HB2089
School boards, local; lead testing of potable water in schools.
Summary
As Introduced. Local school boards; school buildings; potable water; lead testing.
Requires each local school board to develop and implement a plan to test potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority as often as is required of the supplying public water system by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water, giving priority ... (More) in such testing plan to schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986. The bill requires such plan and the results of each such test to be posted on the local school board's website and transmitted to and archived by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicates a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 20 parts per billion, the school board shall develop, implement, and post on its website a plan to remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 20 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water at two consecutive six-month intervals. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100516D
- 01/10/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/20/2017 - House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/23/2017 - House: Impact statement from VDH (HB2089)
- 01/27/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
- 02/07/2017 - House: Left in Education
