Professional Report

of their contracts. Failure to observe this evaluation process will result in a new contract of one year (for those who have been employed as administrators in the district for less than three years) or for two years (for those who have been employed in the district as administrators for three or more years). The deadline for the written notice of nonrenewal of a contract under this section is June 1. A new contract may be approved at any time during the calendar year preceding an existing contract’s expiration date or until June 1 of the year that the contract expires. If a student seeking admission to a school which the pupil is eligible to attend, no school official can admit the student until the special reports identified in ORC 5139.51 have been received by the district superintendent of schools. When a student is newly enrolled in any school operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district, the school official responsible for admissions must provide to the parent a copy of the most recent report card, issued pursuant to ORC 3302.03. Advanced standing programs replaced the term “dual enrollment programs.” Advanced standing programs includes International Baccalaureate (IB), College Credit Plus, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and for Early College High School programs. 1)Process used by colleges in awarding college credit for such courses, including the minimum scores required for the credit; 2)Availability of AP and IB courses, including online courses; 3)Availability of waivers for tuition and fees related to such courses; and 4)Benefits of earning college credit through AP and IB. If approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a career technical center may offer an approved program of instruction for adults leading to a high school diploma issued by the State Board of Education if the student completes the requirements for the diploma, as specified in rules adopted by the State Superintendent. The CTC will receive a payment for that adult student as calculated by the department based on that student’s career pathway training program and work readiness training. Newspapers are required to establish a “government rate” for the publication of legal notices. This rate cannot exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers. (The newspaper is one of “general circulation” within the school district.) If law requires a school district to publish a legal notice two or more times in a newspaper of general circulation and if the law requiring the publication refers to ORC 7.16 the school district may: 1) publish the first notice or advertisement in its entirety in the newspaper of general circulation; and publish a second abbreviated notice or advertisement on the state’s public notice website. (Publication on the district’s website would be secondary.) Districts are required to provide for students in grades 8 to 11 specified information on AP and IB courses and exams, including:

ADMISSION OF PUPIL RELEASED FROM DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES

3313.672

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS

3313.6411

ADVANCED STANDING PROGRAMS

3313.6013

ADULT DIPLOMA PROGRAM

3313.902

ADVERTISEMENT, LEGAL

7.12

7.16