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OH HB290
Bill
Status
12/28/2009
Primary Sponsor
Unknown
AI Summary
HB 290 Summary
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Junior ROTC programs approved by Congress become a permitted elective course within the Ohio Core curriculum and can count toward the five required elective units for high school graduation.
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Schools may excuse students from physical education requirements if they participate in Junior ROTC for at least two full school years; JROTC credit can satisfy the one-half unit requirement in another course of study.
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Community schools rated in academic emergency for specified consecutive years must permanently close, except those serving primarily dropout prevention or special education students; the Department of Education must not count a school's first two years of operation when determining closure eligibility.
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Certain community schools that meet performance standards may change sponsors to a school district board of education, educational service center, or state university sponsoring authority with approval from their current sponsor.
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The Department of Education and Ohio Board of Regents may establish a longitudinal student data system combining K-12 and higher education data using anonymized student identification codes to conduct research and evaluation while maintaining FERPA compliance.
Legislative Description
To include Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the Ohio Core curriculum, to permit schools to excuse Junior ROTC students from high school physical education, to clarify the conditions under which a community school must close for poor academic performance, to specify conditions under which certain community schools may obtain new sponsors, to permit the Department of Education and the Chancellor of the Board of Regents to establish a longitudinal student data system, to extend the deadline for certain school districts to secure voter approval of bonds and tax levies for the districts' shares of state-assisted classroom facilities projects, to make performance of the Harmon Commission's duties contingent on the availability of funding, and to declare an emergency.
Junior ROTC-Ohio Core Curriculum elective/ excuse from physical education
Last Action
Effective Date
12/28/2009