Professional Report

reading progress.

6) A statement that if the student fails to achieve the required score on the required assessment by the end of third grade, 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.

TOBACCO, PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OR USE OF

3313.751

Boards of education are required to adopt a policy prohibiting the use of or possession of tobacco products by students while on school property or at school-sponsored events.

TRANSCRIPT, STANDARD METHOD AND FORM OF

3301.46

Once they are developed, all high schools will be required to use a form and methods for documenting on high school transcripts those credits earned that are compatible with the standards for credit transfer and articulation. The transfer of all or part of the territory of a local school district to adjoining local districts or one adjoining local district can be initiated by the governing board of the local district’s educational service center so long as all involved districts are located within the territory of that ESC. The transfer of the territory can then be approved at the next regular meeting of the ESC governing board held at least 30 days after approval of the initial resolution on the transfer. However, if a petition of referendum signed by a majority of the electors voting in the last general election and residing in the affected area is filed with the ESC superintendent, the issue will be presented to voters at a subsequent primary or general election (held at least 75 days after the filing of the petition) or at a special election specified in the petition. A transfer can also be initiated by a petition signed by 55% of the qualified electors voting in the last general election and residing in the territory proposed for transfer. The vote on this petition of transfer follows the same procedures as the petition of referendum.

TRANSFER OF DISTRICT TERRITORY INVOLVING AN ESC

3311.22