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Senate sends student vision bill to governor
OKLAHOMA CITY â Legislation to help public schools more quickly identify students with vision problems passed the Senate on Wednesday.
House Bill 1598, authored by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, authorizes the State Department of Education to approve a list of personnel who may conduct required vision screenings for students.
The American Optometric Association estimates that current school eye exams give less than four percent of a comprehensive eye exam. HB1598 would increase the chances of success for students with vision problems.
HB1598 is now eligible to be signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
OklahomaUnited-statesArtlesvilleUlsaBroken-arrowIdwest-cityKlahoma-cityLaremoreOklahomansAmericanMelissa-provenzanoJohn-michael-montgomeryA bill headed to the governor’s desk focuses on solving cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous persons.The legislation is known as Ida’s Law. Author Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, spoke about the changes he hopes the bill will bring. Senate Bill 172 is a bipartisan piece of legislation. Joining Walke in drafting the bill was Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City. According to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, four out of five native women are affected by violence, and they face murder rates higher than the national level. It’s a problem in Oklahoma as well. “There are about 220 cases that need to be resolved that, again, because of lack of data, because of a lack of clear communication between these various agencies, they just simply haven’t been able to get addressed,” Walke said. Ida’s Law is named after El Reno resident Ida Beard. She went missing in 2015 and has never been found. The bill would direct the Oklahoma State Bureau of In
Klahoma-cityOklahomaUnited-statesEl-renoOklahomansKevin-stittCollin-walkeAlejandra-brionesPaul-rosinoOklahoma-state-bureau-of-investigationCoalition-to-stop-violence-against-native-womenOffice-of-liaisonState Bill 172, which provides federal funding to address missing and murdered Native Americans, passed in the Oklahoma House on Tuesday and is now eligible for Gov. Kevin Stitt to sign into law, according to an Oklahoma House of Representatives release.
According to the release, the bill, also known as Idaâs Law, provides federal funding to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to help with the investigation of cases involving Native American communities.
Named after Ida Beard â a Native American woman from El Reno, Oklahoma, who went missing in 2015 â the bill will create the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons in the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, alongside a database of missing persons reports, according to the release.
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