SB 463

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
   Regular Session  S. B. No. 463
       2025-2026
  Senators Gavarone, Brenner
  To amend sections 3313.669, 3314.03, 3326.11, and  1
  5502.263 and to enact section 5502.264 of the  2
  Revised Code regarding threat assessment teams  3
  and model behavioral threat assessment plans and  4
  to make an appropriation.  5
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
     Section 1. That sections 3313.669, 3314.03, 3326.11, and  6
5502.263 be amended and section 5502.264 of the Revised Code be  7
enacted to read as follows:  8
     Sec. 3313.669. (A) Beginning not later than two years  9
after the effective date of this section, each As used in this  10
section, "administrator" has the same meaning as in section  11
5502.262 of the Revised Code.  12
     (B) Each local, city, exempted village, and joint  13
vocational school district and chartered nonpublic school shall  14
create a threat assessment team for each school building in the  15
district serving grades six through twelve. The duties of the  16
threat assessment team shall include the coordination of  17
resources and the assessment and intervention of students whose  18
behavior may pose a threat to the safety of the school, school  19
staff, or students. Upon appointment and once every three years  20
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thereafter, each team member shall complete an approved threat  21
assessment training program from the list maintained by the  22
department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.263 of the  23
Revised Code.  24
       (B)(1)The threat assessment team shall do all of the  25
following:  26
       (1) Involve all members of the team in the threat  27
assessment, threat management process, and final decision-  28
making;  29
       (2) Identify members of the school community to whom  30
threatening behavior shall be reported;  31
       (3) Provide guidance to students, faculty, and staff  32
regarding recognition of threatening or concerning behavior that  33
may represent a threat to the community, school, or self.  34
       (C)(1) If a school building has a similarly constituted  35
safety team as of the effective date of this section, that team  36
also may serve as the threat assessment team, provided that the  37
team and each member comply with the requirements of this  38
section.  39
       (2) If members of a team described in division (B)(1) of  40
this section that have completed a training program in the year  41
immediately preceding the implementation date specified in  42
division (A) of this section that later is approved by the  43
department, the team members shall not be required to complete  44
the training program for two years after the implementation  45
date. A new member that joins a team described in division (B)  46
(2) of this section shall complete an approved training program  47
upon appointment.  48
       (C)(D) Each district building shall include proof of  49
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completion of an approved training program by each team member  50
in the building's emergency management plan submission to the  51
director of public safety in accordance with rules adopted under  52
division (F) of section 5502.262 of the Revised Code.  53
       (E)(1) Each team shall be multidisciplinary, when  54
possible, and shall include a person who has received a  55
certificate of having satisfactorily completed an approved basic  56
peace officer training program and is a law enforcement officer  57
as defined under section 9.69 of the Revised Code and members  58
with expertise in counseling, instruction, school  59
administration, and law enforcement, which may include school  60
administrators, mental health professionals, school resource  61
officers, and other necessary personnel.  62
       (D)(2) Each team shall include at least one member who has  63
personal familiarity with the individual who is the subject of  64
the threat assessment. If no member of the threat assessment  65
team has such familiarity, a school or school district employee  66
who is personally familiar with the individual who is the  67
subject of the threat assessment shall consult with the threat  68
assessment team for the purpose of assessing the threat. The  69
employee who provides such consultation shall not participate in  70
the decision-making process.  71
       (F) Each threat assessment team shall use the model  72
behavioral threat assessment plan developed under section  73
5502.263 of the Revised Code when evaluating the behavior of  74
students who may pose a threat to the school, school staff, or  75
students and to coordinate intervention and services for such  76
students.  77
       (G) Upon a preliminary determination that a student poses  78
a threat of violence or physical harm to the student or others,  79
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a threat assessment team shall immediately report its  80
determination to an administrator. The administrator shall  81
immediately attempt to notify the student's parent or legal  82
guardian. Nothing in this section prevents district or school  83
staff from acting immediately to address an imminent threat.  84
       (H) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all state  85
and local agencies and programs that provide services to  86
students experiencing or at risk of an emotional disturbance or  87
a mental illness, including the school district, the chartered  88
nonpublic school, school personnel, state and local law  89
enforcement agencies, the department of youth services, the  90
department of children and youth, the department of health, the  91
department of developmental disabilities, the department of  92
education and workforce, and any service or support provider  93
contracting with such agencies, may share with each other  94
records or information that are confidential or exempt from  95
disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code if the  96
records or information are reasonably necessary to ensure access  97
to appropriate services for the student or to ensure the safety  98
of the student or others. All such state and local agencies and  99
programs shall communicate, collaborate, and coordinate efforts  100
to serve such students.  101
       (I) If an immediate mental health or substance abuse  102
crisis is suspected, school personnel shall follow steps  103
established by the threat assessment team to engage behavioral  104
health crisis resources. Behavioral health crisis resources,  105
including mobile crisis teams and school resource officers  106
trained in crisis intervention, shall provide emergency  107
intervention and assessment, make recommendations, and refer the  108
student for appropriate services. Onsite school personnel shall  109
report all such situations and actions taken to the threat  110
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assessment team, which shall contact the other agencies involved  111
with the student and any known service providers to share  112
information and coordinate any necessary follow up actions. Upon  113
the student's transfer to a different school, the threat  114
assessment team shall verify that any intervention services  115
provided to the student remain in place until the threat  116
assessment team of the receiving school independently determines  117
the need for intervention services.  118
       (J) The threat assessment team shall prepare a threat  119
assessment report required by the model threat assessment plan  120
developed under section 5502.263 of the Revised Code. For a  121
public school, a threat assessment report, all corresponding  122
documentation, and any other information required by the model  123
threat assessment plan is an education record under section  124
3319.321 of the Revised Code.  125
       Upon a student's transfer to a different school, the  126
threat assessment team shall transfer the threat assessment  127
report, educational records, and all corresponding documentation  128
to the receiving school within five days.  129
       (K) Each district board shall establish a threat  130
assessment coordinator to serve as the primary point of contact  131
regarding the district's coordination, communication, and  132
implementation of the threat management program and to report  133
quantitative data to the department of public safety in  134
accordance with guidance from the office.  135
       (L) A school or school district, member of a district  136
board of education or governing authority, or a district or  137
school employee, including a school threat assessment team  138
member, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury,  139
death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a  140
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team member's execution of duties related to school safety  141
unless the team member's act or omission constitutes willful or  142
wanton misconduct.  143
        This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any  144
other immunity or defense that a school or school district,  145
member of a district board or governing authority, or district  146
or school employee, including a threat assessment team member,  147
may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of  148
the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.  149
        Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under  150
this section shall be filed with the director of education and  151
workforce. The department of education and workforce shall make  152
available on its web site a copy of every approved, executed  153
contract filed with the director under this section.  154
        (A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the  155
governing authority of a community school shall specify the  156
following:  157
        (1) That the school shall be established as either of the  158
following:  159
        (a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter  160
1702. of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8,  161
2003;  162
        (b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter  163
1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003.  164
        (2) The education program of the school, including the  165
school's mission and educational philosophy, the characteristics  166
of the students the school is expected to attract, the ages and  167
grades of students, and the focus of the curriculum;  168
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        (3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of  169
measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those  170
goals, which shall include the statewide achievement  171
assessments;  172
        (4) Performance standards, including but not limited to  173
all applicable report card measures set forth in section 3302.03  174
or 3314.017 of the Revised Code, by which the success of the  175
school will be evaluated by the sponsor;  176
        (5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the  177
Revised Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised  178
Code;  179
        (6)(a) Dismissal procedures;  180
        (b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an  181
attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically  182
withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a  183
legitimate excuse fails to participate in seventy-two  184
consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the  185
student.  186
        (7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and  187
ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves;  188
        (8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of  189
state. The contract shall require financial records of the  190
school to be maintained in the same manner as are financial  191
records of school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of  192
state. Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section  193
117.10 of the Revised Code.  194
        (9) An addendum to the contract outlining the facilities  195
to be used that contains at least the following information:  196
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       (a) A detailed description of each facility used for  197
instructional purposes;  198
       (b) The annual costs associated with leasing each facility  199
that are paid by or on behalf of the school;  200
       (c) The annual mortgage principal and interest payments  201
that are paid by the school;  202
       (d) The name of the lender or landlord, identified as  203
such, and the lender's or landlord's relationship to the  204
operator, if any.  205
       (10) Qualifications of employees, including both of the  206
following:  207
       (a) A requirement that the school's classroom teachers be  208
licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the  209
Revised Code, except that a community school may engage  210
noncertificated persons to teach up to twelve hours or forty  211
hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code;  212
       (b) A prohibition against the school employing an  213
individual described in section 3314.104 of the Revised Code in  214
any position.  215
       (11) That the school will comply with the following  216
requirements:  217
       (a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a  218
minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred  219
twenty hours per school year.  220
       (b) The governing authority will purchase liability  221
insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of  222
the school.  223
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       (c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs,  224
admission policies, employment practices, and all other  225
operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or  226
religious institution.  227
       (d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91,  228
109.65, 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 3301.0710,  229
3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3301.0729, 3301.24, 3301.948,  230
3302.037, 3302.131, 3313.472, 3313.473, 3313.474, 3313.50,  231
3313.539, 3313.5310, 3313.5318, 3313.5319, 3313.608, 3313.609,  232
3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6020, 3313.6024,  233
3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.6029, 3313.6031, 3313.6032,  234
3313.6034, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.6413, 3313.66,  235
3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.668, 3313.669,  236
3313.6610, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69,  237
3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.7112, 3313.7117,  238
3313.721, 3313.753, 3313.80, 3313.814, 3313.816, 3313.817,  239
3313.818, 3313.819, 3313.8110, 3313.86, 3313.89, 3313.96,  240
3319.073, 3319.077, 3319.078, 3319.0812, 3319.2214, 3319.238,  241
3319.318, 3319.321, 3319.324, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.393,  242
3319.41, 3319.46, 3319.90, 3319.614, 3320.01, 3320.02, 3320.03,  243
3320.04, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.141, 3321.17,  244
3321.18, 3321.19, 3322.20, 3322.24, 3323.251, 3327.10, 4111.17,  245
4113.52, 5502.262, 5502.264, 5502.703, and 5705.391 and Chapters  246
117., 1347., 2744., 3365., 3742., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167.  247
of the Revised Code as if it were a school district and will  248
comply with section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code in the manner  249
specified in section 3314.17 of the Revised Code.  250
       (e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section  251
2921.42 of the Revised Code.  252
       (f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61,  253
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3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.617, 3313.618, and 3313.6114 of the  254
Revised Code, except that for students who enter ninth grade for  255
the first time before July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections  256
3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must  257
successfully complete the curriculum in any high school prior to  258
receiving a high school diploma may be met by completing the  259
curriculum adopted by the governing authority of the community  260
school rather than the curriculum specified in Title XXXIII of  261
the Revised Code or any rules of the department. Beginning with  262
students who enter ninth grade for the first time on or after  263
July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611  264
of the Revised Code that a person must successfully complete the  265
curriculum of a high school prior to receiving a high school  266
diploma shall be met by completing the requirements prescribed  267
in section 3313.6027 and division (C) of section 3313.603 of the  268
Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under division (D) or  269
(F) of that section. Each school shall comply with the plan for  270
awarding high school credit based on demonstration of subject  271
area competency, and beginning with the 2017-2018 school year,  272
with the updated plan that permits students enrolled in seventh  273
and eighth grade to meet curriculum requirements based on  274
subject area competency adopted by the department under  275
divisions (J)(1) and (2) of section 3313.603 of the Revised  276
Code. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the school shall  277
comply with the framework for granting units of high school  278
credit to students who demonstrate subject area competency  279
through work-based learning experiences, internships, or  280
cooperative education developed by the department under division  281
(J)(3) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code.  282
       (g) The school governing authority will submit within four  283
months after the end of each school year a report of its  284
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activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of  285
divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial  286
status to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled  287
in the school.  288
       (h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-  289
based community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the  290
Revised Code as if it were a school district.  291
       (i) If the school is the recipient of moneys from a grant  292
awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A),  293
Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery  294
and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115,  295
the school will pay teachers based upon performance in  296
accordance with section 3317.141 and will comply with section  297
3319.111 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district.  298
       (j) If the school operates a preschool program that is  299
licensed by the department under sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of  300
the Revised Code, the school shall comply with sections 3301.50  301
to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and the minimum standards for  302
preschool programs prescribed in rules adopted by the department  303
of children and youth under section 3301.53 of the Revised Code.  304
       (k) The school will comply with sections 3313.6021 and  305
3313.6023 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district  306
unless it is either of the following:  307
       (i) An internet- or computer-based community school;  308
       (ii) A community school in which a majority of the  309
enrolled students are children with disabilities as described in  310
division (B)(2) of section 3314.35 of the Revised Code.  311
       (l) The school will comply with section 3321.191 of the  312
Revised Code, unless it is an internet- or computer-based  313
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community school that is subject to section 3314.261 of the  314
Revised Code.  315
       (m) The school will comply with section 3313.7118 of the  316
Revised Code if it serves elementary school students.  317
       (12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits  318
to employees;  319
       (13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the  320
beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five  321
years unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division  322
(D) of this section.  323
       (14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be  324
responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract;  325
       (15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget  326
for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the  327
total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year.  328
       (16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition  329
of employees of the school in the event the contract is  330
terminated or not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the  331
Revised Code;  332
       (17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all  333
or part of an existing public school or educational service  334
center building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is  335
a converted public school or service center building, both of  336
the following:  337
       (a) Specification of any duties or responsibilities of an  338
employer that the board of education or service center governing  339
board that operated the school or building before conversion is  340
delegating to the governing authority of the community school  341
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with respect to all or any specified group of employees provided  342
the delegation is not prohibited by a collective bargaining  343
agreement applicable to such employees;  344
       (b) Alternative arrangements for current public school  345
students who choose not to attend the converted school and for  346
teachers who choose not to teach in the school or building after  347
conversion.  348
       (18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving  349
disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the  350
governing authority of the community school;  351
       (19) A provision requiring the governing authority to  352
adopt a policy regarding the admission of students who reside  353
outside the district in which the school is located. That policy  354
shall comply with the admissions procedures specified in  355
sections 3314.06 and 3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the  356
sole discretion of the authority, shall do one of the following:  357
       (a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside  358
the district in which the school is located;  359
       (b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in  360
districts adjacent to the district in which the school is  361
located;  362
       (c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any  363
other district in the state.  364
       (20) A provision recognizing the authority of the  365
department to take over the sponsorship of the school in  366
accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section  367
3314.015 of the Revised Code;  368
       (21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to  369
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assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified  370
in division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code;  371
       (22) A provision recognizing both of the following:  372
       (a) The authority of public health and safety officials to  373
inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities  374
closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in  375
compliance with health and safety laws and regulations;  376
       (b) The authority of the department as the community  377
school oversight body to suspend the operation of the school  378
under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the department has  379
evidence of conditions or violations of law at the school that  380
pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of the school's  381
students and employees and the sponsor refuses to take such  382
action.  383
       (23) A description of the learning opportunities that will  384
be offered to students including both classroom-based and non-  385
classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance  386
with criteria for student participation established by the  387
department under division (H)(2) of section 3314.08 of the  388
Revised Code;  389
       (24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and  390
3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to  391
be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall  392
be taken by the sponsor of the school.  393
       (25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school  394
will open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of  395
September each school year, unless the mission of the school as  396
specified under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to  397
serve dropouts. In its initial year of operation, if the school  398
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fails to open by the thirtieth day of September, or within one  399
year after the adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D)  400
of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the  401
school is solely to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void.  402
       (26) Whether the school's governing authority is planning  403
to seek designation for the school as a STEM school equivalent  404
under section 3326.032 of the Revised Code;  405
       (27) That the school's attendance and participation  406
policies will be available for public inspection;  407
       (28) That the school's attendance and participation  408
records shall be made available to the department, auditor of  409
state, and school's sponsor to the extent permitted under and in  410
accordance with the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act  411
of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as amended, and any  412
regulations promulgated under that act, and section 3319.321 of  413
the Revised Code;  414
       (29) If a school operates using the blended learning  415
model, as defined in section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, all  416
of the following information:  417
       (a) An indication of what blended learning model or models  418
will be used;  419
       (b) A description of how student instructional needs will  420
be determined and documented;  421
       (c) The method to be used for determining competency,  422
granting credit, and promoting students to a higher grade level;  423
       (d) The school's attendance requirements, including how  424
the school will document participation in learning  425
opportunities;  426
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       (e) A statement describing how student progress will be  427
monitored;  428
       (f) A statement describing how private student data will  429
be protected;  430
       (g) A description of the professional development  431
activities that will be offered to teachers.  432
       (30) A provision requiring that all moneys the school's  433
operator loans to the school, including facilities loans or cash  434
flow assistance, must be accounted for, documented, and bear  435
interest at a fair market rate;  436
       (31) A provision requiring that, if the governing  437
authority contracts with an attorney, accountant, or entity  438
specializing in audits, the attorney, accountant, or entity  439
shall be independent from the operator with which the school has  440
contracted.  441
       (32) A provision requiring the governing authority to  442
adopt an enrollment and attendance policy that requires a  443
student's parent to notify the community school in which the  444
student is enrolled when there is a change in the location of  445
the parent's or student's primary residence.  446
       (33) A provision requiring the governing authority to  447
adopt a student residence and address verification policy for  448
students enrolling in or attending the school.  449
       (34) A provision establishing the process by which the  450
governing authority of the school will be selected in the  451
future.  452
       (35) A description of the management and administration of  453
the school.  454
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       (36) A provision requiring the governing authority to  455
adopt policies and procedures to establish internal financial  456
controls for the school.  457
       (B) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the  458
Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a  459
community school may provide for the community school governing  460
authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby  461
authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract  462
between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total  463
amount of such payments for monitoring, oversight, and technical  464
assistance of the school shall not exceed three per cent of the  465
total amount of payments for operating expenses that the school  466
receives from the state.  467
       (C) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor  468
which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered  469
into with the department under division (B) of section 3314.015  470
of the Revised Code and shall include the following:  471
       (1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all  472
laws applicable to the school and with the terms of the  473
contract;  474
       (2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal  475
performance and the organization and operation of the community  476
school on at least an annual basis;  477
       (3) Provide technical assistance to the community school  478
in complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the  479
contract;  480
       (4) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to  481
correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare  482
the school to be on probationary status pursuant to section  483
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3314.073 of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the  484
school pursuant to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or  485
terminate the contract of the school pursuant to section 3314.07  486
of the Revised Code as determined necessary by the sponsor;  487
       (5) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the  488
event the community school experiences financial difficulties or  489
closes prior to the end of a school year.  490
       (D) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under  491
this section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the  492
approval of the governing authority of the school, renew that  493
contract for a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not  494
ending earlier than the end of any school year, if the sponsor  495
finds that the school's compliance with applicable laws and  496
terms of the contract and the school's progress in meeting the  497
academic goals prescribed in the contract have been  498
satisfactory. Any contract that is renewed under this division  499
remains subject to the provisions of sections 3314.07, 3314.072,  500
and 3314.073 of the Revised Code.  501
       (E) If a community school fails to open for operation  502
within one year after the contract entered into under this  503
section is adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02  504
of the Revised Code or permanently closes prior to the  505
expiration of the contract, the contract shall be void and the  506
school shall not enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A  507
school shall not be considered permanently closed because the  508
operations of the school have been suspended pursuant to section  509
3314.072 of the Revised Code.  510
       Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and  511
mathematics school established under this chapter and its  512
governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65,  513
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121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 2921.42, 2921.43,  514
3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0729, 3301.24, 3301.948, 3302.037,  515
3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, 3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472,  516
3313.473, 3313.474, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50,  517
3313.539, 3313.5310, 3313.5318, 3313.5319, 3313.608, 3313.6012,  518
3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6020, 3313.6021, 3313.6023,  519
3313.6024, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.6029, 3313.6031, 3313.61,  520
3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.617, 3313.618, 3313.6114,  521
3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.6413, 3313.66, 3313.661,  522
3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.668, 3313.669, 3313.6610,  523
3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71,  524
3313.716, 3313.717, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.7112, 3313.7117,  525
3313.7118, 3313.721, 3313.753, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.814,  526
3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.818, 3313.819, 3313.8110, 3313.86,  527
3313.89, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.077, 3319.078, 3319.0812,  528
3319.21, 3319.238, 3319.318, 3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.324,  529
3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.393, 3319.41, 3319.45, 3319.46,  530
3319.614, 3319.90, 3320.01, 3320.02, 3320.03, 3320.04, 3321.01,  531
3321.041, 3321.05, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.141, 3321.17, 3321.18,  532
3321.19, 3321.191, 3322.20, 3322.24, 3323.251, 3327.10, 4111.17,  533
4113.52, 5502.262, 5502.264, 5502.703, and 5705.391 and Chapters  534
102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112.,  535
4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a  536
school district.  537
       Sec. 5502.263. (A) As used in this section, "evidence-  538
based" means a program or practice that does either of the  539
following:  540
       (1) Demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality  541
research findings or positive evaluation that such a program or  542
practice is likely to improve relevant outcomes and includes  543
ongoing efforts to examine the effects of the program or  544
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practice;  545
       (2) Has a statistically significant effect on relevant  546
outcomes based on:  547
       (a) Strong evidence from at least one well-designed and  548
well-implemented experimental study;  549
       (b) Moderate evidence from at least one well-designed and  550
well-implemented quasi-experimental study; or  551
       (c) Promising evidence from at least one well-designed and  552
well-implemented correlation study with statistical controls for  553
selection bias.  554
       (B) Not later than two years after March 24, 2021, the The  555
department of public safety, in consultation with the department  556
of education and workforce and the attorney general, shall  557
develop a model behavioral threat assessment plan that may shall  558
be used in a building's emergency management plan developed  559
under section 5502.262 of the Revised Code. The model plan shall  560
be used to evaluate the behavior of students who may pose a  561
threat to the school, school staff, or students, and to  562
coordinate intervention and services for such students, and  563
shall do at least the following:  564
       (1) Identify the types of threatening behavior that may  565
represent a physical threat to a school community;  566
       (2) Assess any potential threats, including an assessment  567
of student, family, school, and social dynamics;  568
       (3) Identify individuals to whom threatening behavior  569
should be reported and steps to be taken by those individuals;  570
       (3)(4) Establish threat assessment guidelines including  571
identification, evaluation of seriousness of threat or danger,  572
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intervention to reduce potential violence, and follow-up to  573
assess intervention results;  574
       (4)(5) Establish guidelines for coordinating with local  575
law enforcement agencies and reports collected through the  576
district's chosen anonymous reporting program under section  577
3313.6610 of the Revised Code and identify a point of contact  578
within each agency;  579
       (6) Monitor and assess the implementation of threat  580
management and safety strategies and evaluate interventions and  581
support provided to students;  582
       (7) Include a standardized threat assessment report, which  583
shall include all documentation associated with the evaluation,  584
intervention, management, and any ongoing monitoring of the  585
threat;  586
       (5)(8) Conform with all other specifications in a school's  587
emergency management plan developed under section 5502.262 of  588
the Revised Code.  589
       Evidence-based threat assessment processes or best  590
practice threat assessment guidelines created by the national  591
threat assessment center shall be a resource when developing the  592
model threat assessment plan.  593
       (C) Not later than two years after March 24, 2021, the The  594
department of public safety, in consultation with the department  595
of education and workforce and the attorney general, shall  596
develop and maintain a list of approved training programs for  597
completion by school threat assessment team members prescribed  598
in section 3313.669 of the Revised Code, one of which must be  599
free or of no cost to schools. Each program approved under this  600
section must be an evidence-based program that provides  601
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instruction in the following:  602
       (1) Identifying behaviors, signs, and threats that may  603
lead to a violent act;  604
       (2) Determining the seriousness of a threat;  605
       (3) Developing intervention plans that protect the  606
potential victims and address the underlying problem or conflict  607
that initiated the behavior and assessments of plan results.  608
       Completion of an approved program under this section shall  609
fulfill the training requirements prescribed under section  610
3313.669 of the Revised Code.  611
       Sec. 5502.264. (A) Not later than one hundred eighty days  612
after the effective date of this section, the department of  613
public safety, in consultation with the department of education  614
and workforce, shall establish a statewide, connected behavioral  615
threat assessment and management program for school districts  616
and nonpublic schools. The program shall focus on school safety  617
and security, including prevention and intervention efforts. The  618
program shall assist school districts and schools to do all of  619
the following:  620
       (1) Provide a statewide data collection and reporting  621
mechanism for behavioral threat assessment and management data  622
from each school and school district;  623
       (2) Identify, assess, manage, and monitor potential and  624
real threats to schools;  625
       (3) Create threat assessment reports that include  626
intervention and case management plans;  627
       (4) Conduct a statewide search for past threat assessment  628
history and initiate data transfer requests;  629
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       (5) Gather and securely store evidence-based threat  630
assessment information and case information;  631
       (6) Assess and document student incident risk level;  632
       (7) Manage and document student intervention plans;  633
       (8) Create threat assessment team meetings and track  634
meeting minutes;  635
       (9) Track assessment progress, update a threat assessment  636
report, corresponding documentation, or any other information  637
required by the behavioral threat assessment process;  638
       (10) Improve team response through system functionality  639
including automated notifications and queues;  640
       (11) Improve data accuracy and completeness through data  641
validation;  642
       (12) Retain, maintain, and allow the transfer of education  643
records in the program in accordance with rules adopted by the  644
department of public safety, in consultation with the department  645
of education and workforce, and in accordance with state and  646
federal law;  647
       (13) Provide a secure data transfer portal for securely  648
sending and receiving relevant student intervention and risk  649
details, threat assessment, and case management information  650
between school districts if a student transfers to a new school;  651
       (14) Provide a platform that is centralized, web-based,  652
and hosted in a secured cloud environment that is restricted for  653
government use;  654
       (15) Allow the threat assessment teams to utilize a single  655
search to query disparate data sources and return consolidated  656
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information in a single view to approve the efficiency of threat  657
assessment teams. These data sources may include law enforcement  658
data, mental health data sources, school system data sources,  659
juvenile justice data, social media monitoring data, anonymous  660
tips data, and any other similar data source that is considered  661
appropriate to assist with initial threat assessment. The search  662
function shall be flexible and scalable so that additional  663
functionality and additional data sources may be added in the  664
future.  665
       (16) Follow strict role-based security and access control  666
by providing school resource officers, school safety teams, and  667
behavioral threat assessment and management team members with  668
unique logins and security permissions;  669
       (17) Notify the department of public safety, the  670
department of education and workforce, and public and nonpublic  671
school administrators of attempts to access any education  672
records by unauthorized personnel;  673
       (18) Adopt configurable data retention policies;  674
       (19) Follow behavioral threat assessment best practices  675
developed by the department of public safety, in consultation  676
with the department of education and workforce, under section  677
5502.263 of the Revised Code;  678
       (20) Gather and report behavioral threat assessment data  679
to the department of public safety and department of education  680
and workforce;  681
       (21) Prove a secure digital repository that permits  682
authorized users to upload documents and search content.  683
       (B) The department of public safety, in consultation with  684
the department of education and workforce, shall provide access  685
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to a case management platform with the ability to integrate all  686
student information systems used throughout the state and to  687
securely and, in compliance with state and federal law, search,  688
share, and transfer student information system data among school  689
districts and schools.  690
       (C) The department of public safety shall make purchases  691
necessary to develop and maintain the program using a  692
competitive selection process in accordance with Chapter 125. of  693
the Revised Code.  694
       (D) Once implemented by the department of public safety,  695
each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school  696
district shall participate in the program. Each chartered or  697
nonchartered nonpublic school may choose to participate in the  698
program.  699
       (E) The department of public safety shall provide annual  700
role-based training to all school district or school personnel  701
authorized to access the threat management portal.  702
       (F) The information and documentation included and  703
maintained under the program, including the portal, shall be  704
managed in a manner that complies with all of the following:  705
       (1) Section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the "Family  706
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as  707
amended. A student's parent may access the student's records  708
that are maintained under the program but shall not be given  709
direct access to the threat management portal.  710
       (2) The HIPAA privacy rule, as defined in section 3798.01  711
of the Revised Code;  712
       (3) Records sealed or expunged under section 2151.356 or  713
2151.358 of the Revised Code.  714
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       (G) The department of public safety shall determine and  715
communicate to each school district and school all incidents  716
that shall be reported to the department through the threat  717
management portal.  718
       (H) Quarterly, the department of public safety shall  719
review and audit the program. Each school district or  720
participating nonpublic school shall comply with the the  721
department's requirements for the review and audit.  722
       (I) Not later than the fifteenth day of March of each  723
year, the department of public safety shall issue a report to  724
the governor and, in accordance with section 101.68 of the  725
Revised Code, the general assembly on the activities of the  726
program and fund established under this section.  727
       (J) The behavioral threat assessment and management  728
program fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall  729
consist of such amounts designated for the purposes of the fund  730
by the general assembly. The department of public safety may  731
also receive funds from other sources to support the program.  732
The department shall administer the fund. The department shall  733
use the money in the fund to develop and implement the program  734
as described under this section. Interest and investment  735
earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.  736
       Section 2. That existing sections 3313.669, 3314.03,  737
3326.11, and 5502.263 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.  738
       Section 3. All items in this act are hereby appropriated  739
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the  740
credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations  741
made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year  742
2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027.  743
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The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to  744
any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.  745
  Section 4.  746
  747
     1  2  3  4  5
A  DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
B   Dedicated Purpose Fund Group
C   5BL1 769413 Behavioral Threat Assessment and  $0    $9,000,000
  Management
D   TOTAL Dedicated Purpose Fund Group  $0    $9,000,000
E   TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS  $0    $9,000,000
  BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT  748
  On the effective date of this section, or as soon as  749
possible thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall  750
transfer $9,000,000 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the  751
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Program Fund (Fund  752
5BL1) to support the appropriation made in this act.  753
  The foregoing appropriation item 769413, Behavioral Threat  754
Assessment and Management, shall be used to support the  755
statewide, connected behavioral threat assessment and management  756
program developed by the department of public safety as  757
described in section 5502.264 of the Revised Code.  758
  Section 5. Within the limits set forth in this act, the  759
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts  760
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation  761
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made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which  762
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from  763
operating appropriations contained in this act shall be  764
accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all  765
applicable provisions of, H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly.  766
       Section 6. Section 3326.11 of the Revised Code is  767
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended  768
by both H.B. 10 and H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly. The  769
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B)  770
of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be  771
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation,  772
finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section  773
in effect prior to the effective date of the section as  774
presented in this act.  775