Amendment H-8082 to HF 2676

Filed March 3, 2026 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment adds a new program to provide grants to various types of schools to help pay for testing and fixing radon issues. It also requires charter and innovation zone schools to follow the same radon testing and mitigation rules as public and nonpublic school districts.¹

What it changes

1. Page 7, after line 23 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ RADON TESTING —— NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 256.20 School testing and mitigation of radon grant program —— appropriation.
2. The department shall develop and administer a radon testing and mitigation grant program to provide grants to school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to offset the costs of testing and mitigating radon in attendance centers.
3. The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section, including rules relating to grant application materials, eligibility requirements, and award criteria. The state board is responsible for approving or rejecting applications submitted pursuant to this section.
4. Moneys awarded under this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing public funding used by a school district for similar purposes, including funding under section 423F.3, subsection
6. A school radon testing and mitigation grant program fund is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department and shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and other moneys received by the department for deposit in the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated to the radon testing and mitigation grant program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the radon testing and mitigation grant program for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Sec. ___. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 00t. Be subject to and comply with the requirements in section 280.32 relating to radon testing, reporting, and mitigation in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . w. Be subject to and comply with the requirements in section 280.32 relating to radon testing, reporting, and mitigation in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. Section 280.32, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:
7. The board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall establish a radon plan and schedule for short-term tests for radon gas to be performed at each attendance center under its control at least once by July 1, 2027, and at least once every five years thereafter. Short-term testing shall be performed between October 1 and March
8. Each school district and accredited nonpublic school shall publish testing results on the district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s internet site in a timely manner. Additionally, each school district and accredited nonpublic school shall provide testing results to the department of health and human services. Testing results of school districts shall be considered public records under chapter
9. Each school district required to conduct short-term radon testing as of June 30, 2025, shall provide an update of testing results to the department of health and human services by July 1,
11. Radon testing pursuant to this section conducted on and after July 1, 2022, shall be conducted by a person certified to conduct such testing pursuant to section 136B.1 or by district or accredited nonpublic school employees that have completed a school radon testing training program approved by the department of education and the department of health and human services. District or accredited nonpublic school employees that have completed training shall not perform testing services in locations other than the employee’s employing district or accredited nonpublic school . The department of health and human services shall maintain and make available to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools a list of such approved school radon testing training programs. Testing shall be based on recognized national standards that outline school radon testing practices.
12. a. If the results of a short-term test at an attendance center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of the public school district or the authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school 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. b. If the averaged results of the first and second tests at an attendance center pursuant to paragraph “a” are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of the public school district or the authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school shall retain or employ a person credentialed pursuant to section 136B.1 to develop a radon mitigation plan that must include corrective measures and active mitigation, and may include further diagnostic testing , corrective measures, and active mitigation . The board or the authorities shall complete the radon mitigation plan within two years of the first test. A However, a district or accredited nonpublic school is not required to mitigate radon at an attendance center if the district or accredited nonpublic school intends to abandon the building within five years or has a plan to renovate the attendance center within five years and the renovation will include radon mitigation. Sec. ___. EMERGENCY RULES. The state board of education may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement section 256.20, as enacted by this division of this Act, and the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section shall also be published as a notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4. Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
13. Title page, line 2, after “medication,” by inserting “and education, making appropriations,”
14. Title page, line 3, after “including” by inserting “effective date and”
15. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book