Amendment No. am_136_1411

Am. H. B. No. 114

As Passed by the House

__________________________ moved to amend as follows:

In line 3 of the title, after "admission" insert "and to correct a scoring error on the 2024-2025 science end-of-course exam"

After line 145, insert:

"Section 3. As used in this section, "school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or a chartered nonpublic school that grants a high school diploma based on meeting the requirements of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code.

The Department of Education and Workforce shall review the scores of students who took the science end-of-course examination prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code during the 2024-2025 school year to determine those students who were affected by an error in the scoring of a single, one-point question on that examination. For any student who would have achieved a higher score on the examination had the question been scored correctly, the Department shall increase the student's score accordingly. If the increase in the student's score qualifies the student for a science seal or an honors diploma seal under section 3313.6114 of the Revised Code, the school district or school in which the student was enrolled during the 2024-2025 school year shall award the applicable seal. The Department shall not decrease any student's score on the science end-of-course examination due to the scoring error."

The motion was __________ agreed to.

SYNOPSIS

Biology end-of-course exam scoring error

Section 3

Requires the Department of Education and Workforce to review the scores of students who took the biology end-of-course exam during the 2024-2025 school year to determine which students were affected by a scoring error on the exam.

Requires the Department to increase the score of any student who would have achieved a higher score had the question been scored correctly.

Prohibits the Department from decreasing any student's score on the exam due to the scoring error.

If the increased score qualifies the student for a science seal or honors diploma seal, requires the school district or school in which the student was enrolled in the 2024-2025 school year to award the student the applicable seal.