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H. B. No. 4 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Phillips, Garrison
Cosponsors:
Representatives Williams, S., Letson, Luckie, Harris, Okey, Ujvagi, DeBose, Bolon, Stewart, Williams, B., DeGeeter, Murray, Newcomb, Fende, Hagan, Heard, Evans
A BILL
To enact section 3353.20 of the Revised Code to
establish an interactive distance learning pilot
project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3353.20 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3353.20. (A) The eTech Ohio commission shall develop
and implement an interactive distance learning pilot project to
provide, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, access to at
least three interactive distance learning courses in
each school
year free of charge for all high schools operated by school
districts. The courses offered shall include two advanced
placement courses and one foreign language course.
The commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Contract with and pay the compensation for teachers to
develop and teach the interactive distance learning courses
offered by the pilot project;
(2) Produce and broadcast the courses offered by the pilot
project;
(3) Provide the funds for schools to purchase video
conferencing
telecommunications equipment and connectivity
devices, if
necessary, so that the schools may participate in the
pilot
project;
(4) Assist schools in arranging for the purchase and
installation of telecommunications equipment and connectivity
devices, if necessary, so that the schools may participate in the
pilot project;
(5) Pay, for up to one school year, the cost of upgrading
internet service for schools that currently have only a T-1 or
slower connection;
(6) Offer training in the use of the telecommunications
equipment necessary to participate in the pilot project;
(7) Administer and oversee the operation of the pilot
project.
(B) The department of education, in consultation with the
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, shall select courses to
be offered by the pilot project and shall develop the standards
for the curriculum of each course selected.
(C) The commission and the department jointly, and in
consultation with the chancellor, shall select the teachers to
develop and teach the courses offered by the pilot project.
(D) The commission, the department, and the chancellor
jointly shall notify schools of and promote participation in the
pilot project.
(E) Each high school shall determine the manner in which and
facilities at which students may participate in courses consistent
with specifications for technology and connectivity required by
the commission.
(F) The grade for a student enrolled in a course offered
through the pilot project shall be assigned by the course teacher
and shall be transmitted to the student's high school.
(G) Not later than December 31, 2010, the superintendent of
public instruction, the chancellor, and the commission shall
submit to the governor and the general assembly, in accordance
with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, a formative evaluation of
the implementation and results of and legislative recommendations
for changes in the pilot project.
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