(4) if necessary, reevaluate mitigation pursuant 
to subsection (d). 
(b) TESTING.—A State that receives a grant under 
this Act shall— 
(1) conduct a short-term test in each public 
school in such State; 
(2) submit a report to the Administrator— 
(A) describing the results of each test con-
ducted pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(B) if necessary, estimating the funds nec-
essary to conduct an additional short-term test 
under paragraph (3); and 
(3) in the case of a school that has, according 
to a test conducted under paragraph (1), a radon 
level at or above 4 picocuries per liter at a public 
school, conduct an additional short-term test at such 
public school at a time and manner consistent with 
the Administrator’s Radon Measurements In Schools 
Guidelines updated pursuant to section 2(b). 
(c) MITIGATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of a public 
school at which tests conducted under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of subsection (b) average at least 4 
picocuries per liter— 
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(A) if the State’s report under paragraph 
(2) includes the certification described in para-
graph (2)(A), the State of the school shall miti-
gate the radon level at the public school by pro-
viding funds to the local educational agency 
serving such school to enable the agency to 
carry out the mitigation described in paragraph 
(3); or 
(B) if the State’s report under paragraph 
(2) does not include such certification, the Ad-
ministrator shall carry out the mitigation de-
scribed in paragraph (3), directly or by con-
tract. 
(2) CERTIFICATION; REPORTING.—A State that 
receives a grant under this Act shall— 
(A) if necessary, seek certification from 
each local educational agency that serves each 
public school described in paragraph (1) that 
such agency will, if provided funding pursuant 
to section 3(3)(A), complete the actions de-
scribed in paragraph (3); and 
(B) submit a report to the Administrator 
that— 
(i) in the case in which a local edu-
cational agency provides certification to the 
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State under subparagraph (A), includes 
such certification; 
(ii) describes the results of each test 
at such public school conducted under sub-
section (b); and 
(iii) if necessary, estimates the funds 
necessary to conduct mitigation at such 
public school pursuant to paragraph (3). 
(3) MITIGATION
REQUIREMENTS.—In miti-
gating the radon levels at public schools, the Admin-
istrator or a local educational agency, as appro-
priate, shall— 
(A) work with a licensed radon mitigation 
professional to determine the most effective way 
to mitigate the radon at the public school; 
(B) create a mitigation plan within 3 
months after the date of the second short-term 
test under subsection (b)(3); 
(C) designate a mitigation unit and imple-
ment the mitigation plan under subparagraph 
(B) within 6 months after the date of the sec-
ond short-term test under subsection (b)(3); 
(D) conduct a short-term test not less than 
once per year; and 
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(E) if necessary, conduct the reevaluation 
under subsection (d). 
(d) REEVALUATION.—If the first annual test under 
subsection (c)(3)(D) conducted after the mitigation plan 
is implemented results in a radon level at or above 4 
picocuries per liter at a public school, the local educational 
agency that serves the school shall— 
(1) reevaluate the mitigation plan under sub-
section (c)(3)(B) in consultation with a licensed 
radon mitigation professional; 
(2) create an alternative mitigation plan to re-
place the mitigation plan; 
(3) submit a report to the Administrator— 
(A) describing the results of such annual 
test; and 
(B) estimating the funds necessary to con-
duct reevaluation under this subsection; and 
(4) direct the mitigation unit to implement an 
alternative mitigation plan under subsection (c)(3) 
within 6 months after the date of such annual test. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
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(2) LICENSED
RADON
MITIGATION
PROFES-
SIONAL.—The term ‘‘licensed radon mitigation pro-
fessional’’ means an individual— 
(A) licensed, registered, or qualified by a 
State radon program to mitigate radon; or 
(B) approved by the Administrator to miti-
gate radon. 
(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) MITIGATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘mitigation 
plan’’ means the plan to mitigate radon created by 
the licensed radon mitigation professional in con-
sultation with the local educational agency under 
subsection (c)(3)(B). 
(5) MITIGATION UNIT.—The term ‘‘mitigation 
unit’’ means the individuals designated under sub-
section (c)(3)(C) by the local educational agency to 
implement the mitigation plan. 
(6) 
PUBLIC
SCHOOL.—The 
term 
‘‘public 
school’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
5145 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7217d). 
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(7) 
RADON
MEASUREMENTS
IN
SCHOOLS 
GUIDELINES.—The term ‘‘Radon Measurements In 
Schools Guidelines’’ means the report entitled 
‘‘Radon Measurements In Schools’’ produced by the 
Administrator in July 1993, describing current in-
formation and guidance on radon testing in a public 
school. 
(8) RADON ZONE 1.—The term ‘‘Radon Zone 
1’’ means those areas with a predicted average in-
door radon screening level greater than 4 picocuries 
per liter. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(10) SHORT-TERM
TEST.—The term ‘‘short- 
term test’’ means a test approved by the Adminis-
trator in which a testing device remains in an area 
for not less than 2 days and not more than 90 days 
to determine the amount of radon in the air that is 
acceptable for human inhalation. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States of the United States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
Æ 
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