PRINTER'S NO. 426
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
465
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, HAMM, RYAN, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG,
MIZGORSKI, JAMES, DRISCOLL, McNEILL, HOWARD, MILLARD,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, PISCIOTTANO, CIRESI, SANCHEZ, HELM, CONKLIN,
THOMAS, R. MACKENZIE, A. DAVIS, OTTEN, QUINN, M. MACKENZIE,
WARREN AND POLINCHOCK, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in grounds and buildings, repealing
provisions relating to lead testing and providing for testing
and remediation of lead contamination.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 742 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is repealed:
[Section 742. Lead Testing.--(a) Beginning in the 2018-2019
school year, and every school year thereafter, school facilities
where children attend school may be tested for lead levels in
the drinking water and any school facility whose testing shows
lead levels in excess of the maximum contaminant level goal or
milligrams per liter as set by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
shall immediately implement a plan to ensure no child or adult
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