A 214: Requires vision screening in public schools using examination devices and testing methods as may be authorized in the regulations of the commissioner of education, including but not limited to, the Snellen Eye Test Chart and automated vision screening devices.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 214 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, STIRPE, SIMON, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DE LOS SANTOS, BUTTENSCHON, CLARK, SANTABARBARA, GLICK, DAVILA, GIBBS, JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to vision screening exam- inations in public schools 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00812-01-5 
 A. 214 2 1 as long as the minimum retention period for such records, as prescribed 2 by the commissioner pursuant to article fifty-seven-A of the arts and 3 cultural affairs law. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.