The White House on Thursday announced $26 million in new funding to test for and remove lead from water in schools and child-care facilities, two months ahead of plans to publish a new rule requiring such testing at elementary and middle schools. While there is no national requirement to test for lead in school water, states and localities that have chosen to test often find it. Lead in schools is frequently caused not by lead service lines, which are narrow pipes that serve households and small businesses, but by lead-laced plumbing and fixtures. 

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