(a) Every student and teacher in the public schools, colleges, vocational schools, and universities of this state participating in any of the following courses is required to wear industrial-quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in the following courses or laboratories:

(1) Vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving experience with:

(A) Hot molten metals;

(B) Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials;

(C) Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;

(D) Gas or electric arc welding;

(E) Any of the processes listed in this section which may be used for repairing a vehicle; or

(F) Caustic or explosive materials; or

(2) Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids.

(b) A board of education may in its discretion:

(1) Purchase eye protective devices and furnish them free to students and teachers;

(2) Purchase eye protective devices and sell or rent the devices to students and teachers; or

(3) Require students and teachers to furnish their own eye protective devices without cost to the school, college, or university.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) A "board of education" shall be construed to include school district boards of directors of this state, county boards of education, or the trustees of the various state-supported institutions of higher learning in this state; and

(2) "Industrial-quality eye protective devices" means devices meeting the standards of the American standard safety code for head, eye, and respiratory protection, Z2. 1-1959, promulgated by the American National Standards Institute.