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Did You Know....Window blind regulations in the United States require that all window covering products sold in the country must be cordless or have inaccessible cords or approved tensioning devices by June 1, 2024. This safety standard is set by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Window Covering Manufacturers Association.

Existing blinds are grandfathered in, and vendors are still allowed to repair them.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/28/2022-25041/safety-standard-for-operating-cords-on-custom-window-coverings

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/CPSC-Approves-New-Federal-Safety-Standard-for-Custom-Window-Coverings-to-Prevent-Deaths-and-Serious-Injuries-from-Strangulation-Window-Covering-Cords-Now-Deemed-a-Substantial-Product-Hazard

School Safety Matters | Smore Newsletters

School Safety Matters | Smore Newsletters

Classroom Checklist_Fire Safety (1).pdf

The two-day Playground Maintenance Technician Program (PMT) focuses on practical playground maintenance practices, inspection principles and best practices in making repairs.

For additional details and registration click here

https://secure.smore.com/n/eav27

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SafeOregon is a program created for Oregon students, parents, school staff, community members and law officers to report and respond to student safety threats.  To see if any of your schools are signed up for SafeOregon already, use this link and start typing your school's name into the School Name field!  SafeOregon

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has published their final "Testing for Schools Protocol" on their "Radon Gas and Public Health" Frequently Asked Questions webpage, which you can access by clicking this link.

Oregon school districts may use the published protocol for their own plans, which are required to be submitted to OHA via email on or before September 1, 2016. 

The email address for submission, as well as contact information for questions, is listed at the same webpage.

ORPA is hosting a seminar on October 1 and 2, 2015, in Sherwood, Oregon, for those charged with playground maintenance or inspection.

For more details and to register go to:  http://www.orpa.org/events/event_details.asp?id=514963

Teachers, educators , administrators or facility managers that have labs are using the School Chemical List to evaluate the hazards of pure chemical compounds or chemical constituents they have in stock. Use this link to search for information the assess risks and help inventory chemicals.http://www.lhwmp.org/home/educators/schoolchemicallist.aspx