Senate File 2251 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                         SENATE FILE 2251
  1  2
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO STUDENT EYE CARE AND INCLUDING AN APPLICABILITY
  1  5    DATE PROVISION.
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  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  9    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.7A  STUDENT EYE CARE.
  1 10    1.  A parent or guardian who registers a child for
  1 11 kindergarten or a preschool program shall be given a student
  1 12 vision card provided by the Iowa optometric association and as
  1 13 approved by the department of education with a goal of every
  1 14 child receiving an eye examination by age seven, as needed.
  1 15    2.  School districts may encourage a student to receive an
  1 16 eye examination by a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist
  1 17 prior to the student receiving special education services
  1 18 pursuant to chapter 256B.  The eye examination is not a
  1 19 requirement for a student to receive special education
  1 20 services.  A parent or guardian shall be responsible for
  1 21 ensuring that a student receives an eye examination pursuant
  1 22 to this section.
  1 23    3.  Area education agencies, pursuant to section 273.3,
  1 24 shall make every effort to provide, in collaboration with
  1 25 local community organizations, vision screening services to
  1 26 children ages two through four.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to school
  1 28 years beginning on or after July 1, 2009.
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  1 31                                                             
  1 32                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
  1 33                               President of the Senate
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  2  2                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
  2  3                               Speaker of the House
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  2  5    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2  6 is known as Senate File 2251, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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  2  9                                                             
  2 10                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  2 11                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 12 Approved                , 2008
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  2 16 CHESTER J. CULVER
  2 17 Governor