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...nd secondary education and workforce development in the state of Ohio, and to maximize efficiencies and operations, the state board of education and the department of education and workforce may exchange necessary information and documentation upon request to enable both agencies to effectively perform their functions under state or federal law, including sharing information that is proprietary to the agency or confi...

...ction, transportation of pupils, personnel problems, and the interpretation of school laws and state regulations; (2) Prescribe and require the preparation and filing of such financial and other reports from school districts, officers, and employees as are necessary or proper. The director shall prescribe and require the installation by school districts of such standardized reporting forms and accounting procedure...

...nt of youth services pursuant to a disposition under any provision of Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code, other than division (A)(1)(a) of section 2152.16 of the Revised Code, at the time the resolution is forwarded, the department shall notify in writing the director and the board of education that forwarded the resolution of that fact. Upon receipt of the notice, the director shall delay providing the notice require...

...or of education and workforce, who may delegate those duties and powers to the division of primary and secondary education or the division of career-technical education as the director determines appropriate. (D) The department of education and workforce is subject to all provisions of law pertaining to departments, offices, or institutions established for the exercise of any function of the state government and i...

...with section 3301.0732 of the Revised Code as enacted by this act . Thereafter, neither the director nor the department of education and workforce shall prescribe or adopt any additional rules regarding nonchartered nonpublic schools. The director shall rescind any rules regarding the issuance of excuses from compulsory attendance for the purposes of home education under division (A)(2) of section 3321.04 of the R...

...rform its duties in an effective and timely manner. (B) The unit established pursuant to division (A) of this section shall: (1) Review each new form or modification of any existing form that the department proposes to put into use. In conducting the review of any form, the unit shall evaluate it utilizing at least the criteria specified under division (C) of this section. The unit shall report in writing to th...

...gh quality and have the potential to accelerate learning for students in the areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. For this purpose, the department shall request the qualifications of public and private entities that provide tutoring programs for students. The requested qualifications shall include program efficacy data or other evidence of program effectiveness for students who pa...

... existing initiatives, policies, or guidelines; any change to state or federal law that affects the department or education stakeholders, as determined by the director, in this state; and any rule the director intends to adopt, amend, or rescind in accordance with Chapter 119. and section 3301.138 of the Revised Code. Nothing in division (A) of this section precludes the director or the department from using other...

...h a method under which stakeholders may elect to participate. The process also shall require the department to do all of the following: (1) Before initiating the process to conduct a five-year review or to adopt a new rule or amend or rescind an existing rule, do all of the following: (a) Notify stakeholders about the department's intent to initiate rulemaking. The department shall include in the notice an expl...

...e to serve as a liaison for school counselors across the state to support their efforts to advance students' academic and career development. The director shall give preference to individuals who hold a valid pupil services license in school counseling under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.

...ddiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, and the department of rehabilitation and correction which employ teachers, and may make a report on the teaching, discipline, and school equipment in these institutions to the director of children and youth, the director of mental health and addiction services, the director of developmental disabilities, the director of rehabilitation and correction, an...

...l which fails to meet the standards for elementary and high schools as prescribed by the director. The director shall also revoke the charter of any nonpublic school that does not comply with divisions (K)(1) and (L) of section 3301.0711, if applicable, and sections 3301.164 and 3313.612 of the Revised Code. In the issuance and revocation of school district or school charters, the director shall be governed by the...

... 3301.16 of the Revised Code, qualified electors residing in the area to be transferred and equal in number to a majority of the qualified electors voting at the last general election may file a petition of referendum against the transfer. A petition of referendum filed pursuant to this section shall be filed, processed, and voted upon as provided in section 3311.231 of the Revised Code. If a petition of referendum h...

...prior to closing the school: (1) The department of education and workforce; (2) The school district that receives auxiliary services funding under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code on behalf of the students enrolled in the school; (3) The accrediting association that most recently accredited the school for purposes of chartering the school in accordance with the rules of the department, if...

...ng ability for the appropriate grade level prescribed in division (D) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. If the school uses such assessments, the department of education and workforce shall furnish them to the chartered nonpublic school. (2) For each student identified as having reading skills below grade level, the school shall do both of the following: (a) Provide to the student's parent or guardian, in...

...of the following: (A) The number of students enrolled in the school by the last day of October of the current school year; (B) The school's policy regarding background checks for teaching and nonteaching employees and for volunteers who have direct contact with students.

...rolled in the high school that they may elect, under a procedure that shall be described in the notice, to take a training course from a private driver training school or, if available, enroll in a driver education course made available by the student's school district of attendance. (C) Students who successfully complete a driver education course offered by the student's school district of attendance or through a...

...ant to section 3301.17 of the Revised Code may require pupils enrolled in the course to pay a course fee not to exceed the actual cost per pupil of providing driver education.

...nical assistance to school districts developing voluntary plans for desegregation or plans to reduce or eliminate racial isolation; (C) Develop desegregation plans as required by court order and provide technical assistance to school districts required to develop plans under court order; (D) Report to the general assembly annually on expenditures made by the state to reduce or eliminate racial isolation and enu...

... greater than the average minority composition of the district to a school with less than the average minority composition of the district; (2) The transfer of majority students from a school with less than the average minority composition of the district to a school with more than the average minority composition of the district; (3) The transfer of minority or majority students to designated schools if the tr...

...ent of education and workforce shall develop a model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying in order to assist school districts in developing their own policies under section 3313.666 of the Revised Code.

...n that such a program or practice is likely to improve relevant outcomes and includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of the program or practice; (2) Has a statistically significant effect on relevant outcomes based on: (a) Strong evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented experimental study; (b) Moderate evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experiment...

...orkforce, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall establish a committee to develop a state plan for computer science education for the purposes of primary and secondary education. (B) When developing the plan, the committee established under this section shall consider the following: (1) Best practices and challenges associated with the implementation of primary and secondary computer sci...

...ent of education and workforce shall develop a model policy on the use of artificial intelligence in schools. The model policy shall address appropriate use of artificial intelligence by students and staff for educational purposes. (B) Not later than July 1, 2026, each school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revise...

...The department of education or workforce shall conduct research on the factors that improve education effectiveness in school districts and for this purpose may require school districts to administer tests in addition to those otherwise required by law, such as the national assessment of education progress. The department shall make the results of any research conducted under this section available to all school dist...