22.1-274.1 - Criteria to identify toxic art materials; labeling; use in certain grades prohibited. - Virginia Statutes

§ 22.1-274.1. Criteria to identify toxic art materials; labeling; use incertain grades prohibited.

The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the State Departmentof Health, shall develop criteria to identify toxic art materials.

After these criteria have been developed, the Department of Education shallrequire school divisions to evaluate all art materials used in schools andidentify those which are toxic. All materials used in the public schoolswhich meet the criteria as toxic shall be so labeled and the use of such artmaterials shall be prohibited in kindergarten through grade five.

(1987, c. 225; 1988, c. 103.)