| Section 1. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in | 6 |
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division (B) of the version of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code | 7 |
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in effect until July 1, 2014, in section 3321.01 or 3321.04 of the | 8 |
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Revised Code, or in any rule of the State Board of Education, for | 9 |
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the 2013-2014 school year only, a school district board of | 10 |
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education may excuse graduating twelfth-grade students from | 11 |
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attendance in school for any days or hours the students' schools | 12 |
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are open for instruction after the district's scheduled graduation | 13 |
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ceremony, as a result of adding days or hours to the school | 14 |
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calendar to make up days or hours the schools were closed that | 15 |
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school year for any of the reasons prescribed in division (B) of | 16 |
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the version of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect until | 17 |
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July 1, 2014, in order to meet the required number of days of | 18 |
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instruction prescribed by the versions of sections 3313.48, | 19 |
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3313.481, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July | 20 |
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1, 2014. A school district that excuses graduating twelfth-grade | 21 |
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students in accordance with this section shall not be considered | 22 |
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to have failed to comply with the versions of sections 3313.48, | 23 |
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3313.481, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July | 24 |
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1, 2014. | 25 |
| (B) For the 2013-2014 school year, a school district may | 26 |
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excuse students in the twelfth grade from attendance in school for | 27 |
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any school day prior to the district's scheduled graduation | 28 |
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ceremony, only in accordance with division (B) of the version of | 29 |
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section 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July 1, | 30 |
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2014, or the rules on excuses from school attendance adopted by | 31 |
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the State Board of Education, or if the students' schools are | 32 |
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closed to all students for days or during hours they are scheduled | 33 |
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to be open for instruction. | 34 |
| Section 2. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 35 |
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measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 36 |
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peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity lies in | 37 |
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the fact that immediate action is necessary to provide school | 38 |
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districts the authorization to excuse graduating students from | 39 |
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making up days missed in the current school year that occur after | 40 |
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the scheduled graduation ceremony due to the school district | 41 |
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exceeding the number of excused "calamity" school days permitted | 42 |
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by law. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 43 |