1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Eye injuries are the leading cause of preventable blindness and visual impairment in children, and most injuries occurring in school-aged children are sports-related;
b. Every 16 minutes a child incurs a sports-related eye injury severe enough to require a visit to the emergency room;
c. According to Prevent Blindness America, 90% of all eye injuries can be avoided by the use of appropriate eye protection; and
d. It is necessary and prudent to educate parents and children about sports-related eye injuries in order to reduce the needless loss of sight that can occur during sports activities.