Assembly Bill A5311

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to vision screening examinations for students

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  • 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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2021-A5311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2260
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §905, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9664, S1860
2023-2024: A7162, S75

2021-A5311 (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.

2021-A5311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5311
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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:

   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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