Section 511 IAC 4-2-1 - Visual acuity testing; equipment and procedures; reportsAuthority: IC 20-19-2-8
Affected: IC 20-34-3-12
Sec. 1.
(a) All school corporations shall conduct an annual screening test of the visual acuity of all children enrolled in or transferred to grades 3 and 8 and all other school children suspected of having a visual defect.(b) Equipment for testing visual aquity [sic.] shall consist of the following: (1) The minimum equipment to be used shall be a Snellen Chart illuminated by two (2) sixty (60) watt bulbs.(2) The Snellen E Chart shall be used for grade 3.(3) The Snellen Alphabetical Chart shall be used for grade 8.(4) The use of testing equipment equivalent to or more elaborate than the Snellen test is at the discretion of the local school system and should be based on the recommendations of the school's professional health advisory sources.(c) Procedures for vision testing are as follows:(1) Equipment shall be used as follows:(A) The Snellen Chart (E or Alphabetical) shall be used at a distance of twenty (20) feet.(B) The lamps used to illuminate the chart shall be placed one (1) foot from the chart.(2) The following standards apply: (A) Children in grade 3 who are unable to read with each eye the 20/30 line of the Snellen Chart shall be recommended for further examination based upon the recommendations of the professional advisors of a school's eye screening program.(B) Children in grade 8 who are unable to read with each eye the 20/20 line of the Snellen Chart shall be recommended for further examination.(C) Parents of children with corrective lenses or other ocular devices shall be informed of the eye screening program but these children need not be referred for further examination.(d) The school administrator shall assign the best qualified person in the school system or school health service to supervise eye screening tests.(e) Each school corporation shall submit an annual report of its vision testing program under this section and 511 IAC 4-2-1.1 to the Indiana state board of health. The report shall include the following: (1) The number of children in each grade tested.(2) The number of children in each grade requiring further examination.(3) The number of children receiving further professional attention.(4) The type of screening test used.(5) The person or department supervising the testing program. The school's testing program is subject to review and approval by the state board of education and the state board of health.
Indiana State Board of Education; Rule S-3; filed Mar 30, 1960, 1:40 pm: Rules and Regs. 1961, p. 28; filed Mar 24, 1988, 8:30 am: 11 IR 2860; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; readopted filed Nov 20, 2007, 11:36 a.m.: 20071219-IR-511070386RFAThis rule was promulgated jointly with the state board of health and also appears at 410 IAC 3-1.
Transferred from the Commission on General Education ( 510 IAC 13-1-1 ) to the Indiana State Board of Education ( 511 IAC 4-2-1 ) by P.L. 20-1984, SECTION 206. Effective July 1, 1984.