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Bill would require schools to update and post integrated pest management plans, include school gardens
Summary
House Bill 2684 would require school districts to review, update every five years and post their Integrated Pest Management plans, add school gardens to the definition of campus, and clarify that a district's low-impact pesticide list is part of the IPM plan.
House Bill 2684 would require school boards to review, update and post online their Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plans, including the district’s low-impact pesticide list, and would explicitly include school gardens in the definition of campus.
Representative Zac Hudson, the bill sponsor, told the Senate Education Committee that children are especially susceptible to pesticide exposure and that the bill builds on a 2009 law by requiring plans adopted prior to the bill’s effective date to be updated by Jan. 1, 2027, or within five years of the plan’s most recent approval. Hudson said the bill clarifies that the…
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