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6-18-1803. Duties.
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6-18-1803. Duties.
(a) The Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children shall:
(1) Study the eye and vision needs of the school-age children of Arkansas;
(2) Study and evaluate vision screening programs in the schools, and their effectiveness;
(3) Study and evaluate whether children are receiving adequate eye and vision care, and correction of vision problems;
(4) Study the effects of inadequate vision on the performance of children in the classroom; and
(5) Continue to develop a strategic statewide plan to ensure adequate eye and vision care of school-age children.
(b) The commission and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall report their findings and updates to the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor annually.
(c)(1) The commission may accept any and all donations, grants of money, gifts, appropriations, instruments, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, conditional or otherwise, from private sources, from municipal and county governments, from the state, and from the United States Government.
(2) The commission may use any of its resources to further the commission's purposes and functions.
(3) All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited into a cash fund within the State Treasury to be maintained by the division.
(d) The commission shall develop criteria for the distribution of commission resources to individuals and school districts in need of financial or other assistance necessary to satisfy the requirements of §§ 6-18-1501 — 6-18-1506.
(e)(1) In conjunction with the division, the commission shall develop criteria for passage or failure of a vision screening a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-1803
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6-18-1803. Duties.
(a) The Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children shall:
(1) Study the eye and vision needs of the school-age children of Arkansas;
(2) Study and evaluate vision screening programs in the schools, and their effectiveness;
(3) Study and evaluate whether children are receiving adequate eye and vision care, and correction of vision problems;
(4) Study the effects of inadequate vision on the performance of children in the classroom; and
(5) Continue to develop a strategic statewide plan to ensure adequate eye and vision care of school-age children.
(b) The commission and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall report their findings and updates to the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor annually.
(c)(1) The commission may accept any and all donations, grants of money, gifts, appropriations, instruments, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, conditional or otherwise, from private sources, from municipal and county governments, from the state, and from the United States Government.
(2) The commission may use any of its resources to further the commission's purposes and functions.
(3) All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited into a cash fund within the State Treasury to be maintained by the division.
(d) The commission shall develop criteria for the distribution of commission resources to individuals and school districts in need of financial or other assistance necessary to satisfy the requirements of §§ 6-18-1501 — 6-18-1506.
(e)(1) In conjunction with the division, the commission shall develop criteria for passage or failure of a vision screening and criteria for referral for a comprehensive eye examination.
(2) The division shall adopt the criteria as rules promulgated under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(f) In conjunction with the division, the commission shall develop standardized forms to be used with regard to conducting and reporting the results of eye and vision screenings.
(g) The commission and the division shall evaluate and approve the vision screening instruments, equipment, and other testing items that are used to conduct the eye and vision screenings.
(h) The commission shall conduct a pilot study to evaluate the pre- and post-performance test scores of school children who have been screened and referred for vision problems. The study shall encompass rural, urban, and Empowerment-Zone school systems.
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25-15-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-201
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6-18-1501. Vision screenings.
(a)(1)(A)(i) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, all children in prekindergarten (preK), kindergarten (K), grades one (1), two (2), four (4), six (6), and eight (8) and all transfer students shall receive an eye and vision screening.
(ii) This requirement applies to public schools and public charter schools.
(B)(i) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall ensure the provision of all general revenues necessary to access federal funds for eye and vision screenings for all qualified federal healthcare program recipients.
(ii) The school district shall be responsible for all remaining costs associated with eye and vision screenings.
(C) Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude voluntary screening of any educational grade or preclude the referral of any child regardless of grade who the teacher or school nurse feels should be screened or examined.
(2) The responsibility for the enforcement of this section rests equally with each school district or public charter school and the parent or guardian of the child.
(b) An eye and vision screening shall include the following tests, procedures, equipment, and instruments approved by the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School-Age Children and the division:
(1) Observation and external inspection of the eye;
(2) Distance visual acuity test using a Snellen eye chart at twenty feet (20') or an age or developmentally appropriate chart at ten feet (10') outside a vision screening instrument;
(3) A plus lens visual acuity test using a Snellen eye chart at twenty feet (20') or an age or developmentally appropriate chart at ten feet (10') outside a vision screening instrument; and
(4) Visual screening instrument tests, which include:
(A) Lateral muscle
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-1501
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6-18-1506. Consultant.
Each school district is encouraged to select one (1) or more optometrists or ophthalmologists to serve as nonpaid eye and vision care consultants to provide advice and assistance with eye and vision screenings and examinations.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-1506
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-18-1506. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.