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*hb0665*
HOUSE BILL 665
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By: Delegates Jackson, Belcastro, Bhandari, Boteler, C. Branch, Brooks,
Charkoudian, Charles, Ebersole, Forbes, Guyton, Henson, R. Jones, Kipke,
Korman, Landis, Love, Proctor, Ruth, Watson, Williams, and P. Young
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2022
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Schools – Air Quality Testing – Posting Online 2
FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to retain the services of a 3
qualified indoor air quality investigator to conduct any indoor air quality tests the 4
board chooses to have conducted in a public school in the county; requiring a county 5
board and the State Department of Education, on receipt of the results of an indoor 6
air quality test, to post the results on its website in a certain manner; and generally 7
relating to indoor air quality testing in public schools. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 7–447.2 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Education 16
7–447.2. 17
(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL RETAIN THE SERVICES OF A QUALIFIED 18
INDOOR AIR QUALITY INVESTIGATOR TO COND UCT ANY INDOOR AIR Q UALITY 19
TESTING THE BOARD CHOOSE S TO HAVE CONDUCTED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL I N THE 20
COUNTY. 21
(B) (1) ON RECEIPT OF THE RES ULTS OF AN INDOOR AIR QUAL ITY TEST, 22 2 HOUSE BILL 665
A COUNTY BOARD SHALL : 1
(I) POST THE RESULTS ON ITS WEBSITE; AND 2
(II) SUBMIT THE RESULTS TO THE DEPARTMENT . 3
(2) ON RECEIPT OF THE RES ULTS OF AN INDOOR AI R QUALITY TEST, 4
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE RESULTS ON ITS WEBSITE. 5
(3) THE RESULTS POSTED UNDER PARAGRAPH S (1)(I) AND (2) OF 6
THIS SUBSECTION SHAL L BE: 7
(I) WRITTEN IN A MANNER T HAT IS CLEAR AND EASY FOR THE 8
PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND ; AND 9
(II) POSTED IN A CONSPICUO US LOCATION THAT IS EASY FOR 10
THE PUBLIC TO FIND AND ACCESS . 11
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 12
1, 2022. 13