Bill Text: OH HB397 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To specify that school districts and chartered nonpublic schools may excuse from high school physical education students who play rugby in a school club.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-14 - To Education [HB397 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB397-Introduced.html
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Representative Antonio
Cosponsors:
Representatives Brenner, Foley, Driehaus, Ruhl, Henne, Yuko, Murray, Stebelton, Buchy, Stinziano, Ramos, O'Brien, Hagan, R., Garland, Letson, Clyde
| To amend section 3313.603 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| specify that school districts and chartered | 2 |
| nonpublic schools may excuse from high school | 3 |
| physical education students who play rugby in a | 4 |
| school club. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3313.603 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3313.603. (A) As used in this section: | 8 |
| (1) "One unit" means a minimum of one hundred twenty hours of | 9 |
| course instruction, except that for a laboratory course, "one | 10 |
| unit" means a minimum of one hundred fifty hours of course | 11 |
| instruction. | 12 |
| (2) "One-half unit" means a minimum of sixty hours of course | 13 |
| instruction, except that for physical education courses, "one-half | 14 |
| unit" means a minimum of one hundred twenty hours of course | 15 |
| instruction. | 16 |
| (B) Beginning September 15, 2001, except as required in | 17 |
| division (C) of this section and division (C) of section 3313.614 | 18 |
| of the Revised Code, the requirements for graduation from every | 19 |
| high school shall include twenty units earned in grades nine | 20 |
| through twelve and shall be distributed as follows: | 21 |
| (1) English language arts, four units; | 22 |
| (2) Health, one-half unit; | 23 |
| (3) Mathematics, three units; | 24 |
| (4) Physical education, one-half unit; | 25 |
| (5) Science, two units until September 15, 2003, and three | 26 |
| units thereafter, which at all times shall include both of the | 27 |
| following: | 28 |
| (a) Biological sciences, one unit; | 29 |
| (b) Physical sciences, one unit. | 30 |
| (6) Social studies, three units, which shall include both of | 31 |
| the following: | 32 |
| (a) American history, one-half unit; | 33 |
| (b) American government, one-half unit. | 34 |
| (7) Elective units, seven units until September 15, 2003, and | 35 |
| six units thereafter. | 36 |
| Each student's electives shall include at least one unit, or | 37 |
| two half units, chosen from among the areas of | 38 |
| business/technology, fine arts, and/or foreign language. | 39 |
| (C) Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the | 40 |
| first time on or after July 1, 2010, except as provided in | 41 |
| divisions (D) to (F) of this section, the requirements for | 42 |
| graduation from every public and chartered nonpublic high school | 43 |
| shall include twenty units that are designed to prepare students | 44 |
| for the workforce and college. The units shall be distributed as | 45 |
| follows: | 46 |
| (1) English language arts, four units; | 47 |
| (2) Health, one-half unit, which shall include instruction in | 48 |
| nutrition and the benefits of nutritious foods and physical | 49 |
| activity for overall health; | 50 |
| (3) Mathematics, four units, which shall include one unit of | 51 |
| algebra II or the equivalent of algebra II; | 52 |
| (4) Physical education, one-half unit; | 53 |
| (5) Science, three units with inquiry-based laboratory | 54 |
| experience that engages students in asking valid scientific | 55 |
| questions and gathering and analyzing information, which shall | 56 |
| include the following, or their equivalent: | 57 |
| (a) Physical sciences, one unit; | 58 |
| (b) Life sciences, one unit; | 59 |
| (c) Advanced study in one or more of the following sciences, | 60 |
| one unit: | 61 |
| (i) Chemistry, physics, or other physical science; | 62 |
| (ii) Advanced biology or other life science; | 63 |
| (iii) Astronomy, physical geology, or other earth or space | 64 |
| science. | 65 |
| (6) Social studies, three units, which shall include both of | 66 |
| the following: | 67 |
| (a) American history, one-half unit; | 68 |
| (b) American government, one-half unit. | 69 |
| Each school shall integrate the study of economics and | 70 |
| financial literacy, as expressed in the social studies academic | 71 |
| content standards adopted by the state board of education under | 72 |
| division (A)(1) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the | 73 |
| academic content standards for financial literacy and | 74 |
| entrepreneurship adopted under division (A)(2) of that section, | 75 |
| into one or more existing social studies credits required under | 76 |
| division (C)(6) of this section, or into the content of another | 77 |
| class, so that every high school student receives instruction in | 78 |
| those concepts. In developing the curriculum required by this | 79 |
| paragraph, schools shall use available public-private partnerships | 80 |
| and resources and materials that exist in business, industry, and | 81 |
| through the centers for economics education at institutions of | 82 |
| higher education in the state. | 83 |
| (7) Five units consisting of one or any combination of | 84 |
| foreign language, fine arts, business, career-technical education, | 85 |
| family and consumer sciences, technology, agricultural education, | 86 |
| a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved | 87 |
| by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United | 88 |
| States Code, or English language arts, mathematics, science, or | 89 |
| social studies courses not otherwise required under division (C) | 90 |
| of this section. | 91 |
| Ohioans must be prepared to apply increased knowledge and | 92 |
| skills in the workplace and to adapt their knowledge and skills | 93 |
| quickly to meet the rapidly changing conditions of the | 94 |
| twenty-first century. National studies indicate that all high | 95 |
| school graduates need the same academic foundation, regardless of | 96 |
| the opportunities they pursue after graduation. The goal of Ohio's | 97 |
| system of elementary and secondary education is to prepare all | 98 |
| students for and seamlessly connect all students to success in | 99 |
| life beyond high school graduation, regardless of whether the next | 100 |
| step is entering the workforce, beginning an apprenticeship, | 101 |
| engaging in post-secondary training, serving in the military, or | 102 |
| pursuing a college degree. | 103 |
| The Ohio core curriculum is the standard expectation for all | 104 |
| students entering ninth grade for the first time at a public or | 105 |
| chartered nonpublic high school on or after July 1, 2010. A | 106 |
| student may satisfy this expectation through a variety of methods, | 107 |
| including, but not limited to, integrated, applied, | 108 |
| career-technical, and traditional coursework. | 109 |
| Whereas teacher quality is essential for student success in | 110 |
| completing the Ohio core curriculum, the general assembly shall | 111 |
| appropriate funds for strategic initiatives designed to strengthen | 112 |
| schools' capacities to hire and retain highly qualified teachers | 113 |
| in the subject areas required by the curriculum. Such initiatives | 114 |
| are expected to require an investment of $120,000,000 over five | 115 |
| years. | 116 |
| Stronger coordination between high schools and institutions | 117 |
| of higher education is necessary to prepare students for more | 118 |
| challenging academic endeavors and to lessen the need for academic | 119 |
| remediation in college, thereby reducing the costs of higher | 120 |
| education for Ohio's students, families, and the state. The state | 121 |
| board and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall | 122 |
| develop policies to ensure that only in rare instances will | 123 |
| students who complete the Ohio core curriculum require academic | 124 |
| remediation after high school. | 125 |
| School districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 126 |
| schools shall integrate technology into learning experiences | 127 |
| across the curriculum in order to maximize efficiency, enhance | 128 |
| learning, and prepare students for success in the | 129 |
| technology-driven twenty-first century. Districts and schools | 130 |
| shall use distance and web-based course delivery as a method of | 131 |
| providing or augmenting all instruction required under this | 132 |
| division, including laboratory experience in science. Districts | 133 |
| and schools shall utilize technology access and electronic | 134 |
| learning opportunities provided by the eTech Ohio commission, the | 135 |
| Ohio learning network, education technology centers, public | 136 |
| television stations, and other public and private providers. | 137 |
| (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 138 |
| student who enters ninth grade on or after July 1, 2010, and | 139 |
| before July 1, 2014, may qualify for graduation from a public or | 140 |
| chartered nonpublic high school even though the student has not | 141 |
| completed the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 142 |
| this section if all of the following conditions are satisfied: | 143 |
| (1) After the student has attended high school for two years, | 144 |
| as determined by the school, the student and the student's parent, | 145 |
| guardian, or custodian sign and file with the school a written | 146 |
| statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 147 |
| consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 148 |
| core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 149 |
| completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 150 |
| most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 151 |
| (2) The student and parent, guardian, or custodian fulfill | 152 |
| any procedural requirements the school stipulates to ensure the | 153 |
| student's and parent's, guardian's, or custodian's informed | 154 |
| consent and to facilitate orderly filing of statements under | 155 |
| division (D)(1) of this section. | 156 |
| (3) The student and the student's parent, guardian, or | 157 |
| custodian and a representative of the student's high school | 158 |
| jointly develop an individual career plan for the student that | 159 |
| specifies the student matriculating to a two-year degree program, | 160 |
| acquiring a business and industry credential, or entering an | 161 |
| apprenticeship. | 162 |
| (4) The student's high school provides counseling and support | 163 |
| for the student related to the plan developed under division | 164 |
| (D)(3) of this section during the remainder of the student's high | 165 |
| school experience. | 166 |
| (5) The student successfully completes, at a minimum, the | 167 |
| curriculum prescribed in division (B) of this section. | 168 |
| The department of education, in collaboration with the | 169 |
| chancellor, shall analyze student performance data to determine if | 170 |
| there are mitigating factors that warrant extending the exception | 171 |
| permitted by division (D) of this section to high school classes | 172 |
| beyond those entering ninth grade before July 1, 2014. The | 173 |
| department shall submit its findings and any recommendations not | 174 |
| later than August 1, 2014, to the speaker and minority leader of | 175 |
| the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of | 176 |
| the senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the | 177 |
| standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate | 178 |
| that consider education legislation, the state board of education, | 179 |
| and the superintendent of public instruction. | 180 |
| (E) Each school district and chartered nonpublic school | 181 |
| retains the authority to require an even more rigorous minimum | 182 |
| curriculum for high school graduation than specified in division | 183 |
| (B) or (C) of this section. A school district board of education, | 184 |
| through the adoption of a resolution, or the governing authority | 185 |
| of a chartered nonpublic school may stipulate any of the | 186 |
| following: | 187 |
| (1) A minimum high school curriculum that requires more than | 188 |
| twenty units of academic credit to graduate; | 189 |
| (2) An exception to the district's or school's minimum high | 190 |
| school curriculum that is comparable to the exception provided in | 191 |
| division (D) of this section but with additional requirements, | 192 |
| which may include a requirement that the student successfully | 193 |
| complete more than the minimum curriculum prescribed in division | 194 |
| (B) of this section; | 195 |
| (3) That no exception comparable to that provided in division | 196 |
| (D) of this section is available. | 197 |
| (F) A student enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery | 198 |
| program, which program has received a waiver from the department, | 199 |
| may qualify for graduation from high school by successfully | 200 |
| completing a competency-based instructional program administered | 201 |
| by the dropout prevention and recovery program in lieu of | 202 |
| completing the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 203 |
| this section. The department shall grant a waiver to a dropout | 204 |
| prevention and recovery program, within sixty days after the | 205 |
| program applies for the waiver, if the program meets all of the | 206 |
| following conditions: | 207 |
| (1) The program serves only students not younger than sixteen | 208 |
| years of age and not older than twenty-one years of age. | 209 |
| (2) The program enrolls students who, at the time of their | 210 |
| initial enrollment, either, or both, are at least one grade level | 211 |
| behind their cohort age groups or experience crises that | 212 |
| significantly interfere with their academic progress such that | 213 |
| they are prevented from continuing their traditional programs. | 214 |
| (3) The program requires students to attain at least the | 215 |
| applicable score designated for each of the assessments prescribed | 216 |
| under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or, | 217 |
| to the extent prescribed by rule of the state board under division | 218 |
| (D)(6) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, division (B)(2) | 219 |
| of that section. | 220 |
| (4) The program develops an individual career plan for the | 221 |
| student that specifies the student's matriculating to a two-year | 222 |
| degree program, acquiring a business and industry credential, or | 223 |
| entering an apprenticeship. | 224 |
| (5) The program provides counseling and support for the | 225 |
| student related to the plan developed under division (F)(4) of | 226 |
| this section during the remainder of the student's high school | 227 |
| experience. | 228 |
| (6) The program requires the student and the student's | 229 |
| parent, guardian, or custodian to sign and file, in accordance | 230 |
| with procedural requirements stipulated by the program, a written | 231 |
| statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 232 |
| consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 233 |
| core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 234 |
| completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 235 |
| most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 236 |
| (7) Prior to receiving the waiver, the program has submitted | 237 |
| to the department an instructional plan that demonstrates how the | 238 |
| academic content standards adopted by the state board under | 239 |
| section 3301.079 of the Revised Code will be taught and assessed. | 240 |
| If the department does not act either to grant the waiver or | 241 |
| to reject the program application for the waiver within sixty days | 242 |
| as required under this section, the waiver shall be considered to | 243 |
| be granted. | 244 |
| (G) Every high school may permit students below the ninth | 245 |
| grade to take advanced work. If a high school so permits, it shall | 246 |
| award high school credit for successful completion of the advanced | 247 |
| work and shall count such advanced work toward the graduation | 248 |
| requirements of division (B) or (C) of this section if the | 249 |
| advanced work was both: | 250 |
| (1) Taught by a person who possesses a license or certificate | 251 |
| issued under section 3301.071, 3319.22, or 3319.222 of the Revised | 252 |
| Code that is valid for teaching high school; | 253 |
| (2) Designated by the board of education of the city, local, | 254 |
| or exempted village school district, the board of the cooperative | 255 |
| education school district, or the governing authority of the | 256 |
| chartered nonpublic school as meeting the high school curriculum | 257 |
| requirements. | 258 |
| Each high school shall record on the student's high school | 259 |
| transcript all high school credit awarded under division (G) of | 260 |
| this section. In addition, if the student completed a seventh- or | 261 |
| eighth-grade fine arts course described in division (K) of this | 262 |
| section and the course qualified for high school credit under that | 263 |
| division, the high school shall record that course on the | 264 |
| student's high school transcript. | 265 |
| (H) The department shall make its individual academic career | 266 |
| plan available through its Ohio career information system web site | 267 |
| for districts and schools to use as a tool for communicating with | 268 |
| and providing guidance to students and families in selecting high | 269 |
| school courses. | 270 |
| (I) Units earned in English language arts, mathematics, | 271 |
| science, and social studies that are delivered through integrated | 272 |
| academic and career-technical instruction are eligible to meet the | 273 |
| graduation requirements of division (B) or (C) of this section. | 274 |
| (J) The state board, in consultation with the chancellor, | 275 |
| shall adopt a statewide plan implementing methods for students to | 276 |
| earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of | 277 |
| subject area competency, instead of or in combination with | 278 |
| completing hours of classroom instruction. The state board shall | 279 |
| adopt the plan not later than March 31, 2009, and commence phasing | 280 |
| in the plan during the 2009-2010 school year. The plan shall | 281 |
| include a standard method for recording demonstrated proficiency | 282 |
| on high school transcripts. Each school district and community | 283 |
| school shall comply with the state board's plan adopted under this | 284 |
| division and award units of high school credit in accordance with | 285 |
| the plan. The state board may adopt existing methods for earning | 286 |
| high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area | 287 |
| competency as necessary prior to the 2009-2010 school year. | 288 |
| (K) This division does not apply to students who qualify for | 289 |
| graduation from high school under division (D) or (F) of this | 290 |
| section, or to students pursuing a career-technical instructional | 291 |
| track as determined by the school district board of education or | 292 |
| the chartered nonpublic school's governing authority. | 293 |
| Nevertheless, the general assembly encourages such students to | 294 |
| consider enrolling in a fine arts course as an elective. | 295 |
| Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the first | 296 |
| time on or after July 1, 2010, each student enrolled in a public | 297 |
| or chartered nonpublic high school shall complete two semesters or | 298 |
| the equivalent of fine arts to graduate from high school. The | 299 |
| coursework may be completed in any of grades seven to twelve. Each | 300 |
| student who completes a fine arts course in grade seven or eight | 301 |
| may elect to count that course toward the five units of electives | 302 |
| required for graduation under division (C)(7) of this section, if | 303 |
| the course satisfied the requirements of division (G) of this | 304 |
| section. In that case, the high school shall award the student | 305 |
| high school credit for the course and count the course toward the | 306 |
| five units required under division (C)(7) of this section. If the | 307 |
| course in grade seven or eight did not satisfy the requirements of | 308 |
| division (G) of this section, the high school shall not award the | 309 |
| student high school credit for the course but shall count the | 310 |
| course toward the two semesters or the equivalent of fine arts | 311 |
| required by this division. | 312 |
| (L) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, | 313 |
| the board of education of each school district and the governing | 314 |
| authority of each chartered nonpublic school may adopt a policy to | 315 |
| excuse from the high school physical education requirement each | 316 |
| student who, during high school, has participated in | 317 |
| interscholastic athletics, marching band, a school-sponsored rugby | 318 |
| club played as a team sport, or cheerleading for at least two full | 319 |
| seasons, or in the junior reserve officer training corps for at | 320 |
| least two full school years. If the board or authority adopts such | 321 |
| a policy, the board or authority shall not require the student to | 322 |
| complete any physical education course as a condition to graduate. | 323 |
| However, the student shall be required to complete one-half unit, | 324 |
| consisting of at least sixty hours of instruction, in another | 325 |
| course of study. In the case of a student who has participated in | 326 |
| the junior reserve officer training corps for at least two full | 327 |
| school years, credit received for that participation may be used | 328 |
| to satisfy the requirement to complete one-half unit in another | 329 |
| course of study. | 330 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3313.603 of the Revised | 331 |
| Code is hereby repealed. | 332 |
