{"data":{"id":"us-de/14-del.-c.-4149","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"14 Del. C. § 4149","heading":"Vision screening.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, “vision screening” means a screening performed by the school nurse or other qualified healthcare professional in accordance with the Delaware School Nurse Manual. “Vision screening” includes a test for color blindness.\n(b) Each school district and charter school must provide a vision screening to each student enrolled in kindergarten. Students in subsequent grade levels shall receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals to be determined by the Department. All new students to a district or charter school must receive a vision screening in a nontesting year if there is no record of a vision screening in the student’s electronic health record.\n(c) The school shall record the results of the vision screening within the student’s electronic health record.\n(d) If a student fails a vision screening, the school must notify the student’s parent, guardian, or relative caregiver.","path":["Title 14. Education","Free Public Schools","CHAPTER 41. Regulatory Provisions","Subchapter I. General Regulatory Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c041/sc01/index.html#4149","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:18Z","sha256":"a493a0e1c25c13eceb7bf4a0598abf39a28c35f8048465e76354dddba2b50568","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/14-del.-c.-4148","next":"us-de/14-del.-c.-4150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}