Sentences with phrase «schools test their water»

It does recommend, however, that all schools test their water outlets used for drinking.

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder committed $ 28 million more to pay for filters, bottled water, school nurses, testing and monitoring.

But right now, the only people testing the water in our schools are kids performing classroom science experiments.

We need to find out, and the only way to do that is by regularly testing the water quality in B.C. schools.

It wasn't until a public servant took it upon themselves to test the water in Prince Rupert schools this year that it was revealed that children and staff are being exposed to elevated lead levels.

Despite this, the Christy Clark government refuses to test drinking water in other schools and public buildings such as social housing.

«I brought this to the attention of the Minister of Health, and asked him to ensure water testing in our schools, hospitals and other public buildings occurs, but he refused.

Duke's Grayson Allen shocked many people by declaring that he will return to school for his junior season, but many key players have already opted to test the draft waters.

But both Jackson and Melo did comeback after testing the waters early and go further back so did Vasquez, so Maryland at least has a good track record of players testing the draft a year early without getting an agent coming back to school.

Players are allowed to «test the waters» to gauge feedback from NBA teams and still return to school provided they haven't signed with an agent.

Jones was a McDonald's All - American out of high school who tested the NBA draft waters after his freshman season.

Her organization has tested water in schools in D.C. and other cities and found levels of lead as high as 20,000 parts per billion, even in schools without lead pipes.

Besides the water skills that were tested Saturday at the Near West Side school, applicants were interviewed by Park District staff, took eye tests and submitted to drug testing.

In it, she reports on the possibility of using a little - noticed provision in the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to require schools to test their drinking water for dangerous contaminants such as lead.

Already science students at nearby Deerfield High School are keeping tabs on water quality by testing it monthly, and the Highland Park Park District is working on an educational program for the slough.

Georgia Health News surveyed the state's 20 largest public school systems about their lead testing policies and found many differences in how school systems evaluated their water quality.

In Muscogee County, home of Columbus, a school district spokesperson said the district doesn't test the drinking water for lead «because none of our schools are fed with lead pipes for water.»

The test includes these steps: Install a water filter in the school.

Greener school environments more opportunities for school gardens, recycling, energy - reduction improvements, and enhanced lead water and paint testing

Environmental advocates are calling on state lawmakers to use the final six weeks of the session to develop and pass legislation requiring lead and copper water testing at the tap in New York schools and, if necessary, remediation of contamination.

The NYC Department of Education claims there has never been a case of a lead poisoning from city school water — but school - age kids are rarely tested, critics charge.

Students in a Brooklyn elementary - school classroom drank from a fountain whose water was more contaminated than Flint, Mich.'s — laden with 1,000 times the amount of lead permitted by federal safety regulations, a December test revealed.

Roughly one out of every 20 water taps in NYC elementary schools has tested positive for elevated lead levels, a NY Post analysis of Department of Education data has found.

The end of the session that year included agreements for lead testing in school drinking water, backed by Sen. Tom O'Mara, and the enactment of mixed - martial arts legalization, which the Senate had repeatedly passed.

«We want to start with our children, and that starts with testing the water in the schools that are coming out of the fountains.»

As TWC News previously reported, the Ithaca school district tested its water and found high lead levels in some schools.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

State mandated drinking water testing has found high lead levels in eleven local school districts.

Cuomo's office has also worked to bolster its clean water credentials, signing a bill this week that would require New York schools to test for lead in drinking water.

The state currently requires all school districts to test tap water for lead contamination.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif in a statement knocked Cronin, noting the amount of support backed by Hannon for water quality in the budget, as well as legislation to test for lead in school drinking water.

«We have realized advances in water safety, including Senator O'Mara's lead testing bill — for the first time requiring testing for all schools.

«This lack of oversight means the state's 2,700 small community water systems — including the Village of Hoosick Falls — as well as thousands of non-municipal entities, including businesses and schools, with their own water systems are not tested for unregulated contaminants.»

The results come a week after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new law on water testing in schools.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

She has reported on controversies around discipline in charter schools, racial segregation in the New York City school system, and flaws in the city's method of testing for lead in water in schools.

Schumer said his bill would help daycare centers and schools across the state to test drinking water for possible lead contamination.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said Republicans this year passed legislation requiring water in schools to be tested for lead, secured $ 300 million for the state's Environmental Protection Fund and $ 200 million for environmental infrastructure improvements.

Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing for $ 100 million in funding to help schools test for lead in water supplies.

Wednesday school officials announced that some school buildings have not been tested for lead in the water since 2005.

State lawmakers have held three hearings on water issues over the last several weeks, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo this month signed legislation that would require all schools to test for lead in school drinking water.

Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversight.

About 20 percent of the Long Island school districts that said they tested for lead in water at their schools reported finding the metal at levels that caused them to shut down fountains and replace fixtures, according to a Newsday / News 12 Long Island survey.

Lawmakers also approved a bill that would require testing for lead in public school water, and that awaits Cuomo's signature as well.

As they prepared to begin testing young children for lead poisoning this week, school officials in Newark, NJ acknowledged that water in the city's schools had contained elevated levels of lead for years.

Following the discovery of high levels of lead in the water in Newark's schools, New York City is unveiling a website where parents can track the results of lead testing in its schools.

NYC has changed its protocol for testing the water in public schools for lead after criticism from experts that its original method could hide dangerously high levels of the metal.

Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey's largest school district, Newark Public Schools, to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests could be conducted.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation to test school drinking water for lead contamination.

Buffalo Public Schools have been working with the Erie County Health Department to test the water at several thousand faucets and drinking fountains across 58 schools in the district, said Elena Cala, the district's spokeswoman, on Schools have been working with the Erie County Health Department to test the water at several thousand faucets and drinking fountains across 58 schools in the district, said Elena Cala, the district's spokeswoman, on schools in the district, said Elena Cala, the district's spokeswoman, on Friday.