While the State of Oklahoma does not have a formal School IPM
program, many districts and child care facilities have implemented
a voluntary program. To learn more how you can start a school
IPM program in your district or child care facility contact the
Southwest Technical Resource Center or Dr. Patricia Bolin, OSU
at 405-744-9420 for more information.
In 2000, the New Mexico
Board of Education adopted a School IPM rule. This rule was to
give guidance to school districts to look at their pest management
practices and change them to a practice of using least toxic chemicals.
This rule is only guidance, while it is encouraged that school
districts adopt this policy there is no enforceable law to make
schools comply with this direction.
School
Board Rules
New Mexico has 89 school
districts, comprising 762 campuses with approximately 324, 520
students enrolled (spring 2001).
However, in 1999 the
Albuquerque ISD adopted their own School IPM policy. This is
a grassroots policy developed by the school district to help maintenance
personnel deal with pest problems while using the tenets of IPM
philosophy to solve pest and pesticide exposure.
