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Reading, Writing and Risk: Critical Needs
Indoor Environmental Quality in California Schools: Critical Needs
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There is evidence that many schools in California have serious indoor environmental quality problems, which are causing health concerns in students and staff, reducing teaching and learning effectiveness, and draining resources away from the schools' core functions.
This report was prepared by a committee of the California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality (CIWG-IAQ). Its goal was to evaluate the current status and critical needs of California schools' facilities with respect to indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The report presents a review of available information and a set of recommendations and proposals aimed at policy-makers and public school administrators for initiating corrective change and developing measures to prevent IEQ problems in California schools.
The report addresses IEQ in schools generally, but contains a section on portable (relocatable) classrooms.
