Bill Text: OH HB256 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To require the State Board of Education to adopt national health education standards or to develop its own health education standards based on the national standards for grades kindergarten through twelve.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-29 - To Education [HB256 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB256-Introduced.html
As Introduced

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
H. B. No. 256


Representatives Sykes, Wachtmann 

Cosponsors: Representatives Ashford, Boyd, Celebrezze, Curtin, Fedor, Hagan, R., Hagan, C., Mallory, Letson, Strahorn, Stinziano, Williams, Patterson, Reece, Heard, Winburn, Amstutz, Hackett, Smith, Beck, Buchy, Damschroder, Driehaus, Henne, Foley 



A BILL
To enact new section 3301.0718 and to repeal section 1
3301.0718 of the Revised Code to require the State 2
Board of Education to adopt national health 3
education standards or to develop its own health 4
education standards based on the national 5
standards for grades kindergarten through twelve.6


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That new section 3301.0718 of the Revised Code be 7
enacted to read as follows:8

       Sec. 3301.0718. (A) Not later than July 1, 2013, the state 9
board of education shall adopt either of the following for the 10
purposes of health education in grades kindergarten through 11
twelve:12

        (1) The most recent health education standards developed by 13
the American association for health education;14

        (2) Health education standards developed and prescribed by 15
the state board itself. Standards developed by the state board 16
under this division shall be based upon the national standards 17
prescribed in division (A)(1) of this section.18

        (B) The department of education shall provide the adopted 19
standards, and any revisions to the standards, to all school 20
districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314., STEM 21
schools established under Chapter 3326., and college-preparatory 22
boarding schools established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised 23
Code. Any school or district may utilize the standards.24

       Section 2. That section 3301.0718 of the Revised Code is 25
hereby repealed.26

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