3306.31 Implement of actions prescribed by the governor's closing the achievement gap initiative in certain districts.
(A) This section applies to any city, local, or exempted village school district that has a three-year average graduation rate, as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, of eighty per cent or less.
(B)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall implement actions prescribed by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in each of the following:
(1)Each high school;
(2)Each elementary or middle school in which less than fifty per cent of the students have attained a proficient score on the fourth or seventh grade achievement assessments in English language arts or mathematics required under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code.
(C)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall work with the department of education and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in developing its annual spending plan prior to submitting the plan under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(D)The board of each district to which this section applies shall create and staff, in each organizational unit, at least one position funded under division (A)(1) of section 3306.06 of the Revised Code. Each such position shall function as a linkage coordinator for closing the achievement gap and increasing the graduation rate. A linkage coordinator is a person, meeting guidelines established by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, who shall work with and who is the primary mentor, coach, and motivator for students identified as at risk of not graduating, as defined by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, and who coordinates those students’ participation in academic programs, social service programs, out-of-school cultural and work-related experiences, and in-school and out-of-school mentoring programs, based on the students’ needs. The linkage coordinator shall coordinate remedial disciplinary plans as needed and work with school personnel to gather student academic information and to engage parents of targeted students. The linkage coordinator shall serve as a liaison between the school and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative and shall participate in all professional development activities as directed by the closing the achievement gap initiative. The linkage coordinator shall establish and coordinate the work of academic promotion teams, which shall address the academic and social needs of the identified students. The membership of teams in different schools may vary and may include the linkage coordinator, parents, teachers, principals, school nurses, school counselors, probation officers, or other school personnel or members of the community.
(E) The governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative shall work with each organizational unit of a school district to which this section applies to assess the progress in implementing prescribed activities, as required under division (B) of this section, and shall assist linkage coordinators, administrators, and other school staff in ensuring compliance with the district’s spending plan required under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(F) The items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section included in the spending plan of a district to which this section applies are subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative. If they disapprove those items in the plan, the state superintendent shall do one of the following:
(1)Modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan as the state superintendent considers appropriate and notify the district board of the modifications. The district board shall comply with the plan as modified by the state superintendent.
(2)Return the spending plan and require the district board to modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations. The district board shall modify the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations and return the modified plan by a date specified by the state superintendent.
(G) The department shall work with the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in reconciling, under division (B) of section 3306.30 of the Revised Code, the spending plan submitted by a district to which this section applies with the district’s actual spending.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
3306.31 Implement of actions prescribed by the governor's closing the achievement gap initiative in certain districts.
(A) This section applies to any city, local, or exempted village school district that has a three-year average graduation rate, as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, of eighty per cent or less.
(B)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall implement actions prescribed by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in each of the following:
(1)Each high school;
(2)Each elementary or middle school in which less than fifty per cent of the students have attained a proficient score on the fourth or seventh grade achievement assessments in English language arts or mathematics required under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code.
(C)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall work with the department of education and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in developing its annual spending plan prior to submitting the plan under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(D)The board of each district to which this section applies shall create and staff, in each organizational unit, at least one position funded under division (A)(1) of section 3306.06 of the Revised Code. Each such position shall function as a linkage coordinator for closing the achievement gap and increasing the graduation rate. A linkage coordinator is a person, meeting guidelines established by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, who shall work with and who is the primary mentor, coach, and motivator for students identified as at risk of not graduating, as defined by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, and who coordinates those students’ participation in academic programs, social service programs, out-of-school cultural and work-related experiences, and in-school and out-of-school mentoring programs, based on the students’ needs. The linkage coordinator shall coordinate remedial disciplinary plans as needed and work with school personnel to gather student academic information and to engage parents of targeted students. The linkage coordinator shall serve as a liaison between the school and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative and shall participate in all professional development activities as directed by the closing the achievement gap initiative. The linkage coordinator shall establish and coordinate the work of academic promotion teams, which shall address the academic and social needs of the identified students. The membership of teams in different schools may vary and may include the linkage coordinator, parents, teachers, principals, school nurses, school counselors, probation officers, or other school personnel or members of the community.
(E) The governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative shall work with each organizational unit of a school district to which this section applies to assess the progress in implementing prescribed activities, as required under division (B) of this section, and shall assist linkage coordinators, administrators, and other school staff in ensuring compliance with the district’s spending plan required under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(F) The items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section included in the spending plan of a district to which this section applies are subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative. If they disapprove those items in the plan, the state superintendent shall do one of the following:
(1)Modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan as the state superintendent considers appropriate and notify the district board of the modifications. The district board shall comply with the plan as modified by the state superintendent.
(2)Return the spending plan and require the district board to modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations. The district board shall modify the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations and return the modified plan by a date specified by the state superintendent.
(G) The department shall work with the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in reconciling, under division (B) of section 3306.30 of the Revised Code, the spending plan submitted by a district to which this section applies with the district’s actual spending.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
3306.31 Implement of actions prescribed by the governor's closing the achievement gap initiative in certain districts.
(A) This section applies to any city, local, or exempted village school district that has a three-year average graduation rate, as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, of eighty per cent or less.
(B)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall implement actions prescribed by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in each of the following:
(1)Each high school;
(2)Each elementary or middle school in which less than fifty per cent of the students have attained a proficient score on the fourth or seventh grade achievement assessments in English language arts or mathematics required under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code.
(C)The board of education of each school district to which this section applies shall work with the department of education and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in developing its annual spending plan prior to submitting the plan under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(D)The board of each district to which this section applies shall create and staff, in each organizational unit, at least one position funded under division (A)(1) of section 3306.06 of the Revised Code. Each such position shall function as a linkage coordinator for closing the achievement gap and increasing the graduation rate. A linkage coordinator is a person, meeting guidelines established by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, who shall work with and who is the primary mentor, coach, and motivator for students identified as at risk of not graduating, as defined by the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative, and who coordinates those students’ participation in academic programs, social service programs, out-of-school cultural and work-related experiences, and in-school and out-of-school mentoring programs, based on the students’ needs. The linkage coordinator shall coordinate remedial disciplinary plans as needed and work with school personnel to gather student academic information and to engage parents of targeted students. The linkage coordinator shall serve as a liaison between the school and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative and shall participate in all professional development activities as directed by the closing the achievement gap initiative. The linkage coordinator shall establish and coordinate the work of academic promotion teams, which shall address the academic and social needs of the identified students. The membership of teams in different schools may vary and may include the linkage coordinator, parents, teachers, principals, school nurses, school counselors, probation officers, or other school personnel or members of the community.
(E) The governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative shall work with each organizational unit of a school district to which this section applies to assess the progress in implementing prescribed activities, as required under division (B) of this section, and shall assist linkage coordinators, administrators, and other school staff in ensuring compliance with the district’s spending plan required under section 3306.30 of the Revised Code.
(F) The items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section included in the spending plan of a district to which this section applies are subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction and the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative. If they disapprove those items in the plan, the state superintendent shall do one of the following:
(1)Modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan as the state superintendent considers appropriate and notify the district board of the modifications. The district board shall comply with the plan as modified by the state superintendent.
(2)Return the spending plan and require the district board to modify the items related to implementing divisions (B) and (D) of this section in the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations. The district board shall modify the plan according to the state superintendent’s instructions or recommendations and return the modified plan by a date specified by the state superintendent.
(G) The department shall work with the governor’s closing the achievement gap initiative in reconciling, under division (B) of section 3306.30 of the Revised Code, the spending plan submitted by a district to which this section applies with the district’s actual spending.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
