As Reported by the Senate 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-GOODMAN-CAREY-SALERNO-MOTTLEY- 14
DePIERO-LUCAS-D.MILLER-VERICH-JERSE-CATES-NETZLEY-BATEMAN- 15
BOYD-CLANCY-GOODING-TERWILLEGER-COUGHLIN-LOGAN-CORE- 16
BARNES-SUTTON-GRENDELL-MAIER-AUSTRIA- 18
SENATORS GARDNER-SCHAFRATH-KEARNS-MUMPER-OELSLAGER-PRENTISS
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A B I L L
To amend section 3313.602 of the Revised Code to 23
require school districts to devote time on or
about Veterans' Day to an observance that would 24
convey the meaning and significance of that day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 26
Section 1. That section 3313.602 of the Revised Code be 29
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.602. (A) The board of education of each city, 38
local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district 39
shall adopt a policy specifying whether or not oral recitation of 40
the pledge of allegiance to the flag shall be a part of the 41
school's program and, if so, establishing a time and manner for 42
such recitation.
(B) In the development of its graded course of study, the 44
board of education of each city and exempted village school 45
district and the governing board of each educational service 46
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center shall ensure that the principles of democracy and ethics 47
are emphasized and discussed wherever appropriate in all parts of 48
the curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve. 49
(C) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint 51
vocational school board shall adopt policies that encourage all 52
certificated and noncertificated employees to be cognizant of 53
their roles in instilling ethical principles and democratic 54
ideals in all district pupils.
(D) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH CITY, LOCAL, AND 56
EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL REQUIRE EACH DISTRICT 57
SCHOOL TO DEVOTE TIME ON OR ABOUT VETERANS' DAY TO AN OBSERVANCE 59
THAT CONVEYS THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT DAY. THE 60
AMOUNT OF TIME EACH SCHOOL DEVOTES TO THIS OBSERVANCE SHALL BE AT 61
LEAST ONE HOUR OR, IN SCHOOLS THAT SCHEDULE CLASS PERIODS OF LESS 62
THAN ONE HOUR, AT LEAST ONE STANDARD CLASS PERIOD. THE BOARD 63
SHALL DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES TO CONSTITUTE THE 65
OBSERVANCE IN EACH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH 66
THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATORS.
Section 2. That existing section 3313.602 of the Revised 68
Code is hereby repealed. 69