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As Passed by the House
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | Am. H. B. No. 396 |
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A BILL
To amend sections 3313.61 and 3325.08 of the Revised Code to permit the
"home" school districts of students receiving high school
diplomas from the
State School for the Blind or State School for the Deaf also to grant these
students high school
diplomas and to require "home" districts to grant a diploma
to such a student
if they meet the graduation requirements of the
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3313.61 and 3325.08 of the Revised Code be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 3313.61. (A) A diploma shall be granted by the board
of education of any city, exempted village, or local school
district that operates a high school to any person to whom all of
the following apply:
(1) The person has successfully completed the curriculum
in any high school or the individualized education program
developed for the person by any high school pursuant to section
3323.08 of the Revised Code;
(2) The person has attained at least the applicable scores
designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised
Code on all the tests required by that division unless the person
was excused from taking any such test pursuant to division (C)(1)
of section 3301.0711 or section 3313.532 of the Revised Code or
unless division (H) of this section applies to the person;
(3) The person is not eligible to receive an honors
diploma granted pursuant to division (B) of this section.
No EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISIONS (C), (E), AND
(J) OF THIS SECTION, NO diploma shall be granted under this
division to anyone
except as provided under this division.
(B) In lieu of a diploma granted under division (A) of
this section, an honors diploma shall be granted, in accordance
with rules of the state board of education, by any such district
board to anyone who successfully completes the curriculum in any
high school or the individualized education program developed for
the person by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the
Revised Code, who has attained at least the applicable scores
designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised
Code on all the tests required by that division, and who has met
additional criteria established by the state board for the
granting of such a diploma. No EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION
(J) OF THIS SECTION, NO honors diploma shall be granted
to anyone failing to comply with this division and no more than
one honors diploma shall be granted to any student under this
division.
The state board shall adopt rules prescribing the granting
of honors diplomas under this division. These rules may
prescribe the granting of honors diplomas that recognize a
student's achievement as a whole or that recognize a student's
achievement in one or more specific subjects or both. In any
case, the rules shall designate two or more criteria for the
granting of each type of honors diploma the board establishes
under this division and the number of such criteria that must be
met for the granting of that type of diploma. The number of such
criteria for any type of honors diploma shall be at least one
less than the total number of criteria designated for that type
and no one or more particular criteria shall be required of all
persons who are to be granted that type of diploma.
(C) Any such district board administering any of the tests
required by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to any person
requesting to take such test pursuant to division (B)(4)(b) of
section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code shall award a diploma to
such person if he THE PERSON attains at least the applicable
scores
designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised
Code on all the tests administered and if he THE PERSON has
previously
attained the applicable scores on all the other tests required by
division (B) of that section or has been exempted or excused from
any such test pursuant to division (H) of this section or
division (C)(1) of section 3301.0711 or section 3313.532 of the
Revised Code.
(D) Each diploma awarded under this section shall be
signed by the president and treasurer of the issuing board, the
superintendent of schools, and the principal of the high school.
Each diploma shall bear the date of its issue, be in such form as
the district board prescribes, and be paid for out of the
district's general fund.
(E) A person who is a resident of Ohio and is eligible
under state board of education minimum standards to receive a
high school diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned
while an inmate of a correctional institution operated by the
state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be granted such
diploma by the correctional institution operating the programs in
which such credits were earned, and by the board of education of
the school district in which the inmate resided immediately prior
to his THE INMATE'S placement in the institution. The diploma
granted by the
correctional institution shall be signed by the director of the
institution, and by the person serving as principal of the
institution's high school and shall bear the date of issue.
(F) Persons who are not residents of Ohio but who are
inmates of correctional institutions operated by the state or any
political subdivision thereof, and who are eligible under state
board of education minimum standards to receive a high school
diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned while an
inmate of the correctional institution, shall be granted a
diploma by the correctional institution offering the program in
which the credits were earned. The diploma granted by the
correctional institution shall be signed by the director of the
institution and by the person serving as principal of the
institution's high school and shall bear the date of issue.
(G) The state board of education shall provide by rule for
the administration of the tests required by section 3301.0710 of
the Revised Code to inmates of correctional institutions.
(H) Any person to whom all of the following apply shall be
exempted from attaining the applicable score on the test in
citizenship designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of
the Revised Code:
(1) The person is not a citizen of the United States;
(2) The person is not a permanent resident of the United
States;
(3) The person indicates he does not intend NO INTENTION to
reside in the United States after the completion of high school.
(I) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and
division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section
and section 3311.611 of the Revised Code do not apply to the
board of education of any joint vocational school district or any
cooperative education school district established pursuant to
divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code.
(J) UPON RECEIPT OF A NOTICE UNDER DIVISION
(D) OF SECTION 3325.08 OF THE REVISED CODE
THAT A STUDENT HAS RECEIVED A DIPLOMA UNDER THAT SECTION, THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION RECEIVING THE NOTICE MAY GRANT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA UNDER THIS
SECTION TO THE STUDENT, EXCEPT THAT SUCH BOARD SHALL GRANT THE STUDENT A
DIPLOMA IF THE STUDENT MEETS THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STUDENT
WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD TO MEET TO RECEIVE A DIPLOMA FROM THE DISTRICT. THE
DIPLOMA GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE OF
THE SAME TYPE THE NOTICE INDICATES THE STUDENT RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 3325.08
OF THE REVISED CODE.
Sec. 3325.08. (A) A diploma shall be granted by the
superintendent of the state school for the blind and the
superintendent of the state school for the deaf to any student
enrolled in one of these state schools to whom all of the
following apply:
(1) The student has successfully completed the
individualized education program developed for him THE STUDENT
for his THE STUDENT'S high school education pursuant to section
3323.08 of the Revised Code;
(2) The student has attained at least the applicable
scores designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the
Revised Code on all the tests prescribed by that division unless
the student was excused from taking any such test pursuant to
division (L)(3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code;
(3) The student is not eligible to receive an honors
diploma granted pursuant to division (B) of this section.
No diploma shall be granted under this division to anyone
except as provided under this division.
(B) In lieu of a diploma granted under division (A) of
this section, the superintendent of the state school for the
blind and the superintendent of the state school for the deaf
shall grant an honors diploma, in the same manner that the boards
of education of school districts grant such diplomas under
division (B) of section 3313.61 of the Revised Code, to any
student enrolled in one of these state schools who successfully
completes the individualized education program developed for him
THE STUDENT for his THE STUDENT'S high school education
pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code, who has attained at least the
applicable scores
designated under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised
Code on all the tests prescribed under that division, and who has
met additional criteria for granting such a diploma. These
additional criteria shall be the same as those prescribed by the
state board under division (B) of section 3313.61 of the Revised
Code for the granting of such diplomas by school districts. No
honors diploma shall be granted to anyone failing to comply with
this division and not more than one honors diploma shall be
granted to any student under this division.
(C) A diploma or honors diploma awarded under this section
shall be signed by the superintendent of public instruction and
the superintendent of the state school for the blind or the
superintendent of the state school for the deaf, as applicable.
Each diploma shall bear the date of its issue and be in such form
as the school superintendent prescribes.
(D) UPON GRANTING A DIPLOMA TO A STUDENT UNDER THIS
SECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS
ENROLLED SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF THE DIPLOMA TO THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE STUDENT IS ENTITLED TO ATTEND
SCHOOL UNDER SECTION 3313.64 OR 3313.65 of the Revised Code WHEN NOT RESIDING AT THE
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND OR THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. THE NOTICE SHALL
INDICATE THE TYPE OF DIPLOMA GRANTED.
Section 2. That existing sections 3313.61 and 3325.08 of the Revised Code are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 3313.61 of the Revised Code is presented in this act
as a composite of the section as amended by both
Am. Sub. H.B. 552 and Am. Sub. H.B. 571
of the 120th General Assembly, with the new language of
neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in
recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section
1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be
harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes
a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in
effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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