General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 112
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 143
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require (1) the
2 Department of Public Health to establish a routine indoor air quality
3 monitoring program for use by local and regional boards of education
4 that is consistent with Standard 62 and approved by a scientist with
5 expertise in indoor air quality and an industry professional having
6 knowledge of and experience with Standard 62, (2) each local and
7 regional board of education to maintain an indoor temperature in its
8 school gymnasiums of not lower than sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit and
9 not higher than eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit while the gymnasiums
10 are in use by students, (3) each local and regional board of education to
11 implement such program, and (4) each local and regional board of
12 education to implement a system for receiving and addressing
13 complaints of poor indoor air quality in schools.
Statement of Purpose:
To require local and regional boards of education to maintain healthy
indoor air quality in their schools.
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