House File 2412 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2412 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2264) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 7, 2022 ) A BILL FOR An Act requiring radon testing and mitigation in public 1 schools, and including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2412 (2) 89 js/ns/md

H.F. 2412 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.32 Radon testing and 1 mitigation. 2 1. For purposes of this section, “short-term test” means a 3 test using a device that remains in an area for two to seven 4 days to determine the amount of radon in the air. 5 2. The board of directors of each public school district 6 shall establish a radon plan and schedule for short-term 7 tests for radon gas to be performed at each attendance center 8 under its control at least once by July 1, 2027, and at least 9 once every five years thereafter. Each school district shall 10 publish testing results on the district’s internet site in a 11 timely manner. 12 3. Radon testing pursuant to this section conducted on and 13 after July 1, 2022, shall be conducted by a person certified 14 to conduct such testing pursuant to section 136B.1 or by 15 district employees that have completed a school radon testing 16 training program approved by the department of education and 17 the department of public health. District employees that 18 have completed training shall not perform testing services 19 in locations other than the employee’s employing district. 20 The department of public health shall maintain and make 21 available to school districts a list of such approved school 22 radon testing training programs. Testing shall be based on 23 recognized national standards that outline school radon testing 24 practices. 25 4. a. If the results of a short-term test at an attendance 26 center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board of 27 directors of the public school district shall conduct a second 28 short-term test for radon gas and radon decay products in the 29 spaces with elevated results within sixty days of the first 30 test. 31 b. If the averaged results of the first and second tests 32 at an attendance center pursuant to paragraph “a” are at or 33 above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of 34 the public school district shall retain or employ a person 35 -1- HF 2412 (2) 89 js/ns/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2412 credentialed pursuant to section 136B.1 to develop a radon 1 mitigation plan that may include further diagnostic testing, 2 corrective measures, and active mitigation. The board shall 3 complete the radon mitigation plan within two years of the 4 first test. A district is not required to mitigate radon 5 at an attendance center if the district intends to abandon 6 the building within five years or has a plan to renovate the 7 attendance center within five years and the renovation will 8 include radon mitigation. 9 5. All new school construction shall incorporate radon 10 resistant construction techniques. 11 6. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders and the 12 department of education, the department of public health shall 13 adopt rules to administer this section. 14 Sec. 2. Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 15 2022, is amended to read as follows: 16 a. If the board of directors adopts a resolution to use 17 funds received under the operation of this chapter solely for 18 providing property tax relief by reducing indebtedness from the 19 levies specified under section 298.2 or 298.18 , or for radon 20 testing pursuant to section 280.32, the board of directors may 21 approve a revenue purpose statement for that purpose without 22 submitting the revenue purpose statement to a vote of the 23 electors. 24 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 25 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 26 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 27 be paid by a school district from state school foundation 28 aid received by the school district under section 257.16 or 29 revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education 30 fund under section 423F.3. This specification of the payment 31 of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state 32 funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, 33 and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the 34 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 35 -2- HF 2412 (2) 89 js/ns/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2412 against all affected school districts. 1 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. Section 423F.3, subsection 8, does 2 not apply to this Act. 3 -3- HF 2412 (2) 89 js/ns/md 3/ 3