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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59292</law_id><section_number>22.1-135.1</section_number><catch_line>Potable water; lead testing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">School Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">School Buildings</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, remediate potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption. Such plan shall be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health. The local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall give priority in the testing plan to schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986. Each local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health. Each local <span class="dictionary">school board</span> shall take all steps necessary to notify <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">parents</span></span> if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 628; 2020, cc. 293, 884.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
