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Section 3313.609 | Grade promotion and retention policy.

Ohio Revised Code
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Title 33 Education-Libraries
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Chapter 3313 Boards of Education
 
Effective:
September 24, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly
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(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.

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