Bill Text: IA HF569 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to water bottle filling stations and lead testing in school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-17 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 445. [HF569 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF569-Introduced.html
House
File
569
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
569
BY
MASCHER
,
STAED
,
WINCKLER
,
and
BOHANNAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
water
bottle
filling
stations
and
lead
1
testing
in
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.73
Water
bottle
filling
1
stations
——
lead
testing
——
signage.
2
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
install
3
at
least
one
water
bottle
filling
station
designed
to
prevent
4
exposure
to
lead
at
each
attendance
center
for
each
one
hundred
5
students
enrolled
at
the
attendance
center.
The
board
shall
6
annually
conduct
testing
for
the
presence
of
lead
at
each
7
filling
station.
The
board
shall
post
the
results
of
the
8
testing
on
the
board’s
internet
site.
9
2.
The
board
shall
post
a
sign
near
each
faucet
in
an
10
attendance
center
which
indicates
that
the
faucet
is
not
11
suitable
for
drinking.
Such
signage
may
indicate
permitted
12
uses
for
such
a
faucet.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
298.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
14
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
15
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
n.
Installation
of
water
bottle
filling
16
stations,
lead
testing,
and
posting
of
signage
pursuant
to
17
section
279.73.
18
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
o.
Conducting
testing
for
the
presence
19
of
lead
in
a
faucet
in
an
attendance
center
that
is
used
for
20
the
preparation
of
food
or
for
drinking.
This
paragraph
is
21
repealed
July
1,
2023.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
6,
paragraph
a,
Code
23
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraphs:
24
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(5)
Additionally,
“school
infrastructure”
25
includes
installation
of
water
bottle
filling
stations,
lead
26
testing,
and
posting
of
signage
pursuant
to
section
279.73.
27
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(6)
Additionally,
“school
infrastructure”
28
includes
conducting
testing
for
the
presence
of
lead
in
a
29
faucet
in
an
attendance
center
that
is
used
for
the
preparation
30
of
food
or
for
drinking.
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
July
31
1,
2023.
32
Sec.
4.
LEAD
TESTING
OF
SCHOOL
FAUCETS.
No
later
than
June
33
30,
2023,
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
34
conduct
a
test
for
the
presence
of
lead
in
each
faucet
in
an
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attendance
center
that
is
used
for
the
preparation
of
food
or
1
for
drinking.
The
board
shall
post
the
results
of
the
testing
2
on
the
board’s
internet
site.
3
Sec.
5.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
4
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
5
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
be
6
paid
by
a
school
district
from
a
physical
plant
and
equipment
7
levy
under
section
298.2,
from
revenues
from
the
secure
an
8
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
under
chapter
423F,
or
any
9
funds
available
pursuant
to
federal
law.
This
specification
of
10
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
all
of
the
11
state
funding-related
requirements
of
section
25B.2,
subsection
12
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
shall
be
necessary
for
the
13
full
implementation
of
this
Act
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
14
against
all
affected
school
districts.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
a
school
board
to
install
at
least
one
19
water
bottle
filling
station
designed
to
prevent
exposure
to
20
lead
at
each
attendance
center
for
each
100
students
enrolled
21
at
the
attendance
center.
The
bill
requires
a
board
to
22
annually
conduct
testing
for
the
presence
of
lead
at
each
23
filling
station
and
post
the
results
of
the
testing
on
the
24
board’s
internet
site.
25
The
bill
requires
a
school
board
to
post
a
sign
near
each
26
faucet
in
an
attendance
center
which
indicates
that
the
faucet
27
is
not
suitable
for
drinking.
28
The
bill
requires
a
school
board
to
conduct
a
test
for
the
29
presence
of
lead
in
each
faucet
in
an
attendance
center
that
is
30
used
for
the
preparation
of
food
or
for
drinking
no
later
than
31
June
30,
2023,
and
post
the
results
on
the
board’s
internet
32
site.
33
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
34
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
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any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
1
district
from
a
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
under
Code
2
section
298.2,
from
revenues
from
the
secure
an
advanced
3
vision
for
education
fund
under
Code
chapter
423F,
or
any
4
funds
available
pursuant
to
federal
law.
The
specification
5
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
6
mandate
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
7
The
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
8
the
requirement
of
school
districts
to
comply
with
any
state
9
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
10
The
bill
authorizes
school
districts
to
use
revenues
from
11
the
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
under
Code
section
298.2
12
or
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
under
13
Code
chapter
423F
to
comply
with
the
requirements
in
the
bill.
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