The state board of education shall adopt rules freeing school districts from specified state mandates if one of the following applies:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3302.05

(A) For the 2011-2012 school year, the school district was declared to be excellent under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, as that section existed prior to March 22, 2013, and had above expected growth in the overall value-added measure.

(B) For the 2012-2013 school year, the school district received a grade of “A” for the number of performance indicators met under division (A)(1)(c) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and for the value-added dimension under division (A)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.

(C) For the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or 2015-2016 school year, the school district received a grade of “A” for the number of performance indicators met under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and for the value-added dimension under division (B)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.

(D) For the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, or 2020-2021 school year, the school district received an overall grade of “A” under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.

(F) For the 2021-2022 school year and for each school year thereafter, the school district received an overall performance rating of five stars under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.

Any mandates included in the rules shall be only those statutes or rules pertaining to state education requirements. The rules shall not exempt districts from any operating standard adopted under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.

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