Bad air quality in schools is in the U.S. and a state working group is pushing for passage of a bill this legislative session to continue addressing the issue in 海角换妻.
would require that at least be inspected every year, until all buildings have been evaluated. If approved, the bill would also extend the working group until 2030.
鈥淭hese assessments and the focus on indoor air quality needs to happen statewide and all the schools that we have,鈥� Sen. Julie Kushner, a Democrat from Danbury, and co-chair of the School Indoor Air Quality Working Group said.
Poor air quality and ventilation has been found . According to Kushner, issues with indoor air quality aren't in any one district, it鈥檚 throughout the state.
It is not an easy issue to solve since the state has many older or unmaintained school buildings, she said.
Members of the working group spoke at a press conference Tuesday .
鈥淭his is not a bill about air conditioning,鈥� said Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, a Republican representing Newtown. 鈥淭his is a bill about air quality, and the results of bad air quality on human beings.鈥�
鈥淏ecause of the funds from the Governor, we have invested nearly $200 million over the past two years into mechanical means of fresh air 鈥� HVAC and system level fixes 鈥� to our school buildings, to ensure they will have clean and healthy air, which not only is good for health, of course, but also better for learning,鈥� said working group co-chair Rep. Jennifer Leeper, a Democrat from Fairfield County.
The proposal and is waiting to be taken up in the Senate before advancing.
