This agreement provides assistance to oregon department of education (ODE) to implement a program of voluntary lead testing and remediation for lead in drinking water at local schools and child care…

This agreement provides assistance to oregon department of education (ODE) to implement a program of voluntary lead testing and remediation for lead in drinking water at local schools and child care centers. Activities:the activities to be performed consists of the state agency, ODE, providing training for school districts to learn proper sampling protocols, completing testing at approximately 70,000 additional drinking or food preparation fixtures in school districts, providing results and notifying parents, providers and organizations, as well as implementing a sustainable and ongoing testing program for districts and remediating lead exposure by determining best action to take for remediation. Subrecipient:this agreement will involve pass-through subawards to districts for lead testing and remediation reimbursement. IT is estimated that approximately 104 districts will qualify to receive up to $5,000 each in reimbursement for remediation expenses. The number of districts to be reimbursed is estimated and not every district is expected to claim the full $5,000. The total budget has been adjusted from $520,000 to $519,485 to balance with the other budget items.outcomes:ODE anticipates that the implementation of this agreement will include the improvement of state lead testing in drinking water in school districts that supports a robust training, monitoring, and maintenance plan that protects children from lead exposure now and in the future, improvement of district staff and community knowledge on lead in drinking water, and reduction of exposure to lead in drinking and food preparation water in school districts. Beneficiaries include local schools and childcare facilities.