The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey - Schools

PACNJ Asthma Friendly School Award Program

There are six requirements to qualify for the PACNJ
Asthma Friendly School Award. Each step supports
the efforts of New Jersey schools to be in compliance
with New Jersey Laws for asthma management and
good indoor air quality.

The award recognizes a school’s efforts to enhance
the quality of education for students and staff who
face the challenges of asthma.

Six Steps to Success

1. A Nebulizer is required in each school as mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.7.

2. NOW AVAILABLE!!! PACNJ Faculty In-Service PowerPoint training Asthma Management in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know. All New! Our new downloadable PowerPoint training for faculty asthma education, is now available. It fulfills the requirement mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.9 requiring annual asthma education for school faculty. Replaces the "ABCs of Asthma are All 'Bout Control" video.

3. NOW AVAILABLE!!! Asthma Basics for School Nurses - All New! A completely revised 22 minute asthma management training video for school nurses. It fulfills the requirement mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.8. Replaces the "Asthma Management in the School Setting" video kit.

4. Asthma Treatment Plan: School Nurses Leading the Way Each school nurse is to view the PACNJ On-Line PowerPoint Presentation and take the online quiz.

5. NJDHSS/PEOSH Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Training for School Nurses and Designated Persons
(PEOSH - Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program)
The updated NJ PEOSH Indoor Air Quality Standard N.J.A.C. 12:100-13 now requires public employers to select and train a Designated Person. NJDHSS/PEOSH provides the Designated Persons training and a certificate of attendance.

PACNJ requires that a school nurse and the IAQ designated person (or someone responsible for indoor air quality in a private school) from the school/district attend this training in order to qualify for the PACNJ award.

PACNJ requires that each school establish an Indoor Air Quality Team in order to qualify for the award

** This activity has been approved for 3 contact hours by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), Health Infrastructure and Emergency Response (HIPER) Program. The NJDHSS HIPER Program is approved as a Provider of Nursing Continuing Education by New Jersey State Nurses Association. New Jersey State Nurses Association is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Committee on Accreditation - Provider # P240, 03/09-03/12. .

6. The school superintendent is required to sign the No-Idling Pledge for the school district. Visit www.stopthesoot.org for detailed information about the No-Idling Pledge.

Print out the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s No-Idling Pledge.
Mail a signed copy of the No-Idling Pledge to Melinda Dower: NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Diesel Team, PO Box 423, Trenton, NJ 08625-0423, (Melinda.dower@dep.state.nj.us.)
Fax a copy of the No-Idling Pledge to PACNJ at 908-851-2625

When all six criteria above have been met, download and complete the
Asthma Friendly School Award Signature Form .
Fax the completed form to 908-685-8030

This program has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under agreement XA98284401 to the American Lung Association of New Jersey, it has not gone through the Agency’s publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey is supported by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under cooperative Agreement U59/CCU223169. This project is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Since 2001 The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey, sponsored by the American Lung Association of New Jersey, has been awarded grants from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the current Co-operative Agreement 5U59EH000206-2. Additional funding has been provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the current Agreements XA97256707-1, XA98284401-4 and XA97250908-0; and through the Health Resources and Services Administration via Mount Sinai School of Medicine. These state and federal grants total $1,396,376 and represent 93% of the total amount of grants received to date in support of the Coalition. The remaining 7% of funding for the PACNJ was provided by corporate grants in the amount of $93,500. (October 2008)