NY S08158

School districts and boards of cooperative educational services must conduct periodic first-drawn tap water testing of potable water systems in occupied school buildings to monitor for lead contamination, with testing conducted and analyzed by entities approved by the health commissioner.

School districts that find lead contamination must continue testing, provide safe drinking water to school occupants until contamination is resolved, and notify parents and post test results on the district website.

The health commissioner, in consultation with the education commissioner, must promulgate regulations establishing lead level standards consistent with federal Safe Drinking Water Act requirements (40 CFR parts 141 and 142).

School districts receive additional building aid to cover approved expenditures for water testing and installation of filters or other remediation measures for lead contamination discovered before July 1, 2019, with aid amount equal to the building aid ratio multiplied by actual approved expenditures.

All school districts must make testing results and lead remediation plans publicly available on their websites and transmit results to the health department, education department, and county health departments; the commissioners must submit a joint report by December 1, 2016 on initial testing results and recommend remediation measures.