2531.03 Attachment E- SIPM Awards Program Conditions and Criteria

School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart
Office of Chemical Safety and Polluniton Prevention (OCSPP)

Attachment E
Conditions and Criteria
Prerequisite
Recipient
Criteria

Getting started
School District
Must meet all
applicable state or
tribal laws.
• IPM Coordinator
identified.
• Written IPM Policy
• IPM Education
Coordinator
• Complete SelfAssessment using
checklist
• Certified Applicator

Leadership
School District
Must meet all applicable
state or tribal laws
• Environmental Health/IPM
Committee
• Written IPM Plan
• IPM education for custodial,
maintenance, groundskeeper,
kitchen, and nurse staff
• Monthly inspections of pest
vulnerable areas
• Pesticide use and
monitoring records
• Warning signs/notification
and correct storage
• Trash areas well maintained
and dumpster distance
• Door sweeps
• Visibility between
landscaping and facility

Excellence
School District
Must meet all
applicable state or
tribal laws
• Communication
between IPM
Committee and school
administration
• IPM plan updated
annually
• IPM education for
staff with certificates
awarded
• Full inspection
(annually)
• Exterior free of
clutter and harborage
• Maintenance
records, pest
sighting/complaint
records
• Follow guidelines for
pesticide selection
and application
• Appropriate food
storage, kitchen
sanitation, rooms free
of clutter

Sustained excellence
School District
· Demonstrate that it
continues to meet all
Level 3 criteria for at
least two years after
receiving Level 3
recognition
• Provide
documentation of its
strategy and efforts to
make its IPM program
sustainable
• Repeated recognition
can be provided if
district continues to
meet all Level 3 criteria
• Provide
documentation of
program results in
terms of pest
reduction, health
improvements, and
financial benefits.
Demonstrate how it
has been
communicating about
its IPM program, both
to its internal

Connector
Organization or Individual
• An award for individuals
and organizations that have
contributed to the adoption
and use of IPM policies in
school districts at the
community, state, region, or
national level
• Demonstrate actions and
initiatives that support
school IPM
• Provide a detailed account
of their actions contributing
to school IPM, including
documentation of the
results of their actions
• Describe how they
communicated with school
districts to facilitate their
IPM efforts
• Demonstrate how the
achievements made by their
actions will be sustained in
the future
• Have at least one
endorsement from a
relevant entity (school,
school district, state board,

School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart
Office of Chemical Safety and Polluniton Prevention (OCSPP)

• Structure free of
gaps, holes, and entry
points

Award
Components

Issued /
Notification
Awards

Reporting

Certificate signed by
an EPA official,
recognition on the
EPA's website, access
to topical webinars,
trainings, and events,
and regular email
updates to further
School IPM.
Continuously, upon
successful evaluation
of application

Certificate signed by an EPA
official, recognition on the
EPA's website, access to
topical webinars, trainings,
and events, and regular email
updates to further School
IPM.

60 days from
application
Initial application
required

60 days from application

community (students,
parents, employees)
and to the external
community (other
districts, educational
Institutions.
Certificate signed by an
EPA official,
recognition on the
EPA's website, access
to topical webinars,
trainings, and events,
and regular email
updates to further
School IPM.
Continuously, upon
successful evaluation
of application

etc.) in order to verify the
significance of their
contribution

60 days from
application
Application with
requirements meet

60 days from
application
Application with
requirements meet

60 days from application

Documentation for:
2. Education of
staff on IPM
Summary
documentation of
maintenance records
and pest sighting
records

Documentation for:
1. Education of
staff on IPM
2. Summary
documentation
of
maintenance
records and

Certificate signed by
an EPA official,
recognition on the
EPA's website, access
to topical webinars,
trainings, and events,
and regular email
updates to further
School IPM.
Continuously, upon successful Continuously, upon
evaluation of application
successful evaluation
of application

Application with
requirements meet
Documentation for:
1. Education of staff on
IPM

Certificate signed by an EPA
official, recognition on the
EPA's website, access to
topical webinars, trainings,
and events, and regular
email updates to further
School IPM.
Continuously, upon
successful evaluation of
application

Application with
requirements meet
Documentation for:
1. actions and
initiatives that
support school IPM
2. Detailed account of
their actions
contributing to
school IPM,
including
documentation of

School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart
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Time limit (how
long a applicant
can stay at a level)

No time limit

No time limit

No time limit

pest sighting
the results of their
records
actions
3. Provide
3. How they
documentation
communicated with
of pest
school districts to
reduction
facilitate their IPM
4. Demonstrate
efforts
communication
4. Demonstrate how
with (students,
the achievements
parents and
made by their
employees on
actions will be
IPM)
sustained in the
Provide documentation
future
of pest prevention by
Provide at least one
design or pest proofing endorsement from a
repairs
relevant entity (school,
school district, state board,
etc.) in order to verify the
significance of their
contribution
No time limit
No time limit

Compliance
Screening
Required

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes