Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-45 - Adult High School Diplomas › Section 3301-45-02 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following terms are defined as they
				are used in the rules in this chapter:
(A)
								"Certificate of
			 completion" means the certificate developed by the Ohio department of education
			 to certify all requirements for a high school diploma have been
			 completed.
(B)
								"Competency-based education" refers to any system of
			 academic instruction, assessment, grading and reporting where students receive
			 credit based on demonstrations and assessments of their learning, not as a
			 function of how much time they spend studying a subject. Students progress at
			 their own pace, competency-based education encourages accelerated learning
			 among students who master academic material quickly, and provides additional
			 instructional support time for students who need it to stay on
			 track.
(C)
								"Credit recovery plan" means the plan and timeline
			 developed for each participant, specifying the courses and assessments required
			 to be completed to fulfill graduation requirements.
(D)
								"Department"
			 means the Ohio department of education.
(E)
								"Eligible
			 individual" refers to any person living in Ohio, aged twenty-two years of age
			 or older, who has not been awarded a high school diploma or a certificate of
			 high school equivalence as defined in division (E) of section
			 4109.06 of the Revised
			 Code.
(F)
								"Enrolled" refers to the status of a participant who
			 applied for and has been accepted into the program by a provider and the
			 department.
(G)
								"High school diploma" means the document given to an
			 individual who has successfully completed the competency-based standards
			 required for graduation as described in this chapter.
(H)
								"Instruction and
			 assessment activities" include, but are not limited to credit-bearing,
			 subject-matter specific courses and state and local
			 assessments.
(I)
								"Participant" refers to an eligible individual who
			 applied for and has been accepted into the program by a provider and the
			 department.
(J)
								"Program" or "twenty-two plus program" means a program
			 for which rules were adopted in accordance with section
			 3317.231 of the Revised Code and
			 provide adults twenty-two years of age and older the opportunity to earn a
			 diploma in accordance with sections
			 3314.38,
			 3317.23,
			 3317.24, and
			 3345.86 of the Revised
			 Code.
(K)
								"Provider" means a community school that operates a
			 dropout prevention and recovery program; a city, local, or exempted village
			 school district that operates a dropout prevention and recovery program; a
			 joint vocational school district that operates an adult education program; or a
			 community college, university branch, technical college or state community
			 college.
(L)
								"Provider Performance Report" means the measurements of
			 success for program providers, as defined by rule
			 3301-45-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(M)
								"School year" or
			 "fiscal year" means the twelve-month period beginning July first in a calendar
			 year and ending June thirtieth of the following calendar year.
Replaces: 3301-45-02