Education Law

Keeping children safe from defective products

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced it will be launching a public database of complaints. The Washington Post reports that, “The federal government is poised for the first time to make public thousands of complaints it receives each year about safety problems with various products, from power tools to piggy banks. The compilation of consumer complaints, set to be launched online in March by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has been hailed by consumer advocates as a resource that will revolutionize the way people make buying decisions.”

School boards must help to make sure their schools are safe and that that recall messages reach the parents of school children. We are proud that the National School Boards Association has teamed up with the Consumers Union, National PTA, and other leading national organizations to form the National School Safety Coalition, a partnership that delivers critical and time-sensitive information on recalled and defective children?s products to millions of parents and educators across the U.S.

The coalition has created the Click, Check, and Protect Campaign, a national effort to help safeguard children and inform parents, educators, and caregivers about the potential dangers of products. The campaign?s website, www.clickcheckandprotect.org, is updated regularly with vital safety alert and recall information.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on January 11, 2011 (boomark / email).