Bill Text: IL SB1772 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Creates the Pesticide Application at Schools Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a school serving students grades kindergarten through 8th grade is prohibited from scheduling pesticide applications on school grounds during the school day, including during a partial day, when students are in attendance at school for instructional purposes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0496 [SB1772 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1772-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Creates the Pesticide Application at Schools Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a school serving students grades kindergarten through 8th grade is prohibited from scheduling pesticide applications on school grounds during the school day, including during a partial day, when students are in attendance at school for instructional purposes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0496 [SB1772 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1772-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Pesticide Application at Schools Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||||
| 7 | finds that: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) schools throughout the State treat school property | ||||||
| 9 | with pesticides in order to reduce risks to students from | ||||||
| 10 | noxious weeds, such as thistle, poison ivy, pests, | ||||||
| 11 | allergies, disease bearing insects, and activities on | ||||||
| 12 | unlevel playing surfaces; | ||||||
| 13 | (2) unless properly applied in accordance with the | ||||||
| 14 | United States Environmental Protection Agency's pesticide | ||||||
| 15 | labels, schools may inadvertently expose children to | ||||||
| 16 | pesticides; and | ||||||
| 17 | (3) it is the purpose of this Act to minimize student | ||||||
| 18 | exposure to pesticides.
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| 19 | Section 10. Definition. As used in this Act, "school day" | ||||||
| 20 | has the same meaning given to that term in Section 300.11 of | ||||||
| 21 | the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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| 1 | Section 15. Pesticide application prohibited. Beginning | ||||||
| 2 | July 1, 2024, a school serving students grades kindergarten | ||||||
| 3 | through 8th grade is prohibited from scheduling pesticide | ||||||
| 4 | applications on school grounds during the school day, | ||||||
| 5 | including during a partial day, when students are in | ||||||
| 6 | attendance at school for instructional purposes. Areas | ||||||
| 7 | prohibited from treatment include paved surfaces, playgrounds, | ||||||
| 8 | and playing fields. This Section shall not apply to areas of | ||||||
| 9 | school grounds where children are not typically present, | ||||||
| 10 | including, but not limited to, flower beds and lawns | ||||||
| 11 | surrounding the school not used as playing fields.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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