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H. B. No. 485 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Sayre, Wachtmann, Distel, Lundy, Garrison, Fende, Budish, Driehaus, Heard, Brinkman, Brady, McGregor, J., Strahorn, Skindell, Brown, Combs, Letson, Williams, S., Harwood, Dodd, Book, Foley, Yuko, Bolon, Williams, B., Domenick, Goyal, Okey
A BILL
To amend sections 2151.3516 and 3313.60 of the
Revised Code to increase the number of hours after
birth that a parent may voluntarily deliver the
child to a safe haven without the parent
expressing an intent to return for the child and
to include awareness of the Safe Havens Law in the
health curriculum prescribed for high school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2151.3516 and 3313.60 of the Revised
Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2151.3516. The following persons, while acting in
an
official capacity, shall take possession of a child who is
seventy-two one hundred forty-four hours old or younger if that
child's parent
has
voluntarily delivered the child to that person
without
the parent
expressing an intent to return for
the child.
(A) A peace officer on behalf of the law enforcement agency
that
employs the officer;
(B) A hospital employee on behalf of the hospital that has
granted the person privilege to practice at the hospital or that
employs the person;
(C) An emergency medical service worker on behalf of the
emergency medical service organization that employs the worker or
for
which the worker provides services.
Sec. 3313.60. Notwithstanding division (D) of section
3311.52 of the Revised Code, divisions (A) to (E) of this section
do not apply to any cooperative education school district
established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52
of
the Revised Code.
(A) The board of education of each city and exempted village
school
district, the governing board of each educational
service
center, and the board of each cooperative education school
district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised
Code shall prescribe a curriculum for all schools under their
control. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, in
any such curriculum there shall be included the study of the
following subjects:
(1) The language arts, including reading, writing,
spelling,
oral and written English, and literature;
(2) Geography, the history of the United States and of
Ohio,
and national, state, and local government in the United
States,
including a balanced presentation of the relevant
contributions to
society of men and women of African, Mexican,
Puerto Rican, and
American Indian descent as well as other ethnic
and racial groups
in Ohio and the United States;
(4) Natural science, including instruction in the
conservation of natural resources;
(5) Health education, which shall include instruction in:
(a) The nutritive value of foods, including natural and
organically produced foods, the relation of nutrition to health,
the use and effects of food additives;
(b) The harmful effects of and legal restrictions against
the
use of drugs of abuse, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco;
(c) Venereal disease education, except that upon written
request of
the student's parent or guardian, a student shall
be
excused
from taking instruction in venereal disease education;
(d) In grades kindergarten through six, instruction in
personal safety and assault prevention, except that upon written
request of
the student's parent or guardian, a student shall
be
excused
from taking instruction in personal safety and assault
prevention;
(e) In high school, information about section 2151.3516 of
the Revised Code, pertaining to the permissible desertion of a
child less than one hundred forty-four hours after birth by a
parent with no intent to return for the child.
(7) The fine arts, including music;
(8) First aid, including a training program in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, safety, and fire prevention,
except
that upon written request of
the student's parent or
guardian,
a
student shall be excused from taking instruction in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section,
every
school or school district shall include in the requirements
for
promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's
course of study of American history.
(C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section,
every
high school shall include in the requirements for
graduation
from
any curriculum one unit of American history and
government,
including a study of the constitutions of the United
States and of
Ohio.
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section,
basic
instruction in geography, United States history, the
government of
the United States, the government of the state of
Ohio, local
government in Ohio, the Declaration of Independence,
the United
States Constitution, and the Constitution of the state
of Ohio
shall be required before pupils may participate in
courses
involving the study of social problems, economics,
foreign
affairs, United Nations, world government, socialism and
communism.
(E) For each cooperative education school district
established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and
each city, exempted village, and local school district that has
territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum
adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall
only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades
operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such
schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these
districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D)
of this section.
(F) The board of education of any cooperative education
school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of
section 3311.52 of the Revised Code shall prescribe a curriculum
for the subject areas and grade levels offered in any school
under
its control.
(G) Upon the request of any parent or legal guardian of a
student, the board of education of any school district shall
permit the parent or guardian to promptly examine, with respect to
the parent's or guardian's own child:
(1) Any survey or questionnaire, prior to its
administration
to the child;
(2) Any textbook, workbook, software, video, or other
instructional materials being used by the district in connection
with the instruction of the child;
(3) Any completed and graded test taken or survey or
questionnaire filled out by the child;
(4) Copies of the statewide academic standards and each
model
curriculum developed pursuant to section 3301.079 of the
Revised
Code, which copies shall be available at all times during
school
hours in each district school building.
Section 2. That existing sections 2151.3516 and 3313.60 of
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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