Senate Bill 1550c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1550

    By the Committee on Education and Senators Cowin, Thomas,
    Bronson, Dudley, Clary and Grant




    304-2162-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school-entry health

  3         requirements; amending s. 232.0315, F.S.;

  4         requiring a school-entry comprehensive vision

  5         examination; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 232.0315, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         232.0315  School-entry health examinations.--

12         (1)  The school board of each district and the

13  governing authority of each nonpublic school shall require

14  that each child who is entitled to admittance to

15  prekindergarten or kindergarten, or is entitled to any other

16  initial entrance into a public or nonpublic school in this

17  state, present a certification of a school-entry health

18  examination and a certification of a school-entry

19  comprehensive vision examination and analysis performed within

20  1 year prior to enrollment in school.  The school board of

21  each district, and the governing authority of each nonpublic

22  school, may establish a policy which permits a student up to

23  30 school days to present a certification of a school-entry

24  health examination and up to 120 school days to present a

25  certification of a school-entry comprehensive vision

26  examination and analysis.  Any school board which establishes

27  such a policy shall include provisions in its local school

28  health services plan to assist students in obtaining the

29  health examinations.  However, any child shall be exempt from

30  the examinations requirement of a health examination upon

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    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1550
    304-2162-98




  1  written request of the parent or guardian of such child

  2  stating objections to such examination on religious grounds.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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  5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  8  The Committee Substitute specifies that the vision exam
    required for school entry must be a comprehensive exam and
  9  gives students up to 120 school days to present certification
    of the exam.
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