Science Safety
Resources to help school districts and county superintendent of schools ensure adults and students are safe when they are on a school site.It is the duty of the governing board of every school district and of every county superintendent of schools to ensure adults and students are safe when they are on a school site. Science instruction and science laboratories can cause the need for specific safety protocols to be in place at each school site.
California Education Code Section 32030 states:
It shall be the duty of the governing board of every school district, and of every county superintendent of schools, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, in this state, to equip schools with eye protective devices as defined in Section 32032, for the use of all students, teachers, and visitors when participating in the courses which are included in Section 32031. It shall be the duty of the superintendents, principals, teachers or instructors charged with the supervision of any class in which any such course is conducted, to require such eye protective devices to be worn by students, teachers, or instructors and visitors under the circumstances prescribed in Section 32031.
The governing board of any school district may request consultation services from the California Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Service to ensure hazardous materials are being used and stored safely in school laboratories.
Below is a list of resources that can help the governing board of a school district, county superintendent of schools, and school staff ensure adults and students are safe when they are performing science related activities in a school.
Resources
The 2016 Science Framework
The 2016 Science Framework has science safety guidance embedded in places where instructional guidance is mentioned.