Bill Text: OH SB377 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To increase the school year to two hundred twenty days.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-28 - To Education [SB377 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SB377-Introduced.html
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Senator Kearney
| To increase the school year to two hundred twenty | 1 |
| days. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in | 3 |
| the Revised Code, for the 2015-2016 school year and for each | 4 |
| school year thereafter, the school year for each public school and | 5 |
| each chartered nonpublic school shall consist of at least two | 6 |
| hundred twenty days or the equivalent number of hours as follows: | 7 |
| (1) Five hundred fifty hours in the case of students in | 8 |
| kindergarten, unless such students are provided all-day | 9 |
| kindergarten, as defined in section 3321.05 of the Revised Code, | 10 |
| in which case the students shall be in attendance for one thousand | 11 |
| one hundred hours; | 12 |
| (2) One thousand one hundred hours for students in grades one | 13 |
| through six; and | 14 |
| (3) One thousand two hundred ten hours in grades seven | 15 |
| through twelve. | 16 |
| (B) The State Board of Education shall take the necessary | 17 |
| steps to adopt rules and procedures to comport with the | 18 |
| requirements of this section. | 19 |
| (C) It is the intent of the General Assembly to enact | 20 |
| separate legislation to amend the appropriate provisions of the | 21 |
| Revised Code to comport with the requirements of this section. | 22 |
