(A) The "bright new leaders for Ohio schools program" administered by the Ohio state university Fisher college of business and college education and human ecology shall provide an alternative path for individuals to receive training and development in the administration of primary and secondary education and leadership, enable those individuals to earn degrees and obtain licenses in public school administration, and promote the placement of those individuals in public schools that have a poverty percentage greater than fifty per cent.

(B) The state board of education shall issue a professional administrator license for grades pre-kindergarten through twelve to an individual who successfully completes the bright new leaders for Ohio schools program and satisfies the requirements in rules adopted by the state board under division (C) of this section.

(C) The state board, in consultation with the bright new leaders for Ohio schools program, shall adopt rules that prescribe the requirements for obtaining a professional administrator license for grades pre-kindergarten through twelve under this section. The state board shall use the rules adopted under section 3319.27 of the Revised Code as guidance in developing the rules adopted under this division.

Amended by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 166, §101.01, eff. 10/17/2019.

Renumbered from 3319.271 and amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 3, §1, eff. 3/16/2017.

Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 340, §101.01, eff. 12/22/2015.

Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.