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are not available, the child will complete reading and study assigned by
the superintendent and report monthly to the superintendent.
The certificate is required for the employment of minors in most
occupations with the most notable exceptions being work on a family
farm or any employment by one’s parents.
Beginning July 1, 2016, the superintendent may issue the certificate only
to a child over sixteen years of age if the child and parent provide
acceptable proof and a written agreement that the above conditions are
met (except for attending classes) and that the child is enrolled in a
competency-based instructional program to earn a high school diploma.
The superintendent (or designee) can also revoke the certificate for
noncompliance with legal requirements, the child’s physical condition,
the failure to attend part-time classes (if required), or for other “sufficient
cause.”
All such certificates are to be filed electronically with the Director of the
Department of Commerce.
3331.09
3331.01
ALTERNATIVE
SCHOOLS
Board may establish an alternative school, even one located within an
existing, operating school. Boards may join to form joint alternative
schools. A board may also contract with a nonprofit or for profit entity to
operate the alternative school. However, such an alternative school
operated by an outside entity can include only grades six through twelve
and accept only “disruptive and low-performing students.”
3313.533
AMERICAN HISTORY
REQUIREMENT
School Districts are required to include in the requirements for promotion
from the eighth grade to the ninth grade a one year course of study in
American history. However, a board may waive this requirement for
accelerated students who, in accordance with procedures adopted by
the board, are able to demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and
skills on the adopted eighth grade American history course of study.
Graduation requirements must include one-half unit each of American
history and of American government.
(For students entering ninth grade on or after July 1, 2017, at least one-
half credit in the study of world history and civilizations will also be
required for graduation.)
It is required that, beginning with students entering ninth grade on or
after July 1, 2012, instruction in American history and American
government in the high school curriculum must include the study of the
Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the U.S.
Constitution with emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio
Constitution. In addition, the bill requires that study to include study of
the documents in their "original context." It also specifies that "the role of
documents such as the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist
Papers [be studied] to firmly establish the historical background leading
to the establishment of the provisions of the Constitution and Bill of
Rights."
Students will be required to demonstrate their mastery of the content
through end-of-course examinations in American history and American
government, and 30% of that assessment must reflect the historical
documents required for study for graduation.
While those assessments were being developed or identified, boards of
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3313.603