The district shall establish a radon plan and schedule for short-term tests for radon gas to be performed at each attendance center under the district’s control at least once by July 1, 2027 and at least once every five years thereafter. The district shall publish testing results on the district’s website in a timely manner.

All radon testing covered by this policy shall be conducted by person(s) certified to conduct such testing under state law, including but not limited to by district employees who have completed a school radon testing training program approved by the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Iowa Department of Education.

If the results of a short-term test at an attendance center(s) are at or above four picocuries per liter, the district shall conduct a second short-term test for radon gas and radon decay products in the spaces with elevated results within sixty days of the first test. If the averaged results of the first and second tests at an attendance center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the district shall engage a person appropriately certified by the state to develop within two years of the first test a radon mitigation plan which may include further testing, corrective measures, and/or active mitigation.

The district may, in its discretion, elect not to mitigate radon at an attendance center if the district intends to abandon the building within five years and/or has a plan to renovate the attendance center within five years and the renovation will include radon mitigation.

The district shall incorporate radon resistant construction techniques into all new school construction undertaken on or after July 1, 2022.

Legal Reference:
Iowa Code 280.32

Cross Reference:
703 Series Maintenance and Operations

Adopted:
July 25, 2022