EPA has developed a unique tool to help school districts evaluate their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues in an effort to promote the health and safety of children and staff in the nation's 120,000+ public and private school facilities. The Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT):

• is a completely voluntary tool that is available for download on EPA's web site at no cost to school districts, states and others to help them establish and implement fully integrated and comprehensive self-assessments of each of their school facilities
• includes a database file that helps school districts to manage all aspects of a self-assessment program, including:
  • generating a customized checklist and detailed guidebook containing detailed information and links on each topic
  • generating pre- and post- assessment letters and recommendation packages
  • setting priorities for correcting problems found
  • tracking the status of every issue for every school
  • generating district-wide status reports
• includes a comprehensive sample checklist that can be used "as is" to conduct self-assessments of school facilities, or which can be fully customized by states and/or school districts to reflect state and local requirements, policies and priorities
• fully integrates all of EPA's programs for schools and encourages states, districts, and schools to participate in voluntary EPA programs to achieve a healthy learning environment as well as providing an effective compliance assistance tool for regulatory requirements
• includes information on health, safety and injury prevention programs of the:
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Centers for Disease Control/Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC/DASH)
  • Department of Education (DoED)
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
  • Department of Transportation (DOT)
• is supported by an EPA web page that will provide issue updates and other useful information on a regular basis.

SAMPLE Inventory (xls)