As Reported by House Education Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H.B. No. 116 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS-METZGER-TIBERI-THOMAS-CALVERT- 8
TAYLOR-BRADING-METELSKY-JOLIVETTE-OLMAN-VESPER- 9
PRINGLE-SULLIVAN-PATTON-VAN VYVEN-FORD-CORBIN- 10
DAMSCHRODER-BUCHY-BENDER-MYERS-ALLEN-SULZER-EVANS- 11
PADGETT-WILLAMOWSKI-YOUNG-JONES-WILSON-ROMAN-KRUPINSKI- 12
HARTNETT-FLANNERY-HOOPS-WOMER BENJAMIN-PETERSON-SMITH- 13
OGG-GARDNER-BARRETT-WINKLER 14
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A B I L L
To amend section 3313.602 of the Revised Code to 18
require school districts to devote time on
Veterans' Day to an observance that would convey 19
the meaning and significance of that day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 21
Section 1. That section 3313.602 of the Revised Code be 24
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.602. (A) The board of education of each city, 33
local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district 34
shall adopt a policy specifying whether or not oral recitation of 35
the pledge of allegiance to the flag shall be a part of the 36
school's program and, if so, establishing a time and manner for 37
such recitation.
(B) In the development of its graded course of study, the 39
board of education of each city and exempted village school 40
district and the governing board of each educational service 41
center shall ensure that the principles of democracy and ethics 42
are emphasized and discussed wherever appropriate in all parts of 43
the curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve. 44
(C) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint 46
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vocational school board shall adopt policies that encourage all 47
certificated and noncertificated employees to be cognizant of 48
their roles in instilling ethical principles and democratic 49
ideals in all district pupils.
(D) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH CITY, LOCAL, AND 51
EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL REQUIRE EACH DISTRICT 52
SCHOOL TO DEVOTE TIME ON VETERANS' DAY TO AN OBSERVANCE THAT 54
CONVEYS THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT DAY. THE AMOUNT OF 55
TIME EACH SCHOOL DEVOTES TO THIS OBSERVANCE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE 56
HOUR OR, IN SCHOOLS THAT SCHEDULE CLASS PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE 57
HOUR, AT LEAST ONE STANDARD CLASS PERIOD. THE BOARD SHALL 58
DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES TO CONSTITUTE THE OBSERVANCE IN 60
EACH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE SCHOOL'S 61
ADMINISTRATORS. IF SCHOOL IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE IN SESSION ON 62
VETERANS' DAY, THE OBSERVANCE PRESCRIBED BY THIS DIVISION SHALL 63
BE HELD ON THE SCHOOL DAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING VETERANS' DAY. 65
Section 2. That existing section 3313.602 of the Revised 67
Code is hereby repealed. 68