In 2006, California signed into law AB 1433 and created the Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment (KOHA) requirement to improve school readiness and raise families’ awareness of the importance of oral health. KOHA helps schools identify children suffering from untreated dental disease and also helps parents establish a dental home for their children.
In order to satisfy the oral health assessment requirement (AB 1433), all children must have a dental checkup as part of school readiness activities for kindergarten entry. Each school gives parents the required form they need to take with them when the child has their checkup. Parents and dental providers fill out the form and then return it to the school where it will be collected and reported into the System for California Oral Health Reporting (SCOHR).
The Local Oral Health Program (LOHP) at the Fresno County Department of Public Health (funded by Prop 56) is assessing and promoting KOHA activities in Fresno County. Our goal is to increase the number of Fresno County schools who collect and report data to SCOHR by guiding staff through the reporting process.
If your school does not have a SCOHR account you can sign up for an account at https://www.ab1433.org/. You can sign up by clicking on the Sign Up option on the top right corner of the page and then search for your County and District. If there is already an account created for your district, please contact the administrator to create an account for your school. Contact the SCOHR helpdesk at scohr@sjcoe.net if you are unable to create an account for your school.
After you login you will be taken to the main page where you will be able to see the status of your Pending, Waived, and Signed Forms. Click on the Data Input drop down list and select Data Input Form when you are ready to submit your data.
Click on the pencil icon next to your school’s name.
You will be taken to the Quick Input Form where you will enter totals only. Line 1 of the data input form (total number of students) should equal the sum of lines 2-6. Also, when entering data ensure you have the correct fiscal year selected from the dropdown menu.
After you finish entering totals, click submit. Once you click submit, the pencil icon on the Data Input page will turn into a checkmark.
Your data has been submitted and you’re all done! If you need to go back and edit your data, you can click on the check mark and enter your updated numbers then resubmit.