Under the biennial state budget , the Ohio Department of Health got $10 million for a new eyesight initiative, the Ohio Student Eye Exam (SEE) Program.

OhioSEE will look to get young children who fail their state-mandated biennial vision screenings more care and—if needed—glasses. Around one in four students who need additional care actually get it, according to ODH analysis .

Dr. Shane Foster, the owner of Athens Eye Care and an optometrist, took high marks home from school until sixth grade.

“It turns out, I just couldn’t see the board,” Foster said in an interview Wednesday. “I always think about, my parents had the means, we had good insurance. The kids out there (who) don’t have that, they’re really in much more of a predicament than I was.”

A person’s vision can change quickl

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