Vision and Hearing

Annual Hearing & Vision Screening

A.Hearing screening is required by the state of Illinois on the following students:

• Preschool children three years of age or older in a public or private educational program or licensed childcare facility.

• Kindergarten students

• 1st Grade students

• 2nd Grade students

• 3rd Grade students

• Special education students

• Students who are referred by a teacher

• Transfer students

B.Vision screening is mandated by the state of Illinois on the following students:

• Preschool children age 3 and older in any public or private educational program or licensed child care facility.

• Kindergarten students

• 2nd Grade students

• 8th Grade students.

• Special education students

• Students who are referred by a teacher

• Transfer students

Vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor.  Your child is not required to undergo this vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months AND the form is on file with the school.

A doctor signed report form indicating that the child has had an ear examination by a physician and an evaluation by an audiologist within the past year is acceptable in lieu of  the hearing screening.  In cases of known hearing loss, an audiological evaluation completed by an audiologist within the past 12 months may be accepted in place of threshold monitoring services. Forms/reports must be on file with the school.

The parent may object to the screening(s) for their child on religious grounds only. A written and signed statement must be submitted to the local school authority. General philosophical or moral reluctance to the screening will not provide a sufficient basis for an exemption from the screening(s).