Ohio bill exempts local students from making up hours after roof collapse
'It's absolutely a victory,' Newsome said. 'Basically the 19 hours of instruction they missed back in December will not count against them in graduation. They wont have to make them up.'
House Bill 43 exempts this year's senior class from the state mandated hours of instruction required to graduate after they missed three days of school following Lakeside High School's roof collapse back in December.
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Photos from inside the high school showed the damage after sections of the roof buckled under the weight of four and a half feet of snow.
'We would never come and ask for forgiveness for a typical calamity day. This was extreme weather, like a tornado or a hurricane. It was devastation of our high school,' said Newsome.
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The bill also exempts the district from the required number of hours that schools must be open to continue receiving state funding.
Graduation is set for May 29.
In the meantime, repairs continue at Lakeside High School.
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