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| To waive the requirement for certain school districts | 1 |
| to make up days schools are closed due to flooding | 2 |
| and to declare an emergency. | 3 |
| Section 1. (A) Notwithstanding sections 3313.48, 3313.481, | 4 |
| and 3317.01 of the Revised Code, no school district to which the | 5 |
| following conditions apply shall be required to make up any days | 6 |
| or hours any of its schools are closed due to flooding during the | 7 |
| 2007-2008 school year: | 8 |
| (1) The district was unable to make up the days specified in | 9 |
| its contingency plan adopted under division (A) of section | 10 |
| 3313.482 of the Revised Code for the schools closed due to | 11 |
| flooding because flooding prohibited the district from opening | 12 |
| those schools on the days designated in the plan. | 13 |
| (2) The district increased the length of school days, as | 14 |
| described in division (C) of section 3313.482 of the Revised Code, | 15 |
| to make up the number of days or hours any of its schools were | 16 |
| closed in excess of the number permitted by sections 3313.48, | 17 |
| 3313.481, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code due to hazardous weather | 18 |
| conditions other than flooding or any other calamity described in | 19 |
| division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code. | 20 |
| (B) A school district described in division (A) of this | 21 |
| section shall not be considered to have failed to comply with | 22 |
| division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code during the | 23 |
| 2007-2008 school year for purposes of receiving state payments | 24 |
| under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code in fiscal year 2009. | 25 |
| Section 2. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 26 |
| measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 27 |
| peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to | 28 |
| ensure the uninterrupted payment of state funds to school | 29 |
| districts where unforeseen flooding has prevented the districts | 30 |
| from implementing their contingency plans for making up excess | 31 |
| calamity days. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 32 |