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...Boards of education may dismiss the schools under their control on the first day of January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the day designated in the "Act of June 28, 1968," 82 Stat. 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day, the nineteenth day of June, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, the eleventh day of Novem...

...13.64 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may organize and operate a summer school, an evening or day school for adults and out-of-school youth, or technical school or institute for instruction beyond the high school, offer driver education courses in conformity with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code, or offer postgraduate work in any course of instructi...

...13.64 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district shall not be required to furnish, free of charge, to the pupils attending the public schools any materials used in a course of instruction with the exception of the necessary textbooks or electronic textbooks required to be furnished without charge pursuant to section 3329.06 of the Revised Code. The board may, how...

... teacher of a school, college, or other educational institution shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in or observing any of the following courses: (A) Vocational, technical, industrial arts, fine arts, chemical, physical, or combined chemical-physical educational activities, involving exposure to: (1) Hot molten metals or other molten materials; (2) Milling, s...

...The board of education of any school district may contract with the state department of education and workforce or other state agency or with any agency of the federal government for the education or training of out-of-school youth or adults regardless of their place of residence. The board of education may permit the attendance, under such contract, of such students or trainees who are not residents of the school di...

...A board of education may admit to the schools of its district, free of any tuition obligation, any resident of the district not otherwise eligible to be admitted who meets criteria established by the department of education and workforce. The department shall adopt rules establishing criteria for the admission of persons to schools under this division. The rules may authorize restrictions or limitations on the classe...

...(A) The board of education of a school district, except a cooperative education district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, may establish and operate a program to provide services to preschool-age children, provided the board has demonstrated a need for the program. A board may use school funds in support of preschool programs. The board shall maintain, operate, and admit children to any su...

...t to rules adopted by the department of education and workforce, a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may establish a policy guaranteeing a specific level of competency of certain graduates of the district. The guarantee policy shall specify that any graduate meeting specified criteria established by the board is capable of performing specified functions at a level established in the p...

...No board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district shall offer a monetary payment or other in-kind gift to any student or such student's parent or guardian as an incentive for that student to enroll in a school operated by the district. The prohibition in this section shall not apply to any books, supplies, equipment, or other goods that are necessary to enable a student to participate fully ...

...As used in this section: (1) "Power of attorney" means a power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code. (2) "Caretaker authorization affidavit" means an affidavit executed under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code. (B) The grandparent who is attorney in fact under a power of attorney or the grandparent that executed a caretaker authorization affidavit may enroll the child who is the subject o...

... the Revised Code, to the department of education and workforce to be added to the list maintained by the department under section 3314.26 of the Revised Code. (B) No school to which this section applies shall receive any state funds under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code for any enrolled student whose data verification code appears on the list maintained by the department under section 3314.26 of the Revised Cod...

...(A) As used in this section, "parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. (B) When a student enrolls in a school operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions shall provide the student's parent, during the admissions process, with a copy of the most recent report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised C...

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code, no student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based school shall be subject to automatic withdrawal who, in any school year prior to the 2021-2022 school year, failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level and was ...

...d control of a school district board of education or other public school. (4) "Chartered nonpublic school" has the same meaning as in section 3310.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Each school district, other public school, and chartered nonpublic school that enrolls girls in any of grades six through twelve shall provide free feminine hygiene products to those students. All such products shall be for use on schoo...

...A school district in which a foster child is enrolled after being placed in a residential facility, as defined in section 2151.46 of the Revised Code, shall assess the needs of the child for appropriate services and interventions. To avoid duplicative assessments and minimize any negative impact on the child, the school district shall utilize all available existing assessments regarding the child. The school district...

..., or whether the child receives special education, if a district admits a child under division (C) of this section, tuition shall be paid to that district as follows: (1) If the child's parent is in a juvenile residential placement, by the district in which the child's parent resided at the time the parent became subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; (2) If the child's parent is in a correctional f...

...pupil's parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney, the board or its designee may hold the hearing in executive session but shall act upon the suspension or expulsion only at a public meeting. The board, by a majority vote of its full membership or by the action of its designee, may affirm the order of suspension or expulsion, reinstate the pupil, or otherwise reverse, vacate, or modify the order of suspension or expul...

...3.668 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy regarding suspension, expulsion, removal, and permanent exclusion that specifies the types of misconduct for which a pupil may be suspended, expelled, or removed. The types of misconduct may include misconduct by a pupil that occurs off of property owned or controlled by the district but th...

...tative of the school district may be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state. At the adjudication hearing held pursuant to section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, the representative of the school district shall present evidence in support of the requested permanent exclusion. (3) Upon receipt of a board of education's resolution requesting the permanent exclusion of a pupil from public school atten...

...(A) The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district may adopt a policy requiring the parent or guardian of any student who is suspended or expelled by the district under section 3313.66 of the Revised Code to attend a parental education or training program provided by the district. (B) The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, joi...

...The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district may adopt a policy authorizing the district superintendent, other district administrative personnel, or personnel employed by the district to direct, supervise, or coach a pupil activity program as provided in the policy to prohibit a student from participating in any particular or all extracurricular...

... healthy school setting and enhance the educational environment, a code of conduct or discipline policy adopted by a board of education may include a reasonable dress code, or may establish a school uniform to be worn by the students attending one or more district schools. Any such dress code or uniform policy shall be included in the code of conduct or discipline policy only if all of the following conditions are me...

...n intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for the other student. (b) Violence within a dating relationship. (B) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall establish a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The policy shall be developed in consultation with parents, school employees, school volunteers, student...

... state- or district-mandated continuing education requirements. (C) This section does not create a new cause of action or a substantive legal right for any person.

...ith respect to the provision of special education and related services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. (3) A student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three who is suspended or expelled shall be afforded the same notice and hearing, procedural, and educational opportunities as prescribed for a suspension or expulsion pursuant to section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (4) Nothing in division (B) of t...

...copy of the waiver to the department of education and workforce immediately upon execution of the waiver. (5) The school shall notify the department, in the manner specified by the department, of any parent's decision under division (A)(2) of this section to accept less than one computer per child or the parent's amendment to that decision, and of any parent's decision to amend the waiver executed under division (...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, each internet- or computer-based community school shall comply with the national standards for quality online learning developed under a project led by a partnership between quality matters, the virtual learning leadership alliance, and the digital learning collaborative, or any successor organization. (B) Each internet- or computer-based community school that initially...

...The department of education and workforce shall establish by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code standards for learning management software to be used by internet- and computer-based community schools.

... (A) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall not make any payments under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to the internet- or computer-based community school for any student who is enrolled in the internet- or computer-based community school and receives any instructional services from the internet- or computer-based community school at the nonpublic school.

...Each internet- or computer-based community school shall provide its students a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which to complete the statewide achievement and diagnostic assessments prescribed under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.

...Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each internet- or computer-based community school may provide its students with a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which the student may receive counseling, instructional coaching, and testing assistance.

... the Revised Code, to the department of education and workforce. The department shall maintain a list of all data verification codes reported under this division and section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code and provide that list to each internet- or computer-based community school and to each school to which section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code applies. (B) No internet- or computer-based community school shall recei...

...or custodian with a list of alternative educational options available to the student; (2) Within forty-eight hours of the student's disenrollment, notify the student's resident school district in writing. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the procedure for automatically withdrawing a student from school that must be adopted as part of a school's attendance policy in accordance with division...

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3314.26 of the Revised Code, no student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school shall be subject to automatic withdrawal who, in any school year prior to the 2021-2022 school year, failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level ...

...y can be submitted to the department of education and workforce, upon request by the department or the auditor of state.

...tation course. (B) The department of education and workforce shall provide guidance to internet- or computer-based community schools for developing and delivering the orientation course. (C) Each internet- or computer-based community school may, at the time of a particular student's enrollment in that school, ask the student's parent or guardian to estimate the length of time the student will attend the school....

...'s sponsor a plan for providing special education and related services to disabled students enrolled in the school in accordance with division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (1) If the school was established prior to June 30, 2005, the plan shall be submitted to the sponsor on or before September 1, 2005, and on or before the first day of September in each year thereafter that the school is in operation. (2) If...

...e the resolution with the department of education and workforce. The division of the schools shall be effective on the first day of July succeeding the date the resolution is filed with the department. (D) All of the following shall apply to each new school created as a result of the resolution authorized by this section and to the school that is divided as a result of the resolution: (1) Each school shall have...

...ren with disabilities receiving special education and related services in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. (C) Any community school to which this section applies shall permanently close at the conclusion of the school year in which the school first becomes subject to this section. The sponsor and governing authority of the school shall comply with all procedures for closing a community school ado...

... in each school year, the department of education and workforce shall notify each school subject to closure under this section that the school must close not later than the thirtieth day of the following June. A school so notified shall close as required. (C) A school that opens on or after July 1, 2014, shall not be subject to closure under this section for its first two years of operation. A school that is in...

...No community school that is permanently closed under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code may be reopened under another name if any of the following conditions are true: (A) The new school has the same sponsor as the closed school. (B) The new school has the same chief administrator as the closed school. (C) The governing authority of the new school consists of any of the same members that served ...

...Each year, the department of education and workforce shall publish separate lists of the following: (A) Community schools that have become subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code; (B) Community schools that are at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code if their academic performance, as prescribed in those sec...

...of July of each year, the department of education and workforce shall submit preliminary data on community schools at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code.

...No community school shall be subject to closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code based on any report card issued for that school for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school years. Furthermore, the report card ratings of any previous years shall not be considered in determining whether a community school is subject to automatic closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code. A...

...ed a waiver by the former department of education prior to July 1, 2014. (B) All community schools in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program are subject to the provisions of section 3314.351 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver has been granted under this section prior to July 1, 2014. Thereafter, no waivers shall be granted under this section.

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, a community school that operates a drug recovery program in cooperation with a court shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery program for purposes of this chapter, regardless of the ages of students or grade levels served by the school.

...cessfully completing a competency-based educational program, as defined in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code, that complies with the standards adopted by the department of education and workforce under section 3317.231 of the Revised Code. The community school shall report that individual's enrollment on a full-time equivalency basis to the department. This report shall be in addition to the report required under d...

... Revised Code. (B) The department of education and workforce shall establish the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council. The council shall provide a forum for communication and collaboration between the department and parties involved in the establishment and operation of dropout recovery community schools, including sponsors and operators. (C) The advisory council shall consist of the following membe...

... in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall only adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for any requirement to be imposed on a dropout recovery community school. The department shall not develop guidelines that impose requirements on the general and uniform operation of a dropout recovery community school. (C) Pursuant to section 119.035 of the Revised Code, prior...

... in rules adopted by the state board of education. (2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a co...