| 1 | The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to educational facilities; creating s. |
| 7 | 1013.381, F.S.; requiring each district school board to |
| 8 | adopt and implement an indoor environmental quality policy |
| 9 | which provides for periodic surveys; providing that the |
| 10 | policy may include certain requirements; providing for |
| 11 | indemnification under certain circumstances; requiring |
| 12 | notice of indoor environmental quality training |
| 13 | completion; requiring the State Board of Education to |
| 14 | adopt rules; providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 1013.381, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 1013.381 Indoor environmental quality.-- |
| 21 | (1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement |
| 22 | an indoor environmental quality policy which shall provide |
| 23 | procedures for periodic surveys of indoor environmental quality |
| 24 | issues. The policy may: |
| 25 | (a) Be developed and implemented in accordance with the |
| 26 | United States Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air |
| 27 | Quality Tools for Schools Program through which training and |
| 28 | materials shall be provided by the United States Environmental |
| 29 | Protection Agency at no cost to a school or school district. |
| 30 | (b) Require that the school district provide, monitor, and |
| 31 | maintain indoor environmental condition performance in |
| 32 | accordance with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and |
| 33 | Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 62. |
| 34 | (c) Require that educational facilities be certified every |
| 35 | 2 years by a professional engineer as meeting ASHRAE Standard |
| 36 | 62. Upon certification, the school district shall be indemnified |
| 37 | for the life of the certificate from liability related to indoor |
| 38 | environmental quality. A school district shall provide a copy of |
| 39 | the engineer's certification to the Commissioner of Education. |
| 40 | (2) Each school participating in the Indoor Air Quality |
| 41 | Tools for Schools Program training must display its certificate |
| 42 | of completion in a conspicuous manner. |
| 43 | (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to |
| 44 | implement the provisions of this section. |
| 45 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |