HF 4699 Summary

• Establishes the Air Ventilation Program Act administered by the Department of Commerce to award grants to school boards for HVAC assessment, maintenance, adjustment, repair, upgrade, or replacement in public schools.

• Authorizes grants covering reasonable costs of HVAC assessments, maintenance, ventilation rate adjustments, filter replacement, and carbon dioxide monitor installation, with amounts verified by licensed professional engineers and up to 20 percent contingency funding.

• Requires all classrooms to be equipped with carbon dioxide monitors meeting specific technical standards (hardwired, wall-mounted 3-6 feet high, accurate within 75 ppm, alert at 1,100 ppm).

• Mandates qualified testing and adjusting personnel to install MERV 13 or better filtration, verify ventilation rates meet ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2019 minimums, balance systems, and prepare comprehensive assessment and verification reports reviewed by licensed professional engineers.

• Provides funding appropriation to the Commissioner of Commerce for fiscal year 2023 for HVAC system grants to public schools under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123C (specific dollar amounts left blank in bill).