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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5679 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1588 | |
| 3 | 3 | *01588* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist. | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 5679 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 1588 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | *01588* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist. | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING AUDIOMETRIC SCREENINGS FOR STUDENTS. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | That subsection (b) of section 10-214 of the general statutes be amended to require (1) audiometric screenings for (A) students in grades kindergarten, one, three, five, seven, nine and eleven, (B) children attending a public preschool program, (C) students who are newly enrolled in a school and have not been screened during the previous twelve months, (D) students receiving special education and related services, (E) students referred by a teacher or other school personnel, (F) students who were referred for an audiometric screening during the previous year but who do not have a documented follow-up, (G) students who were absent during the audiometric screening, (H) students who are at greater risk for noise exposure, including, but not limited to, students participating in band or enrolled in a technical high school, (I) students who request an audiometric screening, and (J) students whose parents request an audiometric screening, and (2) students who cannot be screened to be referred for a complete medical and audiometric evaluation. | |
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| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 32 | 32 | To improve identification of hearing loss among students. |