IPM Scorecard for School Grounds

Directions: Enter points earned for each category in Column D. If sections or practices within a section were not applicable to your school, enter the total points available for that section in Column C. Sum all columns. A 70% overall score is required for certification.

A. Module/Section	B. Total Points Available	C. Points Not Applicable	D. Points Earned
17. MODULE ONE: IPM Foundation Practices	300
18. MODULE TWO: IPM Framework Practices	265
19. MODULE THREE: Administrative and Policy Practices	375
20. Landscape Plant Cultural Management	220
21. Canker Diseases	105
22. Leafspots & Blights	80
23. Nematodes	80
24. Root & Crown Diseases	90
25. Rusts	90
26. Virus Diseases	60
27. Wilts	90
28. Other Landscape Plant Disease & Nematode Pests	80
29. Bark, Trunk & Twig Borers	110
30. Caterpillars	120
31. Leaf Beetles & Weevils	120
32. Sap-Feeding Pests	110
33. Sawflies	110
34. Other Landscape Plant Insect & Mite Pests	80
35. Turf Cultural Management	245
36. Dollar Spot	60
37. Fairy Ring	80
38. Gray Leafspot	60
39. Leafspot & Melting Out	60
40. Necrotic Ring Spot/Summer Patch	60
41. Powdery Mildew	60
42. Pythium	60
43. Red Thread	60

44. Rhizoctonia Blight	60
45. Rusts	60
46. Other Turf Disease & Nematode Pests	80
47. Billbugs	80
48. Chinch Bugs	90
49. Mole Crickets	80
50. Turf-Feeding Caterpillars	120
51. White Grubs	130
52. Other Turf Insect & Mite Pests	80
53. Vertebrate Pests	150
54. Weeds	100
I. Sum of each column	4260
II. Total Adjusted Points Available (Sum of Column B – Sum of Column C)		xx	xx
III. Percent Score (Sum of Column D / Points in Line II)		xx	xx

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