COLOR VISION TESTING, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning health.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section

5 2-3.214 as follows:

6   (105 ILCS 5/2-3.214 new)

7   Sec. 2-3.214. Color-vision-deficient literacy. The State

8 Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of

9 Public Health as necessary, shall publish on its Internet

10 website resources to support school districts and teachers in

11 teaching literacy to color-vision-deficient learners.

12  Section 10. The Child Vision and Hearing Test Act is

13 amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:

14  (410 ILCS 205/4.5 new)

15  Sec. 4.5. Color discrimination tests. Notwithstanding any

16 other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the

17 2027-2028 school year, color discrimination tests shall be

18 performed as part of the vision screening services provided

19 under this Act for children in kindergarten, second grade, and

20 eighth grade.

21  The Department shall adopt rules with the Secretary of
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1 State to implement the requirements of this amendatory Act of
2 the 104th General Assembly.