                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY (§ 22.1-132.2)

The Department of Education shall make information available to school boards on
integrated pest management programs that appropriately address the application
of chemical pesticides and other pest control measures on school property. For
purposes of this section, &#8220;integrated pest management&#8221; shall mean a
managed pest control and suppression program that uses various integrated
methods to keep pests from causing economic, health-related, or aesthetic injury
and minimizes the use of pesticides and the risk to human health and the
environment associated with pesticide applications. Methods may include the
utilization of site or pest inspections, pest population monitoring, evaluation
of control requirements, and the use of one or more pest control methods
including sanitation, structural repair, nonchemical methods, and pesticides
when nontoxic options produce unsatisfactory results or are impractical. Each
local school division shall maintain documentation of any pesticide application
that includes the target pest, the formulation applied, and the specific
location of the application. The guidelines and programs adopted pursuant to
this section shall permit the immediate application of pesticides or other
effective control measures to eradicate pest infestations that pose an acute
danger to students and staff.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 440; 2010, c. 40.