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| To amend sections 3313.60, 3313.6011, 3314.03, and | 1 |
| 3326.11 and to enact sections 5.2266, 3301.24, and | 2 |
| 3313.6016 of the Revised Code to require public | 3 |
| schools to provide concentrated instruction in | 4 |
| substance abuse prevention during May, to require | 5 |
| the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines | 6 |
| for the development of a substance abuse | 7 |
| prevention curriculum, and to designate May as | 8 |
| "Substance Abuse Awareness and Education Month." | 9 |
| Section 1. That sections 3313.60, 3313.6011, 3314.03, and | 10 |
| 3326.11 be amended and sections 5.2266, 3301.24, and 3313.6016 of | 11 |
| the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 12 |
| Sec. 5.2266. The month of May is designated as "substance | 13 |
| abuse awareness and education month." | 14 |
| Sec. 3301.24. The state board of education shall adopt | 15 |
| guidelines to assist schools in developing the substance abuse | 16 |
| education instruction required by section 3313.6016 of the Revised | 17 |
| Code. The guidelines shall include principles for developing | 18 |
| age-appropriate examinations or final projects to be included in a | 19 |
| concentrated substance abuse education program. The board may | 20 |
| develop guidelines for the public display of a student's final | 21 |
| project completed during the program. The department of education | 22 |
| shall provide on its web site links to free curricula relating to | 23 |
| substance abuse education. | 24 |
| Sec. 3313.60. Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 25 |
| 3311.52 of the Revised Code, divisions (A) to (E) of this section | 26 |
| do not apply to any cooperative education school district | 27 |
| established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of | 28 |
| the Revised Code. | 29 |
| (A) The board of education of each city and exempted village | 30 |
| school district, the governing board of each educational service | 31 |
| center, and the board of each cooperative education school | 32 |
| district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised | 33 |
| Code shall prescribe a curriculum for all schools under their | 34 |
| control. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, in | 35 |
| any such curriculum there shall be included the study of the | 36 |
| following subjects: | 37 |
| (1) The language arts, including reading, writing, spelling, | 38 |
| oral and written English, and literature; | 39 |
| (2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio, | 40 |
| and national, state, and local government in the United States, | 41 |
| including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to | 42 |
| society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and | 43 |
| American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups | 44 |
| in Ohio and the United States; | 45 |
| (3) Mathematics; | 46 |
| (4) Natural science, including instruction in the | 47 |
| conservation of natural resources; | 48 |
| (5) Health education, which shall include instruction in: | 49 |
| (a) The nutritive value of foods, including natural and | 50 |
| organically produced foods, the relation of nutrition to health, | 51 |
| and the use and effects of food additives; | 52 |
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| request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be | 56 |
| excused from taking instruction in venereal disease education; | 57 |
| | 58 |
| personal safety and assault prevention, except that upon written | 59 |
| request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be | 60 |
| excused from taking instruction in personal safety and assault | 61 |
| prevention; | 62 |
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| instruction in dating violence prevention education, which shall | 64 |
| include instruction in recognizing dating violence warning signs | 65 |
| and characteristics of healthy relationships. | 66 |
| In order to assist school districts in developing a dating | 67 |
| violence prevention education curriculum, the department of | 68 |
| education shall provide on its web site links to free curricula | 69 |
| addressing dating violence prevention. | 70 |
| If the parent or legal guardian of a student less than | 71 |
| eighteen years of age submits to the principal of the student's | 72 |
| school a written request to examine the dating violence prevention | 73 |
| instruction materials used at that school, the principal, within a | 74 |
| reasonable period of time after the request is made, shall allow | 75 |
| the parent or guardian to examine those materials at that school. | 76 |
| (6) Physical education; | 77 |
| (7) The fine arts, including music; | 78 |
| (8) First aid, including a training program in | 79 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation, safety, and fire prevention, except | 80 |
| that upon written request of the student's parent or guardian, a | 81 |
| student shall be excused from taking instruction in | 82 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation; | 83 |
| (9) In grades kindergarten through twelve, age-appropriate | 84 |
| concentrated substance abuse education instruction in accordance | 85 |
| with section 3313.6016 of the Revised Code. | 86 |
| (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 87 |
| school or school district shall include in the requirements for | 88 |
| promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's | 89 |
| course of study of American history. A board may waive this | 90 |
| requirement for academically accelerated students who, in | 91 |
| accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to | 92 |
| demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth | 93 |
| grade American history course of study. | 94 |
| (C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 95 |
| high school shall include in the requirements for graduation from | 96 |
| any curriculum one unit of American history and government, | 97 |
| including a study of the constitutions of the United States and of | 98 |
| Ohio. | 99 |
| (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic | 100 |
| instruction in geography, United States history, the government of | 101 |
| the United States, the government of the state of Ohio, local | 102 |
| government in Ohio, the Declaration of Independence, the United | 103 |
| States Constitution, and the Constitution of the state of Ohio | 104 |
| shall be required before pupils may participate in courses | 105 |
| involving the study of social problems, economics, foreign | 106 |
| affairs, United Nations, world government, socialism and | 107 |
| communism. | 108 |
| (E) For each cooperative education school district | 109 |
| established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and | 110 |
| each city, exempted village, and local school district that has | 111 |
| territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum | 112 |
| adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall | 113 |
| only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades | 114 |
| operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such | 115 |
| schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these | 116 |
| districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D) | 117 |
| of this section. | 118 |
| (F) The board of education of any cooperative education | 119 |
| school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of | 120 |
| section 3311.52 of the Revised Code shall prescribe a curriculum | 121 |
| for the subject areas and grade levels offered in any school under | 122 |
| its control. | 123 |
| (G) Upon the request of any parent or legal guardian of a | 124 |
| student, the board of education of any school district shall | 125 |
| permit the parent or guardian to promptly examine, with respect to | 126 |
| the parent's or guardian's own child: | 127 |
| (1) Any survey or questionnaire, prior to its administration | 128 |
| to the child; | 129 |
| (2) Any textbook, workbook, software, video, or other | 130 |
| instructional materials being used by the district in connection | 131 |
| with the instruction of the child; | 132 |
| (3) Any completed and graded test taken or survey or | 133 |
| questionnaire filled out by the child; | 134 |
| (4) Copies of the statewide academic standards and each model | 135 |
| curriculum developed pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised | 136 |
| Code, which copies shall be available at all times during school | 137 |
| hours in each district school building. | 138 |
| Sec. 3313.6011. (A) As used in this section, "sexual | 139 |
| activity" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the | 140 |
| Revised Code. | 141 |
| (B) Instruction in venereal disease education pursuant to | 142 |
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division (A)(5) | 143 |
| emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity is the only | 144 |
| protection that is one hundred per cent effective against unwanted | 145 |
| pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and the sexual | 146 |
| transmission of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency | 147 |
| syndrome. | 148 |
| (C) In adopting minimum standards under section 3301.07 of | 149 |
| the Revised Code, the state board of education shall require | 150 |
| course material and instruction in venereal disease education | 151 |
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courses taught pursuant to division (A)(5) | 152 |
| 3313.60 of the Revised Code to do all of the following: | 153 |
| (1) Stress that students should abstain from sexual activity | 154 |
| until after marriage; | 155 |
| (2) Teach the potential physical, psychological, emotional, | 156 |
| and social side effects of participating in sexual activity | 157 |
| outside of marriage; | 158 |
| (3) Teach that conceiving children out of wedlock is likely | 159 |
| to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, | 160 |
| and society; | 161 |
| (4) Stress that sexually transmitted diseases are serious | 162 |
| possible hazards of sexual activity; | 163 |
| (5) Advise students of the laws pertaining to financial | 164 |
| responsibility of parents to children born in and out of wedlock; | 165 |
| (6) Advise students of the circumstances under which it is | 166 |
| criminal to have sexual contact with a person under the age of | 167 |
| sixteen pursuant to section 2907.04 of the Revised Code; | 168 |
| (7) Emphasize adoption as an option for unintended | 169 |
| pregnancies. | 170 |
| (D) Any model education program for health education the | 171 |
| state board of education adopts shall conform to the requirements | 172 |
| of this section. | 173 |
| (E) On and after March 18, 1999, and notwithstanding section | 174 |
| 3302.07 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of public | 175 |
| instruction shall not approve, pursuant to section 3302.07 of the | 176 |
| Revised Code, any waiver of any requirement of this section or of | 177 |
| any rule adopted by the state board of education pursuant to this | 178 |
| section. | 179 |
| Sec. 3313.6016. The board of education of each school | 180 |
| district shall provide substance abuse education instruction to | 181 |
| every student in grades kindergarten through twelve. The | 182 |
| instruction shall include a concentrated substance abuse | 183 |
| prevention program during the second and third full weeks in May | 184 |
| of each year. During this two-week period, every student in grades | 185 |
| kindergarten through nine shall receive a minimum of sixteen hours | 186 |
| of instruction in substance abuse prevention, and every student in | 187 |
| grades ten through twelve shall receive a minimum of eight hours | 188 |
| of such instruction. The instruction may be integrated into the | 189 |
| health curriculum and any other area of study determined | 190 |
| appropriate by the board. The instruction shall include the | 191 |
| following elements, to the extent determined by the board to be | 192 |
| appropriate for the age and grade level of the district's | 193 |
| students: | 194 |
| (A) Instruction discouraging the use of alcohol, tobacco, and | 195 |
| controlled substances; | 196 |
| (B) Information on the physiological, psychological, and | 197 |
| sociological effects of substance abuse; | 198 |
| (C) Information on the resources available for individuals | 199 |
| with chemical dependency problems; | 200 |
| (D) Instruction on the skills necessary to evaluate | 201 |
| advertisements for, and media portrayals of, alcohol, tobacco, and | 202 |
| controlled substances; | 203 |
| (E) Information on the legal implications of substance abuse; | 204 |
| (F) An examination or final project requirement at the | 205 |
| conclusion of the program based on the guidelines provided by the | 206 |
| state board of education under section 3301.24 of the Revised | 207 |
| Code. | 208 |
| Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under | 209 |
| this section shall be filed with the superintendent of public | 210 |
| instruction. | 211 |
| (A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the | 212 |
| governing authority of a community school shall specify the | 213 |
| following: | 214 |
| (1) That the school shall be established as either of the | 215 |
| following: | 216 |
| (a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. | 217 |
| of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8, 2003; | 218 |
| (b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter | 219 |
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1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003 | 220 |
| (2) The education program of the school, including the | 221 |
| school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school | 222 |
| is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the | 223 |
| focus of the curriculum; | 224 |
| (3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of | 225 |
| measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those | 226 |
| goals, which shall include the statewide achievement assessments; | 227 |
| (4) Performance standards by which the success of the school | 228 |
| will be evaluated by the sponsor; | 229 |
| (5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised | 230 |
| Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised Code; | 231 |
| (6)(a) Dismissal procedures; | 232 |
| (b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an | 233 |
| attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically | 234 |
| withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a | 235 |
| legitimate excuse fails to participate in one hundred five | 236 |
| consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the | 237 |
| student. | 238 |
| (7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and | 239 |
| ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves; | 240 |
| (8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of | 241 |
| state. The contract shall require financial records of the school | 242 |
| to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of | 243 |
| school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state. | 244 |
| Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the | 245 |
| Revised Code. | 246 |
| (9) The facilities to be used and their locations; | 247 |
| (10) Qualifications of teachers, including a requirement that | 248 |
| the school's classroom teachers be licensed in accordance with | 249 |
| sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, except that a | 250 |
| community school may engage noncertificated persons to teach up to | 251 |
| twelve hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised | 252 |
| Code; | 253 |
| (11) That the school will comply with the following | 254 |
| requirements: | 255 |
| (a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a | 256 |
| minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred | 257 |
| twenty hours per school year. | 258 |
| (b) The governing authority will purchase liability | 259 |
| insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the | 260 |
| school. | 261 |
| (c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, | 262 |
| admission policies, employment practices, and all other | 263 |
| operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or | 264 |
| religious institution. | 265 |
| (d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 266 |
| 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.18, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, | 267 |
| 3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3313.472, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.608, | 268 |
| 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6015, 3313.6016, 3313.643, | 269 |
| 3313.648, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, | 270 |
| 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, | 271 |
| 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.86, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.321, | 272 |
| 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, | 273 |
| 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, | 274 |
| and 5705.391 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 3365., 3742., 4112., | 275 |
| 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school | 276 |
| district and will comply with section 3301.0714 of the Revised | 277 |
| Code in the manner specified in section 3314.17 of the Revised | 278 |
| Code. | 279 |
| (e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section | 280 |
| 2921.42 of the Revised Code. | 281 |
| (f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61, 3313.611, | 282 |
| and 3313.614 of the Revised Code, except that for students who | 283 |
| enter ninth grade for the first time before July 1, 2010, the | 284 |
| requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code | 285 |
| that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any | 286 |
| high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by | 287 |
| completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of | 288 |
| the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title | 289 |
| XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of | 290 |
| education. Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the | 291 |
| first time on or after July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections | 292 |
| 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must | 293 |
| successfully complete the curriculum of a high school prior to | 294 |
| receiving a high school diploma shall be met by completing the | 295 |
| Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of section | 296 |
| 3313.603 of the Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under | 297 |
| division (D) or (F) of that section. Each school shall comply with | 298 |
| the plan for awarding high school credit based on demonstration of | 299 |
| subject area competency, adopted by the state board of education | 300 |
| under division (J) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. | 301 |
| (g) The school governing authority will submit within four | 302 |
| months after the end of each school year a report of its | 303 |
| activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of | 304 |
| divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status | 305 |
| to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled in the | 306 |
| school. | 307 |
| (h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-based | 308 |
| community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the Revised | 309 |
| Code as if it were a school district. | 310 |
| (12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to | 311 |
| employees; | 312 |
| (13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the | 313 |
| beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five years | 314 |
| unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division (E) of | 315 |
| this section. | 316 |
| (14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be | 317 |
| responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract; | 318 |
| (15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget | 319 |
| for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the | 320 |
| total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. | 321 |
| The plan shall specify for each year the base formula amount that | 322 |
| will be used for purposes of funding calculations under section | 323 |
| 3314.08 of the Revised Code. This base formula amount for any year | 324 |
| shall not exceed the formula amount defined under section 3317.02 | 325 |
| of the Revised Code. The plan may also specify for any year a | 326 |
| percentage figure to be used for reducing the per pupil amount of | 327 |
| the subsidy calculated pursuant to section 3317.029 of the Revised | 328 |
| Code the school is to receive that year under section 3314.08 of | 329 |
| the Revised Code. | 330 |
| (16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of | 331 |
| employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or | 332 |
| not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code; | 333 |
| (17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or | 334 |
| part of an existing public school or educational service center | 335 |
| building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a | 336 |
| converted public school or service center building, specification | 337 |
| of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of | 338 |
| education or service center governing board that operated the | 339 |
| school or building before conversion is delegating to the | 340 |
| governing authority of the community school with respect to all or | 341 |
| any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not | 342 |
| prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such | 343 |
| employees; | 344 |
| (18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving | 345 |
| disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the | 346 |
| governing authority of the community school; | 347 |
| (19) A provision requiring the governing authority to adopt a | 348 |
| policy regarding the admission of students who reside outside the | 349 |
| district in which the school is located. That policy shall comply | 350 |
| with the admissions procedures specified in sections 3314.06 and | 351 |
| 3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the sole discretion of the | 352 |
| authority, shall do one of the following: | 353 |
| (a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside | 354 |
| the district in which the school is located; | 355 |
| (b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in districts | 356 |
| adjacent to the district in which the school is located; | 357 |
| (c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any other | 358 |
| district in the state. | 359 |
| (20) A provision recognizing the authority of the department | 360 |
| of education to take over the sponsorship of the school in | 361 |
| accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section 3314.015 | 362 |
| of the Revised Code; | 363 |
| (21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to | 364 |
| assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified in | 365 |
| division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code; | 366 |
| (22) A provision recognizing both of the following: | 367 |
| (a) The authority of public health and safety officials to | 368 |
| inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities | 369 |
| closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in | 370 |
| compliance with health and safety laws and regulations; | 371 |
| (b) The authority of the department of education as the | 372 |
| community school oversight body to suspend the operation of the | 373 |
| school under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the | 374 |
| department has evidence of conditions or violations of law at the | 375 |
| school that pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of | 376 |
| the school's students and employees and the sponsor refuses to | 377 |
| take such action; | 378 |
| (23) A description of the learning opportunities that will be | 379 |
| offered to students including both classroom-based and | 380 |
| non-classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance | 381 |
| with criteria for student participation established by the | 382 |
| department under division (L)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised | 383 |
| Code; | 384 |
| (24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and | 385 |
| 3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to | 386 |
| be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be | 387 |
| taken by the sponsor of the school. However, the sponsor shall not | 388 |
| be required to take any action described in division (F) of | 389 |
| section 3302.04 of the Revised Code. | 390 |
| (25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school will | 391 |
| open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of September | 392 |
| each school year, unless the mission of the school as specified | 393 |
| under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to serve dropouts. | 394 |
| In its initial year of operation, if the school fails to open by | 395 |
| the thirtieth day of September, or within one year after the | 396 |
| adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D) of section | 397 |
| 3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the school is solely | 398 |
| to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void. | 399 |
| (B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a | 400 |
| comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the | 401 |
| following: | 402 |
| (1) The process by which the governing authority of the | 403 |
| school will be selected in the future; | 404 |
| (2) The management and administration of the school; | 405 |
| (3) If the community school is a currently existing public | 406 |
| school or educational service center building, alternative | 407 |
| arrangements for current public school students who choose not to | 408 |
| attend the converted school and for teachers who choose not to | 409 |
| teach in the school or building after conversion; | 410 |
| (4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of | 411 |
| the school; | 412 |
| (5) Internal financial controls. | 413 |
| (C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the | 414 |
| Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a | 415 |
| community school may provide for the community school governing | 416 |
| authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby | 417 |
| authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract | 418 |
| between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total amount | 419 |
| of such payments for oversight and monitoring of the school shall | 420 |
| not exceed three per cent of the total amount of payments for | 421 |
| operating expenses that the school receives from the state. | 422 |
| (D) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor | 423 |
| which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered | 424 |
| into with the department of education under division (B) of | 425 |
| section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and shall include the | 426 |
| following: | 427 |
| (1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all laws | 428 |
| applicable to the school and with the terms of the contract; | 429 |
| (2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal performance | 430 |
| and the organization and operation of the community school on at | 431 |
| least an annual basis; | 432 |
| (3) Report on an annual basis the results of the evaluation | 433 |
| conducted under division (D)(2) of this section to the department | 434 |
| of education and to the parents of students enrolled in the | 435 |
| community school; | 436 |
| (4) Provide technical assistance to the community school in | 437 |
| complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the | 438 |
| contract; | 439 |
| (5) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to | 440 |
| correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare the | 441 |
| school to be on probationary status pursuant to section 3314.073 | 442 |
| of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the school pursuant | 443 |
| to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or terminate the contract | 444 |
| of the school pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code as | 445 |
| determined necessary by the sponsor; | 446 |
| (6) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the | 447 |
| event the community school experiences financial difficulties or | 448 |
| closes prior to the end of a school year. | 449 |
| (E) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under this | 450 |
| section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the approval | 451 |
| of the governing authority of the school, renew that contract for | 452 |
| a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not ending earlier | 453 |
| than the end of any school year, if the sponsor finds that the | 454 |
| school's compliance with applicable laws and terms of the contract | 455 |
| and the school's progress in meeting the academic goals prescribed | 456 |
| in the contract have been satisfactory. Any contract that is | 457 |
| renewed under this division remains subject to the provisions of | 458 |
| sections 3314.07, 3314.072, and 3314.073 of the Revised Code. | 459 |
| (F) If a community school fails to open for operation within | 460 |
| one year after the contract entered into under this section is | 461 |
| adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised | 462 |
| Code or permanently closes prior to the expiration of the | 463 |
| contract, the contract shall be void and the school shall not | 464 |
| enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A school shall not | 465 |
| be considered permanently closed because the operations of the | 466 |
| school have been suspended pursuant to section 3314.072 of the | 467 |
| Revised Code. Any contract that becomes void under this division | 468 |
| shall not count toward any statewide limit on the number of such | 469 |
| contracts prescribed by section 3314.013 of the Revised Code. | 470 |
| Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and | 471 |
| mathematics school established under this chapter and its | 472 |
| governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 473 |
| 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.18, 2921.42, 2921.43, | 474 |
| 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, | 475 |
| 3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50, | 476 |
| 3313.536, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6015, | 477 |
| 3313.6016, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.643, | 478 |
| 3313.648, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, | 479 |
| 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, | 480 |
| 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.86, 3313.96, 3319.073, | 481 |
| 3319.21, 3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, | 482 |
| 3319.45, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, | 483 |
| 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and | 484 |
| Chapters 102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., | 485 |
| 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were | 486 |
| a school district. | 487 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3313.60, 3313.6011, | 488 |
| 3314.03, and 3326.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 489 |