HR 1269: No Lead in My Water Act; urge enactment

This resolution, called the No Lead in My Water Act, does not create a new law or requirement. Instead, it is a statement from the Georgia House of Representatives urging the Georgia Department of Education to help school districts learn about and use a federal grant program that pays for testing school water pipes and fixtures for lead and covers repairs when lead is found. The resolution points to a federal Environmental Protection Agency program, the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program, that offers free lead testing and covers replacement of contaminated pipes. It notes Gwinnett County Public Schools has already used this program. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to send copies to the Department of Education and to school districts across Georgia, but it does not mandate any testing or spending itself.

• Urges the Georgia Department of Education to give school districts information about testing pipes and fixtures for lead.
• Encourages the Department of Education to help districts access federal funding, specifically the EPA's Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program, to pay for that testing.
• Urges the Department of Education to encourage remedying any lead problems found during testing.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Education and to school districts statewide.
• Creates no binding legal requirement, since a resolution expresses the House's position rather than changing Georgia statute.

The resolution touches the Georgia Department of Education, local school districts across the state, and by extension students and staff who drink water from school pipes and fixtures. It references Gwinnett County Public Schools as an example of a district already using the federal program.

If the Department of Education acts on this nonbinding request, more Georgia school districts could learn about and use free federal money to test for lead in drinking water and fix any contamination found, potentially reducing children's exposure to a substance linked to brain and developmental harm.

• The resolution names itself the 'No Lead in My Water Act' in its opening whereas clauses.
• Cites CDC findings that lead exposure can cause permanent brain damage, lower IQ, and hinder children's cognitive development.
• References the EPA's Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program as the federal funding source for testing and repairs.
• The resolving clause urges the Department of Education to provide informational support, promote use of federal funding, and encourage remedying lead problems found.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the Department of Education and school districts.

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• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)Primary sponsor
• Carter Barrett (R, HD-024)
• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)
• Brian Prince (D, HD-132)
• Carmen Rice (R, HD-139)

• lead in drinking water
• school water safety
• child health
• federal grant funding
• public schools