The State Board of Education identified graduation loss resulting from students' failure to pass one or more proficiency tests as a serious risk to the future of Ohio's young people. After their class graduates, these students will become eligible for Operation Extend educational opportunities. Operation Extend ensures that these young people will not simply become faceless statistics. These young people have dreams of jobs and further education that will be put on hold until they earn their diplomas. The Operation Extend educational opportunities translate aspirations into reality.
Education is Ohio's number one economic development tool.
By providing the Operation Extend options, local schools minimize the economic and social costs of students who don't graduate and meet the legal obligation to provide education free of charge to these Ohio students until they graduate or reach the age of 22. Schools are eligible to receive up to 50 percent state reimbursement for summer school programs. Continued qualification to participate in the post-secondary option is dependent upon a good faith effort on the part of the student to participate in a proficiency intervention program. Students who are eligible for the Operation Extend programs are urged to talk with their school principal or school counselor to explore the opportunities that are locally available to help them earn their high school diploma.