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(C) ~~The~~Except for the standards required under division

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(A)(5)(e) of section 3313.60 of the Revised Code, the state board

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shall not adopt or revise any standards or curriculum in the area

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of health unless, by concurrent resolution, the standards,

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curriculum, or revisions are approved by both houses of the

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general assembly. Before the house of representatives or senate

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votes on a concurrent resolution approving health standards,

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curriculum, or revisions, its standing committee having

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jurisdiction over education legislation shall conduct at least

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one public hearing on the standards, curriculum, or revisions.

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Sec. 3301.0718. (A) After completing the required standards	9
specified in section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, the state board	10
of education shall adopt standards and model curricula for	11
instruction in computer literacy for grades three through twelve	12
and in fine arts and foreign language for grades kindergarten	13
through twelve.	14

(B) Not later than December 31, 2007, the state board shall	15
adopt the most recent standards developed by the national	16
association for sport and physical education for physical	17
education in grades kindergarten through twelve or shall adopt its	18
own standards for physical education in those grades. The	19
department of education shall provide the standards, and any	20
revisions of the standards, to all school districts and community	21
schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. Any	22
school district or community school may utilize the standards.	23

The department shall employ a full-time physical education	24
coordinator to provide guidance and technical assistance to	25
districts and community schools in implementing the standards	26
adopted under this division. The superintendent of public	27
instruction shall determine that the person employed as	28
coordinator is qualified for the position, as demonstrated by	29
possessing an adequate combination of education, license, and	30
experience. The department shall hire a coordinator not later than	31
October 31, 2007.	32

(D) The state board shall not adopt a diagnostic assessment	43
or achievement test for any grade level or subject area other	44
than those specified in section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.	45

Sec. 3301.23. The state board of education shall develop a	46
model dating violence policy to assist school districts in	47
developing their own policies under section 3313.668 of the	48
Revised Code for dating violence reporting and response. The state	49
board shall issue the model policy not later than ninety days	50
after the effective date of this section.	51

Section 1. That sections 3301.0718 and 3313.60 be amended and	6
sections 3301.23 and 3313.668 of the Revised Code be enacted to	7
read as follows:	8

Sec. 3313.60. Notwithstanding division (D) of section	52
3311.52 of the Revised Code, divisions (A) to (E) of this section	53
do not apply to any cooperative education school district	54
established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of	55
the Revised Code.	56

(A) The board of education of each city and exempted village	57
school district, the governing board of each educational service	58
center, and the board of each cooperative education school	59
district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised	60
Code shall prescribe a curriculum for all schools under their	61
control. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, in	62
any such curriculum there shall be included the study of the	63
following subjects:	64

(1) The language arts, including reading, writing, spelling,	65
oral and written English, and literature;	66

(2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio,	67
and national, state, and local government in the United States,	68
including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to	69
society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and	70
American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups	71
in Ohio and the United States;	72

(4) Natural science, including instruction in the	74
conservation of natural resources;	75

(a) The nutritive value of foods, including natural and	77
organically produced foods, the relation of nutrition to health,	78
the use and effects of food additives;	79

(b) The harmful effects of and legal restrictions against the	80
use of drugs of abuse, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco;	81

(c) Venereal disease education, except that upon written	82
request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be	83
excused from taking instruction in venereal disease education;	84

(d) In grades kindergarten through six, instruction in	85
personal safety and assault prevention, except that upon written	86
request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be	87
excused from taking instruction in personal safety and assault	88
prevention;	89

(e) In grades seven through twelve, age-appropriate	90
instruction in dating violence education, which shall include	91
instruction in defining dating violence, recognizing dating	92
violence warning signs, and characteristics of healthy	93
relationships. As used in this division, "dating violence" means	94
a pattern of behavior where a person uses or threatens to use	95
physical, sexual, or emotional abuse to control the person's	96
dating partner.	97

If the parent or legal guardian of a student less than	104
eighteen years of age submits to the principal of the student's	105
school a written request to examine the dating violence	106
instruction materials used at that school, the principal, within a	107
reasonable period of time after the request is made, shall allow	108
the parent or guardian to examine those materials at that school.	109

(G) Upon the request of any parent or legal guardian of a	150
student, the board of education of any school district shall	151
permit the parent or guardian to promptly examine, with respect to	152
the parent's or guardian's own child:	153

(1) Any survey or questionnaire, prior to its administration	154
to the child;	155

In order to assist school districts in developing a dating	98
violence education curriculum, the state board of education shall	99
adopt standards for dating violence education in grades seven	100
through twelve. The department of education shall provide the	101
standards, and any revisions of the standards, to all school	102
districts. Any school district may utilize the standards.	103

(8) First aid, including a training program in	112
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, safety, and fire prevention, except	113
that upon written request of the student's parent or guardian, a	114
student shall be excused from taking instruction in	115
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.	116

(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every	117
school or school district shall include in the requirements for	118
promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's	119
course of study of American history.	120

(C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every	121
high school shall include in the requirements for graduation from	122
any curriculum one unit of American history and government,	123
including a study of the constitutions of the United States and of	124
Ohio.	125

(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic	126
instruction in geography, United States history, the government of	127
the United States, the government of the state of Ohio, local	128
government in Ohio, the Declaration of Independence, the United	129
States Constitution, and the Constitution of the state of Ohio	130
shall be required before pupils may participate in courses	131
involving the study of social problems, economics, foreign	132
affairs, United Nations, world government, socialism and	133
communism.	134

(E) For each cooperative education school district	135
established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and	136
each city, exempted village, and local school district that has	137
territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum	138
adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall	139
only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades	140
operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such	141
schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these	142
districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D)	143
of this section.	144

(F) The board of education of any cooperative education	145
school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of	146
section 3311.52 of the Revised Code shall prescribe a curriculum	147
for the subject areas and grade levels offered in any school under	148
its control.	149

(2) Any textbook, workbook, software, video, or other	156
instructional materials being used by the district in connection	157
with the instruction of the child;	158

(3) Any completed and graded test taken or survey or	159
questionnaire filled out by the child;	160

(4) Copies of the statewide academic standards and each model	161
curriculum developed pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised	162
Code, which copies shall be available at all times during school	163
hours in each district school building.	164

(1) "At school" means in a classroom, on or immediately	166
adjacent to school premises, on a school bus or other	167
school-related vehicle, at an official school bus stop, or at any	168
school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is on school	169
grounds.	170

(2) "Dating partner" means any person, regardless of gender,	171
involved in an intimate relationship with another primarily	172
characterized by the expectation of affectionate involvement	173
whether casual, serious, or long-term.	174

(3) "Dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where a	175
person uses or threatens physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional	176
abuse to control the person's dating partner.	177

(B) The board of education of each city, local, exempted	178
village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a	179
specific policy to address incidents of dating violence involving	180
students at school not later than one hundred eighty days after	181
the effective date of this section. Each school board shall file	182
the district's policy with the department of education. The policy	183
shall include, but not be limited to:	184

(3) Guidelines to responding to at-school incidents of dating	187
violence;	188

(4) Discipline procedures specific to at-school incidents of	189
dating violence.	190

The board shall publish the dating violence policy in any	191
school district policy and handbook that sets forth the	192
comprehensive rules, procedures, and standards of conduct for	193
students at school.	194

(C)(1) Not later than ninety days after adopting a dating	195
policy under this section, each board shall provide dating	196
violence training to all administrators, teachers, school nurses,	197
and school mental health staff who work in schools serving any of	198
grades seven through twelve. Upon the recommendation of the board,	199
other staff may be required to attend the training or be permitted	200
to attend on a volunteer basis.	201

(2) Dating violence training shall include, but not be	202
limited to:	203

The board shall provide training annually to all newly hired	207
staff for whom it deems the training appropriate.	208