Getting Started

1. Read the article Hazardous Chemical Removal from Schools.

2. Contact your state science supervisor and have him/her invite the Appropriate Advisory Groupto a meeting.

3. Use the Data from Ohio to justify the need or do a needs assessment.

4. Get the legislature to appropriate funds.

5. Write a Job Description for a Program Manager.

6. Use the sample to write a Request for Proposals.

7. Use the sample to Select a Contractor.

8. Use the sample to write a Contract for the Waste Disposal Contractor.

9. Have the State Superintendent announce the program to all schools public an private K-12 for free removal if a science teacher (the chemistry teacher is best) attends an 8 hour Safety Seminar.

10. Use the Sample Materials provided to develop a Safety Seminar.