Sec. 3301.079. (A)(1) Not later than June 30, 2010, and | 10 |
periodically thereafter, the state board of education shall adopt | 11 |
statewide academic standards with emphasis on coherence, focus, | 12 |
and rigor for each of grades kindergarten through twelve in | 13 |
English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. | 14 |
(b) Not later than July 1, 2012, the state board shall | 24 |
incorporate into the social studies standards for grades four to | 25 |
twelve academic content regarding the original texts of the | 26 |
Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the | 27 |
Constitution of the United States with emphasis on the Bill of | 28 |
Rights, and the Ohio Constitution, and their original context. The | 29 |
state board shall revise the model curricula and achievement | 30 |
assessments adopted under division (C) of this section as | 31 |
necessary to reflect the additional American history and American | 32 |
government content. | 33 |
The department shall employ a full-time physical education | 46 |
coordinator to provide guidance and technical assistance to | 47 |
districts, community schools, and STEM schools in implementing the | 48 |
physical education standards adopted under this division. The | 49 |
superintendent of public instruction shall determine that the | 50 |
person employed as coordinator is qualified for the position, as | 51 |
demonstrated by possessing an adequate combination of education, | 52 |
license, and experience. | 53 |
(4) When academic standards have been completed for any | 54 |
subject area required by this section, the state board shall | 55 |
inform all school districts, all community schools established | 56 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, all STEM schools | 57 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, and all | 58 |
nonpublic schools required to administer the assessments | 59 |
prescribed by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code | 60 |
of the content of those standards. | 61 |
(B) Not later than March 31, 2011, the state board shall | 62 |
adopt a model curriculum for instruction in each subject area for | 63 |
which updated academic standards are required by division (A)(1) | 64 |
of this section and for each of grades kindergarten through twelve | 65 |
that is sufficient to meet the needs of students in every | 66 |
community. The model curriculum shall be aligned with the | 67 |
standards, to ensure that the academic content and skills | 68 |
specified for each grade level are taught to students, and shall | 69 |
demonstrate vertical articulation and emphasize coherence, focus, | 70 |
and rigor. When any model curriculum has been completed, the state | 71 |
board shall inform all school districts, community schools, and | 72 |
STEM schools of the content of that model curriculum. | 73 |
All school districts, community schools, and STEM schools may | 74 |
utilize the state standards and the model curriculum established | 75 |
by the state board, together with other relevant resources, | 76 |
examples, or models to ensure that students have the opportunity | 77 |
to attain the academic standards. Upon request, the department of | 78 |
education shall provide technical assistance to any district, | 79 |
community school, or STEM school in implementing the model | 80 |
curriculum. | 81 |
(D)(1) The state board shall adopt a diagnostic assessment | 95 |
aligned with the academic standards and model curriculum for each | 96 |
of grades kindergarten through two in English language arts and | 97 |
mathematics and for grade three in English language arts. The | 98 |
diagnostic assessment shall be designed to measure student | 99 |
comprehension of academic content and mastery of related skills | 100 |
for the relevant subject area and grade level. Any diagnostic | 101 |
assessment shall not include components to identify gifted | 102 |
students. Blank copies of diagnostic assessments shall be public | 103 |
records. | 104 |
(F) Whenever the state board or the department of education | 115 |
consults with persons for the purpose of drafting or reviewing any | 116 |
standards, diagnostic assessments, achievement assessments, or | 117 |
model curriculum required under this section, the state board or | 118 |
the department shall first consult with parents of students in | 119 |
kindergarten through twelfth grade and with active Ohio classroom | 120 |
teachers, other school personnel, and administrators with | 121 |
expertise in the appropriate subject area. Whenever practicable, | 122 |
the state board and department shall consult with teachers | 123 |
recognized as outstanding in their fields. | 124 |
(G) The fairness sensitivity review committee, established by | 129 |
rule of the state board of education, shall not allow any question | 130 |
on any achievement or diagnostic assessment developed under this | 131 |
section or any proficiency test prescribed by former section | 132 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to September | 133 |
11, 2001, to include, be written to promote, or inquire as to | 134 |
individual moral or social values or beliefs. The decision of the | 135 |
committee shall be final. This section does not create a private | 136 |
cause of action. | 137 |
(H) Not later than forty-five days prior to the initial | 138 |
deadline established under division (A)(1) of this section and the | 139 |
deadline established under division (B) of this section, the | 140 |
superintendent of public instruction shall present the academic | 141 |
standards or model curricula, as applicable, to the respective | 142 |
committees of the house of representatives and senate that | 143 |
consider education legislation. | 144 |
Sec. 3301.0712. (A) The state board of education, the | 158 |
superintendent of public instruction, and the chancellor of the | 159 |
Ohio board of regents shall develop a system of college and work | 160 |
ready assessments as described in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this | 161 |
section to assess whether each student upon graduating from high | 162 |
school is ready to enter college or the workforce. The system | 163 |
shall replace the Ohio graduation tests prescribed in division | 164 |
(B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as a measure of | 165 |
student academic performance and a prerequisite for eligibility | 166 |
for a high school diploma in the manner prescribed by rule of the | 167 |
state board adopted under division (D) of this section. | 168 |
(2) A series of end-of-course examinations in the areas of | 174 |
science, mathematics, English language arts, history and | 175 |
government, and social studies selected jointly by the state | 176 |
superintendent and the chancellor in consultation with faculty in | 177 |
the appropriate subject areas at institutions of higher education | 178 |
of the university system of Ohio. For each subject area, the state | 179 |
superintendent and chancellor shall select multiple assessments | 180 |
that school districts, public schools, and chartered nonpublic | 181 |
schools may use as end-of-course examinations. ThoseSubject to | 182 |
division (B)(3)(b) of this section, those assessments shall | 183 |
include nationally recognized subject area assessments, such as | 184 |
advanced placement examinations, SAT subject tests, international | 185 |
baccalaureate examinations, and other assessments of college and | 186 |
work readiness. | 187 |
(3)(a) Not later than July 1, 2013, each school district | 188 |
board of education shall adopt an interim end-of-course | 189 |
examination that complies with the requirements of divisions | 190 |
(B)(3)(b)(i) and (ii) of this section to assess mastery of | 191 |
American history and government standards adopted under division | 192 |
(A)(1)(b) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the topics | 193 |
required under division (M) of section 3313.603 of the Revised | 194 |
Code. Each high school of the district shall use the interim | 195 |
examination until the state superintendent and chancellor select | 196 |
an end-of-course examination in history and government under | 197 |
division (B)(2) of this section. | 198 |
(C) Not later than thirty days after the state board adopts | 211 |
the model curricula required by division (B) of section 3301.079 | 212 |
of the Revised Code, the state board shall convene a group of | 213 |
national experts, state experts, and local practitioners to | 214 |
provide advice, guidance, and recommendations for the alignment of | 215 |
standards and model curricula to the assessments and in the design | 216 |
of the end-of-course examinations prescribed by this section. | 217 |
(A) The board of education of each city and exempted village | 262 |
school district, the governing board of each educational service | 263 |
center, and the board of each cooperative education school | 264 |
district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised | 265 |
Code shall prescribe a curriculum for all schools under their | 266 |
control. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, in | 267 |
any such curriculum there shall be included the study of the | 268 |
following subjects: | 269 |
(2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio, | 272 |
and national, state, and local government in the United States, | 273 |
including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to | 274 |
society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and | 275 |
American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups | 276 |
in Ohio and the United States; | 277 |
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 316 |
school or school district shall include in the requirements for | 317 |
promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's | 318 |
course of study of American history. A board may waive this | 319 |
requirement for academically accelerated students who, in | 320 |
accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to | 321 |
demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth | 322 |
grade American history course of study. | 323 |
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic | 330 |
instruction or demonstrated mastery in geography, United States | 331 |
history, the government of the United States, the government of | 332 |
the state of Ohio, local government in Ohio, the Declaration of | 333 |
Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution | 334 |
of the state of Ohio shall be required before pupils may | 335 |
participate in courses involving the study of social problems, | 336 |
economics, foreign affairs, United Nations, world government, | 337 |
socialism and communism. | 338 |
(E) For each cooperative education school district | 339 |
established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and | 340 |
each city, exempted village, and local school district that has | 341 |
territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum | 342 |
adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall | 343 |
only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades | 344 |
operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such | 345 |
schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these | 346 |
districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D) | 347 |
of this section. | 348 |
Each school shall integrate the study of economics and | 435 |
financial literacy, as expressed in the social studies academic | 436 |
content standards adopted by the state board of education under | 437 |
division (A)(1) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the | 438 |
academic content standards for financial literacy and | 439 |
entrepreneurship adopted under division (A)(2) of that section, | 440 |
into one or more existing social studies credits required under | 441 |
division (C)(6)(7) of this section, or into the content of another | 442 |
class, so that every high school student receives instruction in | 443 |
those concepts. In developing the curriculum required by this | 444 |
paragraph, schools shall use available public-private partnerships | 445 |
and resources and materials that exist in business, industry, and | 446 |
through the centers for economics education at institutions of | 447 |
higher education in the state. | 448 |
(7)(8) Five units consisting of one or any combination of | 449 |
foreign language, fine arts, business, career-technical education, | 450 |
family and consumer sciences, technology, agricultural education, | 451 |
a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved | 452 |
by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United | 453 |
States Code, or English language arts, mathematics, science, or | 454 |
social studies courses not otherwise required under division (C) | 455 |
of this section. | 456 |
Ohioans must be prepared to apply increased knowledge and | 457 |
skills in the workplace and to adapt their knowledge and skills | 458 |
quickly to meet the rapidly changing conditions of the | 459 |
twenty-first century. National studies indicate that all high | 460 |
school graduates need the same academic foundation, regardless of | 461 |
the opportunities they pursue after graduation. The goal of Ohio's | 462 |
system of elementary and secondary education is to prepare all | 463 |
students for and seamlessly connect all students to success in | 464 |
life beyond high school graduation, regardless of whether the next | 465 |
step is entering the workforce, beginning an apprenticeship, | 466 |
engaging in post-secondary training, serving in the military, or | 467 |
pursuing a college degree. | 468 |
The Ohio core curriculum is the standard expectation for all | 469 |
students entering ninth grade for the first time at a public or | 470 |
chartered nonpublic high school on or after July 1, 2010. A | 471 |
student may satisfy this expectation through a variety of methods, | 472 |
including, but not limited to, integrated, applied, | 473 |
career-technical, and traditional coursework. | 474 |
Stronger coordination between high schools and institutions | 482 |
of higher education is necessary to prepare students for more | 483 |
challenging academic endeavors and to lessen the need for academic | 484 |
remediation in college, thereby reducing the costs of higher | 485 |
education for Ohio's students, families, and the state. The state | 486 |
board and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall | 487 |
develop policies to ensure that only in rare instances will | 488 |
students who complete the Ohio core curriculum require academic | 489 |
remediation after high school. | 490 |
School districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 491 |
schools shall integrate technology into learning experiences | 492 |
across the curriculum in order to maximize efficiency, enhance | 493 |
learning, and prepare students for success in the | 494 |
technology-driven twenty-first century. Districts and schools | 495 |
shall use distance and web-based course delivery as a method of | 496 |
providing or augmenting all instruction required under this | 497 |
division, including laboratory experience in science. Districts | 498 |
and schools shall utilize technology access and electronic | 499 |
learning opportunities provided by the eTech Ohio commission, the | 500 |
Ohio learning network, education technology centers, public | 501 |
television stations, and other public and private providers. | 502 |
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 503 |
student who enters ninth grade on or after July 1, 2010, and | 504 |
before July 1, 2014, may qualify for graduation from a public or | 505 |
chartered nonpublic high school even though the student has not | 506 |
completed the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 507 |
this section if all of the following conditions are satisfied: | 508 |
(1) After the student has attended high school for two years, | 509 |
as determined by the school, the student and the student's parent, | 510 |
guardian, or custodian sign and file with the school a written | 511 |
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 512 |
consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 513 |
core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 514 |
completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 515 |
most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 516 |
The department of education, in collaboration with the | 534 |
chancellor, shall analyze student performance data to determine if | 535 |
there are mitigating factors that warrant extending the exception | 536 |
permitted by division (D) of this section to high school classes | 537 |
beyond those entering ninth grade before July 1, 2014. The | 538 |
department shall submit its findings and any recommendations not | 539 |
later than August 1, 2014, to the speaker and minority leader of | 540 |
the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of | 541 |
the senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the | 542 |
standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate | 543 |
that consider education legislation, the state board of education, | 544 |
and the superintendent of public instruction. | 545 |
(F) A student enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery | 563 |
program, which program has received a waiver from the department, | 564 |
may qualify for graduation from high school by successfully | 565 |
completing a competency-based instructional program administered | 566 |
by the dropout prevention and recovery program in lieu of | 567 |
completing the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 568 |
this section. The department shall grant a waiver to a dropout | 569 |
prevention and recovery program, within sixty days after the | 570 |
program applies for the waiver, if the program meets all of the | 571 |
following conditions: | 572 |
(6) The program requires the student and the student's | 594 |
parent, guardian, or custodian to sign and file, in accordance | 595 |
with procedural requirements stipulated by the program, a written | 596 |
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 597 |
consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 598 |
core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 599 |
completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 600 |
most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 601 |
Each high school shall record on the student's high school | 624 |
transcript all high school credit awarded under division (G) of | 625 |
this section. In addition, if the student completed a seventh- or | 626 |
eighth-grade fine arts course described in division (K) of this | 627 |
section and the course qualified for high school credit under that | 628 |
division, the high school shall record that course on the | 629 |
student's high school transcript. | 630 |
(J) The state board, in consultation with the chancellor, | 640 |
shall adopt a statewide plan implementing methods for students to | 641 |
earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of | 642 |
subject area competency, instead of or in combination with | 643 |
completing hours of classroom instruction. The state board shall | 644 |
adopt the plan not later than March 31, 2009, and commence phasing | 645 |
in the plan during the 2009-2010 school year. The plan shall | 646 |
include a standard method for recording demonstrated proficiency | 647 |
on high school transcripts. Each school district and community | 648 |
school shall comply with the state board's plan adopted under this | 649 |
division and award units of high school credit in accordance with | 650 |
the plan. The state board may adopt existing methods for earning | 651 |
high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area | 652 |
competency as necessary prior to the 2009-2010 school year. | 653 |
(K) This division does not apply to students who qualify for | 654 |
graduation from high school under division (D) or (F) of this | 655 |
section, or to students pursuing a career-technical instructional | 656 |
track as determined by the school district board of education or | 657 |
the chartered nonpublic school's governing authority. | 658 |
Nevertheless, the general assembly encourages such students to | 659 |
consider enrolling in a fine arts course as an elective. | 660 |
Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the first | 661 |
time on or after July 1, 2010, each student enrolled in a public | 662 |
or chartered nonpublic high school shall complete two semesters or | 663 |
the equivalent of fine arts to graduate from high school. The | 664 |
coursework may be completed in any of grades seven to twelve. Each | 665 |
student who completes a fine arts course in grade seven or eight | 666 |
may elect to count that course toward the five units of electives | 667 |
required for graduation under division (C)(7)(8) of this section, | 668 |
if the course satisfied the requirements of division (G) of this | 669 |
section. In that case, the high school shall award the student | 670 |
high school credit for the course and count the course toward the | 671 |
five units required under division (C)(7)(8) of this section. If | 672 |
the course in grade seven or eight did not satisfy the | 673 |
requirements of division (G) of this section, the high school | 674 |
shall not award the student high school credit for the course but | 675 |
shall count the course toward the two semesters or the equivalent | 676 |
of fine arts required by this division. | 677 |
(L) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, | 678 |
the board of education of each school district and the governing | 679 |
authority of each chartered nonpublic school may adopt a policy to | 680 |
excuse from the high school physical education requirement each | 681 |
student who, during high school, has participated in | 682 |
interscholastic athletics, marching band, or cheerleading for at | 683 |
least two full seasons or in the junior reserve officer training | 684 |
corps for at least two full school years. If the board or | 685 |
authority adopts such a policy, the board or authority shall not | 686 |
require the student to complete any physical education course as a | 687 |
condition to graduate. However, the student shall be required to | 688 |
complete one-half unit, consisting of at least sixty hours of | 689 |
instruction, in another course of study. In the case of a student | 690 |
who has participated in the junior reserve officer training corps | 691 |
for at least two full school years, credit received for that | 692 |
participation may be used to satisfy the requirement to complete | 693 |
one-half unit in another course of study. | 694 |
(M) It is important that high school students learn and | 695 |
understand United States history and the governments of both the | 696 |
United States and the state of Ohio. Therefore, beginning with | 697 |
students who enter ninth grade for the first time on or after July | 698 |
1, 2012, the study of American history and American government | 699 |
required by divisions (B)(6) and (C)(6) of this section shall | 700 |
include the study of all of the following documents: | 701 |