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Green Cleaning in Schools:

Developments in State and Local Policy

Missouri

Citation: Missouri Revised Statutes 161.365 (2008 Mo. Sen. Bill 1181)

Effective: July 2008

Available: http://www.senate.mo.gov/08info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=144166

Summary: This law requires the state to develop a list of safe alternatives to chemicals in cleaning agents and pesticides used in schools, to distribute the list to schools, and to make the list publicly available.

Key Provisions:

Requirements for Using Green Cleaning Products. The law does not explicitly require school districts to use green cleaning products. Rather, it requires the state department of elementary and secondary education to establish and disseminate to all school districts guidelines and specifications for green cleaning programs.
Guidelines and Specifications. The state department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the department of health and senior services and a panel of stakeholders, is required to establish and update annually guidelines and specifications for green cleaning programs, including environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products, paper products and equipment purchases. The guidelines, which may include implementation practices such as inspections, must provide for multiple avenues by which cleaning products may be determined to be environmentally sensitive. The education agency must provide a printed copy of the guidelines (along with any updates) to each school district, and must also post the guidelines on the agencyâ€™s website. School districts must, in turn, disseminate the guidelines to every school in the district.

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