HF 2087

Subd. 5.

Developmental screening program information.

The board must inform
each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental screening
program aboutnew text begin :
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new text begin (1)new text end the availability of the program and the state's requirement that a child receive
a developmental screening or provide health records indicating that the child received a
comparable developmental screening from a public or private health care organization
or individual health care provider not later than 30 days after the first day of attending
kindergarten in a public schoolnew text begin ; and
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new text begin (2) that if a statement signed by the child's parent or guardian is submitted to the
administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the school that
the child has not been screened because of conscientiously held beliefs of the parent
or guardian, the screening is not requirednew text end .

A school district must inform all resident families with eligible children under age seven
that their children may receive a developmental screening conducted either by the school
district or by a public or private health care organization or individual health care provider.