Notwithstanding division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, a community school that primarily serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program may continue to operate in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years without complying with that division and shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery community school for the purposes of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code for those school years. Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2027, any community school that primarily serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program is a dropout prevention and recovery community school, as defined in division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. Prior to that date, the school, upon approval of the school's sponsor, shall do one or both of the following with any grades that do not comply with division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code:

1. (A) Transfer those grades to a separate community school. The department of education and workforce shall assign the separate community school its own internal retrieval number.
2. (B) Cease offering those grades. The school shall assist students who are not eligible to enroll in the dropout prevention and recovery community school to transfer to a separate community school or enroll in a different school, as applicable.

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