Population Health
November 30, 2016
Community engagement leads to new vision screening law
The routine distance-vision eye test has long been a staple of public school education in the State of Washington. Near-vision problems have not traditionally received the same scrutiny, which will soon change thanks to a new law signed by Governor Jay Inslee earlier this year.
The law grew out of a vision and learning symposium organized in 2014 by associate professor Bill Erdly, who helped bring together the experts, advocates, and legislators needed to collaboratively develop a solution to the shortcomings of the routine test.