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...If any special education program provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 3325. of the Revised Code serves a student with a visual impairment for whom instruction in braille reading and writing is specified as appropriate pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3323.011 of the Revised Code, the entity providing the program shall integrate the use of braille reading and writing into the student's entire c...

... (A) Within three months after a student identified with disabilities begins receiving services for the first time under an individualized education program, the school district in which that student is enrolled shall require the student to undergo a comprehensive eye examination performed either by an optometrist licensed under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code or by a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the...

... Annually on the first day of July, the department of education and workforce, in consultation with the department of children and youth, shall electronically report to the general assembly the number of preschool children with disabilities who received services for which the department of education made a payment to any provider during the previous fiscal year, disaggregated according to each area of developmental d...

... (A) As used in this section and section 3323.251 of the Revised Code: (1) "Dyslexia" means a specific learning disorder that is neurological in origin and that is characterized by unexpected difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities not consistent with the person's intelligence, motivation, and sensory capabilities, which difficulties typically result from a...

... (A) Each school district and other public school shall do all of the following: (1) For the 2023-2024 school year, administer a tier one dyslexia screening measure to a student to whom either of the following applies: (a) The student is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through three, or the student transfers into the district or school midyear and is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through three. ...

... As used in sections 3323.31 to 3323.35 of the Revised Code, "autism and low incidence disabilities" includes any of the following: (A) Autism; (B) Hearing impairment; (C) Multiple disabilities; (D) Orthopedic disability; (E) Other health impairment; (F) Traumatic brain injury; (G) Visual impairment.

...The Franklin county educational service center shall establish the Ohio center for autism and low incidence. The center shall administer programs and coordinate services for infants, preschool and school-age children, and adults with autism and low incidence disabilities. The center's principal focus shall be programs and services for persons with autism. The center shall be under the direction of an executive ...

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall contract with an entity to administer programs and coordinate services for infants, preschool and school-age children, and adults with autism and low incidence disabilities. The entity shall be selected by the director of education and workforce in consultation with the director of children and youth and the advisory board established under section 3323.33 of the R...

... The director of education and workforce shall establish an advisory board to assist and advise the Franklin county educational service center in the operation of the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence and the director in selecting an entity to administer programs and coordinate services for individuals with autism and low incidence disabilities as required by section 3323.32 of the Revised Code and to provide ...

... The entity selected under section 3323.32 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Collaborate and consult with state agencies that serve persons with autism and low incidence disabilities; (B) Collaborate and consult with institutions of higher education in development and implementation of courses for educators and other professionals serving persons with autism and low incidence disabilit...

... In developing a clearinghouse for information about autism spectrum disorders and low incidence disabilities, as required under section 3323.34 of the Revised Code, the entity selected under section 3323.32 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Maintain a collection of resources for public distribution; (B) Monitor information on resources, trends, policies, services, and current edu...

... As used in this section and sections 3324.02 through 3324.06 of the Revised Code: (A) "Approved" means approved by the department of education and workforce and included on the list compiled by the department under section 3324.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Gifted" means students who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experi...

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall construct lists of existing assessment instruments it approves for use by school districts, and may include on the lists and make available to school districts additional assessment instruments developed by the department. Wherever possible, the department shall approve assessment instruments that utilize nationally recognized standards for scoring or are nationall...

... The board of education of each school district shall identify gifted students in grades kindergarten through twelve as follows: (A) A student shall be identified as exhibiting "superior cognitive ability" if the student did either of the following within the preceding twenty-four months: (1) Scored two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved individual standa...

... The board of education of each school district shall adopt a plan by January 1, 2000, for identifying gifted students. The plan shall be submitted to the department of education and workforce for approval. The department shall approve the plan within sixty days if it contains all of the following: (A) A description of the assessment instruments from the list adopted by the department that the district will use to...

... (A) Each school district shall submit an annual report to the department of education and workforce specifying the number of students in each of grades kindergarten through twelve screened, the number assessed, and the number identified as gifted in each category specified in section 3324.03 of the Revised Code. The report shall also specify the number of students served in each category specified in section 3324.03...

... The board of education of each school district shall adopt a statement of its policy for the screening and identification of gifted students and shall distribute the policy statement to parents. The policy statement shall specify: (A) The criteria and methods the district uses to screen students and to select students for further assessment who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of...

... (A) The board of education of each school district shall develop a plan for the service of gifted students enrolled in the district that are identified under section 3324.03 of the Revised Code. Services specified in the plan developed by each board may include such options as the following: (1) A differentiated curriculum; (2) Cluster grouping; (3) Mentorships; (4) Accelerated course work; (5) The co...

... Any person employed by a school district and assigned to a school as a principal or any other position may also serve as the district's gifted education coordinator, if qualified to do so pursuant to the rules adopted by the department of education and workforce under this chapter.

... Not later than the thirtieth day of October annually, the department of education and workforce shall publish on its web site the funds received for the previous fiscal year by each school district under division (A)(6) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for the identification of and services provided to the district's gifted students and each district's expenditures of those funds.

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall adopt a model student acceleration policy addressing recommendations in the former department of education's 2005 study conducted under the gifted research and demonstration grant program. The policy shall address, but not be limited to, whole grade acceleration, subject area acceleration, and early high school graduation. (B) The board of education of each city...

... No rule adopted by the director of education and workforce pursuant to this chapter, section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, or any other provision of the Revised Code shall permit a school district to report that it has provided services to a student identified as gifted unless those services are paid for by the district. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district from requiring a student to pay the costs of ad...

... Ohio deaf and blind education services is hereby established and shall include the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind. Ohio deaf and blind education services shall operate under the control and supervision of the department of education and workforce. The department shall appoint a superintendent for Ohio deaf and blind education services, who shall supervise the state school for the deaf a...

... Subject to the regulations adopted by the department of education and workforce, the state school for the deaf shall be open to receive persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind residents of this state, who, in the judgment of the director of education and workforce and the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services, due to such disability, cannot be educated in the public school system and ...

... (A) As used in this chapter, a person with a "visual impairment" means the person is blind, visually impaired, deafblind, or has multiple disabilities if one of the disabilities is vision related. (B) Subject to the regulations adopted by the department of education and workforce, the state school for the blind shall be open to receive persons who are residents of this state, whose disabilities are visual impairm...