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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                                           80 (Havice)
          Hearing Date:  8/20/01          Amended: 5/31/01       
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia           Policy Vote: E Q  7-0 
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 80 would, subject to funds being made  
          available in the annual budget act, require school  
          districts to require its maintenance supervisors to  
          participate in training offered by the Department of Health  
          Services (DHS) through the Lead-Safe Schools Project.  Upon  
          completion of the training, the supervisors would be  
          required to train district employees.  These training  
          program requirements would impose a state-mandated local  
          program.
                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           Major Provisions            2001-02             2002-03              
           2003-04            Fund  
          District employee Estimated $262 for initial DHS training;General*
          training          unknown, potentially minor costs for school
          (mandate)         district supervisors to train district employees
                            
          DHS administration           Up to $75 initially, minor  
          ongoingSpecial**
                                                   
          * Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding guarantee
          * Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund (CLPPF)
          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria to be placed  
          on the Suspense File.
          
          The 2001-02 Budget Act provided the DHS $6,601,000 (Item  
          4260-001-0001) from the CLPPF (4260-001-0080) for its costs  
          associated with the Lead-Safe Schools Project.  This  
          analysis assumes one employee per school district is  
          trained at a cost of $350 per training course. 

          The Lead Safe Schools Project required DHS to conduct a  
          study to determine the prevalence of lead hazards in  
          elementary schools and childcare facilities.  The  
          department published the study in 1998 after surveying 200  
          randomly selected elementary schools and day care centers.   
          The study found that lead hazards are a problem in the  
          state's schools as indicated by the following data:
          - 78 percent of the schools have some lead-based paint.
          - 38 percent of those schools have paint that is  
          deteriorating.










          - 18 percent have lead levels in drinking water above 15  
          parts per billion, the US EPA action level.
          - 6 percent have lead levels in soil above 400 parts per  
          million, the US EPA reference level for soil in which  
          children play.

          The Lead Safe Schools Project requires schools that have  
          lead hazards to notify parents, staff, and teachers of that  
          fact; it does not explicitly mandate abatement of those  
          hazards.

          While it may be appropriate to require the CLPPF to  
          reimburse the General Fund for any state-mandated program  
          costs associated with this bill, the passage of this bill,  
          AB 50 (Shelley) and SB 21 (Escutia), all relating to the  
          Lead Safe Schools Project, may result in an  
          oversubscription of the fund.