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... (A) Any school of a city, exempted village, or local school district may apply to the district board of education to be designated as an innovation school. Each application shall include an innovation plan that contains the following: (1) A statement of the school's mission and an explanation of how the designation would enhance the school's ability to fulfill its mission; (2) A description of the innovations ...

...(A) A school district board of education shall review each application received under section 3302.06 of the Revised Code and, within sixty days after receipt of the application, shall approve or disapprove the application. In reviewing applications, the board shall give preference to applications that propose innovations in one or more of the following areas: (1) Curriculum; (2) Student assessments, other than t...

... (A) If a school district board of education approves an application under division (B)(1) of section 3302.061 of the Revised Code or designates an innovation school or innovation school zone under division (D) of that section, the district board shall apply to the department of education and workforce for designation as a school district of innovation by submitting to the department the innovation plan included in t...

... (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon designation of a school district of innovation under section 3302.062 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall waive any laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department that are specified in the innovation plan submitted by the district board of education as needing to be waived to implement the plan....

...(A) Each collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school district board of education under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this section shall allow for the waiver of any provision of the agreement specified in the innovation plan approved or created under section 3302.061 of the Revised Code as needing to be waived to implement the plan, in the event the district is...

...Not later than three years after obtaining designation as a school district of innovation under section 3302.062 of the Revised Code, and every three years thereafter, the district board of education shall review the performance of the innovation school or innovation school zone and determine if it is achieving, or making sufficient progress toward achieving, the improvements in student academic performance tha...

... A school district board of education may revise an innovation plan approved or created under section 3302.061 of the Revised Code, in collaboration with the school or schools participating in the plan, to further improve student academic performance. The revisions may include identifying additional laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code, rules adopted by the department of education and workforce, requirements enac...

...The board of education of any district designated as a school district of innovation or any school participating in an innovation plan may accept, receive, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private entity to support the implementation of the plan.

... Not later than the first day of July each year, the department of education and workforce shall issue, and post on its web site, a report on school districts of innovation. The report shall include the following information: (A) The number of districts designated as school districts of innovation in the preceding school year and the total number of school districts of innovation statewide; (B) The number of in...

... (A) The board of education of any school district, the governing board of any educational service center, or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school may submit to the department of education and workforce an application proposing an innovative education pilot program the implementation of which requires exemptions from specific statutory provisions or rules. If a district or service center boa...

...Sections 3302.01 to 3302.07 of the Revised Code and any action taken under these sections do not abrogate any provision of a collective bargaining agreement in effect under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and do not relieve any school district of the duty to comply with any provision of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.

... (A) Whenever the United States department of education makes changes in its policies or rules regarding implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Ohio department of education and workforce shall submit a written description of those changes to each member of the standing committees on education of the senate and house of representatives. (B) If the Ohio department of education and workforce plan...

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish an academic distress commission for any school district that meets one of the following conditions: (1) The district has for three consecutive years received either of the following: (a) An overall grade of "F" under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (b) An overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D)...

... (A) This section applies to any school district that meets one of the following conditions: (1) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2013 under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015, and a new academic distress commission was established for the district under division (A)(2) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (2) An academic dis...

... (A) This section applies to any school district that becomes subject to division (K) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it exists on and after October 15, 2015. (B) As used in this section, "mayor" means the mayor of the municipality in which a majority of the territory of a school district to which this section applies is located or, if no such municipality exist, the mayor of a municipality selected by ...

... (A) This section applies to a school district that meets both of the following conditions: (1) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2013 by the superintendent of public instruction under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015; (2) A new academic distress commission was established for the district by the state superintendent under divi...

... (A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, this section applies to a school building that is ranked according to performance index score under section 3302.21 of the Revised Code in the lowest five per cent of public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and that meets any combination of the following for three consecutive years: (a) The school building has received a gra...

... (A) As used in this section, a "needs assessment" means a systematic process of identifying and evaluating the specific requirements, challenges, and opportunities within an educational institution. (B) The department of education and workforce shall establish the school turnaround pilot program. The department shall administer and operate the pilot program for five years beginning with the 2024-2025 school year t...

... (A) This section applies to any school district or community school that meets both of the following criteria, as reported on the past two consecutive report cards issued for that district or school under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code: (1) The district or school received either of the following: (a) A grade of "D" or "F" on the kindergarten through third-grade literacy progress measure under division (C)...

... The department of education and workforce annually shall collect, analyze, and publish data regarding reading achievement in schools and progress in assisting all students to become proficient readers. Beginning on January 31, 2015, and on the thirty-first day of each January thereafter, the department shall report these findings, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, to the governor and the general...

... (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Chapter 3301. or 3302. of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district, governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code may submit to the department of education and workforce, during the 2015-2016 school year, a request...

... (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, a school district that qualifies under division (D) of this section shall be exempt from all of the following: (1) The mentoring component of the Ohio teacher residency program established under division (A)(1) of section 3319.223 of the Revised Code, so long as the district utilizes a local approach to train and support new teachers; (2) Any pr...

... (A)(1) As used in sections 3302.17 and 3302.18 of the Revised Code, "community learning center" means a school operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district or community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that participates in a coordinated, community- based effort with community partners to provide comprehensive educational, developmental, family, and health services to stud...

... (A) Any school building operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district, or a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code is eligible to initiate the community learning center process as prescribed by this section. (B) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each district board of education or community school governing authority may initiate a community learning center p...

...(A)(1) If a community learning center process is initiated under section 3302.17 of the Revised Code for any school building operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district or a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the district board of education or community school governing authority shall create a school action team for the school building. The team shall consist of ...