Florida State

• Vision screening is required, at a minimum, for the following:
  • Grades: Kindergarten, 1, 3, 6
  • Students entering Florida schools for the first time: Grades K–5
    
    
• For children younger than age 6:
  • Screen myopia/nearsightedness monocularly (one eye at a time).
  • Do not screen for hyperopia (farsightedness), as mild hyperopia is developmentally normal.
• For children age 6 and older:
  • Screen myopia/nearsightedness monocularly (one eye at a time).

For children younger than age 6:

• Passing Criteria: Student can read the majority of shapes/letters on the 20/40 line with each eye.o Referral:
• If the student cannot read the majority of shapes/letters on the 20/40 line in one or both eyes.
• If there is a two-line or greater difference between the two eyes, except when the poorer eye is 20/30 or better.

For children age 6 and older:

• Passing Criteria:
  • Student can read the majority of shapes/letters on the 20/30 line with each eye.
    
    
• Referral:
  • If the student cannot read the majority of shapes/letters on the 20/30 line in one or both eyes.
  • If there is a two-line or greater difference between the two eyes, except when the poorer eye is 20/30 or better.

• Children wearing glasses:
  • Screen with their glasses on.
    
    
• There is no specific mention of additional criteria to bypass screening, but typically, children with known vision issues or those under the care of an eye doctor may not require screening.

For Myopia Screening:

• Use appropriate, available equipment for distance visual acuity screening.

For Hyperopia Screening(when applicable):

• Screen biocularly using plus lenses (+2.25 to +2.50 diopters).
• Use the same chart used for distance acuity.

Charts Recommended:

• Proportionally Spaced HOTVo Proportionally Spaced Sloan Letters

Optional Tools for Screening Support:

• Frosted occluders, spectacle occluders, pinhole occluders, measuring tapes, and stands.