Full Text of HB3713 103rd General Assembly
HB3713sam003 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Adriane Johnson Filed: 5/23/2024 | | 10300HB3713sam003 | | LRB103 29805 RJT 72898 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3713
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3713 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 2-3.204, 10-20.87, and 34-18.87 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.204 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.204. School ventilation document. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "active classroom" means a | 9 | | room currently being used for any duration of in-person | 10 | | instruction. | 11 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | 12 | | Education, in consultation with the Department of Public | 13 | | Health, shall develop an educational document explaining, at a | 14 | | minimum, the values of good indoor air quality and shall | 15 | | supply the document in a Portable Document Format (PDF) to | 16 | | school districts within one year after an appropriation is |
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| 1 | | made for this purpose. | 2 | | (c) Subject to appropriation, a school district shall | 3 | | supply all active classroom instructors, school staff, school | 4 | | administrators, and district leadership with the educational | 5 | | document developed by the State Board under subsection (b) in | 6 | | a PDF and a physical format. | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new) | 8 | | Sec. 10-20.87. School ventilation. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "active classroom" means a | 10 | | room currently being used for any duration of in-person | 11 | | instruction. | 12 | | (b) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 13 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, a school district | 14 | | shall ensure that all active classrooms that are not | 15 | | mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning | 16 | | windows, or one window in situations where only one is | 17 | | present, that can open and can safely stay open. A school | 18 | | district must be in compliance with this subsection within 2 | 19 | | years after funding is made available to the school district | 20 | | for this purpose. | 21 | | (c) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 22 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, a school district | 23 | | shall ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an | 24 | | air quality monitor or sensor that is installed and operating. | 25 | | Each school shall record all incidents in which the |
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| 1 | | recommended parts-per-million level was breached in a | 2 | | classroom and maintain those records for at least 5 years. An | 3 | | air quality monitor or sensor supplied under this subsection | 4 | | may not be shared between active classrooms. | 5 | | (d) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 6 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, a school district | 7 | | shall ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an | 8 | | in-room air cleaner that is installed and operating. An | 9 | | in-room air cleaner supplied under this subsection may not be | 10 | | shared between active classrooms. | 11 | | (e) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 12 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, a school district | 13 | | shall supply each school in the district with 5 additional | 14 | | in-room air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors or | 15 | | sensors to be used in the school health office, the school | 16 | | library, the school cafeteria, and other similar school | 17 | | spaces. | 18 | | (f) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 19 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the regional | 20 | | office of education or intermediate service center for a | 21 | | school district shall undertake a ventilation verification | 22 | | assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in a school | 23 | | district. The ventilation verification assessment shall verify | 24 | | whether the existing mechanical ventilation system is | 25 | | operating in accordance with design parameters and meets the | 26 | | requirements of any applicable building codes. |
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.87 new) | 2 | | Sec. 34-18.87. School ventilation. | 3 | | (a) As used in this Section, "active classroom" means a | 4 | | room currently being used for any duration of in-person | 5 | | instruction. | 6 | | (b) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 7 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the school | 8 | | district shall ensure that all active classrooms that are not | 9 | | mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning | 10 | | windows, or one window in situations where only one is | 11 | | present, that can open and can safely stay open. The school | 12 | | district must be in compliance with this subsection within 2 | 13 | | years after funding is made available to the school district | 14 | | for this purpose. | 15 | | (c) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 16 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the school | 17 | | district shall ensure that all active classrooms are equipped | 18 | | with an air quality monitor or sensor that is installed and | 19 | | operating. Each school shall record all incidents in which the | 20 | | recommended parts-per-million level was breached in a | 21 | | classroom and maintain those records for at least 5 years. An | 22 | | air quality monitor or sensor supplied under this subsection | 23 | | may not be shared between active classrooms. | 24 | | (d) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 25 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the school |
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| 1 | | district shall ensure that all active classrooms are equipped | 2 | | with an in-room air cleaner that is installed and operating. | 3 | | An in-room air cleaner supplied under this subsection may not | 4 | | be shared between active classrooms. | 5 | | (e) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 6 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the school | 7 | | district shall supply each school in the district with 5 | 8 | | additional in-room air cleaners and 5 additional air quality | 9 | | monitors or sensors to be used in the school health office, the | 10 | | school library, the school cafeteria, and other similar school | 11 | | spaces. | 12 | | (f) Subject to funding from the State Board of Education | 13 | | from an appropriation made for this purpose, the State Board | 14 | | of Education shall undertake a ventilation verification | 15 | | assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school | 16 | | district. The ventilation verification assessment shall verify | 17 | | whether the existing mechanical ventilation system is | 18 | | operating in accordance with design parameters and meets the | 19 | | requirements of any applicable building codes. ". |
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