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H. B. No. 462 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Boose, Garland, Pillich, Phillips, Hottinger, Milkovich, Blair, Stebelton, Yuko, Adams, J.
A BILL
To amend section 3313.642 and to enact section
2151.272 of the Revised Code with respect to a
school district's withholding or transfer to
another district or school of the grades and
credits of a child who is alleged or adjudicated
an abused, neglected, or dependent child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3313.642 be amended and section
2151.272 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2151.272. Upon the filing of a complaint, under section
2151.27 of the Revised Code, alleging that a child is an abused,
neglected, or dependent child, the judge of the court in which the
complaint is filed may order the board of education of the school
district in which the child was enrolled immediately prior to the
filing of the complaint to release the child's grades, credits,
and transcripts to any district or school in which the child
enrolls after the complaint is filed.
Sec. 3313.642. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of
this section and notwithstanding the provisions of sections
3313.48 and 3313.64 of the Revised Code, the board of education of
a city, exempted village, or local school district shall not be
required to furnish, free of charge, to the pupils attending the
public schools any materials used in a course of instruction with
the exception of the necessary textbooks or electronic textbooks
required to be furnished without charge pursuant to section
3329.06 of the Revised Code. The board may, however, make
provision by appropriations transferred from the general fund of
the district or otherwise for furnishing free of charge any
materials used in a course of instruction to such pupils as it
determines are in serious financial need of such materials.
(B) No board of education of a school district shall charge a
fee to a pupil who is eligible for a free lunch under the
"National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751,
as amended, and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885,
42 U.S.C. 1771, as amended, for any materials needed to enable the
pupil to participate fully in a course of instruction. The
prohibition in this division against charging a fee does not apply
to any fee charged for any of the following:
(1) Any materials needed to enable a pupil to participate
fully in extracurricular activities or in any pupil enrichment
program that is not a course of instruction;
(2) Any tools, equipment, and materials that are necessary
for workforce-readiness training within a career-technical
education program that, to the extent the tools, equipment, and
materials are not consumed, may be retained by the student upon
course completion.
(C) Boards of education may adopt rules and regulations
prescribing a each of the following:
(1) A schedule of fees for materials used in a course of
instruction and prescribing a;
(2) A schedule of charges which may be imposed upon pupils
for the loss, damage, or destruction of school apparatus,
equipment, musical instruments, library material, textbooks, or
electronic textbooks required to be furnished without charge, and
for damage to school buildings, and.
Except as provided in division (D) of this section, boards of
education may enforce the payment of such fees and charges by
withholding the grades and credits of the pupils concerned.
(D) No board of education shall withhold the grades, credits,
transcripts, or diploma of a pupil for nonpayment of fees for
materials used in a course of instruction imposed under division
(C)(1) of this section, if a complaint has been filed at any time
in a juvenile court alleging that the pupil is an abused,
neglected, or dependent child or if the pupil has been adjudicated
an abused, neglected, or dependent child.
A board shall require that the grades, credits, or
transcripts of a pupil described in this division be transferred
immediately upon the receipt of either another district's or
school's request for those records under section 3313.672 of the
Revised Code or a juvenile judge's order under section 2151.272 of
the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing section 3313.642 of the Revised
Code is hereby repealed.
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