BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(A)   COUNTY BOARDS OR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE
TESTS.

(1)     EACH COUNTY BOARD OR COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE HEARING AND VISION SCREENING TESTS
FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

(2)    EACH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE
AND FUND HEARING AND VISION TESTS FOR ALL STUDENTS:

(I)   IN ANY PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS RECEIVED A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL UNDER §2-206 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

(II)    IN ANY NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN
THIS STATE APPROVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITY BY THE
DEPARTMENT.

(B)   WHEN ADMINISTERED.

(1)    UNLESS EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED THAT A STUDENT
HAS BEEN TESTED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, THE TESTS REQUIRED
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE
YEAR A STUDENT ENTERS A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WHEN HE ENTERS
THE NINTH GRADE.

(2)    FURTHER TESTING SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE BYLAWS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD.

(C)   RECORDS.

THE RESULTS OF THE HEARING AND VISION TESTS REQUIRED BY
THIS SECTION SHALL BE:

(1)   HADE A PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD FILE OF
EACH STUDENT; AND

(2)    GIVEN TO THE PARENTS OF ANY STUDENT WHO
FAILS THE TESTS.

(D)   ADOPTION OF STANDARDS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.

IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADOPT STANDARDS,
RULES, AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION.

(E)    STUDENTS EXCEPTED.

A STUDENT WHOSE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OBJECTS IN WRITING
TO HEARING AND VISION TESTING ON THE GROUND THAT IT
CONFLICTS WITH THE TENETS AND PRACTICE OF A RECOGNIZED
CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION OF WHICH HE IS AN ADHERENT
OR MEMBER MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THESE TESTS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §85B.