Section 1. That sections 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0715, | 19 |
3313.60, 3313.603, 3313.608, 3313.618, 3313.672, 3313.68, 3314.06, | 20 |
3317.034, 3319.227, 3319.261, 4729.291, and 4729.541 be amended | 21 |
and section 4731.056 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as | 22 |
follows: | 23 |
(1) Annually furnish to, grade, and score all assessments | 25 |
required by divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of | 26 |
the Revised Code to be administered by city, local, exempted | 27 |
village, and joint vocational school districts, except that each | 28 |
district shall score any assessment administered pursuant to | 29 |
division (B)(10) of this section. Each assessment so furnished | 30 |
shall include the data verification code of the student to whom | 31 |
the assessment will be administered, as assigned pursuant to | 32 |
division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. In | 33 |
furnishing the practice versions of Ohio graduation tests | 34 |
prescribed by division (D) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 35 |
Code, the department shall make the tests available on its web | 36 |
site for reproduction by districts. In awarding contracts for | 37 |
grading assessments, the department shall give preference to | 38 |
Ohio-based entities employing Ohio residents. | 39 |
(9) In lieu of the board of education of any city, local, or | 84 |
exempted village school district in which the student is also | 85 |
enrolled, the board of a joint vocational school district shall | 86 |
administer any assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of | 87 |
section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least twice annually to | 88 |
any student enrolled in the joint vocational school district who | 89 |
has not yet attained the score on that assessment designated under | 90 |
that division. A board of a joint vocational school district may | 91 |
also administer such an assessment to any student described in | 92 |
division (B)(8)(b) of this section. | 93 |
Except as provided in section 3313.614 of the Revised Code | 100 |
for administration of an assessment to a person who has fulfilled | 101 |
the curriculum requirement for a high school diploma but has not | 102 |
passed one or more of the required assessments, the assessments | 103 |
prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the | 104 |
Revised Code and the practice assessments prescribed under | 105 |
division (D) of that section and required to be administered under | 106 |
divisions (B)(8), (9), and (10) of this section shall not be | 107 |
administered after July 1, 2015the date specified in the rules | 108 |
adopted by the state board of education under division (D)(1) of | 109 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. | 110 |
(C)(1)(a) In the case of a student receiving special | 116 |
education services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the | 117 |
individualized education program developed for the student under | 118 |
that chapter shall specify the manner in which the student will | 119 |
participate in the assessments administered under this section. | 120 |
The individualized education program may excuse the student from | 121 |
taking any particular assessment required to be administered under | 122 |
this section if it instead specifies an alternate assessment | 123 |
method approved by the department of education as conforming to | 124 |
requirements of federal law for receipt of federal funds for | 125 |
disadvantaged pupils. To the extent possible, the individualized | 126 |
education program shall not excuse the student from taking an | 127 |
assessment unless no reasonable accommodation can be made to | 128 |
enable the student to take the assessment. | 129 |
(c) Any student enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school who | 136 |
has been identified, based on an evaluation conducted in | 137 |
accordance with section 3323.03 of the Revised Code or section 504 | 138 |
of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 355, 29 U.S.C.A. | 139 |
794, as amended, as a child with a disability shall be excused | 140 |
from taking any particular assessment required to be administered | 141 |
under this section if a plan developed for the student pursuant to | 142 |
rules adopted by the state board excuses the student from taking | 143 |
that assessment. In the case of any student so excused from taking | 144 |
an assessment, the chartered nonpublic school shall not prohibit | 145 |
the student from taking the assessment. | 146 |
(2) A district board may, for medical reasons or other good | 147 |
cause, excuse a student from taking an assessment administered | 148 |
under this section on the date scheduled, but that assessment | 149 |
shall be administered to the excused student not later than nine | 150 |
days following the scheduled date. The district board shall | 151 |
annually report the number of students who have not taken one or | 152 |
more of the assessments required by this section to the state | 153 |
board of education not later than the thirtieth day of June. | 154 |
No school district board shall excuse any limited English | 157 |
proficient student from taking any particular assessment required | 158 |
to be administered under this section, except that any limited | 159 |
English proficient student who has been enrolled in United States | 160 |
schools for less than one full school year shall not be required | 161 |
to take any reading, writing, or English language arts assessment. | 162 |
However, no board shall prohibit a limited English proficient | 163 |
student who is not required to take an assessment under this | 164 |
division from taking the assessment. A board may permit any | 165 |
limited English proficient student to take an assessment required | 166 |
to be administered under this section with appropriate | 167 |
accommodations, as determined by the department. For each limited | 168 |
English proficient student, each school district shall annually | 169 |
assess that student's progress in learning English, in accordance | 170 |
with procedures approved by the department. | 171 |
(D)(1) In the school year next succeeding the school year in | 177 |
which the assessments prescribed by division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of | 178 |
section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or former division (A)(1), | 179 |
(A)(2), or (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it | 180 |
existed prior to September 11, 2001, are administered to any | 181 |
student, the board of education of any school district in which | 182 |
the student is enrolled in that year shall provide to the student | 183 |
intervention services commensurate with the student's performance, | 184 |
including any intensive intervention required under section | 185 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code, in any skill in which the student | 186 |
failed to demonstrate at least a score at the proficient level on | 187 |
the assessment. | 188 |
(2) Following any administration of the assessments | 189 |
prescribed by division (D) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 190 |
Code to ninth grade students, each school district that has a | 191 |
three-year average graduation rate of not more than seventy-five | 192 |
per cent shall determine for each high school in the district | 193 |
whether the school shall be required to provide intervention | 194 |
services to any students who took the assessments. In determining | 195 |
which high schools shall provide intervention services based on | 196 |
the resources available, the district shall consider each school's | 197 |
graduation rate and scores on the practice assessments. The | 198 |
district also shall consider the scores received by ninth grade | 199 |
students on the English language arts and mathematics assessments | 200 |
prescribed under division (A)(1)(f) of section 3301.0710 of the | 201 |
Revised Code in the eighth grade in determining which high schools | 202 |
shall provide intervention services. | 203 |
Each high school selected to provide intervention services | 204 |
under this division shall provide intervention services to any | 205 |
student whose results indicate that the student is failing to make | 206 |
satisfactory progress toward being able to attain scores at the | 207 |
proficient level on the Ohio graduation tests. Intervention | 208 |
services shall be provided in any skill in which a student | 209 |
demonstrates unsatisfactory progress and shall be commensurate | 210 |
with the student's performance. Schools shall provide the | 211 |
intervention services prior to the end of the school year, during | 212 |
the summer following the ninth grade, in the next succeeding | 213 |
school year, or at any combination of those times. | 214 |
(E) Except as provided in section 3313.608 of the Revised | 215 |
Code and division (M) of this section, no school district board of | 216 |
education shall utilize any student's failure to attain a | 217 |
specified score on an assessment administered under this section | 218 |
as a factor in any decision to deny the student promotion to a | 219 |
higher grade level. However, a district board may choose not to | 220 |
promote to the next grade level any student who does not take an | 221 |
assessment administered under this section or make up an | 222 |
assessment as provided by division (C)(2) of this section and who | 223 |
is not exempt from the requirement to take the assessment under | 224 |
division (C)(3) of this section. | 225 |
(2) The department or an entity with which the department | 252 |
contracts for the scoring of the assessment shall send to each | 253 |
school district board a list of the individual scores of all | 254 |
persons taking an assessment prescribed by division (A)(1) or | 255 |
(B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code within sixty days | 256 |
after its administration, but in no case shall the scores be | 257 |
returned later than the fifteenth day of June following the | 258 |
administration. For assessments administered under this section by | 259 |
a joint vocational school district, the department or entity shall | 260 |
also send to each city, local, or exempted village school district | 261 |
a list of the individual scores of any students of such city, | 262 |
local, or exempted village school district who are attending | 263 |
school in the joint vocational school district. | 264 |
(I) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, the | 272 |
department or an entity with which the department contracts for | 273 |
the scoring of the assessment shall not release any individual | 274 |
scores on any assessment administered under this section. The | 275 |
state board of education shall adopt rules to ensure the | 276 |
protection of student confidentiality at all times. The rules may | 277 |
require the use of the data verification codes assigned to | 278 |
students pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the | 279 |
Revised Code to protect the confidentiality of student scores. | 280 |
(1) In accordance with rules that the state board of | 285 |
education shall adopt, the board of education of any city, | 286 |
exempted village, or local school district with territory in a | 287 |
cooperative education school district established pursuant to | 288 |
divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code may | 289 |
enter into an agreement with the board of education of the | 290 |
cooperative education school district for administering any | 291 |
assessment prescribed under this section to students of the city, | 292 |
exempted village, or local school district who are attending | 293 |
school in the cooperative education school district. | 294 |
(2) In accordance with rules that the state board of | 295 |
education shall adopt, the board of education of any city, | 296 |
exempted village, or local school district with territory in a | 297 |
cooperative education school district established pursuant to | 298 |
section 3311.521 of the Revised Code shall enter into an agreement | 299 |
with the cooperative district that provides for the administration | 300 |
of any assessment prescribed under this section to both of the | 301 |
following: | 302 |
(K)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(1)(a) | 312 |
or (K)(1)(c) of this section, each chartered nonpublic school for | 313 |
which at least sixty-five per cent of its total enrollment is made | 314 |
up of students who are participating in state scholarship programs | 315 |
shall administer the elementary assessments prescribed by section | 316 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code. In accordance with procedures and | 317 |
deadlines prescribed by the department, the parent or guardian of | 318 |
a student enrolled in the school who is not participating in a | 319 |
state scholarship program may submit notice to the chief | 320 |
administrative officer of the school that the parent or guardian | 321 |
does not wish to have the student take the elementary assessments | 322 |
prescribed for the student's grade level under division (A) of | 323 |
section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. If a parent or guardian | 324 |
submits an opt-out notice, the school shall not administer the | 325 |
assessments to that student. This option does not apply to any | 326 |
assessment required for a high school diploma under section | 327 |
3313.612 of the Revised Code. | 328 |
(i) At least ninety-five per cent of the students enrolled in | 344 |
the school are children with disabilities, as defined under | 345 |
section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, or have received a diagnosis | 346 |
by a school district or from a physician, including a | 347 |
neuropsychiatrist or psychiatrist, or a psychologist who is | 348 |
authorized to practice in this or another state as having a | 349 |
condition that impairs academic performance, such as dyslexia, | 350 |
dyscalculia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or | 351 |
Asperger's syndrome. | 352 |
(d) Any chartered nonpublic school that is not subject to | 362 |
division (K)(1)(a) of this section may participate in the | 363 |
assessment program by administering any of the assessments | 364 |
prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 365 |
Code. The chief administrator of the school shall specify which | 366 |
assessments the school will administer. Such specification shall | 367 |
be made in writing to the superintendent of public instruction | 368 |
prior to the first day of August of any school year in which | 369 |
assessments are administered and shall include a pledge that the | 370 |
nonpublic school will administer the specified assessments in the | 371 |
same manner as public schools are required to do under this | 372 |
section and rules adopted by the department. | 373 |
(M) Notwithstanding division (E) of this section, a school | 390 |
district may use a student's failure to attain a score in at least | 391 |
the proficient range on the mathematics assessment described by | 392 |
division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or on | 393 |
an assessment described by division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), or | 394 |
(f) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as a factor in | 395 |
retaining that student in the current grade level. | 396 |
(b) For subsequent administrations of each assessment prior | 425 |
to the 2011-2012 school year, not less than forty per cent of the | 426 |
questions on the assessment that are used to compute a student's | 427 |
score shall be a public record. The department shall determine | 428 |
which questions will be needed for reuse on a future assessment | 429 |
and those questions shall not be public records and shall be | 430 |
redacted from the assessment prior to its release as a public | 431 |
record. However, for each redacted question, the department shall | 432 |
inform each city, local, and exempted village school district of | 433 |
the statewide academic standard adopted by the state board of | 434 |
education under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the | 435 |
corresponding benchmark to which the question relates. The | 436 |
preceding sentence does not apply to field test questions that are | 437 |
redacted under division (N)(3) of this section. | 438 |
(3) "Graduation rate" means the ratio of students receiving a | 474 |
diploma to the number of students who entered ninth grade four | 475 |
years earlier. Students who transfer into the district are added | 476 |
to the calculation. Students who transfer out of the district for | 477 |
reasons other than dropout are subtracted from the calculation. If | 478 |
a student who was a dropout in any previous year returns to the | 479 |
same school district, that student shall be entered into the | 480 |
calculation as if the student had entered ninth grade four years | 481 |
before the graduation year of the graduating class that the | 482 |
student joins. | 483 |
(4) "State scholarship programs" means the educational choice | 484 |
scholarship pilot program established under sections 3310.01 to | 485 |
3310.17 of the Revised Code, the autism scholarship program | 486 |
established under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code, the Jon | 487 |
Peterson special needs scholarship program established under | 488 |
sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code, and the pilot | 489 |
project scholarship program established under sections 3313.974 to | 490 |
3313.979 of the Revised Code. | 491 |
Sec. 3301.0712. (A) The state board of education, the | 492 |
superintendent of public instruction, and the chancellor of the | 493 |
Ohio board of regents shall develop a system of college and work | 494 |
ready assessments as described in division (B) of this section to | 495 |
assess whether each student upon graduating from high school is | 496 |
ready to enter college or the workforce. Beginning with students | 497 |
who enter the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, | 498 |
2014, the system shall replace the Ohio graduation tests | 499 |
prescribed in division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 500 |
Code as a measure of student academic performance and one | 501 |
determinant of eligibility for a high school diploma in the manner | 502 |
prescribed by rule of the state board adopted under division (D) | 503 |
of this section. | 504 |
(1) A nationallyNationally standardized assessment | 507 |
assessments that measuresmeasure college and career readiness, is | 508 |
and are used for college admission, and includes components in | 509 |
English, mathematics, science, and social studies. The assessment | 510 |
assessments shall be selected jointly by the state superintendent | 511 |
and the chancellor, and one of which shall be selected by each | 512 |
school district or school to administer to its students. The | 513 |
assessmentassessments prescribed under division (B)(1) of this | 514 |
section shall be administered to all eleventh-grade students in | 515 |
the spring of the school year. | 516 |
(2) Seven end-of-course examinations, one in each of the | 517 |
areas of English language arts I, English language arts II, | 518 |
physical science, Algebra I, geometry, American history, and | 519 |
American government. The end-of-course examinations shall be | 520 |
selected jointly by the state superintendent and the chancellor in | 521 |
consultation with faculty in the appropriate subject areas at | 522 |
institutions of higher education of the university system of Ohio. | 523 |
Advanced placement examinations,and international baccalaureate | 524 |
examinations, and dual enrollment or advanced standing program | 525 |
examinations, as prescribed under section 3313.6013 of the Revised | 526 |
Code, in the areas of physical science, American history, and | 527 |
American government may be used as end-of-course examinations in | 528 |
accordance with division (B)(4)(a)(i) of this section.
Final | 529 |
course grades for courses taken under any other advanced standing | 530 |
program, as prescribed under section 3313.6013 of the Revised | 531 |
Code, in the areas of science, American history, and American | 532 |
government may be used in lieu of end-of-course examinations in | 533 |
accordance with division (B)(4)(a)(ii) of this section. | 534 |
(3)(a) Not later than July 1, 2013, each school district | 535 |
board of education shall adopt interim end-of-course examinations | 536 |
that comply with the requirements of divisions (B)(3)(b)(i) and | 537 |
(ii) of this section to assess mastery of American history and | 538 |
American government standards adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of | 539 |
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the topics required under | 540 |
division (M) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. Each high | 541 |
school of the district shall use the interim examinations until | 542 |
the state superintendent and chancellor select end-of-course | 543 |
examinations in American history and American government under | 544 |
division (B)(2) of this section. | 545 |
(i) If a student is enrolled in an appropriate advanced | 562 |
placement or international baccalaureate course or is enrolled | 563 |
under any other dual enrollment or advanced standing program, that | 564 |
student shall take the advanced placement or international | 565 |
baccalaureate examination or applicable examination under dual | 566 |
enrollment or advanced standing in lieu of the physical science, | 567 |
American history, or American government end-of-course | 568 |
examinations prescribed under division (B)(2) of this section. The | 569 |
state board shall specify the score levels for each advanced | 570 |
placement examination,and international baccalaureate | 571 |
examination, and examination required under other dual enrollment | 572 |
or advanced standing programs for purposes of calculating the | 573 |
minimum cumulative performance score that demonstrates the level | 574 |
of academic achievement necessary to earn a high school diploma. | 575 |
(ii) If a student is enrolled in an appropriate course under | 576 |
any other advanced standing program, as described in section | 577 |
3313.6013 of the Revised Code, that student shall not be required | 578 |
to take the science, American history, or American government | 579 |
end-of-course examination, whichever is applicable, prescribed | 580 |
under division (B)(2) of this section. Instead, that student's | 581 |
final course grade shall be used in lieu of the applicable | 582 |
end-of-course examination prescribed under that section. The state | 583 |
superintendent, in consultation with the chancellor, shall adopt | 584 |
guidelines for purposes of calculating the corresponding final | 585 |
course grades that demonstrate the level of academic achievement | 586 |
necessary to earn a high school diploma. | 587 |
(c) Not later than July 1, 2016, the state board shall adopt | 699 |
rules prescribing the requirements for the end-of-course | 700 |
examination in science for students who entered the ninth grade | 701 |
for the first time on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, | 702 |
2015, and who have not met the requirement prescribed by section | 703 |
3313.618 of the Revised Code by July 1, 2019, due to a student's | 704 |
failure to satisfy division (A)(2) of section 3313.618 of the | 705 |
Revised Code.
| 706 |
(G) Not later than December 31, 2014, the state board shall | 758 |
select at least one nationally recognized job skills assessment. | 759 |
Each school district shall administer that assessment to those | 760 |
students who opt to take it. The state shall reimburse a school | 761 |
district for the costs of administering that assessment. The state | 762 |
board shall establish the minimum score a student must attain on | 763 |
the job skills assessment in order to demonstrate a student's | 764 |
workforce readiness and employability. The administration of the | 765 |
job skills assessment to a student under this division shall not | 766 |
exempt a school district from administering the assessments | 767 |
prescribed in division (B) of this section to that student. | 768 |
(1) Any student who transfers into the district or to a | 775 |
different school within the district if each applicable diagnostic | 776 |
assessment was not administered by the district or school the | 777 |
student previously attended in the current school year, within | 778 |
thirty days after the date of transfer. If the district or school | 779 |
into which the student transfers cannot determine whether the | 780 |
student has taken any applicable diagnostic assessment in the | 781 |
current school year, the district or school may administer the | 782 |
diagnostic assessment to the student. However, if a student | 783 |
transfers into the district prior to the administration of the | 784 |
diagnostic assessments to all students under division (B) of this | 785 |
section, the district may administer the diagnostic assessments to | 786 |
that student on the date or dates determined under that division. | 787 |
(B) Each district board shall administer each diagnostic | 803 |
assessment when the board deems appropriate, provided the | 804 |
administration complies with section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. | 805 |
However, the board shall administer any diagnostic assessment at | 806 |
least once annually to all students in the appropriate grade | 807 |
level. A district board may administer any diagnostic assessment | 808 |
in the fall and spring of a school year to measure the amount of | 809 |
academic growth attributable to the instruction received by | 810 |
students during that school year. | 811 |
(C) Any district that received a grade of "A" or "B" for the | 812 |
performance index score under division (A)(1)(b), (B)(1)(b), or | 813 |
(C)(1)(b) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or for the | 814 |
value-added progress dimension under division (A)(1)(e), | 815 |
(B)(1)(e), or (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for | 816 |
the immediately preceding school year may use different diagnostic | 817 |
assessments from those adopted under division (D) of section | 818 |
3301.079 of the Revised Code in order to satisfy the requirements | 819 |
of division (A)(3) of this section. | 820 |
(D) Each district board shall utilize and score any | 821 |
diagnostic assessment administered under division (A) of this | 822 |
section in accordance with rules established by the department. | 823 |
After the administration of any diagnostic assessment, each | 824 |
district shall provide a student's completed diagnostic | 825 |
assessment, the results of such assessment, and any other | 826 |
accompanying documents used during the administration of the | 827 |
assessment to the parent of that student, and shall include all | 828 |
such documents and information in any plan developed for the | 829 |
student under division (C) of section 3313.608 of the Revised | 830 |
Code. Each district shall submit to the department, in the manner | 831 |
the department prescribes, the results of the diagnostic | 832 |
assessments administered under this section, regardless of the | 833 |
type of assessment used under section 3313.608 of the Revised | 834 |
Code. The department may issue reports with respect to the data | 835 |
collected. The department may report school and district level | 836 |
kindergarten diagnostic assessment data and use diagnostic | 837 |
assessment data to calculate the measure prescribed by divisions | 838 |
(B)(1)(g) and (C)(1)(g) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. | 839 |
(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, | 849 |
and local school district and the board of each cooperative | 850 |
education school district established, pursuant to section | 851 |
3311.521 of the Revised Code, shall prescribe a curriculum for all | 852 |
schools under its control. Except as provided in division (E) of | 853 |
this section, in any such curriculum there shall be included the | 854 |
study of the following subjects: | 855 |
(2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio, | 858 |
and national, state, and local government in the United States, | 859 |
including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to | 860 |
society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and | 861 |
American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups | 862 |
in Ohio and the United States; | 863 |
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 906 |
school or school district shall include in the requirements for | 907 |
promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's | 908 |
course of study of American history. A board may waive this | 909 |
requirement for academically accelerated students who, in | 910 |
accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to | 911 |
demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth | 912 |
grade American history course of study. | 913 |
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic | 919 |
instruction or demonstrated mastery in geography, United States | 920 |
history, the government of the United States, the government of | 921 |
the state of Ohio, local government in Ohio, the Declaration of | 922 |
Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution | 923 |
of the state of Ohio shall be required before pupils may | 924 |
participate in courses involving the study of social problems, | 925 |
economics, foreign affairs, United Nations, world government, | 926 |
socialism, and communism. | 927 |
(E) For each cooperative education school district | 928 |
established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and | 929 |
each city, exempted village, and local school district that has | 930 |
territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum | 931 |
adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall | 932 |
only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades | 933 |
operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such | 934 |
schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these | 935 |
districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D) | 936 |
of this section. | 937 |
Each school shall integrate the study of economics and | 1029 |
financial literacy, as expressed in the social studies academic | 1030 |
content standards adopted by the state board of education under | 1031 |
division (A)(1) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the | 1032 |
academic content standards for financial literacy and | 1033 |
entrepreneurship adopted under division (A)(2) of that section, | 1034 |
into one or more existing social studies credits required under | 1035 |
division (C)(7) of this section, or into the content of another | 1036 |
class, so that every high school student receives instruction in | 1037 |
those concepts. In developing the curriculum required by this | 1038 |
paragraph, schools shall use available public-private partnerships | 1039 |
and resources and materials that exist in business, industry, and | 1040 |
through the centers for economics education at institutions of | 1041 |
higher education in the state. | 1042 |
(8) Five units consisting of one or any combination of | 1048 |
foreign language, fine arts, business, career-technical education, | 1049 |
family and consumer sciences, technology, agricultural education, | 1050 |
a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved | 1051 |
by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United | 1052 |
States Code, or English language arts, mathematics, science, or | 1053 |
social studies courses not otherwise required under division (C) | 1054 |
of this section. | 1055 |
Ohioans must be prepared to apply increased knowledge and | 1056 |
skills in the workplace and to adapt their knowledge and skills | 1057 |
quickly to meet the rapidly changing conditions of the | 1058 |
twenty-first century. National studies indicate that all high | 1059 |
school graduates need the same academic foundation, regardless of | 1060 |
the opportunities they pursue after graduation. The goal of Ohio's | 1061 |
system of elementary and secondary education is to prepare all | 1062 |
students for and seamlessly connect all students to success in | 1063 |
life beyond high school graduation, regardless of whether the next | 1064 |
step is entering the workforce, beginning an apprenticeship, | 1065 |
engaging in post-secondary training, serving in the military, or | 1066 |
pursuing a college degree. | 1067 |
The requirements for graduation prescribed in division (C) of | 1068 |
this section are the standard expectation for all students | 1069 |
entering ninth grade for the first time at a public or chartered | 1070 |
nonpublic high school on or after July 1, 2010. A student may | 1071 |
satisfy this expectation through a variety of methods, including, | 1072 |
but not limited to, integrated, applied, career-technical, and | 1073 |
traditional coursework. | 1074 |
Stronger coordination between high schools and institutions | 1082 |
of higher education is necessary to prepare students for more | 1083 |
challenging academic endeavors and to lessen the need for academic | 1084 |
remediation in college, thereby reducing the costs of higher | 1085 |
education for Ohio's students, families, and the state. The state | 1086 |
board and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall | 1087 |
develop policies to ensure that only in rare instances will | 1088 |
students who complete the requirements for graduation prescribed | 1089 |
in division (C) of this section require academic remediation after | 1090 |
high school. | 1091 |
School districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 1092 |
schools shall integrate technology into learning experiences | 1093 |
across the curriculum in order to maximize efficiency, enhance | 1094 |
learning, and prepare students for success in the | 1095 |
technology-driven twenty-first century. Districts and schools | 1096 |
shall use distance and web-based course delivery as a method of | 1097 |
providing or augmenting all instruction required under this | 1098 |
division, including laboratory experience in science. Districts | 1099 |
and schools shall utilize technology access and electronic | 1100 |
learning opportunities provided by the broadcast educational media | 1101 |
commission, chancellor, the Ohio learning network, education | 1102 |
technology centers, public television stations, and other public | 1103 |
and private providers. | 1104 |
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 1105 |
student who enters ninth grade on or after July 1, 2010, and | 1106 |
before July 1, 2016, may qualify for graduation from a public or | 1107 |
chartered nonpublic high school even though the student has not | 1108 |
completed the requirements for graduation prescribed in division | 1109 |
(C) of this section if all of the following conditions are | 1110 |
satisfied: | 1111 |
(1) During the student's third year of attending high school, | 1112 |
as determined by the school, the student and the student's parent, | 1113 |
guardian, or custodian sign and file with the school a written | 1114 |
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 1115 |
consent to the student's graduating without completing the | 1116 |
requirements for graduation prescribed in division (C) of this | 1117 |
section and acknowledging that one consequence of not completing | 1118 |
those requirements is ineligibility to enroll in most state | 1119 |
universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 1120 |
(2) The student and parent, guardian, or custodian fulfill | 1121 |
any procedural requirements the school stipulates to ensure the | 1122 |
student's and parent's, guardian's, or custodian's informed | 1123 |
consent and to facilitate orderly filing of statements under | 1124 |
division (D)(1) of this section. Annually, each district or school | 1125 |
shall notify the department of education of the number of students | 1126 |
who choose to qualify for graduation under division (D) of this | 1127 |
section and the number of students who complete the student's | 1128 |
success plan and graduate from high school. | 1129 |
(3) The student and the student's parent, guardian, or | 1130 |
custodian and a representative of the student's high school | 1131 |
jointly develop a student success plan for the student in the | 1132 |
manner described in division (C)(1) of section 3313.6020 of the | 1133 |
Revised Code that specifies the student matriculating to a | 1134 |
two-year degree program, acquiring a business and | 1135 |
industry-recognized credential, or entering an apprenticeship. | 1136 |
The department, in collaboration with the chancellor, shall | 1161 |
analyze student performance data to determine if there are | 1162 |
mitigating factors that warrant extending the exception permitted | 1163 |
by division (D) of this section to high school classes beyond | 1164 |
those entering ninth grade before July 1, 2016. The department | 1165 |
shall submit its findings and any recommendations not later than | 1166 |
December 1, 2015, to the speaker and minority leader of the house | 1167 |
of representatives, the president and minority leader of the | 1168 |
senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the | 1169 |
standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate | 1170 |
that consider education legislation, the state board of education, | 1171 |
and the superintendent of public instruction. | 1172 |
(F) A student enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery | 1190 |
program, which program has received a waiver from the department, | 1191 |
may qualify for graduation from high school by successfully | 1192 |
completing a competency-based instructional program administered | 1193 |
by the dropout prevention and recovery program in lieu of | 1194 |
completing the requirements for graduation prescribed in division | 1195 |
(C) of this section. The department shall grant a waiver to a | 1196 |
dropout prevention and recovery program, within sixty days after | 1197 |
the program applies for the waiver, if the program meets all of | 1198 |
the following conditions: | 1199 |
(6) The program requires the student and the student's | 1222 |
parent, guardian, or custodian to sign and file, in accordance | 1223 |
with procedural requirements stipulated by the program, a written | 1224 |
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 1225 |
consent to the student's graduating without completing the | 1226 |
requirements for graduation prescribed in division (C) of this | 1227 |
section and acknowledging that one consequence of not completing | 1228 |
those requirements is ineligibility to enroll in most state | 1229 |
universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 1230 |
Each high school shall record on the student's high school | 1265 |
transcript all high school credit awarded under division (G) of | 1266 |
this section. In addition, if the student completed a seventh- or | 1267 |
eighth-grade fine arts course described in division (K) of this | 1268 |
section and the course qualified for high school credit under that | 1269 |
division, the high school shall record that course on the | 1270 |
student's high school transcript. | 1271 |
(J) The state board, in consultation with the chancellor, | 1281 |
shall adopt a statewide plan implementing methods for students to | 1282 |
earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of | 1283 |
subject area competency, instead of or in combination with | 1284 |
completing hours of classroom instruction. The state board shall | 1285 |
adopt the plan not later than March 31, 2009, and commence phasing | 1286 |
in the plan during the 2009-2010 school year. The plan shall | 1287 |
include a standard method for recording demonstrated proficiency | 1288 |
on high school transcripts. Each school district and community | 1289 |
school shall comply with the state board's plan adopted under this | 1290 |
division and award units of high school credit in accordance with | 1291 |
the plan. The state board may adopt existing methods for earning | 1292 |
high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area | 1293 |
competency as necessary prior to the 2009-2010 school year. | 1294 |
(K) This division does not apply to students who qualify for | 1295 |
graduation from high school under division (D) or (F) of this | 1296 |
section, or to students pursuing a career-technical instructional | 1297 |
track as determined by the school district board of education or | 1298 |
the chartered nonpublic school's governing authority. | 1299 |
Nevertheless, the general assembly encourages such students to | 1300 |
consider enrolling in a fine arts course as an elective. | 1301 |
Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the first | 1302 |
time on or after July 1, 2010, each student enrolled in a public | 1303 |
or chartered nonpublic high school shall complete two semesters or | 1304 |
the equivalent of fine arts to graduate from high school. The | 1305 |
coursework may be completed in any of grades seven to twelve. Each | 1306 |
student who completes a fine arts course in grade seven or eight | 1307 |
may elect to count that course toward the five units of electives | 1308 |
required for graduation under division (C)(8) of this section, if | 1309 |
the course satisfied the requirements of division (G) of this | 1310 |
section. In that case, the high school shall award the student | 1311 |
high school credit for the course and count the course toward the | 1312 |
five units required under division (C)(8) of this section. If the | 1313 |
course in grade seven or eight did not satisfy the requirements of | 1314 |
division (G) of this section, the high school shall not award the | 1315 |
student high school credit for the course but shall count the | 1316 |
course toward the two semesters or the equivalent of fine arts | 1317 |
required by this division. | 1318 |
(L) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, | 1319 |
the board of education of each school district and the governing | 1320 |
authority of each chartered nonpublic school may adopt a policy to | 1321 |
excuse from the high school physical education requirement each | 1322 |
student who, during high school, has participated in | 1323 |
interscholastic athletics, marching band, or cheerleading for at | 1324 |
least two full seasons or in the junior reserve officer training | 1325 |
corps for at least two full school years. If the board or | 1326 |
authority adopts such a policy, the board or authority shall not | 1327 |
require the student to complete any physical education course as a | 1328 |
condition to graduate. However, the student shall be required to | 1329 |
complete one-half unit, consisting of at least sixty hours of | 1330 |
instruction, in another course of study. In the case of a student | 1331 |
who has participated in the junior reserve officer training corps | 1332 |
for at least two full school years, credit received for that | 1333 |
participation may be used to satisfy the requirement to complete | 1334 |
one-half unit in another course of study. | 1335 |
(M) It is important that high school students learn and | 1336 |
understand United States history and the governments of both the | 1337 |
United States and the state of Ohio. Therefore, beginning with | 1338 |
students who enter ninth grade for the first time on or after July | 1339 |
1, 2012, the study of American history and American government | 1340 |
required by divisions (B)(6) and (C)(6) of this section shall | 1341 |
include the study of all of the following documents: | 1342 |
Sec. 3313.608. (A)(1) Beginning with students who enter | 1357 |
third grade in the school year that starts July 1, 2009, and until | 1358 |
June 30, 2013, unless the student is excused under division (C) of | 1359 |
section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code from taking the assessment | 1360 |
described in this section, for any student who does not attain at | 1361 |
least the equivalent level of achievement designated under | 1362 |
division (A)(3) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on the | 1363 |
assessment prescribed under that section to measure skill in | 1364 |
English language arts expected at the end of third grade, each | 1365 |
school district, in accordance with the policy adopted under | 1366 |
section 3313.609 of the Revised Code, shall do one of the | 1367 |
following: | 1368 |
(2) Beginning with students who enter third grade in the | 1376 |
2013-2014 school year, unless the student is excused under | 1377 |
division (C) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code from taking | 1378 |
the assessment described in this section, no school district shall | 1379 |
promote to fourth grade any student who does not attain at least | 1380 |
the equivalent level of achievement designated under division | 1381 |
(A)(3) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on the assessment | 1382 |
prescribed under that section to measure skill in English language | 1383 |
arts expected at the end of third grade, unless one of the | 1384 |
following applies: | 1385 |
(B)(1) Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, to assist | 1422 |
students in meeting the third grade guarantee established by this | 1423 |
section, each school district board of education shall adopt | 1424 |
policies and procedures with which it annually shall assess the | 1425 |
reading skills of each student, except those students with | 1426 |
significant cognitive disabilities or other disabilities as | 1427 |
authorized by the department on a case-by-case basis, enrolled in | 1428 |
kindergarten to third grade by the thirtieth day of September and | 1429 |
shall identify students who are reading below their grade level. | 1430 |
Each district shall use the diagnostic assessment to measure | 1431 |
reading ability for the appropriate grade level adopted under | 1432 |
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, or a comparable tool | 1433 |
approved by the department of education, to identify such | 1434 |
students. The policies and procedures shall require the students' | 1435 |
classroom teachers to be involved in the assessment and the | 1436 |
identification of students reading below grade level. | 1437 |
(iv) Notification that if the student attains a score in the | 1451 |
range designated under division (A)(3) of section 3301.0710 of the | 1452 |
Revised Code on the assessment prescribed under that section to | 1453 |
measure skill in English language arts expected at the end of | 1454 |
third grade, the student shall be retained unless the student is | 1455 |
exempt under division (A) of this section. The notification shall | 1456 |
specify that the assessment under section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 1457 |
Code is not the sole determinant of promotion and that additional | 1458 |
evaluations and assessments are available to the student to assist | 1459 |
parents and the district in knowing when a student is reading at | 1460 |
or above grade level and ready for promotion. | 1461 |
(b) Provide intensive reading instruction services and | 1462 |
regular diagnostic assessments to the student immediately | 1463 |
following identification of a reading deficiency until the | 1464 |
development of the reading improvement and monitoring plan | 1465 |
required by division (C) of this section. These intervention | 1466 |
services shall include research-based reading strategies that have | 1467 |
been shown to be successful in improving reading among | 1468 |
low-performing readers and instruction targeted at the student's | 1469 |
identified reading deficiencies. | 1470 |
(D) Each school district shall report annually to the | 1546 |
department on its implementation and compliance with this section | 1547 |
using guidelines prescribed by the superintendent of public | 1548 |
instruction. The superintendent of public instruction annually | 1549 |
shall report to the governor and general assembly the number and | 1550 |
percentage of students in grades kindergarten through four reading | 1551 |
below grade level based on the diagnostic assessments administered | 1552 |
under division (B) of this section and the achievement assessments | 1553 |
administered under divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of section | 1554 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code in English language arts, aggregated | 1555 |
by school district and building; the types of intervention | 1556 |
services provided to students; and, if available, an evaluation of | 1557 |
the efficacy of the intervention services provided. | 1558 |
(H)(1) Except as provided under divisions (H)(2), (3), and | 1574 |
(4) of this section, each student described in division (B)(3) or | 1575 |
(C) of this section who enters third grade for the first time on | 1576 |
or after July 1, 2013, shall be assigned a teacher who has at | 1577 |
least one year of teaching experience and who satisfies one or | 1578 |
more of the following criteria: | 1579 |
(2) Notwithstanding division (H)(1) of this section, a | 1600 |
student described in division (B)(3) or (C) of this section who | 1601 |
enters third grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2013, | 1602 |
may be assigned to a teacher with less than one year of teaching | 1603 |
experience provided that the teacher meets one or more of the | 1604 |
criteria described in divisions (H)(1)(a) to (f) of this section | 1605 |
and that teacher is assigned a teacher mentor who meets the | 1606 |
qualifications of division (H)(1) of this section. | 1607 |
(3) Notwithstanding division (H)(1) of this section, a | 1608 |
student described in division (B)(3) or (C) of this section who | 1609 |
enters third grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2013, | 1610 |
but prior to July 1, 2016, may be assigned to a teacher who holds | 1611 |
an alternative credential approved by the department or who has | 1612 |
successfully completed training that is based on principles of | 1613 |
scientifically research-based reading instruction that has been | 1614 |
approved by the department. Beginning on July 1, 2014, the | 1615 |
alternative credentials and training described in division (H)(3) | 1616 |
of this section shall be aligned with the reading competencies | 1617 |
adopted by the state board of education under section 3301.077 of | 1618 |
the Revised Code. | 1619 |
(4) Notwithstanding division (H)(1) of this section, a | 1620 |
student described in division (B)(3) or (C) of this section who | 1621 |
enters third grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2013, | 1622 |
may receive reading intervention or remediation services under | 1623 |
this section from an individual employed as a speech-language | 1624 |
pathologist who holds a license issued by the board of | 1625 |
speech-language pathology and audiology under Chapter 4753. of the | 1626 |
Revised Code and a professional pupil services license as a school | 1627 |
speech-language pathologist issued by the state board of | 1628 |
education. | 1629 |
(I) Notwithstanding division (H) of this section, a teacher | 1638 |
may teach reading to any student who is an English language | 1639 |
learner, and has been in the United States for three years or | 1640 |
less, or to a student who has an individualized education program | 1641 |
developed under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code if that teacher | 1642 |
holds an alternative credential approved by the department or has | 1643 |
successfully completed training that is based on principles of | 1644 |
scientifically research-based reading instruction that has been | 1645 |
approved by the department. Beginning on July 1, 2014, the | 1646 |
alternative credentials and training described in this division | 1647 |
shall be aligned with the reading competencies adopted by the | 1648 |
state board of education under section 3301.077 of the Revised | 1649 |
Code. | 1650 |
(J) If, on or after the effective date of this amendmentJune | 1651 |
4, 2013, a school district or community school cannot furnish the | 1652 |
number of teachers needed who satisfy one or more of the criteria | 1653 |
set forth in division (H) of this section for the 2013-2014 school | 1654 |
year, the school district or community school shall develop and | 1655 |
submit a staffing plan by June 30, 2013. The staffing plan shall | 1656 |
include criteria that will be used to assign a student described | 1657 |
in division (B)(3) or (C) of this section to a teacher, | 1658 |
credentials or training held by teachers currently teaching at the | 1659 |
school, and how the school district or community school will meet | 1660 |
the requirements of this section. The school district or community | 1661 |
school shall post the staffing plan on its web site for the | 1662 |
applicable school year. | 1663 |
(2) Attain a score specified under division (B)(5)(c) of | 1695 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code on the end-of-course | 1696 |
examinations prescribed under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of | 1697 |
the Revised Code. For any student who is exempt from taking an | 1698 |
end-of-course examination under division (B)(6) of section | 1699 |
3301.0712 of the Revised Code, in determining whether that student | 1700 |
has attained the cumulative score prescribed by division (B)(5)(c) | 1701 |
of that section, that student shall be considered to have attained | 1702 |
a proficient score on the exempted examination. | 1703 |
(3) Attain a score that demonstrates workforce readiness and | 1704 |
employability on a nationally recognized job skills assessment | 1705 |
selected by the state board of education under division (G) of | 1706 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code and obtain either an | 1707 |
industry-recognized credential, as described under division | 1708 |
(B)(2)(d) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, or a license | 1709 |
issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that | 1710 |
requires an examination for issuance of that license. | 1711 |
A student may choose to qualify for a high school diploma by | 1715 |
satisfying any of the separate requirements prescribed by | 1716 |
divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. If the student's school | 1717 |
district or school does not administer the examination prescribed | 1718 |
by one of those divisions that the student chooses to take to | 1719 |
satisfy the requirements of this section, the school district or | 1720 |
school may require that student to arrange for the applicable | 1721 |
scores to be sent directly to the district or school by the | 1722 |
company or organization that administers the examination. | 1723 |
Sec. 3313.672. (A)(1) At the time of initial entry to a | 1729 |
public or nonpublic school, a pupil shall present to the person in | 1730 |
charge of admission any records given the pupil by the public or | 1731 |
nonpublic elementary or secondary school the pupil most recently | 1732 |
attended; a certified copy of an order or decree, or modification | 1733 |
of such an order or decree allocating parental rights and | 1734 |
responsibilities for the care of a child and designating a | 1735 |
residential parent and legal custodian of the child, as provided | 1736 |
in division (B) of this section, if that type of order or decree | 1737 |
has been issued; a copy of a power of attorney or caretaker | 1738 |
authorization affidavit, if either has been executed with respect | 1739 |
to the child pursuant to sections 3109.51 to 3109.80 of the | 1740 |
Revised Code; and a certification of birth issued pursuant to | 1741 |
Chapter 3705. of the Revised Code, a comparable certificate or | 1742 |
certification issued pursuant to the statutes of another state, | 1743 |
territory, possession, or nation, or a document in lieu of a | 1744 |
certificate or certification as described in divisions (A)(1)(a) | 1745 |
to (e) of this section. Any of the following shall be accepted in | 1746 |
lieu of a certificate or certification of birth by the person in | 1747 |
charge of admission: | 1748 |
(2) If a pupil requesting admission to a school of the school | 1759 |
district in which the pupil is entitled to attend school under | 1760 |
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code has been discharged | 1761 |
or released from the custody of the department of youth services | 1762 |
under section 5139.51 of the Revised Code just prior to requesting | 1763 |
admission to the school, no school official shall admit that pupil | 1764 |
until the records described in divisions (D)(4)(a) to (d) of | 1765 |
section 2152.18 of the Revised Code have been received by the | 1766 |
superintendent of the school district. | 1767 |
(3) No public or nonpublic school official shall deny a | 1768 |
protected child admission to the school solely because the child | 1769 |
does not present a birth certificate described in division (A)(1) | 1770 |
of this section, a comparable certificate or certification from | 1771 |
another state, territory, possession, or nation, or another | 1772 |
document specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (e) of this section | 1773 |
upon registration for entry into the school. However, the | 1774 |
protected child, or the parent, custodian, or guardian of that | 1775 |
child, shall present a birth certificate or other document | 1776 |
specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (e) of this section to the | 1777 |
person in charge of admission of the school within ninety days | 1778 |
after the child's initial entry into the school. | 1779 |
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of | 1780 |
this section, within twenty-four hours of the entry into the | 1781 |
school of a pupil described in division (A)(1) of this section, a | 1782 |
school official shall request the pupil's official records from | 1783 |
the public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school the pupil | 1784 |
most recently attended. If the public or nonpublic school the | 1785 |
pupil claims to have most recently attended indicates that it has | 1786 |
no record of the pupil's attendance or the records are not | 1787 |
received within fourteen days of the date of request, or if the | 1788 |
pupil does not present a certification of birth described in | 1789 |
division (A)(1) of this section, a comparable certificate or | 1790 |
certification from another state, territory, possession, or | 1791 |
nation, or another document specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) to | 1792 |
(e) of this section, the principal or chief administrative officer | 1793 |
of the school shall notify the law enforcement agency having | 1794 |
jurisdiction in the area where the pupil resides of this fact and | 1795 |
of the possibility that the pupil may be a missing child, as | 1796 |
defined in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code. | 1797 |
(B)(1) Whenever an order or decree allocating parental rights | 1798 |
and responsibilities for the care of a child and designating a | 1799 |
residential parent and legal custodian of the child, including a | 1800 |
temporary order, is issued resulting from an action of divorce, | 1801 |
alimony, annulment, or dissolution of marriage, and the order or | 1802 |
decree pertains to a child who is a pupil in a public or nonpublic | 1803 |
school, the residential parent of the child shall notify the | 1804 |
school of those allocations and designations by providing the | 1805 |
person in charge of admission at the pupil's school with a | 1806 |
certified copy of the order or decree that made the allocation and | 1807 |
designation. Whenever there is a modification of any order or | 1808 |
decree allocating parental rights and responsibilities for the | 1809 |
care of a child and designating a residential parent and legal | 1810 |
custodian of the child that has been submitted to a school, the | 1811 |
residential parent shall provide the person in charge of admission | 1812 |
at the pupil's school with a certified copy of the order or decree | 1813 |
that makes the modification. | 1814 |
(2) Whenever a power of attorney is executed under sections | 1815 |
3109.51 to 3109.62 of the Revised Code that pertains to a child | 1816 |
who is a pupil in a public or nonpublic school, the attorney in | 1817 |
fact shall notify the school of the power of attorney by providing | 1818 |
the person in charge of admission with a copy of the power of | 1819 |
attorney. Whenever a caretaker authorization affidavit is executed | 1820 |
under sections 3109.64 to 3109.73 of the Revised Code that | 1821 |
pertains to a child who is in a public or nonpublic school, the | 1822 |
grandparent who executed the affidavit shall notify the school of | 1823 |
the affidavit by providing the person in charge of admission with | 1824 |
a copy of the affidavit. | 1825 |
(C) If, at the time of a pupil's initial entry to a public or | 1826 |
nonpublic school, the pupil is under the care of a shelter for | 1827 |
victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 3113.33 of the | 1828 |
Revised Code, the pupil or the pupil's parent shall notify the | 1829 |
school of that fact. Upon being so informed, the school shall | 1830 |
inform the elementary or secondary school from which it requests | 1831 |
the pupil's records of that fact. | 1832 |
(D) Whenever a public or nonpublic school is notified by a | 1833 |
law enforcement agency pursuant to division (D) of section 2901.30 | 1834 |
of the Revised Code that a missing child report has been filed | 1835 |
regarding a pupil who is currently or was previously enrolled in | 1836 |
the school, the person in charge of admission at the school shall | 1837 |
mark that pupil's records in such a manner that whenever a copy of | 1838 |
or information regarding the records is requested, any school | 1839 |
official responding to the request is alerted to the fact that the | 1840 |
records are those of a missing child. Upon any request for a copy | 1841 |
of or information regarding a pupil's records that have been so | 1842 |
marked, the person in charge of admission immediately shall report | 1843 |
the request to the law enforcement agency that notified the school | 1844 |
that the pupil is a missing child. When forwarding a copy of or | 1845 |
information from the pupil's records in response to a request, the | 1846 |
person in charge of admission shall do so in such a way that the | 1847 |
receiving district or school would be unable to discern that the | 1848 |
pupil's records are marked pursuant to this division but shall | 1849 |
retain the mark in the pupil's records until notified that the | 1850 |
pupil is no longer a missing child. Upon notification by a law | 1851 |
enforcement agency that a pupil is no longer a missing child, the | 1852 |
person in charge of admission shall remove the mark from the | 1853 |
pupil's records in such a way that if the records were forwarded | 1854 |
to another district or school, the receiving district or school | 1855 |
would be unable to discern that the records were ever marked. | 1856 |
Sec. 3313.68. (A) The board of education of each city, | 1865 |
exempted village, or local school district may appoint one or more | 1866 |
school physicians and one or more school dentists. Two or more | 1867 |
school districts may unite and employ one such physician and at | 1868 |
least one such dentist whose duties shall be such as are | 1869 |
prescribed by law. Said school physician shall hold a license to | 1870 |
practice medicine in Ohio, and each school dentist shall be | 1871 |
licensed to practice in this state. School physicians and dentists | 1872 |
may be discharged at any time by the board of education. School | 1873 |
physicians and dentists shall serve one year and until their | 1874 |
successors are appointed and shall receive such compensation as | 1875 |
the board of education determines. The board of education may also | 1876 |
employ registered nurses, as defined by section 4723.01 and | 1877 |
licensed as school nurses under section 3319.223319.221 of the | 1878 |
Revised Code, to aid in such inspection in such ways as are | 1879 |
prescribed by it, and to aid in the conduct and coordination of | 1880 |
the school health service program. The school dentists shall make | 1881 |
such examinations and diagnoses and render such remedial or | 1882 |
corrective treatment for the school children as is prescribed by | 1883 |
the board of education; provided that all such remedial or | 1884 |
corrective treatment shall be limited to the children whose | 1885 |
parents cannot otherwise provide for same, and then only with the | 1886 |
written consent of the parents or guardians of such children. | 1887 |
School dentists may also conduct such oral hygiene educational | 1888 |
work as is authorized by the board of education. | 1889 |
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the | 1896 |
contrary, the board of education of each city, exempted village, | 1897 |
or local school district may contract with an educational service | 1898 |
center for the services of a school nurse, licensed under section | 1899 |
3319.221 of the Revised Code, or of a registered nurse or licensed | 1900 |
practical nurse, licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, | 1901 |
to provide services to students in the district pursuant to | 1902 |
section 3313.7112 of the Revised Code. | 1903 |
If the school operates a program that uses the Montessori | 1923 |
method endorsed by the American Montessori society, the Montessori | 1924 |
accreditation council for teacher education, or the association | 1925 |
Montessori internationale as its primary method of instruction, | 1926 |
admission to the school may be open to individuals younger than | 1927 |
five years of age, but the school shall not receive funds under | 1928 |
this chapter for those individuals.
Notwithstanding anything to | 1929 |
the contrary in this chapter, individuals younger than five years | 1930 |
of age who are enrolled in a Montessori program shall be offered | 1931 |
at least four hundred fifty-five hours of learning opportunities | 1932 |
per school year. | 1933 |
(B)(1) That admission to the school may be limited to | 1934 |
students who have attained a specific grade level or are within a | 1935 |
specific age group; to students that meet a definition of | 1936 |
"at-risk," as defined in the contract; to residents of a specific | 1937 |
geographic area within the district, as defined in the contract; | 1938 |
or to separate groups of autistic students and nondisabled | 1939 |
students, as authorized in section 3314.061 of the Revised Code | 1940 |
and as defined in the contract. | 1941 |
(H) That, except as otherwise provided under division (B) of | 1983 |
this section or section 3314.061 of the Revised Code, if the | 1984 |
number of applicants exceeds the capacity restrictions of division | 1985 |
(F) of this section, students shall be admitted by lot from all | 1986 |
those submitting applications, except preference shall be given to | 1987 |
students attending the school the previous year and to students | 1988 |
who reside in the district in which the school is located. | 1989 |
Preference may be given to siblings of students attending the | 1990 |
school the previous year. | 1991 |
(B) A student shall be considered to be enrolled in the | 2003 |
district for the period of time beginning on the date on which the | 2004 |
school has both received the documentation of the student's | 2005 |
enrollment from a parent and the student has commenced | 2006 |
participation in learning opportunities offered by the district. | 2007 |
For purposes of applying divisions (B) and (C) of this section, | 2008 |
"learning opportunities" means both classroom-based and | 2009 |
nonclassroom-based learning opportunities overseen by licensed | 2010 |
educational employees of the district that is in compliance with | 2011 |
criteria and documentation requirements for student participation, | 2012 |
which shall be established by the department. Any student's | 2013 |
instruction time in nonclassroom-based learning opportunities | 2014 |
shall be certified by an employee of the district. | 2015 |
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code | 2063 |
or any rule adopted by the state board to the contrary, the state | 2064 |
board shall issue a resident educator license under section | 2065 |
3319.22 of the Revised Code to any applicant who has completed at | 2066 |
least two years of teaching in another state as a participant in | 2067 |
the teach for America program and meets all of the conditions of | 2068 |
divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section. The state board shall | 2069 |
credit an applicant under this division as having completed two | 2070 |
years of the teacher residency program under section 3319.223 of | 2071 |
the Revised Code. | 2072 |
(D) In order to place teachers in this state, the teach for | 2073 |
America program shall enter into an agreement with one or more | 2074 |
accredited four-year public or private institutions of higher | 2075 |
education in the state to provide optional training of teach for | 2076 |
America participants for the purpose of enabling those | 2077 |
participants to complete an optional master's degree or an | 2078 |
equivalent amount of coursework. Nothing in this division shall | 2079 |
require any teach for America participant to complete a master's | 2080 |
degree as a condition of holding a license issued under this | 2081 |
section. | 2082 |
Sec. 4729.291. (A) When a licensed health professional | 2115 |
authorized to prescribe drugs personally furnishes drugs to a | 2116 |
patient pursuant to division (B) of section 4729.29 of the Revised | 2117 |
Code, the prescriber shall ensure that the drugs are labeled and | 2118 |
packaged in accordance with state and federal drug laws and any | 2119 |
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to those laws. Records of | 2120 |
purchase and disposition of all drugs personally furnished to | 2121 |
patients shall be maintained by the prescriber in accordance with | 2122 |
state and federal drug statutes and any rules adopted pursuant to | 2123 |
those statutes. | 2124 |
(b) Buprenorphine provided to patients for the purpose of | 2152 |
treating drug dependence or addiction, if the prescriber is exempt | 2153 |
from separate registration with the United States drug enforcement | 2154 |
administrationas part of an opioid treatment program that is the | 2155 |
subject of a current, valid certification from the substance abuse | 2156 |
and mental health services administration of the United States | 2157 |
department of health and human services pursuant to 2142 C.F.R. | 2158 |
1301.288.11 and distributes both buprenorphine and methadone; | 2159 |
Sec. 4729.541. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and | 2167 |
(C) of this section, a business entity described in division | 2168 |
(B)(1)(j) or (k) of section 4729.51 of the Revised Code may | 2169 |
possess, have custody or control of, and distribute the dangerous | 2170 |
drugs in category I, category II, and category III, as defined in | 2171 |
section 4729.54 of the Revised Code, without holding a terminal | 2172 |
distributor of dangerous drugs license issued under that section. | 2173 |
(B) The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance | 2196 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish standards and | 2197 |
procedures to be followed by physicians in the use of controlled | 2198 |
substances in schedule III, IV, or V to treat opioid dependence or | 2199 |
addiction. The board may limit the application of the rules to | 2200 |
treatment provided through an office-based practice or other | 2201 |
practice type or location specified by the board. | 2202 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.0711, 3301.0712, | 2203 |
3301.0715, 3313.60, 3313.603, 3313.608, 3313.618, 3313.672, | 2204 |
3313.68, 3314.06, 3317.034, 3319.227, 3319.261, 4729.291, and | 2205 |
4729.541 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 2206 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200408, Early Childhood | 2215 |
Education, up to $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 2216 |
support the operations of the "Ready, Set, Go...to Kindergarten" | 2217 |
Program at the Horizon Education Center in Lorain County. The | 2218 |
effectiveness of the program shall be evaluated and reported to | 2219 |
the Department of Education in a study that includes statistics on | 2220 |
program participants' scores for the "Get It, Got It, Go!" | 2221 |
assessment and the kindergarten readiness assessment. | 2222 |
(1) "Provider" means a city, local, exempted village, or | 2229 |
joint vocational school district; an educational service center; a | 2230 |
community school; a chartered nonpublic school; an early childhood | 2231 |
education child care provider licensed under Chapter 5104. of the | 2232 |
Revised Code that participates in and meets at least the third | 2233 |
highest tier of the tiered quality rating and improvement system | 2234 |
described in section 5104.30 of the Revised Code; or a combination | 2235 |
of entities described in this paragraph. | 2236 |
(2)(a) In the case of a city, local, or exempted village | 2237 |
school district or early childhood education child care provider | 2238 |
licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, "new eligible | 2239 |
provider" means a provider that did not receive state funding for | 2240 |
Early Childhood Education in the previous fiscal year or | 2241 |
demonstrates a need for early childhood programs as defined in | 2242 |
division (D) of this section. | 2243 |
(b) In the case of a community school, "new eligible | 2244 |
provider" means a community school that operates a program that | 2245 |
uses the Montessori method endorsed by the American Montessori | 2246 |
society, the Montessori accreditation council for teacher | 2247 |
education, or the association Montessori internationale as its | 2248 |
primary method of instruction, as authorized by division (A) of | 2249 |
section 3314.06 of the Revised Code, that did not receive state | 2250 |
funding for Early Childhood Education in the previous fiscal year | 2251 |
or demonstrates a need for early childhood programs as defined in | 2252 |
division (D) of this section. | 2253 |
(3) "Eligible child" means a child who is at least three | 2254 |
years of age as of the district entry date for kindergarten, is | 2255 |
not of the age to be eligible for kindergarten, and whose family | 2256 |
earns not more than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty | 2257 |
guidelines as defined in division (A)(3) of section 5101.46 of the | 2258 |
Revised Code. Children with an Individualized Education Program | 2259 |
and where the Early Childhood Education program is the least | 2260 |
restrictive environment may be enrolled on their third birthday. | 2261 |
(D) After setting aside the amounts to make payments due from | 2275 |
the previous fiscal year, in fiscal year 2014, the Department | 2276 |
shall distribute funds first to recipients of funds for early | 2277 |
childhood education programs under Section 267.10.10 of Am. Sub. | 2278 |
H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. | 2279 |
H.B. 487 of the 129th General Assembly, in the previous fiscal | 2280 |
year and the balance to new eligible providers of early childhood | 2281 |
education programs under this section or to existing providers to | 2282 |
serve more eligible children or for purposes of program expansion, | 2283 |
improvement, or special projects to promote quality and | 2284 |
innovation. | 2285 |
After setting aside the amounts to make payments due from the | 2286 |
previous fiscal year, in fiscal year 2015, the Department shall | 2287 |
distribute funds first to providers of early childhood education | 2288 |
programs under this section in the previous fiscal year and the | 2289 |
balance to new eligible providers or to existing providers to | 2290 |
serve more eligible children as outlined under division (E) of | 2291 |
this section or for purposes of program expansion, improvement, or | 2292 |
special projects to promote quality and innovation. | 2293 |
(E) The Department shall distribute any new or remaining | 2294 |
funding to existing providers of early childhood education | 2295 |
programs or any new eligible providers in an effort to invest in | 2296 |
high quality early childhood programs where there is a need as | 2297 |
determined by the Department. The Department shall distribute the | 2298 |
new or remaining funds to existing providers of early childhood | 2299 |
education programs or any new eligible providers to serve | 2300 |
additional eligible children based on community economic | 2301 |
disadvantage, limited access to high quality preschool or | 2302 |
childcare services, and demonstration of high quality preschool | 2303 |
services as determined by the Department using new metrics | 2304 |
developed pursuant to Ohio's Race to the Top—Early Learning | 2305 |
Challenge Grant, awarded to the Department in December 2011. | 2306 |
All providers shall maintain such fiscal control and | 2317 |
accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure the | 2318 |
disbursement of, and accounting for, these funds. The control of | 2319 |
funds provided in this program, and title to property obtained, | 2320 |
shall be under the authority of the approved provider for purposes | 2321 |
provided in the program unless, as described in division (K) of | 2322 |
this section, the program waives its right for funding or a | 2323 |
program's funding is eliminated or reduced due to its inability to | 2324 |
meet financial or early learning program standards. The approved | 2325 |
provider shall administer and use such property and funds for the | 2326 |
purposes specified. | 2327 |
(G) The Department may examine a provider's financial and | 2328 |
program records. If the financial practices of the program are not | 2329 |
in accordance with standard accounting principles or do not meet | 2330 |
financial standards outlined under division (F) of this section, | 2331 |
or if the program fails to substantially meet the early learning | 2332 |
program standards, meet a quality rating level in the tiered | 2333 |
quality rating and improvement system developed under section | 2334 |
5104.30 of the Revised Code as prescribed by the Department, or | 2335 |
exhibits below average performance as measured against the | 2336 |
standards, the early childhood education program shall propose and | 2337 |
implement a corrective action plan that has been approved by the | 2338 |
Department. The approved corrective action plan shall be signed by | 2339 |
the chief executive officer and the executive of the official | 2340 |
governing body of the provider. The corrective action plan shall | 2341 |
include a schedule for monitoring by the Department. Such | 2342 |
monitoring may include monthly reports, inspections, a timeline | 2343 |
for correction of deficiencies, and technical assistance to be | 2344 |
provided by the Department or obtained by the early childhood | 2345 |
education program. The Department may withhold funding pending | 2346 |
corrective action. If an early childhood education program fails | 2347 |
to satisfactorily complete a corrective action plan, the | 2348 |
Department may deny expansion funding to the program or withdraw | 2349 |
all or part of the funding to the program and establish a new | 2350 |
eligible provider through a selection process established by the | 2351 |
Department. | 2352 |
(I) Per-pupil funding for programs subject to this section | 2382 |
shall be sufficient to provide eligible children with services for | 2383 |
a standard early childhood schedule which shall be defined in this | 2384 |
section as a minimum of twelve and one-half hours per school week | 2385 |
as defined in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code for the minimum | 2386 |
school year as defined in sections 3313.48, 3313.481, and 3313.482 | 2387 |
of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed to | 2388 |
prohibit program providers from utilizing other funds to serve | 2389 |
eligible children in programs that exceed the twelve and one-half | 2390 |
hours per week or that exceed the minimum school year. For any | 2391 |
provider for which a standard early childhood education schedule | 2392 |
creates a hardship or for which the provider shows evidence that | 2393 |
the provider is working in collaboration with a preschool special | 2394 |
education program, the provider may submit a waiver to the | 2395 |
Department requesting an alternate schedule. If the Department | 2396 |
approves a waiver for an alternate schedule that provides services | 2397 |
for less time than the standard early childhood education | 2398 |
schedule, the Department may reduce the provider's annual | 2399 |
allocation proportionately. Under no circumstances shall an annual | 2400 |
allocation be increased because of the approval of an alternate | 2401 |
schedule. | 2402 |
(K) If an early childhood education program voluntarily | 2413 |
waives its right for funding, or has its funding eliminated for | 2414 |
not meeting financial standards or the early learning program | 2415 |
standards, the provider shall transfer control of title to | 2416 |
property, equipment, and remaining supplies obtained through the | 2417 |
program to providers designated by the Department and return any | 2418 |
unexpended funds to the Department along with any reports | 2419 |
prescribed by the Department. The funding made available from a | 2420 |
program that waives its right for funding or has its funding | 2421 |
eliminated or reduced may be used by the Department for new grant | 2422 |
awards or expansion grants. The Department may award new grants or | 2423 |
expansion grants to eligible providers who apply. The eligible | 2424 |
providers who apply must do so in accordance with the selection | 2425 |
process established by the Department. | 2426 |
(M) The Early Childhood Advisory Council established under | 2434 |
section 3301.90 of the Revised Code shall provide, by October 1, | 2435 |
2013, recommendations including, but not limited to, the | 2436 |
administration, implementation, and distribution of funding for an | 2437 |
early childhood voucher program, to the Superintendent of Public | 2438 |
Instruction, the Governor's Office of 21st Century Education, the | 2439 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the | 2440 |
Senate, and the chairpersons of the standing committees of the | 2441 |
House of Representatives and the Senate that deal primarily with | 2442 |
issues of education. Decisions on the implementation of the | 2443 |
voucher program shall be made by the Governor's Office of 21st | 2444 |
Century Education with recommendations from the State | 2445 |
Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Early Childhood | 2446 |
Advisory Council. | 2447 |
The Department of Education, with the approval of the | 2459 |
Director of Budget and Management, shall determine the monthly | 2460 |
distribution schedules of appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 2461 |
Funding (GRF), and appropriation item 200612, Foundation Funding | 2462 |
(Fund 7017). If adjustments to the monthly distribution schedule | 2463 |
are necessary, the Department of Education shall make such | 2464 |
adjustments with the approval of the Director of Budget and | 2465 |
Management. | 2466 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200629, Career Advising and | 2468 |
Mentoring, shall be used by the State Superintendent of Public | 2469 |
Instruction to create the Career Advising and Mentoring Grant | 2470 |
Program. The Superintendent shall develop guidelines for the | 2471 |
grants. The program shall award competitive matching grants to | 2472 |
provide funding for local networks of volunteers and organizations | 2473 |
to sponsor career advising and mentoring for students in eligible | 2474 |
school districts. Each grant award shall match up to three times | 2475 |
the funds allocated to the project by the local network. Eligible | 2476 |
school districts are those with a high percentage of students in | 2477 |
poverty, a high number of students not graduating on time, and | 2478 |
other criteria as determined by the State Superintendent. Eligible | 2479 |
school districts shall partner with members of the business | 2480 |
community, civic organizations, or the faith-based community to | 2481 |
provide sustainable career advising and mentoring services. | 2482 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200648, Straight A Fund, | 2489 |
up to $70,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by Kids Unlimited | 2490 |
of Toledo for quality after-school tutoring and mentoring programs | 2491 |
in two elementary school buildings in Lucas County. The school | 2492 |
buildings may include any community school, chartered nonpublic | 2493 |
school, or building that is part of a city, local, or exempted | 2494 |
village school district. Kids Unlimited of Toledo shall provide | 2495 |
local matching funds equal to the set-aside. | 2496 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200648, Straight A Fund, | 2505 |
up to $5,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be provided to school | 2506 |
districts that meet the conditions prescribed in division (G)(3) | 2507 |
of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code to support innovations | 2508 |
that improve the efficiency of pupil transportation. This may | 2509 |
include, but is not limited to, the purchase of buses and other | 2510 |
equipment. The Department of Education shall distribute these | 2511 |
funds to districts based on each district's qualifying ridership | 2512 |
as reported under division (B) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised | 2513 |
Code. | 2514 |
(1) A student is an "eligible student" for purposes of the | 2525 |
expansion of the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program | 2526 |
under division (A) of this section if the student's resident | 2527 |
district is not a school district in which the pilot project | 2528 |
scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to | 2529 |
3313.979 of the Revised Code and the student's family income is at | 2530 |
or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, | 2531 |
as defined in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code. | 2532 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200684, Community School | 2573 |
Facilities, shall be used to pay each community school established | 2574 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that is not an internet- | 2575 |
or computer-based community school and each STEM school | 2576 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code an amount | 2577 |
equal to $100 for each full-time equivalent pupil for assistance | 2578 |
with the cost associated with facilities. If the amount | 2579 |
appropriated is not sufficient, the Department of Education shall | 2580 |
prorate the amounts so that the aggregate amount appropriated is | 2581 |
not exceeded. | 2582 |
Sec. 9. (A) For the 2014-2015 school year, each school | 2588 |
district, community school established under Chapter 3314., or | 2589 |
STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code | 2590 |
shall administer to third grade students, for purposes of section | 2591 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code, the English language arts assessment | 2592 |
required under division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the | 2593 |
Revised Code
to third grade students for purposes of section | 2594 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code as follows: | 2595 |
Section 9. Not later than July 1, 2015, the Governor's | 2618 |
Cabinet Opiate Action Team shall develop recommendations for the | 2619 |
instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention that is | 2620 |
required for a school district's health curriculum under division | 2621 |
(A)(5)(f) of section 3313.60 of the Revised Code, as amended by | 2622 |
this act, and submit them to the Department of Education. Upon | 2623 |
receiving the recommendations, the Department shall publish them | 2624 |
in a prominent location on the Department's web site for use by | 2625 |
school districts in developing their health curricula. | 2626 |
Section 10. Notwithstanding division (G)(2) of section | 2627 |
3301.0711 of the Revised Code, for the 2014-2015 school year only, | 2628 |
the Department of Education or an entity with which the Department | 2629 |
contracts for the scoring of the assessments prescribed by | 2630 |
divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) and (2) of section 3301.0710 of the | 2631 |
Revised Code shall send to each school district board a list of | 2632 |
the individual scores of all persons taking such an assessment for | 2633 |
that school year not later than November 15, 2015. | 2634 |
Section 11. (A)(1) For the 2014-2015 school year, if a | 2635 |
student is enrolled in an appropriate course under either of the | 2636 |
dual enrollment programs described in former divisions (A)(1) or | 2637 |
(4) of section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior | 2638 |
to September 17, 2014, in the area of science, American history, | 2639 |
or American government, that student shall not be required to take | 2640 |
the science, American history, or American government | 2641 |
end-of-course examination, whichever is applicable, prescribed | 2642 |
under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. | 2643 |
Instead, that student's final course grade shall be used in lieu | 2644 |
of the applicable end-of-course examination prescribed under that | 2645 |
section. | 2646 |
(2) For the 2014-2015 school year, if a student is enrolled | 2647 |
in an appropriate course under the dual enrollment program | 2648 |
described in former division (A)(3) of section 3313.6013 of the | 2649 |
Revised Code, as it existed prior to September 17, 2014, in the | 2650 |
area of science, American history, or American government, that | 2651 |
student shall either: | 2652 |
(b) Not be required to take the science, American history, or | 2658 |
American government end-of-course examination, whichever is | 2659 |
applicable, prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 | 2660 |
of the Revised Code. Instead, that student's final course grade | 2661 |
shall be used in lieu of the applicable end-of-course examination | 2662 |
prescribed under that section. | 2663 |
Section 12. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in | 2679 |
the Revised Code, for the 2014-2015 school year only, except as | 2680 |
provided in division (B) of this section, a chartered nonpublic | 2681 |
school shall not be required to administer, nor shall a student | 2682 |
enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school be required to take, any | 2683 |
of the end-of-course examinations prescribed by division (B) of | 2684 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. For purposes of section | 2685 |
3313.612 of the Revised Code, a student's final course grade shall | 2686 |
be used in lieu of a score on the corresponding end-of-course | 2687 |
examination from which the student is exempt to determine whether | 2688 |
the student complies with any graduation testing requirements that | 2689 |
may apply to the student in subsequent school years. | 2690 |