3306.51 Designation of classrooms as creative learning environments. - Ohio Statutes

3306.51 Designation of classrooms as creative learning environments.

The Harmon commission shall review and approve or disapprove applications from city, exempted village, and local school districts and community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code for individual classrooms to be designated as creative learning environments. To be eligible for designation of one or more of its classrooms as a creative learning environment, a community school shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, approved by the department of education, with one or more school districts that specifies a collaborative agreement to share programming and resources to promote successful academic achievement for students and academic and fiscal efficiencies.

The commission shall designate a classroom as a creative learning environment if the commission determines that the classroom supports and emphasizes innovation in instruction methods and lesson plans and operates in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the state board of education under section 3306.52 of the Revised Code. A district or community school that has a classroom that is designated a creative learning environment may qualify for a grant or subsidy awarded by the commission under section 3306.58 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 15, HB 290, § 1, eff. 12/28/2010.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.