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OH HB36
Bill
Status
4/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
Christina Hagan
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AI Summary
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Increases excused calamity days from three to five for the 2010-2011 school year for school districts operating under sections 3313.48, 3313.481, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code.
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Authorizes school districts to make up calamity days by increasing the length of other school days in half-hour increments rather than requiring full make-up days.
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Allows school districts and chartered nonpublic schools to submit plans to the Department of Education to make up excess calamity days through online classroom lessons posted on web portals, with students granted two weeks to complete posted lessons.
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Permits community schools to waive minimum hour requirements for closures due to public calamities if the school implements an online lesson plan and was open for the minimum required instructional hours that school year.
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Prohibits school districts from declaring it impractical to transport nonpublic or community school students solely on days those schools are open to make up calamity days, and declares the act an emergency measure effective immediately.
Legislative Description
To excuse up to five, instead of three, calamity days for the 2010-2011 school year, to broaden schools' authority to make up calamity days by lengthening remaining days in the school year, to waive the number of hours a community school is closed for a public calamity if it meets certain requirements, and to declare an emergency.
School calamity days-increase to five days/expand authority to make up
Last Action
Effective Date
4/13/2011