Contents
- Overview/How IPM Can Help Schools
- Overview/How IPM Can Help Schools - printable color version (969 kb) [PDF]
- Overview/How IPM Can Help Schools - printable b&w version (913 kb) [PDF]
- Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (from the Healthy Schools Act)
- The Healthy Schools Act of 2000 (AB 2260) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What's New in School IPM
- School IPM Advisory Group
- School IPM survey report, 2002 Executive Summary (14 kb) [PDF]
- School IPM survey report, 2002 (641 kb) [PDF]
- School IPM baseline survey report, 2001 (94 kb) [PDF]
- School IPM baseline survey report, 2001 Executive Summary
- School IPM baseline survey report, 2001
- School IPM report and survey results, 1996
- Other Resources
Overview/How IPM Can Help Schools
In 1993, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) began working with school districts in California to provide information about integrated pest management (IPM) practices. During this time, a few innovative districts in California developed their own IPM programs. In January 2001, the enactment of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000 (Assembly Bill 2260) put into place right-to-know requirements such as notification, posting, and recordkeeping for pesticides used at schools. The law also put into code DPR’s existing school IPM program and new, more detailed pesticide use reporting. (For a copy of Assembly Bill 2260, go to www.assembly.ca.gov. Click on "Legislation" and select the 1999-2000 session. Type the bill number "2260," and click "Search." Click on the chaptered version.)
For more information about these requirements, please contact Sewell Simmons at DPR at school-ipm@cdpr.ca.gov.