Why are “child-occupied facilities” included in the rule?
Because of the length of time that children spend in schools and day care centers, children face potentially equivalent (if not greater) risks from lead-based paint hazards there as they do at home. Indeed, some children spend more time in a particular classroom or day care room in a given day or week than they might spend in a single room in their homes. If that classroom contains a lead-based paint hazard, the children in it could be at risk. It is important to note that in a school, it is only the rooms in which children under 6 years of age spend time that will be affected by this rule—not the entire school.
