Healthy School Environments

EPA Announces the Selection of Organizations to Receive Funding for Healthy Learning Environments
- Read the press release
- Learn more about the Healthy Learning Environments Grants Initiative.
Rebates to Clean Up School Buses
Rebates totaling $10 Million are now available to fund school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health. Apply by October 30.
Read the press release
Protecting Children in Indian Country
Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping our Children Healthy! provides practical, community-based resources to reduce childhood lead exposure.
New Curriculum to Protect Children in Indian Country and Communities from Lead Exposure
Read the news release
3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
EPA's 3Ts - Training, Testing, and Taking Action - provides tools for schools, child care facilities, states, and water systems to implement voluntary lead in drinking water testing programs.
- View the 3Ts Toolkit
- Read the news release: EPA Announces Partnership to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure at Schools and Childcare Facilities

Healthy School Environments

Healthy school environments can affect the attendance, concentration and performance of both students and educators. This website presents information about establishing and enhancing healthy school environments.

Other EPA topics for educators, school administrators, and parents:
- Environmental Education - education grants, educator training, and student and educator recognition programs.
- Learning and Teaching about the Environment - homework resources, lesson plans and project ideas for students.
View information about healthy schools in Spanish / Aprenda acerca de cómo establecer y mejorar los ambientes escolares sanos.
Registered EPA disinfectants for use against COVID-19.
The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools program provides school staff with a set of webinars on best ventilation and cleaning practices, updated to reflect current conditions.

Key Topics

Air: Indoor air
- Creating healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools

Air: Outdoor air near schools
- Best Practices for Reducing Near-Road Pollution Exposure at Schools
- Air Quality Flag Program - learn how schools can raise flags that correspond to how clean or polluted the air that day is.

Asbestos
- Learn about asbestos
- Asbestos and school buildings. Includes information on:
  - - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
  - - How schools comply with AHERA
  - - School asbestos management plans
  - - Resources for schools and parents
  - - Informacion para parientes, maestros y otros empleados escolares