Professional Report

If boards do not adopt rules, then the personal leave becomes unrestricted.

The superintendent or administrative designee must administer the personal leave program.

PHONICS EDUCATION K-3

3301.07(M)

School districts must provide phonics instruction in grades K-3 based on standards adopted by the state board of education.

The state board is also required to provide training for teachers on the use of phonics in reading instruction in K-3.

PILOT PROJECT, INNOVATIVE

3302.07

A board of education may submit to the State Board of Education an application proposing an innovative pilot project under which the school district could be exempted from certain statutory requirements and minimum operating standards. Certain statutory requirements (e.g. public retirement system requirements, licensure, and the education of children with disabilities) cannot be exempted. While there is no definition of “innovative,” it is clear that the initiative must at least be “new” for the district making the request and must include beginning and ending dates (even if the ending dates might be in subsequent school years). However, any exemption from any standard or requirement of the evidence-based model or from a minimum operating standard adopted by the state board of education requires a waiver issued by the state superintendent of public instruction. Each board of education must adopt a policy specifying whether the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance is “part of the school program.” However, no student can be required to participate in the recitation, and the policy must prohibit intimidation by students or staff aimed at forcing participation. A board of education shall not prohibit a teacher from providing in a teacher’s classroom “reasonable periods of time for the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag.” In addition, no board of education is permitted to alter the words used in the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag from the words found in 4 U.S.C. 4. Please see Appendix Q for a list of mandatory policies required for adoption by each board of education. Also included in the list are policies which may be adopted by the board. The Post-Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) program was replaced by College Credit Plus, beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. School districts must implement annually by March 1 an awareness program for students in grades eight through 11 and their parents informing them of the availability of the post secondary enrollment option for students in grades nine through 12. If the student opts to receive high school credit, funds will flow to the university on a prorated basis and be subtracted from basic aid. A student may not enroll in any college course through post secondary open enrollment options if the student has not

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, POLICY ON

3313.602

POLICIES, MANDATORY AND PERMISSIVE BOARD POST SECONDARY OPEN ENROLLMENT OPTION

3365.02