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(2) Must, at a minimum, hold a credential that is equivalent to being
licensed as a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse.
HEALTH SCREENING
It is required, prior to the first-time enrollment in kindergarten or first
grade, that every student must be screened for hearing, vision, speech
communications, health or medical problems, and for developmental
disabilities. If warranted by screening results, districts must conduct
further assessments. Parents are to be provided information on the
required screening program.
The district may: provide any of the required screenings itself; contract
with a private provider or governmental entity for the screenings; or
request that the parent obtain the screenings from a provider selected
by the parent. (Any parent requested to obtain such screenings may
sign a written statement that the parent does not wish to have the
screening performed.)
If the district requests that the parent obtain any screening, the district
provide a list of providers and information about screening services
within the community for parents who are unable to afford them.
3313.673
“HIGH-PERFORMING”
TEACHERS,
CONSISTENTLY
The State Board of Education is required to adopt rules to define a
“high-performing” teacher.
In addition, these rules must exempt consistently high-performing
teachers from the requirement to complete any additional
coursework for the renewal of an educator license and from any
requirements prescribed by the district's or school's professional
development committee in regard to such coursework.
3319.22
HOLIDAYS, SCHOOL
The board may dismiss school on certain days: New Year’s Day, Martin
Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas. Also included in this section of law are added any day
declared by the President or Governor to be a day of “fast, thanksgiving,
or mourning” or the days designated for staff development. It should be
noted that these days are all permissive rather than mandatory. This is
not the same as any requirement for holiday pay for staff (especially
non-licensed staff) as this is a separate issue altogether.
3313.63
HOME SCHOOLED
STUDENTS IN
EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
Students receiving home instruction must be permitted to
participate in an extracurricular activity at the school of the student's
resident school district to which the student would otherwise be
assigned.
The superintendent of a school district is authorized, but not
required, to allow a student receiving home instruction who is not
entitled to attend school in that district to participate in a school's
extracurricular activities, if the activity is not offered by the student’s
resident district.
A school district, interscholastic conference, or organization that
regulates interscholastic conferences or events is prohibited from
imposing eligibility requirements on homeschooled students that
conflict with the provisions above.
3313.5312
IMMUNIZATIONS
Board of education also may adopt policy that requires pupils to be
vaccinated and immunized to prevent the spread of communicable
disease. However, such policy cannot be “inconsistent” with Ohio’s
immunization requirements found in ORC 3313.671. Districts shall
3313.67