Whereas children spend up to half of their day in schools and their environs; Whereas schools have the potential to expose children to a broad array of hazards, including air and drinking water contaminants, toxic substances in the soil, synthetic turf and other media, lead-based paints, pesticides, and other toxins within and outside of schools, asthma-causing pollutants, molds, radon, and asbestos; Whereas, despite the need to address unsafe levels of lead in school drinking water across the country, in 2019, the Healthy Schools Network reported that as of November 2018 only 9 States required public schools to test at the tap for lead; and further, the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University and the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California also reported that only 25 States had school drinking water initiatives between January 1, 2016, and February 28, 2018; Whereas a 1995 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Condition of America’s Schools—the only GAO study on this issue—determined that poor school facility conditions were concentrated in high-poverty schools serving students of color, placing millions of children at risk; Whereas, according to a 2014 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, only 46.5 percent of schools had a program in place to address indoor air quality issues; and further, that fewer States and districts in 2014 than in 2010 were addressing indoor air; Whereas children may also be exposed to toxic contaminants when schools are sited near environmental hazards such as hazardous waste disposal sites, or when schools are renovated or expanded while school is in session; Whereas the T.H. Chan School of Public Health Schools for Health study reported that the environmental conditions of schools affect children’s health, thinking, and learning