Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB434 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 434
5	5	September 19, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, GUSTAFSON,
6	6	STUBBS, TUSLER, BALDEH and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators COWLES and
7	7	WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Education.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 254.23 of the statutes; relating to: indoor air quality
10	10	inspection and evaluation program for public schools.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	This bill requires the Department of Health Services to establish an indoor air
13	13	quality inspection and evaluation program for public school buildings used by pupils.
14	14	DHS may perform random inspections of a public school building used by pupils, and
15	15	DHS must respond to complaints about the air quality in a public school building
16	16	used by pupils, unless the building was inspected within the previous two years and
17	17	no problems were identified or the building was inspected within the previous six
18	18	months and problems were identified. DHS may request and receive assistance from
19	19	local health departments or qualified third parties in performing its duties under the
20	20	bill. If DHS, a local health department, or a qualified third party performs an
21	21	inspection of the air quality in a public school building used by pupils, DHS, the local
22	22	health department, or the qualified third party must compile a report of the results
23	23	of that inspection in areas of the building used by pupils and areas of the building
24	24	not used by pupils, including the known potential health consequences of any
25	25	problems identified with air quality in the building and any identified potential
26	26	sources of air quality issues. DHS, the local health department, or the qualified third
27	27	party must present the report to the person who made the complaint, if any; to the
28	28	school board or the governing board of a charter school, whichever is applicable,
29	29	during an open meeting; and to the local health department, unless the local health
30	30	department performed the investigation and compiled the report. If requested, DHS
31	31	must then assist the school in developing a reasonable plan to address any air quality
32	32	issues found in the inspection.
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37	37	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
38	38	an appendix to this bill.
39	39	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
40	40	enact as follows:
41	41	SECTION 1. 254.23 of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	254.23 Indoor air quality inspection and evaluation program for
43	43	public schools. (1) The department shall establish an indoor air quality inspection
44	44	and evaluation program for public school buildings used by pupils. The department
45	45	may perform random air quality inspections of a public school building used by
46	46	pupils and shall respond to complaints received about the quality of air in a public
47	47	school building used by pupils, unless the building was inspected within the previous
48	48	2 years and no air quality problems were identified or the building was inspected
49	49	within the previous 6 months and air quality problems were identified. The
50	50	department may request and receive assistance from local health departments or
51	51	qualified 3rd parties in performing its duties under this section.
52	52	(2) If the department, a local health department, or a qualified 3rd party
53	53	performs an air quality inspection of a public school building used by pupils, the
54	54	department, local health department, or qualified 3rd party shall do all of the
55	55	following:
56	56	(a) Compile a report of the results of the air quality inspection in the areas of
57	57	the building that are used by pupils and the areas that are not used by pupils,
58	58	including the known potential health consequences of any problems identified with
59	59	air quality in the building and any identified potential sources of air quality issues.
60	60	(b) Present the report of the results to all of the following:
61	61	1. The person who complained about the quality of air, if any.
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87	87	2. The school board or the governing board of a charter school, whichever is
88	88	applicable, during an open meeting.
89	89	3. The appropriate local health department, unless the local health department
90	90	performed the inspection and compiled the report under sub. (2) (a).
91	91	(c) If requested, assist the school in developing a reasonable plan to address any
92	92	air quality issues found in the inspection.
93	93	(3) Neither the department nor any local health officer may exercise authority
94	94	granted under ch. 252 based on any complaint, inspection, or evaluation under this
95	95	section if any person affiliated with the public school requested the inspection or the
96	96	inspection was completed at random.
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