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H. B. No. 276 As Introduced
As Introduced
126th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2005-2006 |
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Representatives J. Stewart, Miller, Carano, Hartnett, C. Evans, Perry, Allen, Taylor, Peterson
A BILLTo amend sections 3301.0714 and 3302.03 and to enact sections 117.53, 3301.41, 3313.666, and 3313.667 of the Revised Code with respect to school policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3301.0714 and 3302.03 be amended and sections 117.53, 3301.41, 3313.666, and 3313.667 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 117.53. When conducting an audit under section 117.11 of the Revised Code of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, the auditor of state shall identify whether the school district has adopted an anti-harassment policy in accordance with section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. This determination shall be recorded in the audit report.
Sec. 3301.0714. (A) The state board of education shall
adopt rules for a statewide education management information
system. The rules shall require the state board to
establish
guidelines for the establishment and maintenance of the system in
accordance with this section and the rules adopted under this
section. The guidelines shall include: (1) Standards identifying and defining the types of data
in
the system in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of this
section; (2) Procedures for annually collecting and reporting the
data to the state board in accordance with division
(D) of this
section; (3) Procedures for annually compiling the data in
accordance
with division (G) of this section; (4) Procedures for annually reporting the data to the
public
in accordance with division (H) of this section. (B) The guidelines adopted under this section shall
require
the data maintained in the education management
information system
to include at least the following: (1) Student participation and performance data, for each
grade in each school district as a whole and for each grade in
each school building in each school district, that
includes: (a) The numbers of students receiving each category of
instructional service offered by the school district, such as
regular education instruction, vocational education instruction,
specialized instruction programs or enrichment instruction that
is
part of the educational curriculum, instruction for gifted
students, instruction for handicapped students, and remedial
instruction. The guidelines shall require instructional services
under this division to be divided into discrete categories if an
instructional service is limited to a specific subject, a
specific
type of student, or both, such as regular instructional
services
in mathematics, remedial reading instructional services,
instructional services specifically for students gifted in
mathematics or some other subject area, or instructional services
for students with a specific type of handicap. The categories of
instructional services required by the guidelines under this
division shall be the same as the categories of instructional
services used in determining cost units pursuant to division
(C)(3) of this section. (b) The numbers of students receiving support or
extracurricular services for each of the support services or
extracurricular programs offered by the school district, such as
counseling services, health services, and extracurricular sports
and fine arts programs. The categories of services required by
the guidelines under this division shall be the same as the
categories of services used in determining cost units pursuant to
division (C)(4)(a) of this section. (c) Average student grades in each subject in grades nine
through twelve; (d) Academic achievement levels as assessed by the testing
of student
achievement under sections 3301.0710 and
3301.0711 of
the Revised Code; (e) The number of students designated as having a
handicapping condition pursuant to division (C)(1) of section
3301.0711 of the Revised Code; (f) The numbers of students reported to the state board
pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised
Code; (g) Attendance rates and the average daily attendance for
the year. For purposes of this division, a student shall be
counted as present for any field trip that is approved by the
school administration. (j) The percentage of students receiving corporal
punishment; (l) Rates of retention in grade; (m) For pupils in grades nine through twelve, the average
number of carnegie units, as calculated in accordance with state
board of education rules; (n) Graduation rates, to be calculated in a manner
specified
by the department of education that reflects the rate
at
which
students who were in the ninth grade three years prior
to
the
current year complete school and that is consistent with
nationally accepted reporting requirements; (o) Results of diagnostic assessments administered to
kindergarten students as required under section 3301.0715 of the
Revised Code to permit a comparison of the academic readiness of
kindergarten students. However, no district shall be required to
report to the department the results of any diagnostic assessment
administered to a kindergarten student if the parent of that
student requests the district not to report those results.
(p) The number of incidents of harassment by students against other students that violate the anti-harassment policy adopted by the school district under section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. (2) Personnel and classroom enrollment data for each
school
district, including: (a) The total numbers of licensed employees and
nonlicensed
employees and the numbers of full-time
equivalent licensed
employees and nonlicensed employees providing
each category of
instructional service, instructional support
service, and
administrative support service used pursuant to
division (C)(3) of
this section. The guidelines adopted under
this section shall
require these categories of data to be
maintained for the school
district as a whole and, wherever
applicable, for each grade in
the school district as a whole, for
each school building as a
whole, and for each grade in each
school building. (b) The total number of employees and the number of
full-time equivalent employees providing each category of service
used pursuant to divisions (C)(4)(a) and (b) of this section, and
the total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed
employees
and the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed
employees and
nonlicensed employees providing each category
used pursuant to
division (C)(4)(c) of this section. The
guidelines adopted under
this section shall require these
categories of data to be
maintained for the school district as a
whole and, wherever
applicable, for each grade in the school
district as a whole, for
each school building as a whole, and for
each grade in each school
building. (c) The total number of regular classroom teachers
teaching
classes of regular education and the average number of
pupils
enrolled in each such class, in each of grades
kindergarten
through five in the district as a whole and in each
school
building in the school district. (d) The number of master teachers employed by each school district and each school building, once a definition of master teacher has been developed by the educator standards board pursuant to section 3319.61 of the Revised Code. (3)(a) Student demographic data for each school district,
including information regarding the gender ratio of the school
district's pupils, the racial make-up of the school district's
pupils, the number of limited English proficient students in the district, and an appropriate measure of the number of the school
district's pupils who reside in economically disadvantaged
households. The demographic data shall be collected in a manner
to allow correlation with data collected under division (B)(1) of
this section. Categories for data collected pursuant to division
(B)(3) of this section shall conform, where appropriate, to
standard practices of agencies of the federal government. (b) With respect to each student entering kindergarten,
whether
the student previously participated in a public preschool
program, a private
preschool program, or a head start program, and
the number of years the
student participated in each of these
programs. (4) Any data required to be collected pursuant to federal law. (C) The education management information system shall
include cost accounting data for each district as a whole and for
each school building in each school district. The guidelines
adopted under this section shall require the cost data for each
school district to be maintained in a system of mutually
exclusive
cost units and shall require all of the costs of each
school
district to be divided among the cost units. The
guidelines shall
require the system of mutually exclusive cost
units to include at
least the following: (1) Administrative costs for the school district as a
whole.
The guidelines shall require the cost units under this
division
(C)(1) to be designed so that each of them may be
compiled and
reported in terms of average expenditure per pupil
in formula ADM
in the school
district, as determined pursuant to section 3317.03
of the Revised Code. (2) Administrative costs for each school building in the
school district. The guidelines shall require the cost units
under this division (C)(2) to be designed so that each of them
may
be compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure per
full-time equivalent pupil receiving instructional or support
services in each building. (3) Instructional services costs for each category of
instructional service provided directly to students and required
by guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this
section. The guidelines shall require the cost units under
division (C)(3) of this section to be designed so that each of
them may be compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure
per pupil receiving the service in the school district as a whole
and average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a
cost for each of the following components: (a) The cost of each instructional services category
required by guidelines adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this
section that is provided directly to students by a classroom
teacher; (b) The cost of the instructional support services, such
as
services provided by a speech-language pathologist, classroom
aide, multimedia aide, or librarian, provided directly to
students
in conjunction with each instructional services
category; (c) The cost of the administrative support services
related
to each instructional services category, such as the cost
of
personnel that develop the curriculum for the instructional
services category and the cost of personnel supervising or
coordinating the delivery of the instructional services category. (4) Support or extracurricular services costs for each
category of service directly provided to students and required by
guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this
section.
The guidelines shall require the cost units under
division (C)(4)
of this section to be designed so that each of
them may be
compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure
per pupil
receiving the service in the school district as a whole
and
average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a
cost for each of the following components: (a) The cost of each support or extracurricular services
category required by guidelines adopted under division (B)(1)(b)
of this section that is provided directly to students by a
licensed employee, such as services provided by a guidance
counselor or any services provided by a licensed employee
under a
supplemental contract; (b) The cost of each such services category provided
directly to students by a nonlicensed employee, such as
janitorial
services, cafeteria services, or services of a sports
trainer; (c) The cost of the administrative services related to
each
services category in division (C)(4)(a) or (b) of this
section,
such as the cost of any licensed or nonlicensed
employees that
develop, supervise, coordinate, or otherwise are
involved in
administering or aiding the delivery of each services
category. (D)(1) The guidelines adopted under this section
shall
require
school districts to collect information about individual
students, staff members, or both in connection with any data
required by division (B) or (C) of this section or other
reporting
requirements established in the Revised Code. The
guidelines may
also require school districts to report
information about
individual staff members in connection with any
data required by
division (B) or (C) of this section or other
reporting
requirements established in the Revised Code. The
guidelines
shall not
authorize school districts to request social
security
numbers of
individual students.
The guidelines shall prohibit
the
reporting
under this
section of
a student's
name,
address,
and
social security number to the state board of
education or the
department of
education. The guidelines shall
also prohibit the
reporting
under
this section of any personally
identifiable
information
about any
student, except for the purpose
of assigning
the data
verification
code required by division
(D)(2) of this
section, to
any
other
person
unless such person
is
employed by
the
school
district or
the data
acquisition site
operated under
section
3301.075 of the
Revised Code
and is
authorized
by the
district or
acquisition
site
to have
access to
such
information.
The
guidelines may
require
school
districts to
provide the social
security numbers
of
individual
staff members. (2) The guidelines shall provide for each school district or
community school to assign a data verification code
that is unique
on a statewide basis over time to each
student whose
initial Ohio
enrollment is in that district or
school and to report
all
required individual student data for that
student utilizing such
code. The guidelines shall also provide
for assigning
data
verification codes to all students enrolled in
districts or
community
schools on the
effective date of the
guidelines
established under this section. Individual student data shall be reported to the department
through the
data
acquisition sites utilizing the code but at no
time shall
the state board
or the department have access to
information
that would enable any
data verification code to be
matched to personally
identifiable
student data. Each school district shall ensure that the data verification
code is
included in the student's records reported to any
subsequent school district
or community school in which the
student enrolls. Any such subsequent
district or
school shall utilize the same identifier in its reporting of data
under this section. (E) The guidelines adopted under this section may require
school districts to collect and report data, information, or
reports other than that described in divisions (A), (B), and (C)
of this section for the purpose of complying with other reporting
requirements established in the Revised Code. The other data,
information, or reports may be maintained in the education
management information system but are not required to be compiled
as part of the profile formats required under division (G) of
this
section or the annual statewide report required under
division (H)
of this section. (F) Beginning with the school year that begins July 1,
1991,
the board of education of each school district shall
annually
collect and report to the state board, in
accordance
with the
guidelines established by the board, the data
required
pursuant to
this section. A school district may collect and
report these data
notwithstanding section 2151.358 or 3319.321 of
the Revised Code. (G) The state board shall, in accordance with the
procedures
it adopts, annually compile the data reported by each
school
district pursuant to division (D) of this section. The
state
board shall design formats for profiling each
school
district as a
whole and each school building within each district
and shall
compile the data in accordance with these formats. These profile
formats shall: (1) Include all of the data gathered under this section in
a
manner that facilitates comparison among school districts and
among school buildings within each school district; (2) Present the data on academic achievement levels as
assessed by the testing of student
achievement
maintained
pursuant to division (B)(1)(d) of this section. (H)(1) The state board shall, in accordance with the
procedures it adopts, annually prepare a statewide report for all
school districts and the general public that includes the profile
of each of the school districts developed pursuant to division
(G)
of this section. Copies of the report shall be sent to each
school district. (2) The state board shall, in accordance with the
procedures
it adopts, annually prepare an individual report for
each school
district and the general public that includes the
profiles of each
of the school buildings in that school district
developed pursuant
to division (G) of this section. Copies of
the report shall be
sent to the superintendent of the district
and to each member of
the district board of education. (3) Copies of the reports received from the state board
under divisions
(H)(1) and (2) of this section shall be made
available to the general public at each school district's
offices.
Each district board of education shall make copies of
each report
available to any person upon request and payment of a
reasonable
fee for the cost of reproducing the report. The board
shall
annually publish in a newspaper of general circulation in
the
school district, at least twice during the two weeks prior to
the
week in which the reports will first be available, a notice
containing the address where the reports are available and the
date on which the reports will be available. (I) Any data that is collected or maintained pursuant to
this section and that identifies an individual pupil is not a
public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised
Code. (J) As used in this section: (1) "School district" means any city, local, exempted
village, or joint vocational school district. (2) "Cost" means any expenditure for operating expenses
made
by a school district excluding any expenditures for debt
retirement except for payments made to any commercial lending
institution for any loan approved pursuant to section 3313.483 of
the Revised Code. (K) Any person who removes data from the information
system
established under this section for the purpose of
releasing it to
any person not entitled under law to have access
to such
information is subject to section 2913.42 of the Revised
Code
prohibiting tampering with data. (L) Any time the department of education determines that a
school district
has taken any of the actions described under
division
(L)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, it shall make a
report of the actions of the district, send a copy of the report
to the superintendent of such school district, and maintain a
copy
of the report in its files: (1) The school district fails to meet any deadline
established pursuant to this section for the reporting of any
data
to the education management information system; (2) The school district fails to meet any deadline
established pursuant to this section for the correction of any
data reported to the education management information
system; (3) The school district reports data to the education
management
information system in a condition, as determined by
the
department, that indicates that the district did not make a good
faith effort in reporting the data to the system. Any report made under this division shall include
recommendations
for corrective action by the school district. Upon making a report for the first time
in a fiscal year, the
department shall
withhold ten per cent of the total amount due
during that fiscal
year under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code to
the school district to which
the report applies. Upon making a
second
report in a fiscal year, the department shall withhold
an
additional twenty per cent of such total amount due during
that
fiscal year to the school district to which the report
applies.
The department shall not release such funds
unless it determines
that the district has taken corrective action.
However, no such
release of funds shall occur if the district
fails to take
corrective action within
forty-five days of the date
upon
which the
report was made by the department. (M) No data acquisition site or school district shall acquire, change, or update its student administration software package to manage and report data required to be reported to the department unless it converts to a student software package that is certified by the department. (N) The state board of education, in accordance with
sections 3319.31 and
3319.311 of the Revised Code, may suspend or
revoke a license as defined under
division (A) of section 3319.31
of the Revised Code that has been issued to
any school district
employee found to have willfully reported
erroneous, inaccurate,
or incomplete data to the education
management information system. (O) No person shall release or maintain any information
about any
student in violation of this section. Whoever violates
this division is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(P) The department shall disaggregate the data collected
under
division (B)(1)(o) of this section according to the race and
socioeconomic status of the students assessed. No data collected
under that division shall be included on the report cards required
by section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (Q) If the department cannot compile any of the information
required by division (C)(5) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code
based upon the data collected under this section, the department
shall develop a plan and a reasonable timeline for the collection
of any data necessary to comply with that division.
Sec. 3301.41. The department of education shall develop a model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying in order to assist school districts in developing their own policies under section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. The department shall issue the model policy within six months after the effective date of this section.
Sec. 3302.03. (A)
Annually the
department
of
education
shall
report for each
school district
and each school building in a district all of the following: (1) The extent to which the school district or building
meets each of the applicable
performance indicators
created by the
state
board of
education under
section 3302.02 of the Revised Code and
the
number of
applicable performance
indicators that have been
achieved; (2) The performance index score of the school district or building;
(3) Whether the school district or building has made adequate yearly progress;
(4) Whether the school district or building is
excellent,
effective,
needs
continuous improvement, is
under an
academic
watch, or is in
a
state of academic emergency.
(B)(1) A school district or building shall be declared
excellent if it fulfills one of the following requirements: (a) It makes adequate yearly progress and either meets at least ninety-four per cent of the applicable state
performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department. (b) It has failed to make adequate yearly progress for not more than two consecutive years and either meets at least ninety-four per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department. (2)
A school district
or building shall be declared
effective
if it fulfills one of the following requirements: (a) It makes adequate yearly progress and either meets
at least seventy-five per cent but less than ninety-four per cent of
the
applicable
state performance
indicators or has a performance index score established by the department. (b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least seventy-five per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department, except that if it does not make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years, it shall be declared in need of continuous improvement. (3) A school district
or building shall be declared to be
in
need of
continuous improvement if it fulfills one of the following requirements: (a) It makes adequate yearly progress, meets less than seventy-five per cent of the
applicable state
performance
indicators, and has a performance index score established by the department. (b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least fifty per cent but less than seventy-five per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department. (4) A school district
or building shall be declared to be
under an
academic watch if it does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least thirty-one per cent but less than fifty per cent of the
applicable
state
performance
indicators or has a performance index score established by the department. (5) A school district
or building shall be declared to be
in
a state
of academic emergency if it does not make adequate yearly progress, does not meet at least thirty-one per cent
of the
applicable state performance
indicators, and has a performance index score established by the department. (C)(1) The department shall issue annual report cards for
each school
district, each building within each district, and for
the state as a whole
reflecting performance on the
indicators
created by the state board under section 3302.02 of the
Revised
Code, the performance index score, and adequate yearly progress. (2) The department shall include on the report card for each
district information pertaining to any change
from the previous
year made by the school district or school
buildings within the
district on any performance indicator.
(3) When reporting data on student performance, the
department shall disaggregate that data according to the following
categories: (a) Performance of students by age group; (b) Performance of students by race and ethnic group; (c) Performance of students by gender; (d) Performance of students grouped by those who have been
enrolled in a district or school for three or more years; (e) Performance of students grouped by those who have been
enrolled in a district or school for more than one year and less
than three years; (f) Performance of students grouped by those who have been
enrolled in a district or school for one year or less; (g) Performance of students grouped by those who are
economically disadvantaged; (h) Performance of students grouped by those who are enrolled
in a conversion community school established under Chapter 3314.
of the Revised Code; (i) Performance of students grouped by those who are classified as limited English proficient;
(j) Performance of students grouped by those who have disabilities;
(k) Performance of students grouped by those who are classified as migrants; (l) Performance of students grouped by those who are identified as gifted pursuant to Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code. The department may disaggregate data on student performance
according to other categories that the department determines are
appropriate. To the extent possible, the department shall disaggregate data on student performance according to any combinations of two or more of the categories listed in divisions (C)(3)(a) to (l) of this section that it deems relevant. In reporting data pursuant to division (C)(3) of this
section, the
department shall not include in the report cards any
data statistical in nature that is statistically unreliable or
that could result in the identification of individual students. For this purpose, the department shall not report student performance data for any group identified in division (C)(3) of this section that contains less than ten students. (4) The department may include with the report cards any
additional education and fiscal
performance data
it deems
valuable. (5) The department shall include on each report card a list
of additional information collected by the department that is
available regarding the district or building for which the report
card is issued. When available, such additional information shall
include student mobility data disaggregated by race and
socioeconomic status, college enrollment data, and the reports
prepared under section 3302.031 of the Revised Code. The department shall maintain a site on the world wide web.
The report card shall include the address of the site and shall
specify that such additional information is available to the
public at that site. The department shall also provide a copy of
each item on the list to the superintendent of each school
district. The district superintendent shall provide a copy of any
item on the list to anyone who requests it.
(6) For any district that sponsors a conversion community
school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the department
shall combine data regarding the academic performance of students
enrolled in the community school with comparable data from the
schools of the district for the purpose of calculating the
performance of the district as a whole on the report card issued
for the district. (7) The department shall include on each report card the percentage of teachers in the district or building who are highly qualified, as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," and a comparison of that percentage with the percentages of such teachers in similar districts and buildings. (8) The department shall include on the report card the number of master teachers employed by each district and each building once the data is available from the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code.
(9) The department shall include on the report card the number of incidents of harassment by students against other students that violate the anti-harassment policy adopted by the school district under section 3313.666 of the Revised Code by each district and each building once the data is available from the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) In calculating
reading, writing, mathematics, social
studies, or science proficiency
or achievement test
passage rates
used to determine school district or building performance under
this
section,
the department shall include all
students
taking a test with
accommodation
or to
whom an
alternate assessment is administered
pursuant to
division
(C)(1) or (3)
of section 3301.0711 of the
Revised
Code. (2) In calculating performance index scores, rates of achievement on the performance indicators established by the state board under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code, and adequate yearly progress for school districts and buildings under this section, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Include for each district or building only those students who are included in the ADM certified for the first full school week of October and are continuously enrolled in the district or building through the time of the spring administration of any test prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code that is administered to the student's grade level; (b) Include cumulative totals from both the fall and spring administrations of the third grade reading achievement test; (c) Except as required by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" for the calculation of adequate yearly progress, exclude for each district or building any limited English proficient student who has been enrolled in United States schools for less than one full school year.
Sec. 3313.666. (A) As used in this section, "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" means any intentional gesture, or any intentional written, verbal, or physical act or threat that a student has exhibited toward other students more than once and the behavior both: (1) Has one or more of the following effects:
(b) Damaging a student's property;
(c) Placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student's person;
(d) Placing a student in reasonable fear of damage to the student's property.
(2) Is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student.
(B) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall establish a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The policy shall be developed in consultation with parents, school employees, school volunteers, students, and community members. The policy shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) A statement prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying of any student on school property or at school-sponsored events;
(2) A definition of harassment, intimidation, or bullying that shall include, at a minimum, the definition in division (A) of this section;
(3) A procedure for reporting prohibited incidents;
(4) A requirement that school personnel report prohibited incidents of which they are aware;
(5) A requirement that parents or guardians of any student involved in a prohibited incident be notified and, to the extent permitted by section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232q, as amended, have access to any written reports pertaining to the prohibited incident;
(6) A procedure for documenting any prohibited incident that is reported;
(7) A procedure for responding to and investigating any reported incident;
(8) A strategy for protecting a victim from additional harassment, intimidation, or bullying, and from retaliation following a report;
(9) A disciplinary procedure for any student guilty of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
(C) Each district board shall adopt its policy and submit a copy of the policy to the state superintendent of public instruction within nine months after the effective date of this section.
(D) Each board's policy shall appear in any student handbooks, and in any of the publications that set forth the comprehensive rules, procedures, and standards of conduct for schools and students in the district. Information regarding the policy shall be incorporated into employee training materials.
(E) Except as provided in division (B)(5) of this section, and except for aggregate data reported under sections 3301.0714 and 3302.03 of the Revised Code, any data that is collected or maintained relating to an incident reported pursuant to this section is confidential and is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (F) A school district employee, student, or volunteer shall be individually immune from liability in a civil action for damages arising from reporting an incident in accordance with a policy adopted pursuant to this section if that person reports an incident of harassment, intimidation, or bullying promptly in good faith and in compliance with the procedures as specified in the policy.
(G) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, nothing in this section prohibits a victim from seeking redress under any other provision of the Revised Code or common law that may apply.
Sec. 3313.667. (A) Any school district may form bullying prevention task forces, programs, and other initiatives involving volunteers, parents, law enforcement, and community members. (B) To the extent that state or federal funds are appropriated for these purposes, each school district shall:
(1) Provide training, workshops, or courses on the district's harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy adopted pursuant to section 3313.666 of the Revised Code to school employees and volunteers who have direct contact with students. Time spent by school employees in the training, workshops, or courses shall apply towards any state- or district-mandated continuing education requirements.
(2) Develop a process for educating students about the policy.
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.0714 and 3302.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 117.53 of the Revised Code, as enacted by this act, shall take effect one year after the effective date of this act.
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