Professional Report

PHYSICAL AND SECLUSION

OAC 3301-35-15

standards on physical restraint and seclusion as adopted by the State Board of Education. The rule: 1) requires districts to implement positive behavior intervention and supports on a district-wide basis; 2) prohibits staff from engaging in specific types of restraint, corporal punishment, child endangerment, deprivation of basic needs, seclusion or restraint of preschool children, chemical restraint, mechanical restraint, aversive behavioral interventions, and seclusion in a locked room or area; and 3) specifies when physical restraint or seclusion may be used. If a school is ranked in the lowest 5% of all schools in the state on the annual performance index and meets any combination of the following conditions for three consecutive years:  the school is in either academic watch or academic emergency;  the school has received a grade of “F” for the value-added progress dimension;  the school has received an overall grade of “F” the district board of education must: 1)close the school and reassign the students to other schools; 2)contract with another regular public school district or non-profit or “for profit” entity with a demonstrated record of effectiveness to operate the school; 3)replace the school’s principal and teaching staff, exempt the school from board rules on curriculum and instruction (if requested by the new principal), and provide funding at least equal to the district’s per pupil funding; or 4)reopen the school as a conversion community school. In addition to the student retention provisions found in 3313.608 (see the THIRD GRADE READING GUARANTEE ), a board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district must have a policy that prohibits the promotion of a student who has been truant for more than 10% of required attendance days and has failed two or more of the required curriculum areas. An exception is made if the principal and the teachers of any failed subject areas agree that the student is prepared academically for the next grade level. However, see also SAFE HARBOR below. Effective with the 2015-2016 school year, districts must require any core subject area teacher who has received a performance rating of ineffective for two of the three most recent school years to register and take any content knowledge tests prescribed by the department of education “to determine expertise to teach that core subject area and the grade level to which the teacher is assigned.” Teachers who take the exam and provide proof of passing are not required to retake the exam for three years regardless of their performance rating. Also, teachers providing the proof of passage of the exams are required, at their own expense, to complete professional development targeted to address the deficiencies identified in the teacher’s evaluations. Receipt of a rating of ineffective on the next performance evaluation following the completion of the professional development or failure to complete the professional development are grounds for termination under ORC 3319.16. Districts may use the results of the tests to develop or revise professional development plans or to decide whether to continue the employment of the teacher. Teachers are not responsible for the cost of the exam.

RESTRUCTURING SCHOOLS

3302.12

RETENTION OF STUDENTS

3313.609

RETESTING TEACHERS

3319.58