Education: Healthy Schools Act of 2010.

(1) Existing law generally regulates pesticide use and requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to promote and facilitate the voluntary adoption of integrated pest management by school districts. Existing law requires every person who sells a pesticide product for use in this state that has been registered by the Director of Pesticide Regulation to pay an assessment at a specified rate. This bill, commencing January 1, 2014, would require all schoolsites, as defined, to adopt an integrated pest management program as established, administered, and enforced by the department. This bill would also require, beginning January 1, 2012, that the rate of the assessment on registered pesticide products be augmented to reimburse the department, local agencies, and school districts for the cost of adopting integrated pest management programs at schoolsites. Because the bill would impose new duties on school districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.