1800P Green Cleaning Programs (1)

SHIPMAN/GOODWIN RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE
                                                                                   1000.1T
                                                                                    1800P

                                       SERIES 1000 C-19: COMMUNITY/BOARD OPERATIONS

     This policy supersedes existing policy Series 1000 Green Cleaning Programs.
      This policy will be reevaluated by the Board of Education post-pandemic.

                             GREEN CLEANING PROGRAMS


It is the policy of the Colchester Board of Education to implement a green cleaning
program in which the Board procures and properly uses environmentally preferable
cleaning products in school buildings and facilities. Pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of
section 10-231g of the Connecticut General Statutes, any disinfectant, disinfecting
cleaner, sanitizer or any other antimicrobial product approved by federal law may be
used by the Board.

The Colchester Board of Education shall provide the staff of each school and, upon
request, the parents and guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a written
statement of the school district’s green cleaning program. Such notice shall include (1)
the types and names of environmentally preferable cleaning products being applied in
schools, (2) the location of the application of such cleaning products in the school
buildings and facilities, (3) the schedule of when such cleaning products are applied in
the school buildings and facilities, (4) the statement, "No parent, guardian, teacher or
staff member may bring into the school facility any consumer product which is intended
to clean, deodorize, sanitize or disinfect." and (5) the name of the school administrator,
or a designee, who may be contacted for further information. Such notice shall be
provided to the parents or guardians of any child who transfers to a school during the
school year and to staff hired during the school year.

Pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 10-231g of the Connecticut General Statutes,
any disinfectant, disinfecting cleaner, sanitizer or any other antimicrobial product
approved by federal law may be used by the Colchester Board of Education.

The Colchester Board of Education shall make such notice, as well as the report
submitted to the Department of Education pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-220

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of the Connecticut General Statutes (i.e. required report on condition of facilities, action
taken to implement the Board’s long-term school building program, indoor air quality
and green cleaning program), available on its web site and the web site of each school
under such board's jurisdiction. If no such web site exists, the board shall make such
notice otherwise publicly available.

Connecticut General Statutes:

                              § 10-220(a)

                              § 10-231g

“Guidance Regarding ‘Green Cleaning’ Requirements and Coronavirus/COVID 19,”
Department of Administrative Services (March 5, 2020), available at
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Digest/2019-20/2020-COVID-19-Green-Cleaning-Guid
ance.pdf

TEMPORARY POLICY ADOPTED:             August 17, 2020
PERMANENT POLICY ADOPTED:             November 9, 2021 (Replaced 1000.1T, temporary
                                      COVID-19 policy



COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Colchester, Connecticut




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