Los Angeles Unified School District Resolutions
In 2000, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education adopted
a resolution opposing the placement of cellular telecommunications towers on or
immediately adjacent to school property until appropriate regulatory standards have
been adopted.
Read the 2000 LAUSD
Board of Education Resolution
On May 26, 2009, the LAUSD Board of Education unanimously passed a second resolution
including a statement "in favor of revising Section 704 of the Federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996's preemption of consideration of the health and environmental
effects of radio-frequency radiation at levels below current Federal Communication
Commission standards in decisions involving the placement, construction and modification
of wireless facilities."
Read the 2009 LAUSD
Board of Education Resolution
LAUSD's action on this issue was prompted in part by a number of recent cellular
antenna applications for locations near LAUSD schools.
The following organizations and individuals endorsed the 2009 LAUSD Resolution.
Click the name of the organization or individual to read their letter of endorsement.