School Environment Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3290
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Fines (Penalties)
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Health
Health warnings
Integrated pest management
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Parent-school relationships
Pesticides
Playgrounds
Product safety
Public schools
School administration
School boards
School buildings
School districts
School personnel
Secondary education
Signs and signboards
Students
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
School Environment Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory System to develop and update uniform standards and criteria for implementing integrated pest management systems in schools; (2) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory Board; and (3) provide grants to local educational agencies to develop such systems. 
Prohibits: (1) the application of a pesticide when a school or school ground is occupied or in use; or (2) the use of an area or room treated by a pesticide, other than a least toxic pesticide, during the 24-hour period beginning at the end of the treatment. 
Requires each local educational agency or school to provide notice of the integrated pest management system of the school district at the beginning of each school year and to give prior notice of any use of a pesticide (other than a least toxic pesticide). 
Prescribes procedures to be followed if a pest cannot be controlled after having used an integrated pest management system and least toxic pesticides. 

Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act. 
Establishes the Integrated Pest Management Trust Fund to carry out education, training, propagation, and development activities under school integrated pest management systems.
Prohibits, any later than six years after this Act's enactment, the use of any pesticide other than a least toxic pesticide in schools unless the Administrator has met the requirements of this Act. 
Prohibits the Administrator from removing any pesticide that is included on the list of pesticides exempted from regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or refusing to add a pesticide to such list solely on the grounds that the pesticide is claimed to be able to be used to control a public health pest.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House