Sec. 3. Reauthorization of healthy high-performance schools
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Section 501 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2695 ) is amended to read as follows: In this section: The term early childhood education program has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1003 ). The term eligible child care provider means a center-based child care provider described in section 658P(6)(A) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858n(6)(A) ). The term eligible facility means— a public school facility operated by a local educational agency or a Tribal educational agency; a facility operated by an early childhood education program; and a center-based child care facility operated by an eligible child care provider.
The term environmental concern means environmental problems, contaminants, hazardous substances, and pollutant emissions, as described in section 504(a)(3)(A). The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 28(a). The term local educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may provide grants to States and Indian Tribes for use in— providing training and technical assistance to State or local government staff who are involved in school maintenance or operations or educational facilities capital outlay projects, local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and eligible child care providers in addressing environmental concerns in eligible facilities; and the development of State and Tribal programs to support the remediation of environmental concerns in eligible facilities that include— standards for the planning, design, construction, management, and renovation of the eligible facilities; the identification of— ongoing environmental problems, including environmental concerns, in the eligible facilities; and recommended solutions to address those problems, including assessment of information on the exposure of children, students, and educators to environmental hazards in eligible facilities; and the development of State-level or Tribal interagency memoranda of understanding for the implementation of programs described in this paragraph.
The ability of an Indian Tribe to receive a grant under this section does not limit or affect the authority of the Administrator under this title to establish other opportunities for Indian Tribes to apply for and receive program authorization or funding. . Section 503 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2695b ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking , until the expiration of authority described in section 501(b) ; and by adding at the end the following: In this section, the terms eligible facility , environmental concern , and Indian Tribe have the meanings given those terms in section 501(a).
The Administrator shall— carry out periodic outreach to States and Indian Tribes to make available information relating to— the exposure of children and students to environmental hazards in eligible facilities; regulations and guidelines applicable to identifying, remediating, and monitoring environmental hazards in eligible facilities; and other materials that may assist States and Indian Tribes in addressing environmental concerns, including high-hazard chemical products stored or used by eligible facilities for maintenance or instruction; and facilitate the biannual convening at the regional or national level of school and early childhood education program stakeholders, including parents, child health experts, educators, researchers, nonprofit organizations, child care providers, States, and Indian Tribes that receive grants under sections 28(d) and 501 to meet with employees of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other Federal agencies to discuss topics relating to— the environmental health of children and students at eligible facilities; and the prevention, identification, remediation, and monitoring of contaminants in indoor air and other environmental health risks and threats relating to buildings and grounds of eligible facilities. .
Section 504 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2695c ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting and not less frequently than once every 10 years thereafter, after section, ; in paragraph (3)(A)— by redesignating clauses
(v)through
(vii)as clauses
(vii)through (ix), respectively; and by inserting after clause
(iv)the following: polychlorinated biphenyls; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; ; in paragraph (6), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: provides technical assistance on best practices for the removal, remediation, and disposal of lead, mold, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other hazardous substances; and to the extent practicable, through surveys and opportunities for self-reporting, collects and makes publicly available an online inventory of schools affected by and onsite locations of lead, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other hazardous substances ; and by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: To the maximum extent practicable, based on data submitted to the Administrator under section 28(d)(11) and any additional data reported under section 503(a), the Administrator shall make publicly available— information relating to the exposure of children and students to environmental hazards in educational facilities; and an inventory of educational facilities in which hazardous substances have been found, particularly hazardous substances with the highest prevalence and harm, such as lead, asbestos, and polychlorinated biphenyls. . Section 505 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2695d ) is amended by striking There are authorized and all that follows through 2013 and inserting There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2035 .
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