78R730 KKA-D

By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 22 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the development and implementation of school district 
indoor air quality programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 38.016 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.016.  INDOOR AIR QUALITY PROGRAM.  (a)  A school 
district shall develop and implement an indoor air quality program 
that addresses indoor air quality at each facility used by the 
district primarily for the instruction of students.
	(b)  A school district shall appoint a coordinator to manage 
the program and shall provide appropriate support staff to assist 
the coordinator.
	(c)  The program must include:                                          
		(1)  assessment of indoor air quality, including annual 
inspection and review of district facilities;
		(2)  development of standards and goals for indoor air 
quality;      
		(3)  a maintenance and operation plan, including an 
implementation schedule;
		(4)  a management plan, including provisions regarding 
recordkeeping;
		(5)  procedures for establishing a budget and 
identifying sources of funding for the program;
		(6)  procedures for training district employees 
regarding the program;
		(7)  procedures for communicating with parents, 
students, and district employees regarding the program and indoor 
air quality;
		(8)  an annual review of the program by the board of 
trustees in a public meeting with public participation; and
		(9)  a complaint process available to members of the 
public and district employees.
	(d)  In developing standards and goals as required by 
Subsection (c)(2), a school district shall consider any relevant 
guidelines established by the Texas Board of Health under Chapter 
385, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.