Ohio Administrative Code

19.03 PDF: The purpose of the rules in this chapter is to:(A) Establish the rules, procedures and standards enabling the director of education and workforce to annually inspect and analyze the expenditures of each school district and make a determination as to the efficiency of e…

19.03 PDF: (A) The expenditure reports generated pursuant to the rules in this chapter will be derived from data collected electronically - including financial records that utilize the data coding structure of the uniform school accounting system in accordance with section 117.10…

19.03 PDF: For the purposes of rules 3301-2-15 to 3301-2-18 of the Administrative Code promulgated in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas…

19.03 PDF: For personal information systems, whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal information, the department will do the following:(A) Criteria for accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of the department are m…

19.03 PDF: (A) Performing the following functions constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the department of education and workforce to access confidential personal information:(1) Responding to a public records request;(2) Responding to a request from an individual f…

19.03 PDF: The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes and administrative rules make personal information maintained by the department confidential and identify the confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by the department in ac…

19.03 PDF: For personal information systems that are computer systems and contain confidential personal information, the department will do the following:(A) Access restrictions. Access to confidential personal information that is kept electronically needs a password or other aut…

19.03 PDF: The following definitions apply to this chapter unless otherwise defined in Chapter 3302. of the Revised Code:(A) "Report Card" means the report on the performance of each school district and school that is released after each school year. The report card contains the …

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the report card released for the 2021-2022 school year, the report card will include a rated gap closing component. The rating for this component will be assigned in accordance with rule 3301-28-10 of the Administrative Code. Schools and districts ca…

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the report card released for the 2021-2022 school year, the report card will include a rated achievement component using a performance index measure. This measure will be the only measure included in the achievement component rating and will use the …

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the report card issued for the 2021-2022 school year, the report card will include a gifted performance indicator in the gap closing component. The gifted performance indicator will include the following elements to indicate whether the gifted perfor…

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the report card released for the 2021-2022 school year, the report card shall include a rated graduation component that includes performance measures for the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. The…

19.03 PDF: (A) The value-added progress dimension uses assessment data from the assessments described in division (F) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code over multiple years to determine if a school district or school is producing student academic progress. Up to three of year…

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the report card will include a rated early literacy component. This component includes performance measures regarding third-grade reading proficiency, progress in improving literacy in grades kindergarten through three, and…

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the report card will include a rated college, career, workforce, and military readiness component. The performance measure includes the percentage of students who demonstrate post-secondary readiness using any of the option…

19.03 PDF: (A) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, and annually thereafter, the report card will include an overall rating and a rating for each of the gap closing, achievement, progress, graduation, early literacy, and college, career, workforce, and military readiness com…

19.03 PDF: (A) Pursuant to section 3301.075 of the Revised Code, all Ohio education computer network user entities and information technology centers will comply with all rules in this chapter.(B) Terminology used in this chapter are defined as follows:(1) "Accountability system …

19.03 PDF: (A) An information technology center is established by user entities, provides or plans to provide information technology services to user entities, and holds the appropriate site permit as defined in paragraph (A) of rule 3301-3-03 of the Administrative Code.(B) A use…

19.03 PDF: User entities desiring to establish an information technology center that meets the classification described in paragraph (A) of rule 3301-3-02 of the Administrative Code will apply to the department for the appropriate site-permit. An information technology center app…

19.03 PDF: (A) To retain its site-permit, an information technology center will comply with:(1) Rule 3301-3-03 of the Administrative Code.(2) The responsibilities defined in rule 3301-3-06 of the Administrative Code and the performance standards set forth in rule 3301-3-07 of the…

19.03 PDF: The department will:(A) Develop, articulate, promote, and work with information technology centers on the implementation of a vision and a plan for an integrated system of information technology and data exchange;(B) Define and communicate core services and quality imp…

19.03 PDF: (A) An information technology center will:(1) Promote a cooperative and integrated system of information technology for its user entities as well as among other information technology centers;(2) Promote and administer the efficient and cost-effective implementation of…

19.03 PDF: Information technology centers will meet the following performance standards:(A) Governance - agreement/constitution(1) The agreement between user entities establishing an information technology center will be ratified by all user entities, comply with section 3313.92 …

19.03 PDF: The Ohio department of youth services (ODYS) and the Ohio department of rehabilitation and correction (ODRC) shall assure that students in schools under the jurisdiction of ODYS and ODRC receive a general education of high quality.(A) The ODYS school district and schoo…

19.03 PDF: (A) This rule contains the minimum standards requiring the use of phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades kindergarten through three. Phonics instruction is necessary for fluent reading and directly supports the comprehension of text but is not suff…

19.03 PDF: (A) The purpose for adopting the rules in this chapter, which comprise the operating standards for Ohio school districts and elementary and secondary schools, is to assure that all students are provided a general education of high quality. The rules in this chapter est…

19.03 PDF: (A) The board of education of a school district or the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school, or the board's or authority's designee, shall, in consultation with stakeholders, develop and communicate the school district's or governing authority's vision, …

19.03 PDF: (A) Each board of education or chartered nonpublic school that operates a school or a classroom as a blended learning environment shall adopt policies and procedures that address the following:(1) Means of personalization of student centered learning models to meet the…

19.03 PDF: (A) To ensure that student and other stakeholder needs are understood and addressed, the school district or chartered nonpublic school will:(1) Establish and communicate clear, high expectations for academic performance, attendance and conduct for all students;(2) Diag…

19.03 PDF: (A) Credentialed and classified staff shall be recruited, employed, assigned, evaluated and provided professional development in accordance with state and federal law.(1) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3302.151, 3319.36, and 3319.361 of the Revised Code, each…

19.03 PDF: (A) Educational programs and experiences shall be designed and implemented to provide a general education of high quality for all students. Students shall be provided sufficient time and opportunity to achieve local school district performance requirements and objectiv…

19.03 PDF: (A) To provide a foundation for measuring and improving operational and educational performance, each school district or school shall:(1) Collect and analyze information about key areas of school operations and educational performance and areas of needed improvement id…

19.03 PDF: (A) A nonchartered nonpublic school that is not seeking a charter from the department of education and workforce because of truly held religious beliefs shall annually certify in a report to the parents of its pupils that the school meets minimum education standards fo…

19.03 PDF: (A) A new chartered nonpublic school may be established and operated for a specified period in accordance with sections 3301.16 and 3313.48 of the Revised Code, Chapter 3301-39 of the Administrative Code, and the following procedures, provided the school has at least t…

19.03 PDF: (A) Notwithstanding rule 3301-35-01 of the Administrative Code, the following definitions apply for purposes of this rule:(1) "Aversive behavioral interventions" means an intervention that is intended to induce pain or discomfort to a student for the purpose of elimina…

19.03 PDF: (A) A local, city, exempted village or joint vocational school district may operate a school using an online learning model by notifying the department of education no later than the first day of July of the school year that the district intends to open an online learn…

19.03 PDF: As used in this chapter:(A) "Charter"means a document issued by the department to a school or school district pursuant to section 3301.16 of the Revised Code.(B) "Department" means the department of education and workforce.(C) "Nonpublic school" means any school, other…

19.03 PDF: (A) A nonpublic school seeking a charter or reissue of a charter shall submit an application as prescribed by the department.(1) The department will publish the application and application process, including a list of required documents and assurances for the upcoming …

19.03 PDF: (A) A nonpublic school holding a charter issued by the department shall be subject to monitoring and oversight by the department's office of nonpublic educational options, including periodic reviews through site-visit, desk audit, investigations of complaints and other…

19.03 PDF: (A) Any person may learn the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special meetings of the state board of education (hereinafter, "state board"), any committee, subcommittee, or task force of the state board created …

19.03 PDF: A nonpublic school requesting administrative cost reimbursement shall maintain at least the following records in support of a claim for reimbursement:(A) A separate account or system of accounts for the expenses incurred in rendering the required services for which rei…

19.03 PDF: (A) The required services for which nonpublic schools are reimbursed for administrative costs shall be performed by school employees. Any reimbursement shall be made on the basis of the salary and fringe benefits of the employee actually performing the service.(B) Empl…

19.03 PDF: Upon approval of the required application for reimbursement by the Ohio department of education, reimbursement payments to nonpublic school for administrative costs pursuant to section 3317.063 of the Revised Code shall be paid to, and in the name of, the nonpublic sch…

19.03 PDF: Any nonpublic school may appeal the findings of a review conducted by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to section 3317.063 of the Revised Code to the state board of education within thirty days after receipt of said review, and the state board of educa…

19.03 PDF: (A) In the event that a chartered nonpublic school closes, and it receives its funds directly from the state, the school cannot keep any materials or equipment purchased with auxiliary services funds under section 3317.062 of the Revised Code, as those materials and eq…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following are definitions for the Ohio certificate of high school equivalence:(1) "Certificate of high school equivalence" means the Ohio high school equivalence diploma signed by the superintendent of public instruction and the president of the state board of …

19.03 PDF: (A) Definitions.(1) "Board of education" is a board of a school district as defined by section 3311.01 of the Revised Code and refers to city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school districts.(2) "Certificate of high school equivalence" means a certificat…