SB 5897 - DIGEST

Provides that the superintendent shall require that any school-age child who has been diagnosed with a learning disability, or is going to be placed in an alternative learning environment because of a perceived reluctance or inability to learn at a normal pace, have a complete vision exam. At a minimum, the complete vision exam must include: (1) Acuity and refraction testing to rule out a sight problem such as amblyopia;

(2) Accommodative function testing to rule out accommodative dysfunction including accommodative insufficiency and infacility;

(3) Motility testing to rule out strabismus, including significant phoria;

(4) Vergence testing to rule out dysfunction and instability of eye alignment;

(5) Eye movement accuracy testing to rule out a tracking problem; and

(6) Ocular health exam including internal and external exam.