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As Passed by the House
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
Am. H. B. No. 125
2025-2026
Representatives Hall, T., Creech
Cosponsors: Representatives Mullins,
Miller, K., Deeter, Williams, Johnson, King, Klopfenstein, Kishman,
Workman, Fowler Arthur, Brennan, Miller, J., Newman, Abrams,
Barhorst, Brent, Claggett, Click, Craig, Dovilla, Ghanbari,
Glassburn, Gross, Hall, D., Holmes, John, Lear, Lorenz, Mathews, A.,
Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, M., Mohamed, Peterson, Plummer,
Richardson, Ritter, Robb Blasdel, Salvo, Schmidt, Sigrist,
Swearingen, White, A., Willis, Young
A
BILL
To
enact section
3321.044
of
the Revised Code
regarding
attendance at school during participation in district-approved
activities.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
section
3321.044
of
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec.
3321.044.
(A)
A school district shall consider a student in any of grades
kindergarten through twelve present at school during school hours
when the student is participating in scheduled school-sponsored or
workforce preparation activities approved by the district. Approved
activities shall include 4-H and FFA activities or programs, athletic
tournaments, field trips, internships, shadowing opportunities, and
any other activity approved by the district.
A
school district may require an educator affiliated with the activity
or the student's parent to submit written documentation, including
the hours of participation, to a school principal or attendance
officer as proof of participation in the approved activity.
The
district shall give the student the opportunity to make up any school
work missed during the student's participation in an approved
activity under this section.
Class
grades for the student and the chronic absenteeism calculation for
the district or school shall not be adversely affected by the
student's participation in an approved activity under this section.
(B)
Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a school principal or a
designee of the school principal shall consider a student absent
under this section if the student's participation in an activity
occurs during either of the following:
(1)
A scheduled administration of state assessments;
(2)
Any period of time for which the student has been disciplined,
suspended, or expelled, if the terms of such punishment would
preclude the student from otherwise participating in an educational
field trip or extracurricular activity.