Sec. 10-231d. Pesticide applications at schools with an integrated pest management plan.
Sec. 10-231d. Pesticide applications at schools with an integrated pest management plan. (a) As used in this section, "local or regional board of education" means
a local or regional board of education which has an integrated pest management plan
for the schools under its control that is consistent with an applicable model plan provided
by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection under section 22a-66l and "school"
means a school, other than a regional agricultural science and technology education
center, under the control of a local or regional board of education.
(b) On and after July 1, 2000, at the beginning of each school year, each local or
regional board of education shall provide the staff of each school with written guidelines
on how the integrated pest management plan is to be implemented and shall provide
the parents or guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a statement that
shall include a summary of the integrated pest management plan for the school. Such
statement shall be provided to the parents or guardian of any child who transfers to a
school during the school year. Such statement shall (1) indicate that the staff, parents
or guardians may register for notice of pesticide applications at the school, and (2)
describe the emergency notification procedures provided for in this section. Notice of
any modification to the integrated pest management plan shall be sent to any person
who registers for notice under this section.
(c) On and after July 1, 2000, parents or guardians of children in any school and
school staff may register for notice of pesticide application at their school. Each school
shall maintain a registry of persons requesting such notice. Notice under this subsection
shall include (1) the name of the active ingredient of the pesticide being applied, (2) the
location of the application on the school property, (3) the date of the application, and
(4) the name of the school administrator, or a designee, who may be contacted for further
information.
(d) On and after July 1, 2000, a local or regional board of education shall provide
notice, by any means practicable, to any person who has requested notice under this
section on or before the day that any application of pesticide is to take place at a school.
No application of pesticide may be made in any building or on the grounds of any school
during regular school hours or during planned activities at any school except that an
emergency application may be made to eliminate an immediate threat to human health
if (1) it is necessary to make the application during such a period and (2) such emergency
application does not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47. No
child may enter an area of such application until it is safe to do so according to the
provisions on the pesticide label.
(e) A copy of the record of each pesticide application at a school shall be maintained
at the school for a period of five years. Such record shall include the information required
under section 22a-66a.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 4, 6; P.A. 08-152, S. 10; 08-170, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 08-152 and 08-170 amended Subsec. (a) to change "vocational
agriculture" to "agricultural science and technology education", effective July 1, 2008.