Advocate healthy vision for children
Education Groups Endorse Eye Exams, H.R. 2238
In January, two national education groups joined forces with the Vision Council
of America, in its fight for healthy vision in children, by supporting children’s eye exams and
endorsing H.R. 2238.
The National PTA recently updated their position statement on children’s health
to read: “Early diagnosis and treatment of children’s vision problems is a necessary
component to school readiness and academic learning; and that vision screening is
not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor.
Comprehensive eye and vision examinations by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
are important for all children first entering school and regularly throughout their
school-aged years to ensure healthy eyes and adequate vision skills essential for
successful academic achievement.”
In addition, the National Head Start Association, the longest-running national
school readiness program in U.S., endorsed H.R. 2238 in their efforts to provide
health, education and nutrition services to low-income children and families.
This bill, introduced by Representative Bill Pascrell (NJ-08), has already received
over 150 cosponsors and continues to gain support.
To show your support of H.R. 2238 and healthy vision for children,
please visit www.2020advocacy.com. For more information,
please contact Eve Zartman-Ball,
manager of government relations and advocacy, at (703) 548-4560 ext. 224
or via e-mail at ezb@visionsite.org.
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For those of us who were educated in NYC, we believed that the most important organs in our body were our teeth. Now that we are enlightened, we know the importance of a full vision exam for entering students. Might I add that a full hearing exam is just as necessary?
Posted by: Ellen Rice Brotman | February 2, 2008 1:47 PM