| Sec. 1. Identification and enforcement of environmental health protection measures in |
| schools. Resolved: That the Department of Education shall identify |
| significant environmental health protection measures for public |
| schools serving kindergarten to grade 12 specified in law, such |
| as pest and chemical management. The department shall adopt |
| major substantive rules, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, |
| Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to enforce these |
| significant environmental health protection measures. The |
| department also shall develop recommendations for reporting |
| requirements by school administrative units regarding the |
| implementation and effectiveness of environmental health |
| protection measures in the schools in those units. The |
| department shall develop recommendations for further measures |
| necessary to improve the environmental health in schools. The |
| department shall report back to the Second Regular Session of the |
| 122nd Legislature by January 15, 2006 with its report, |
| recommendations and rules adopted pursuant to this resolve. |
