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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-273 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-273. Sight and hearing of pupil to be tested.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare or cause to be prepared, with the advice and approval of the State Health Commissioner, suitable test cards, blanks, record books, and other appliances for testing the sight and hearing of the pupils in the public schools and necessary instructions for the use thereof. The State Department of Education shall furnish the same free of expense to all schools in a school division upon request of the school board of such division accompanied by a resolution of the school board directing the use of such test cards, blanks, record books and other appliances in the schools of the school division.
Within a the time period periods to be
established and at the grades provided in regulations promulgated
by the Board of Education, the principal of each such school shall
test cause the sight and hearing of all the relevant
pupils in the school and to be tested, unless such students are
pupils admitted for the first time to a public kindergarten or elementary
school who have been so tested as part of the comprehensive physical
examination required by § 22.1-270 or the parents or guardians of such
students object on religious grounds and the students show no obvious
evidence of any defect or disease of the eyes or ears. The principal shall
keep a record of such examinations in accordance with instructions
furnished. Whenever a pupil is found to have any defect of vision or hearing
or a disease of the eyes or ears, the principal shall forthwith notify the
parent or guardian, in writing, of such defect or disease. Copies of the
report shall be preserved for the use of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction as he may require.