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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6551 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and 

local educational agencies for abatement, removal, and interim controls 

of polychlorinated biphenyls in public school facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2010 

Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. NADLER of New York) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants 

to States and local educational agencies for abatement, 

removal, and interim controls of polychlorinated 

biphenyls in public school facilities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Schools, Healthy 

5 Kids Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ABATEMENT, REMOVAL, AND INTERIM 

2 CONTROLS OF POLYCHLORINATED 

3 BIPHENYLS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 

4 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu5 cation is authorized to make grants to States and local 

6 educational agencies for abatement, removal, and interim 

7 controls of polychlorinated biphenyls in public school fa8 cilities, including, where applicable, early learning facili9 ties. 

10 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

11 under subsection (a), a State or local educational agency 

12 shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 

13 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

14 Secretary may require. 

15 (c) COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION.—A State or local 

16 educational agency receiving a grant under subsection (a) 

17 shall be required to provide notification to the students 

18 and their families, staff and school employees, and other 

19 relevant parties in the community of the work to be under20 taken with the grant. The notification shall contain such 

21 additional information as the Secretary shall require. 

22 (d) COORDINATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC23 TION AGENCY.—The Administrator of the United States 

24 Environmental Protection Agency shall provide to the Sec25 retary of Education such guidance as may be necessary, 

26 including promulgating necessary regulations, to ensure 


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1 safe school conditions and effective abatement, removal, 

2 or interim controls. Such guidance may be used by— 

3 (1) the Secretary in defining application and se4 lection criteria; 

5 (2) State or local educational agencies in devel6 oping work plans and applications for grants under 

7 subsection (a); and 

8 (3) State or local educational agencies in car9 rying out the work after receiving a grant under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

13 $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 

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