Arizona HB 2506: schools; vision screenings

Bill Text

HB2506 - 532R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: schools; vision screenings

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-third Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2018

 HB 2506

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Lawrence: Thorpe

AN 
ACT

amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-118; relating to vision 
screenings. 

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-118, to read:

START_STATUTE15-118. Annual 
vision screening; parental notification; database

A. Each 
school district and charter school shall annually provide a vision screening to 
each pupil in a kindergarten program and each of grades one, two, three, four, 
five and nine. the screenings shall use a Snellen chart, or an 
equivalent screening device such as an automated vision screening device, and 
shall be provided at no cost to the school district or charter school.

B. The 
superintendent of the school district and the principal of the charter school 
shall give written notice to the parent or guardian of a pupil who:

1. is 
found to have a possible defect of vision or disease of the eye, with a brief 
statement describing the possible defect or disease.

2. Did 
not receive a vision screening pursuant to this section, with a brief statement 
explaining why the pupil did not receive the vision screening.

C. within 
ten days after a vision screening pursuant to this section, The superintendent 
of the school district and the principal of the charter school shall provide to 
the department of education statistical information by grade level of the 
number of pupils screened and the number of pupils referred for follow-up 
examinations. The department shall maintain a central database for 
this information. END_STATUTE