Senate Bill S1860

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to vision screening examinations for students

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9664
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §905, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2260, A5311
2023-2024: S75, A7162
2025-2026: S2239, A1487

2019-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1860
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  905 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 477 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Vision  screening  examinations of students in the schools of this
 state made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, or made pursuant
 to the by-laws, regulations or practices of the board  of  education  of
 the  city  school  district of the city of New York, shall be subject to
 the provisions of this subdivision, and where inconsistent herewith, the
 provisions of this subdivision shall prevail. In addition to any  vision
 screening examinations otherwise required by the provisions or practices
 cited  in  this subdivision, all students who enroll in a school of this
 state shall be tested for color perception,  distance  acuity  and  near
 vision  within  six  months of admission to the school, or by such other
 date as may be prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner,  USING
 EXAMINATION  DEVICES  AND  TESTING  METHODS  AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED IN THE
 REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SNEL-
 LEN EYE TEST CHART AND AUTOMATED VISION SCREENING DEVICES.  The  results
 of any such vision screening examinations, whether made pursuant to this
 subdivision  or  pursuant  to  the provisions or practices cited in this
 subdivision, shall be in writing and shall  be  made  available  to  the
 student's  parent  or  person in parental relation and to any teacher of
 the student within the school while  the  student  is  enrolled  in  the
 school, and shall be kept in a permanent file of the school for at least
 as  long as the minimum retention period for such records, as prescribed
 by the commissioner pursuant to article fifty-seven-A of  the  arts  and
 cultural affairs law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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