House File 2676 H-8082 Amend House File 2676 as follows: 1 1. Page 7, after line 23 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 RADON TESTING —— NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 256.20 School testing and mitigation 5 of radon grant program —— appropriation. 6 1. The department shall develop and administer a radon 7 testing and mitigation grant program to provide grants to 8 school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter 9 schools, and innovation zone schools to offset the costs of 10 testing and mitigating radon in attendance centers. 11 2. The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 12 17A to administer this section, including rules relating to 13 grant application materials, eligibility requirements, and 14 award criteria. The state board is responsible for approving 15 or rejecting applications submitted pursuant to this section. 16 3. Moneys awarded under this section shall be used to 17 supplement, not supplant, existing public funding used by a 18 school district for similar purposes, including funding under 19 section 423F.3, subsection 3. 20 4. A school radon testing and mitigation grant program 21 fund is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be 22 administered by the department and shall consist of moneys 23 appropriated by the general assembly and other moneys received 24 by the department for deposit in the fund. The moneys in the 25 fund are appropriated to the radon testing and mitigation 26 grant program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the 27 fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to 28 the general fund of the state but shall remain available for 29 expenditure for the radon testing and mitigation grant program 30 for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, 31 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall 32 be credited to the fund. 33 Sec. ___. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is 34 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -1- HF 2676.3064 (2) 91 ss/ko 1/ 4 #1.

NEW PARAGRAPH . 00t. Be subject to and comply with the 1 requirements in section 280.32 relating to radon testing, 2 reporting, and mitigation in the same manner as a school 3 district. 4 Sec. ___. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is 5 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 6 NEW PARAGRAPH . w. Be subject to and comply with the 7 requirements in section 280.32 relating to radon testing, 8 reporting, and mitigation in the same manner as a school 9 district. 10 Sec. ___. Section 280.32, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code 11 2026, are amended to read as follows: 12 2. The board of directors of each public school district 13 and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic 14 school shall establish a radon plan and schedule for short-term 15 tests for radon gas to be performed at each attendance center 16 under its control at least once by July 1, 2027, and at least 17 once every five years thereafter. Short-term testing shall be 18 performed between October 1 and March 31. Each school district 19 and accredited nonpublic school shall publish testing results 20 on the district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s internet 21 site in a timely manner. Additionally, each school district 22 and accredited nonpublic school shall provide testing results 23 to the department of health and human services. Testing 24 results of school districts shall be considered public records 25 under chapter 22. Each school district required to conduct 26 short-term radon testing as of June 30, 2025, shall provide an 27 update of testing results to the department of health and human 28 services by July 1, 2026. 29 3. Radon testing pursuant to this section conducted on and 30 after July 1, 2022, shall be conducted by a person certified to 31 conduct such testing pursuant to section 136B.1 or by district 32 or accredited nonpublic school employees that have completed 33 a school radon testing training program approved by the 34 department of education and the department of health and human 35 -2- HF 2676.3064 (2) 91 ss/ko 2/ 4

services. District or accredited nonpublic school employees 1 that have completed training shall not perform testing services 2 in locations other than the employee’s employing district or 3 accredited nonpublic school . The department of health and 4 human services shall maintain and make available to school 5 districts and accredited nonpublic schools a list of such 6 approved school radon testing training programs. Testing shall 7 be based on recognized national standards that outline school 8 radon testing practices. 9 4. a. If the results of a short-term test at an attendance 10 center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board 11 of directors of the public school district or the authorities 12 in charge of the accredited nonpublic school shall conduct a 13 second short-term test for radon gas and radon decay products 14 in the spaces with elevated results within sixty days of the 15 first test. 16 b. If the averaged results of the first and second tests 17 at an attendance center pursuant to paragraph “a” are at or 18 above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of 19 the public school district or the authorities in charge of 20 the accredited nonpublic school shall retain or employ a 21 person credentialed pursuant to section 136B.1 to develop a 22 radon mitigation plan that must include corrective measures 23 and active mitigation, and may include further diagnostic 24 testing , corrective measures, and active mitigation . The board 25 or the authorities shall complete the radon mitigation plan 26 within two years of the first test. A However, a district or 27 accredited nonpublic school is not required to mitigate radon 28 at an attendance center if the district or accredited nonpublic 29 school intends to abandon the building within five years or has 30 a plan to renovate the attendance center within five years and 31 the renovation will include radon mitigation. 32 Sec. ___. EMERGENCY RULES. The state board of education 33 may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, 34 and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement 35 -3- HF 2676.3064 (2) 91 ss/ko 3/ 4

section 256.20, as enacted by this division of this Act, and 1 the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless 2 a later date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted 3 in accordance with this section shall also be published as a 4 notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4. 5 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 6 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 7 2. Title page, line 2, after < medication, > by inserting < and 8 education, making appropriations, > 9 3. Title page, line 3, after < including > by inserting 10 < effective date and > 11 4. By renumbering as necessary. 12 ______________________________ CROKEN of Scott -4- HF 2676.3064 (2) 91 ss/ko 4/ 4 #2. #3. #4.