirements for educational
      facility sites and project plans. Provides requirements
17    for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems.
      Requires maintenance of records. Requires school district
18    or educational facility indoor air quality committees.
      Requires indoor environmental quality training programs
19    for staff.

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