Ohio Code 3314.261 – Internet- or computer-based school attendance
This section shall not apply to an internet- or computer-based community school in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3314.261
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Internet- or computer-based community school: means a community school established under this chapter in which the enrolled students work primarily from their residences on assignments in nonclassroom-based learning opportunities provided via an internet- or other computer-based instructional method that does not rely on regular classroom instruction or via comprehensive instructional methods that include internet-based, other computer-based, and noncomputer-based learning opportunities unless a student receives career-technical education under section 3314. See Ohio Code 3314.02
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) For purposes of this section, “instructional activities” means the following classroom-based or nonclassroom-based activities that a student is expected to complete, participate in, or attend during any given school day:
(1) Online logins to curriculum or programs;
(2) Offline activities;
(3) Completed assignments within a particular program, curriculum, or class;
(4) Testing;
(5) Face-to-face communications or meetings with school staff or service providers;
(6) Telephone or video conferences with school staff or service providers;
(7) Other documented communication with school staff or service providers related to school curriculum or programs.
(B)(1) Each internet- or computer-based community school’s attendance policy adopted in accordance with division (A)(6)(b) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code shall specify that a student is considered in attendance at the school when the student satisfies either of the following conditions:
(a) The student participates in at least ninety per cent of the hours of instructional activities offered by the school in that school year;
(b) The student is on pace for on-time completion of any course in which the student is enrolled. The school’s attendance policy shall define “on pace for on-time completion” for purposes of division (B)(1)(b) of this section.
(2) If a student is not considered in attendance under division (B)(1) of this section, the student shall be considered absent for those hours of instructional activities offered by the school in that school year in which the student does not participate.
(3) In the event that a student has thirty or more hours of unexcused absences in any semester, the internet- or computer-based community school in which the student is enrolled shall submit a written report to the student’s parent, guardian, or custodian.
(C) Notwithstanding section 3321.191 of the Revised Code, each internet- or computer-based community school shall develop and adopt a policy regarding failure to participate in instructional activities. The policy shall state that a student shall become subject to certain consequences, including disenrollment from the school, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) After the student’s parent, guardian, or custodian receives a written report under division (B)(2) of this section, the student fails to comply with the policy adopted under division (C) of this section within a reasonable period of time specified by the school;
(2) Other intervention strategies contained in the policy adopted under division (C) of this section fail to cause a student’s attendance to comply with the policy.
(D) If an internet- or computer-based community school disenrolled a student pursuant to a policy adopted under division (C) of this section, the student shall not be eligible to re-enroll in that school for the remainder of the school year in which the student is disenrolled. This division does not prohibit a disenrolled student from enrolling in another internet- or computer-based community school.
(E) If an internet- or computer-based community school disenrolls a student pursuant to a policy adopted under division (C) of this section, the school shall do both of the following:
(1) Provide the student’s parent, guardian, or custodian with a list of alternative educational options available to the student;
(2) Within forty-eight hours of the student’s disenrollment, notify the student’s resident school district in writing.
(F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the procedure for automatically withdrawing a student from school that must be adopted as part of a school’s attendance policy in accordance with division (A)(6)(b) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 9, 2021 at 4:01 PM