Tennessee HB 46: Education, Dept. of - Requires the department, instead of local boards of education, to develop a water testing program to reduce potential lead contamination in drinking water in public schools; requires child care programs to implement the water testing program required for public schools; changes, from 20 to 15 parts per billion, the lead level at which a school or child care program is required to take certain protective and remedial steps under the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

Status: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to second calendar of 2022 (as of 2021-04-07)

State: Tennessee · Session: 112 · Bill: HB 46

Subjects: Dept. of, Education

Sponsors: Akbari, Lamar

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