(A)Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state board of education shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a pupil-activity program permit for any individual who does not hold a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the state board under section3319.22,3319.26, or3319.27of the Revised Code. The permit issued under this section shall be valid for coaching, supervising, or directing a pupil-activity program under section3313.53of the Revised Code. Subject to the provisions of section3319.31of the Revised Code, a permit issued under this division shall be valid for three years and shall be renewable.
(B)The state board shall adopt rules applicable to individuals who hold valid educator licenses, certificates, or permits is
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(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state board of education shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a pupil-activity program permit for any individual who does not hold a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the state board under section3319.22,3319.26, or3319.27of the Revised Code. The permit issued under this section shall be valid for coaching, supervising, or directing a pupil-activity program under section3313.53of the Revised Code. Subject to the provisions of section3319.31of the Revised Code, a permit issued under this division shall be valid for three years and shall be renewable.
(B) The state board shall adopt rules applicable to individuals who hold valid educator licenses, certificates, or permits issued by the state board under section3319.22,3319.26, or3319.27of the Revised Code setting forth standards to assure any such individual's competence to direct, supervise, or coach a pupil-activity program described in section3313.53of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under this division shall not be more stringent than the standards set forth in rules applicable to individuals who do not hold such licenses, certificates, or permits adopted under division (A) of this section. Subject to the provisions of section3319.31of the Revised Code, a permit issued to an individual under this division shall be valid for the same number of years as the individual's educator license, certificate, or permit issued under section3319.22,3319.26, or3319.27of the Revised Code and shall be renewable.
(C)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, as a condition to issuing a pupil-activity program permit to coach interscholastic athletics, the state board shall require each individual applying for a first permit to successfully complete a training program that is specifically focused on brain trauma and brain injury management and the sudden cardiac arrest training course approved by the department of health under division (C) of section3707.59of the Revised Code.
(2) The state board shall require, as a condition to renewing a pupil-activity program permit to coach interscholastic athletics, each individual applying for a permit renewal to present evidence that the individual has successfully completed, within the duration of the individual's previous permit, both of the following:
(a) A training program in recognizing the symptoms of concussions and head injuries to which the department of health has provided a link on its internet web site under section3707.52of the Revised Code or a training program authorized and required by an organization that regulates interscholastic athletic competition and conducts interscholastic athletic events;
(b) The sudden cardiac arrest training course approved by the department of health under division (C) of section3707.59of the Revised Code.
(3) The state board shall require each individual applying for a permit renewal on or after the effective date of this amendment to present evidence that the individual has complied with the student mental health training requirement under section3313.5318of the Revised Code.
(D) The state board shall issue a permit for coaching, supervising, or directing a pupil-activity program in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license or permit in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a coach, supervisor, or pupil-activity program director in a state that does not issue that permit.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:08 AM