Professional Report

the student may be retained in third grade.

Annually, each school district shall report on its implementation of and compliance with the third grade reading guarantee. Based on the information to be reported by the superintendent of public instruction, it would appear that districts will be required to report: (1) the number and percentage of students in grades K-4 reading below grade level based on the diagnostic and the achievement assessments and aggregated by district and by building; (2) types of intervention services provided; and (3) an evaluation of the provided services (if available). If the district offers “intensive interventions in reading” through a summer reading camp, it must comply with the nutrition requirements in ORC 3313.813.

Summer remediation services funded in whole or in part by the state must also meet the following criteria:

(1)Methods must be based on reliable educational research; (2)Assessments must be conducted before and after student participation in order to monitor results; and (3)Parents of participating students must be involved in programming decisions;

For the Ohio Department of Education’s FAQ on the third grade reading guarantee, please see Appendix GG.

RECORDS AND REPORTS

3319.32

Boards of education shall require all teachers and superintendents to keep school records and prepare reports required by law. Minimum information that must be kept for each school appears to consist of a transcript (“the names of all pupils enrolled therein, the studies pursued, the character of the work done and the standing of each pupil...” The law specifically provides that boards can withhold the pay of teachers and superintendents who fail to file the reports required of them.

However, school personnel are prohibited from releasing any information in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

RECORDS, EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT

3319.321

A principal making a report of certain student acts or violations (please see REPORTING OF CERTAIN STUDENT ACTS OR VIOLATIONS BY PRINCIPAL TO SUPERINTENDENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT below) is not required to obtain either student or parent permission in making this report. This exception applies regardless of whether the pupil was 16 years of age or older. A governing authority wishing to close a nonpublic school must notify: the department of education; any accrediting association that most recently accredited the school for chartering purposes; and the school district which administered the auxiliary services funding for the nonpublic school. Any records of the school are to be deposited with either the accrediting association or the school district which most recently administered the auxiliary services funding. The district may receive a “one-time reimbursement” for costs incurred in the storage of the records.

RECORDS, NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS

3301.162

RECORDS OF ABUSED,

3313.642

No board of education can withhold the records of any student for whom a complaint has been filed at any time with a juvenile court alleging that