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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.5317 | Religious Apparel in Interscholastic Athletics.

Effective:
May 30, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 181 - 134th General Assembly
As used in this section, "wearing religious apparel" means the wearing of headwear, clothing, jewelry, or other coverings while observing a sincerely held religious belief.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no public or nonpublic school, school district, interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic athletics shall adopt a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that prohibits or creates any obstruction to wearing religious apparel when competing or participating in interscholastic athletics or extracurricular activities, including requirements that participants obtain advanced approval, written waivers, or any other permission.
(B) A school or district, interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic athletics may limit wearing religious apparel while competing or participating in interscholastic athletics or extracurricular activities if a legitimate danger to participants is identified due to wearing religious apparel. If such a danger is identified, the administrator or official of the event or activity shall offer all reasonable accommodations to the participant wearing religious apparel.
(C) A school or school district, member of a district board of education or governing authority, a district or school employee, member or employee of an interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic athletics or employee of such an organization is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from the school, district, board member or governing authority, district or school employee, interscholastic conference member or employee, or interscholastic athletics organization or organization employee executing any duties under this section unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a school or school district, member of a district board or governing authority, or a district or school employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
(D) Whoever violates this section is subject to a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or any other appropriate relief.
Last updated March 15, 2022 at 5:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.5318 | Mental Health Training for Coaches.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section, "athletic activity" has the same meaning as in section 3313.5310 of the Revised Code.
(A) No individual shall coach an athletic activity at a school operated by a school district board of education or any chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that is subject to the rules of an interscholastic conference or an organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events unless the individual has completed a student mental health training course approved by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to division (B) of this section. The mental health training course may be combined with or part of another training course.
(B) On or after the effective date of this section, an individual shall complete the training prescribed by division (A) of this section each time the individual applies for or renews a pupil-activity program permit under section 3319.303 of the Revised Code. An individual may complete the training at any time within the duration of the individual's new or renewed permit. Upon completion, the individual shall present evidence to the state board of education that the individual has successfully completed the training described in division (A) of this section.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.5319 | Cash Payments at School-Affiliated Events.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Qualifying school" means a school district or chartered nonpublic school that elects to participate in athletic events regulated by an interscholastic conference or an organization that regulates interscholastic conferences.
(2) "School-affiliated event" means an athletic event, play, musical, or any other school-related event or activity that a district or school conducts, sponsors, or participates in and for which a district or school charges admission to attend. "School-affiliated event" does not include any event or activity that is conducted in a public facility that is leased by a professional sports team or a privately-owned facility.
(B) Each qualifying school shall permit an individual to pay cash for a ticket to a school-affiliated event. If a qualifying school does not accept cash payment from an individual who wishes to purchase a ticket to an event on the date of that event, the school shall grant that individual a free ticket if there are still tickets available and the individual demonstrates that the individual has enough cash to cover the full cost of the ticket.
(C) Each qualifying school that offers concessions for sale at a school-affiliated event shall provide at least one location where an individual may pay cash for concessions and, if concessions are sold on multiple floors, at least one location on each floor that accepts cash payment.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.54 | Americanization Schools.

Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly
On application of not less than fifteen adult persons born outside the territorial limits of the United States, including Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, resident in the district, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may establish and conduct an Americanization school open to all persons eighteen years of age or over, of foreign birth, resident of the district or of an adjoining district. The board of such school district may charge such pupils a fee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.55 | Provision for Education of Children in Hospital or Institution.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The board of education of any school district in which is located a state, district, county, or municipal hospital for children with epilepsy or any public institution, except state institutions for the care and treatment of delinquent, unstable, or socially maladjusted children, shall make provision for the education of all educable children therein; except that in the event another school district within the same county or an adjoining county is the source of sixty per cent or more of the children in said hospital or institution, the board of that school district shall make provision for the education of all the children therein. In any case in which a board provides educational facilities under this section, the board that provides the facilities shall be entitled to all moneys authorized for the attendance of pupils as provided in Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code, tuition as provided in section 3317.08 of the Revised Code, and such additional compensation as is provided for children with disabilities in sections 3323.01 to 3323.12 of the Revised Code. Any board that provides the educational facilities for children in county or municipal institutions established for the care and treatment of children who are delinquent, unstable, or socially maladjusted shall not be entitled to any moneys provided for children with disabilities in sections 3323.01 to 3323.12 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:27 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.56 | Part-Time Schools or Classes.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may establish and maintain part-time schools or classes for the further education of children who are employed on age and schooling certificates. Such schools and classes shall be conducted not fewer than four hours per week while in session, and for not fewer than one hundred forty-four hours per calendar year between the hours of seven in the morning and six in the afternoon, excluding Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Such schools and classes shall be conducted under such standards as the department of education and workforce prescribes. Boards of education may provide for the expense of such schools and classes the same as for the expense of ordinary elementary schools.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.57 | Summer Vacation Period Activities Provided or Approved by Boards.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may provide or approve, subject to the approval of parents, activities for children during the summer vacation period which will promote their health, their civic and vocational competence, and their industry, recreation, character, or thrift. The superintendents of such school districts shall cause records to be kept of such activities assigned and completed. With the approval of the department of education and workforce the successful completion of such vacation activities may be required for promotions and diplomas of graduation, but the completion by any child of such vacation activities shall not be prerequisite to the issuance of an age and schooling certificate for such child. Boards of education shall provide the service necessary to direct such activities and may pay any necessary expenses incident thereto, the same as the expense of an ordinary elementary school.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.58 | Supervision of Social and Recreational Work - Employment of Instructors.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may, upon nomination of the superintendent of schools, employ persons to supervise, organize, direct, and conduct social and recreational work in such school district. The board of education may employ competent persons to deliver lectures, or give instruction on any educational subject, and provide for the further education of adult persons in the community.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.59 | Cooperation With Public Officials to Provide Other Recreational Activities.

Effective:
September 20, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 801 - 101st General Assembly
Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may co-operate with boards of county commissioners, boards, or other public officials having the custody and management of public parks, libraries, museums, and public buildings and grounds of whatever kind in providing for educational, social, civic, and recreational activities, in buildings and upon grounds in the custody and under the management of such boards of county commissioners, boards, or other public officials.
Such co-operation may consist of the contribution of funds, equipment, or personnel, and the beneficiaries of same may be extended to include a corporation not for profit maintaining and operating a museum for the use and benefit of the general public and which is available to the pupils of such contributing school district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.601 | Moment of Silence - Free Exercise or Expression of Religious Beliefs.

Effective:
September 18, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 164 - 133rd General Assembly
The board of education of each school district may provide for a moment of silence each school day for prayer, reflection, or meditation upon a moral, philosophical, or patriotic theme. No board of education, school, or employee of the school district shall require a pupil to participate in a moment of silence provided for pursuant to this section. No board of education shall prohibit a classroom teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom reasonable periods of time for activities of a moral, philosophical, or patriotic theme. No pupil shall be required to participate in such activities if they are contrary to the religious convictions of the pupil or the pupil's parents or guardians.
No board of education of a school district shall adopt any policy or rule respecting or promoting an establishment of religion or prohibiting any pupil from the free, individual, and voluntary exercise or expression of the pupil's religious beliefs in any primary or secondary school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.602 | Pledge of Allegiance - Principles of Democracy and Ethics - Veterans' Day Observance.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy specifying whether or not oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag shall be a part of the school's program and, if so, establishing a time and manner for the recitation. However, no board of education shall prohibit a classroom teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom reasonable periods of time for the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The policy adopted under this division, and a teacher who includes recitation of the pledge in the classroom, shall not require any student to participate in the recitation and shall prohibit the intimidation of any student by other students or staff aimed at coercing participation.
No board of education or employee of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall alter the words used in the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag from the words set forth in 4 U.S.C. 4.
(B) In the development of its graded course of study, the board of education of each city and exempted village school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall ensure that the principles of democracy and ethics are emphasized and discussed wherever appropriate in all parts of the curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve.
(C) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school board shall adopt policies that encourage all certificated and noncertificated employees to be cognizant of their roles in instilling ethical principles and democratic ideals in all district pupils.
(D) The board of education of each city, local, joint vocational, chartered community, and exempted village school district, and the Cleveland scholarship and tutoring program, shall require each district school to devote time on or about Veterans' day to an observance that conveys the meaning and significance of that day. The amount of time each school devotes to this observance shall be at least one hour or, in schools that schedule class periods of less than one hour, at least one standard class period. The board shall determine the specific activities to constitute the observance in each school in the district after consultation with the school's administrators.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.604 | Courses in American Sign Language.

Effective:
June 13, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 216 - 118th General Assembly
For purposes of this section, American sign language is hereby recognized as a foreign language, and any public or chartered nonpublic school may offer a course in American sign language. A student who successfully completes a course in American sign language is entitled to receive credit for that course toward satisfaction of a foreign language requirement of the public or chartered nonpublic school where the course is offered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.606 | Education Television Courses and Programs.

Effective:
April 16, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 195 - 119th General Assembly
A board of education may provide educational television courses and programs for any class or classes in the school district. Such courses and programs may be secured from nonprofit educational television corporations, organized under the laws of any state, and a board of education may pay membership fees and other fees and charges necessary in order to receive the programs, materials, and other educational services offered by such corporations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.607 | Career Plan and Individual Career Passport for Students.

Effective:
June 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 552 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of any school district may provide assistance to any student to develop a written career plan. If a school district receives any state money appropriated for the purposes of this section, career plans developed utilizing these funds shall be completed prior to the end of the eighth grade year, shall identify career goals and indicate educational goals to prepare for those career goals, shall be updated periodically as students successfully complete high school coursework, and shall culminate in a career passport described by division (B) of this section.
(B) The board of education of any school district may provide an individual career passport to any student upon the successful completion of the coursework of any high school. If a school district receives any state money for the purposes of this section, a career passport shall be provided to each such student. Each such passport shall document the knowledge and skills of the student, including documentation of the student's coursework and any employment, community, or leadership experiences. Each such passport shall also list the competency levels the student achieved, disclose the student's attendance record, and identify the career credentials the student gained.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.609 | Grade Promotion and Retention Policy.

Effective:
September 24, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Truant" means absent without excuse.
(2) "Academically prepared" means whatever educational standard the board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district establishes as necessary for the promotion of a student to the next grade level pursuant to the policy adopted under division (B) of this section.
(B) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a grade promotion and retention policy for students that complies with this section and section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. The policy shall prohibit the promotion of a student to the next grade level if the student has been truant for more than ten per cent of the required attendance days of the current school year and has failed two or more of the required curriculum subject areas in the current grade unless the student's principal and the teachers of any failed subject areas agree that the student is academically prepared to be promoted to the next grade level.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6010 | Contracting With Academic Remediation and Intervention Providers.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The board of education of a school district may contract with public and private providers of academic remediation and intervention in mathematics, science, reading, writing, and social studies for the purpose of assisting pupils in any grade outside of regular school hours.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6012 | Policy Governing Conduct of Academic Prevention/intervention Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy governing the conduct of academic prevention/intervention services for all grades and all schools throughout the district. The board shall update the policy annually. The policy shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Procedures for using diagnostic assessments to measure student progress toward the attainment of academic standards and to identify students who may not attain the academic standards in accordance with section 3301.0715 of the Revised Code;
(2) A plan for the design of classroom-based intervention services to meet the instructional needs of individual students as determined by the results of diagnostic assessments;
(3) Procedures for the regular collection of student performance data;
(4) Procedures for using student performance data to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention services and, if necessary, to modify such services.
The policy shall include any prevention/intervention services required under sections 3301.0711, 3301.0715, and 3313.608 of the Revised Code.
(B) In accordance with the policy adopted under division (A) of this section, each school district shall provide prevention/intervention services in pertinent subject areas to students who score below the proficient level on a reading, writing, mathematics, or science proficiency or achievement test or who do not demonstrate academic performance at their grade level based on the results of a diagnostic assessment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6014 | Parental Notification of Core Curriculum Requirements.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly
The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall by resolution adopt a procedure for notifying the parent, guardian, or custodian of each student enrolled in a high school operated by the district or enrolled in a school operated by the joint vocational school district to which the city, exempted village, or local district belongs of the requirements prescribed in division (C) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code and that one consequence of not completing that curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in most state universities in Ohio without further coursework.
This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6015 | Resolution Describing How District Will Address College and Career Readiness and Financial Literacy.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a resolution describing how the district will address college and career readiness and financial literacy in its curriculum for grade seven or eight and for any other grades in which the board determines that those subjects should be addressed. The board shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department of education and workforce.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:14 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6017 | Alternative Methods of Delivering Content.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 129th General Assembly
Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the ability of a school district or public or nonpublic school to offer academic content based on the standards adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the academic content required under division (M) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code through summer school, online, or any other method of education offered by the district or school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6018 | Extended Programming.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 3313.6019 of the Revised Code, "extended programming" means extended programming as described in section 3301.0725 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of section 3313.6019 of the Revised Code, extended programming shall be used for activities that involve direct contact with students or are directly related to student programs and activities.
(C) A licensed educator shall not provide more than eight hours of extended programming in a twenty-four-hour day.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6019 | Agricultural Education Programs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Not later than December 31, 2013, the department of education and workforce shall issue a report with recommendations for quality agricultural education programs. These recommendations shall be developed using both of the following:
(1) The standards for exemplary agricultural education that are described in the national quality program standards for secondary (grades 9-12) agricultural education developed by the national council for agricultural education or a successor document developed by the national council for agricultural education or its successor;
(2) The quality program standards for Ohio's agricultural and environmental systems career field programs or a successor document developed by the department, the Ohio association of agricultural educators, the Ohio state university, and wilmington college of Ohio.
The report shall include the appropriate use of extended programming in agricultural education programs and the recommended number of hours outside the normal school day that licensed educators may be permitted to provide extended programming instruction. Following the initial issuance of the report, the department may periodically review and update the report as it considers necessary.
(B) All agricultural education instructors shall utilize a three-part model of agricultural education instruction of classroom instruction, FFA activities, and extended programming projects.
(C) Professional development associated with agricultural education shall be considered an acceptable use of extended student programming funds.
(D) All agricultural education instructors shall submit a monthly time log to the principal of the school at which the extended programming is offered, or the principal's designee, for review.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6021 | Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator in High Schools.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 113 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "psychomotor skills" means the use of hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.
(B) Beginning with the 2 017-2018 school year, except as provided in division (E) of this section, each school operated by a school district which offers grades nine to twelve shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
Instruction shall include the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use an automated external defibrillator and shall be either of the following:
(1) An instructional program developed by the American heart association or the American red cross that includes instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator;
(2) An instructional program that is nationally recognized and based on the most current national, evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
(C) No student shall receive certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator unless the student is trained by an authorized or certified instructor.
(D) Nothing in this section requires a licensed educator to be certified to provide training in the manner prescribed by this section to facilitate, provide, or oversee instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator that does not result in certification of students.
(E) If a student is excused from taking instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation under division (A)(8) of section 3313.60 of the Revised Code or if the student is a child with a disability and is incapable of performing the psychomotor skills required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to use an automated external defibrillator, as indicated in the student's IEP, the student shall not be required to receive instruction as prescribed by this section. As used in this section, "child with a disability" and "IEP" have the same meanings as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6023 | Training in the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator for School District Employees.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of education of each school district shall provide training in the use of an automated external defibrillator to each person employed by that district, except for substitutes, adult education instructors who are scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of less than one hundred twenty days per school year, or persons who are employed on an as-needed, seasonal, or intermittent basis, so long as the persons are not employed to coach or supervise interscholastic athletics. This training may be incorporated into the in-service training required by division (A) of section 3319.073 of the Revised Code. For this purpose, the board shall use one of the instructional programs listed in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 3313.6021 of the Revised Code.
Each person to whom this section applies shall complete the training not later than July 1, 2018, and at least once every five years thereafter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6024 | Reporting on Prevention-Focused Programs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Annually each school district shall report to the department of education and workforce, in the manner prescribed by the department, the types of prevention-focused programs, services, and supports used to assist students in developing the knowledge and skills to engage in healthy behaviors and decision-making and to increase their awareness of the dangers and consequences of risky behaviors, including substance abuse, suicide, bullying, and other harmful behaviors. The district shall report the following information regarding such programs, services, and supports for each building operated by the district and for each of grades kindergarten through twelve served by the building:
(1) Curriculum and instruction provided during the school day;
(2) Programs and supports provided outside of the classroom or outside of the school day;
(3) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and other staff;
(4) Partnerships with community coalitions and organizations to provide prevention services and resources to students and their families;
(5) School efforts to engage parents and the community;
(6) Activities designed to communicate with and learn from other schools or professionals with expertise in prevention education.
(B) The department may use information reported under this section, and any other information collected by the department pursuant to law, as a factor in the distribution of any funding available for prevention-focused programs, services, and supports.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6025 | Instruction on Proper Interactions With Peace Officers.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly
The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall provide instruction on proper interactions with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters using the model curriculum developed under division (B) of section 3301.0721 of the Revised Code. Each district shall include this instruction in one or more courses offered under division (C) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code for students in grades nine through twelve. Each district may modify the instruction in the model curriculum as appropriate for the district's community. In modifying the instruction, the district shall solicit input from local law enforcement agencies, driver training schools, as that term is defined in section 4508.01 of the Revised Code, and the community.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6026 | Fafsa Data Sharing Agreement.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "school governing authority" means any of the following:
(1) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;
(2) The governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code;
(3) The board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code;
(4) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school.
(B) Each school district board of education and each school governing authority that operates a high school shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the chancellor of higher education for the purposes of operating the free application for federal student aid data system established under section 3333.301 of the Revised Code. Each school district or school shall provide principals and school counselors with access to the data system to assist with efforts to support and encourage students to complete the free application for federal student aid form.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 9:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6027 | Financial Literacy Instruction.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Subject to divisions (D) to (F) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, this section applies to students who enter ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2010, but prior to July 1, 2022.
For students to whom this section applies, each school district and chartered nonpublic school shall integrate the study of economics and financial literacy, as expressed in the social studies academic content standards adopted by the department of education and workforce under division (A)(1) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the academic content standards for financial literacy and entrepreneurship adopted under division (A)(2) of that section, into one or more existing social studies credits required under division (C)(7) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, or into the content of another class, so that every high school student receives instruction in those concepts.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6029 | Parental Notification of Student Assessment Results.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code.
(2) "State assessment" means an achievement assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or an end-of-course examination under section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
(B) Not later than the thirtieth day of June each school year, each school district and chartered nonpublic school shall provide a student's parents with the student's score on any state assessment administered to the student in that school year by doing either of the following:
(1) Sending the scores to the parent by mail or electronic mail;
(2) Posting the scores in a secure portal on the district's or school's web site that the parent may access.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.613 | Awarding High School Credit for Course Completed Outside Regular School Hours at Accredited Post-Secondary Institution.

Effective:
September 28, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 282 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district that operates a high school shall award high school credit for a course successfully completed outside of regular school hours by a student at an accredited post-secondary institution. Such course may either be free of charge or paid for by the parent, guardian, or custodian of the student. High school credit awarded for a course successfully completed under this section shall count toward the graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the school district. If a course comparable to the course successfully completed under this section is offered by the school district, the district board shall award comparable credit for the completed equivalent course. If no comparable course is offered by the school district, the district board shall grant to the student an appropriate number of credits in a similar subject area.
(B) The board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district or the governing authority of a community school, when applicable, may adopt a policy under which it may deny high school credit under this section and Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code for post-secondary courses any portion of which were taken during the period of an expulsion imposed by the district's superintendent or the school's governing authority under division (B) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code or extended under division (F) of that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.619 | Chartered Nonpublic School Diploma With Alternate Assessment.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In lieu of the assessment requirements prescribed by division (A) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code or the requirements to demonstrate competency and earn diploma seals prescribed by division (B) of that section, a chartered nonpublic school may grant a high school diploma to a student who attains at least the designated score on an assessment approved by the department of education and workforce under division (B) of this section and selected by the school's governing authority.
(B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, the department shall approve assessments that meet the conditions specified under division (C) of this section and shall designate passing scores for each of those assessments.
(C) Each assessment approved under division (B) of this section shall be nationally norm-referenced, have internal consistency reliability coefficients of at least "0.8," be standardized, have specific evidence of content, concurrent, or criterion validity, have evidence of norming studies in the previous ten years, have a measure of student achievement in core academic areas, and have high validity evidenced by the alignment of the assessment with nationally recognized content.
(D) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a chartered nonpublic school from granting a high school diploma to a student if the student satisfies the applicable requirements prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6110 | Diploma Granted by Parent or Guardian.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A person who has completed the final year of education at home, as authorized under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code, and has successfully fulfilled the high school curriculum applicable to that person may be granted a high school diploma by the person's parent, guardian, or other person having charge or care of a child, as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3321.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) A person who has graduated from a nonchartered nonpublic school in Ohio and who has successfully fulfilled that school's high school curriculum may be granted a high school diploma by the governing authority of that school.
(C) Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, a diploma granted under this section shall serve as proof of the successful completion of that person's applicable high school curriculum and satisfactory to fulfill any legal requirement to show such proof.
(D) For the purposes of an application for employment, a diploma granted under this section shall be considered proof of completion of a high school education, regardless of whether the person to which the diploma was granted participated in the assessments prescribed by division (A)(1) or (B)(1) or (2) of section 3301.0710 and section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
(E) A diploma granted under division (A) of this section may include a state seal of biliteracy, an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal, or a state diploma seal that may be assigned to the student's diploma, by the parent, guardian, or other person having charge or care of the student, in the same manner as prescribed for diplomas and transcripts issued by school districts and chartered nonpublic schools under sections 3313.6111, 3113.6112, and 3313.6114 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6112 | Ohiomeansjobs-Readiness Seal.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education and the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish the OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal, which may be attached or affixed to the high school diploma and transcript of a student enrolled in a public or chartered nonpublic school.
(B) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, or chartered nonpublic school shall attach or affix the OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal to the diploma and transcript of a student enrolled in the school who meets the requirements prescribed under division (C)(1) of this section.
(C) The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the chancellor and the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall do the following:
(1) Establish the requirements and criteria for earning an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal, including demonstration of work-readiness and work ethic competencies such as teamwork, problem-solving, reliability, punctuality, and computer technology competency;
(2) Develop a standardized form for students to complete and have validated prior to graduation by at least three individuals, each of whom must be an employer, teacher, business mentor, community leader, faith-based leader, school leader, or coach of the student;
(3) Prepare and deliver to all school districts, community schools, STEM schools, college-preparatory boarding schools, and chartered nonpublic schools an appropriate mechanism for assigning an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal on a student's diploma and transcript indicating that the student has been assigned the seal;
(4) Provide any other information the department considers necessary for school districts, community schools, STEM schools, college-preparatory boarding schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to assign an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal.
(D) A student shall not be charged a fee to be assigned an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal on the student's diploma and transcript.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.6113 | Committee to Develop a List of Industry-Recognized Credentials and Licenses.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of education and workforce, in collaboration with the governor's office of workforce transformation and representatives of business organizations, shall establish a committee to develop a list of industry-recognized credentials and licenses that may be used to qualify for a high school diploma under section 3313.618 of the Revised Code and shall be used for state report card purposes under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The committee shall do the following:
(1) Establish criteria for acceptable industry-recognized credentials and licenses aligned with the in-demand jobs list published by the department of job and family services;
(2) Review the list of industry-recognized credentials and licenses that was in existence on January 1, 2018, and update the list as it considers necessary;
(3) Review and update the list of industry-recognized credentials and licenses at least biennially;
(4) Assign a point value for each industry-recognized credential and establish the total number of points for industry-recognized credentials that a student must earn to qualify for a high school diploma under sections 3313.618 and 3313.6114 of the Revised Code;
(5) Update the list of industry-recognized credentials to include a driver's license obtained by a student through a driver education course offered by a school district in accordance with section 3301.17 of the Revised Code.
(C) For purposes of divisions (B)(2)(d), (C)(2)(e), and (D)(1)(j)(v) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall include only those students who earn an industry-recognized credential, or group of credentials, at least equal to the total number of points established by the committee under this section to qualify for a high school diploma.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.62 | School Year, Week.

Effective:
July 1, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The school year shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar year and close on the thirtieth day of June of the succeeding calendar year. A school week shall consist of five days. A chartered nonpublic school may be open for instruction with pupils in attendance on any day of the week, including Saturday or Sunday.