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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.03 | Parent's Obligation to See That Child Receives Instruction.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section and section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, "special education program" means a school or the educational agency that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code.
Except as provided in this section, the parent of a child of compulsory school age shall cause such child to attend a school in the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school under division (B) or (F) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code, to participate in a special education program under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, or to otherwise cause the child to be instructed in accordance with law. Every child of compulsory school age shall attend a school or participate in a special education program that conforms to the minimum standards prescribed by the director of education and workforce until the child:
(A) Receives a diploma granted by the board of education or other governing authority, successfully completes the curriculum of any high school, or successfully completes the individualized education program developed for the student by any high school pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code;
(B) Receives an age and schooling certificate as provided in section 3331.01 of the Revised Code; or
(C) Is excused from school under standards adopted by the department of education and workforce pursuant to section 3321.04 or exempt pursuant to section 3321.042 of the Revised Code, or if in need of special education, the child is excused from such programs pursuant to section 3321.04 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 4:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.041 | Excused Absences for Certain Extracurricular Activities.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 410 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district operates and is not included in the school district's graded course of study, including an interscholastic extracurricular activity that a school or school district sponsors or participates in and that has participants from more than one school or school district.
(B) If a student enrolled in a school district is absent from school for the sole purpose of traveling out of the state to participate in an enrichment activity approved by the district board of education or in an extracurricular activity, the district shall count that absence as an excused absence, up to a maximum of twenty-four hours per school year that the student's school is open for instruction. The district shall require any such student to complete any classroom assignments that the student misses because of the absence.
(C) If a student will be absent from school for twenty-four or more consecutive hours that the student's school is open for instruction, for a purpose described in division (B) of this section, a classroom teacher employed by the school district shall accompany the student during the travel period to provide the student with instructional assistance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.042 | Home Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "home education" means the education of a child, between the ages of six and eighteen years of age, that is directed by the child's parent. "Home education" does not include education provided to a child who is enrolled full time in a public or chartered nonpublic school.
(B) A child receiving home education in the subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, history, government, and social studies is exempt from section 3321.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) Within five calendar days after commencing home education, moving into a new school district, or withdrawing from a public or nonpublic school, and by the thirtieth day of August each year thereafter, the parent or guardian of a child receiving a home education shall transmit a notice to the superintendent of the child's school district of residence. The notice shall provide the parent's name and address, the child's name, and an assurance that the child will receive education in the subject areas required under this section. The child's exemption under this section is effective immediately upon receipt of notice. The district superintendent shall provide a written acknowledgment of the superintendent's receipt of the notice to the parent or guardian not later than fourteen calendar days after receiving the notice. A child exempt under this section shall not be required to be excused under section 3321.04 of the Revised Code.
(D) A child that is being enrolled in a public school following any period of home education shall be placed in the appropriate grade level, without discrimination or prejudice, based on the policies of the child's district of residence.
(E) This section shall not be subject to any rules adopted by the director of education and workforce and the department of education and workforce.
(F) If there is evidence that a child exempt under this section is not receiving an education in the subject areas required under this section, then that child may be subject to section 3321.19 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.05 | All-Day or Extended Kindergarten.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "all-day kindergarten" means a kindergarten class that is in session for not less than the same number of clock hours each week as for students in grades one through six.
(B) Any school district may operate all-day kindergarten or extended kindergarten, but no district shall require any student to attend kindergarten for more than the number of clock hours required each day for traditional kindergarten by the minimum standards adopted under division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. Each school district that operates all-day or extended kindergarten shall accommodate kindergarten students whose parents or guardians elect to enroll them for the minimum number of hours.
(C) A school district may use space in child care centers licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code to provide all-day kindergarten under this section.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 3:25 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.07 | Requirements for Child Instructed at Other Than Public School.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If any child attends upon instruction elsewhere than in a public school such instruction shall be in a school which conforms to the minimum standards prescribed by the director of education and workforce. The hours and term of attendance exacted shall be equivalent to the hours and term of attendance required of children in the public schools of the district. This section does not require a child to attend a high school instead of a vocational, commercial, or other special type of school, provided the instruction therein is for a term and for hours equivalent to those of the high school, and provided the child's attendance at such school will not interfere with a continuous program of education for the child to the age of sixteen.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 4:25 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.08 | Part-Time School - Definition.

Effective:
August 27, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 455 - 111th General Assembly
Every child who has been granted an age and schooling certificate shall, until the age at which such certificate is no longer required, attend a part-time school or class for the number of hours not over eight per week that such school or class is in session, provided the board of education of the school district in which the child resides or is employed has made such school or class available. Such attendance shall be for the full term such school or class is in session, and shall begin with the first week of the school term or within one week after issuance of the age and schooling certificate. This section does not apply to children who are employed under vacation and part-time certificates only. The superintendent of schools may excuse a child from such attendance for one of the reasons provided in section 3321.10 of the Revised Code. A part-time school or class is one which shall offer to those minors who have entered industry, instruction supplemental to their daily occupations or which will increase their civic and vocational competence or both and which are taught between the hours of seven in the morning and six in the afternoon of any day except a legal holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, or between the hours of seven in the morning and twelve noon of Saturday.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.09 | Part-Time Schooling Not Provided by Board of Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Attendance at a part-time school or class provided by an employer, by a partnership, corporation, or individual, by a private or parochial school, by a college, or by a philanthropic or similar agency shall serve in lieu of attendance at a part-time school or class provided by a board of education in case the given school or class is conducted for substantially a term and hours equivalent to those of the part-time schools or classes provided by the local board, and in case the school or class is approved by the department of education and workforce. When such school or class is conducted within or in connection with the establishment in which the child is working the obligation of attendance at part-time school or class indicated in section 3321.08 of the Revised Code, shall apply to the children holding age and schooling certificates who are employed in the given establishment regardless of the accessibility of public part-time schools or classes.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 4:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.10 | Supervision of Children Employed on Age and Schooling Certificates.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All parents, guardians, and other persons who have the care of children who are employed under age and schooling certificates shall cause them to attend a part-time day school or class for the full time that the school or class is in session whenever such part-time school or class has been established and is accessible to the child in the district where the child resides or is employed, unless the superintendent of schools determines that the child has already completed the same work as or work equivalent to that taken up in such part-time schools or classes as are available for the child to attend or that the bodily or mental condition of the child does not permit his attendance at such school or class.
Such attendance shall begin within the first week of the school term or within one week after an age and schooling certificate is issued to a child.
If a child resides in one school district and is employed in another he shall be under the jurisdiction of the district in which he is employed for the purpose of this section and section 3321.08 of the Revised Code, unless by written excuse the superintendent of schools releases him to the jurisdiction of the district in which he resides.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.11 | Availability or Accessibility of Part-Time Schools.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The superintendent of schools shall be the judge of the availability or accessibility of part-time schools for children who are holders of age and schooling certificates.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.12 | Report to Treasurer of Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section that require reporting to the treasurer of a city school district do not require reporting to the treasurer of any joint vocational or cooperative education school district.
The principal or teacher in charge of any public, private, or parochial school, shall report to the treasurer of the board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the school is situated, the names, ages, and places of residence of all pupils below eighteen years of age in attendance at their schools together with such other facts as said treasurer requires to facilitate the carrying out of the laws relating to compulsory education and the employment of minors. Such report shall be made within the first two weeks of the beginning of school in each school year, and shall be corrected with the entry of such items as are prescribed by the department of education and workforce within the first week of each subsequent school month of the year.
Nothing in this section shall require any person to release, or to permit access to, public school records in violation of section 3319.321 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 4:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.14 | Attendance Officer - Pupil-Personnel Workers.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section and sections 3321.15 to 3321.21 of the Revised Code that apply to a city school district or its superintendent do not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district or its superintendent unless otherwise specified.
The board of education of every city, exempted village, or local school district shall either employ an attendance officer, and may employ or appoint any assistants that the board deems advisable, or shall obtain such services from the educational service center with which the district has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code, in accordance with the terms prescribed in that agreement.
In cities of one hundred thousand population or over, the board may appoint, subject to the nomination of the district superintendent, one or more pupil-personnel workers and make provision for the traveling expenses within the school district of those employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.15 | Educational Service Center Attendance Officer and Assistants.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Every governing board of an educational service center may employ an educational service center attendance officer, and may employ or appoint such assistants as the board deems advisable. The decision to employ an attendance officer shall be based on consultation with the districts that have entered into agreements with the educational service center under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code and the services outlined in the agreements. The compensation and necessary traveling expenses of such attendance officer and assistants shall be paid out of the educational service center governing board fund. With the consent and approval of the judge of the juvenile court, a probation officer of the court may be designated as the service center attendance officer or as an assistant. The compensation of the probation officers of the juvenile court so designated shall be fixed and paid in the same manner as salaries of other probation officers of the juvenile court; their traveling expenses as attendance officers which would not be incurred as probation officers shall be paid out of the educational service center governing board fund. In addition to the compensation provided in this section the board may pay such additional compensation as it deems advisable, to any probation officer designated as attendance officer and such additional amount shall be paid from the educational service center governing board fund. The attendance officer and assistants shall work under the direction of the educational service center superintendent. The authority of such attendance officer and assistants may extend to all the school districts served by the service center pursuant to any agreements entered into under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code. This section does not confine their authority to investigate attendance to that within the territory of the service center.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.16 | Investigation of Nonattendance; Complaint.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 410 - 131st General Assembly
(A) An attendance officer or assistant provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code may investigate any case of nonattendance at school or part-time school of a child under eighteen years of age or supposed to be under eighteen years of age resident in the district for which such attendance officer or assistant is employed, or of any such child found in the district or enrolled in any school within the district and of any child above eighteen years of age if enrolled in any school within the district, and may take such action as the superintendent of schools directs or as such attendance officer or assistant deems proper in the absence of specific direction.
(B)(1) Subject to divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, the attendance officer shall file a complaint in the juvenile court against a student on the sixty-first day after the implementation of an absence intervention plan or other intervention strategies, provided that all of the following apply:
(a) The student was absent without legitimate excuse from the public school the child is supposed to attend for thirty or more consecutive hours, forty-two or more hours in one school month, or seventy-two or more hours in a school year.
(b) The school district or school has made meaningful attempts to re-engage the student through the absence intervention plan, other intervention strategies, and any offered alternatives to adjudication described under division (C)(2)(b) of section 3321.191 of the Revised Code.
(c) The student has refused to participate in or failed to make satisfactory progress on the plan, as determined by the absence intervention team, or any offered intervention strategies or alternative to adjudication.
(2) If the student, at any time during the implementation phase of the absence intervention plan or other intervention strategies, is absent without legitimate excuse for thirty or more consecutive hours or forty-two or more hours in one school month, the attendance officer shall file a complaint in juvenile court against that student, unless the absence intervention team has determined that the student has made substantial progress on the absence intervention plan.
(3) In the event that the sixty-first day after the implementation of the absence intervention plan or other intervention strategies falls on a day during the summer months, in the school district's discretion, the absence intervention team or the attendance officer may extend the implementation of the plan and delay the filing of the complaint for an additional thirty days from the first day of instruction of the next school year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.17 | Attendance Officer and Assistants - Powers.

Effective:
March 17, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 101st General Assembly
The attendance officer and assistants provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code shall be vested with police powers, may serve warrants, and may enter workshops, factories, stores, and all other places where children are employed and do whatever is necessary in the way of investigation or otherwise to enforce the laws relating to compulsory education and the employment of minors. The attendance officer or assistant may also take into custody any youth of compulsory school age not legally employed on an age and schooling certificate who is not attending school and shall conduct such youth to the school he has been attending or should rightfully attend.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.18 | Enforcement Proceedings.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The attendance officer provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code shall institute proceedings against any officer, parent, guardian, or other person violating laws relating to compulsory education and the employment of minors, and otherwise discharge the duties described in sections 3321.14 to 3321.21 of the Revised Code, and perform any other service that the superintendent of schools or board of education of the district by which the attendance officer is employed considers necessary to preserve the morals and secure the good conduct of school children, and to enforce those laws.
The attendance officer shall be furnished with copies of the enumeration in each school district in which the attendance officer serves and of the lists of pupils enrolled in the schools and shall report to the superintendent discrepancies between these lists and the enumeration.
The attendance officer and assistants shall cooperate with the director of commerce in enforcing the laws relating to the employment of minors. The attendance officer shall furnish upon request any data that the attendance officer and the attendance officer's assistants have collected in their reports of children from six to eighteen years of age and also concerning employers to the director and upon request to the department of education and workforce. The attendance officer shall keep a record of the attendance officer's transactions for the inspection and information of the superintendent of schools and the board of education; and shall make reports to the superintendent of schools as often as required by the superintendent. The department may prescribe forms for the use of attendance officers in the performance of their duties. The blank forms and record books or indexes shall be furnished to the attendance officers by the boards of education by which they are employed.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 4:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.20 | Warning of Legal Consequences of Truancy - Complaint.

Effective:
September 4, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 181 - 123rd General Assembly
When any child, in violation of section 3321.08 or 3321.09 of the Revised Code, is not attending a part-time school or class, the attendance officer shall warn the child and the child's parent, guardian, or other person in charge of the child in writing of the legal consequences of the child's failure to attend the part-time school or class. If the parent, guardian, or other person in charge of that child fails to cause the child's attendance at the part-time school or class, the attendance officer shall make complaint against the parent, guardian, or other person in charge of the child in the juvenile court of the county in which the child has a residence or legal settlement or in which the child is supposed to attend the part-time school or class.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.21 | Notice.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A notice under section 3321.19 or 3321.20 of the Revised Code, sent by registered mail, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, including electronic delivery and electronic proof of delivery, is a legal notice.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.22 | Juvenile Court Proceedings.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 410 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a complaint is filed against the parent, guardian, or other person in charge of a child for a failure to cause the child to attend school or a part-time school or class and if the parent, guardian, or other person proves an inability to do so, then the parent, guardian, or other person in charge of a child shall be discharged. Upon the discharge, the attendance officer shall file a complaint before the judge of the juvenile court of the county alleging that the child is a delinquent child, unruly child, or dependent child within the meaning of section 2151.022, 2151.04, or 2152.02 of the Revised Code. The judge shall hear the complaint and if the judge determines that the child is a delinquent, unruly, or dependent child within one of those sections the judge shall deal with the child according to section 2151.35 or 2151.36 of the Revised Code.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply regarding a complaint filed under division (D) or (E) of section 3321.19 of the Revised Code or otherwise filed and alleging that a child is an habitual truant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.38 | Prohibiting Failure to Send Child to School.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 410 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall violate any provision of section 3321.01, 3321.03, 3321.04, 3321.07, 3321.10, 3321.19, 3321.20, or 3331.14 of the Revised Code. The juvenile court, which has exclusive original jurisdiction over any violation of this section pursuant to section 2151.23 of the Revised Code, may require a person convicted of violating this division to give bond in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars with sureties to the approval of the court, conditioned that the person will cause the child under the person's charge to attend upon instruction as provided by law, and remain as a pupil in the school or class during the term prescribed by law. If the juvenile court adjudicates the child as an unruly or delinquent child for being an habitual truant pursuant to section 2151.35 of the Revised Code, the court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child that any subsequent adjudication of that nature involving the child may result in a criminal charge against the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child for a violation of division (C) of section 2919.21 or section 2919.24 of the Revised Code.
(B) This section does not relieve from prosecution and conviction any parent, guardian, or other person upon further violation of any provision in any of the sections specified in division (A) of this section, any provision of section 2919.222 or 2919.24 of the Revised Code, or division (C) of section 2919.21 of the Revised Code. A forfeiture of the bond shall not relieve that parent, guardian, or other person from prosecution and conviction upon further violation of any provision in any of those sections or that division.
(C) Section 4109.13 of the Revised Code applies to this section.
(D) No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall fail to give bond as required by division (A) of this section in the sum of not more than five hundred dollars with sureties as required by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 4, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 181 - 123rd General Assembly
Whoever violates division (A) of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or may be ordered to perform not more than seventy hours of community service work.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3322 | Computer Science › Section 3322.20 | Ohio Computer Science Promise Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio computer science promise program is hereby established. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, under the program, a student in any of grades seven through twelve who is a resident of this state may, at no cost to the student, enroll in and receive high school credit for one computer science course per academic year that is not offered by the student's public or nonpublic secondary school, provided the student is accepted into an eligible course offered by an approved provider and there are sufficient funds to support enrollment.
(B) All Ohio computer science promise program eligible courses and providers shall be approved by the department of education and workforce in consultation with the chancellor of higher education to be eligible for funding. The department annually shall publish a list of approved providers and courses.
(C)(1) Any student enrolled in a public secondary school may participate in the program if the student meets the applicable eligibility criteria.
(2) Any student enrolled in a nonpublic secondary school may participate in the program in a manner prescribed by the chancellor of higher education if the nonpublic school chooses to participate in the program.
(D) Governing entities shall grant high school credit for courses approved to receive funding through the Ohio computer science promise program.
(E) All public secondary schools shall participate in the program and are subject to the requirements of this chapter. Any nonpublic secondary school that chooses to participate in the program shall also be subject to the requirements of this chapter.
(F) The chancellor of higher education, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with the director of education and workforce, shall adopt rules governing the program.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:49 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3322 | Computer Science › Section 3322.24 | High School Credit for Courses Under Ohio Computer Science Promise Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) All governing entities shall count courses successfully completed under this chapter for high school credit toward the graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the governing entity. If a course comparable to one a participant completed with an approved provider is offered by the governing entity, the governing entity shall award comparable credit. If no comparable course is offered, the governing entity shall grant an appropriate number of elective credits to the participant.
(B) If there is a dispute between the governing entity of a participant's school and a participant regarding high school credits granted for a course, the participant may appeal the decision to the department of education. The department's decision regarding any high school credits granted under this section is final.
(C) Evidence of successful completion of each course and the high school credits awarded by the school shall be included in the student's record. The record shall indicate that the credits were earned as a participant under this chapter and shall include the name of the educational provider at which the credits were earned.
Last updated February 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.013 | Individualized Education Program Required for Student With Visual Disability.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The individualized education program required for any student with a visual impairment under this chapter shall include the following, in addition to the statements required pursuant to section 3323.011 of the Revised Code:
(1) A statement that instruction in braille reading and writing was carefully considered for the student and that pertinent literature describing the educational benefits of instruction in braille reading and writing was reviewed by the persons developing the student's individualized education program;
(2) A statement specifying the one or more reading and writing media in which instruction is appropriate for the student's educational needs;
(3) If instruction in braille reading and writing is specified as appropriate for the student pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, a statement of the instruction in braille reading and writing that is to be provided to the student. This statement shall specify the date on which the instruction is to commence, the frequency and duration of instruction sessions, the level of competency in braille reading and writing expected to be achieved annually, and the objective assessment measures to be used. Whenever appropriate, the expected level of braille competency for the student shall be to enable the student to communicate effectively and efficiently with the same level of proficiency expected of the student's peers of comparable ability and grade level and the instruction in braille reading and writing that is to be provided shall be designed accordingly.
(B) If the individualized education program for any student with a visual impairment does not specify instruction in braille reading and writing as appropriate for the student pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, each annual review of that student's individualized education program shall include a written statement specifying the reasons why instruction in braille reading and writing is not appropriate for the student.
(C)(1) No student with a visual impairment shall be denied instruction in braille reading and writing pursuant to this section solely because the student has some remaining vision or because the student is to receive reading and writing instruction in another medium.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the exclusive use of instruction through the medium of braille reading and writing if other reading and writing media are appropriate to a student's educational needs.
(D) Any instruction in braille reading and writing provided to any student with a visual impairment pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section shall be provided by a teacher licensed to teach students with visual impairments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.014 | Procedure Where Transition Services Not Provided.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
If an agency other than the school district responsible for a child's IEP fails to provide the transition services described in the IEP, the school district that is responsible for the IEP shall reconvene the IEP team to identify alternative strategies to meet the transition objectives for the child set out in the child's IEP.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.021 | Agreement or Contract to Provide Educational Services to Disabled Child.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section, "participating county board of developmental disabilities" means a county board of developmental disabilities electing to participate in the provision of or contracting for educational services for children under division (D) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code.
(A) When a school district, educational service center, or participating county board of developmental disabilities enters into an agreement or contract with another school district, educational service center, or participating county board of developmental disabilities to provide educational services to a disabled child during a school year, both of the following shall apply:
(1) Beginning with fiscal year 1999, if the provider of the services intends to increase the amount it charges for some or all of those services during the next school year or if the provider intends to cease offering all or part of those services during the next school year, the provider shall notify the entity for which the services are provided of these intended changes no later than the first day of March of the current fiscal year.
(2) Beginning with fiscal year 1999, if the entity for which services are provided intends to cease obtaining those services from the provider for the next school year or intends to change the type or amount of services it obtains from the provider for the next school year, the entity shall notify the service provider of these intended changes no later than the first day of March of the current fiscal year.
(B) School districts, educational service centers, participating county boards of developmental disabilities, and other applicable governmental entities shall collaborate where possible to maximize federal sources of revenue to provide additional funds for special education related services for disabled children. Annually, each school district shall report to the department of education and workforce any amounts of such federal revenue the district received.
(C) The department of education and workforce, the department of developmental disabilities, and the department of medicaid shall develop working agreements for pursuing additional funds for services for disabled children.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.022 | Staffing for Programs With Preschool Children With Disabilities.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The rules of the department of education and workforce for staffing ratios for programs with preschool children with disabilities shall require the following:
(A) A full-time staff member shall be provided when there are eight full-day or sixteen half-day preschool children eligible for special education enrolled in a center-based preschool special education program.
(B) Staff ratios of one teacher for every eight children shall be maintained at all times for a program with a center-based teacher, and a second adult shall be present when there are nine or more children, including nondisabled children enrolled in a class session.
(C) Unless otherwise specified in the individualized education program, a minimum of ten hours of services per week shall be provided for each child served by a center-based teacher.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.03 | Standards and Procedures for Identification, Location, and Evaluation of Children With Disabilities.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall, in consultation with the department of health, the department of mental health and addiction services, and the department of developmental disabilities, establish standards and procedures for the identification, location, and evaluation of all children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the state and children with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services. The department of education and workforce shall develop and implement a practical method to determine which children with disabilities are currently receiving needed special education and related services.
In conducting the evaluation, the board of education of each school district shall use a variety of assessment tools and strategies to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information about the child, including information provided by the child's parent. The board of education of each school district, in consultation with the county board of developmental disabilities, the county family and children first council, and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of each county in which the school district has territory, shall identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities residing within the district to determine which children with disabilities are not receiving appropriate special education and related services. In addition, the board of education of each school district, in consultation with such county boards or council, shall identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located within the public school district, without regard to where those children reside in accordance with rules or guidelines of the department of education and workforce.
Each county board of developmental disabilities, county family and children first council, and board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and the board's or council's contract agencies may transmit to boards of education the names and addresses of children with disabilities who are not receiving appropriate special education and related services.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.031 | Annual Assessment of Reading and Writing Skills of Student With Visual Disability.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district shall annually assess the reading and writing skills of each student with a visual impairment enrolled in the district in each medium in which instruction is specified as appropriate for the student pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3323.013 of the Revised Code. The results of each assessment shall be provided in a written statement that specifies the student's strengths and weaknesses in each medium assessed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.041 | Nonpublic Schools to Provide Federally Required Services.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
To the extent consistent with the number and location of children with disabilities in the state who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in the school district served by a board of education of a school district, provision is made for the participation of those children in the program for the education of children with disabilities which is assisted or carried out under Part B of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," Pub. L. No. 108-446. The district in which the nonpublic elementary or secondary school is located shall provide for such children special education and related services in accordance with Section 612(a)(10) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10) and related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations and in accordance with any rules adopted, or guidelines issued, by the department of education and workforce.
Amounts to be expended for the provision of those services, including direct services to parentally placed nonpublic school children, by the school district shall be equal to a proportionate amount of federal funds made available under Part B of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004." The school district shall exercise the following responsibilities towards parentally placed children with disabilities who attend nonpublic schools located in the school district: child find, timely and meaningful consultation, written affirmation of timely and meaningful consultation, compliance, and provision of equitable services, as provided by the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004" and related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations and in accordance with any rules adopted by, or guidelines issued by, the department.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3323 | Education of Children With Disabilities › Section 3323.051 | Assignment of Surrogate Parent.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
No individual shall be assigned to act as a surrogate for the parents of a child with a disability under division (B) of section 3323.05 of the Revised Code if the individual is an employee of the department of education and workforce or the school district or any other agency involved in the education or care of the child or if the individual has any interest that conflicts with the interests of the child. If a conflict of interest arises subsequent to the assignment of a surrogate, the authority that made the assignment shall terminate it and assign another surrogate. Neither the surrogate nor the authority that assigned the surrogate shall be liable in civil damages for acts of the surrogate unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
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