During the final stages of dealmaking for the state budget, Pennsylvania legislators inserted eleventh-hour language that relaxes the state's standards for publicly reporting lead test results in school drinking water.
While state law does not mandate that schools test their water for lead, the newly enacted budget changes the requirements surrounding how existing test results are made public. The provision was quietly tucked into the budget legislation amidst the flurry of last-minute approvals.
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