The Department of Education inspected almost 800 public elementary schools and found lead-paint in 938 classrooms, it revealed July 31.
At the end of the most-recent school year, the agency visually assessed 5,408 rooms in all 797 school buildings built before 1985 that serve children under 6. Although the Federal Government banned the use of lead paint in 1978, out of caution, the DOE tests buildings that were constructed a few years after that date.
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