130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by House Education Committee

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
Sub. H. B. No. 121

REPRESENTATIVES GARDNER-ROMAN


A BILL
To amend sections 3313.64 and 3314.03 and to enact sections 3313.716 and 3314.14 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 50.52.5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as subsequently amended, and to amend Section 50.52.6 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly to permit students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry asthma inhalers approved by the students' physicians and parents, and to grant immunity to school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools and their employees for good faith actions in connection with this permission.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 3313.64 and 3314.03 be amended and sections 3313.716 and 3314.14 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3313.64. (A) As used in this section and in section 3313.65 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Parent" means either parent, unless the parents are separated or divorced or their marriage has been dissolved or annulled, in which case "parent" means the parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child. When a child is in the legal custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent, "parent" means the parent with residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities. When a child is in the permanent custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent, "parent" means the parent who was divested of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and the right to have the child live with the parent and be the legal custodian of the child and all residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities.

(2) "Legal custody," "permanent custody," and "residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

(3) "School district" or "district" means a city, local, or exempted village school district and excludes any school operated in an institution maintained by the department of youth services.

(4) Except as used in division (C)(2) of this section, "home" means a home, institution, family foster home, group home, or other residential facility in this state that receives and cares for children, to which any of the following applies:

(a) The home is licensed, certified, or approved for such purpose by the state or is maintained by the department of youth services.

(b) The home is operated by a person who is licensed, certified, or approved by the state to operate the home for such purpose.

(c) The home accepted the child through a placement by a person licensed, certified, or approved to place a child in such a home by the state.

(d) The home is a children's home created under section 5153.21 or 5153.36 of the Revised Code.

(5) "Agency" means all of the following:

(a) A public children services agency;

(b) An organization that holds a certificate issued by the Ohio department of human services in accordance with the requirements of section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and assumes temporary or permanent custody of children through commitment, agreement, or surrender, and places children in family homes for the purpose of adoption;

(c) Comparable agencies of other states or countries that have complied with applicable requirements of section 2151.39, or sections 5103.20 to 5103.28 of the Revised Code.

(6) A child is placed for adoption if either of the following occurs:

(a) An agency to which the child has been permanently committed or surrendered enters into an agreement with a person pursuant to section 5103.06 of the Revised Code for the care and adoption of the child.

(b) The child's natural parent places the child pursuant to section 5103.16 of the Revised Code with a person who will care for and adopt the child.

(7) "Handicapped preschool child" means a handicapped child, as defined by division (A) of section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, who is at least three years of age but is not of compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who has not entered kindergarten.

(8) "Child," unless otherwise indicated, includes handicapped preschool children.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code for admittance to kindergarten and first grade, a child who is at least five but under twenty-two years of age and any handicapped preschool child shall be admitted to school as provided in this division.

(1) A child shall be admitted to the schools of the school district in which the child's parent resides.

(2) A child who does not reside in the district where the child's parent resides shall be admitted to the schools of the district in which the child resides if any of the following applies:

(a) The child is in the legal or permanent custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent.

(b) The child resides in a home.

(c) The child requires special education.

(3) A child who is not entitled under division (B)(2) of this section to be admitted to the schools of the district where the child resides and who is residing with a resident of this state with whom the child has been placed for adoption shall be admitted to the schools of the district where the child resides unless either of the following applies:

(a) The placement for adoption has been terminated.

(b) Another school district is required to admit the child under division (B)(1) of this section.

Division (B) of this section does not prohibit the board of education of a school district from placing a handicapped child who resides in the district in a special education program outside of the district or its schools in compliance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code.

(C) A district shall not charge tuition for children admitted under division (B)(1) or (3) of this section. If the district admits a child under division (B)(2) of this section, tuition shall be paid to the district that admits the child as follows:

(1) If the child receives special education in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, tuition shall be paid in accordance with section 3323.091, 3323.13, 3323.14, or 3323.141 of the Revised Code regardless of who has custody of the child or whether the child resides in a home.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2)(d) of this section, if the child is in the permanent or legal custody of a government agency or person other than the child's parent, tuition shall be paid by:

(a) The district in which the child's parent resided at the time the court removed the child from home or at the time the court vested legal or permanent custody of the child in the person or government agency, whichever occurred first; or

(b) If the parent's residence at the time the court removed the child from home or placed the child in the legal or permanent custody of the person or government agency is unknown, tuition shall be paid by the district in which the child resided at the time the child was removed from home or placed in legal or permanent custody, whichever occurred first; or

(c) If a school district cannot be established under division (C)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, tuition shall be paid by the district determined as required by section 2151.357 of the Revised Code by the court at the time it vests custody of the child in the person or government agency.

(d) If at the time the court removed the child from home or vested legal or permanent custody of the child in the person or government agency, whichever occurred first, one parent was in a residential or correctional facility or a juvenile residential placement and the other parent, if living and not in such a facility or placement, was not known to reside in this state, tuition shall be paid by the district determined under division (D) of section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as the district required to pay any tuition while the parent was in such facility or placement.

(3) If the child is not in the permanent or legal custody of a government agency or person other than the child's parent and the child resides in a home, tuition shall be paid by one of the following:

(a) The school district in which the child's parent resides;

(b) If the child's parent is not a resident of this state, the home in which the child resides.

(D) Tuition required to be paid under divisions (C)(2) and (3)(a) of this section shall be computed in accordance with section 3317.08 of the Revised Code. Tuition required to be paid under division (C)(3)(b) of this section shall be computed in accordance with section 3317.081 of the Revised Code. If a home fails to pay the tuition required by division (C)(3)(b) of this section, the board of education providing the education may recover in a civil action the tuition and the expenses incurred in prosecuting the action, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. If the prosecuting attorney or city director of law represents the board in such action, costs and reasonable attorney's fees awarded by the court, based upon the prosecuting attorney's, director's, or one of their designee's time spent preparing and presenting the case, shall be deposited in the county or city general fund.

(E) A board of education may enroll a child free of any tuition obligation for a period not to exceed sixty days, on the sworn statement of an adult resident of the district that the resident has initiated legal proceedings for custody of the child.

(F) In the case of any individual entitled to attend school under this division, no tuition shall be charged by the school district of attendance and no other school district shall be required to pay tuition for the individual's attendance. Notwithstanding division (B), (C), or (E) of this section:

(1) All persons at least eighteen but under twenty-two years of age who live apart from their parents, support themselves by their own labor, and have not successfully completed the high school curriculum or the individualized education program developed for the person by the high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code, are entitled to attend school in the district in which they reside.

(2) Any child under eighteen years of age who is married is entitled to attend school in the child's district of residence.

(3) A child is entitled to attend school in the district in which either of the child's parents is employed if the child has a medical condition that may require emergency medical attention. The parent of a child entitled to attend school under division (F)(3) of this section shall submit to the board of education of the district in which the parent is employed a statement from the child's physician certifying that the child's medical condition may require emergency medical attention. The statement shall be supported by such other evidence as the board may require.

(4) Any child residing with a person other than the child's parent is entitled, for a period not to exceed twelve months, to attend school in the district in which that person resides if the child's parent files an affidavit with the superintendent of the district in which the person with whom the child is living resides stating all of the following:

(a) That the parent is serving outside of the state in the armed services of the United States;

(b) That the parent intends to reside in the district upon returning to this state;

(c) The name and address of the person with whom the child is living while the parent is outside the state.

(5) Any child under the age of twenty-two years who, after the death of a parent, resides in a school district other than the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parent's death is entitled to continue to attend school in the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parent's death for the remainder of the school year, subject to approval of that district board.

(6) A child under the age of twenty-two years who resides with a parent who is having a new house built in a school district outside the district where the parent is residing is entitled to attend school for a period of time in the district where the new house is being built. In order to be entitled to such attendance, the parent shall provide the district superintendent with the following:

(a) A sworn statement explaining the situation, revealing the location of the house being built, and stating the parent's intention to reside there upon its completion;

(b) A statement from the builder confirming that a new house is being built for the parent and that the house is at the location indicated in the parent's statement.

(7) A child under the age of twenty-two years residing with a parent who has a contract to purchase a house in a school district outside the district where the parent is residing and who is waiting upon the date of closing of the mortgage loan for the purchase of such house is entitled to attend school for a period of time in the district where the house is being purchased. In order to be entitled to such attendance, the parent shall provide the district superintendent with the following:

(a) A sworn statement explaining the situation, revealing the location of the house being purchased, and stating the parent's intent to reside there;

(b) A statement from a real estate broker or bank officer confirming that the parent has a contract to purchase the house, that the parent is waiting upon the date of closing of the mortgage loan, and that the house is at the location indicated in the parent's statement.

The district superintendent shall establish a period of time not to exceed ninety days during which the child entitled to attend school under division (F)(6) or (7) of this section may attend without tuition obligation. A student attending a school under division (F)(6) or (7) of this section shall be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics under the auspices of that school, provided the board of education of the school district where the student's parent resides, by a formal action, releases the student to participate in interscholastic athletics at the school where the student is attending, and provided the student receives any authorization required by a public agency or private organization of which the school district is a member exercising authority over interscholastic sports.

(8) A child whose parent is a full-time employee of a city, local, or exempted village school district may be admitted to the schools of the district where the child's parent is employed, provided the board of education establishes such an admission policy by resolution adopted by a majority of its members. Any such policy shall take effect on the first day of the school year and the effective date of any amendment or repeal may not be prior to the first day of the subsequent school year. The policy shall be uniformly applied to all such children and shall provide for the admission of any such child upon request of the parent. No child may be admitted under this policy after the first day of classes of any school year.

(9) A child who is with the child's parent under the care of a shelter for victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code, is entitled to attend school free in the district in which the child is with his THE CHILD'S parent, and no other school district shall be required to pay tuition for the child's attendance in that school district.

The enrollment of a child in a school district under this division shall not be denied due to a delay in the school district's receipt of any records required under section 3313.672 of the Revised Code or any other records required for enrollment. Any days of attendance and any credits earned by a child while enrolled in a school district under this division shall be transferred to and accepted by any school district in which the child subsequently enrolls. The state board of education shall adopt rules to ensure compliance with this division.

(10) Any child under the age of twenty-two years whose parent has moved out of the school district after the commencement of classes in the child's senior year of high school is entitled, subject to the approval of that district board, to attend school in the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parental move for the remainder of the school year and for one additional semester or equivalent term. A district board may also adopt a policy specifying extenuating circumstances under which a student may continue to attend school under division (F)(10) of this section for an additional period of time in order to successfully complete the high school curriculum for the individualized education program developed for the student by the high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code.

(11) As used in this division, "grandparent" means a parent of a parent of a child. A child under the age of twenty-two years who is in the custody of the child's parent, resides with a grandparent, and does not require special education is entitled to attend the schools of the district in which the child's grandparent resides, provided that, prior to such attendance in any school year, the board of education of the school district in which the child's grandparent resides and the board of education of the school district in which the child's parent resides enter into a written agreement specifying that good cause exists for such attendance, describing the nature of this good cause, and consenting to such attendance.

In lieu of a consent form signed by a parent, a board of education may request the grandparent of a child attending school in the district in which the grandparent resides pursuant to division (F)(11) of this section to complete any consent form required by the district, including any authorization required by sections 3313.712 and, 3313.713, AND 3313.716 of the Revised Code. Upon request, the grandparent shall complete any consent form required by the district. A school district shall not incur any liability solely because of its receipt of a consent form from a grandparent in lieu of a parent.

Division (F)(11) of this section does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a school district, a member of a board of education, or an employee of a school district. This section does not affect, and shall not be construed as affecting, any immunities from defenses to tort liability created or recognized by Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code for a school district, member, or employee.

(12) A child under the age of twenty-two years is entitled to attend school in a school district other than the district in which the child is entitled to attend school under division (B), (C), or (E) of this section provided that, prior to such attendance in any school year, both of the following occur:

(a) The superintendent of the district in which the child is entitled to attend school under division (B), (C), or (E) of this section contacts the superintendent of another district for purposes of this division;

(b) The superintendents of both districts enter into a written agreement that consents to the attendance and specifies that the purpose of such attendance is to protect the student's physical or mental well-being or to deal with other extenuating circumstances deemed appropriate by the superintendents.

While an agreement is in effect under this division for a student who is not receiving special education under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the board of education of neither school district involved in the agreement is required to provide transportation for the student to and from the school where the student attends.

A student attending a school of a district pursuant to this division shall be allowed to participate in all student activities, including interscholastic athletics, at the school where the student is attending on the same basis as any student who has always attended the schools of that district while of compulsory school age.

(G) A board of education, after approving admission, may waive tuition for students who will temporarily reside in the district and who are either of the following:

(1) Residents or domiciliaries of a foreign nation who request admission as foreign exchange students;

(2) Residents or domiciliaries of the United States but not of Ohio who request admission as participants in an exchange program operated by a student exchange organization.

(H) Pursuant to sections 3311.211, 3313.90, 3319.01, 3323.04, 3327.04, and 3327.06 of the Revised Code, a child may attend school or participate in a special education program in a school district other than in the district where the child is entitled to attend school under division (B) of this section.

(I) This division does not apply to a child receiving special education.

A school district required to pay tuition pursuant to division (C)(2) or (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code shall have an amount deducted under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code equal to its own tuition rate for the same period of attendance. A school district entitled to receive tuition pursuant to division (C)(2) or (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code shall have an amount credited under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code equal to its own tuition rate for the same period of attendance. If the tuition rate credited to the district of attendance exceeds the rate deducted from the district required to pay tuition, the department of education shall pay the district of attendance the difference from amounts deducted from all districts' payments under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code but not credited to other school districts under such division and from appropriations made for such purpose. The treasurer of each school district shall, by the fifteenth day of January and July, furnish the superintendent of public instruction a report of the names of each child who attended the district's schools under divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code during the preceding six calendar months, the duration of the attendance of those children, the school district responsible for tuition on behalf of the child, and any other information that the superintendent requires.

Upon receipt of the report the superintendent, pursuant to division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, shall deduct each district's tuition obligations under divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code and pay to the district of attendance that amount plus any amount required to be paid by the state.

(J) In the event of a disagreement, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the school district in which the parent resides.

(K) Nothing in this section requires or authorizes, or shall be construed to require or authorize, the admission to a public school in this state of a pupil who has been permanently excluded from public school attendance by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to sections 3301.121 and 3313.662 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3313.716. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 3313.713 OF THE REVISED CODE OR ANY POLICY ADOPTED UNDER THAT SECTION, A STUDENT OF A SCHOOL OPERATED BY A CITY, LOCAL, EXEMPTED VILLAGE, OR JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A STUDENT OF A CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL MAY POSSESS AND USE A METERED DOSE INHALER OR A DRY POWDER INHALER TO ALLEVIATE ASTHMATIC SYMPTOMS, OR BEFORE EXERCISE TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF ASTHMATIC SYMPTOMS, IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED:

(1) THE STUDENT HAS THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT'S PHYSICIAN AND, IF THE STUDENT IS A MINOR, THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON HAVING CARE OR CHARGE OF THE STUDENT. THE PHYSICIAN'S WRITTEN APPROVAL SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(a) THE STUDENT'S NAME AND ADDRESS;

(b) THE NAMES OF THE DRUGS CONTAINED IN THE INHALER;

(c) THE DATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUGS IS TO BEGIN;

(d) THE DATE, IF KNOWN, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUGS IS TO CEASE;

(e) ANY SEVERE ADVERSE REACTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR TO THE CHILD USING THE INHALER AND THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN;

(f) ANY SEVERE ADVERSE REACTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR TO ANOTHER CHILD, FOR WHOM THE INHALER IS NOT PRESCRIBED, SHOULD SUCH A CHILD RECEIVE A DOSE OF THE DRUGS;

(g) AT LEAST ONE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CONTACTING THE PHYSICIAN IN AN EMERGENCY;

(h) ANY OTHER SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PHYSICIAN.

(2) THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND, IF A SCHOOL NURSE IS ASSIGNED TO THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL BUILDING, THE SCHOOL NURSE HAS RECEIVED COPIES OF THE WRITTEN APPROVALS REQUIRED BY DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION.

IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED, THE STUDENT MAY POSSESS AND USE THE INHALER AT SCHOOL OR AT ANY ACTIVITY, EVENT, OR PROGRAM SPONSORED BY OR IN WHICH THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL IS A PARTICIPANT.

(B)(1) A SCHOOL DISTRICT, MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE'S PROHIBITING A STUDENT FROM USING AN INHALER BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED. A SCHOOL DISTRICT, MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE'S PERMITTING A STUDENT TO USE AN INHALER BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAD BEEN SATISFIED. FURTHERMORE, WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION TO PERMIT A STUDENT TO POSSESS AND USE AN INHALER BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ANY MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE INHALER BY A STUDENT FOR WHOM IT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT ELIMINATE, LIMIT, OR REDUCE ANY OTHER IMMUNITY OR DEFENSE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT, MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE MAY BE ENTITLED TO UNDER CHAPTER 2744. OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE REVISED CODE OR UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF THIS STATE.

(2) A CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OR EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE'S PROHIBITING A STUDENT FROM USING AN INHALER BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED. A CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OR EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE'S PERMITTING A STUDENT TO USE AN INHALER BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAD BEEN SATISFIED. FURTHERMORE, WHEN A CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION TO PERMIT A STUDENT TO POSSESS AND USE AN INHALER BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, THE CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OR EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE INHALER BY A STUDENT FOR WHOM IT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED.

Sec. 3314.03. (A) Each contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a community school shall specify the following:

(1) That the school shall be established as a nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code;

(2) The education program of the school, including the school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the focus of the curriculum;

(3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those goals, which shall include the statewide proficiency tests;

(4) Performance standards by which the success of the school will be evaluated by the sponsor;

(5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised Code;

(6) Dismissal procedures;

(7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves;

(8) Requirements and procedures for financial audits by the auditor of state. The contract shall require financial records of the school to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state, and the audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the Revised Code.

(9) The facility to be used and its location;

(10) Qualifications of teachers, including a requirement that the school's classroom teachers be licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, except that a community school may engage noncertificated persons to teach up to twelve hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code;

(11) That the school will comply with the following requirements:

(a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred twenty hours per school year;

(b) The governing authority will purchase liability insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the school;

(c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or religious institution;

(d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, 121.22, 149.43, 2151.358, 2151.421, 2313.18, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0714, 3313.50, 3313.643, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.67, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.80, 3313.96, 3319.321, 3319.39, 3321.01, 3327.10, 4111.17, and 4113.52 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district;

(e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. of the Revised Code except that nothing in that chapter shall prohibit a member of the school's governing board from also being an employee of the school and nothing in that chapter or section 2921.42 of the Revised Code shall prohibit a member of the school's governing board from having an interest in a contract into which the governing board enters;

(f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code, except that the requirement in those sections that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of education;

(g) The school governing authority will submit an annual report of its activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status to the sponsor, the parents of all students enrolled in the school, and the legislative office of education oversight.

(12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to employees;

(13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the beginning of an academic year and shall not exceed five years;

(14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract;

(15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. The plan shall specify for each year the base formula amount that will be used for purposes of funding calculations under section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. This base formula amount for any year shall not exceed the formula amount defined under section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. The plan may also specify for any year a percentage figure to be used for reducing the per pupil amount of disadvantaged pupil impact aid calculated pursuant to section 3317.029 of the Revised Code the school is to receive that year under section 3314.08 of the Revised Code.

(16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code;

(17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or part of an existing public school or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a converted public school, specification of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of education that operated the school before conversion is delegating to the governing board of the community school with respect to all or any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such employees;

(18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the governing authority of the community school.

(B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the following:

(1) The process by which the governing authority of the school will be selected in the future;

(2) The management and administration of the school;

(3) If the community school is a currently existing public school, alternative arrangements for current public school students who choose not to attend the school and teachers who choose not to teach in the school after conversion;

(4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of the school;

(5) Internal financial controls.

(C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a community school may provide for the community school governing authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract between the governing authority and the sponsor.

Sec. 3314.14. A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR HARM ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE'S PROHIBITING A STUDENT FROM USING AN INHALER DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3313.716 OF THE REVISED CODE BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED. A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR HARM ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE'S PERMITTING A STUDENT TO USE AN INHALER DESCRIBED IN THAT SECTION BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAD BEEN SATISFIED. FURTHERMORE, WHEN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT SECTION TO PERMIT A STUDENT TO POSSESS AND USE AN INHALER BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR ANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE INHALER BY A STUDENT FOR WHOM IT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT ELIMINATE, LIMIT, OR REDUCE ANY OTHER IMMUNITY OR DEFENSE THAT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY BE ENTITLED TO UNDER CHAPTER 2744. OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE REVISED CODE OR UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF THIS STATE.


Section 2. That existing sections 3313.64 and 3314.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. That
Section 50.52.5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 770 of the 122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 50.52.5. Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the governing authority of a community school shall specify the following:

(A) That the school shall be established as a nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code;

(B) The education program of the school, including the school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the focus of the curriculum;

(C) Performance standards and assessments by which the success of the school will be evaluated by the sponsor, which shall include the statewide proficiency tests;

(D) The admission standards of Subsection 8 of this section;

(E) Dismissal procedures;

(F) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves;

(G) Requirements and procedures for financial audits by the Auditor of State. The contract shall require financial records of the school to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of school districts, pursuant to rules of the Auditor of State, and the audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the Revised Code.

(H) Facilities to be used, their location, and their method of acquisition;

(I) Qualifications of teachers, including a requirement that the school's classroom teachers be certificated in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, except that a community school may engage noncertificated persons to teach up to twelve hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code;

(J) That the school will comply with the following requirements:

(1) The school will provide learning opportunities to a minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred twenty hours per school year;

(2) The governing authority will purchase liability insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the school;

(3) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or religious institution;

(4) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, 121.22, 149.43, 2151.358, 2151.421, 2313.18, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0714, 3313.33, 3313.50, 3313.643, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.67, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.80, 3313.96, 3319.321, 3319.39, 3321.01, 3327.10, 4111.17, and 4113.52 and Chapters 102., 117., 1347., 2744., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district;

(5) The school will comply with sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code, except that the requirement in those sections that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of education;

(6) The school governing authority will submit an annual report of its activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of division (C) of this subsection and its financial status to the sponsor, the parents of all students enrolled in the school, and the legislative office of education oversight. The financial statement shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Auditor of State.

(K) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to employees;

(L) The length of the contract, which shall not exceed five years nor extend beyond June 30, 2003;

(M) The governing authority of the school, which shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract, and a description of the process by which the governing authority will be selected in the future;

(N) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. The plan shall specify for each year the base formula amount that will be used for purposes of funding calculations under SUBSECTION 10 OF THIS section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. This base formula amount for any year shall not exceed the formula amount defined under division (B) of IN section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.

(O)(1) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of employees, equipment, materials, supplies, and facilities of the school in the event the contract is terminated or not renewed pursuant to this section;

(2) Provisions to ensure that, if for any reason a school must close prior to June 30, 2003, the school will be kept open for students to attend until the end of the school year in which it is determined that the school must close;

(3) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the governing authority of the community school.

(P) Whether or not the school is to be created by converting all or part of an existing public school and, if it is, specification of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of education that operated the school before conversion is delegating to the governing authority of the community school with respect to all or any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such employees.

(Q) Any additional details concerning the management and administration of the school;

(R) If the proposed community school is a currently existing public school, alternative arrangements, approved by the board of education of the school district in which the school is located, for current public school students who choose not to attend the school and teachers who choose not to teach in the school after conversion;

(S) That the school shall be the custodian of all money received during the first full fiscal year of its operation and during subsequent years unless another custodian is designated in the contract to receive and maintain the first-year revenue."


Section 4. That existing
Section 50.52.5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 770 of the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed.


Section 5. That Section 50.52.6 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly be amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 50.52.6. (A) Except as otherwise specified in this section and in the contract between a community school and a sponsor, such school is exempt from all state laws and rules pertaining to schools, school districts, and boards of education, except those laws and rules that grant certain rights to parents.

(B) A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE'S PROHIBITING A STUDENT FROM USING AN INHALER DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3313.716 OF THE REVISED CODE BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED. A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE'S PERMITTING A STUDENT TO USE AN INHALER DESCRIBED IN THAT SECTION BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAD BEEN SATISFIED. FURTHERMORE, WHEN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT SECTION TO PERMIT A STUDENT TO POSSESS AND USE AN INHALER BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THAT SECTION HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR ANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS NOT LIABLE IN DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR LOSS TO PERSON OR PROPERTY ALLEGEDLY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE INHALER BY A STUDENT FOR WHOM IT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED.

THIS DIVISION DOES NOT ELIMINATE, LIMIT, OR REDUCE ANY OTHER IMMUNITY OR DEFENSE THAT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, OR COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY BE ENTITLED TO UNDER CHAPTER 2744. OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE REVISED CODE OR UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF THIS STATE."


Section 6. That existing Section 50.52.6 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly is hereby repealed.
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