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House debate grows over ending mandatory PCB air testing in schools as funds run out
Summary
Representative Cornwall introduced H.542 to remove the 2027 mandatory deadline for PCB air testing in pre‑1980 school buildings; supporters cited lack of funds while critics warned the move abandons a public‑health program and could widen inequities between districts.
The House debated H.542, a session‑law measure that would end the mandatory air‑testing deadline for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in school buildings built before 1980 and reserve remaining program funds for schools already found above state action levels.
Representative Cornwall, presenting the bill, framed it as a fiscal and practical response to a program that has outstripped available funding. “This bill would remove that deadline and essentially end the air testing program for any untested school since there is no money to pay for it or for any remediation,”…
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