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A01487 Summary:

BILL NOA01487 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02239

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SPONSORAngelino

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §905, Ed L

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Requires vision screening examinations for students using examination devices and testing methods, including, but not limited to, the Snellen Eye Test Chart and automated vision screening devices.

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BILL NOA01487 

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01/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1487

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to vision screening exam-
 inations of students

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 905 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. Vision screening examinations of students in the schools of this
 5 state made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, or made pursuant
 6 to the by-laws, regulations or practices of the board of education of
 7 the city school district of the city of New York, shall be subject to
 8 the provisions of this subdivision, and where inconsistent herewith, the
 9 provisions of this subdivision shall prevail. In addition to any vision
 10 screening examinations otherwise required by the provisions or practices
 11 cited in this subdivision, all students who enroll in a school of this
 12 state shall be tested for color perception, distance acuity and near
 13 vision within six months of admission to the school, or by such other
 14 date as may be prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner, using
 15 examination devices and testing methods as may be authorized in the
 16 regulations of the commissioner, including but not limited to, the Snel-
 17 len Eye Test Chart and automated vision screening devices. The results
 18 of any such vision screening examinations, whether made pursuant to this
 19 subdivision or pursuant to the provisions or practices cited in this
 20 subdivision, shall be in writing and shall be made available to the
 21 student's parent or person in parental relation and to any teacher of
 22 the student within the school while the student is enrolled in the
 23 school, and shall be kept in a permanent file of the school for at least
 24 as long as the minimum retention period for such records, as prescribed
 25 by the commissioner pursuant to article fifty-seven-A of the arts and
 26 cultural affairs law.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04203-01-5

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