HJ166: Public schools; Board of Education et al. to study use of certain cleaning & maintenance products.

Chief Patron

Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-31)

Scott Lingamfelter (R-31)
Woodbridge, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate

Status

02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Study; Use of certain cleaning and maintenance products in the public schools of the Commonwealth; report. Requests the Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of General Services, to study the use of certain cleaning and maintenance products in the public schools. The Board of Education is requested to establish a year-long pilot program, consisting of elementary and secondary schools representing rural, urban, and suburban school divisions, in which the participating schools are requested to purchase and use only cleaning products certified as environmentally sensitive, or “green,” by the independent Green Seals national certification program. The Board is requested to require that participating schools compare and monitor the cost and efficacy of using “green” cleaning products vis-à-vis commercial cleaning products customarily used in the public schools. Working with the Department of General Services, the Board must confer with various representatives of other state agencies, the education community, business and industry, and other interested parties concerning the efficacy of implementing a “Green, and Clean Schools” program in Virginia. The Board and the Department must report jointly their findings and recommendations to the 2009 General Assembly, and their final findings and recommendations to the 2010 Session of the General Assembly.