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HR 110 109th Congress House

School Environment Protection Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management syst… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management systems to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative remediesAgriculture and FoodChild healthChild safety
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Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Environment Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory System to develop and update uniform standards and criteria for implementing integrated pest management systems in schools; (2) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory Board; (3) provide grants to local educational agencies to develop such systems.

Prohibits: (1) the application of a pesticide when a school or school ground is occupied or in use; or (2) the use of an area or room treated by a pesticide, other than a least toxic pesticide, during the 24-hour period beginning at the end of the treatment.

Requires each local educational agency or school to provide notice of the integrated pest management system of the school district at the beginning of each school year and to give prior notice of any use of a pesticide (other than a least toxic pesticide).

Prescribes procedures to be followed if a pest cannot be controlled after having used an integrated pest management system and least toxic pesticides.

Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Establishes the Integrated Pest Management Trust Fund to carry out education, training, propagation, and development activities under school integrated pest management systems.

Prohibits, no later than six years after this Act's enactment, the use of any pesticide other than a least toxic pesticide in schools unless the Administrator has met the requirements of this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 110: School Environment Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-110/
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