To amend section 3326.11 and to enact section 3313.88 of the Revised Code to allow school districts and STEM schools to make up excess calamity days by requiring students to complete lessons posted online.

Section 1. That section 3326.11 be amended and section 3313.88 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3313.88.  (A) Prior to the first day of August of each school year, the board of education of any school district may submit to the department of education a plan to require students to access and complete classroom lessons posted on the district's web portal or web site in order to make up days in that school year on which it is necessary to close schools for any of the reasons specified in division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code in excess of the number of days permitted under that section and sections 3313.48 and 3313.481 of the Revised Code. The plan shall provide for making up any number of days, up to a maximum of five days. Provided the plan meets all requirements of this section, the department shall permit the board to implement the plan for the applicable school year.

(B) Each plan submitted under this section shall include the written consent of the teachers' employee representative designated under division (B) of section 4117.04 of the Revised Code.

(C) Each plan submitted under this section shall provide for the following:

(1) Not later than the first day of September of the school year, each classroom teacher shall develop a sufficient number of lessons for each course taught by the teacher that school year to cover the number of make-up days specified in the plan. The teacher shall designate the order in which the lessons are to be posted on the district's web portal or web site in the event of a school closure.

(2) As soon as practicable after a school closure, a district employee responsible for web portal or web site operations shall make the designated lessons available to students on the district's portal or site. A lesson shall be posted for each course that was scheduled to meet on the day of the closure.

(3) Each student enrolled in a course for which a lesson is posted on the portal or site shall be granted a two-week period from the date of posting to complete the lesson. The student's classroom teacher shall grade the lesson in the same manner as other lessons. The student may receive an incomplete or failing grade if the lesson is not completed on time.

(4) If a student does not have access to a computer at the student's residence, the student shall be permitted to work on the posted lessons at school after the student's school reopens. If the lessons were posted prior to the reopening, the student shall be granted a two-week period from the date of the reopening, rather than from the date of posting as otherwise required under division (C)(3) of this section, to complete the lessons. The district board may provide the student access to a computer before or after the regularly scheduled school day to complete the lessons.

(D) No school district that implements a plan in accordance with this section shall be considered to have failed to comply with division (A)(2) of section 3306.01 or division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code with respect to the number of make-up days specified in the plan.

Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter and its governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.18, 2921.42, 2921.43, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, 3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6015, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.86, 3313.88, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.21, 3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3319.45, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters 102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district.

Section 2.  That existing section 3326.11 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.