Full Text of HB0895 095th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Green | 5 |
| Cleaning Schools Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Legislative findings. Children are vulnerable | 7 |
| to and may be severely affected by exposure to chemicals, | 8 |
| hazardous waste, and other environmental hazards. The Federal | 9 |
| Environmental Protection Agency estimates that human exposure | 10 |
| to indoor air pollutants can be 2 to 5 times and up to 100 times | 11 |
| higher than outdoor levels. Children, teachers, janitors, and | 12 |
| other staff members spend a significant amount of time inside | 13 |
| school buildings and are continuously exposed to chemicals from | 14 |
| cleaners, waxes, deodorizers, and other maintenance products. | 15 |
| Section 10. Use of green cleaning supplies. By no later | 16 |
| than 90 days after implementation of the guidelines and | 17 |
| specifications established under Section 15 of this Act or | 18 |
| thereafter when it is economically feasible, all elementary and | 19 |
| secondary public schools and all elementary and secondary | 20 |
| non-public schools with 50 or more students shall establish a | 21 |
| green cleaning policy and exclusively purchase and use | 22 |
| environmentally-sensitive cleaning products pursuant to the |
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| guidelines and specifications established under Section 15 of | 2 |
| this Act. However, a school may deplete its existing cleaning | 3 |
| and maintenance supply stocks and implement the new | 4 |
| requirements in the procurement cycle for the following school | 5 |
| year. | 6 |
| For the purposes of this Section, adopting a green cleaning | 7 |
| policy is not economically feasible if such adoption would | 8 |
| result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the school. If | 9 |
| adopting a green cleaning policy is not economically feasible, | 10 |
| the school must provide annual written notification to the | 11 |
| Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council (IGGCC), on a | 12 |
| form provided by the IGGCC, that the development and | 13 |
| implementation of a green cleaning policy is not economically | 14 |
| feasible until such time that it is economically feasible. | 15 |
| Section 15. Green cleaning supply guidelines and | 16 |
| specifications. The Illinois Green Government Coordinating | 17 |
| Council (IGGCC) shall, in consultation with the Department of | 18 |
| Public Health, the State Board of Education, regional offices | 19 |
| of education, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, | 20 |
| and a panel of interested stakeholders, including cleaning | 21 |
| product industry representatives, non-governmental | 22 |
| organizations, and others, establish and amend on an annual | 23 |
| basis guidelines and specifications for | 24 |
| environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products | 25 |
| for use in school facilities. The IGGCC shall provide multiple |
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| avenues by which cleaning products may be determined to be | 2 |
| environmentally-sensitive under the guidelines. Guidelines and | 3 |
| specifications must be established after a review and | 4 |
| evaluation of existing research and must be completed no later | 5 |
| than 180 days after the effective date of this Act. Guidelines | 6 |
| and specifications may include implementation practices, | 7 |
| including inspection. The completed guidelines and | 8 |
| specifications must be posted on the IGGCC's Internet website. | 9 |
| Section 20. Dissemination to schools. | 10 |
| (a) Upon the completion of the guidelines and | 11 |
| specifications under Section 15 of this Act, the IGGCC shall | 12 |
| provide each regional office of education and each elementary | 13 |
| or secondary non-public school with 50 or more students in this | 14 |
| State with the guidelines and specifications. Each regional | 15 |
| office of education shall immediately disseminate the | 16 |
| guidelines and specifications to every public school in the | 17 |
| educational service region. Regional offices of education and | 18 |
| the IGGCC shall provide on-going assistance to schools to carry | 19 |
| out the requirements of this Act. | 20 |
| (b) In the event that the guidelines and specifications | 21 |
| under Section 15 of this Act are updated by the IGGCC, the | 22 |
| IGGCC shall provide the updates to each regional office of | 23 |
| education for immediate dissemination to each public school. | 24 |
| Additionally, the IGGCC shall post all updated materials on its | 25 |
| Internet website. |
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 2 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 3 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 5 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 6 |
| implementation of any mandate created by the Green Cleaning | 7 |
| Schools Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law.
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