The Ohio Fitness Test Act proposes significant amendments to the Revised Code, specifically targeting sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24, while enacting a new section, 3313.6031. This legislation mandates the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to establish a fitness test for students in grades one through twelve, modeled after the Presidential Physical Fitness Test. All schools, including community and STEM schools, are required to administer this test annually, with awards given to students who meet or exceed the fiftieth and eighty-fifth percentiles, while those below the fiftieth percentile will receive a participant award.

In addition to the fitness testing requirements, the bill introduces amendments aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability in community school contracts. It specifies the responsibilities of sponsors in monitoring and assisting community schools, allowing for payments for oversight capped at three percent of the school's state operating expenses. The bill also mandates that STEM and college-preparatory boarding schools comply with a comprehensive list of legal sections as if they were traditional school districts, thereby consolidating and updating the legal framework governing these educational institutions under the new act.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24