Professional Report

also applies to community schools.

The abatement shall include a schedule for completion of the abatement

of conditions determined through the inspection to be hazardous to

occupants of the building.

For a quick reference guide to the scope of the inspections and

recommended abatements for certain conditions, please see Appendix

3701.933

SAFE HARBOR

For the 2014-2015 school year report card ratings, schools and districts

will not be subject to various sanctions and penalties, including:

1)school restructuring (except as required by federal law);

2)provisions for academic distress commissions;

3)educational choice scholarships program eligibility;

4)provisions defining “challenged school districts” in which new start-

up community schools may be located.

In addition, the following school district and school rankings are

prohibited for the report cards issued for the 2014-2015 school year:

1)Performance index score for each district and for each school

within the district;

2) Student performance growth from year to year;

3)Current per pupil operating expenditures;

4) Percentage of operating expenditures spent for classroom

instruction; and

5)Performance of, and opportunities provided to, gifted students.

With the exception of the third grade English language arts assessment,

a student’s score on any of the required state assessment cannot be

used as a factor in any decision to promote or to deny to promote or in

any decision to grant course credit.

School districts are also permitted, but not required, to enter into a

memorandum of understanding with their teachers’ unions to stipulate

that the value-added progress dimension based on the results of the

assessments administered in the 2014-2015 school year will not be

used when making decisions regarding teacher dismissal, retention,

tenure, or compensation.

3302.036

Temporary Law

in HB 487

(Section 16) in

the 130

SAFETY PLAN,

SCHOOL (NOW

CALLED

EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT

PLAN)

The "administrator" of specified schools, preschools, college

preparatory schools, and educational centers and facilities are

required to develop and adopt a comprehensive emergency

management plan that incorporates a floor plan, site plan, and

emergency contact information sheet, in addition to protocols for

threats and emergency events. The plan is to be submitted on

standardized forms developed by ODE.

The plan’s development is to include community law enforcement

and safety officials and parents of students and employees assigned

to that building.

The “administrator” is required to submit the plans to ODE, and the

department then submits plans to the Attorney General and the

Director of Public Safety.

Each administrator also is required annually to review the plan and

certify its accuracy to the Department, as well as to update the plan

every three years, whenever major modifications require changes, or

whenever information on the emergency contact information sheet is

3313.536