Section 32242 Of Article 4. Lead-safe Schools Protection Act From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 19. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Design and implement a strategy for identifying the
characteristics of high-risk schools and provide a basis for
statewide estimates of the presence of lead in schools attended by
young children.
(b) Conduct a sample survey, as described in Section 32241, to
determine the likely extent and distribution of lead exposure to
children from paint on the school, soil in play areas at the school,
drinking water at the tap, and other potential sources identified by
the department for this purpose. To the maximum extent possible,
limited sample testing shall be used to validate survey results. The
department shall compile and summarize the results of that survey and
report those results to the Legislature and the State Department of
Education.
(c) Within 60 days of the completion of testing a schoolsite, the
department shall notify the principal of the school or director of
the schoolsite of the survey results. Within 45 days of receiving the
survey results, the principal or director, as the case may be, shall
notify the teachers and other school personnel and parents of the
survey results.
(d) Make recommendations to the Legislature and the State
Department of Education, based on the survey results and
consideration of appropriate federal and state standards, on the
feasibility and necessity of conducting statewide lead testing and
any additional action needed relating to lead contamination in the
schools.
(e) As deemed necessary and appropriate in view of the survey
results, develop environmental lead testing methods and standards to
ensure the scientific integrity of results, for use by schools and
contractors designated by schools for that purpose.
(f) Evaluate the most current cost-effective lead abatement
technologies.
(g) Work with the State Department of Education to develop
voluntary guidelines for distribution to requesting schools to ensure
that lead hazards are minimized in the course of school repair and
maintenance programs and abatement procedures.