| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts and Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
S.B. 316 - Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts & Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
Defines "career-technical planning district". Directs the state board, in consultation with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, any...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
S.B. 316 - Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
Provides that when a student enrolls in a school operated by a school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions must pr...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Parent Trigger in Columbus
S.B. 316 - Parent Trigger in Columbus
From final bill analysis: Specifies that the provisions of the "parent trigger" restructuring petition, under the Columbus pilot program, pr...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
S.B. 316 - Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
Directs the department or a contractor responsible for scoring of assessments to send each district board a list of the individual scores of...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Career Connection Learning Strategies
S.B. 316 - Career Connection Learning Strategies
Not later than June 30, 2013, directs the state board, in consultation with any office housed in the governor's office that deals with workf...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | District Expenditure Reporting
S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting
Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual o...
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Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Apprenticeships and Oversight
S.B. 316 - Apprenticeships and Oversight
Amends definition of "apprentice" to apply to a person at least 16 years old, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise set by law, who ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
S.B. 316 - District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
Authorizes a board of education to sell real or personal property to certain to a nonprofit institution of higher education or the governing...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Community Schools
S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Operation of Community School from/in a Home
S.B. 316 - Operation of Community School from/in a Home
Permits a community school that was open for operation as a community school as of May 1, 2005 to operate from or in a home in Ohio, regardl...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Contracts Between State Superintendent and Community School Governing Authorities
S.B. 316 - Contracts Between State Superintendent and Community School Governing Authorities
Not later than 90 days after the effective date of these provisions, directs the department of education to publish on its website every app...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Community School Sponsors' Performance
S.B. 316 - Community School Sponsors' Performance
Establishes the intent of the general assembly to enact a law, not later than December 31, 2012, that establishes a battery of measures to b...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
S.B. 316 - Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
Permits the governor, operator, or any other person or entity who appoints a member to the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boardi...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Pilot Program
S.B. 316 - Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Pilot Program
Extends eligibility for an EdChoice Scholarship to a student outside Cleveland who is enrolled in a nonpublic school at the time the state b...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Cleveland Voucher Program
S.B. 316 - Cleveland Voucher Program
Requires Cleveland pilot project scholarship (voucher) students' performance data to be disaggregated, among other factors, by grade level (...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Programs
S.B. 316 - Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Programs
Each time a child's district completes evaluation for a child with a disability or undertakes the development, review, or revision of the ch...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | EdChoice Vouchers in 2012-13
S.B. 316 - EdChoice Vouchers in 2012-13
Directs the department to conduct a second Educational Choice Scholarship application period for the 2012-2013 school year to award scholars...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council
H.B. 331
Creates the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council. Includes among council membership two representatives from instituti...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Workforce Development
S.B. 316 - Workforce Development
Requires all state agencies engaged in workforce development activities to assist the state workforce policy board in the performance of its...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Ohio School Facilities Commission Assistance
S.B. 316 - Ohio School Facilities Commission Assistance
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission to provide assistance to a district that has entered into an expedited local partnership agree...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | STEM School Facility Assistance
S.B. 316 - STEM School Facility Assistance
Amends provisions related to provision of Ohio school facilities commission funding to a STEM school to assist in the acquisition of classro...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies
S.B. 316 - Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies
Waives from calculation of full-time equivalency/minimum school calendar requirements for traditional public schools and community schools a...
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Governance--Regional Entities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Educational Service Centers
S.B. 316 - Educational Service Centers
Repeals provision that if an educational service center governing board acquired, leased, purchased, or entered into a contract to purchase,...
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Governance--Regional Entities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Offices of the Educational Service Center Superintendent and Governing Board
S.B. 316 - Offices of the Educational Service Center Superintendent and Governing Board
Repeals section 3319.19 of the revised code, which provided relative to the offices of the superintendent and governing board of an educatio...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | County Board of Developmental Disabilities Employee Eligibility to Serve on Local School Board
S.B. 316 - County Board of Developmental Disabilities Employee Eligibility to Serve on Local School Board
Requires that, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, an employee of a county board of developmental disabilities also may be a mem...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | State Board Meetings
S.B. 316 - State Board Meetings
Repeals provisions directing the state board to hold regular meetings once every three months. Replaces with provisions directing the state ...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings
S.B. 316 - Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings
Makes participation in the body mass index and weight screenings program for kindergartners and students in grades 3, 5, and 9 optional, and...
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Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Milk Not Included in Determining Proportion of Healthy Beverages to Be Offered for Sale
S.B. 316 - Milk Not Included in Determining Proportion of Healthy Beverages to Be Offered for Sale
Clarifies that provision requiring at least 50% of a la carte beverage items available for sale to be water or other beverages containing no...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway
S.B. 316 - Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway
Permits a Technology Operations earmark for eTech Ohio to be used to cover student costs for taking Advanced Placement courses and courses t...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
S.B. 316 - Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
By December 31, 2013, directs the state board to submit recommended scoring ranges on the state English language arts assessments (including...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Assistant Principal Evaluations
S.B. 316 - Assistant Principal Evaluations
Clarifies that evaluation procedures for assistant principals must be based on principles comparable to the teacher evaluation policy adopte...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher and Administrator (Not Superintendent) Contract Renewal/Non-Renewal
S.B. 316 - Teacher and Administrator (Not Superintendent) Contract Renewal/Non-Renewal
From final bill analysis: Extends the deadlines for a district or educational service center (ESC) to notify a teacher or administrator that...
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Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Blended Learning
S.B. 316 - Blended Learning
Defines "blended learning" and "digital learning." Permits a local district, community school, STEM school, college-preparatory boarding sch...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education
S.B. 316 - Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education
Directs the state board and the early childhood advisory council, in consultation with the governor's office of 21st century education, to d...
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P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Child Care Quality
S.B. 316 - Child Care Quality
Requires that the "career pathways" alternative pathway for meeting child-care staff member or administrator requirements include both a fra...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Licensure of Preschool and Child Care Programs
S.B. 316 - Licensure of Preschool and Child Care Programs
Defines "school child," "child care," and other terms. Removes various references to preschool or school child program license renewal and t...
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P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Duties of Early Childhood Advisory Council
S.B. 316 - Duties of Early Childhood Advisory Council
Amends the duties of the early childhood advisory council. Repeals provision directing the council to advise the state regarding the creatio...
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P-3 Kindergarten |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Kindergarten, 1st Grade Entrance
S.B. 316 - Kindergarten, 1st Grade Entrance
Repeals existing requirements providing exceptions to minimum ages for admission to kindergarten or 1st grade. Replaces with provision provi...
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Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Third-Grade Reading Proficiency
S.B. 316 - Third-Grade Reading Proficiency
Directs the state board to determine a level of achievement on the 3rd grade English language arts assessment for a student to be promoted t...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development
S.B. 316 - Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development
By June 20, 2013, directs the department to conduct a study of the licensure requirements for educational staff responsible for the developm...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions
S.B. 316 - Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions
By December 31, 2012, directs the superintendent of public instruction and the governor's director of 21st century education to issue a repo...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Number of Out-of-State Miles a District Vehicle May Travel
H.B. 437
Increases the number of miles a district board may authorize its motor vehicles for out-of-state travel from 240 to 1,000 miles per trip. ht...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Eye Examination for a Student Identified with Disabilities
S.B. 316 - Eye Examination for a Student Identified with Disabilities
Directs the department of education to annually (1) Notify each district and community school of the requirements under section 3323.19 (req...
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Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | IEP Transition Plans
S.B. 316 - IEP Transition Plans
Requires transition plan to be developed during first IEP meeting after student turns 14 (previously was 16). Replaces existing reference to...
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Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | STEM Schools
S.B. 316 - STEM Schools
Amends procedures for STEM committee awarding of grants to establish STEM schools. Permits the committee to authorize the establishment of a...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | State Data System
S.B. 316 - State Data System
Amends provisions related to the statewide education management information system. Requires that the assignment of data verification codes ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Sick Leave for Certain Local Board Employees
S.B. 316 - Sick Leave for Certain Local Board Employees
Specifies that a local board employee who is a substitute, adult education instructor who is scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of l...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations
S.B. 316 - Teacher Evaluations
Provides that, notwithstanding other provisions, each local board's teacher evaluation policy applies to any person employed under a teacher...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Testing Low-Performing Teachers
S.B. 316 - Testing Low-Performing Teachers
Prior provisions required all district, community school, and STEM school classroom teachers, teaching in a core subject area, whose schools...
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Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Graduate Outcomes
S.B. 316 - Teacher Preparation Program Graduate Outcomes
By December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, directs the chancellor of the board of regents to report for each teacher preparation program...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | American History and American Government
S.B. 165
Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the ...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Adopted 02/2012 |
P-12 | Graduation Rate Changes to the State Accountability System
S.C.R. 11
Approves the Ohio Department of Education's proposed changes to the state accountability system to incorporate four-year and five-year adjus...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Determining Student Residency
H.B. 116 - Determining Student Residency
Permits a student who completed the final year of high school at home and establishes domocile in Ohio to be recognized as an Ohio resident ...
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School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 | Anti-Bullying
H.B. 116 - Anti-Bullying
Enacts the Jessica Logan Act. Amends anti-bullying law to prohibit bullying via an electronic act. Requires local boards to adopt anti-bully...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 | College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
H.B. 157 - College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
Repeals provision requiring any board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to secure at least $20 million dollars of private...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 | Educational Service Centers
H.B. 157 - Educational Service Centers
Provides that if the educational service center in which the territory of a local school district is located is dissolved under section 3311...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 | Dyslexia Early Screening and Intervention Pilot
H.B. 96
Specifies dyslexia as a specific learning disability. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to establish a pilot project, to oper...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
P-12 | Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers
H.B. 157 - Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers
Defines "dyslexia" and "dyslexia specialist". Permits the governing board of any educational service center to engage the services of a dysl...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Issued 10/2011 |
P-12 | Early Education
Executive Order 2011-21K
Creates the position of Early Education and Development Officer ("Officer") within the Governor's Office of 21st Century Education. Directs ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | Innovation Schools
H.B. 153 - Innovation Schools
Permits a school to apply to its district board to be designated as an innovation school. Requires an application to include numerous elemen...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | More Efficiency and Effectiveness
H.B. 153 - More Efficiency and Effectiveness
Directs the department of education to develop a system to rank all districts, community schools and STEM schools according to: (1) performa...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
H.B. 153 - Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
Establishes a pilot project for any school operated by the Columbus school district that has been ranked in the lowest 5% of all public scho...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is d...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools
Directs the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district, the governing authority of each community school, ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | State Assessments
H.B. 153 - State Assessments
Provides that for administrations of each state assessment in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter, the administrations are not to be pu...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades
H.B. 153 - English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades
Provides the administration of the English language arts assessments for elementary grades as a replacement for the separate reading and wri...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 o...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments
H.B. 153 - Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments
Directs the department of education in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years not to furnish, and school districts and schools not to admi...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Transfer to Alternative School
H.B. 153 - Transfer to Alternative School
Provides that local policies to allow a student to enroll in an alternative school may permit a student to permanently transfer to an altern...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Licensure Requirements for CTE Teachers
H.B. 153 - Licensure Requirements for CTE Teachers
Requires that the rules adopted by the board of education regarding standards and requirements for educator licenses include requirements fo...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
H.B. 153 - Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
Permits community schools to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program. Provides...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
H.B. 153 - Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
Repeals existing language regarding charter caps for charter operators that were operating fewer than 50, 50-75 and more than 75 schools as ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
H.B. 153 - Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
For purposes of start-up community schools, adds to definition of "challenged school district" any district ranked in the lowest 5% accordin...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Ohio School Sponsorship Program
H.B. 153 - Ohio School Sponsorship Program
Establishes the Ohio School Sponsorship Program; directs the department of education to establish an office of Ohio school sponsorship. Auth...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Community Schools in More Than One or Sharing a Facility
H.B. 153 - Community Schools in More Than One or Sharing a Facility
Permits a community school under the same contract to be located in multiple facilities and to assign students in the same grade level to mu...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School
H.B. 153 - Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School
Provides that the employees of a conversion community school sponsored by the Cleveland board of education will cease to be subject to any f...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Community School Cannot Operate from a Home
H.B. 153 - Community School Cannot Operate from a Home
Prohibits a community school that opened for operation after May 1, 2005 from operating from a home. Page 2 of 264: http://www.legislature.s...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Early College Start-Up Community School
H.B. 153 - Early College Start-Up Community School
Permits any early college high school operated by a big eight school district (as defined in statute http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.02) in p...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Community School Closure Criteria
H.B. 153 - Community School Closure Criteria
Amends criteria applicable to community schools that must permanently close at the end of the school year in which criteria first apply. Pag...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Internet- and Computer-Based Community Schools
H.B. 153 - Internet- and Computer-Based Community Schools
Clarifies that until January 2013, no Internet- or computer-based community school may operate unless the school was open for instruction as...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
H.B. 153 - Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
Provides that except as otherwise specified, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior school year in an I...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
H.B. 153 - Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
Directs the department to develop standards for determining, from existing data, the amount of annual operating expenditures for classroom i...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
H.B. 153 - Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
Repeals certain language related to unused school property. Adds new language requiring districts to offer unused school facilities (that ha...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Background Checks at Certain Schools
H.B. 153 - Background Checks at Certain Schools
Requires that staff at a nonpublic school participating in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program or at a college-preparatory bo...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
H.B. 153 - College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
Creates chapter 3318 regarding college preparatory boarding schools. Defines an eligible student as a student who is entitled to attend scho...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
H.B. 153 - Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
Amends various provisions of the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program (voucher for students in low-performing schools, not Cleveland...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Autism Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Autism Scholarship Program
Specifies that the services provided under the scholarship must include an educational component. Pages 74-77 of 1000: http://www.legislatur...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
Establishes the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program, effective with the 2012-13 school year, for K-12 students with disabilities ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Cleveland Voucher Program
H.B. 153 - Cleveland Voucher Program
Makes changes to the "pilot project scholarship program" (Cleveland voucher program). Expands eligibility to new applicants through grade 12...
| More... |
Data-Driven Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
H.B. 153 - Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Provides that of a specified department of education appropriation, a portion in each fiscal year may be used to train district and regional...
| More... |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Transfers from School District Bond Fund or Bond Retirement Fund
H.B. 153 - Transfers from School District Bond Fund or Bond Retirement Fund
From bill analysis: Authorizes transfers from a bond fund or bond retirement fund to a permanent improvement fund, even if all of the obliga...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | School District Solvency Assistance Fund
H.B. 153 - School District Solvency Assistance Fund
Provides an exception to the provision that districts must reimburse the school district solvency assistance fund no later than the end of t...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | K-12 and Higher Education Construction Contracts
H.B. 153 - K-12 and Higher Education Construction Contracts
Sections 9.33 to 9.335: Makes certain provisions related to a public authority's contracting for construction (that are already applicable t...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Reporting on Costs of Capital Facilities Projects
H.B. 153 - Reporting on Costs of Capital Facilities Projects
Directs public entities (including a state agency and a state institution of higher education), upon completion of a capital facilities proj...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Unit Prices Established in Contract
H.B. 153 - Unit Prices Established in Contract
Permits a regional council to enter into a contract that establishes a unit price for materials, labor, services, overhead, profit, and asso...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Renting Facilities to Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 153 - Renting Facilities to Postsecondary Institutions
Permits a district board to rent or lease facilities under its control to any public or nonpublic institution of higher education for the in...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Relocation or Replacement of Classroom Facilities
H.B. 153 - Relocation or Replacement of Classroom Facilities
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission to provide assistance under the exceptional needs school facilities program to any school dist...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Facilities
H.B. 153 - Facilities
Specifies actions after which a district capital project must be considered complete and the Ohio school facilities commission must issue a ...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Lottery Funds for Education
H.B. 153 - Lottery Funds for Education
Directs the state lottery commission to promulgate rules on the type of notices that must appear on lottery tickets, including one that must...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Earmark Accountability
H.B. 153 - Earmark Accountability
Provides that at the request of the superintendent of public instruction, any entity that receives a budget earmark under the department of ...
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Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Student Fees for CTE Courses
H.B. 153 - Student Fees for CTE Courses
Permits districts to charge fees (including to low-income students) for any tools, equipment, and materials that are necessary for workforce...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 153 - Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions
Prohibits a state agency or state institution of higher education from entering into a contract with a lobbyist for more than $50,000 in a c...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Exams for Classified Service
H.B. 153 - Exams for Classified Service
Requires an exam to be administered when a position in the classified service of the state is to be filled (provides exceptions). Authorizes...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Agency Purchases
H.B. 153 - Agency Purchases
Provides that upon the request of a state agency or the director of budget and management, the agency's controlling board may approve a purc...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Use of Volunteers at DOE
H.B. 153 - Use of Volunteers at DOE
Permits the department of education to utilize the services of volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the s...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Health
H.B. 153 - Health
Repeals requirement that the healthy choices for healthy children council assist the department of health in developing a list of resources ...
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Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Milk Sales During School Day
H.B. 153 - Milk Sales During School Day
In list of beverages that may be sold a la carte during the regular and extended school day, replaces specifics of quantity, types of, or ca...
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High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Permission to Take GED
H.B. 153 - Permission to Take GED
Requires a person who is at least 16 but under the age of 19 who is applying to the department to take the tests of general education develo...
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High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Exit Exam
H.B. 153 - Exit Exam
Removes requirement that the state assessment program assess "other skills necessary in the twenty-first century" (beyond English language a...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Technology and Competency-Based Credit in Graduation Requirements
H.B. 153 - Technology and Competency-Based Credit in Graduation Requirements
Removes "whenever praticable" from provisions directing school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to integrate te...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Gifted and Talented Coordinators
H.B. 153 - Gifted and Talented Coordinators
Permits any person assigned to a school as a principal or any other position to also serve as the district's gifted education coordinator, i...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Principal Evaluations
H.B. 153 - Principal Evaluations
Requires that local board procedures for principal evaluations be based on principles comparable to the teacher evaluation policy adopted by...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Making Up Lost Instructional Days Online
H.B. 153 - Making Up Lost Instructional Days Online
Permits a local board, or the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school or a community school, prior to the start of the school ye...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses
H.B. 153 - Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses
Establishes the following as principles on which the clearinghouse of distance learning courses for grades K-12 must be based: (1) All Ohio ...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Information Technology Service Fund
H.B. 153 - Information Technology Service Fund
Establishes the Information Technology Service Fund. Provides that the fund consists of money received by the eTech Ohio commission pursuant...
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P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Services
H.B. 153 - Early Intervention Services
Provides that one of the purposes of the Help Me Grow program is to provide early intervention services in accordance with part C of the "In...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program
Existing policy directs the chancellor of the board of regents to encourage state universities and colleges to submit proposals under the ch...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | National Guard Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - National Guard Scholarship Program
Amends various provisions related to the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program. Makes students at private institutions of higher education...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Resident for Determining Tuition
H.B. 153 - Resident for Determining Tuition
Requires that the chancellor's rules for determining student residency for purposes of determining tuition costs must grant residency status...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Ohio Tuition Trust Authority Investment Options
H.B. 153 - Ohio Tuition Trust Authority Investment Options
Requires that the Ohio tuition trust authority's investment policies and guidelines be utilized in administering the investment options offe...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Charter Universities
H.B. 153 - Charter Universities
Directs the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents to develop a plan for designating public institutions of higher education as charter uni...
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Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Capital Bonding Requirements for Community Colleges
H.B. 153 - Capital Bonding Requirements for Community Colleges
Creates new section to outline the capital bonding requirements for community colleges. Pages 336-339 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state....
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Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Auxiliary Facilities May Be Transferred to 501(c)(3)
H.B. 153 - Auxiliary Facilities May Be Transferred to 501(c)(3)
Authorizes the the board of trustees of a state institution, with the approval of the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents and the contro...
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Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Leasing Campus Housing Facilities to Nonpublic Vendors
H.B. 153 - Leasing Campus Housing Facilities to Nonpublic Vendors
Permits each university to enter into a lease agreement with a nonpublic vendor to provide housing services in campus housing facilities to ...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | SHEEO's Term
H.B. 153 - SHEEO's Term
Removes provision prohibiting the chancellor of the board of regents from assuming any duties until the senate has consented to the chancell...
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Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Three-Year Baccalaureate
H.B. 153 - Three-Year Baccalaureate
Directs the chancellor of the board of regents to require all state institutions of higher education that offer baccalaureate degrees to sub...
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Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Remediation
H.B. 153 - Postsecondary Remediation
By December 31, 2012, requires the presidents of all state institutions of higher education, or their designees, to jointly establish unifor...
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Private Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Certain Teacher Certification Requirements in Private Schools
H.B. 153 - Certain Teacher Certification Requirements in Private Schools
Establishes certification requirements for teaching foreign language, music, religion, computer technology or fine arts in nontax-supported ...
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Privatization |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Privatization of Transportation Services
H.B. 153 - Privatization of Transportation Services
Permits the board of a district to which the provisions of Chapter 124 of the revised code do not apply to terminate any of its transportati...
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Religion |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Prohibition of Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Group
H.B. 153 - Prohibition of Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Group
Prohibits a state institution of higher education from taking any action or enforcing any policy that would deny a religious student group a...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Powers of Political Subdivisions
H.B. 153 - Powers of Political Subdivisions
Section 9.482: Authorizes a political subdivision (including a school district), when authorized by their respective legislative authorities...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Local Government Innovation Program
H.B. 153 - Local Government Innovation Program
Creates new sections 189.01 through 189.09. Creates the local government innovation program to provide loans and grants for local government...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts
H.B. 153 - Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts
Makes permissive rather than mandatory certain minimum operating standards for school districts established by 2009 H.B. 1, and found in Sec...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Educational Service Centers
H.B. 153 - Educational Service Centers
Authorizes an educational service center's governing board to task an executive committee of the governing board with performing specified a...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Energy-Efficient Buildings
H.B. 153 - Energy-Efficient Buildings
Defines "life cycle cost analysis". Specifies that certain provisions related to energy-efficient designs for state-funded facilities do not...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Contracting Subdivision May Acquire and Maintain Educational Facilities
H.B. 153 - Contracting Subdivision May Acquire and Maintain Educational Facilities
Permits a contracting subdivision (i.e., a municipal corporation, township, joint recreation district, township park district, county, schoo...
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Service-Learning |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism
H.B. 153 - Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism
Renames the Ohio community service council the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism.
Pages 156-162 of 1000: http://www.legislature.st...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Interagency Workgroup on Autism
H.B. 153 - Interagency Workgroup on Autism
Authorizes the director of developmental disabilities to establish an interagency workgroup on autism to improve the coordination of the sta...
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Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Parental Rights and Special Education
H.B. 153 - Parental Rights and Special Education
Directs the department of education to develop a document that compares a parent's and child's rights under Chapter 3323 of the Ohio code an...
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Standards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | State Standards
H.B. 153 - State Standards
Removes provision that the state board adopt state standards every five years after June 30, 2010; replaces with provision that state board ...
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STEM |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Funding for STEM School Facilities
H.B. 153 - Funding for STEM School Facilities
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission, upon receipt of a written proposal by the governing body of a STEM school, to provide funding...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Participation in Athletics
H.B. 153 - Participation in Athletics
Provides a student may not be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do not...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Resident Educator License Requirements
H.B. 153 - Resident Educator License Requirements
Prohibits the state board from adopting additional requirements for the resident educator license beyond those established in statute. Page ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Teaching Certification Reciprocity with Other States
H.B. 153 - Teaching Certification Reciprocity with Other States
By July 2012, directs the state superintendent to develop a list of states that the superintendent considers to have standards for teacher l...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Criminal Records Check for Adult Educators
H.B. 153 - Criminal Records Check for Adult Educators
Provides that an applicant for employment by a school district, the governing board of an educational service center or a chartered nonpubli...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Alternative Resident Educator License
H.B. 153 - Alternative Resident Educator License
Previous law directed the state board of education to adopt by rule requirements for obtaining an alternative resident educator license for ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Pay for Performance for RTTT Districts/Schools
H.B. 153 - Pay for Performance for RTTT Districts/Schools
Requires any local board or community school or STEM school receiving federal Race to the Top grant monies to pay teachers based on performa...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Health Care Benefits
H.B. 153 - Health Care Benefits
Section 9.833: Provides that any agreement for a political subdivision (including a school district) to jointly administer an individual sel...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Calculation of Sick Leave
H.B. 153 - Calculation of Sick Leave
Removes substitutes, adult education instructors who are scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of less than 120 days per school year, o...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations
H.B. 153 - Teacher Evaluations
By December 31, 2011, directs the state board to develop a standards-based framework for teacher evaluation, which must incorporate numerous...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Program Graduates' Performance
H.B. 153 - Teacher Preparation Program Graduates' Performance
By December 31, 2012 and annually thereafter, requires the chancellor of the board of regents to report aggregate academic growth data, usin...
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Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Seniority Removed as Decisionmaking Factor
H.B. 153 - Seniority Removed as Decisionmaking Factor
Specifies that seniority may not be the basis to retain a teacher, except when making a decision between teachers with comparable evaluation...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute access...
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Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher, Principal, Superintendent and Other Employee Compensation
S.B. 5 - Compensation sections
--Public employee pay: Does away with salary schedules and replaces with salary "ranges." Requires performance-based pay for teachers and no...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Calamity Days
H.B. 36
To amend sections 3313.482, 3314.08, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code to excuse up to five, instead of three, calamity days for the 2010-2011...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Licensure of Teach for America Participants
H.B. 21
Qualifies Teach for America participants for a resident educator license. Provides Teach for America participants must meet specified condit...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Evidence-Based Funding Model
H.B. 30 - Evidence-Based Funding Model
Repeals references to the evidence-based school funding model (sections 3306.18, 3306.25, 3306.30, 3306.31, 3306.33, 3306.34, 3306.35, 3306....
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Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | All-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 30 - All-Day Kindergarten
Repeals provision requiring districts to provide all-day kindergarten to all students beginning in fiscal year 2011. Permits a district that...
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Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | School Nurses
H.B. 30 - School Nurses
Repeals provision directing the superintendent of public instruction, when adopting expenditure and reporting standards, to include standard...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Family and Civic Engagement Teams
H.B. 30 - Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Linkage Coordinators
Repeals Section 3306.31, which required each district with a three-year average graduation rate of 80% or less to have a linkage coordinator...
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Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Reductions in Force
S.B. 5 - Reductions in Force
Allows a public employer to determine the basis for selection, retention and promotion of employees, unless the public employer specifically...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure
S.B. 5 - Teacher Tenure
Abolishes continuing contracts for teachers, except for those continuing contracts in existence prior to the effective date of the bill. Rev...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Collective Bargaining, Strikes, Dispute Resolution
S.B. 5 - Collective Bargaining, Strikes, Dispute Resolution Section
From bill summary:
--Community schools (charter schools): Prohibits employees of community schools from collectively bargaining, except for...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School Food Offerings
S.B. 210, Part II
Permits schools participating in a school breakfast program to offer breakfast to students in their classrooms during the school day. Provid...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Adopted 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Payment of Bond Service Charges
OAC 3333-1-15
Establishes new rules regarding the payment of bond service charges under the state credit enhancement program. Allows for community college...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 04/2010 |
P-12 | Revocation of Parental Consent
OAC 3301-51-05
Amends rules to reflect recent changes in federal regulations regarding revocation of parental consent. Provides that if, at any time subseq...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum
H.B. 27
Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates....
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Distinction between Online AP Courses and Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses
S.B. 155 - Section 6
Amends 371.50.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly (enacted July 2009). Clarifies that from an appropriation item in 2009 H.B...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec. | Deposit of Overpaid Taxes into College Savings Plan or Program Account
S.B. 155 - End of Section 1
Allows taxpayers to direct that any refund of overpaid taxes be deposited into a checking account or preexisting college savings plan or pro...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Adopted 02/2010 |
P-12 | Energy Efficiency Standards
OAC 123:4-1-01 thru -07
123:4-1-03: Requires all new construction, renovation, repairs and replacements of buildings to use cost-effective, energy-efficient, green ...
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P-3 |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 | School Child Care Programs
OAC 3301-32-01, -02, -06, -11, -12
Revises rules relating to definitions http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/32/3301-32-01_PH_FF_A_RU_20100112_1441.pdf, staff ht...
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Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 | Educational Aide Permits
OAC 3301-25-01, -02 and -05
Repeals and re-enacts rules related to the one-year educational aide permit
3301-25-01: One-Year Educational Aide Permit: http://www.regis...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Charter School Accountability During First Two Years of Operation
H.B. 19 - Community Schools
Amends accountability provisions applicable to charter schools. When determining whether a community school meets triggers for certain accou...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Background Checks of School Bus/Van Drivers
H.B. 19 - School Bus/Van Drivers
Directs the department to amend rule 3301-83-23 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) that took effect August 27, 2009, and that specifies t...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 218 - Charter Schools
Authorizes specified community schools (charter schools) to operate as conversion schools. Authorizes the governing authority of specified c...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Full-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 318 - Section 9
Permits a district to seek a delay of the requirement to implement all-day kindergarten for all students until fiscal year 2012. Directs the...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Dating Violence Prevention
H.B. 19 - Dating Violence Prevention
Enacts the Tina Croucher Act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence prevention policy as part of its policy prohibiting hara...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Construction
H.B. 318 - Section 8
During fiscal year 2010, directs the chancellor of the board of regents to designate one construction project at three different state insti...
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Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 | Junior ROTC
H.B. 290 - Junior ROTC
Includes Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the state's core curriculum for high school graduation. Permits schools to excuse Junior...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | P-16 Data System
H.B. 290 - P-16 Data System
Amends provisions related to data in the statewide education management information system. Requires districts to ensure that a student's da...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Adopted 10/2009 |
P-12 | Coaching Requirements
OAC 3301-27-01
Repeals provision requiring nonlicensed individual, prior to directing, coaching or superivising a pupil-activity program, to obtain a state...
| More... |
Urban--Governance |
Adopted 10/2009 |
P-12 | "Teacher Leader" and "Urban Principal" Endorsements
OAC 3301-24-05
Adds new paragraph regarding the "teacher leader" endorsement. Provides endorsement is valid for mentoring and coaching teachers, providing ...
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Background Checks |
Rule Adoption 08/2009 |
P-12 | Employment of Individuals with Criminal Convictions
OAC 3301-20-01, -03, -83-23
Rescinds and establishes new rules regarding employment of individuals in positions that require a license and licensure of individuals with...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Inspections of Preschool and Licensed School Child Programs
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.57
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Reduces the number of annual inspections of preschool programs and licensed school child programs by t...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Statewide Education Management Information System
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0714
Amends types of data that must be maintained in the education management information system (EMIS http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pa...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Performance Indicators
H.B. 1 - Section 3302.01 and 3302.02
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:
3302.01: Amends performance index score to reflect combination of reading and writing tests into ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Accountability Compliance Commission
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.34
Provides that a separate accountability compliance commission must be established for each school district for which the state superintenden...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Triggers for Automatic Closure of Community Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.35
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Revises the current performance criteria that trigger automatic closure of a community school after July 1, 2009...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Writing and Social Studies Assessments
H.B. 1 - Section 265.20.18
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Prohibits the administration of the elementary writing and social studies assessments during the 2009-10 and 2...
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Assessment--End-of-Course |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | State Assessment System
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712
Replaces all references to "tests" to "assessments".
Section 3301.079: Existing law requires the state board to inform all districts when an...
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Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | NAEP Participation
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.40
Existing Section 3301.27 provides the state department of education "may require school districts to administer tests in addition to those o...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.291, 3319.391 and 3327.10
Provides that an individual applying for any certificate, license or permit or for the renewal of any certificate, license or permit is not ...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Funding Advisory Council
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292
Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereaf...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.16
Clarifies language to specify that charter schools must adminster state assessments provided for in section 3313.612. Provides that a high s...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Community Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.012, 3314.015, 3314.016 and 3314.02
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Eliminates the two-year wait before the department of education begins issuing annual report cards for...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | No Home-Based Charter Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.80
Specifies that no community school (charter school) that began operation after May 1, 2005 may be operated from a home.
Page 2833 of 3120: h...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Use of State Funds by Online Charters
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.085
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adds computers and software to the instructional items for which Internet or computer-based-community schools (e...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Community School Reimbursement for Closure Days
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.08
Provides that for purposes of calculating full-time equivalency for reimbursement, the department must waive the number of hours or days of ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Community School Declared to Be Unauditable
H.B. 1 - Section 265.80.20
Provides that if the Auditor of State or a public accountant declares a community school (charter school) to be unauditable, the Auditor of ...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Voucher Program Participation
H.B. 1 - Section 3310.03, 3310.08 and 3310.09
Extends eligibility to participate in the educational choice scholarship pilot program to students outside eligible districts. Specifies eli...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.602
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits school districts from preventing a teacher from having students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Waiver of Pupil/Teacher Ratio in Grades K-4
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.20
Authorizes the state superintendent, in the 2009 or 2010 academic year (or both) to waive the teacher/pupil ratio for grades K-4 as required...
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Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Business Education, Financial Literacy, and College and Career Readiness
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0719
Defines "business education" for purposes of this section as including accounting, career development, economics and personal finance, entr...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness, Wellness and Sports
H.B. 1 - Sections 3701.77, 3701.771 and 3701.772
Repeals 3701.77, which established in the department of health the 15-member governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and s...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Physical Education Standards and Implementation
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079(A)(3), 3301.0718(B)
Repeals Section 3301.0718(A), which directed the state board to adopt the most recent standards developed by the National Association for Sp...
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Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Waiver of American History Course Requirement
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.60
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Allows school district boards to waive the requirement to take an American history course for promotion from 8th...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Entrepreneurial Projects by Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 1 - Section 3345.35
Defines "entrepreneurial project" as an effort to develop or commercialize technology through research or technology transfer or investment ...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Science and Technology Collaboration
H.B. 1 - Section 701.30
Directs the department of development, board of regents, air quality development authority, department of agriculture and the Third Frontier...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Failure to Comply with Finance Provisions
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.33
By July 2011, directs the department of education to provide technical assistance to that either has failed to comply with any applicable ex...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Big Eight District Facilities and Joint Vocational District Bonded Indebtedness
H.B. 1 - Section 3318.38, 3318.44
Makes various changes to the accelerated urban school building assistance program for Big Eight districts. Amends provisions related to the ...
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Finance--Federal |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Flexibility to Meet ARRA Requirements
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.53 and 265.50.55
Section 265.50.53: In fiscal years 2010 and 2011, allows the state superintendent to recommend the reallocation of unexpended and unincumber...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Funding Formulas
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.088, 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08, 3365.10 and 3365.12
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adjusts payments to community schools and STEM schools as well as other payments/transfers:
--Sets...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Distribution Formulas
H.B. 1 - Section 265.40.80
Requires the department of education to report the following to the director of budget and management and the legislative service commission...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Earkmark Accountability
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.70
At the state superintendent's request, requires any entity that receives a budget earmark under the state department of education to submit ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Finance Redesign
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.01, 3306.011, 3306.012, 3306.02, 3306.051
New Chapter 3306.: As described in the bill analysis by the Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC), "The bill enacts a new R.C. Chapter 3...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Adequacy Amount and Instructional Services Support Component
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.03, 3306.04, 3306.05
Section 3306.03: Establishes the method for determining each district's adequacy amount.
Section 3306.04: Directs the department, in calcul...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Calculating Certain Components of State Funding
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.06, 3306.07, 3306.08, 3306.09, 3306.091, 3306.10, 3306.11, 3306.12, 3306.13, 3306.18, 3306.19, 3306.191, 3306.192,
Establishes the method of calculating the following components of each district's adequacy amount:
Section 3306.06: "Additional services su...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Career-Technical Education
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.052, 3306.02(C)
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:
--Sets the payment for career-technical education services at 3/4 of 1% more than the previous ye...
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Finance--Litigation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Restriction of Liability for Certain Reimbursements
H.B. 1 - Section 265.60.70
Limits legal claim for reimbursement of amount of reduction in funding to districts named in a court's judgment or settlement agreement. Pro...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Lottery Profits Education Reserve Fund
H.B. 1 - Section 265.40.60
Creates a special fund that will allow for excess lottery profits to be transferred to be made available by the Controlling Board in FY 2010...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Formula Accountability and Transparency Form
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.35
Applies only to school districts, and not to community schools or STEM schools. Directs the department of education to develop a form, to be...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | District Spending Plans
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.30
Requires local boards to annually submit to the department of education a plan describing how the district will spend the funds received und...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Vetoed 07/2009 |
P-12 | Tangible Personal Property Phase-Out Impacted Districts
H.B. 1 - Section 3318.011
Excludes tangible personal property phase-out impacted districts from the definition of "average taxable value". Defines "tangible personal ...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School District Operating Levies
H.B. 1 - Section 5705.219, 5705.2110, 5705.211
Makes changes to the methods by which school district operating levies are approved.
Pages 2449-2455 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.o...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Conversion Levies
H.B. 1 - Section 5705.219
From the DOE summary of H.B. 1:
--Authorizes school districts levying current expense taxes with an aggregate effective tax rate exceeding...
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Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Waivers from Financial Requirements
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.40
Authorizes local boards to apply to the state superintendent for waivers from financial provisions established in Chapter 3306, including an...
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Limitation to Waivers
H.B. 1 - Section 3302.05 and 3302.07
Existing law allows waivers from certain state mandates to school districts identified as "excellent" or "effective" under the state account...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Vetoed 07/2009 |
P-12 | District Transition from One Educational Service Center to Another
H.B. 1 - Section 3311.059
Specifies the impacts the state board must consider in determining whether to approve a local district's resolution to sever from its educat...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Recordings of State Board Meetings
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.041
Adds new section. Requires the state board of education to make an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting, to be made ...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Vetoed 07/2009 |
P-12 | Dissolution of Educational Service Center
H.B. 1- Section 3311.0510
Establishes procedures for the dissolution of an educational service center (ESC) from which all districts within the ESC's service area hav...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Advisory Council and Early Childhood Financing Workgroup
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.90 and 265.70.20
Section 3301.90:Creates the Early Childhood Advisory Council to serve as the federally mandated state advisory council for early childhood e...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Vetoed 07/2009 |
P-12 | Recontracting Following Dissolution of Educational Service Center
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.843
Provides that if an educational service center that has received funding according to statutory provisions as they stood prior to September ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Ohio Tuition Trust Authority
H.B. 1 - Section 3334.03, 3334.07, 3334.08, 3334.11
Places the Ohio tuition trust authority in the office of the chancellor of the board of regents. Provides that the Ohio tuition trust author...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Department of Education Use of Volunteers
H.B. 1- Section 265.60.30
Authorizes the department of education to use volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the state superintende...
| More... |
Health |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | Integrated Pest Management
OAC 901:5-11-14, -15
Creates new rules relating to integrated pest management standard and pesticide use in schools.
Integrated Pest Management Standard: http:/...
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Policies to Protect Students with Food Allergies
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.719
Creates new section 3313.719. Directs school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt written pol...
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Administration of Prescription Drugs to Students
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.713
Effective July 1, 2011, permits only district employees who are licensed health professionals, or who have completed a drug administration t...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | In-Service Training on Violence Prevention
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.073
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Extends to public middle and high schools a requirement that under existing law applies to public ele...
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Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Nurse and Wellness Coordinator Licenses
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.221
Directs the state board to establish by rule the requirements for earning a school nurse license and a school nurse wellness coordinator lic...
| More... |
Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Health Services Advisory Council
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.70 and 3319.71
Establishes the school health services advisory council. Establishes membership. Provides the duties of the council are to make recommendati...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Report Card Data on College and Work Readiness
H.B. 1 - Section 105.01/3302.032
Repeals 3302.032, which directed the state board, by June 30, 2012, to select one or more methods of measuring high school graduates' prepar...
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High School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Governor's Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.31 and 265.70.80
Specifies that the following provisions apply to any district with a three-year average graduation rate at or below 80%. Requires each such ...
| More... |
High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early College High Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.90
Provides that any early college high school operated by a big eight school district in partnership with a private university may operate as ...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Service Coordination Workgroup
H.B. 1 - Section 751.20
Establishes the Service Coordination Workgroup, consisting of a representative of 10 state offices/agencies, including the departments of ed...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Center for Creativity and Innovation
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.82
**No funds allocated in the current budget for this center, according to the DOE's H.B. 1 summary document http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Education Standards Board Subcommittees
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.611, 3319.612, and 3319.63
3319.611: Establishes the subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board (ESB). Establishes subcommittee mem...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation and Licensure
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.22 and 3319.23
Repeals provision in 3319.22 that directed the state board to adopt the standards and requirements for temporary, associate, provisional and...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | College and Career Readiness, Financial Literacy
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0721, 3301.079(A)(2) and 3313.601, 3313.603
Section 3301.079(A)(2). Requires the state board to adopt K-12 standards for instruction in financial literacy and entrepreneurship, which m...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Ten-Year Strategic Plan
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.122
Creates new section 3301.122. Directs the state superintendent, by December 2009, to develop a ten-year strategic plan aligned with the stra...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | P-16 Data Sharing
H.B. 1 - Section 3302.021
Partially from DOE analysis of H.B. 1: Requires the department of education to share aggregate student value-added data and calculations, an...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Partnership for Continued Learning
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.41, 3301.42, 3301.43, 3326.02, 3326.03, 3326.04, 3326.05, 3326.06, 3326.07, 33326.08, 3326.20, 3326.51
Sections 3301.41, 3301.42, and 3301.43: Repeals 3301.41, which established the partnership for continued learning (state's P-16/P-20 council...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Full-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 1 - Section 3317.03, 3321.01, 3321.05 and 265.70.70
3317.03: Requires each student enrolled in kindergarten to be counted as a full-time equivalent student regardless of whether or not the stu...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | "Help Me Grow" Advisory Council
H.B. 1 - Section 3701.611 and 289.20
Establishes the "Help Me Grow" advisory council, to serve as the state interagency coordinating council, as described in 20 U.S.C. 1441. Est...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Cabinet Appointment
H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.23
Directs the governor to appoint to the early childhood cabinet a representative of a board of health of a city or general health district or...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Education Programs
H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.20
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Continues the GRF-funded early childhood education program at school districts, joint vocational scho...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early Learning Initiative
H.B. 1 - Section 309.40.60
From Legislative Service Commission summary of H.B. 1:
Re-establishes the Early Learning Initiative (ELI) to provide early learning service...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Center for Early Childhood Development
H.B. 1 - Section 265.70.10
Directs the governor and the state superintendent to create the Center for Early Childhood Development in the department of education, compr...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining for Independent Child Care Providers
H.B. 1 - Section 741.01, 741.02, 741.03, 741.04, 741.05, 741.06 and 741.07
Defines "independent child care provider" as either a licensed provider who does not meet the definition of "employee" under the National La...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Parental Notification Procedures for Responding to Threats and Emergencies
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.536
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to inform, prior to o...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Business Advisory Councils
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.82, 3313.821, 3313.822
Renumbers to 3313.82 existing provision requiring local boards and educational service center boards to appoint a business advisory council....
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Best Practices for Improving Parental Involvement
H.B. 1 - Section 265.80.40
Directs the state board, by January 29, 2010, to develop a list of best practices for improving parental involvement that public and nonpubl...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | In-State Tuition for Ohio National Guard Members
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42
Existing legislation allows a nonresident student who is a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Ohio to pay in-state tuition. New pr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Need-Based Financial Aid
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.122
Amends Section 3333.122, regarding a need-based financial aid program for Ohio residents. Pages 1440-1449 of 3120: http://www.legislature.st...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Student Choice Grant Program
H.B. 1 - Sections 3333.27
Repeals 3333.27, which directed the chancellor to establish and administer the student choice grant program. The student choice grant progra...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program
H.B. 1 - Section 371.50.50
Provides that if the amounts appropriated for the need-based Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program are inadequate to provide grants to all ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | No Fees for Free Lunch Students
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.642
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Prohibits districts from charging instructional or materials fees to students eligible for free lunch.
DOE summ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Mandatory Furloughs of Postsecondary Employees
H.B. 1 - Section 371.70.20
Authorizes the board of trustees of any state institution of higher education to adopt a policy providing for mandatory furloughs of employe...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Faculty Members and Instruction; Exercise of Authority by Boards of Trustees
H.B. 1 - Section 371.30.10(C) and (D)
Requires boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to ensure that faculty members devote a proper and judicious ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Three Percent Savings for All State-Assisted Institutions
H.B. 1 - Section 371.70.10
Directs each state-assisted institution of higher education to demonstrate at least a 3% savings through internal efficiencies in each fisca...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Using "Success Points" in Funding Community Colleges
H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.95(C) and 371.20.80(D)(1)
Section 371.20.95(C): Directs the chancellor, in consultation with representatives of state community colleges, to conduct a study on the us...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Allocations
H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.80(D)(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), Section 371.20.80(E), (G)
[OF NOTE: Section 371.20.80(D)(5): Of specified postsecondary appropriation items, requires 5% of the FY 2010 appropriation and 10% of the F...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Funding for Doctoral Programs
H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.95(B) and 371.20.80(D)(2)
Section 371.20.95(B): Directs the chancellor, in consultation with representatives of state universities, to conduct a study on the effectiv...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary State Share of Instruction for FY 2010 and 2011
H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.90
Directs the boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to restrain increases in in-state undergraduate instructio...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | University System of Ohio
H.B. 1 - Section 3345.011
Establishes "University System of Ohio" as the collective group of all of the state institutions of higher education (as defined in division...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Study on Identifying At-Risk College Students
H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.95(A)
Section 371.20.95 (A): In FY 2010, directs the chancellor of the board of regents, in consultation with representatives of state colleges an...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Data on Voucher Students' Performance
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0711(K), 3310.15, 3313.976(11), 3313.978(G)
Section 3301.0711(K): Requires private high schools to administer the Ohio graduation tests (regardless of whether they accept voucher stude...
| More... |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Survey of Community Space
H.B. 1 - Section 385.40
Requires the executive director of the Ohio School Facilities Commission to survey classroom facilities projects financed by the commission ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Extending the School Year
H.B. 1 - Section 265.70.23
Directs the state superintendent, by December 31, 2010, to submit to the general assembly a report on the superintendent's findings and reco...
| More... |
School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Corporal Punishment Prohibited
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.41
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits corporal punishment in school districts, educational service centers, community schools (charter schoo...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Facilities Commission Director Reporting Responsibilities
H.B. 1 - Section 3318.312
Directs the executive director of the Ohio school facilities commission, at the state superintendent's request, to advise the superintendent...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Health and Safety Inspections
H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and ch...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Learning Environments Demonstrating Innovation
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.50, 3306.51, 3306.52, 3306.53, 3306.54, 3306.55, 3306.56, 3306.57 and 3306.58
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Establishes the Harmon Commission to designate, upon application, individual classrooms as creativ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | State Funds and Educational Service Centers, Joint Educational Programs
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.21 and 3306.22
Section 3306.21: Provides that nothing shall be construed to limit the authority of a district, charter school or STEM school to contract wi...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Privatization of Student Transportation Services
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.0810
Repeals Section 3319.0810, which allowed local boards to terminate student transportation staff positions for reasons of economy and efficie...
| More... |
Service-Learning |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Quality of and Recognition for Community Service Projects
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.605
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Revises the current law permitting school districts to include community service education within ...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Taxing District to Jointly Fund Special Education Services
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.83
Authorizes two or more school boards in a county with a population greater than 1,200,000 to create a regional student education district (s...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Reimbursement for Students in Residential Facilities
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.64
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Requires school districts that owe tuition for a regular education student housed in a residential facility to ...
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Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Assignment of Surrogate Parent
H.B. 1 - Section 3323.05
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Modifies existing procedural guidelines established for the department of education to protect the rights of a c...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Interstate Military Compact and Related Provisions
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.60, 3301.61, 3301.62, 3301.63 and 3301.64
Partially derived from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establis...
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Standards |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | New State Standards and Model Curricula
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079, 3301.0718(A)
Section 3301.079: Directs the state board of education, by June 30, 2010 and at least once every five years thereafter, to adopt statewide K...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Committee to Study Publicly Funded Child Care Services
H.B. 1 - Section 309.40.70
Creates a committee to study publicly funded child care services, including the Early Learning Initiative as re-established by H.B. 1. Requi...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.62, 3333.66
Section 3333.62: Amends selection criteria for postsecondary institutions' funding proposals for the choose Ohio first scholarship program, ...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Excused Absences for Extracurricular Activities
H.B. 1 - Section 3321.041
Defines "extracurricular activity". Requires districts to provide students with up to four days of excused absence per school year for a stu...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Timely Transfer of Student Records when Charter School Closes
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.44
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Specifies that if a community school closes, the chief administrative officer must transmit all educat...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Quality of Preparation Programs for Teachers and Other School Personnel
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.12, 3301.42, 3333.048 and 3333.048
Partly from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Directs the superintendent of public instruction, jointly with the chancellor of the board of regents, to...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Status of Current Teacher Licenses Through 2010
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.222
Repeals former 3319.222, which related to the carry-over of certain provisions related to the state board's authority for teacher certificat...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Two-Year Provisional License for Teaching in a STEM School
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.28
Amends provisions related to the two-year provisional educator license for teaching science, technology, engineering or math in grades 6-12 ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Alternative Teacher Licensure
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.26, 3319.261, 3319.302 and 3319.304
Existing law allows an individual with an alternative educator license to teach in grades 7-12. New provision allows individual holding "alt...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Educator Standards Board
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.60, 3319.61
Amends the membership of the educator standards board (ESB). Specifies that board membership must reflect the diversity of the state in term...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | State Health Care Fund
OAC 3307:1-11-12
Establishes the "Health Care Fund" as a separate account within the Employers' Trust Fund. Provides that fund assets may be used only for th...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | Health Care
OAC 3309-1-35
Provides a one-time chance for a member's spouse's enrollment in the School Employees' Retirement System's health care coverage to individua...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Model Peer Assistance and Review Program
H.B. 1 - Section 265.70.50
By December 31, 2010, directs the department of education, in consultation with the educator standards board, to develop a model peer assist...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Ohio Teacher Residency Program
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.223
Directs the state superintendent and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents to jointly establish the Ohio teacher residency program by ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Teach Ohio Program, Teaching Fellows Program
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.39, 3333.391 and 3333.392
Section 3333.39: Directs the chancellor of the board of regents and the state superintendent to establish and administer the teach Ohio prog...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.08
From the DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Makes regular classroom teachers who become licensed for the first time on or after January 1, 2011, eligib...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Termination of Teacher Contracts
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.16 and 3319.161
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Eliminates "gross inefficiency or immorality" and "willful and persistent violations of reasonable regulations o...
| More... |
Technology |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | eTech Ohio (Education Technology)
H.B. 1 - Section 3353.09, 3353.20, and 265.30.83
By January 2010, directs the eTech Ohio commission to develop and implement a plan to create an aligned educational technology system that s...
| More... |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Educational Technology Services, Information Technology Centers
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.075 and 3301.076
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Eliminates current law that permits the department to contract with an independent for-profit or nonprofit enti...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Building and District Improvement Planning
OAC 3301-13-01, -02, -37-01 thru -12, -56-01
Rescinds and adopts new rules relating to school building and district improvement planning, parent notification and intervention. Requires ...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | State Assessments
OAC 3301-13-02
Clarifies circumstances under which a student may be excused from taking a state test required at the student's grade level. Clarifies that ...
| More... |
P-3 |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Early Learning Programs
OAC 3301-37-01 through -12
-01: Adds or amends definitions related to early learning programs, including of "alignment," "curriculum," "early learning program guidelin...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Adopted 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Resident Tuition for Veterans and Their Families
OAC 3333-1-10
Revises rules relating to student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. Includes in the definition of residents (for p...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Adopted 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Career Colleges and Schools
OAC 3332-1-01, -02, -04.5, -11, -12.1, -14, -18 thru -22, -22.1
Amends rules regarding career colleges and schools. Replaces all references to the state board of "proprietary school registration" to state...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Career-Based Intervention Programs
OAC 3301-61-05 and -18
Establishes criteria for career-based intervention (CBI) programs, which provides grade 7-12 students who are disadvantaged (either academic...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Career/Technical Education Programs
OAC 3301-61-03
Amends criteria for secondary workforce development (career/technical education) programs. Requires all workforce development programs to be...
| More... |
Curriculum--Family Living Education |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Family and Consumer Sciences Programs
OAC 3301-61-04
Sets criteria for family and consumer sciences programs in grades 7-12. Requires all such programs to be approved by the department of educa...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Academic and Career Planning
OAC 3301-68-01
Amends rules related to K-12 career development programs. Adds that middle school career exploration activities must enable students to deve...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 | Investigations and Licensure Revocation
OAC 3301-73-01 thru -06, -08 thru -10, -13, -16, -20 thru -26
Relates to the applicability of rules, delegation, definitions, and confidentiality of investigative records. Relates to the notice of oppor...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | Education Management Information System
OAC 3301-19-03
Amends rules regarding operation of the education management information system. Requires the state superintendent to make available reports...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Teacher Preparation Programs
OAC 3301-21-05, -06, -07
Repeals and replaces rules governing the approval of teacher preparation programs at 2-year colleges, including requirements related to orga...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Innovative Education Pilot Programs
OAC 3301-46-01
Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit...
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Exemptions from Statutes/Rules
OAC 3301-46-01
Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center, or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Autism Scholarship Program
OAC 3301-103-01 thru -08
Rescinds and re-establishes rules regarding the Autism Scholarship Program. Relates to application and eligibility; responsibilities of a sc...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Adopted 02/2009 |
Postsec. | Co-Op/Internship Program
OAC 3333-1-63
Establishes the Co-op/internship program. Defines "Cooperative education program" as a partnership between students, institutions of higher ...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 01/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Free Career Information
H.B. 525
Authorizes the board of regents to enter into an agreement with private entities to provide free career information for students via the boa...
| More... |
STEM |
Adopted 10/2008 |
Postsec. | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program
OAC 3333-1-61, -61.1 thru -61.5
The Ohio innovation partnership, consisting of the choose Ohio first scholarship and the Ohio Research scholars program, aims to strengthen ...
| More... |
STEM |
Adopted 10/2008 |
Postsec. | Research Scholars Program
OAC 3333-1-62, -62.1 thru -62.5
Proposes new rules regarding the Ohio Research Scholars Program. Provides general guidelines for proposals; objectives to be reflected in pr...
| More... |
STEM |
Adopted 09/2008 |
P-12 | Temporary Teaching Permits, Provisional Licenses for STEM School Teachers
OAC 3301-23-41, -24-15
Creates forty hour temporary teaching permit for qualified nonlicensed individuals. Amends qualifications for temporary teaching permit for ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 | Appropriations
H.B. 496 (Am. Sub. H.B. 562)
Permits chartered nonpublic schools to purchase goods and services through group purchasing contracts negotiated and arranged by the Departm...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Adopted 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Residency Requirements
OAC 3333-1-10
Amends rules regarding student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. "Resident" shall mean any person who maintains a ...
| More... |
P-3 Finance |
Emergency amendment 06/2008 |
P-12 | Early Learning Initiative
OAC 5101:2-23-05, -07, -09
All sections: Provides the early learning initiative (ELI) will no longer exist as of August 23, 2009, and that these rules are in effect on...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Employee Misconduct
H.B. 428
Requires the state board or state superintendent to automatically revoke or deny an educator license, without an administrative hearing, for...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Records of Students Identified as Missing Children
H.B. 181
Requires public and nonpublic schools to mark the records of students identified as missing children and to notify law enforcement of reques...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Passed 05/2008 |
P-12 | Approves State Board Changes to Accountability
S.C.R. 18
Approves the Department of Education's proposed changes (change in minimum subgroup size to 30 and to implement a growth model) to the state...
| More... |
Leadership |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 | PERFORMANCE-BASED LICENSURE FOR ADMINISTRATORS
OAC 3301-24-09
Rescinded old rules and adopted new rules regarding requirements for performance- based licensure for administrators. A beginning principal ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Retirement System Revisions
S.B. 148
· Revises retirement eligibility requirements and benefit calculations for School Employees Retirement System (SERS) members whose membershi...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2007 |
P-12 | Penalty for Inducing Panic; Calamity Days
H.B. 142
Increases the penalty for inducing panic to a felony of the second degree when a school or an institution of higher education is involved; p...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 11/2007 |
P-12 | Test Administration Timing
H.B. 190 - Multiple Components
One section of this bill revises the scheduling of the spring administration of the elementary achievement tests from no earlier than the we...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 11/2007 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 190 - Multiple Components
• Requires school districts, educational service centers, community schools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to request crimin...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 11/2007 |
P-12 | All-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 190 -- Multiple Components
Permits school districts that are not eligible for state payments for all-day kindergarten to charge tuition on a sliding scale for all-day ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
P-12 | Amends Provisions Related to Community Schools (Charters)
H.B. 119 -- Community Schools Provisions (Charter Schools)
Permits establishment of a start-up community school after June 30, 2007 only if the school's governing authority contracts with an operator...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
P-12 | Amends Funding Provisions
H.B. 119 -- School Funding
Prescribes the per pupil base cost formula amount; increases by 3% each year the hourly rate that is used to calculate the based funding sup...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
P-12 | PE Standards
H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards
Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physic...
| More... |
STEM |
Issued 10/2007 |
Postsec. | Research Scholars Program
Executive Order No. 34S
(Executive Order 2007-33) Suspends normal rulemaking procedures and makes the rules governing the administration of the Research Scholars Pr...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
P-12 | STEM
H.B. 119 - STEM Provisions
Establishes the STEM Subcommittee of the Partnership for Continued Learning; sets governance; authorizes the subcommittee to accept proposal...
| More... |
P-3 |
Issued 07/2007 |
P-12 | Help Me Grow Advisory Council
E.O. 19; (NEW BILL)
Establishes the Help Me Grow Advisory Council which will advise and assist the Ohio Department of Health in the implementation of the Help M...
| More... |
P-3 |
Issued 07/2007 |
P-12 | Early Learning Initiative Program
E.O. 18; (NEW BILL)
Orders the immediate adoption of rules implementing the Early Learning Initiative Program which provides children, who are often at risk of ...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Issued 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board
Executive Order No. 14
Establishes the Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board to advise the Governor with respect to business, workforce, training, education a...
| More... |
Assessment--Value Added |
Adopted 05/2007 |
P-12 | Value-Added Progress
OAC 3301-58-01 thru -03
Regarding the implementation of the value-added progress dimension. Relates to levels of academic progress in reading and mathematics relati...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Governance
H.B. 2
Transfers the appointment of the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to the Governor with the advice and consent of the senate; makes th...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 | TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
OAC 3301-24-02, -03
Amends rules regarding teacher education programs. Incorporates references to new standards for what teachers should know and be able to do ...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Diploma with Honors Criteria
OAC 3301-13-07, -16-01, -02
Revises criteria for awarding the diploma with honors for both the college preparatory and career-technical curriculum options, effective wi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 01/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Education
3301-24-03
Amends requirements for the standards teacher preparation institutions must follow. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/24/330...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | District Performance/Reporting, Non-Teaching Personnel
H.B. 276 -- Misc. Sections
Any district that leases a building to a community school [charter] located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a communit...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Transfer of Confidential Information, Professional Misconduct
H.B. 79-- Secs. 5153.175, 5126.253
Requires that information about professional misconduct or child abuse or neglect committed by a person licensed by the State Board of Educa...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Amends Community Schools Provisions
H.B. 79 -- Sec. 3314.025
Sec. 3314.025 amends provisions relating to governing authorities for community schools. From fiscal notes: Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th Ge...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Computer Entitlement, Definition of Operator
H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3314.22, .014
Sec. 3314.22 allows the requirement that each child enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school is entitled to a computer su...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Chief Fiscal Officer
H.B. 671
Requires local boards to appoint a treasurer, who serves as the chief fiscal officer of the school district. The treasurer is to be appointe...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | District Deficits
H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3315.20
Sec. 3315.20. A school district may have a deficit in any special fund of the district only if both of the following conditions are satisfie...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Prescription Medications
S.B. 164
Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the stu...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Training in Prevention of Child Abuse
H.B. 276-- Sec. 3319.073
Sec. 3319.073 requires each person employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, co...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | High School Courses Taught Outside Normal School Day
S.B. 311 -- Section 3319.0811
If the board of education offers to students of compulsory school age courses for high school credit that are taught at times outside the di...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Awarding Credit for Advanced Placement
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3333.163
This section requires that not later than April 15, 2008, the articulation and transfer advisory council of the Ohio board of regents recomm...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College and Work Readiness
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.43
Requires that the partnership for continued learning, in conjunction with the Ohio board of regents and the state board, recommend a means o...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Remediation
S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 3
Directs the state board of education, the Ohio board of regents, and the partnership for continued learning (state P-16 council) to develop ...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Remediation
S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 3
Directs the state board of education, the Ohio board of regents, and the partnership for continued learning (state P-16 council) to develop ...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.42 +
This section requires the partnership for continued learning to make recommendations for increasing opportunities for students to earn highe...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Dual Enrollment Program
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.6013
Defines "dual enrollment program" as a program that enables a student to earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Admissions and Remediation
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3345.06
Beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, each state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, except for Central state u...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Honors Diploma
S.B. 311 - Sec. 3313.61
One provision prohibits an honors diploma being granted to a student who is subject to the Ohio core curriculum but elections a lesser curri...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Competency-Based Credits
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603 (J)
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the Ohio board of regents and the partnership for continued learning, to adopt a ...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Alternatives for Students Not Completing the Ohio Core
S.B. 311-- 3313.603(D)
Provides that a student who enters grade 9 in the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 school years may graduate from high school even though the stu...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Students in Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(F)
Provides that a student in a dropout prevention and recovery program may graduate from high school by completing a competency-based instruct...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.6014
S.B. 311
Requires local boards to adopt procedures for notifying each high school student's parent of the requirements of the Ohio core curriculum (h...
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No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Amends Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
H.B. 79 -- Section Sec. 3310.02,
Sets a number of 14,000 scholarships and amends priorities for distribution, particularly for when the applications exceed the number of ava...
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Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 4
Directs public, charter and chartered nonpublic schools to integrate technology whereever practicable across the curriculum. Provides that d...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Length of the School Year
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.48
Changes school year from not less than 182 days to 455 hours (for half-day kindergarten; 910 hours for full-day kindergarten); 910 hours for...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Harassment, Bullying
H.B. 276 -- Sections on Harassment
Requires the state board of education to develop a model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying in order to assist school ...
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School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Building Floor Plans Posted with Attorney General
H.B. 79 -- Floor Plan Section
From fiscal notes: Sub. H.B. 422 of the 126th General Assembly required that the Attorney General post a copy of the blueprint for each scho...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Access to Personally Identifiable Student Information
H.B. 276 -- Section 3301.0716
Sec. 3301.0716 allows the state department of education to have access to personally identifiable student information under certain circumst...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Individual Academic Career Plan
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(H)
Directs the department to make its individual academic career plan available through its Ohio career information system web site for distric...
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Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Quality of Teacher Preparation
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3319.233
This section requires the state board of education, in collaboration with the Ohio board of regents, to issue an annual report on the qualit...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 12/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Recruitment for Ohio Core
S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 2
Directs the general assembly to appropriate funds for strategic initiatives to strengthen schools' capacity to hire and retain highly qualif...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Rejected by Voters. 11/2006 |
Postsec. | Revenues to partially fund college scholarships
V. 3
(STATE ISSUE 3; Initiative Petition) Proposes a Constitutional amendment to permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks a...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Distance Education Rules
OAC 3332-1-06, -09, -10, -17, -17.1, -24, -25 -26
Amends rules regarding distance education programs; student enrollmentpolicies and practices; tuition and fees; issuance of agent permits;di...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Issued 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Workforce Education and Training Advisory Council
Executive Order 2006-17T
Creates the workforce education and training advisory council, defines duties and membership.
http://governor.ohio.gov/releases/2006-17T%20W...
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High School |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Ohio Core Support
H.B. 115
Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to:
(1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio a...
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Religion |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Posting of Ohio and U.S. Mottos
H.B. 184
Requires school districts and community schools that receive donated copies of mottoes of the United State of America or the state of Ohio t...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | McGruff House Program
H.B. 374
Abolishes the current Block Parent Program administered by the state board of education and replaces it with the McGruff House Program, admi...
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School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | School Safety Plans
H.B. 422
Requires community schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt school safety plans in the same manner as school districts; exempts scho...
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Student Achievement |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Educational Regional Service System
H.B. 115
Establishes the educational regional service system. The system will support state and regional education initiatives and efforts to improve...
| More... |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Education Management Information System Advisory Board
H.B. 115
Establishes the education management information system advisory board. Directs the board to make recommendations to the department of educa...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council Advisory Board
H.B. 289
Establishes new duties for the Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council and county family and children first councils. Creates the Ohi...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Supplemental Teaching License
OAC 3301-24-14
A one-year supplemental teaching license, renewable two times, shall be issued at the request of the superintendent of a city, educational s...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 | Temporary Licenses
OAC 3301-23-44
Provides rules for temporary licenses. Deletes a number of provisions that allowed temporary licenses to be issued in certain areas of teach...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
OAC 3301-35-01 thru -07, -09 thru -14
The purpose of these rules is to prescribe procedures for the administration and implementation of the educational choice scholarship pilot ...
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Leadership |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Alternative Licenses for Administrators
OAC 3301-24-05, -12, -13
Amends rules relating to temporary licenses, alternativesuperintendent licenses, alternative administrative specialist licenses, and relinqu...
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Data-Driven Improvement |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 | Aligned Strategies
Educational Programs and Support 3301-35-06
Adds to operations services the requirement that (f) Financial management strategies that align expenditure of resources with the school dis...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 | Certification
OAC 3301-23-20 thru -22
Rescinds rules relating to endorsement and validation of certificates for teaching, and requirements for certificate renewal.
...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 01/2006 |
P-12 | Alignment of Teacher Preparation Programs to Standards, Career Ladder
H.B. 107
Requires the State Board's standards for teacher preparation programs to require that the curricula of those programs be aligned with the St...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
to governor 12/2005 |
P-12 | Aligned Teacher Preparation Programs
H.B. 107
Requires the state board to adopt standards that require the curricula of teacher preparation programs to be aligned with the state academic...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Partnership for Continued Learning
S.B. 6
Establishes the "Partnership for Continued Learning" to promote systemic approaches to education. The Partnership must (1) support regional...
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Health |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Student Small Pox Immunization
H.B. 463
Requires students to be immunized against chicken pox subject to certain exceptions....
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High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Parent's Week, Teacher Compensation, Testing Sections
H.B. 493
Designates the fourth week of September as Parent's Week; revises provisions governing child support collection. Qualifies teachers employed...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 | Changes in Provisions Related to No Child Left Behind
H.B. 493
Specifies that adequate yearly progress for school districts and buildings must be calculated in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Ac...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 12/2004 |
P-12 | Programs of Internship, Teacher Licensure
OAC 3301-21-10, -11, -23-30 thru -32, -24-01, -03 thru -05, -07, -08, -25-01 thru -05, -07, -08
Rescinds rules regarding requirements to offer programs of internship, preparation of teachers, high school internship certificates, and pro...
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Accountability--Accreditation |
Rule Adoption 10/2004 |
P-12 | Accreditation of Education Programs
OAC 4715-12-04
Amends rules regarding accreditation of education programs, applications, fees, suspensions, and revocations. OHIO REG 11562 (SN)...
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Attendance |
Rule Adoption 10/2004 |
P-12 | Education Program for Parents of Truant Students
OAC 3301-47-01
Amends rules relating to the establishment of an education program for parents of truant students. OHIO REG 11546 (SN)...
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Reading/Literacy |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | OhioReads Grants Program Hearings and Meetings
OAC 3301:1-1-01 thru -04
Rescinds rules regarding rules for giving public notice of hearings, notice of meetings, definitions, and establishing terms and conditions ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Child Released from Custody
H.B. 106
Requires that upon a child's discharge or release from the custody of the Department of Youth Services certain records pertaining to the chi...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Identification of Excellent Schools and Districts
OAC 3301-15-01 thru -05, -56-01
Rescinds rules pertaining to process and indicators used to identify excellent schools and districts, corrective action plans, state monitor...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Children Endangerment
S.B. 58
Increases penalties for certain drug offenses if the offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile; expa...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Vaccination Requirement
H.B. 142
Establishes a requirement that institutions of higher education require students living in on- campus housing to be vaccinated for meningiti...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | Teaching Success
S.B. 2
· Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standard...
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High School |
Signed into law 12/2003 |
P-12 | Veterans of the Korean Conflict
H.B. 75
Grants high school diplomas to veterans of the Korean Conflict and to expand eligibility for diplomas to certain non-resident veterans who a...
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Finance |
Did Not Pass 11/2003 |
Postsec. | Bonds from Infrastructure
State Issue 1
Constitutional Amendment that authorizes state and local governments to issue bonds and provide other financial assistance to support "scien...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | State Public School Accountability System
H.B. 3--Section 3302.01
Creates the Ohio Accountability Task Force to study the state's accountability system (to make recommendations, periodically review fees for...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | AYP
H.B. 3--3302.01
This section defines "performance index score;" defines subgroups as major racial and ethic groups, students with disabilities, economically...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Report Cards
H.B. 3--Sec. 3302-021
Requires, by July 1, 2005 and not later than July 1, 2007, the implementation of a value-added progress dimension for districts and building...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Consequences for Schools
H.B. 3--Section 3302.03
Spells out what constitutes school or district status of "excellent," "effective," "in need of continuous improvement," "academic watch" and...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Intensive, Ongoing Support
H.B. 3 - School Support
Directs the department to establish a system of "intensive, ongoing support" for the improveoment of school districts and buildings. Elimina...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | State Assessments
H.B. 3--Section 3301.0710
Requires the state board to develop tests to revise the system of statewide achievement testing to include annual achievement tests in readi...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Measuring Attendance
H.B. 3 - Omnibus Bill -- Attendance Rates
Requires the department of education, by January 1, 2004, to provide to the General Assembly a feasible standard for measuring school distri...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Community Schools, Including Cyber Schools
H.B. 3
Requires the state board, by September 30, 2003, to recommend to the General Assembly standards governing the operation of Internet- or comp...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Attendance out of District
H.B. 3--313.64 (H)
If parents relocate, but the student was enrolled at the end of the first full week of October, the student may continue to attend schools i...
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No Child Left Behind--Finance |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Cost of No Child Left Behind
H.B. 3
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to submit a report to the general assesmbly within 90 days after the act's effective data ...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Supplemental Services
H.B. 3--Sec. 3302.04
This section requires the district to spend a combined total of of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A, to provide transportation fo...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Ohio Tuition Trust Fund
H.B. 3--Sec. 3334.12
If assets of the Ohio tuition trust authority are found to be insufficient to ensure actuarial soundness, the authority must adjust the pric...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Promotion Provisions
H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee
This section specififes that the following options available to districts under the third grad reading guarantee for students who receive a ...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Data Collection
H.B. 3--Sec. 3302.021
This section requires the department to use a system designed for collecting necessary data, calculating the value-added progress dimension,...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Remediation
H.B. 3--Section 3301.0711(D)
Requires intervention services be provided to students who fail to demonstrate at least a score at the proficient level on a required state ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Community Schools
OAC 3301-102-01 thru -07
Establishes rules relating to community schools. Provides for approval of sponsors, sponsorship agreement, reporting requirements for all sp...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Appropriations Bill
H.B. 95
Funding Formula:
Eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly recalculate the base funding amount every six years.
Eliminates scho...
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Reading/Literacy |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | OhioReads Classroom Reading Grant Program
OAC 3301:1-1-01, 02, 03, 04, 05
Establishes rules pertaining to OhioReads classroom reading grant program. Specifies rule for giving public notice of hearings, notice of me...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Licensure
OAC 3301-24-05
New definition states that a highly qualified teacher is one who holds at least a bachelor's degree and has full state certification through...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Criteria/Enrolling Eligible Adults/Education Programs
OAC 3301-42-01; -43-01 thru -06; -45-01; -61-04 thru -15 (non-seq); -67-01
Establishes rules regarding criteria for enrolling eligible adults in public secondary education programs. Addresses definitions, adult high...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 | Schools
S.B. 12
Removes the prohibition on establishing a conversion community school as an Internet-or computer-based community school; permits school dist...
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Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Adopted 02/2003 |
P-12 | School Funding Resolution
N/A
State board unanimously approved a school funding resolution expressing the board's commitment to work with the Governor and the Ohio Genera...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 01/2003 |
P-12 | Community Schools; E-Schools; At-Risk Funding
H.B. 364
Provides procedures for the expansion of sponsorship of community schools to certain school districts; creates a Community School Revolving ...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Ohio's Proposal for a Unitary Accountability System
Resolution
Board adopted the design for a statewide school building and school district accountability system, which is officially entitled "Ohio's Pro...
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Technology |
Adopted 11/2002 |
P-12 | Schoolnet Plus Program
3301-28-01, -02, -03, -04
Ohio SchoolNet Commission was created as an independent agency pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.80 to administer programs to provi...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Drivers' Education
H.B. 407
Transfers jurisdiction over high school drivers' education courses to the Department of Public Safety; requires school districts offering dr...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Compensation for Board Members
S.B. 187
Increases the maximum compensation for members of school district boards of education and educational service center governing boards; permi...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Heimlich Maneuver
H.B. 384
Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Discharge of Firearms
H.B. 442
Prohibits, in specified circumstances, the discharge of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school building or of the school boundaries of any ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2002 |
P-12 | Character Education
H.C.R. 28
Urges citizens and civic and community leaders of Ohio to vigorously maintain and encourage positive leadership and youth character qualitie...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Moment of Silence
H.B. 394
Permits the board of education of a school district to provide for a period of silence each school day for reflection or meditation upon a m...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Redistricting Adjustments: State Board
S.B. 192
Abolishes the requirement that the State Board of Education be dissolved and recreated following the creation of new State Board of Educatio...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Performance Indicators Provision
S.B. 1
Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Levels of Intervention
S.B. 1
Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effectiv...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Standards, Assessments
S.B. 1
Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve...
| More... |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) Provision
S.B. 1
Delays the requirement for students to pass all five tests to receive a high school diploma from the class of 2001 to the class of 2007. Pr...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Contracts, Provisions for Alternative Schools
H.B. 196
Permits school districts that establish certain alternative schools to contract with nonprofit or for profit entities to operate those schoo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
Postsec. | Institution Regulation
S.B. 116
Exempts from regulation by the State Board of Proprietary School Registration any accredited institution operated by a for-profit corporatio...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Reading Intervention Provision
S.B. 1
Replaces the fourth grade reading guarantee with a third grade reading guarantee beginning July 1, 2003. Provides districts with three opti...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Student Interventions
S.B. 1
Requires districts and community schools (charters) to provide intervention services to students who fail to attain a proficient score on an...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 12/2000 |
P-12 | Technology for Students in Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 768
Expands the use of computer hardware and instructional materials purchased by school districts for use by students enrolled in nonpublic sch...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2000 |
P-12 | Expulsion for Bomb Threats
H.B. 620
Permits a school district board to adopt a resolution authorizing expulsion for up to one year to any student making a bomb threat to a scho...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 12/2000 |
P-12 | Juvenile Corrections Education
S.B. 115
Requires that prisoners in the custody of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction participate in educational programs; requires that...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 11/2000 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Entrance Age
H.B. 383
Permits school district boards beginning with the 2000-2001 school year to adopt the first day of August, instead of the thirtieth day of Se...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | State Board Membership
H.B. 711
Re-enacts as a separate act the sections of law adding eight members appointed by the Governor (with advice and consent of Senate) to the St...
| More... |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed by governor 06/2000 |
P-12 | Drivers' Education
1999 H.B. 160
Eliminates the $50 limit on fees that school districts may charge students for drivers' education....
| More... |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Joint Voc. Districts as Driver Training Schools
S.B. 237
Amends section 4508.01 and enacts section 4508.09 of the Revised Code; permits a joint vocational school district to be licensed as a commer...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | School Facilities Assistance Moneys
S.B. 272
Sets aside school facilities assistance moneys for school districts with exceptional needs; permits any school district to participate in th...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Property Acquisition
S.B. 269
Authorizes a Board of Education to acquire real property needed for school purposes by exchanging real property that the board owns for the ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. | In-State Tuition
S.B. 53
Grants in-state tuition rates and subsidies at certain public institutions of higher education to residents of contiguous states who are emp...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. | Intellectual Property, Institutional Interest
S.B. 286
Permits the Board of Trustees of a State college or university to establish rules that describe circumstances in which an employee of that i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. | Authority of Boards of Trustees
S.B. 210
Clarifies the authority of the boards of trustees of, or officers designated by the boards of trustees of, state-supported colleges or unive...
| More... |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed by governor 06/2000 |
P-12 | Electronic textbooks
1999 H.B. 32
Schools may furnish computer software, CD-ROMs, computer courseware, and online services to students in lieu of textbooks, though these must...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Evaluation of Administrative Personnel
S.B. 77
Makes certain changes concerning the termination, suspension, and evaluation of certain administrative personnel of school districts and edu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Savings Program
S.B. 161
Authorizes the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority to establish a variable college savings program....
| More... |