School Policies and Initiatives

Sample School Board Resolution: Blueprint for Healthy, Environmentally Sound Schools – The Green Schools Initiative

Go Green Initiative - The Go Green Initiative is a simple, comprehensive program designed to create a culture of environmental responsibility on school campuses across the nation. Founded in 2002, the Go Green Initiative unites parents, students, teachers and school administrators in an effort to make real and lasting changes in their campus communities that will protect children and the environment for years to come.

Food and Farm Toolkit A Guide for Community Organizers (pdf) – Oxfam America – A tool kit to support healthy food in your community.

Indoor Air Quality – Tools for Schools – US Environmental Protection Agency - The Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) Kit shows schools how to carry out a practical plan of action to improve indoor air problems at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff. The Kit provides best practices, industry guidelines, sample policies, and a sample IAQ management plan. The voluntary guidance can save schools time and money so that resources can be directed toward educating children. The IAQ TfS Kit is co-sponsored by the National Parent Teacher Association, National Education Association, Association of School Business Officials, American Federation of Teachers, and the American Lung Association.

Green Schools – Center for a New American Dream – This comprehensive website has sample letters to send to school or city officials, a quick and easy guide to green cleaning in schools, a list of safer cleaning products, information on why safer cleaners are important to schools, a list of schools using safer products and much more.

Green Clean Schools – A National Partnership to Green America’s Schools – Healthy Schools Campaign -The initiative brings together the cleaning industry, educational leaders, parents and advocates in a rapidly growing Green Team whose mission is to encourage schools to adopt environmentally friendly policies, practices and products. The Green Team will spearhead a nationwide educational effort designed to engage school decision-makers at the national, state and local levels through distribution of The Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, the GreenCleanSchools.org website and other outreach activities.

Developing an Integrated Pest Management Policy Statement for Your School District – Minnesota Department of Agriculture

PVC Fact Sheet and Model Policy for Governments (pdf) – (Could be used for schools, as well)