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PHYSICAL AND
SECLUSION
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.
OAC 3301-35-15
RESTRUCTURING
SCHOOLS
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.
However, see also
SAFE HARBOR
below.
3302.12
RETENTION OF
STUDENTS
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.
3313.609
RETESTING
TEACHERS
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 are not responsible for the cost of the exam.
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.
3319.58