California does not require schools to cool down classrooms on hot days — even though heat leads to health and learning problems for children.
Reliance on local funding for school facilities limits heat action and privileges wealthier districts with greater administrative capacity.
In the middle of a heat wave, schools have to decide how they will keep students safe — the state does not require any specific planning or actions.
California has no statewide requirement for mitigating children’s exposure to heat on school grounds.
Heat exposure is a problem for California school children — but we don’t have the data to understand how big a problem.
