Breathing Better: Healthy Schools Forum
Legislative Office Building, Room 1C
300 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
April 4th is National Healthy Schools Day!
The Connecticut AFL-CIO, AFT Connecticut, CEA, ConnFESS, and our incredible coalition partners invite you to join us as we celebrate this national day of action with our Breathe Better: Healthy Schools Forum. We will also be commemorating the 20th anniversary of Connecticut’s landmark 2003 School IAQ law and discussing opportunities for continued advocacy. We hope you will join us for this informative program.
Event Details:
WHO: Connecticut Foundation for Environmentally Safe Schools (ConnFESS), CEA, Connecticut AFL-CIO, AFT Connecticut, CT Coalition for Healthy Air in Schools
WHAT: Breathing Better: Healthy Schools Forum
WHERE: Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room 1C
WHEN: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Program Agenda:
11am: Introductions & Welcome
11:10am: School IAQ policy overview (Presentation by Joellen Lawson, Founder, ConnFESS)
12:00pm: Lunch break & networking
1:00pm: Policy best practices & discussion of national perspective on school IAQ (Tobie Bernstein, ELI)
1:30pm: Legislator’s panel: Update from the School IAQ Working Group & pathways forward (feat. Sen. Julie Kushner, Sen. Saud Anwar, & Rep. Jennifer Leeper, moderated by Lou Rosado Burch, CEA)
2:00pm: short break
2:10pm: Ventilation verification overview & best practices (presentation by Matthew Cole, Wings Testing & Balancing Co.)
2:40pm: Tools for Schools overview (presentation by Kenny Foscue)
3:10pm: short break
3:20pm: Post-pandemic approaches to safe cleaning (presentation by Claire Barnett, Healthy Schools Network)
3:50pm: Safe approaches to supplemental air filtration vs. untested 3rd party air cleaners (presentation by Marina Creed & Dr. Kristina Wagstrom, PhD, UCONN Health)
4:20pm: Closing remarks
4:30pm: End program
The forum is sponsored by The Connecticut Foundation for Environmentally Safe Schools (ConnFESS), CEA, Connecticut AFL-CIO, AFT Connecticut, CCAG, ConnectiCOSH, and the national Healthy Schools Network.