Green Cleaning in Schools

Developments in State and Local Policy

Chicago Public Schools

(approx. 421,000 students, 623 schools)

Citation: Chicago Public Schools Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools Policy Manual § 410.8 - Green Cleaning Policy (2005) (one-page document)

Effective: September 2005

Summary: This one-page policy directs the school district to promote a Healthy and High Performing Cleaning program to encourage schools and central office departments to incorporate green cleaning principles. The policy does not establish requirements or prohibitions on using specific products or practices, but rather calls on the district’s Department of Operations and Department of Special Services to provide assistance to schools in adopting green cleaning practices. The policy calls on the district to develop a green cleaning program that is based on criteria established by the city of Chicago, ASTM and the U.S. Green Building Council.

The Innovation in Governance Programs work to develop inventive approaches to new or entrenched environmental problems and changing technologies and economies. The programs focus on four objectives:

Investigate and promote innovative approaches to managing government agencies and private businesses that will achieve greater environmental protection.
Safeguard and strengthen the safety net of federal environmental law, its enforcement in the courts, and its state implementation through strategic research, education, and outreach.
Improve understanding of environmental governance tools by hosting visiting scholars and international delegations.
Through ELI’s Center for Business Environmental Strategy, provide information, ideas and tools for corporate environmental lawyers and executives to improve environmental management.

Green Cleaning in Schools:

Developments in State and Local Policy

Chicago Public Schools