| Section: | 3000 Business | | Policy Name: | Pesticide Application | | Policy Number: | 3518 | | Date Approved: | 10/12/2004 | | Last Revised: | N/A |
Definitions
"Pesticide" means a fungicide used on plants, an insecticide, a herbicide or a rodenticide but does not mean a sanitizer, disinfectant, antimicrobial agent or a pesticide bait.
"Restricted use pesticide" means any pesticide or pesticide use classified as restricted by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or by Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-47.
"Integrated pest management plan" means a plan consistent with an applicable model of pest management provided by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection under Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-66l.
Registration for Prior Notice of Pesticide Applications
The staff of each school, and the parents or guardians of each child enrolled in each school may register for prior notice of pesticide applications at the school. On or before the day that an application of any pesticide is to take place, the Board of Education shall provide notice by any means practicable to persons who registered for prior notice. The notice shall include 1) the name of the active ingredient of the pesticide being applied to the target test; 2) the location of the application on the school property; 3) the date of the application; and 4) the name of the school administrator or designee who may be contacted for further information.
Emergency Application of Pesticide
No application of pesticide may be made to any school or on the grounds of any school during regular school hours or during planned activities at any school except that an emergency application may be made to eliminate an immediate threat to human health if (1) it is necessary to make the application during that period, and (2) such emergency application does not involve a restricted-use pesticide. No child may enter an area where an application has been made until it is safe to do so according to the provisions on the pesticide label.
Notification of Pesticide Application Policy
The Board of Education shall provide the staff of each school with written guidelines on how the integrated pest management plan is to be implemented and shall provide the parents or guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a statement that shall include a summary of the integrated pest management plan for the school. Such statement will be provided to the parents or guardian of any child who transfers to the school district during the school year. Such statement shall also indicate that the staff, parents or guardians may register for prior notice of pesticide applications at the school and shall describe the emergency notification procedures.
Pesticide Application
Each school shall maintain a registry or persons requesting prior notice of pesticide applications.
The copies of the records of each pesticide application at a school shall be maintained at the school for a period of five years and include the information required by Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-66a.
Notice of any modification to the integrated pest management plan shall be sent to any person who registers for notice.
No person, other than a pesticide applicator with supervisory certification under Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-54 or a pesticide applicator with operational certification under § 22a-54 under the direct supervision of a supervisory pesticide applicator, may apply pesticide within any building or on the grounds of any school, other than a regional vocational agriculture center. This section shall not apply in the case of an emergency application of pesticide to eliminate an immediate threat to human health where it is impractical to obtain the services of any such applicator provided such emergency application does not involve a restricted use pesticide.
Legal References:
Connecticut General Statutes:
§10-231a Pesticide application at schools- Definitions
§10-231b Pesticide applications at schools, authorized applicators
§10-231d Pesticide applications at schools
§22a-47(cc) Definitions
§22a-66a Notification of the application of pesticides.
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