Earlier this week, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) released a new webpage to assist school districts to meet new health curriculum requirements in Ohio Revised Code (RC) 3313.60, enacted in Senate Bill (SB) 288.
The SB 288 amendments…
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The Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention Education was created last August by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, House Speaker Clifford Rosenberger and former Senate President Keith Faber with the goal of studying drug use prevention education in Ohio schools.
As a result of that charge, on Feb. 10, the Ohio Attorney General (OAG) released the…
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A new program for the 2015-16 school year, College Credit Plus (CC+) replaces the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program and most other existing dual enrollment programs. While the first round of notice and application deadlines have passed for CC+, school responsibilities under the program span the entire school year. School district administrators should be aware of the following:
- Students can provide their school districts with notice of their intent to participate in the program beyond the April 1 deadline. Pursuant to Ohio Revised…
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A number of districts have received public records requests asking for specific information relating to the curriculum that is being provided in the district. Please keep the following points in mind when complying with these requests:
- Trade secrets are exempt from the Public Records Act. Trade secrets are defined in R.C. 1333.61(D) and includes information that gets its value from the fact that it is not generally known or readily ascertainable by other people who can obtain…