Lead-free Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-6525
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-12-08
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Lead-free Students Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local education agency, as a condition of receiving ESEA funds, to require a student to undergo blood lead-level testing prior to enrolling in an elementary school for the first time.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2016 Mrs. Watson Coleman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require students to undergo lead screenings.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lead-free Students Act . 2. Lead screening Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 8549D. Lead screening requirement As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, a local educational agency shall require that prior to enrolling in an elementary school for the first time, a student shall undergo a screening of the student’s blood lead level. . 3. Table of contents The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8549C the following: Sec. 8549D. Lead screening requirement. .