Bill Text: IL HB3713 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply all active classroom instructors, all school staff and administration, and district leadership with an educational document, in a PDF and a physical format, explaining at a minimum the values of good indoor air quality, including peer-reviewed research demonstrating effects of poor and good indoor air quality, an explanation of airborne transmission of pathogens and other airborne substances, a basic explanation of air changes per hour and relation to outdoor air and filtered air, best practice recommendations for the portable air cleaner and the air quality monitor, including guidance on theory, function, placement, and operation of the monitor. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms that are not mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning windows, or one window in situations where only one is present, that can open and can safely stay open. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an air quality monitor that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with a portable air cleaner that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply each school with 5 additional portable air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors to be used in school health offices, libraries, cafeterias, and other similar spaces. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-12-12 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter [HB3713 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3713 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer and shall be based on physical measurements made during the assessment. Provides that if an assessment is performed by a certified assessor, the assessment report shall be reviewed by a mechanical engineer. Provides that the ventilation verification assessment shall verify whether the existing mechanical ventilation system is operating in accordance with design parameters and meets the requirements of any applicable building codes. Provides that the ventilation verification assessment for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system shall follow specified standards. Provides that the verification assessment report from the mechanical engineer shall include appropriate corrective actions needed for the mechanical ventilation system or the heating, ventilation and air conditioning infrastructure, including installation of appropriate filters, installation of carbon dioxide sensors and additional maintenance, repairs, upgrades or replacement. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to make the appropriate corrective actions identified in the ventilation verification assessment. Sets forth requirements for corrective actions, standards, and verification of work.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.196 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. School ventilation.
(a)As used in this Section
"certified assessor" means:
(1) a certified technician; or
(2) a person who is certified to perform ventilation
verification assessments of heating, ventilation and air
conditioning systems through a certification body
accredited by the American national standards institute.
"Certified technician" means a person who is certified as
a testing and balancing technician by an accredited
organization; provided that the accreditor of the
certification organization is approved by the construction
industries commission.
"Mechanical engineer" means a professional engineer
licensed as a mechanical engineer by the state board of
licensure for professional engineers and professional
surveyors and who has professional experience with heating,

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ventilation and air conditioning systems.
"Skilled and trained construction workforce" means a
workforce in which at least forty percent of the workers are
graduates of or registered in and attending an apprenticeship
program registered with the workforce solutions department or
an apprenticeship program to which the department has granted
reciprocal approval for the applicable construction
occupation.
(b) The State Board shall require all school districts to
undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all
mechanical ventilation systems in the school district
performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer and
shall be based on physical measurements made during the
assessment. If an assessment is performed by a certified
assessor, the assessment report shall be reviewed by a
mechanical engineer. The ventilation verification assessment
shall verify whether the existing mechanical ventilation
system is operating in accordance with design parameters and
meets the requirements of any applicable building codes. The
ventilation verification assessment for a heating, ventilation
and air conditioning system shall include:
(1) testing for maximum filter efficiency;
(2) measurements of outside air rate;
(3) verification of operation of ventilation
components;
(4) measurement of all air distribution inlets and

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outlets;
(5) verification of unit operation and that required
maintenance has been performed;
(6) verification of control sequences;
(7) verification or installation of carbon dioxide
sensors; and
(8) collection of field data for the installation of
mechanical ventilation if none exists.
(c) The verification assessment report from the mechanical
engineer shall include appropriate corrective actions needed
for the mechanical ventilation system or the heating,
ventilation and air conditioning infrastructure, including
installation of appropriate filters, installation of carbon
dioxide sensors and additional maintenance, repairs, upgrades
or replacement.
(d) The State Board shall require all school districts to
make the appropriate corrective actions identified in the
ventilation verification assessment. These corrective actions
shall include testing, adjusting and balancing the public
school mechanical ventilation system and, if necessary or
cost-effective, shall include repairs, upgrades or replacement
of the existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning
system or the installation of a stand-alone mechanical
ventilation system. The corrective actions identified in the
ventilation verification assessment may include general
maintenance, reading and adjustment of ventilation rates,

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filter replacement to meet a minimum efficiency reporting
value of at least thirteen, carbon dioxide monitor
installation or whole-system installation or replacement.
Portable filtration and air cleaners shall be used only if the
existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning
infrastructure cannot provide minimum filtration and
ventilation requirements or, as recommended by a mechanical
engineer, as a supplemental enhancement to the permanent
heating, ventilation and air conditioning infrastructure when
the desired indoor air quality cannot be achieved with the
mechanical ventilation system or there are concerns with
outdoor air contaminants such as those created by wildfires
and pollution.
(e) School districts shall ensure that all work required
by the ventilation verification assessment is performed using
a skilled and trained construction workforce that is in
compliance with the Construction Industries Licensing Act and
rules promulgated in accordance with that act. The public
school facilities authority shall work in consultation with
the department and the construction industries division of the
regulation and licensing department to ensure that the
assessments and construction required by the Public School
Ventilation Improvement Act meet all standards and
requirements.
(f) Upon completion of work, the school district shall
submit a ventilation verification report to the department.

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The report shall include:
(1) the name and address of the public school and the
person preparing and certifying the report;
(2) the name and address of the certified assessors,
certified technicians, mechanical engineers and
contractors who performed verification assessments or
construction and copies of certifications and licenses;
(3) a copy of the procurement documents; and
(4) documentation of:
(A) initial operating ventilation rate
verifications;
(B) adjustments, repairs, upgrades or
replacements;
(C) final operating conditions, including the
minimum efficiency reporting value of the filtration
system and verified ventilation and exhaust rates for
classrooms, auditoriums, gymnasiums, restrooms,
offices and other occupied spaces;
(D) verification of carbon dioxide monitors,
including make and model of the monitors; and
(E) verification that all work has been tested and
adjusted by certified technicians or mechanical
engineers.
(f) The school district shall have a ventilation
verification assessment performed on all mechanical
ventilation systems in the school district at least every five

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years. The ventilation verification assessment and the
ventilation verification reports are public documents and
shall be available to the public upon request.