Bill Title: To require the health curriculum of each school district to include instruction on the positive effects of organ and tissue donation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - To Education
[HB577 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB577-Introduced.html
As 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 | 1 |
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require the health curriculum of each school | 2 |
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district to include instruction on the positive | 3 |
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effects of organ and tissue donation. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3313.60 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
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amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 3313.60. Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 7 |
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3311.52 of the Revised Code, divisions (A) to (E) of this section | 8 |
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do not apply to any cooperative education school district | 9 |
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established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of | 10 |
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the Revised Code. | 11 |
| (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, | 12 |
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and local school district and the board of each cooperative | 13 |
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education school district established, pursuant to section | 14 |
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3311.521 of the Revised Code, shall prescribe a curriculum for all | 15 |
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schools under its control. Except as provided in division (E) of | 16 |
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this section, in any such curriculum there shall be included the | 17 |
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study of the following subjects: | 18 |
| (1) The language arts, including reading, writing, spelling, | 19 |
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oral and written English, and literature; | 20 |
| (2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio, | 21 |
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and national, state, and local government in the United States, | 22 |
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including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to | 23 |
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society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and | 24 |
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American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups | 25 |
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in Ohio and the United States; | 26 |
| (4) Natural science, including instruction in the | 28 |
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conservation of natural resources; | 29 |
| (5) Health education, which shall include instruction in: | 30 |
| (a) The nutritive value of foods, including natural and | 31 |
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organically produced foods, the relation of nutrition to health, | 32 |
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and the use and effects of food additives; | 33 |
| (b) The harmful effects of and legal restrictions against the | 34 |
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use of drugs of abuse, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco; | 35 |
| (c) Venereal disease education, except that upon written | 36 |
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request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be | 37 |
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excused from taking instruction in venereal disease education; | 38 |
| (d) In grades kindergarten through six, instruction in | 39 |
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personal safety and assault prevention, except that upon written | 40 |
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request of the student's parent or guardian, a student shall be | 41 |
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excused from taking instruction in personal safety and assault | 42 |
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prevention; | 43 |
| (e) In grades seven through twelve, age-appropriate | 44 |
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instruction in dating violence prevention education, which shall | 45 |
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include instruction in recognizing dating violence warning signs | 46 |
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and characteristics of healthy relationships. | 47 |
| In order to assist school districts in developing a dating | 48 |
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violence prevention education curriculum, the department of | 49 |
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education shall provide on its web site links to free curricula | 50 |
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addressing dating violence prevention. | 51 |
| If the parent or legal guardian of a student less than | 52 |
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eighteen years of age submits to the principal of the student's | 53 |
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school a written request to examine the dating violence prevention | 54 |
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instruction materials used at that school, the principal, within a | 55 |
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reasonable period of time after the request is made, shall allow | 56 |
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the parent or guardian to examine those materials at that school. | 57 |
| (f) The process of making an anatomical gift under Chapter | 58 |
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2108. of the Revised Code, with an emphasis on the life-saving and | 59 |
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life-enhancing effects of organ and tissue donation. | 60 |
| (6) Physical education; | 61 |
| (7) The fine arts, including music; | 62 |
| (8) First aid, including a training program in | 63 |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation, safety, and fire prevention, except | 64 |
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that upon written request of the student's parent or guardian, a | 65 |
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student shall be excused from taking instruction in | 66 |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation. | 67 |
| (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 68 |
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school or school district shall include in the requirements for | 69 |
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promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's | 70 |
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course of study of American history. A board may waive this | 71 |
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requirement for academically accelerated students who, in | 72 |
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accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to | 73 |
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demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth | 74 |
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grade American history course of study. | 75 |
| (C) As specified in divisions (B)(6) and (C)(6) of section | 76 |
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3313.603 of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (E) | 77 |
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of this section, every high school shall include in the | 78 |
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requirements for graduation from any curriculum one-half unit each | 79 |
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of American history and government. | 80 |
| (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic | 81 |
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instruction or demonstrated mastery in geography, United States | 82 |
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history, the government of the United States, the government of | 83 |
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the state of Ohio, local government in Ohio, the Declaration of | 84 |
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Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution | 85 |
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of the state of Ohio shall be required before pupils may | 86 |
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participate in courses involving the study of social problems, | 87 |
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economics, foreign affairs, United Nations, world government, | 88 |
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socialism, and communism. | 89 |
| (E) For each cooperative education school district | 90 |
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established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and | 91 |
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each city, exempted village, and local school district that has | 92 |
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territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum | 93 |
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adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall | 94 |
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only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades | 95 |
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operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such | 96 |
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schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these | 97 |
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districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D) | 98 |
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of this section. | 99 |
| (F) The board of education of any cooperative education | 100 |
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school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of | 101 |
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section 3311.52 of the Revised Code shall prescribe a curriculum | 102 |
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for the subject areas and grade levels offered in any school under | 103 |
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its control. | 104 |
| (G) Upon the request of any parent or legal guardian of a | 105 |
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student, the board of education of any school district shall | 106 |
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permit the parent or guardian to promptly examine, with respect to | 107 |
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the parent's or guardian's own child: | 108 |
| (1) Any survey or questionnaire, prior to its administration | 109 |
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to the child; | 110 |
| (2) Any textbook, workbook, software, video, or other | 111 |
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instructional materials being used by the district in connection | 112 |
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with the instruction of the child; | 113 |
| (3) Any completed and graded test taken or survey or | 114 |
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questionnaire filled out by the child; | 115 |
| (4) Copies of the statewide academic standards and each model | 116 |
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curriculum developed pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised | 117 |
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Code, which copies shall be available at all times during school | 118 |
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hours in each district school building. | 119 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3313.60 of the Revised Code | 120 |
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is hereby repealed. | 121 |
