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H. B. No. 577 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Antonio, Hagan, R., Ruhl
A BILL
To amend section 3313.60 of the Revised Code to
require the health curriculum of each school
district to include instruction on the positive
effects of organ and tissue donation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3313.60 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
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, exempted village,
and local school district 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 its 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,
and 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 grades seven through twelve, age-appropriate
instruction in dating violence prevention education, which shall
include instruction in recognizing dating violence warning signs
and characteristics of healthy relationships.
In order to assist school districts in developing a dating
violence prevention education curriculum, the department of
education shall provide on its web site links to free curricula
addressing dating violence prevention.
If the parent or legal guardian of a student less than
eighteen years of age submits to the principal of the student's
school a written request to examine the dating violence prevention
instruction materials used at that school, the principal, within a
reasonable period of time after the request is made, shall allow
the parent or guardian to examine those materials at that school.
(f) The process of making an anatomical gift under Chapter
2108. of the Revised Code, with an emphasis on the life-saving and
life-enhancing effects of organ and tissue donation.
(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. A board may waive this
requirement for academically accelerated students who, in
accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to
demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth
grade American history course of study.
(C) As specified in divisions (B)(6) and (C)(6) of section
3313.603 of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (E)
of this section, every high school shall include in the
requirements for graduation from any curriculum one-half unit each
of American history and government.
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic
instruction or demonstrated mastery 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 section 3313.60 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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