Followers of HB 6922 said that the law was aimed at protecting students and schools in the classroom.
Hartford, Conn. – This week, the week of the National Healthy Healthy Schools and members of the Indoor Air Quality worked more measures to protect Connecticut students.
They urge legislators to adopt the household 6922 before the impending federal finance cuts.
“Healthy physical environments lead to healthy academic environments,” said Joslyn Delancey, Vice President of CEA.
Delancey, a fifth grade teacher, triggered her thoughts on heating and cooling systems in the schools of Connecticut.
She said that the quality of the breath of the students is bad, her performance will also be in the classroom.
“If our students are not healthy and our conditions are not safe, our students do not learn at the level where they should learn,” she said.
If plans to carry out some federal education finance, the nutmeg state loses millions of dollars of grants, at a time when schools already have difficulty finding the money to repair and replace the aging infrastructure. A state survey of 2021 showed that only four out of 10 schools in Connecticut had a central air and reported more than 900 schools about broken or failed HLK systems.
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State Rep. Jennifer Leeper said that problems with air quality not only pose symptoms but also a health risk.
“It led to the fact that people are permanently disabled in our schools due to the unhealthy air quality,” said Leeper. “So it's not just about air conditioning, but also about the health and well -being of everyone who enters our schools every day.”
The educators joined the legislators in Hartford to the National Healthy Schools Week, where they discussed the importance of investing in climate control systems and care.
In Connecticut, the average age of primary schools is 56 years old and many HLK systems are in passing.
“If we do not improve our systems, the problem becomes more and more expensive because we have to repair the conditions. If we have to close the schools for extreme temperatures, all of these things are problematic and in the long term,” said Delancey.
HB 6922 supporters said that the legislation aims to protect pupils and schools from the next threat from public health.
“When topics such as Bird flu and RSV, other concerns about breathing health come into focus, we have to ask ourselves where the emphasis on air quality indoors has not learned from pandemic?” said Louis Rosado Burch, legislative coordinator CEA.
Bridgette Bjorlo is anchor/reporter at FOX61 News. It can be achieved bbjorlo@fox61.com. Follow your FacebookPresent X And Instagram.
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