Insights · Wed, Apr 2, 2025

New Virginia Law: HB 2618 Makes School Air Quality Public. Own the Story.

Every 4 years, districts must complete a certified HVAC/IAQ inspection and publish a corrective-action report at a public school board meeting and on their website.

New Virginia Law: HB 2618 Makes School Air Quality Public. Own the Story.

Virginia HB 2618 puts school air quality on the public record. Every four years a district must complete a certified HVAC and indoor air quality inspection, then publish a corrective action report at a public school board meeting and on its website.

That turns a facilities task into a communications moment. Divisions that plan for it arrive at the board meeting with a baseline, a sequenced plan, and a record of what has already been fixed. Divisions that do not are left explaining findings they saw for the first time that week.

The inspection must include verification of carbon dioxide sensors and acceptable carbon dioxide concentrations indoors. With Citadel's room-by-room readings, a division knows where it stands long before the inspector arrives, and Citadel helps turn the findings into a sequenced plan and board-ready material for the public report.

Read the law: Va. Code § 22.1-141.5 →

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