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OH HB479
Bill
Status
4/7/2010
Primary Sponsor
Tracy Heard
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AI Summary
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Establishes a new type of community school serving persons ages 18-21 who are incarcerated in state correctional institutions or have been released from the Department of Youth Services.
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School must maintain at least one facility at a state correctional institution and at least one community-based facility in a "big-eight" school district, with governing authority approval required for additional community-based locations.
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Curriculum must emphasize conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, personal responsibility, and community involvement, with students earning high school credits toward a diploma plus a certificate of achievement listing employment opportunities and tax credits.
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School's governing authority must contract with a nonprofit organization having at least ten years of experience in education and corrections to direct the school's educational concept, curriculum, and instructional practices.
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Declares the act an emergency measure effective immediately to allow use of federal grant funding for a school opening in the 2010-2011 school year.
Legislative Description
To permit the establishment of a community school to serve adults of school age who are incarcerated or who have been released from the custody of the Department of Youth Services and to declare an emergency.
Adult school-age prisoners/releasees- community school to serve
Last Action
To Education
4/7/2010