LEAD IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER.
The commissioners of health and education shall jointly develop a model plan to require school districts to accurately and efficiently test for the presence of lead in water in public school buildings serving students in kindergarten through grade 12. To the extent possible, the commissioners shall base the plan on the standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The plan may be based on the technical guidance in the Department of Health’s document, “Reducing Lead in Drinking Water: A Technical Guidance for Minnesota’s School and Child Care Facilities.”

School plans.
STEP Academy has adopted the commissioners’ model plan to test for the presence of lead accurately and efficiently in water in school buildings serving prekindergarten students and students in kindergarten through grade 12. 

Frequency of testing.
(a) STEP Academy’s facilities should undergo testing for the quality of drinking water at intervals of no more than five years to guarantee its high quality. 
(b) In the event that lead contamination is detected at a particular site responsible for providing cooking or drinking water, the facility will promptly cease the water supply or render it inaccessible until the hazard is effectively mitigated.

Reporting. If a test conducted under, paragraph (a), reveals the presence of lead above a level where action should be taken as set by the guidance, the school must, within 30 days of receiving the test result, either remediate the presence of lead to below the level set in guidance, verified by retest or directly notify parents of the test result. The school district or charter school must make the water source unavailable until the hazard has been minimized. Test results will be displayed and archived on our website. You may access the results by clicking the link below.

STEP Lead Testing Results
STEP Academy will provide updates on its testing results once they become available.