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House panel approves rules substitute to advance resolution urging vision and hearing screening for young students
Summary
Members approved a rules substitute for House Resolution 145, an urging resolution that calls for vision and hearing screening in the youngest students; the change corrected wording to reference the General Assembly, and the substitute passed with no recorded opposition.
Chairman Irvin introduced House Resolution 145, an urging resolution recommending vision and hearing screening for the youngest students, and noted a wording change on line 19 replacing "house of representatives" with "general assembly." The clerk recognized the resolution and sought a motion to adopt a rules substitute.
A motion to approve the rules substitute for House Resolution 145 (LC 49 27 92 s) was made and seconded; when the chair asked if there was any opposition, none was voiced and the substitute was approved. No roll-call tally or individual votes were recorded in the transcript.
The resolution as discussed is an urging resolution — the chair described it as focused on early vision and hearing screening in schools for young children. The transcript does not record any additional details such as implementation steps, funding sources, statutory citations, or a referred agency for carrying out screenings.
The meeting then moved on to scheduling and budget planning; the clerk said the budget would be taken up at 11:06 and the body would meet tomorrow at 11 a.m. to set a calendar for Thursday.
The meeting opened with a prayer by Chairman Jaspers and included a brief recognition of 3rd-year medical students from the Medical College of Georgia attending from the Rome/Northwest Georgia campus.
