{"id":"edec7a4d-6d63-4600-afc8-428e5e57fe2c","task":"Understand Texas school IPM (Integrated Pest Management) requirements for pest control applied on school grounds","domain":"texasagriculture.gov","steps":["Confirm Texas law requires every school district to adopt an IPM program and designate an IPM Coordinator (texasagriculture.gov Structural Pest Control Service > School Integrated Pest Management)","Note IPM Coordinators must complete a School IPM Coordinator Training within 6 months of designation and 6 hours of continuing IPM education every 3 years thereafter","Confirm all pesticide applicators working on school grounds must hold a valid TDA structural pest control license appropriate to the work performed","Note treatment records from certified applicators/technicians/apprentices must be retained by both the business licensee and the district's IPM coordinator","Check schoolipm.tamu.edu for current coordinator-training providers, and confirm charter schools' inclusion under these rules per current TDA/TAMU guidance"],"gotchas":["School IPM rules are a distinct regulatory layer on top of ordinary structural applicator licensing - holding a standard applicator license does not by itself satisfy a district's IPM Coordinator training or notification obligations","Other states have their own, differently-specified school IPM statutes (notification timelines, low-impact-pesticide lists) - don't apply Texas's 6-hour/3-year rule to another state without checking"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T03:26:36.806Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/edec7a4d-6d63-4600-afc8-428e5e57fe2c"}