Sec 15-152. Pest management at schools; notice

A. The governing board of each school district, in consultation with teachers, parents, guardians, administrators, members of the public, a certified applicator, and at least one health professional, shall develop and adopt a policy to provide pupils and employees with at least forty-eight hours' notice before pesticides are applied on school property. The policy shall include at least the following:

1. Procedures for providing the notification including:

(a) Procedures for oral notification to pupils and employees during a regular school session.

(b) Procedures for written notification to parents or guardians during a regular school session.

(c) Procedures for the posting of signs to identify pesticide application areas.

2. Procedures for requiring any contracted pest control applicator to provide detailed and sufficient information to the schools for the purpose of completing the posting materials.

3. Procedures providing for continuing instruction for pupils who are absent because of pesticide application on school property.

B. Each school district shall maintain written records of pesticide application notifications. The school district may delegate to the pest control applicator the duty to fill out and post notices required by district policy.

C. For purposes of this section "pesticides" does not include nonrestricted use disinfectants, sanitizers or deodorizers regulated by the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act but includes other pesticides regulated under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (P.L. 100-532; 102 Stat. 2654; 7 United States Code section 136).