Section 3301.0716. Department access to student information

Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, the department of education may have access to personally identifiable information about any student under the following circumstances:

(A) An entity with which the department contracts for the scoring of assessments administered under section 3301.0711 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code has notified the department that the student's written response to a question on an assessment included threats or descriptions of harm to another person or the student's self and the information is necessary to enable the department to identify the student for purposes of notifying the school district or school in which the student is enrolled of the potential for harm.

(B) The department requests the information to respond to an appeal from a school district or school for verification of the accuracy of the student's score on an assessment administered under section 3301.0711 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.

(C) The department requests the information to determine whether the student satisfies the alternative conditions for a high school diploma prescribed in section 3313.615 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 03-30-2007