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Committee hears bill to extend PCB school testing deadline but finds no funding
Summary
Lawmakers and agency officials debated a bill that preserves a requirement for PCBs testing in pre‑1980 schools and creates a special remediation fund that currently has no appropriation; agency analysts said roughly half the state’s schools were tested and more than 30% of those had issues, while committee members pressed for health testimony and clarity on funding.
A legislative committee on Aug. 1 reviewed a bill that would extend the deadline for indoor air‑quality testing for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools and create a special fund to pay for investigation, mitigation and remediation. The bill keeps the testing requirement on the books but contains no immediate appropriation for the tests or cleanup.
The presenter (speaker 1) told the panel the special fund would receive reimbursements when school districts recover money from litigation against PCB manufacturers and that any state recoveries would be deposited there. "If a school does receive a recovery from litigation, they will be required to reimburse the state 100% of the grant that they received from the state for their…
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