Section 1. That sections 3301.07, 3301.078, 3301.079, | 15 |
3301.0710, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0718, 3301.0722, 3313.60, | 16 |
3313.6020, 3313.61, 3313.612, 3313.618, and 3328.01 of the Revised | 17 |
Code be amended to read as follows: | 18 |
(B)(1) The state board shall exercise leadership in the | 27 |
improvement of public education in this state, and administer the | 28 |
educational policies of this state relating to public schools, and | 29 |
relating to instruction and instructional material, building and | 30 |
equipment, transportation of pupils, administrative | 31 |
responsibilities of school officials and personnel, and finance | 32 |
and organization of school districts, educational service centers, | 33 |
and territory. Consultative and advisory services in such matters | 34 |
shall be provided by the board to school districts and educational | 35 |
service centers of this state. | 36 |
(2) The state board also shall develop a standard of | 37 |
financial reporting which shall be used by each school district | 38 |
board of education and each governing board of an educational | 39 |
service center, each governing authority of a community school | 40 |
established under Chapter 3314., each governing body of a STEM | 41 |
school established under Chapter 3328., and each board of trustees | 42 |
of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 43 |
3328. of the Revised Code to make its financial information and | 44 |
annual budgets for each school building under its control | 45 |
available to the public in a format understandable by the average | 46 |
citizen. The format shall show, both at the district and at the | 47 |
school building level, revenue by source; expenditures for | 48 |
salaries, wages, and benefits of employees, showing such amounts | 49 |
separately for classroom teachers, other employees required to | 50 |
hold licenses issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of | 51 |
the Revised Code, and all other employees; expenditures other than | 52 |
for personnel, by category, including utilities, textbooks and | 53 |
other educational materials, equipment, permanent improvements, | 54 |
pupil transportation, extracurricular athletics, and other | 55 |
extracurricular activities; and per pupil expenditures. The format | 56 |
shall also include information on total revenue and expenditures, | 57 |
per pupil revenue, and expenditures for both classroom and | 58 |
nonclassroom purposes, as defined by the standards adopted under | 59 |
section 3302.20 of the Revised Code in the aggregate and for each | 60 |
subgroup of students, as defined by section 3317.40 of the Revised | 61 |
Code, that receives services provided for by state or federal | 62 |
funding. | 63 |
(3) Each school district board, governing authority, | 64 |
governing body, or board of trustees, or its respective designee, | 65 |
shall annually report, to the department of education, all | 66 |
financial information required by the standards for financial | 67 |
reporting, as prescribed by division (B)(2) of this section and | 68 |
adopted by the state board. The department shall make all reports | 69 |
submitted pursuant to this division available in such a way that | 70 |
allows for comparison between financial information included in | 71 |
these reports and financial information included in reports | 72 |
produced prior to July 1, 2013. The department shall post these | 73 |
reports in a prominent location on its web site and shall notify | 74 |
each school when reports are made available. | 75 |
(C) The state board shall administer and supervise the | 76 |
allocation and distribution of all state and federal funds for | 77 |
public school education under the provisions of law, and may | 78 |
prescribe such systems of accounting as are necessary and proper | 79 |
to this function. It may require county auditors and treasurers, | 80 |
boards of education, educational service center governing boards, | 81 |
treasurers of such boards, teachers, and other school officers and | 82 |
employees, or other public officers or employees, to file with it | 83 |
such reports as it may prescribe relating to such funds, or to the | 84 |
management and condition of such funds. | 85 |
(D)(1) Wherever in Titles IX, XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XXXVII, | 86 |
XLVII, and LI of the Revised Code a reference is made to standards | 87 |
prescribed under this section or division (D) of this section, | 88 |
that reference shall be construed to refer to the standards | 89 |
prescribed under division (D)(2) of this section, unless the | 90 |
context specifically indicates a different meaning or intent. | 91 |
(2) The state board shall formulate and prescribe minimum | 92 |
standards to be applied to all elementary and secondary schools in | 93 |
this state for the purpose of providing children access to a | 94 |
general education of high quality according to the learning needs | 95 |
of each individual, including students with disabilities, | 96 |
economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient | 97 |
students, and students identified as gifted. Such standards shall | 98 |
provide adequately for: the licensing of teachers, administrators, | 99 |
and other professional personnel and their assignment according to | 100 |
training and qualifications; efficient and effective instructional | 101 |
materials and equipment, including library facilities; the proper | 102 |
organization, administration, and supervision of each school, | 103 |
including regulations for preparing all necessary records and | 104 |
reports and the preparation of a statement of policies and | 105 |
objectives for each school; the provision of safe buildings, | 106 |
grounds, health and sanitary facilities and services; admission of | 107 |
pupils, and such requirements for their promotion from grade to | 108 |
grade as will assure that they are capable and prepared for the | 109 |
level of study to which they are certified; and requirements for | 110 |
graduation; and such other factors as the board finds necessary. | 111 |
In the formulation and administration of such standards for | 123 |
nonpublic schools the board shall also consider the particular | 124 |
needs, methods and objectives of those schools, provided they do | 125 |
not conflict with the provision of a general education of a high | 126 |
quality and provided that regular procedures shall be followed for | 127 |
promotion from grade to grade of pupils who have met the | 128 |
educational requirements prescribed. | 129 |
(a) Standards for the effective and efficient organization, | 134 |
administration, and supervision of each school district with a | 135 |
commitment to high expectations for every student based on the | 136 |
learning needs of each individual, including students with | 137 |
disabilities, economically disadvantaged students, limited English | 138 |
proficient students, and students identified as gifted, and | 139 |
commitment to closing the achievement gap without suppressing the | 140 |
achievement levels of higher achieving students so that all | 141 |
students achieve core knowledge and skills in accordance with the | 142 |
statewide academic standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the | 143 |
Revised Code; | 144 |
(c) Standards for school district buildings that may require | 147 |
the effective and efficient organization, administration, and | 148 |
supervision of each school district building with a commitment to | 149 |
high expectations for every student based on the learning needs of | 150 |
each individual, including students with disabilities, | 151 |
economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient | 152 |
students, and students identified as gifted, and commitment to | 153 |
closing the achievement gap without suppressing the achievement | 154 |
levels of higher achieving students so that all students achieve | 155 |
core knowledge and skills in accordance with the statewide | 156 |
academic standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised | 157 |
Code. | 158 |
(I) The state board shall require such reports from school | 178 |
districts and educational service centers, school officers, and | 179 |
employees as are necessary and desirable. The superintendents and | 180 |
treasurers of school districts and educational service centers | 181 |
shall certify as to the accuracy of all reports required by law or | 182 |
state board or state department of education rules to be submitted | 183 |
by the district or educational service center and which contain | 184 |
information necessary for calculation of state funding. Any | 185 |
superintendent who knowingly falsifies such report shall be | 186 |
subject to license revocation pursuant to section 3319.31 of the | 187 |
Revised Code. | 188 |
(J) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the | 189 |
state board shall adopt procedures, standards, and guidelines for | 190 |
the education of children with disabilities pursuant to Chapter | 191 |
3323. of the Revised Code, including procedures, standards, and | 192 |
guidelines governing programs and services operated by county | 193 |
boards of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 3323.09 | 194 |
of the Revised Code. | 195 |
(K) For the purpose of encouraging the development of special | 196 |
programs of education for academically gifted children, the state | 197 |
board shall employ competent persons to analyze and publish data, | 198 |
promote research, advise and counsel with boards of education, and | 199 |
encourage the training of teachers in the special instruction of | 200 |
gifted children. The board may provide financial assistance out of | 201 |
any funds appropriated for this purpose to boards of education and | 202 |
educational service center governing boards for developing and | 203 |
conducting programs of education for academically gifted children. | 204 |
(N) The state board may adopt rules necessary for carrying | 217 |
out any function imposed on it by law, and may provide rules as | 218 |
are necessary for its government and the government of its | 219 |
employees, and may delegate to the superintendent of public | 220 |
instruction the management and administration of any function | 221 |
imposed on it by law. It may provide for the appointment of board | 222 |
members to serve on temporary committees established by the board | 223 |
for such purposes as are necessary. Permanent or standing | 224 |
committees shall not be created. | 225 |
(O) Upon application from the board of education of a school | 226 |
district, the superintendent of public instruction may issue a | 227 |
waiver exempting the district from compliance with the standards | 228 |
adopted under divisions (B)(2) and (D) of this section, as they | 229 |
relate to the operation of a school operated by the district. The | 230 |
state board shall adopt standards for the approval or disapproval | 231 |
of waivers under this division. The state superintendent shall | 232 |
consider every application for a waiver, and shall determine | 233 |
whether to grant or deny a waiver in accordance with the state | 234 |
board's standards. For each waiver granted, the state | 235 |
superintendent shall specify the period of time during which the | 236 |
waiver is in effect, which shall not exceed five years. A district | 237 |
board may apply to renew a waiver. | 238 |
(B) The state board of education shall not adopt, and the | 245 |
department of education shall not implement, the academic content | 246 |
standards for English language arts and mathematics developed by | 247 |
the common core state standards initiative or any similar | 248 |
initiative process or program. Nor shall the state board use the | 249 |
partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers | 250 |
(PARCC), the smarter balanced assessment, or any other assessments | 251 |
related to or based on the common core state standards. | 252 |
(C)(1) No official of this state, whether appointed or | 255 |
elected, shall join on behalf of the state or a state agency any | 256 |
consortium, association, or other entity when such membership | 257 |
would require the state or a school district board to cede any | 258 |
measure of control over education, including academic content | 259 |
standards and assessments of such standards. | 260 |
Sec. 3301.079. (A)(1) TheNot later than June 30, 2017, | 275 |
subject to division (A) of section 3301.0718 of the Revised Code, | 276 |
the state board of education
periodically shall adopt new | 277 |
statewide academic content standards with emphasis onfor each of | 278 |
grades kindergarten through twelve in English language arts, | 279 |
mathematics, science, and social studies that are distinct and | 280 |
independent from the standards previously adopted by the state | 281 |
board pursuant to this section as it was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. | 282 |
1 of the 128th general assembly. The new standards shall emphasize | 283 |
coherence, focus, and essential knowledge and that areshall be | 284 |
more challenging and demanding when compared to international | 285 |
standards for each of grades kindergarten through twelve in | 286 |
English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. | 287 |
(v) Beinclude the essential academic content and skills that | 303 |
students are expected to know and be able to do at each grade | 304 |
level; instill life-long learning by providing essential knowledge | 305 |
and skills based in the liberal arts tradition, as well as | 306 |
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and | 307 |
career-technical education; and be clearly written, transparent, | 308 |
and understandable by parents, educators, and the general public. | 309 |
(i) The standards for English language arts shall require a | 310 |
systematic approach to teaching phonemic awareness and phonics | 311 |
both in context and independent of context; include significant | 312 |
instruction in English grammar; require that at least eighty per | 313 |
cent of reading instruction focus on imaginative literature, | 314 |
including poetry, drama, and fiction, and consisting of literary | 315 |
works studied on the basis of literary merit and cultural and | 316 |
historical significance rather than current popularity or | 317 |
political considerations. | 318 |
(ii) The standards for mathematics shall require a mastery of | 319 |
the standard algorithm; require fluency with addition and | 320 |
subtraction of multi-digit whole numbers using the standard | 321 |
algorithms by third grade; require fluency with arithmetic | 322 |
operations on decimals and multiplication and division of | 323 |
multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithms by fifth grade; | 324 |
prepare students to take the first authentic Algebra I course by | 325 |
eighth grade; and include a traditional Euclidean geometry course. | 326 |
(iii) The standards in science shall be based in core | 327 |
existing disciplines of biology, chemistry, and physics; | 328 |
incorporate grade-level mathematics and be referenced to the | 329 |
mathematics standards; focus on academic and scientific knowledge | 330 |
rather than scientific processes; and encourage students to | 331 |
analyze, critique, and review, in an objective manner, the | 332 |
scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific | 333 |
theories covered in the standards. | 334 |
(iv) The standards in social studies shall incorporate the | 335 |
original texts and the original context of the declaration of | 336 |
independence, the northwest ordinance, the constitution of the | 337 |
United States and its amendments with emphasis on the bill of | 338 |
rights; incorporate the Ohio constitution; define the United | 339 |
States of America as a constitutional republic; be based on | 340 |
acquisition of real knowledge of major individuals and events; | 341 |
require the study of world and American geography; and prohibit a | 342 |
specific political or religious interpretation of the standards' | 343 |
content. | 344 |
(b) Not later than July 1, 2012, the state board shall | 345 |
incorporate into the social studies standards for grades four to | 346 |
twelve academic content regarding the original texts of the | 347 |
Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the | 348 |
Constitution of the United States and its amendments, with | 349 |
emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio Constitution, and | 350 |
their original context. The state board shall revise the model | 351 |
curricula and achievement assessments adopted under divisions (B) | 352 |
anddivision (C) of this section as necessary to reflect the | 353 |
additional American history and American government content. The | 354 |
state board shall make available a list of suggested | 355 |
grade-appropriate supplemental readings that place the documents | 356 |
prescribed by this division in their historical context, which | 357 |
teachers may use as a resource to assist students in reading the | 358 |
documents within that context. | 359 |
The department of education shall employ a full-time physical | 381 |
education coordinator to provide guidance and technical assistance | 382 |
to districts, community schools, and STEM schools in implementing | 383 |
the physical education standards adopted under this division. The | 384 |
superintendent of public instruction shall determine that the | 385 |
person employed as coordinator is qualified for the position, as | 386 |
demonstrated by possessing an adequate combination of education, | 387 |
license, and experience. | 388 |
(4) When academic standards have been completed for any | 389 |
subject area required by this section, the state board shall | 390 |
inform all school districts, all community schools established | 391 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, all STEM schools | 392 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, and all | 393 |
nonpublic schools required to administer the assessments | 394 |
prescribed by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code | 395 |
of the content of those standards. Additionally, upon completion | 396 |
of any academic standards under this section, the department shall | 397 |
post those standards on the department's web site. | 398 |
(B)(1) The state board shall adopt a model curriculum for | 402 |
instruction in each subject area for which updated academic | 403 |
standards are required by division (A)(1) of this section and for | 404 |
each of grades kindergarten through twelve that is sufficient to | 405 |
meet the needs of students in every community. The model | 406 |
curriculum shall be aligned with the standards, to ensure that the | 407 |
academic content and skills specified for each grade level are | 408 |
taught to students, and shall demonstrate vertical articulation | 409 |
and emphasize coherence, focus, and rigor. When any model | 410 |
curriculum has been completed, the state board shall inform all | 411 |
school districts, community schools, and STEM schools of the | 412 |
content of that model curriculum. | 413 |
(3) All school districts, community schools, and STEM schools | 419 |
may utilize the state standards and the model curriculum | 420 |
established by the state board, together with other relevant | 421 |
resources, examples, or models to ensure that students have the | 422 |
opportunity to attain the academic standards. Upon request, the | 423 |
department shall provide technical assistance to any district, | 424 |
community school, or STEM school in implementing the model | 425 |
curriculum. | 426 |
(D)(1) The state board shall adopt a diagnostic assessment | 442 |
aligned with the academic standards and model curriculum for each | 443 |
of grades kindergarten through two in reading, writing, and | 444 |
mathematics and for grade three in reading and writing. The | 445 |
diagnostic assessment shall be designed to measure student | 446 |
comprehension of academic content and mastery of related skills | 447 |
for the relevant subject area and grade level. Any diagnostic | 448 |
assessment shall not include components to identify gifted | 449 |
students. Blank copies of diagnostic assessments shall be public | 450 |
records. | 451 |
(F) Whenever the state board or the department consults with | 462 |
persons for the purpose of drafting or reviewing any standards, | 463 |
diagnostic assessments, or achievement assessments, or model | 464 |
curriculum required under this section, the state board or the | 465 |
department shall first consult with parents of students in | 466 |
kindergarten through twelfth grade and with active Ohio classroom | 467 |
teachers, other school personnel, and administrators with | 468 |
expertise in the appropriate subject area. Whenever practicable, | 469 |
the state board and department shall consult with teachers | 470 |
recognized as outstanding in their fields. | 471 |
(H) The fairness sensitivity review committee, established by | 481 |
rule of the state board of education, shall not allow any question | 482 |
on any achievement or diagnostic assessment developed under this | 483 |
section or any proficiency test prescribed by former section | 484 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to September | 485 |
11, 2001, to include, be written to promote, or inquire as to | 486 |
individual moral or social values or beliefs. The decision of the | 487 |
committee shall be final. This section does not create a private | 488 |
cause of action. | 489 |
(2)(a) Each committee created in division (I)(1) of this | 554 |
section shall review the academic content standards for its | 555 |
respective subject area to ensure that such standards are clear, | 556 |
concise, and appropriate for each grade level and promote higher | 557 |
student performance, learning, subject matter comprehension, and | 558 |
improved student achievement. Each committee also shall review | 559 |
whether the standards for its respective subject area promote | 560 |
essential knowledge in the subject, lifelong learning, the liberal | 561 |
arts tradition, and college and career readiness and whether the | 562 |
standards reduce remediation. | 563 |
(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (N) | 575 |
of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, the department shall | 576 |
submit to the appropriate committee created under division (I)(1) | 577 |
of this section copies of the questions and corresponding answers | 578 |
on the relevant assessments required by section 3301.0710 of the | 579 |
Revised Code on the first day of July following the school year | 580 |
that the assessments were administered. The department shall | 581 |
provide each committee with the entire content of each relevant | 582 |
assessment, including corresponding answers. | 583 |
(J) Not later than forty-five days prior to the adoption by | 590 |
the state board of updated academic content standards under | 591 |
division (A)(1) of this section or updated model curricula under | 592 |
division (B)(1) of this section, the superintendent of public | 593 |
instruction shall present the academic content standards or model | 594 |
curricula, as applicable, to the respective committees of the | 595 |
house of representatives and senate that consider education | 596 |
legislation. | 597 |
Sec. 3301.0710. The state board of education shall adopt | 616 |
rules establishing a statewide program to assess student | 617 |
achievement. The state board shall ensure that all assessments | 618 |
administered under the program are aligned with the academic | 619 |
standards and model curricula adopted by the state board and are | 620 |
created with input from Ohio parents, Ohio classroom teachers, | 621 |
Ohio school administrators, and other Ohio school personnel | 622 |
pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. | 623 |
(3) For the purpose of implementing division (A) of section | 661 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code, the state board shall determine and | 662 |
designate a level of achievement, not lower than the level | 663 |
designated in division (A)(2)(e) of this section, on the third | 664 |
grade English language arts assessment for a student to be | 665 |
promoted to the fourth grade. The state board shall review and | 666 |
adjust upward the level of achievement designated under this | 667 |
division each year the test is administered until the level is set | 668 |
equal to the level designated in division (A)(2)(c) of this | 669 |
section. | 670 |
(B)(1) The assessments prescribed under division (B)(1) of | 671 |
this section shall collectively be known as the Ohio graduation | 672 |
tests. The state board shall prescribe five statewide high school | 673 |
achievement assessments, one each designed to measure the level of | 674 |
reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies skill | 675 |
expected at the end of tenth grade. The state board shall | 676 |
designate a score in at least the range designated under division | 677 |
(A)(2)(c) of this section on each such assessment that shall be | 678 |
deemed to be a passing score on the assessment as a condition | 679 |
toward granting high school diplomas under sections 3313.61, | 680 |
3313.611, 3313.612, and 3325.08 of the Revised Code until the | 681 |
assessment system prescribed by section 3301.0712 of the Revised | 682 |
Code is implemented in accordance with division (B)(2) of this | 683 |
section. | 684 |
(3) The state board may enter into a reciprocal agreement | 689 |
with the appropriate body or agency of any other state that has | 690 |
similar statewide achievement assessment requirements for | 691 |
receiving high school diplomas, under which any student who has | 692 |
met an achievement assessment requirement of one state is | 693 |
recognized as having met the similar requirement of the other | 694 |
state for purposes of receiving a high school diploma. For | 695 |
purposes of this section and sections 3301.0711 and 3313.61 of the | 696 |
Revised Code, any student enrolled in any public high school in | 697 |
this state who has met an achievement assessment requirement | 698 |
specified in a reciprocal agreement entered into under this | 699 |
division shall be deemed to have attained at least the applicable | 700 |
score designated under this division on each assessment required | 701 |
by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that is specified in the | 702 |
agreement. | 703 |
(E) Any committee established by the department of education | 717 |
for the purpose of making recommendations to the state board | 718 |
regarding the state board's designation of scores on the | 719 |
assessments described by this section shall inform the state board | 720 |
of the probable percentage of students who would score in each of | 721 |
the ranges established under division (A)(2) of this section on | 722 |
the assessments if the committee's recommendations are adopted by | 723 |
the state board. To the extent possible, these percentages shall | 724 |
be disaggregated by gender, major racial and ethnic groups, | 725 |
limited English proficient students, economically disadvantaged | 726 |
students, students with disabilities, and migrant students. | 727 |
Sec. 3301.0712. (A) The state board of education, the | 728 |
superintendent of public instruction, and the chancellor of the | 729 |
Ohio board of regents shall develop a system of college and work | 730 |
ready assessments as described in division (B) of this section to | 731 |
assess whether each student upon graduating from high school is | 732 |
ready to enter college or the workforce. Beginning with students | 733 |
who enter the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, | 734 |
2014, the system shall replace the Ohio graduation tests | 735 |
prescribed in division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 736 |
Code as a measure of student academic performance and one | 737 |
determinant of eligibility for a high school diploma in the manner | 738 |
prescribed by rule of the state board adopted under division (D) | 739 |
of this section. | 740 |
(1) A nationally recognized, norm-referenced, and | 743 |
standardized assessment that measures college and career | 744 |
readiness, is used for college admission, and includes components | 745 |
in English, mathematics, science, and social studies. The | 746 |
assessment shall be selected jointly by the state superintendent | 747 |
and the chancellor. The assessment prescribed under division | 748 |
(B)(1) of this section shall be administered to all eleventh-grade | 749 |
students. | 750 |
(2) Seven end-of-courseA series of examinations, one in each | 751 |
of the areas of English language arts I, English language arts II, | 752 |
mathematics,physical science, Algebra I, geometry, American | 753 |
history, and American government. The end-of-course examinations | 754 |
shall be selected jointly by the state superintendent and the | 755 |
chancellor in consultation with faculty in the appropriate subject | 756 |
areas at institutions of higher education of the university system | 757 |
of Ohio. Advanced placement examinations, international | 758 |
baccalaureate examinations, and dual enrollment or advanced | 759 |
standing program examinations, as prescribed under section | 760 |
3313.6013 of the Revised Code, in the areas of physical science, | 761 |
American history, and American government may be used as | 762 |
end-of-course examinations in accordance with division (B)(4)(a) | 763 |
of this section. | 764 |
(3)(a) Not later than July 1, 2013, each school district | 765 |
board of education shall adopt interim end-of-course examinations | 766 |
that comply with the requirements of divisions (B)(3)(b)(i) and | 767 |
(ii) of this section to assess mastery of American history and | 768 |
American government standards adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of | 769 |
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the topics required under | 770 |
division (M) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. Each high | 771 |
school of the district shall use the interim examinations until | 772 |
the state superintendent and chancellor select end-of-course | 773 |
examinations in American history and American government under | 774 |
division (B)(2) of this section. | 775 |
(4)(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 789 |
section, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, if a student is | 790 |
enrolled in an advanced placement or international baccalaureate | 791 |
course or is enrolled under any other dual enrollment or advanced | 792 |
standing program that student shall take the advanced placement or | 793 |
international baccalaureate examination or applicable examination | 794 |
under dual enrollment or advanced standing in lieu of the physical | 795 |
science, American history, or American government end-of-course | 796 |
examinations prescribed under division (B)(2) of this section. The | 797 |
state board shall specify the score levels for each advanced | 798 |
placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, | 799 |
and examination required under other dual enrollment or advanced | 800 |
standing programs for purposes of calculating the minimum | 801 |
cumulative performance score that demonstrates the level of | 802 |
academic achievement necessary to earn a high school diploma. | 803 |
(b) If the state board replaces the algebra I end-of-course | 847 |
examination with an algebra II end-of-course examination as | 848 |
authorized under division (B)(7)(a) of this section, a student who | 849 |
is enrolled in an advanced placement or international | 850 |
baccalaureate course in algebra II or is enrolled under any other | 851 |
dual enrollment or advanced standing program in algebra II shall | 852 |
take the advanced placement or international baccalaureate | 853 |
examination or applicable examination under dual enrollment or | 854 |
advanced standing in lieu of the algebra II end-of-course | 855 |
examination. | 856 |
(G) Not later than December 31, 2014, the state board shall | 905 |
select at least one nationally recognized job skills assessment. | 906 |
Each school district shall administer that assessment to those | 907 |
students who opt to take it. The state shall reimburse a school | 908 |
district for the costs of administering that assessment. The state | 909 |
board shall establish the minimum score a student must attain on | 910 |
the job skills assessment in order to demonstrate a student's | 911 |
workforce readiness and employability. The administration of the | 912 |
job skills assessment to a student under this division shall not | 913 |
exempt a school district from administering the assessments | 914 |
prescribed in division (B) of this section to that student. | 915 |
(a) The numbers of students receiving each category of | 940 |
instructional service offered by the school district, such as | 941 |
regular education instruction, vocational education instruction, | 942 |
specialized instruction programs or enrichment instruction that is | 943 |
part of the educational curriculum, instruction for gifted | 944 |
students, instruction for students with disabilities, and remedial | 945 |
instruction. The guidelines shall require instructional services | 946 |
under this division to be divided into discrete categories if an | 947 |
instructional service is limited to a specific subject, a specific | 948 |
type of student, or both, such as regular instructional services | 949 |
in mathematics, remedial reading instructional services, | 950 |
instructional services specifically for students gifted in | 951 |
mathematics or some other subject area, or instructional services | 952 |
for students with a specific type of disability. The categories of | 953 |
instructional services required by the guidelines under this | 954 |
division shall be the same as the categories of instructional | 955 |
services used in determining cost units pursuant to division | 956 |
(C)(3) of this section. | 957 |
(b) The numbers of students receiving support or | 958 |
extracurricular services for each of the support services or | 959 |
extracurricular programs offered by the school district, such as | 960 |
counseling services, health services, and extracurricular sports | 961 |
and fine arts programs. The categories of services required by the | 962 |
guidelines under this division shall be the same as the categories | 963 |
of services used in determining cost units pursuant to division | 964 |
(C)(4)(a) of this section. | 965 |
(n) Results of diagnostic assessments administered to | 992 |
kindergarten students as required under section 3301.0715 of the | 993 |
Revised Code to permit a comparison of the academic readiness of | 994 |
kindergarten students. However, no district shall be required to | 995 |
report to the department the results of any diagnostic assessment | 996 |
administered to a kindergarten student, except for the language | 997 |
and reading assessment described in division (A)(2) of section | 998 |
3301.0715 of the Revised Code, if the parent of that student | 999 |
requests the district not to report those results. | 1000 |
(a) The total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed | 1003 |
employees and the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed | 1004 |
employees and nonlicensed employees providing each category of | 1005 |
instructional service, instructional support service, and | 1006 |
administrative support service used pursuant to division (C)(3) of | 1007 |
this section. The guidelines adopted under this section shall | 1008 |
require these categories of data to be maintained for the school | 1009 |
district as a whole and, wherever applicable, for each grade in | 1010 |
the school district as a whole, for each school building as a | 1011 |
whole, and for each grade in each school building. | 1012 |
(b) The total number of employees and the number of full-time | 1013 |
equivalent employees providing each category of service used | 1014 |
pursuant to divisions (C)(4)(a) and (b) of this section, and the | 1015 |
total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed employees and | 1016 |
the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed employees and | 1017 |
nonlicensed employees providing each category used pursuant to | 1018 |
division (C)(4)(c) of this section. The guidelines adopted under | 1019 |
this section shall require these categories of data to be | 1020 |
maintained for the school district as a whole and, wherever | 1021 |
applicable, for each grade in the school district as a whole, for | 1022 |
each school building as a whole, and for each grade in each school | 1023 |
building. | 1024 |
(3)(a) Student demographic data for each school district, | 1032 |
including information regarding the gender ratio of the school | 1033 |
district's pupils, the racial make-up of the school district's | 1034 |
pupils, the number of limited English proficient students in the | 1035 |
district, and an appropriate measure of the number of the school | 1036 |
district's pupils who reside in economically disadvantaged | 1037 |
households. The demographic data shall be collected in a manner to | 1038 |
allow correlation with data collected under division (B)(1) of | 1039 |
this section. Categories for data collected pursuant to division | 1040 |
(B)(3) of this section shall conform, where appropriate, to | 1041 |
standard practices of agencies of the federal government. | 1042 |
(C) The education management information system shall include | 1050 |
cost accounting data for each district as a whole and for each | 1051 |
school building in each school district. The guidelines adopted | 1052 |
under this section shall require the cost data for each school | 1053 |
district to be maintained in a system of mutually exclusive cost | 1054 |
units and shall require all of the costs of each school district | 1055 |
to be divided among the cost units. The guidelines shall require | 1056 |
the system of mutually exclusive cost units to include at least | 1057 |
the following: | 1058 |
(3) Instructional services costs for each category of | 1071 |
instructional service provided directly to students and required | 1072 |
by guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this | 1073 |
section. The guidelines shall require the cost units under | 1074 |
division (C)(3) of this section to be designed so that each of | 1075 |
them may be compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure | 1076 |
per pupil receiving the service in the school district as a whole | 1077 |
and average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each | 1078 |
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for | 1079 |
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a | 1080 |
cost for each of the following components: | 1081 |
(4) Support or extracurricular services costs for each | 1094 |
category of service directly provided to students and required by | 1095 |
guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section. | 1096 |
The guidelines shall require the cost units under division (C)(4) | 1097 |
of this section to be designed so that each of them may be | 1098 |
compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure per pupil | 1099 |
receiving the service in the school district as a whole and | 1100 |
average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each | 1101 |
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for | 1102 |
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a | 1103 |
cost for each of the following components: | 1104 |
(D)(1) The guidelines adopted under this section shall | 1119 |
require school districts to collect information about individual | 1120 |
students, staff members, or both in connection with any data | 1121 |
required by division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting | 1122 |
requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines may | 1123 |
also require school districts to report information about | 1124 |
individual staff members in connection with any data required by | 1125 |
division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting | 1126 |
requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines shall | 1127 |
not authorize school districts to request social security numbers | 1128 |
of individual students. The guidelines shall prohibit the | 1129 |
reporting under this section of a student's name, address, and | 1130 |
social security number to the state board of education or the | 1131 |
department of education. The guidelines shall also prohibit the | 1132 |
reporting under this section of any personally identifiable | 1133 |
information about any student, except for the purpose of assigning | 1134 |
the data verification code required by division (D)(2) of this | 1135 |
section, to any other person unless such person is employed by the | 1136 |
school district or the information technology center operated | 1137 |
under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code and is authorized by | 1138 |
the district or technology center to have access to such | 1139 |
information or is employed by an entity with which the department | 1140 |
contracts for the scoring or the development of state assessments. | 1141 |
Access to the information shall be restricted to the fulfillment | 1142 |
of contractual obligations to process data on behalf of the school | 1143 |
district. Such contract shall include a stipulation that the | 1144 |
personally identifiable information shall not be shared with | 1145 |
additional parties. The guidelines may require school districts to | 1146 |
provide the social security numbers of individual staff members | 1147 |
and the county of residence for a student. Nothing in this section | 1148 |
prohibits the state board of education or department of education | 1149 |
from providing a student's county of residence to the department | 1150 |
of taxation to facilitate the distribution of tax revenue. | 1151 |
(2)(a) The guidelines shall provide for each school district | 1152 |
or community school to assign a data verification code that is | 1153 |
unique on a statewide basis over time to each student whose | 1154 |
initial Ohio enrollment is in that district or school and to | 1155 |
report all required individual student data for that student | 1156 |
utilizing such code. The guidelines shall also provide for | 1157 |
assigning data verification codes to all students enrolled in | 1158 |
districts or community schools on the effective date of the | 1159 |
guidelines established under this section. The assignment of data | 1160 |
verification codes for other entities, as described in division | 1161 |
(D)(2)(c) of this section, the use of those codes, and the | 1162 |
reporting and use of associated individual student data shall be | 1163 |
coordinated by the department in accordance with state and federal | 1164 |
law. | 1165 |
(b) Each school district and community school shall ensure | 1176 |
that the data verification code is included in the student's | 1177 |
records reported to any subsequent school district, community | 1178 |
school, or state institution of higher education, as defined in | 1179 |
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, in which the student | 1180 |
enrolls. Any such subsequent district or school shall utilize the | 1181 |
same identifier in its reporting of data under this section. | 1182 |
(c) The director of any state agency that administers a | 1183 |
publicly funded program providing services to children who are | 1184 |
younger than compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 | 1185 |
of the Revised Code, including the directors of health, job and | 1186 |
family services, mental health and addiction services, and | 1187 |
developmental disabilities, shall request and receive, pursuant to | 1188 |
sections 3301.0723 and 3701.62 of the Revised Code, a data | 1189 |
verification code for a child who is receiving those services. | 1190 |
(E) The guidelines adopted under this section may require | 1191 |
school districts to collect and report data, information, or | 1192 |
reports other than that described in divisions (A), (B), and (C) | 1193 |
of this section for the purpose of complying with other reporting | 1194 |
requirements established in the Revised Code. The other data, | 1195 |
information, or reports may be maintained in the education | 1196 |
management information system but are not required to be compiled | 1197 |
as part of the profile formats required under division (G) of this | 1198 |
section or the annual statewide report required under division (H) | 1199 |
of this section. | 1200 |
(2) The state board shall, in accordance with the procedures | 1226 |
it adopts, annually prepare an individual report for each school | 1227 |
district and the general public that includes the profiles of each | 1228 |
of the school buildings in that school district developed pursuant | 1229 |
to division (G) of this section. Copies of the report shall be | 1230 |
sent to the superintendent of the district and to each member of | 1231 |
the district board of education. | 1232 |
(3) Copies of the reports received from the state board under | 1233 |
divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section shall be made available | 1234 |
to the general public at each school district's offices. Each | 1235 |
district board of education shall make copies of each report | 1236 |
available to any person upon request and payment of a reasonable | 1237 |
fee for the cost of reproducing the report. The board shall | 1238 |
annually publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 1239 |
school district, at least twice during the two weeks prior to the | 1240 |
week in which the reports will first be available, a notice | 1241 |
containing the address where the reports are available and the | 1242 |
date on which the reports will be available. | 1243 |
(1) "School district" means any city, local, exempted | 1248 |
village, or joint vocational school district and, in accordance | 1249 |
with section 3314.17 of the Revised Code, any community school. As | 1250 |
used in division (L) of this section, "school district" also | 1251 |
includes any educational service center or other educational | 1252 |
entity required to submit data using the system established under | 1253 |
this section. | 1254 |
(L)(1) In accordance with division (L)(2) of this section and | 1265 |
the rules adopted under division (L)(10) of this section, the | 1266 |
department of education may sanction any school district that | 1267 |
reports incomplete or inaccurate data, reports data that does not | 1268 |
conform to data requirements and descriptions published by the | 1269 |
department, fails to report data in a timely manner, or otherwise | 1270 |
does not make a good faith effort to report data as required by | 1271 |
this section. | 1272 |
(4) If any action taken under division (L)(2) of this section | 1325 |
resolves a school district's data reporting problems to the | 1326 |
department's satisfaction, the department shall not take any | 1327 |
further actions described by that division. If the department | 1328 |
withheld funds from the district under that division, the | 1329 |
department may release those funds to the district, except that if | 1330 |
the department withheld funding under division (L)(2)(c) of this | 1331 |
section, the department shall not release the funds withheld under | 1332 |
division (L)(2)(b) of this section and, if the department withheld | 1333 |
funding under division (L)(2)(d) of this section, the department | 1334 |
shall not release the funds withheld under division (L)(2)(b) or | 1335 |
(c) of this section. | 1336 |
(5) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, | 1337 |
the department may use its own staff or an outside entity to | 1338 |
conduct an audit of a school district's data reporting practices | 1339 |
any time the department has reason to believe the district has not | 1340 |
made a good faith effort to report data as required by this | 1341 |
section. If any audit conducted by an outside entity under | 1342 |
division (L)(2)(d)(i) or (5) of this section confirms that a | 1343 |
district has not made a good faith effort to report data as | 1344 |
required by this section, the district shall reimburse the | 1345 |
department for the full cost of the audit. The department may | 1346 |
withhold state funds due to the district for this purpose. | 1347 |
(6) Prior to issuing a revised report card for a school | 1348 |
district under division (L)(2)(d)(viii) of this section, the | 1349 |
department may hold a hearing to provide the district with an | 1350 |
opportunity to demonstrate that it made a good faith effort to | 1351 |
report data as required by this section. The hearing shall be | 1352 |
conducted by a referee appointed by the department. Based on the | 1353 |
information provided in the hearing, the referee shall recommend | 1354 |
whether the department should issue a revised report card for the | 1355 |
district. If the referee affirms the department's contention that | 1356 |
the district did not make a good faith effort to report data as | 1357 |
required by this section, the district shall bear the full cost of | 1358 |
conducting the hearing and of issuing any revised report card. | 1359 |
(B) The state board of education shall not adopt or revise | 1412 |
any standards or curriculum in the area of health unless, by | 1413 |
concurrent resolution, the standards, curriculum, or revisions are | 1414 |
approved by both houses of the general assembly. Before the house | 1415 |
of representatives or senate votes on a concurrent resolution | 1416 |
approving health standards, curriculum, or revisions, its standing | 1417 |
committee having jurisdiction over education legislation shall | 1418 |
conduct at least one public hearing on the standards, curriculum, | 1419 |
or revisions. | 1420 |
(a) The chair of each subcommittee shall be an instructor or | 1456 |
professor in a related subject area at a state institution of | 1457 |
higher education. Other members of the subcommittee shall be | 1458 |
teachers with at least ten years of teaching experience, and may | 1459 |
be nominated by the superintendent of their employing school | 1460 |
district. The state board shall select the individuals to serve as | 1461 |
members on each subcommittee. Not more than five members shall | 1462 |
serve on a subcommittee. A school librarian, nominated by the Ohio | 1463 |
library council, may provide assistance to the English language | 1464 |
arts subcommittee. An engineer, nominated by one of the state's | 1465 |
engineering organizations, may provide assistance to the | 1466 |
mathematics subcommittee and the science subcommittee. | 1467 |
(b) Each subcommittee shall approve or disapprove the | 1468 |
academic content standards for its respective subject area. Each | 1469 |
subcommittee shall obtain from teachers comments on the | 1470 |
appropriateness and wording of the proposed academic content | 1471 |
standards for each grade and, if necessary, offer revisions on the | 1472 |
proposed standards. The comments shall be recorded by an | 1473 |
individual appointed under division (D)(2) of this section. | 1474 |
Sec. 3301.0722. As used in this section and section | 1475 |
3301.0721 of the Revised Code, "form" means any report, document, | 1476 |
paper, computer software program, or other instrument used in the | 1477 |
management information system created by section 3301.0714 of the | 1478 |
Revised Code or used to gather required or requested education | 1479 |
data under division (I) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code or | 1480 |
any other provision of state or federal statute or rule. | 1481 |
Beginning July 1, 1992, the state board of education, the | 1482 |
superintendent of public instruction, or the department of | 1483 |
education shall not put into use any new form or any modified | 1484 |
version of any previously existing form, unless the new or | 1485 |
modified form has been submitted to the unit established pursuant | 1486 |
to section 3301.133 of the Revised Code, the unit has reviewed the | 1487 |
form, and the superintendent has considered the findings of the | 1488 |
review and the unit's recommendations. | 1489 |
(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, | 1495 |
and local school district and the board of each cooperative | 1496 |
education school district established, pursuant to section | 1497 |
3311.521 of the Revised Code, shall prescribe a curriculum for all | 1498 |
schools under its control. Except as provided in division (E) of | 1499 |
this section, in any such curriculum there shall be included the | 1500 |
study of the following subjects: | 1501 |
(2) Geography, the history of the United States and of Ohio, | 1504 |
and national, state, and local government in the United States, | 1505 |
including a balanced presentation of the relevant contributions to | 1506 |
society of men and women of African, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and | 1507 |
American Indian descent as well as other ethnic and racial groups | 1508 |
in Ohio and the United States; | 1509 |
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, every | 1548 |
school or school district shall include in the requirements for | 1549 |
promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade one year's | 1550 |
course of study of American history. A board may waive this | 1551 |
requirement for academically accelerated students who, in | 1552 |
accordance with procedures adopted by the board, are able to | 1553 |
demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of the eighth | 1554 |
grade American history course of study. | 1555 |
(D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, basic | 1561 |
instruction or demonstrated mastery in geography, United States | 1562 |
history, the government of the United States, the government of | 1563 |
the state of Ohio, local government in Ohio, the Declaration of | 1564 |
Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution | 1565 |
of the state of Ohio shall be required before pupils may | 1566 |
participate in courses involving the study of social problems, | 1567 |
economics, foreign affairs, United Nations, world government, | 1568 |
socialism, and communism. | 1569 |
(E) For each cooperative education school district | 1570 |
established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code and | 1571 |
each city, exempted village, and local school district that has | 1572 |
territory within such a cooperative district, the curriculum | 1573 |
adopted pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall | 1574 |
only include the study of the subjects that apply to the grades | 1575 |
operated by each such school district. The curriculums for such | 1576 |
schools, when combined, shall provide to each student of these | 1577 |
districts all of the subjects required under divisions (A) to (D) | 1578 |
of this section. | 1579 |
(7) Document the career advising provided to each student for | 1630 |
review by the student, the student's parent, guardian, or | 1631 |
custodian, and future schools that the student may attend. A | 1632 |
district shall not otherwise release this information without the | 1633 |
written consent of the student's parent, guardian, or custodian, | 1634 |
if the student is less than eighteen years old, or the written | 1635 |
consent of the student, if the student is at least eighteen years | 1636 |
old. | 1637 |
(C)(1) Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, each district | 1642 |
shall identify students who are at risk of dropping out of school | 1643 |
using a method that is both research-based and locally-based and | 1644 |
that is developed with input from the district's classroom | 1645 |
teachers and guidance counselors. If a student is identified as at | 1646 |
risk of dropping out of school, the district shall develop a | 1647 |
student success plan that addresses the student's academic pathway | 1648 |
to a successful graduation and the role of career-technical | 1649 |
education, competency-based education, and experiential learning, | 1650 |
as appropriate, in that pathway. | 1651 |
(2) Prior to developing a student success plan for a student, | 1652 |
the district shall invite the student's parent, guardian, or | 1653 |
custodian to assist in developing the plan. If the student's | 1654 |
parent, guardian, or custodian does not participate in the | 1655 |
development of the plan, the district shall provide to the parent, | 1656 |
guardian, or custodian a copy of the student's success plan and a | 1657 |
statement of the importance of a high school diploma and the | 1658 |
academic pathways available to the student in order to | 1659 |
successfully graduate. | 1660 |
(1) The person has successfully completed the curriculum in | 1678 |
any high school or the individualized education program developed | 1679 |
for the person by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of | 1680 |
the Revised Code, or has qualified under division (D) or (F) of | 1681 |
section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, provided that no school | 1682 |
district shall require a student to remain in school for any | 1683 |
specific number of semesters or other terms if the student | 1684 |
completes the required curriculum early; | 1685 |
An honors diploma shall not be granted to a student who is | 1733 |
subject to the requirements prescribed in division (C) of section | 1734 |
3313.603 of the Revised Code but elects the option of division (D) | 1735 |
or (F) of that section. Except as provided in divisions (C), (E), | 1736 |
and (J) of this section, no honors diploma shall be granted to | 1737 |
anyone failing to comply with this division and no more than one | 1738 |
honors diploma shall be granted to any student under this | 1739 |
division. | 1740 |
The state board shall adopt rules prescribing the granting of | 1741 |
honors diplomas under this division. These rules may prescribe the | 1742 |
granting of honors diplomas that recognize a student's achievement | 1743 |
as a whole or that recognize a student's achievement in one or | 1744 |
more specific subjects or both. The rules may prescribe the | 1745 |
granting of an honors diploma recognizing technical expertise for | 1746 |
a career-technical student. In any case, the rules shall designate | 1747 |
two or more criteria for the granting of each type of honors | 1748 |
diploma the board establishes under this division and the number | 1749 |
of such criteria that must be met for the granting of that type of | 1750 |
diploma. The number of such criteria for any type of honors | 1751 |
diploma shall be at least one less than the total number of | 1752 |
criteria designated for that type and no one or more particular | 1753 |
criteria shall be required of all persons who are to be granted | 1754 |
that type of diploma. | 1755 |
(C) Any district board administering any of the assessments | 1756 |
required by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to any person | 1757 |
requesting to take such assessment pursuant to division (B)(8)(b) | 1758 |
of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code shall award a diploma to | 1759 |
such person if the person attains at least the applicable scores | 1760 |
designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the | 1761 |
Revised Code on all the assessments administered and if the person | 1762 |
has previously attained the applicable scores on all the other | 1763 |
assessments required by division (B)(1) of that section or has | 1764 |
been exempted or excused from attaining the applicable score on | 1765 |
any such assessment pursuant to division (H) or (L) of this | 1766 |
section or from taking any such assessment pursuant to section | 1767 |
3313.532 of the Revised Code. | 1768 |
(E) A person who is a resident of Ohio and is eligible under | 1775 |
state board of education minimum standards to receive a high | 1776 |
school diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned while | 1777 |
an inmate of a correctional institution operated by the state or | 1778 |
any political subdivision thereof, shall be granted such diploma | 1779 |
by the correctional institution operating the programs in which | 1780 |
such credits were earned, and by the board of education of the | 1781 |
school district in which the inmate resided immediately prior to | 1782 |
the inmate's placement in the institution. The diploma granted by | 1783 |
the correctional institution shall be signed by the director of | 1784 |
the institution, and by the person serving as principal of the | 1785 |
institution's high school and shall bear the date of issue. | 1786 |
(F) Persons who are not residents of Ohio but who are inmates | 1787 |
of correctional institutions operated by the state or any | 1788 |
political subdivision thereof, and who are eligible under state | 1789 |
board of education minimum standards to receive a high school | 1790 |
diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned while an | 1791 |
inmate of the correctional institution, shall be granted a diploma | 1792 |
by the correctional institution offering the program in which the | 1793 |
credits were earned. The diploma granted by the correctional | 1794 |
institution shall be signed by the director of the institution and | 1795 |
by the person serving as principal of the institution's high | 1796 |
school and shall bear the date of issue. | 1797 |
(H) Any person to whom all of the following apply shall be | 1802 |
exempted from attaining the applicable score on the assessment in | 1803 |
social studies designated under division (B)(1) of section | 1804 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code, any American history end-of-course | 1805 |
examination and any American government end-of-course examination | 1806 |
requiredprescribed under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the | 1807 |
Revised Code if such an exemption is prescribed by rule of the | 1808 |
state board under division (D)(3) of section 3301.0712 of the | 1809 |
Revised Code, or the test in citizenship designated under former | 1810 |
division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it | 1811 |
existed prior to September 11, 2001: | 1812 |
(J) Upon receipt of a notice under division (D) of section | 1824 |
3325.08 or division (D) of section 3328.25 of the Revised Code | 1825 |
that a student has received a diploma under either section, the | 1826 |
board of education receiving the notice may grant a high school | 1827 |
diploma under this section to the student, except that such board | 1828 |
shall grant the student a diploma if the student meets the | 1829 |
graduation requirements that the student would otherwise have had | 1830 |
to meet to receive a diploma from the district. The diploma | 1831 |
granted under this section shall be of the same type the notice | 1832 |
indicates the student received under section 3325.08 or 3328.25 of | 1833 |
the Revised Code. | 1834 |
Notwithstanding division (C)(3) of section 3301.0711 of the | 1838 |
Revised Code, no limited English proficient student who has not | 1839 |
either attained the applicable scores designated under division | 1840 |
(B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the | 1841 |
assessments required by that division, or met the requirement | 1842 |
prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code, shall be | 1843 |
awarded a diploma under this section. | 1844 |
(L) Any student described by division (A)(1) of this section | 1845 |
may be awarded a diploma without meeting the requirement | 1846 |
prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code provided an | 1847 |
individualized education program specifically exempts the student | 1848 |
from meeting such requirement. This division does not negate the | 1849 |
requirement for a student to take the assessments prescribed by | 1850 |
section 3301.0710 or under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of | 1851 |
the Revised Code, or alternate assessments required by division | 1852 |
(C)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, for the purpose | 1853 |
of assessing student progress as required by federal law. | 1854 |
(3) Any person with regard to the social studies assessment | 1877 |
under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, | 1878 |
any American history end-of-course examination and any American | 1879 |
government end-of-course examination requiredprescribed under | 1880 |
division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code if such an | 1881 |
exemption is prescribed by rule of the state board of education | 1882 |
under division (D)(3) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, or | 1883 |
the citizenship test under former division (B) of section | 1884 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 11, | 1885 |
2001, if all of the following apply: | 1886 |
Notwithstanding division (C)(3) of section 3301.0711 of the | 1895 |
Revised Code, no limited English proficient student who has not | 1896 |
either attained the applicable scores designated under division | 1897 |
(B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the | 1898 |
assessments required by that division, or met the requirement | 1899 |
prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code, shall be | 1900 |
awarded a diploma under this section. | 1901 |
(D) A nonpublic school chartered by the state board may forgo | 1902 |
the end-of-course examinations requiredprescribed by divisions | 1903 |
division (B)(2) and (3) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, | 1904 |
if that school publishes the results of the standardized | 1905 |
assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 | 1906 |
of the Revised Code for each graduating class. The published | 1907 |
results shall include the overall composite scores, mean scores, | 1908 |
twenty-fifth percentile scores, and seventy-fifth percentile | 1909 |
scores for each subject area of the assessment. | 1910 |
(2) Attain a score specified under division (B)(5)(c) of | 1931 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Codeby the state board of | 1932 |
education on the end-of-course examinations prescribed under | 1933 |
division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. For any | 1934 |
student who is exempt from taking an end-of-course examination | 1935 |
under division (B)(6) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, in | 1936 |
determining whether that student has attained the cumulative score | 1937 |
prescribed by division (B)(5)(c) of that section, that student | 1938 |
shall be considered to have attained a proficient score on the | 1939 |
exempted examination. | 1940 |
(3) Attain a score that demonstrates workforce readiness and | 1941 |
employability on a nationally recognized job skills assessment | 1942 |
selected by the state board of education under division (G) of | 1943 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code and obtain either an | 1944 |
industry-recognized credential, as described under division | 1945 |
(B)(2)(d) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, or a license | 1946 |
issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that | 1947 |
requires an examination for issuance of that license. | 1948 |
A student may choose to qualify for a high school diploma by | 1952 |
satisfying any of the separate requirements prescribed by | 1953 |
divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. If the student's school | 1954 |
district or school does not administer the examination prescribed | 1955 |
by one of those divisions that the student chooses to take to | 1956 |
satisfy the requirements of this section, the school district or | 1957 |
school may require that student to arrange for the applicable | 1958 |
scores to be sent directly to the district or school by the | 1959 |
company or organization that administers the examination. | 1960 |
(C) "Eligible student" means a student who is entitled to | 1973 |
attend school in a participating school district; is at risk of | 1974 |
academic failure; is from a family whose income is below two | 1975 |
hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in | 1976 |
section 5101.46 of the Revised Code; meets any additional criteria | 1977 |
prescribed by agreement between the state board of education and | 1978 |
the operator of the college-preparatory boarding school in which | 1979 |
the student seeks enrollment; and meets at least two of the | 1980 |
following additional conditions: | 1981 |
(2) The student has not attained at least a proficient score | 1984 |
on the state achievement assessments in English language arts, | 1985 |
reading, or mathematics prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the | 1986 |
Revised Code, after those assessments have been administered to | 1987 |
the student at least once, or the student has not attained at | 1988 |
least a score designated by the board of trustees of the | 1989 |
college-preparatory boarding school in which the student seeks | 1990 |
enrollment under this chapter on an end-of-course examination in | 1991 |
English language arts or mathematics prescribed under division | 1992 |
(B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. | 1993 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.07, 3301.078, | 2025 |
3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0718, 3301.0722, | 2026 |
3313.60, 3313.6020, 3313.61, 3313.612, 3313.618, and 3328.01 and | 2027 |
section 3301.0721 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 2028 |
(1) Replace the academic content standards in English | 2035 |
language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies adopted | 2036 |
under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code with new standards that | 2037 |
are consistent with the standards adopted by the Commonwealth of | 2038 |
Massachusetts as they existed prior to December 21, 2010. The | 2039 |
standards adopted under this section shall be as identical as | 2040 |
possible to those adopted by Massachusetts, except where an Ohio | 2041 |
context requires otherwise. The standards shall be effective for | 2042 |
the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 school years only. | 2043 |
Section 5. Not later than June 30, 2018, the State Board of | 2056 |
Education shall adopt or develop elementary- and secondary-level | 2057 |
assessments in English language arts, mathematics, science, and | 2058 |
social studies that are aligned with the new academic content | 2059 |
standards required under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, as | 2060 |
amended by this act, for use during the 2018-2019 school year and | 2061 |
each school year thereafter. | 2062 |
Section 6. (A) Upon the adoption of the new academic content | 2063 |
standards required under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, as | 2064 |
amended by this act, the State Board of Education shall compare | 2065 |
those new academic content standards in English language arts, | 2066 |
mathematics, science, and social studies with the academic content | 2067 |
standards that were previously adopted pursuant to that section as | 2068 |
it was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly. | 2069 |
The State Board shall consider public comments, the use of best | 2070 |
practices, evidence, and research in the evaluation and comparison | 2071 |
of the standards. The State Board shall submit, in accordance with | 2072 |
section 101.68 of the Revised Code, a report outlining the results | 2073 |
of the comparison of the standards to the General Assembly and the | 2074 |
Governor. | 2075 |
(B) Upon the adoption or development of the new assessments | 2076 |
required under Section 5 of this act, the Department of Education | 2077 |
shall compare those assessments with the Ohio Achievement | 2078 |
Assessments and the Ohio Graduation Tests prescribed for the | 2079 |
2013-2014 school year under divisions (A) and (B)(1) of section | 2080 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code and with the assessments adopted | 2081 |
under division (A)(2) of Section 4 of this act. The Department | 2082 |
shall publish the comparison on its web site. | 2083 |
Section 9. The academic standards review committees | 2093 |
established under division (I)(1) of section 3301.079 of the | 2094 |
Revised Code shall compare the appropriate corresponding academic | 2095 |
content standards in English language arts, mathematics, science, | 2096 |
and social studies adopted under division (A)(1) of Section 4 of | 2097 |
this act with the academic content standards in those subjects | 2098 |
that were adopted pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised Code | 2099 |
as it was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General | 2100 |
Assembly. | 2101 |