This EPA webpage provides information on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) and how schools can comply, a summary of the health effects of asbestos, information for Local Education Agency Designated Persons, information for parents, teachers, and other school employees, and useful links.

Presents the Duval County Public Schools' asbestos consultant selection criteria, including types of selection, qualifying data and forms, specific screening and selection procedures. 27p.

Describes many construction products that have at one time contained asbestos and can still be found in older building and facilities, as well as the years during which asbestos was used in those products.

Discusses the use of asbestos in building products, including many which were used in schools. Programs designed to ensure that existing asbestos remains contained and does not represent a hazard are also described.

Discusses the use of asbestos in schools built before the mid-1970's. This asbestos may or may not need to be removed, but will always need monitoring to ensure that it remains out of the atmosphere.

Discusses asbestos management in schools and the danger of old asbestos in schools.

Offers a school asbestos information section to inform parents about the risks of asbestos exposure in schools. The section provides information on materials that commonly contain asbestos, frequently asked questions, news items, and how parents can find out if their school contains asbestos. In the United States, schools that contain asbestos are required to have management plans and many schools have removed, sealed, or enclosed the material. However as buildings age and require maintenance and repair, the odds of workers, teachers and students accidentally coming into contact with asbestos containing materials has increased.

Discusses the prevalance of asbestos in schools built before the mid-1970's, the inability of some schools to afford its removal, heightened exposure in schools with poor air quality, and the necessity to keep asbestos that cannot be removed in good condition so that it does not crumble and become an airborne hazard.

Reviews the risk of asbestos exposure in schools, considering the large number of school buildings built from the 1950's through the 1970's with materials that contained asbestos. Typical sources of asbestos in schools, the potential state of asbestos in aging school buildings, and the potential for asbestos fiber inhalation are addressed, and numerous links to additional sources of information and assistance are provided.

Discusses typical sources of asbestos in building products found in schools built before 1978, inspection requirements for schools that contain asbestos, health risks from asbestos, and protection of children when asbestos remediation is underway.

Discusses hazards of asbestos in schools, specific legislation that the U.S. government has taken to remove asbestos from schools, and provides referrals for those seeking information on asbestos in schools.