&EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA 402-F-05-022 December 2005 HealthySEAT Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool Helping you keep your schools healthy places for children to learn. Are you a school district health or safety officer, facility manager, or administrator with responsibility for the safety and health of students and staff in your schools? Have you been looking for a software tool to help you merge all of your school facility environmental, health, and safety information into a single database? EPA's new, free, and completely voluntary HealthySEAT software is designed to serve your needs. Identify and address potential environmental, health, and safety problems before they arise; Track environmental health and safety conditions school by school; Generate customized checklists and internal reports; Produce compelling data on facility conditions and needed improvements; Find, with the click of a button, information on EPA regulatory requirements and voluntary recommendations for schools on dozens of issues. EPA has loaded the key elements of its programs for schools into a single checklist and fully customizable software that can be easily adapted to your district's policies and priorities. Districts can use HealthySEAT to track any facility conditions, including safety, security, and occupational health requirements from other federal agencies, many of which are already included in HealthySEAT. HealthySEAT is self-contained; there is no need to purchase new software. An easy installation wizard will guide you through the set-up process. Download your free copy of HealthySEAT today at: www.epa.gov/schools Once downloaded from the EPA web site, HealthySEAT is yours to customize and use as you see fit. There are no reporting requirements and no obligation to use the checklist EPA has provided. ------- |