Ohio § 3302.063 Waiver of laws or rules specified in plan

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§ 3302.063 — Waiver of laws or rules specified in plan

Ohio § 3302.063

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3302Performance Standards

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3302.063 (2026).

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(A)Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon designation of a school district of innovation under section3302.062of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall waive any laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department that are specified in the innovation plan submitted by the district board of education as needing to be waived to implement the plan. The waiver shall apply only to the school or schools participating in the innovation plan and shall not apply to the district as a whole, unless each of the district's schools is a participating school. The waiver shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its d

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon designation of a school district of innovation under section3302.062of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall waive any laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department that are specified in the innovation plan submitted by the district board of education as needing to be waived to implement the plan. The waiver shall apply only to the school or schools participating in the innovation plan and shall not apply to the district as a whole, unless each of the district's schools is a participating school. The waiver shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its designation revoked under section3302.065of the Revised Code, or if the school is removed from an innovation school zone under that section or section3302.064of the Revised Code.

(B) The department shall not waive any law or rule regarding the following:

(1) Funding for school districts under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code;

(2) The requirements of Chapters 3323. and 3324. of the Revised Code for the provision of services to students with disabilities and gifted students;

(3) Requirements related to the provision of career-technical education that are necessary to comply with federal law or maintenance of effort provisions;

(4) Administration of the assessments prescribed by sections3301.0710,3301.0712, and3301.0715of the Revised Code;

(5) Requirements related to the issuance of report cards and the assignment of performance ratings under section3302.03of the Revised Code;

(6) Implementation of the model of differentiated accountability under section3302.041of the Revised Code;

(7) Requirements for the reporting of data to the department of education and workforce;

(8) Criminal records checks of school employees;

(9) The requirements of Chapters 3307. and 3309. regarding the retirement systems for teachers and school employees;

(10) The requirements of section3302.41or3302.42of the Revised Code related to implementation of a blended learning model or online learning model in a school.

(C) If a district board's revisions to an innovation plan under section3302.066of the Revised Code require a waiver of additional laws or department rules, the department shall grant a waiver from those laws or rules upon evidence that administrators and teachers have consented to the revisions as required by that section.

Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:31 PM