On the AP wire:

A father has filed a lawsuit contending that a new law requiring eye exams is unconstitutional because it prevents his child from attending public school for free.

The state’s constitution guarantees free education. The lawsuit filed Wednesday said the cost of the examination – $85 to $185 – means a pupil has to pay a fee to attend school. …

State House Speaker Jim Black, an optometrist who proposed the law ?

Now maybe we know what all those blank checks went for.