School Governance

To require the State Board of Education to establish criteria and procedures for the awarding of school safety funds to school districts and to make an appropriation.

To extend to handguns affirmative defenses to a charge of carrying a concealed weapon or having or transporting a firearm in a motor vehicle, and to modify the prohibition against carrying a concealed handgun onto institutions of higher education, places of worship, day-care facilities, aircraft, certain government facilities, public areas of airport terminals and police stations and school safety zones.

To specify deadlines for the administration of reading skills assessments for purposes of the Third-Grade Reading Guarantee. Am. 3313.608

To revise the law regarding terms of office of members of certain joint vocational school district boards of education. Am. 3311.19 and to enact section 3311.191

With respect to school district policies for violent, disruptive, or inappropriate behavior.

To exempt high-performing school districts from certain laws; to revise the law regarding the administration of state primary and secondary education assessments; to permit school districts to contract with hospitals, health care professionals, and educational service centers for school health services; to revise the competitive bidding threshold for school building and repair contracts; and to require the School Facilities Commission to develop a legislative proposal assisting high-performing school districts in purchasing technology, building expansion, and physical alterations to improve