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OH HB19
Bill
Status
3/29/2010
Primary Sponsor
Unknown
AI Summary
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Requires school districts to incorporate dating violence prevention education into health curriculum for grades 7-12, including instruction on recognizing warning signs and characteristics of healthy relationships, with department of education to provide free curriculum links.
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Expands the definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in school policies to include "violence within a dating relationship" and requires school boards to update policies within six months of the bill's effective date.
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Requires middle and high school employees to receive in-service training in dating violence prevention, with school boards developing their own curriculum for this purpose.
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Clarifies community school closure criteria by excluding performance ratings from a school's first two years of operation when determining if closure is required for poor academic performance.
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Directs the Department of Education to amend rule 3301-83-23 to specify which criminal offenses disqualify school bus and van drivers from employment and establishes rehabilitation standards for such drivers.
Legislative Description
To enact the "Tina Croucher Act" to require public schools to incorporate dating violence into their policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying; to require school districts to include dating violence prevention education in the health curriculum; to clarify the conditions under which a community school must close for poor academic performance; and to revise the criminal offenses that disqualify school bus drivers for employment.
School districts-dating violence policy/education
Last Action
Effective Date
3/29/2010