HB 797

            
2020 SESSION


20105277D

HOUSE BILL NO. 797

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Education

on January 29, 2020)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Askew)

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-135.1 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to local school boards; lead testing; report; parental
notification.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:

� 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing.

Each local school board shall develop and implement a plan to
test and, if necessary, remediate potable water from sources identified by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including
bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps,
classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or
visibly used for consumption. Such plan shall be consistent with guidance
published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of
Health. The local school board shall give priority in the testing plan to
schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before
1986. Each local school board shall submit such testing plan and report the
results of any such test to the Department of Health. Each local school board
shall take all steps necessary to notify parents if testing results indicate
lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion.