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To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact | 1 |
sections 3313.5310, 3707.56, and 3707.57 of the | 2 |
Revised Code with regard to sudden cardiac arrest | 3 |
in youth athletic activities. | 4 |
Section 1. That sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 be amended and | 5 |
sections 3313.5310, 3707.56, and 3707.57 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3313.5310. (A)(1) This section applies to both of the | 8 |
following: | 9 |
(a) Any school operated by a school district board of | 10 |
education; | 11 |
(b) Any chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that is | 12 |
subject to the rules of an interscholastic conference or an | 13 |
organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events. | 14 |
(2) As used in this section, "athletic activity" means all of | 15 |
the following: | 16 |
(a) Interscholastic athletics; | 17 |
(b) An athletic contest or competition that is sponsored by | 18 |
or associated with a school that is subject to this section, | 19 |
including cheerleading, club-sponsored sports activities, and | 20 |
sports activities sponsored by school-affiliated organizations; | 21 |
(c) Noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by | 22 |
school-affiliated organizations; | 23 |
(d) Practices, interschool practices, and scrimmages for all | 24 |
of the activities described in divisions (A)(2)(a), (b), and (c) | 25 |
of this section. | 26 |
(B) Prior to the start of each athletic season, a school that | 27 |
is subject to this section may hold an informational meeting for | 28 |
students, parents, guardians, other persons having care or charge | 29 |
of a student, physicians, pediatric cardiologists, athletic | 30 |
trainers, and any other persons regarding the symptoms and warning | 31 |
signs of sudden cardiac arrest for all ages of students. | 32 |
(C) No student shall participate in an athletic event until | 33 |
the student has submitted to a designated school official a form | 34 |
signed by the student and the parent, guardian, or other person | 35 |
having care or charge of the student stating that the student and | 36 |
the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the | 37 |
student have received and reviewed a copy of the information | 38 |
developed by the departments of health and education and posted on | 39 |
their respective internet web sites as required by section 3707.57 | 40 |
of the Revised Code. A completed form shall be submitted each | 41 |
school year, as defined in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code, | 42 |
for each athletic activity in which the student participates. | 43 |
(D) No individual shall coach an athletic activity unless the | 44 |
individual has completed, within the previous year, the sudden | 45 |
cardiac arrest training course approved by the department of | 46 |
health under division (C) of section 3707.57 of the Revised Code. | 47 |
(E)(1) A student shall not be allowed to participate in an | 48 |
athletic activity if the student is known to have exhibited signs | 49 |
or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest at any time prior to or | 50 |
following an athletic activity. | 51 |
(2) A student shall be removed by the student's coach from | 52 |
participation in an athletic activity if the student exhibits | 53 |
signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest as determined by any of | 54 |
the following: | 55 |
(a) A game official; | 56 |
(b) A coach of the student's team; | 57 |
(c) An athletic trainer licensed under Chapter 4755. of the | 58 |
Revised Code; | 59 |
(d) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised | 60 |
Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and | 61 |
surgery; | 62 |
(e) Any other official designated by a school that is subject | 63 |
to this section. | 64 |
(3) If a student is not allowed to participate in or is | 65 |
removed from participation in an athletic activity under division | 66 |
(E)(1) or (2) of this section, the student shall not return to | 67 |
participation until the student is evaluated and cleared for | 68 |
return in writing by any of the following: | 69 |
(a) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised | 70 |
Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and | 71 |
surgery; | 72 |
(b) A certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse | 73 |
specialist, or certified nurse-midwife who holds a certificate of | 74 |
authority issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; | 75 |
(c) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised | 76 |
Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and | 77 |
surgery who specializes in cardiology. | 78 |
The licensed health care providers specified in divisions | 79 |
(E)(3)(a) and (b) of this section may consult with any other | 80 |
licensed or certified health care providers in order to determine | 81 |
whether a student is ready to return to participation. | 82 |
(F) A school that is subject to this section shall establish | 83 |
the following minimum penalties for a coach who violates the | 84 |
provisions of division (E) of this section: | 85 |
(1) For a first violation, suspension from coaching any | 86 |
athletic activity for the remainder of the season; | 87 |
(2) For a second violation, suspension from coaching any | 88 |
athletic activity for the remainder of the season and for the next | 89 |
season; | 90 |
(3) For a third violation, permanent suspension from coaching | 91 |
any athletic activity. | 92 |
(G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do either | 93 |
of the following: | 94 |
(1) Abridge or limit any rights provided under a collective | 95 |
bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the | 96 |
Revised Code prior to the effective date of this section; | 97 |
(2) Create, establish, expand, reduce, contract, or eliminate | 98 |
any civil liability on the part of any school that is subject to | 99 |
this section or any employee of a school that is subject to this | 100 |
section. | 101 |
Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under | 102 |
this section shall be filed with the superintendent of public | 103 |
instruction. The department of education shall make available on | 104 |
its web site a copy of every approved, executed contract filed | 105 |
with the superintendent under this section. | 106 |
(A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the | 107 |
governing authority of a community school shall specify the | 108 |
following: | 109 |
(1) That the school shall be established as either of the | 110 |
following: | 111 |
(a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. | 112 |
of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8, 2003; | 113 |
(b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter | 114 |
1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003. | 115 |
(2) The education program of the school, including the | 116 |
school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school | 117 |
is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the | 118 |
focus of the curriculum; | 119 |
(3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of | 120 |
measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those | 121 |
goals, which shall include the statewide achievement assessments; | 122 |
(4) Performance standards by which the success of the school | 123 |
will be evaluated by the sponsor; | 124 |
(5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised | 125 |
Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised Code; | 126 |
(6)(a) Dismissal procedures; | 127 |
(b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an | 128 |
attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically | 129 |
withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a | 130 |
legitimate excuse fails to participate in one hundred five | 131 |
consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the | 132 |
student. | 133 |
(7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and | 134 |
ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves; | 135 |
(8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of | 136 |
state. The contract shall require financial records of the school | 137 |
to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of | 138 |
school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state. | 139 |
Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the | 140 |
Revised Code. | 141 |
(9) The facilities to be used and their locations; | 142 |
(10) Qualifications of teachers, including the following: | 143 |
(a) A requirement that the school's classroom teachers be | 144 |
licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the | 145 |
Revised Code, except that a community school may engage | 146 |
noncertificated persons to teach up to twelve hours per week | 147 |
pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code; | 148 |
(b) A requirement that each classroom teacher initially hired | 149 |
by the school on or after July 1, 2013, and employed to provide | 150 |
instruction in physical education hold a valid license issued | 151 |
pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code for teaching | 152 |
physical education. | 153 |
(11) That the school will comply with the following | 154 |
requirements: | 155 |
(a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a | 156 |
minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred | 157 |
twenty hours per school year. | 158 |
(b) The governing authority will purchase liability | 159 |
insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the | 160 |
school. | 161 |
(c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, | 162 |
admission policies, employment practices, and all other | 163 |
operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or | 164 |
religious institution. | 165 |
(d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 166 |
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, | 167 |
3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3313.472, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.539, | 168 |
3313.5310, 3313.608, 3313.609, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, | 169 |
3313.6015, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, | 170 |
3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, | 171 |
3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, | 172 |
3313.814, 3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, 3313.96, 3319.073, | 173 |
3319.321, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, | 174 |
3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, | 175 |
4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 3365., | 176 |
3742., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it | 177 |
were a school district and will comply with section 3301.0714 of | 178 |
the Revised Code in the manner specified in section 3314.17 of the | 179 |
Revised Code. | 180 |
(e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section | 181 |
2921.42 of the Revised Code. | 182 |
(f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61, 3313.611, | 183 |
and 3313.614 of the Revised Code, except that for students who | 184 |
enter ninth grade for the first time before July 1, 2010, the | 185 |
requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code | 186 |
that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any | 187 |
high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by | 188 |
completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of | 189 |
the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title | 190 |
XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of | 191 |
education. Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the | 192 |
first time on or after July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections | 193 |
3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must | 194 |
successfully complete the curriculum of a high school prior to | 195 |
receiving a high school diploma shall be met by completing the | 196 |
Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of section | 197 |
3313.603 of the Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under | 198 |
division (D) or (F) of that section. Each school shall comply with | 199 |
the plan for awarding high school credit based on demonstration of | 200 |
subject area competency, adopted by the state board of education | 201 |
under division (J) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. | 202 |
(g) The school governing authority will submit within four | 203 |
months after the end of each school year a report of its | 204 |
activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of | 205 |
divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status | 206 |
to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled in the | 207 |
school. | 208 |
(h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-based | 209 |
community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the Revised | 210 |
Code as if it were a school district. | 211 |
(i) If the school is the recipient of moneys from a grant | 212 |
awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A), | 213 |
Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and | 214 |
Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, the | 215 |
school will pay teachers based upon performance in accordance with | 216 |
section 3317.141 and will comply with section 3319.111 of the | 217 |
Revised Code as if it were a school district. | 218 |
(12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to | 219 |
employees; | 220 |
(13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the | 221 |
beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five years | 222 |
unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division (E) of | 223 |
this section. | 224 |
(14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be | 225 |
responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract; | 226 |
(15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget | 227 |
for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the | 228 |
total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. | 229 |
The plan shall specify for each year the base formula amount that | 230 |
will be used for purposes of funding calculations under section | 231 |
3314.08 of the Revised Code. This base formula amount for any year | 232 |
shall not exceed the formula amount defined under section 3317.02 | 233 |
of the Revised Code. The plan may also specify for any year a | 234 |
percentage figure to be used for reducing the per pupil amount of | 235 |
the subsidy calculated pursuant to section 3317.029 of the Revised | 236 |
Code the school is to receive that year under section 3314.08 of | 237 |
the Revised Code. | 238 |
(16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of | 239 |
employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or | 240 |
not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code; | 241 |
(17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or | 242 |
part of an existing public school or educational service center | 243 |
building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a | 244 |
converted public school or service center building, specification | 245 |
of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of | 246 |
education or service center governing board that operated the | 247 |
school or building before conversion is delegating to the | 248 |
governing authority of the community school with respect to all or | 249 |
any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not | 250 |
prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such | 251 |
employees; | 252 |
(18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving | 253 |
disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the | 254 |
governing authority of the community school; | 255 |
(19) A provision requiring the governing authority to adopt a | 256 |
policy regarding the admission of students who reside outside the | 257 |
district in which the school is located. That policy shall comply | 258 |
with the admissions procedures specified in sections 3314.06 and | 259 |
3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the sole discretion of the | 260 |
authority, shall do one of the following: | 261 |
(a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside | 262 |
the district in which the school is located; | 263 |
(b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in districts | 264 |
adjacent to the district in which the school is located; | 265 |
(c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any other | 266 |
district in the state. | 267 |
(20) A provision recognizing the authority of the department | 268 |
of education to take over the sponsorship of the school in | 269 |
accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section 3314.015 | 270 |
of the Revised Code; | 271 |
(21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to | 272 |
assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified in | 273 |
division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code; | 274 |
(22) A provision recognizing both of the following: | 275 |
(a) The authority of public health and safety officials to | 276 |
inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities | 277 |
closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in | 278 |
compliance with health and safety laws and regulations; | 279 |
(b) The authority of the department of education as the | 280 |
community school oversight body to suspend the operation of the | 281 |
school under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the | 282 |
department has evidence of conditions or violations of law at the | 283 |
school that pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of | 284 |
the school's students and employees and the sponsor refuses to | 285 |
take such action. | 286 |
(23) A description of the learning opportunities that will be | 287 |
offered to students including both classroom-based and | 288 |
non-classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance | 289 |
with criteria for student participation established by the | 290 |
department under division (L)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised | 291 |
Code; | 292 |
(24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and | 293 |
3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to | 294 |
be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be | 295 |
taken by the sponsor of the school. However, the sponsor shall not | 296 |
be required to take any action described in division (F) of | 297 |
section 3302.04 of the Revised Code. | 298 |
(25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school will | 299 |
open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of September | 300 |
each school year, unless the mission of the school as specified | 301 |
under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to serve dropouts. | 302 |
In its initial year of operation, if the school fails to open by | 303 |
the thirtieth day of September, or within one year after the | 304 |
adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D) of section | 305 |
3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the school is solely | 306 |
to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void. | 307 |
(B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a | 308 |
comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the | 309 |
following: | 310 |
(1) The process by which the governing authority of the | 311 |
school will be selected in the future; | 312 |
(2) The management and administration of the school; | 313 |
(3) If the community school is a currently existing public | 314 |
school or educational service center building, alternative | 315 |
arrangements for current public school students who choose not to | 316 |
attend the converted school and for teachers who choose not to | 317 |
teach in the school or building after conversion; | 318 |
(4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of | 319 |
the school; | 320 |
(5) Internal financial controls. | 321 |
(C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the | 322 |
Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a | 323 |
community school may provide for the community school governing | 324 |
authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby | 325 |
authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract | 326 |
between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total amount | 327 |
of such payments for oversight and monitoring of the school shall | 328 |
not exceed three per cent of the total amount of payments for | 329 |
operating expenses that the school receives from the state. | 330 |
(D) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor | 331 |
which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered | 332 |
into with the department of education under division (B) of | 333 |
section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and shall include the | 334 |
following: | 335 |
(1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all laws | 336 |
applicable to the school and with the terms of the contract; | 337 |
(2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal performance | 338 |
and the organization and operation of the community school on at | 339 |
least an annual basis; | 340 |
(3) Report on an annual basis the results of the evaluation | 341 |
conducted under division (D)(2) of this section to the department | 342 |
of education and to the parents of students enrolled in the | 343 |
community school; | 344 |
(4) Provide technical assistance to the community school in | 345 |
complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the | 346 |
contract; | 347 |
(5) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to | 348 |
correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare the | 349 |
school to be on probationary status pursuant to section 3314.073 | 350 |
of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the school pursuant | 351 |
to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or terminate the contract | 352 |
of the school pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code as | 353 |
determined necessary by the sponsor; | 354 |
(6) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the | 355 |
event the community school experiences financial difficulties or | 356 |
closes prior to the end of a school year. | 357 |
(E) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under this | 358 |
section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the approval | 359 |
of the governing authority of the school, renew that contract for | 360 |
a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not ending earlier | 361 |
than the end of any school year, if the sponsor finds that the | 362 |
school's compliance with applicable laws and terms of the contract | 363 |
and the school's progress in meeting the academic goals prescribed | 364 |
in the contract have been satisfactory. Any contract that is | 365 |
renewed under this division remains subject to the provisions of | 366 |
sections 3314.07, 3314.072, and 3314.073 of the Revised Code. | 367 |
(F) If a community school fails to open for operation within | 368 |
one year after the contract entered into under this section is | 369 |
adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised | 370 |
Code or permanently closes prior to the expiration of the | 371 |
contract, the contract shall be void and the school shall not | 372 |
enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A school shall not | 373 |
be considered permanently closed because the operations of the | 374 |
school have been suspended pursuant to section 3314.072 of the | 375 |
Revised Code. | 376 |
Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and | 377 |
mathematics school established under this chapter and its | 378 |
governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 379 |
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 2921.42, 2921.43, | 380 |
3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, | 381 |
3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50, | 382 |
3313.536, 3313.539, 3313.5310, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, | 383 |
3313.6014, 3313.6015, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, | 384 |
3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, | 385 |
3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, | 386 |
3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.801, | 387 |
3313.814, 3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, 3313.88, 3313.96, 3319.073, | 388 |
3319.21, 3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, | 389 |
3319.45, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, | 390 |
3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and | 391 |
Chapters 102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., | 392 |
4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a | 393 |
school district. | 394 |
Sec. 3707.56. A sponsor of an athletic activity that is not | 395 |
associated with a school that is subject to section 3313.5310 of | 396 |
the Revised Code is encouraged to follow the provisions of that | 397 |
section. | 398 |
Sec. 3707.57. (A) The department of health and the | 399 |
department of education jointly shall develop and shall post on | 400 |
their respective internet web sites guidelines and other relevant | 401 |
materials to inform and educate students participating in or | 402 |
desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, | 403 |
and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden | 404 |
cardiac arrest. These guidelines and materials shall address the | 405 |
risks associated with continuing to participate in an athletic | 406 |
event after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac | 407 |
arrest, such as fainting, difficulty breathing, chest pains, | 408 |
dizziness, and an abnormal racing heart rate. | 409 |
(B) In developing guidelines and materials under division (A) | 410 |
of this section, the departments may utilize existing materials | 411 |
developed by the parent heart watch organization, the sudden | 412 |
arrhythmia death syndromes foundation, and any other organizations | 413 |
deemed appropriate by the departments. | 414 |
(C) For purposes of the training required for a coach of an | 415 |
athletic activity under division (D) of section 3313.5310 of the | 416 |
Revised Code, the department of health shall approve a sudden | 417 |
cardiac training course offered by an outside entity. | 418 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 of the | 419 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 420 |