No Lead in School Water Act

“(c) Testing and remedying lead contamination

“(1) State programs—In order to receive a grant under section 1465, a State shall establish and carry out a program, that meets the requirements under paragraph (2), to assist local educational agencies in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in drinking water from any source of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies, including drinking water coolers.

“(2) Requirements—A State program under paragraph (1) shall—

“(A) require testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools under the jurisdiction of local educational agencies, including testing of drinking water at the site of consumption;

“(B) provide for the dissemination to local educational agencies, private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools, and to day care centers of the guidance document and testing protocol published under subsection (b), together with the list of drinking water coolers published under section 1463(a);

“(C) provide that a copy of the results of any testing under subparagraph (A) shall be available in the administrative offices of the local educational agency, and on a publicly accessible Web site, for inspection by the public, including appropriate governmental entities, teachers, other school personnel, and parents;

“(D) provide for notification of parent, teacher, and employee organizations of the availability of the results of any testing under subparagraph (A);

“(E) if the results of any testing under subparagraph (A) show a level of lead that meets or exceeds a lead action level for remediation, as determined by the Administrator, in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—

“(i) require distribution of the guidance document published under paragraph (3) to parents; and

“(ii) require remediation measures be taken; and

“(F) include any other requirement that the Administrator determines necessary.

“(3) Guidance for parents—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall publish and make available on a publicly accessible Web site a guidance document for parents that explains the results of testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools, including results that show a level of lead that meets or exceeds a lead action level for remediation, as determined by the Administrator, in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and actions parents can take to protect their child from lead contamination in drinking water at school and otherwise. Such document may be revised and republished as the Administrator determines necessary.”