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1995 SESSION
LD6132685Be 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 time period to be established As 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 pupils
in the school and to be tested who have not been so tested as part
of the comprehensive physical examination required by subsection A of §
22.1-270. 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.