Chap. 377.—An ACT for the testing of the sight and hearing of pupils in the
public schools.

Approved March 14, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the State
superintendent of public instruction be, and is hereby, directed to pre-
pare or cause to be prepared, upon the advice and approval of the State
board of health, suitable test cards, blanks, record books, and other
needful appliances, to be used in testing the sight and hearing of the
pupils in the public schools, and shall also obtain necessary instructions
for the use thereof; and shall furnish the same free of expense to all
the schools of the State, upon request of the school board of any county
or city, accompanied with the statement from the clerk thereof that
the said board had by resolution adopted the use of said test cards,
blanks, et cetera, and had directed the use thereof in schools under their
charge, and within fifteen days after the beginning of the term, or
after receiving the said test cards, et cetera, the principal or teacher in
all said schools shall test the sight and hearing of all the pupils under
their charge, and keep a record of such examinations in accordance
with instructions furnished, and whenever a pupil is found to have anv
defect of vision or hearing, or disease of the eyes or ears, he shall forth-
with notify the parent or guardian, in writing, of said defect, with a
brief statement thereof. Copies of said reports shall be preserved for the
use of the State superintendent of public instruction, as he may require.

The State superintendent of public instruction, upon approval of
the State board of health, may expend during the year nineteen hundred
and eight the sum of not greater than four hundred dollars, and an-
nually thereafter a sum of not greater than three hundred dollars, for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act: