| Section 1. That sections 133.06, 921.06, 3301.0714, | 21 |
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3301.0715, 3302.03, 3302.10, 3313.372, 3313.603, 3313.6013, | 22 |
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3313.6016, 3313.90, 3314.08, 3317.03, 3319.22, 3319.26, 3321.03, | 23 |
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3321.04, 3321.07, 3321.08, 3321.09, 3324.07, 3326.36, 3328.24, | 24 |
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3331.04, 3333.041, 3333.35, 3333.43, 3333.86, 3345.06, 3365.04, | 25 |
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3365.041, 3365.05, 3365.06, 3365.08, and 3365.11 be amended; | 26 |
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sections 3365.04 (3365.06), 3365.041 (3365.032), 3365.05 | 27 |
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(3365.12), 3365.06 (3365.031), and 3365.11 (3365.09) be amended | 28 |
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for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in | 29 |
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parentheses; and new sections 3313.6015, 3365.01, 3365.02, | 30 |
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3365.03, 3365.04, 3365.05, 3365.07, 3365.10, 3365.11, and 3365.15 | 31 |
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and sections 3365.071 and 3365.13 of the Revised Code be enacted | 32 |
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to read as follows: | 33 |
| Sec. 133.06. (A) A school district shall not incur, without | 34 |
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a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an amount | 35 |
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equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation, except as | 36 |
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provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and in division | 37 |
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(C) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as prescribed in | 38 |
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section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code, or as provided in | 39 |
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division (J) of this section. | 40 |
| (C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the | 44 |
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electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount | 45 |
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that will make the district's net indebtedness after the issuance | 46 |
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of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per cent of its | 47 |
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tax valuation, unless the superintendent of public instruction, | 48 |
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acting under policies adopted by the state board of education, and | 49 |
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the tax commissioner, acting under written policies of the | 50 |
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commissioner, consent to the submission. A request for the | 51 |
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consents shall be made at least one hundred twenty days prior to | 52 |
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the election at which the question is to be submitted. | 53 |
| If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities at | 57 |
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the election for which the superintendent of public instruction | 58 |
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and tax commissioner consented to the submission of the question, | 59 |
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the school district may submit the same question to the electors | 60 |
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on the date that the next special election may be held under | 61 |
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section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without submitting a new | 62 |
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request for consent. If the school district seeks to submit the | 63 |
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same question at any other subsequent election, the district shall | 64 |
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first submit a new request for consent in accordance with this | 65 |
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division. | 66 |
| (b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax | 112 |
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valuation during the next five years, according to the information | 113 |
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certified to the superintendent and any other information the | 114 |
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superintendent obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential | 115 |
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average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next | 116 |
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five years of an average of not less than one and one-half per | 117 |
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cent per year. The findings and certification of the | 118 |
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superintendent shall be conclusive. | 119 |
| (a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities in | 141 |
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the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or condemned | 142 |
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by a constituted public authority, or that such buildings or | 143 |
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facilities are partially constructed, or so constructed or planned | 144 |
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as to require additions and improvements to them before the | 145 |
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buildings or facilities are usable for their intended purpose, or | 146 |
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that corrections to permanent improvements are necessary to remove | 147 |
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or prevent health or safety hazards. | 148 |
| (2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of | 151 |
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education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the | 152 |
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district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the | 153 |
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question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the cost, | 154 |
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in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds received by | 155 |
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the district, of permanent improvements to respond to the | 156 |
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emergency need. | 157 |
| (G)(1) The board of education may contract with an architect, | 182 |
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professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design | 183 |
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and implementation of energy conservation measures for an analysis | 184 |
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and recommendations pertaining to installations, modifications of | 185 |
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installations, or remodeling that would significantly reduce | 186 |
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energy consumption in buildings owned by the district. The report | 187 |
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shall include estimates of all costs of such installations, | 188 |
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modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design, | 189 |
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engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, measurement and | 190 |
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verification of energy savings, and debt service, forgone residual | 191 |
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value of materials or equipment replaced by the energy | 192 |
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conservation measure, as defined by the Ohio school facilities | 193 |
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commission, a baseline analysis of actual energy consumption data | 194 |
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for the preceding three years with the utility baseline based on | 195 |
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only the actual energy consumption data for the preceding twelve | 196 |
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months, and estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption | 197 |
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and resultant operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the | 198 |
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commission, would be reduced. | 199 |
| If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount | 200 |
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of money the district would spend on such installations, | 201 |
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modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount of | 202 |
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money it would save in energy and resultant operational and | 203 |
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maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may | 204 |
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submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for | 205 |
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approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or | 206 |
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modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for | 207 |
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the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption. | 208 |
| No board of education of a school district that, for three or | 222 |
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more consecutive years, has been declared to be in a state of | 223 |
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academic emergency under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, as | 224 |
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that section existed prior to March 22, 2013, and has failed to | 225 |
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meet adequate yearly progress, or has met any condition set forth | 226 |
in division (A)(2), (3), or (4)(1)(b), (c), or (d) of section | 227 |
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3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first | 228 |
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receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's | 229 |
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academic distress commission, if one has been established for the | 230 |
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district under that section, for so long as such commission | 231 |
continues to be requiredin operation for the district. | 232 |
| Upon receipt of the commission's approval, the district may | 244 |
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issue securities without a vote of the electors in a principal | 245 |
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amount not to exceed nine-tenths of one per cent of its tax | 246 |
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valuation for the purpose of making such installations, | 247 |
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modifications, or remodeling, but the total net indebtedness of | 248 |
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the district without a vote of the electors incurred under this | 249 |
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and all other sections of the Revised Code, except section | 250 |
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3318.052 of the Revised Code, shall not exceed one per cent of the | 251 |
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district's tax valuation. | 252 |
| (3) So long as any securities issued under this division | 253 |
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remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor the | 254 |
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energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance costs | 255 |
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of buildings in which installations or modifications have been | 256 |
made or remodeling has been done pursuant to this division and. | 257 |
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Except as provided in division (G)(4) of this section, the board | 258 |
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shall maintain and annually update a report in a form and manner | 259 |
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prescribed by the school facilities commission documenting the | 260 |
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reductions in energy consumption and resultant operational and | 261 |
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maintenance cost savings attributable to such installations, | 262 |
modifications, or remodeling. The report shall be certified by an | 263 |
architect or engineer independent of any person that provided | 264 |
goods or services to the board in connection with the energy | 265 |
conservation measures that are the subject of the report. The | 266 |
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resultant operational and maintenance cost savings shall be | 267 |
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certified by the school district treasurer. The report shall be | 268 |
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submitted annually to the commission. | 269 |
| (1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates that | 283 |
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receipts of the school district from payments made under or | 284 |
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pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02, | 285 |
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1728.10, 3735.671, 5709.081, 5709.082, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.62, | 286 |
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5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, or 5709.82 of the Revised | 287 |
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Code, or distributions under division (C) of section 5709.43 of | 288 |
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the Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after | 289 |
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accounting for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient | 290 |
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in time and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay | 291 |
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the debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that | 292 |
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indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing | 293 |
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authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's estimate, | 294 |
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which confirmation is approved by the superintendent of public | 295 |
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instruction; | 296 |
| (2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies, and | 297 |
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the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the district, | 298 |
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at the time of the certification and confirmation, reasonably | 299 |
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expects to have sufficient revenue available for the purpose of | 300 |
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operating such permanent improvements for their intended purpose | 301 |
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upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the superintendent of | 302 |
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public instruction approves the taxing authority's confirmation. | 303 |
| (I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the | 307 |
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issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this | 308 |
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chapter in excess of the limit specified in division (B) or (C) of | 309 |
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this section when necessary to raise the school district portion | 310 |
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of the basic project cost and any additional funds necessary to | 311 |
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participate in a project under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, | 312 |
including the cost of items designated by the Ohio school | 313 |
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facilities commission as required locally funded initiatives, the | 314 |
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cost of other locally funded initiatives in an amount that does | 315 |
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not exceed fifty per cent of the district's portion of the basic | 316 |
project cost, and the cost for site acquisition. The school | 317 |
facilities commission shall notify the superintendent of public | 318 |
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instruction whenever a school district will exceed either limit | 319 |
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pursuant to this division. | 320 |
| (J) A school district whose portion of the basic project cost | 321 |
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of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01 to | 322 |
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3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one | 323 |
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hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors | 324 |
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net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax | 325 |
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valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities in | 326 |
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order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of the | 327 |
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basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the | 328 |
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school facilities commission's conditional approval of the project | 329 |
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under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The school district | 330 |
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board and the Ohio school facilities commission shall include the | 331 |
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dedication of the proceeds of such securities in the agreement | 332 |
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entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code. No state | 333 |
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moneys shall be released for a project to which this section | 334 |
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applies until the proceeds of any bonds issued under this section | 335 |
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that are dedicated for the payment of the school district portion | 336 |
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of the project are first deposited into the school district's | 337 |
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project construction fund. | 338 |
| (b) Apply pesticides as part of the individual's duties while | 344 |
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acting as an employee of the United States government, a state, | 345 |
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county, township, or municipal corporation, or a park district, | 346 |
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port authority, or sanitary district created under Chapter 1545., | 347 |
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4582., or 6115. of the Revised Code, respectively; | 348 |
(viii) Colleges as defined in section 3365.01State | 375 |
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institutions of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of | 376 |
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the Revised Code, nonprofit institutions holding a certificate of | 377 |
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authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, | 378 |
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institutions holding a certificate of registration from the state | 379 |
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board of career colleges and schools and program authorization for | 380 |
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an associate or bachelor's degree program issued under section | 381 |
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3332.05 of the Revised Code, and private institutions exempt from | 382 |
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regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed | 383 |
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in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code; | 384 |
| (3) Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established | 392 |
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by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines | 393 |
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established by rule. The fee for each such license shall be | 394 |
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established by rule. If a license is not issued or renewed, the | 395 |
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application fee shall be retained by the state as payment for the | 396 |
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reasonable expense of processing the application. The director | 397 |
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shall by rule classify by pesticide-use category licenses to be | 398 |
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issued under this section. A single license may include more than | 399 |
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one pesticide-use category. No individual shall be required to pay | 400 |
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an additional license fee if the individual is licensed for more | 401 |
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than one category. | 402 |
| (C) If the director finds that the applicant is competent to | 413 |
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apply pesticides and conduct diagnostic inspections and that the | 414 |
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applicant has passed both the general examination and each | 415 |
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applicable pesticide-use category examination as required under | 416 |
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division (A) of section 921.12 of the Revised Code, the director | 417 |
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shall issue a commercial applicator license limited to the | 418 |
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pesticide-use category or categories for which the applicant is | 419 |
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found to be competent. If the director rejects an application, the | 420 |
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director may explain why the application was rejected, describe | 421 |
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the additional requirements necessary for the applicant to obtain | 422 |
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a license, and return the application. The applicant may resubmit | 423 |
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the application without payment of any additional fee. | 424 |
| (a) The numbers of students receiving each category of | 457 |
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instructional service offered by the school district, such as | 458 |
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regular education instruction, vocational education instruction, | 459 |
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specialized instruction programs or enrichment instruction that is | 460 |
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part of the educational curriculum, instruction for gifted | 461 |
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students, instruction for students with disabilities, and remedial | 462 |
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instruction. The guidelines shall require instructional services | 463 |
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under this division to be divided into discrete categories if an | 464 |
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instructional service is limited to a specific subject, a specific | 465 |
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type of student, or both, such as regular instructional services | 466 |
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in mathematics, remedial reading instructional services, | 467 |
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instructional services specifically for students gifted in | 468 |
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mathematics or some other subject area, or instructional services | 469 |
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for students with a specific type of disability. The categories of | 470 |
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instructional services required by the guidelines under this | 471 |
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division shall be the same as the categories of instructional | 472 |
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services used in determining cost units pursuant to division | 473 |
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(C)(3) of this section. | 474 |
| (b) The numbers of students receiving support or | 475 |
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extracurricular services for each of the support services or | 476 |
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extracurricular programs offered by the school district, such as | 477 |
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counseling services, health services, and extracurricular sports | 478 |
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and fine arts programs. The categories of services required by the | 479 |
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guidelines under this division shall be the same as the categories | 480 |
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of services used in determining cost units pursuant to division | 481 |
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(C)(4)(a) of this section. | 482 |
| (n) Results of diagnostic assessments administered to | 509 |
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kindergarten students as required under section 3301.0715 of the | 510 |
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Revised Code to permit a comparison of the academic readiness of | 511 |
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kindergarten students. However, no district shall be required to | 512 |
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report to the department the results of any diagnostic assessment | 513 |
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administered to a kindergarten student, except for the language | 514 |
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and reading assessment described in division (A)(2) of section | 515 |
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3301.0715 of the Revised Code, if the parent of that student | 516 |
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requests the district not to report those results. | 517 |
| (a) The total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed | 520 |
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employees and the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed | 521 |
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employees and nonlicensed employees providing each category of | 522 |
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instructional service, instructional support service, and | 523 |
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administrative support service used pursuant to division (C)(3) of | 524 |
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this section. The guidelines adopted under this section shall | 525 |
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require these categories of data to be maintained for the school | 526 |
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district as a whole and, wherever applicable, for each grade in | 527 |
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the school district as a whole, for each school building as a | 528 |
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whole, and for each grade in each school building. | 529 |
| (b) The total number of employees and the number of full-time | 530 |
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equivalent employees providing each category of service used | 531 |
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pursuant to divisions (C)(4)(a) and (b) of this section, and the | 532 |
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total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed employees and | 533 |
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the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed employees and | 534 |
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nonlicensed employees providing each category used pursuant to | 535 |
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division (C)(4)(c) of this section. The guidelines adopted under | 536 |
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this section shall require these categories of data to be | 537 |
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maintained for the school district as a whole and, wherever | 538 |
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applicable, for each grade in the school district as a whole, for | 539 |
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each school building as a whole, and for each grade in each school | 540 |
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building. | 541 |
| (3)(a) Student demographic data for each school district, | 549 |
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including information regarding the gender ratio of the school | 550 |
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district's pupils, the racial make-up of the school district's | 551 |
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pupils, the number of limited English proficient students in the | 552 |
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district, and an appropriate measure of the number of the school | 553 |
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district's pupils who reside in economically disadvantaged | 554 |
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households. The demographic data shall be collected in a manner to | 555 |
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allow correlation with data collected under division (B)(1) of | 556 |
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this section. Categories for data collected pursuant to division | 557 |
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(B)(3) of this section shall conform, where appropriate, to | 558 |
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standard practices of agencies of the federal government. | 559 |
| (C) The education management information system shall include | 567 |
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cost accounting data for each district as a whole and for each | 568 |
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school building in each school district. The guidelines adopted | 569 |
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under this section shall require the cost data for each school | 570 |
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district to be maintained in a system of mutually exclusive cost | 571 |
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units and shall require all of the costs of each school district | 572 |
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to be divided among the cost units. The guidelines shall require | 573 |
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the system of mutually exclusive cost units to include at least | 574 |
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the following: | 575 |
| (3) Instructional services costs for each category of | 588 |
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instructional service provided directly to students and required | 589 |
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by guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this | 590 |
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section. The guidelines shall require the cost units under | 591 |
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division (C)(3) of this section to be designed so that each of | 592 |
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them may be compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure | 593 |
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per pupil receiving the service in the school district as a whole | 594 |
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and average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each | 595 |
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building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for | 596 |
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each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a | 597 |
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cost for each of the following components: | 598 |
| (4) Support or extracurricular services costs for each | 611 |
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category of service directly provided to students and required by | 612 |
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guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section. | 613 |
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The guidelines shall require the cost units under division (C)(4) | 614 |
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of this section to be designed so that each of them may be | 615 |
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compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure per pupil | 616 |
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receiving the service in the school district as a whole and | 617 |
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average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each | 618 |
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building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for | 619 |
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each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a | 620 |
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cost for each of the following components: | 621 |
| (D)(1) The guidelines adopted under this section shall | 636 |
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require school districts to collect information about individual | 637 |
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students, staff members, or both in connection with any data | 638 |
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required by division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting | 639 |
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requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines may | 640 |
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also require school districts to report information about | 641 |
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individual staff members in connection with any data required by | 642 |
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division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting | 643 |
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requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines shall | 644 |
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not authorize school districts to request social security numbers | 645 |
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of individual students. The guidelines shall prohibit the | 646 |
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reporting under this section of a student's name, address, and | 647 |
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social security number to the state board of education or the | 648 |
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department of education. The guidelines shall also prohibit the | 649 |
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reporting under this section of any personally identifiable | 650 |
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information about any student, except for the purpose of assigning | 651 |
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the data verification code required by division (D)(2) of this | 652 |
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section, to any other person unless such person is employed by the | 653 |
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school district or the information technology center operated | 654 |
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under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code and is authorized by | 655 |
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the district or technology center to have access to such | 656 |
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information or is employed by an entity with which the department | 657 |
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contracts for the scoring or the development of state assessments. | 658 |
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The guidelines may require school districts to provide the social | 659 |
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security numbers of individual staff members and the county of | 660 |
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residence for a student. Nothing in this section prohibits the | 661 |
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state board of education or department of education from providing | 662 |
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a student's county of residence to the department of taxation to | 663 |
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facilitate the distribution of tax revenue. | 664 |
| (2)(a) The guidelines shall provide for each school district | 665 |
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or community school to assign a data verification code that is | 666 |
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unique on a statewide basis over time to each student whose | 667 |
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initial Ohio enrollment is in that district or school and to | 668 |
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report all required individual student data for that student | 669 |
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utilizing such code. The guidelines shall also provide for | 670 |
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assigning data verification codes to all students enrolled in | 671 |
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districts or community schools on the effective date of the | 672 |
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guidelines established under this section. The assignment of data | 673 |
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verification codes for other entities, as described in division | 674 |
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(D)(2)(c) of this section, the use of those codes, and the | 675 |
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reporting and use of associated individual student data shall be | 676 |
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coordinated by the department in accordance with state and federal | 677 |
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law. | 678 |
| (b) Each school district and community school shall ensure | 689 |
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that the data verification code is included in the student's | 690 |
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records reported to any subsequent school district, community | 691 |
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school, or state institution of higher education, as defined in | 692 |
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section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, in which the student | 693 |
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enrolls. Any such subsequent district or school shall utilize the | 694 |
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same identifier in its reporting of data under this section. | 695 |
| (c) The director of any state agency that administers a | 696 |
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publicly funded program providing services to children who are | 697 |
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younger than compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 | 698 |
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of the Revised Code, including the directors of health, job and | 699 |
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family services, mental health and addiction services, and | 700 |
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developmental disabilities, shall request and receive, pursuant to | 701 |
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sections 3301.0723 and 3701.62 of the Revised Code, a data | 702 |
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verification code for a child who is receiving those services. | 703 |
| (E) The guidelines adopted under this section may require | 704 |
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school districts to collect and report data, information, or | 705 |
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reports other than that described in divisions (A), (B), and (C) | 706 |
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of this section for the purpose of complying with other reporting | 707 |
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requirements established in the Revised Code. The other data, | 708 |
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information, or reports may be maintained in the education | 709 |
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management information system but are not required to be compiled | 710 |
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as part of the profile formats required under division (G) of this | 711 |
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section or the annual statewide report required under division (H) | 712 |
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of this section. | 713 |
| (2) The state board shall, in accordance with the procedures | 739 |
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it adopts, annually prepare an individual report for each school | 740 |
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district and the general public that includes the profiles of each | 741 |
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of the school buildings in that school district developed pursuant | 742 |
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to division (G) of this section. Copies of the report shall be | 743 |
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sent to the superintendent of the district and to each member of | 744 |
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the district board of education. | 745 |
| (3) Copies of the reports received from the state board under | 746 |
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divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section shall be made available | 747 |
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to the general public at each school district's offices. Each | 748 |
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district board of education shall make copies of each report | 749 |
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available to any person upon request and payment of a reasonable | 750 |
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fee for the cost of reproducing the report. The board shall | 751 |
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annually publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 752 |
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school district, at least twice during the two weeks prior to the | 753 |
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week in which the reports will first be available, a notice | 754 |
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containing the address where the reports are available and the | 755 |
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date on which the reports will be available. | 756 |
| (1) "School district" means any city, local, exempted | 761 |
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village, or joint vocational school district and, in accordance | 762 |
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with section 3314.17 of the Revised Code, any community school. As | 763 |
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used in division (L) of this section, "school district" also | 764 |
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includes any educational service center or other educational | 765 |
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entity required to submit data using the system established under | 766 |
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this section. | 767 |
| (L)(1) In accordance with division (L)(2) of this section and | 778 |
|
the rules adopted under division (L)(10) of this section, the | 779 |
|
department of education may sanction any school district that | 780 |
|
reports incomplete or inaccurate data, reports data that does not | 781 |
|
conform to data requirements and descriptions published by the | 782 |
|
department, fails to report data in a timely manner, or otherwise | 783 |
|
does not make a good faith effort to report data as required by | 784 |
|
this section. | 785 |
| (4) If any action taken under division (L)(2) of this section | 838 |
|
resolves a school district's data reporting problems to the | 839 |
|
department's satisfaction, the department shall not take any | 840 |
|
further actions described by that division. If the department | 841 |
|
withheld funds from the district under that division, the | 842 |
|
department may release those funds to the district, except that if | 843 |
|
the department withheld funding under division (L)(2)(c) of this | 844 |
|
section, the department shall not release the funds withheld under | 845 |
|
division (L)(2)(b) of this section and, if the department withheld | 846 |
|
funding under division (L)(2)(d) of this section, the department | 847 |
|
shall not release the funds withheld under division (L)(2)(b) or | 848 |
|
(c) of this section. | 849 |
| (5) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, | 850 |
|
the department may use its own staff or an outside entity to | 851 |
|
conduct an audit of a school district's data reporting practices | 852 |
|
any time the department has reason to believe the district has not | 853 |
|
made a good faith effort to report data as required by this | 854 |
|
section. If any audit conducted by an outside entity under | 855 |
|
division (L)(2)(d)(i) or (5) of this section confirms that a | 856 |
|
district has not made a good faith effort to report data as | 857 |
|
required by this section, the district shall reimburse the | 858 |
|
department for the full cost of the audit. The department may | 859 |
|
withhold state funds due to the district for this purpose. | 860 |
| (6) Prior to issuing a revised report card for a school | 861 |
|
district under division (L)(2)(d)(viii) of this section, the | 862 |
|
department may hold a hearing to provide the district with an | 863 |
|
opportunity to demonstrate that it made a good faith effort to | 864 |
|
report data as required by this section. The hearing shall be | 865 |
|
conducted by a referee appointed by the department. Based on the | 866 |
|
information provided in the hearing, the referee shall recommend | 867 |
|
whether the department should issue a revised report card for the | 868 |
|
district. If the referee affirms the department's contention that | 869 |
|
the district did not make a good faith effort to report data as | 870 |
|
required by this section, the district shall bear the full cost of | 871 |
|
conducting the hearing and of issuing any revised report card. | 872 |
| (1) Any student who transfers into the district or to a | 921 |
|
different school within the district if each applicable diagnostic | 922 |
|
assessment was not administered by the district or school the | 923 |
|
student previously attended in the current school year, within | 924 |
|
thirty days after the date of transfer. If the district or school | 925 |
|
into which the student transfers cannot determine whether the | 926 |
|
student has taken any applicable diagnostic assessment in the | 927 |
|
current school year, the district or school may administer the | 928 |
|
diagnostic assessment to the student. However, if a student | 929 |
|
transfers into the district prior to the administration of the | 930 |
|
diagnostic assessments to all students under division (B) of this | 931 |
|
section, the district may administer the diagnostic assessments to | 932 |
|
that student on the date or dates determined under that division. | 933 |
| (B) Each district board shall administer each diagnostic | 952 |
|
assessment when the board deems appropriate, provided the | 953 |
|
administration complies with section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. | 954 |
|
However, the board shall administer any diagnostic assessment at | 955 |
|
least once annually to all students in the appropriate grade | 956 |
|
level. A district board may administer any diagnostic assessment | 957 |
|
in the fall and spring of a school year to measure the amount of | 958 |
|
academic growth attributable to the instruction received by | 959 |
|
students during that school year. | 960 |
(C) Any district that received an excellent or effective | 961 |
ratinga grade of "A" or "B" for the performance index score under | 962 |
|
division (A)(1)(b), (B)(1)(b), or (C)(1)(b) of section 3302.03 of | 963 |
|
the Revised Code or for the value-added progress dimension under | 964 |
|
division (A)(1)(e), (B)(1)(e), or (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of | 965 |
the Revised Code for the immediately preceding school year, | 966 |
pursuant to section 3302.03 of the Revised Code as it existed | 967 |
prior to March 22, 2013, or the equivalent of such rating as | 968 |
determined by the department of education, may use different | 969 |
|
diagnostic assessments from those adopted under division (D) of | 970 |
|
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code in order to satisfy the | 971 |
requirements of division (A)(2)(3) of this section. | 972 |
| (D) Each district board shall utilize and score any | 973 |
|
diagnostic assessment administered under division (A) of this | 974 |
|
section in accordance with rules established by the department. | 975 |
|
After the administration of any diagnostic assessment, each | 976 |
|
district shall provide a student's completed diagnostic | 977 |
|
assessment, the results of such assessment, and any other | 978 |
|
accompanying documents used during the administration of the | 979 |
|
assessment to the parent of that student, and shall include all | 980 |
|
such documents and information in any plan developed for the | 981 |
|
student under division (C) of section 3313.608 of the Revised | 982 |
|
Code. Each district shall submit to the department, in the manner | 983 |
|
the department prescribes, the results of the diagnostic | 984 |
|
assessments administered under this section, regardless of the | 985 |
|
type of assessment used under section 3313.608 of the Revised | 986 |
|
Code. The department may issue reports with respect to the data | 987 |
|
collected. The department may report school and district level | 988 |
|
kindergarten diagnostic assessment data and use diagnostic | 989 |
|
assessment data to calculate the measure prescribed by divisions | 990 |
|
(B)(1)(g) and (C)(1)(g) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. | 991 |
| Sec. 3302.03. Annually, not later than the fifteenth day of | 996 |
|
September or the preceding Friday when that day falls on a | 997 |
|
Saturday or Sunday, the department of education shall assign a | 998 |
|
letter grade for overall academic performance and for each | 999 |
|
separate performance measure for each school district, and each | 1000 |
|
school building in a district, in accordance with this section. | 1001 |
|
The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the | 1002 |
|
Revised Code to establish performance criteria for each letter | 1003 |
|
grade and prescribe a method by which the department assigns each | 1004 |
|
letter grade. For a school building to which any of the | 1005 |
|
performance measures do not apply, due to grade levels served by | 1006 |
|
the building, the state board shall designate the performance | 1007 |
|
measures that are applicable to the building and that must be | 1008 |
|
calculated separately and used to calculate the building's overall | 1009 |
|
grade. The department shall issue annual report cards reflecting | 1010 |
|
the performance of each school district, each building within each | 1011 |
|
district, and for the state as a whole using the performance | 1012 |
|
measures and letter grade system described in this section. The | 1013 |
|
department shall include on the report card for each district and | 1014 |
|
each building within each district the most recent two-year trend | 1015 |
|
data in student achievement for each subject and each grade. | 1016 |
| (b) Performance index score for a school district or | 1021 |
|
building. Grades shall be awarded as a percentage of the total | 1022 |
|
possible points on the performance index system as adopted by the | 1023 |
|
state board. In adopting benchmarks for assigning letter grades | 1024 |
|
under division (A)(1)(b) of this section, the state board of | 1025 |
|
education shall designate ninety per cent or higher for an "A," at | 1026 |
|
least seventy per cent but not more than eighty per cent for a | 1027 |
|
"C," and less than fifty per cent for an "F." | 1028 |
| (2) Not later than April 30, 2013, the state board of | 1074 |
|
education shall adopt a resolution describing the performance | 1075 |
|
measures, benchmarks, and grading system for the 2012-2013 school | 1076 |
|
year and, not later than June 30, 2013, shall adopt rules in | 1077 |
|
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that prescribe | 1078 |
|
the methods by which the performance measures under division | 1079 |
|
(A)(1) of this section shall be assessed and assigned a letter | 1080 |
|
grade, including performance benchmarks for each letter grade. | 1081 |
| At least forty-five days prior to the state board's adoption | 1082 |
|
of rules to prescribe the methods by which the performance | 1083 |
|
measures under division (A)(1) of this section shall be assessed | 1084 |
|
and assigned a letter grade, the department shall conduct a public | 1085 |
|
presentation before the standing committees of the house of | 1086 |
|
representatives and the senate that consider education legislation | 1087 |
|
describing such methods, including performance benchmarks. | 1088 |
| (b) Performance index score for a school district or | 1095 |
|
building. Grades shall be awarded as a percentage of the total | 1096 |
|
possible points on the performance index system as created by the | 1097 |
|
department. In adopting benchmarks for assigning letter grades | 1098 |
|
under division (B)(1)(b) of this section, the state board shall | 1099 |
|
designate ninety per cent or higher for an "A," at least seventy | 1100 |
|
per cent but not more than eighty per cent for a "C," and less | 1101 |
|
than fifty per cent for an "F." | 1102 |
| (f) The value-added progress dimension score for a school | 1115 |
|
district or building disaggregated for each of the following | 1116 |
|
subgroups: students identified as gifted in superior cognitive | 1117 |
|
ability and specific academic ability fields under Chapter 3324. | 1118 |
|
of the Revised Code, students with disabilities, and students | 1119 |
|
whose performance places them in the lowest quintile for | 1120 |
|
achievement on a statewide basis. Each subgroup shall be a | 1121 |
|
separate graded measure. | 1122 |
| (g) Whether a school district or building is making progress | 1123 |
|
in improving literacy in grades kindergarten through three, as | 1124 |
|
determined using a method prescribed by the state board. The state | 1125 |
|
board shall adopt rules to prescribe benchmarks and standards for | 1126 |
|
assigning grades to districts and buildings for purposes of | 1127 |
|
division (B)(1)(g) of this section. In adopting benchmarks for | 1128 |
|
assigning letter grades under divisions (B)(1)(g) and (C)(1)(g) of | 1129 |
|
this section, the state board shall determine progress made based | 1130 |
|
on the reduction in the percentage of students scoring below grade | 1131 |
|
level, or below proficient, compared from year to year on the | 1132 |
|
reading and writing diagnostic assessments administered under | 1133 |
|
section 3301.0715 of the Revised Code and the third grade English | 1134 |
|
language arts assessment under section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 1135 |
|
Code, as applicable. The state board shall designate for a "C" | 1136 |
|
grade a value that is not lower than the statewide average value | 1137 |
|
for this measure. No grade shall be issued under divisions | 1138 |
|
(B)(1)(g) and (C)(1)(g) of this section for a district or building | 1139 |
|
in which less than five per cent of students have scored below | 1140 |
|
grade level on the diagnostic assessment administered to students | 1141 |
|
in kindergarten under division (B)(1) of section 3313.608 of the | 1142 |
|
Revised Code. | 1143 |
| (b) The number of a district's or building's students who | 1152 |
|
have earned at least three college credits through dual enrollment | 1153 |
| or advanced standing programs, such as the post-secondary | 1154 |
|
enrollment options program under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code | 1155 |
|
and state-approved career-technical courses offered through dual | 1156 |
|
enrollment or statewide articulation, that appear on a student's | 1157 |
|
transcript or other official document, either of which is issued | 1158 |
|
by the institution of higher education from which the student | 1159 |
|
earned the college credit. The credits earned that are reported | 1160 |
|
under divisions (B)(2)(b) and (C)(2)(c) of this section shall not | 1161 |
|
include any that are remedial or developmental and shall include | 1162 |
|
those that count toward the curriculum requirements established | 1163 |
|
for completion of a degree. | 1164 |
| At least forty-five days prior to the state board's adoption | 1187 |
|
of rules to prescribe the methods by which the performance | 1188 |
|
measures under division (B)(1) of this section shall be assessed | 1189 |
|
and assigned a letter grade, the department shall conduct a public | 1190 |
|
presentation before the standing committees of the house of | 1191 |
|
representatives and the senate that consider education legislation | 1192 |
|
describing such methods, including performance benchmarks. | 1193 |
| (b) Performance index score for a school district or | 1202 |
|
building. Grades shall be awarded as a percentage of the total | 1203 |
|
possible points on the performance index system as created by the | 1204 |
|
department. In adopting benchmarks for assigning letter grades | 1205 |
|
under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the state board shall | 1206 |
|
designate ninety per cent or higher for an "A," at least seventy | 1207 |
|
per cent but not more than eighty per cent for a "C," and less | 1208 |
|
than fifty per cent for an "F." | 1209 |
| (f) The value-added progress dimension score of a school | 1237 |
|
district or building disaggregated for each of the following | 1238 |
|
subgroups: students identified as gifted in superior cognitive | 1239 |
|
ability and specific academic ability fields under Chapter 3324. | 1240 |
|
of the Revised Code, students with disabilities, and students | 1241 |
|
whose performance places them in the lowest quintile for | 1242 |
|
achievement on a statewide basis, as determined by a method | 1243 |
|
prescribed by the state board. Each subgroup shall be a separate | 1244 |
|
graded measure. | 1245 |
| (g) Whether a school district or building is making progress | 1252 |
|
in improving literacy in grades kindergarten through three, as | 1253 |
|
determined using a method prescribed by the state board. The state | 1254 |
|
board shall adopt rules to prescribe benchmarks and standards for | 1255 |
|
assigning grades to a district or building for purposes of | 1256 |
|
division (C)(1)(g) of this section. The state board shall | 1257 |
|
designate for a "C" grade a value that is not lower than the | 1258 |
|
statewide average value for this measure. No grade shall be issued | 1259 |
|
under division (C)(1)(g) of this section for a district or | 1260 |
|
building in which less than five per cent of students have scored | 1261 |
|
below grade level on the kindergarten diagnostic assessment under | 1262 |
|
division (B)(1) of section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. | 1263 |
| (c) The number of a district's or building's students who | 1278 |
have earned at least three college credits through dual enrollment | 1279 |
advanced standing programs, such as the post-secondary enrollment | 1280 |
optionscollege credit plus program under Chapter 3365. of the | 1281 |
|
Revised Code and state-approved career-technical courses offered | 1282 |
|
through dual enrollment or statewide articulation, that appear on | 1283 |
|
a student's transcript or other official document, either of which | 1284 |
|
is issued by the institution of higher education from which the | 1285 |
|
student earned the college credit. The credits earned that are | 1286 |
|
reported under divisions (B)(2)(b) and (C)(2)(c) of this section | 1287 |
|
shall not include any that are remedial or developmental and shall | 1288 |
|
include those that count toward the curriculum requirements | 1289 |
|
established for completion of a degree. | 1290 |
| (f) Prepared for success, which shall include the performance | 1320 |
|
measures in divisions (C)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of | 1321 |
|
this section. The state board shall develop a method to determine | 1322 |
|
a grade for the component in division (C)(3)(f) of this section | 1323 |
|
using the performance measures in divisions (C)(2)(a), (b), (c), | 1324 |
|
(d), (e), and (f) of this section. When available, the state board | 1325 |
|
may incorporate the performance measure under division (C)(2)(g) | 1326 |
|
of this section into the component under division (C)(3)(f) of | 1327 |
|
this section. When determining the overall grade for the prepared | 1328 |
|
for success component prescribed by division (C)(3)(f) of this | 1329 |
|
section, no individual student shall be counted in more than one | 1330 |
|
performance measure. However, if a student qualifies for more than | 1331 |
|
one performance measure in the component, the state board may, in | 1332 |
|
its method to determine a grade for the component, specify an | 1333 |
|
additional weight for such a student that is not greater than or | 1334 |
|
equal to 1.0. In determining the overall score under division | 1335 |
|
(C)(3)(f) of this section, the state board shall ensure that the | 1336 |
|
pool of students included in the performance measures aggregated | 1337 |
|
under that division are all of the students included in the four- | 1338 |
|
and five-year adjusted graduation cohort. | 1339 |
| In the rules adopted under division (C)(3) of this section, | 1340 |
|
the state board shall adopt a method for determining a grade for | 1341 |
|
each component in divisions (C)(3)(a) to (f) of this section. The | 1342 |
|
state board also shall establish a method to assign an overall | 1343 |
|
grade of "A," "B," "C," "D," or "F" using the grades assigned for | 1344 |
|
each component. The method the state board adopts for assigning an | 1345 |
|
overall grade shall give equal weight to the components in | 1346 |
|
divisions (C)(3)(b) and (c) of this section. | 1347 |
| At least forty-five days prior to the state board's adoption | 1348 |
|
of rules to prescribe the methods for calculating the overall | 1349 |
|
grade for the report card, as required by this division, the | 1350 |
|
department shall conduct a public presentation before the standing | 1351 |
|
committees of the house of representatives and the senate that | 1352 |
|
consider education legislation describing the format for the | 1353 |
|
report card, weights that will be assigned to the components of | 1354 |
|
the overall grade, and the method for calculating the overall | 1355 |
|
grade. | 1356 |
| (D) Not later than July 1, 2015, the state board shall | 1357 |
|
develop a measure of student academic progress for high school | 1358 |
|
students. Beginning with the report card for the 2015-2016 school | 1359 |
|
year, each school district and applicable school building shall be | 1360 |
|
assigned a separate letter grade for this measure and the | 1361 |
|
district's or building's grade for that measure shall be included | 1362 |
|
in determining the district's or building's overall letter grade. | 1363 |
|
This measure shall be included within the measure prescribed in | 1364 |
|
division (C)(3)(c) of this section in the calculation for the | 1365 |
|
overall letter grade. | 1366 |
| (12) Performance of students grouped by those who are | 1401 |
|
identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability and the | 1402 |
|
specific academic ability fields of reading and math pursuant to | 1403 |
|
Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code. In disaggregating specific | 1404 |
|
academic ability fields for gifted students, the department shall | 1405 |
|
use data for those students with specific academic ability in math | 1406 |
|
and reading. If any other academic field is assessed, the | 1407 |
|
department shall also include data for students with specific | 1408 |
|
academic ability in that field as well. | 1409 |
| In reporting data pursuant to division (F) of this section, | 1419 |
|
the department shall not include in the report cards any data | 1420 |
|
statistical in nature that is statistically unreliable or that | 1421 |
|
could result in the identification of individual students. For | 1422 |
|
this purpose, the department shall not report student performance | 1423 |
|
data for any group identified in division (F) of this section that | 1424 |
|
contains less than ten students. If the department does not report | 1425 |
|
student performance data for a group because it contains less than | 1426 |
|
ten students, the department shall indicate on the report card | 1427 |
|
that is why data was not reported. | 1428 |
| (H) The department shall include on each report card a list | 1432 |
|
of additional information collected by the department that is | 1433 |
|
available regarding the district or building for which the report | 1434 |
|
card is issued. When available, such additional information shall | 1435 |
|
include student mobility data disaggregated by race and | 1436 |
|
socioeconomic status, college enrollment data, and the reports | 1437 |
|
prepared under section 3302.031 of the Revised Code. | 1438 |
| (2) Any district that leases a building to a community school | 1459 |
|
located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a | 1460 |
|
community school located in the district whereby the district and | 1461 |
|
the school endorse each other's programs may elect to have data | 1462 |
|
regarding the academic performance of students enrolled in the | 1463 |
|
community school combined with comparable data from the schools of | 1464 |
|
the district for the purpose of determining the performance of the | 1465 |
|
district as a whole on the district report card. Any district that | 1466 |
|
so elects shall annually file a copy of the lease or agreement | 1467 |
|
with the department. | 1468 |
| (K)(1) In calculating English language arts, mathematics, | 1496 |
|
social studies, or science assessment passage rates used to | 1497 |
|
determine school district or building performance under this | 1498 |
|
section, the department shall include all students taking an | 1499 |
|
assessment with accommodation or to whom an alternate assessment | 1500 |
|
is administered pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section | 1501 |
|
3301.0711 of the Revised Code. | 1502 |
| Each commission is a body both corporate and politic, | 1563 |
|
constituting an agency and instrumentality of the state and | 1564 |
|
performing essential governmental functions of the state. A | 1565 |
|
commission shall be known as the "academic distress commission for | 1566 |
|
............... (name of school district)," and, in that name, may | 1567 |
|
exercise all authority vested in such a commission by this | 1568 |
|
section. A separate commission shall be established for each | 1569 |
|
school district to which this division applies. | 1570 |
(B)(C) Each academic distress commission shall consist of | 1571 |
|
five voting members, three of whom shall be appointed by the | 1572 |
|
superintendent of public instruction and two of whom shall be | 1573 |
|
residents of the applicable school district appointed by the | 1574 |
|
president of the district board of education. When a school | 1575 |
|
district becomes subject to this section, the superintendent of | 1576 |
|
public instruction shall provide written notification of that fact | 1577 |
|
to the district board of education and shall request the president | 1578 |
|
of the district board to submit to the superintendent of public | 1579 |
|
instruction, in writing, the names of the president's appointees | 1580 |
|
to the commission. The superintendent of public instruction and | 1581 |
|
the president of the district board shall make appointments to the | 1582 |
|
commission within thirty days after the district is notified that | 1583 |
|
it is subject to this section. | 1584 |
| Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of | 1585 |
|
their appointing authority during the life of the commission. In | 1586 |
|
the event of the death, resignation, incapacity, removal, or | 1587 |
|
ineligibility to serve of a member, the appointing authority shall | 1588 |
|
appoint a successor within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs. | 1589 |
|
Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid by the | 1590 |
|
commission their necessary and actual expenses incurred while | 1591 |
|
engaged in the business of the commission. | 1592 |
(C)(D) Immediately after appointment of the initial members | 1593 |
|
of an academic distress commission, the superintendent of public | 1594 |
|
instruction shall call the first meeting of the commission and | 1595 |
|
shall cause written notice of the time, date, and place of that | 1596 |
|
meeting to be given to each member of the commission at least | 1597 |
|
forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting. The first meeting | 1598 |
|
shall include an overview of the commission's roles and | 1599 |
|
responsibilities, the requirements of section 2921.42 and Chapter | 1600 |
|
102. of the Revised Code as they pertain to commission members, | 1601 |
|
the requirements of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and the | 1602 |
provisions of division (F)(H) of this section. At its first | 1603 |
|
meeting, the commission shall adopt temporary bylaws in accordance | 1604 |
with division (D)(F) of this section to govern its operations | 1605 |
|
until the adoption of permanent bylaws. | 1606 |
(E)(G) Three members of an academic distress commission | 1623 |
|
constitute a quorum of the commission. The affirmative vote of | 1624 |
|
three members of the commission is necessary for any action taken | 1625 |
|
by vote of the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the | 1626 |
|
commission shall impair the rights of a quorum by such vote to | 1627 |
|
exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the | 1628 |
|
commission. Members of the commission are not disqualified from | 1629 |
|
voting by reason of the functions of any other office they hold | 1630 |
|
and are not disqualified from exercising the functions of the | 1631 |
|
other office with respect to the school district, its officers, or | 1632 |
|
the commission. | 1633 |
(F)(H) The members of an academic distress commission, the | 1634 |
|
superintendent of public instruction, and any person authorized to | 1635 |
|
act on behalf of or assist them shall not be personally liable or | 1636 |
|
subject to any suit, judgment, or claim for damages resulting from | 1637 |
|
the exercise of or failure to exercise the powers, duties, and | 1638 |
|
functions granted to them in regard to their functioning under | 1639 |
|
this section, but the commission, superintendent of public | 1640 |
|
instruction, and such other persons shall be subject to mandamus | 1641 |
|
proceedings to compel performance of their duties under this | 1642 |
|
section. | 1643 |
| (3) The commission shall submit the academic recovery plan it | 1672 |
|
adopts or updates to the superintendent of public instruction for | 1673 |
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approval immediately following its adoption or updating. The | 1674 |
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superintendent shall evaluate the plan and either approve or | 1675 |
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disapprove it within thirty days after its submission. If the plan | 1676 |
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is disapproved, the superintendent shall recommend modifications | 1677 |
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that will render it acceptable. No academic distress commission | 1678 |
|
shall implement an academic recovery plan unless the | 1679 |
|
superintendent has approved it. | 1680 |
| Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter | 1709 |
|
4117. of the Revised Code, if the board of education has entered | 1710 |
|
into a collective bargaining agreement after September 29, 2005, | 1711 |
|
that contains stipulations relinquishing one or more of the rights | 1712 |
|
or responsibilities listed in division (C) of section 4117.08 of | 1713 |
|
the Revised Code, those stipulations are not enforceable and the | 1714 |
|
district board shall resume holding those rights or | 1715 |
|
responsibilities as if it had not relinquished them in that | 1716 |
|
agreement until such time as both the academic distress commission | 1717 |
|
ceases to exist and the district board agrees to relinquish those | 1718 |
|
rights or responsibilities in a new collective bargaining | 1719 |
|
agreement. The provisions of this paragraph apply to a collective | 1720 |
|
bargaining agreement entered into after September 29, 2005, and | 1721 |
|
those provisions are deemed to be part of that agreement | 1722 |
|
regardless of whether the district satisfied the conditions | 1723 |
|
prescribed in division (A) of this section at the time the | 1724 |
|
district entered into that agreement. | 1725 |
| (B) A board of education of a city, exempted village, local, | 1778 |
|
or joint vocational school district may enter into an installment | 1779 |
|
payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy | 1780 |
|
conservation measures. The provisions of such installment payment | 1781 |
|
contracts dealing with interest charges and financing terms shall | 1782 |
|
not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of section | 1783 |
|
3313.46 of the Revised Code, and shall be on the following terms: | 1784 |
| The provisions of any installment payment contract entered | 1789 |
|
into pursuant to this section shall provide that all payments, | 1790 |
|
except payments for repairs and obligations on termination of the | 1791 |
contract prior to its expiration, be stated as a percentage of | 1792 |
| shall not exceed the calculated energy, water, or waste water cost | 1793 |
|
savings, avoided operating costs, and avoided capital costs | 1794 |
|
attributable to the one or more measures over a defined period of | 1795 |
|
time. Those payments shall be made only to the extent that the | 1796 |
|
savings described in this division actually occur. The contractor | 1797 |
|
shall warrant and guarantee that the energy conservation measures | 1798 |
|
shall realize guaranteed savings and shall be responsible to pay | 1799 |
|
an amount equal to any savings shortfall. | 1800 |
| An installment payment contract entered into by a board of | 1801 |
|
education under this section shall require the board to contract | 1802 |
|
in accordance with division (A) of section 3313.46 of the Revised | 1803 |
|
Code for the installation, modification, or remodeling of energy | 1804 |
|
conservation measures unless division (A) of section 3313.46 of | 1805 |
|
the Revised Code does not apply pursuant to division (B)(3) of | 1806 |
|
that section, in which case the contract shall be awarded through | 1807 |
|
a competitive selection process pursuant to rules adopted by the | 1808 |
|
school facilities commission. | 1809 |
| (C) The board may issue the notes of the school district | 1816 |
|
signed by the president and the treasurer of the board and | 1817 |
|
specifying the terms of the purchase and securing the deferred | 1818 |
|
payments provided in this section, payable at the times provided | 1819 |
|
and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the rate determined | 1820 |
|
as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code. The notes may | 1821 |
|
contain an option for prepayment and shall not be subject to | 1822 |
|
Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. In the resolution authorizing | 1823 |
|
the notes, the board may provide, without the vote of the electors | 1824 |
|
of the district, for annually levying and collecting taxes in | 1825 |
|
amounts sufficient to pay the interest on and retire the notes, | 1826 |
|
except that the total net indebtedness of the district without a | 1827 |
|
vote of the electors incurred under this and all other sections of | 1828 |
|
the Revised Code, except section 3318.052 of the Revised Code, | 1829 |
|
shall not exceed one per cent of the district's tax valuation. | 1830 |
|
Revenues derived from local taxes or otherwise, for the purpose of | 1831 |
|
conserving energy or for defraying the current operating expenses | 1832 |
|
of the district, may be applied to the payment of interest and the | 1833 |
|
retirement of such notes. The notes may be sold at private sale or | 1834 |
|
given to the contractor under the installment payment contract | 1835 |
|
authorized by division (B) of this section. | 1836 |
| (E) No school district board shall enter into an installment | 1840 |
|
payment contract under division (B) of this section unless it | 1841 |
|
first obtains a report of the costs of the energy conservation | 1842 |
|
measures and the savings thereof as described under division (G) | 1843 |
|
of section 133.06 of the Revised Code as a requirement for issuing | 1844 |
|
energy securities, makes a finding that the amount spent on such | 1845 |
|
measures is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save | 1846 |
|
in energy costs and resultant operational and maintenance costs as | 1847 |
|
described in that division, except that that finding shall cover | 1848 |
the ensuing fifteen years, and the Ohio school facilities | 1849 |
|
commission determines that the district board's findings are | 1850 |
|
reasonable and approves the contract as described in that | 1851 |
|
division. | 1852 |
| Each school shall integrate the study of economics and | 1924 |
|
financial literacy, as expressed in the social studies academic | 1925 |
|
content standards adopted by the state board of education under | 1926 |
|
division (A)(1) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the | 1927 |
|
academic content standards for financial literacy and | 1928 |
|
entrepreneurship adopted under division (A)(2) of that section, | 1929 |
|
into one or more existing social studies credits required under | 1930 |
|
division (C)(7) of this section, or into the content of another | 1931 |
|
class, so that every high school student receives instruction in | 1932 |
|
those concepts. In developing the curriculum required by this | 1933 |
|
paragraph, schools shall use available public-private partnerships | 1934 |
|
and resources and materials that exist in business, industry, and | 1935 |
|
through the centers for economics education at institutions of | 1936 |
|
higher education in the state. | 1937 |
| (8) Five units consisting of one or any combination of | 1938 |
|
foreign language, fine arts, business, career-technical education, | 1939 |
|
family and consumer sciences, technology, agricultural education, | 1940 |
|
a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved | 1941 |
|
by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United | 1942 |
|
States Code, or English language arts, mathematics, science, or | 1943 |
|
social studies courses not otherwise required under division (C) | 1944 |
|
of this section. | 1945 |
| Ohioans must be prepared to apply increased knowledge and | 1946 |
|
skills in the workplace and to adapt their knowledge and skills | 1947 |
|
quickly to meet the rapidly changing conditions of the | 1948 |
|
twenty-first century. National studies indicate that all high | 1949 |
|
school graduates need the same academic foundation, regardless of | 1950 |
|
the opportunities they pursue after graduation. The goal of Ohio's | 1951 |
|
system of elementary and secondary education is to prepare all | 1952 |
|
students for and seamlessly connect all students to success in | 1953 |
|
life beyond high school graduation, regardless of whether the next | 1954 |
|
step is entering the workforce, beginning an apprenticeship, | 1955 |
|
engaging in post-secondary training, serving in the military, or | 1956 |
|
pursuing a college degree. | 1957 |
| The Ohio core curriculum is the standard expectation for all | 1958 |
|
students entering ninth grade for the first time at a public or | 1959 |
|
chartered nonpublic high school on or after July 1, 2010. A | 1960 |
|
student may satisfy this expectation through a variety of methods, | 1961 |
|
including, but not limited to, integrated, applied, | 1962 |
|
career-technical, and traditional coursework. | 1963 |
| Stronger coordination between high schools and institutions | 1971 |
|
of higher education is necessary to prepare students for more | 1972 |
|
challenging academic endeavors and to lessen the need for academic | 1973 |
|
remediation in college, thereby reducing the costs of higher | 1974 |
|
education for Ohio's students, families, and the state. The state | 1975 |
|
board and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall | 1976 |
|
develop policies to ensure that only in rare instances will | 1977 |
|
students who complete the Ohio core curriculum require academic | 1978 |
|
remediation after high school. | 1979 |
| School districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 1980 |
|
schools shall integrate technology into learning experiences | 1981 |
|
across the curriculum in order to maximize efficiency, enhance | 1982 |
|
learning, and prepare students for success in the | 1983 |
|
technology-driven twenty-first century. Districts and schools | 1984 |
|
shall use distance and web-based course delivery as a method of | 1985 |
|
providing or augmenting all instruction required under this | 1986 |
|
division, including laboratory experience in science. Districts | 1987 |
|
and schools shall utilize technology access and electronic | 1988 |
|
learning opportunities provided by the broadcast educational media | 1989 |
|
commission, chancellor, the Ohio learning network, education | 1990 |
|
technology centers, public television stations, and other public | 1991 |
|
and private providers. | 1992 |
| (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 1993 |
|
student who enters ninth grade on or after July 1, 2010, and | 1994 |
before July 1, 20142016, may qualify for graduation from a public | 1995 |
|
or chartered nonpublic high school even though the student has not | 1996 |
|
completed the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 1997 |
|
this section if all of the following conditions are satisfied: | 1998 |
| (1) After the student has attended high school for two years, | 1999 |
|
as determined by the school, the student and the student's parent, | 2000 |
|
guardian, or custodian sign and file with the school a written | 2001 |
|
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 2002 |
|
consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 2003 |
|
core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 2004 |
|
completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 2005 |
|
most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 2006 |
| (3) The student and the student's parent, guardian, or | 2012 |
|
custodian and a representative of the student's high school | 2013 |
jointly develop an individual careera student success plan for | 2014 |
|
the student under division (C)(1) of section 3313.6015 of the | 2015 |
|
Revised Code that specifies the student matriculating to a | 2016 |
|
two-year degree program, acquiring a business and industry | 2017 |
|
credential, or entering an apprenticeship. | 2018 |
| The department of education, in collaboration with the | 2025 |
|
chancellor, shall analyze student performance data to determine if | 2026 |
|
there are mitigating factors that warrant extending the exception | 2027 |
|
permitted by division (D) of this section to high school classes | 2028 |
beyond those entering ninth grade before July 1, 20142016. The | 2029 |
|
department shall submit its findings and any recommendations not | 2030 |
later than August 1, 20142016, to the speaker and minority leader | 2031 |
|
of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader | 2032 |
|
of the senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of | 2033 |
|
the standing committees of the house of representatives and the | 2034 |
|
senate that consider education legislation, the state board of | 2035 |
|
education, and the superintendent of public instruction. | 2036 |
| (F) A student enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery | 2054 |
|
program, which program has received a waiver from the department, | 2055 |
|
may qualify for graduation from high school by successfully | 2056 |
|
completing a competency-based instructional program administered | 2057 |
|
by the dropout prevention and recovery program in lieu of | 2058 |
|
completing the Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of | 2059 |
|
this section. The department shall grant a waiver to a dropout | 2060 |
|
prevention and recovery program, within sixty days after the | 2061 |
|
program applies for the waiver, if the program meets all of the | 2062 |
|
following conditions: | 2063 |
| (6) The program requires the student and the student's | 2086 |
|
parent, guardian, or custodian to sign and file, in accordance | 2087 |
|
with procedural requirements stipulated by the program, a written | 2088 |
|
statement asserting the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's | 2089 |
|
consent to the student's graduating without completing the Ohio | 2090 |
|
core curriculum and acknowledging that one consequence of not | 2091 |
|
completing the Ohio core curriculum is ineligibility to enroll in | 2092 |
|
most state universities in Ohio without further coursework. | 2093 |
| Each high school shall record on the student's high school | 2128 |
|
transcript all high school credit awarded under division (G) of | 2129 |
|
this section. In addition, if the student completed a seventh- or | 2130 |
|
eighth-grade fine arts course described in division (K) of this | 2131 |
|
section and the course qualified for high school credit under that | 2132 |
|
division, the high school shall record that course on the | 2133 |
|
student's high school transcript. | 2134 |
| (J) The state board, in consultation with the chancellor, | 2144 |
|
shall adopt a statewide plan implementing methods for students to | 2145 |
|
earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of | 2146 |
|
subject area competency, instead of or in combination with | 2147 |
|
completing hours of classroom instruction. The state board shall | 2148 |
|
adopt the plan not later than March 31, 2009, and commence phasing | 2149 |
|
in the plan during the 2009-2010 school year. The plan shall | 2150 |
|
include a standard method for recording demonstrated proficiency | 2151 |
|
on high school transcripts. Each school district and community | 2152 |
|
school shall comply with the state board's plan adopted under this | 2153 |
|
division and award units of high school credit in accordance with | 2154 |
|
the plan. The state board may adopt existing methods for earning | 2155 |
|
high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area | 2156 |
|
competency as necessary prior to the 2009-2010 school year. | 2157 |
| (K) This division does not apply to students who qualify for | 2158 |
|
graduation from high school under division (D) or (F) of this | 2159 |
|
section, or to students pursuing a career-technical instructional | 2160 |
|
track as determined by the school district board of education or | 2161 |
|
the chartered nonpublic school's governing authority. | 2162 |
|
Nevertheless, the general assembly encourages such students to | 2163 |
|
consider enrolling in a fine arts course as an elective. | 2164 |
| Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the first | 2165 |
|
time on or after July 1, 2010, each student enrolled in a public | 2166 |
|
or chartered nonpublic high school shall complete two semesters or | 2167 |
|
the equivalent of fine arts to graduate from high school. The | 2168 |
|
coursework may be completed in any of grades seven to twelve. Each | 2169 |
|
student who completes a fine arts course in grade seven or eight | 2170 |
|
may elect to count that course toward the five units of electives | 2171 |
|
required for graduation under division (C)(8) of this section, if | 2172 |
|
the course satisfied the requirements of division (G) of this | 2173 |
|
section. In that case, the high school shall award the student | 2174 |
|
high school credit for the course and count the course toward the | 2175 |
|
five units required under division (C)(8) of this section. If the | 2176 |
|
course in grade seven or eight did not satisfy the requirements of | 2177 |
|
division (G) of this section, the high school shall not award the | 2178 |
|
student high school credit for the course but shall count the | 2179 |
|
course toward the two semesters or the equivalent of fine arts | 2180 |
|
required by this division. | 2181 |
| (L) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, | 2182 |
|
the board of education of each school district and the governing | 2183 |
|
authority of each chartered nonpublic school may adopt a policy to | 2184 |
|
excuse from the high school physical education requirement each | 2185 |
|
student who, during high school, has participated in | 2186 |
|
interscholastic athletics, marching band, or cheerleading for at | 2187 |
|
least two full seasons or in the junior reserve officer training | 2188 |
|
corps for at least two full school years. If the board or | 2189 |
|
authority adopts such a policy, the board or authority shall not | 2190 |
|
require the student to complete any physical education course as a | 2191 |
|
condition to graduate. However, the student shall be required to | 2192 |
|
complete one-half unit, consisting of at least sixty hours of | 2193 |
|
instruction, in another course of study. In the case of a student | 2194 |
|
who has participated in the junior reserve officer training corps | 2195 |
|
for at least two full school years, credit received for that | 2196 |
|
participation may be used to satisfy the requirement to complete | 2197 |
|
one-half unit in another course of study. | 2198 |
| (M) It is important that high school students learn and | 2199 |
|
understand United States history and the governments of both the | 2200 |
|
United States and the state of Ohio. Therefore, beginning with | 2201 |
|
students who enter ninth grade for the first time on or after July | 2202 |
|
1, 2012, the study of American history and American government | 2203 |
|
required by divisions (B)(6) and (C)(6) of this section shall | 2204 |
|
include the study of all of the following documents: | 2205 |
Sec. 3313.6013. (A) As used in this section, "dual enrollment | 2220 |
| advanced standing program" means a program that enables a student | 2221 |
|
to earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher | 2222 |
|
education while enrolled in high school or that enables a student | 2223 |
|
to complete coursework while enrolled in high school that may earn | 2224 |
|
credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education | 2225 |
|
upon the student's attainment of a specified score on an | 2226 |
examination covering the coursework. Dual enrollmentAdvanced | 2227 |
|
standing programs may include any of the following: | 2228 |
| (B) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational | 2237 |
|
school district and each chartered nonpublic high school shall | 2238 |
|
provide students enrolled in grades nine through twelve with the | 2239 |
opportunity to participate in a dual enrollmentan advanced | 2240 |
|
standing program. For this purpose, each school district and | 2241 |
chartered nonpublic high school shall offer at least one dual | 2242 |
enrollmentadvanced standing program in accordance with division | 2243 |
|
(B)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable. | 2244 |
| (1) A city, local, or exempted village school district meets | 2245 |
|
the requirements of this division through its mandatory | 2246 |
participation in the post-secondary enrollment optionscollege | 2247 |
|
credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised | 2248 |
|
Code. However, a city, local, or exempted village school district | 2249 |
may offer any other dual enrollmentadvanced standing program, in | 2250 |
addition to the post-secondary enrollment optionscollege credit | 2251 |
|
plus program, and each joint vocational school district shall | 2252 |
offer at least one other dual enrollmentadvanced standing | 2253 |
|
program, to students in good standing, as defined by the | 2254 |
|
partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of the | 2255 |
|
Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as | 2256 |
|
subsequently defined by the department of education. | 2257 |
| (2) A chartered nonpublic high school that elects to | 2258 |
participate in the post-secondary enrollment optionscollege | 2259 |
|
credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised | 2260 |
|
Code meets the requirements of this division. Each chartered | 2261 |
|
nonpublic high school that elects not to participate in the | 2262 |
post-secondary enrollment optionscollege credit plus program | 2263 |
instead shall offer at least one other
dual enrollmentadvanced | 2264 |
|
standing program to students in good standing, as defined by the | 2265 |
|
partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of the | 2266 |
|
Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as | 2267 |
|
subsequently defined by the department of education. | 2268 |
(D) NoExcept for the college credit plus program as | 2273 |
|
described in division (A)(1) of this section, no city, local, | 2274 |
|
exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall | 2275 |
|
charge an enrolled student an additional fee or tuition for | 2276 |
participation in any dual enrollmentadvanced standing program | 2277 |
|
offered by the district. Students may be required to pay the costs | 2278 |
|
associated with taking an advanced placement or international | 2279 |
|
baccalaureate examination. | 2280 |
| (4) If the district, school, or associated college operating | 2298 |
|
the early college high school program was granted an award under | 2299 |
|
Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th general assembly | 2300 |
|
for the 2014-2015 school year, as the lead applicant on the grant | 2301 |
|
or as part of a consortium, for a project involving the | 2302 |
|
establishment or expansion of an early college high school, the | 2303 |
|
agreement shall not be subject to the requirements of the college | 2304 |
|
credit plus program during the period of time for which the | 2305 |
|
project is funded by the grant award under that section. | 2306 |
| (F) As used in this section, "early college high school | 2310 |
|
program" means a program operated by a school district or school | 2311 |
|
and an associated college, as defined in section 3365.10 of the | 2312 |
|
Revised Code, that provides a personalized learning plan, which is | 2313 |
|
based on accelerated curriculum and includes both high school and | 2314 |
|
college-level coursework, and enables the following students to | 2315 |
|
earn a high school diploma and an associate degree, or the | 2316 |
|
equivalent number of transcripted credits, upon successful | 2317 |
|
completion of the program: | 2318 |
| (7) Document the career advising provided to each student for | 2353 |
|
review by the student, the student's parent, guardian, or | 2354 |
|
custodian, and future schools that the student may attend. A | 2355 |
|
district shall not otherwise release this information without the | 2356 |
|
written consent of the student's parent, guardian, or custodian, | 2357 |
|
if the student is less than eighteen years old, or the written | 2358 |
|
consent of the student, if the student is at least eighteen years | 2359 |
|
old. | 2360 |
| (C)(1) Each district shall identify students who are at risk | 2365 |
|
of dropping out of school using a method that is both | 2366 |
|
research-based and locally-based. If a student is identified as at | 2367 |
|
risk of dropping out of school, the district shall develop a | 2368 |
|
student success plan that addresses the student's academic pathway | 2369 |
|
to a successful graduation and the role of career-technical | 2370 |
|
education, competency-based education, and experiential learning, | 2371 |
|
as appropriate, in that pathway. | 2372 |
| (2) Prior to developing a student success plan for a student, | 2373 |
|
the district shall invite the student's parent, guardian, or | 2374 |
|
custodian to assist in developing the plan. If the student's | 2375 |
|
parent, guardian, or custodian does not participate in the | 2376 |
|
development of the plan, the district shall provide to the parent, | 2377 |
|
guardian, or custodian a copy of the student's success plan and a | 2378 |
|
statement of the importance of a high school diploma and the | 2379 |
|
academic pathways available to the student in order to | 2380 |
|
successfully graduate. | 2381 |
| Sec. 3313.6016. (A) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, | 2389 |
|
the department of education shall administer a pilot program | 2390 |
|
requiring daily physical activity for students. Any school | 2391 |
|
district; community school established under Chapter 3314. of the | 2392 |
|
Revised Code; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | 2393 |
|
school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; or | 2394 |
|
chartered nonpublic school annually may elect to participate in | 2395 |
|
the pilot program by notifying the department of its interest by a | 2396 |
|
date established by the department. If a school district elects to | 2397 |
|
participate in the pilot program, the district shall select one or | 2398 |
|
more school buildings to participate in the program. To the | 2399 |
|
maximum extent possible, the department shall seek to include in | 2400 |
|
the pilot program districts and schools that are located in urban, | 2401 |
|
suburban, and rural areas distributed geographically throughout | 2402 |
|
the state. The department shall administer the pilot program in | 2403 |
|
accordance with this section. | 2404 |
| (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each | 2405 |
|
district or school participating in the pilot program shall | 2406 |
|
require all students in the school building selected under | 2407 |
|
division (A) of this section to engage in at least thirty minutes | 2408 |
|
of moderate to rigorous physical activity each school day or at | 2409 |
|
least one hundred fifty minutes of moderate to rigorous physical | 2410 |
|
activity each week, exclusive of recess. Physical activity engaged | 2411 |
|
in during the following may count toward the daily requirement: | 2412 |
| The standards of the state board of education shall include | 2463 |
criteria for the participation by nonpublic students in
vocational | 2464 |
| career-technical education programs without financial assessment, | 2465 |
|
charge, or tuition to such student except such assessments, | 2466 |
|
charges, or tuition paid by resident public school students in | 2467 |
|
such programs. Such nonpublic school students shall be included in | 2468 |
the formula ADM of the school district maintaining the vocational | 2469 |
| career-technical education program as part-time students in | 2470 |
proportion to the time spent in the vocationalcareer-technical | 2471 |
|
education program. | 2472 |
| By the thirtieth day of October of each year, the | 2473 |
|
superintendent of public instruction shall determine and certify | 2474 |
|
to the superintendent of each school district subject to this | 2475 |
|
section either that the district is in compliance with the | 2476 |
|
requirements of this section for the current school year or that | 2477 |
|
the district is not in compliance. If the superintendent certifies | 2478 |
|
that the district is not in compliance, he shall notify the board | 2479 |
|
of education of the district of the actions necessary to bring the | 2480 |
|
district into compliance with this section. | 2481 |
| In meeting standards established by the state board of | 2482 |
|
education, school districts, where practicable, shall provide | 2483 |
vocationalcareer-technical education programs in high schools. A | 2484 |
minimum enrollment of fifteen hundred pupilsstudents in grades | 2485 |
|
nine through twelve is established as a base for comprehensive | 2486 |
vocationalcareer-technical education course offerings. Beginning | 2487 |
|
with the 2014-2015 school year, this base shall increase to a | 2488 |
|
minimum enrollment of two thousand two hundred fifty students in | 2489 |
|
grades seven through twelve. A school district may meet this | 2490 |
|
requirement alone, through a cooperative arrangement pursuant to | 2491 |
|
section 3313.92 of the Revised Code, through school district | 2492 |
|
consolidation, by membership in a joint vocational school | 2493 |
|
district, by contract with a school district, by contract with a | 2494 |
|
school licensed by any state agency established by the Revised | 2495 |
|
Code which school operates its courses offered for contracting | 2496 |
|
with public schools under standards as to staffing and facilities | 2497 |
|
comparable to those prescribed by the state board of education for | 2498 |
|
public schools provided no instructor in such courses shall be | 2499 |
|
required to be certificated by the state department of education, | 2500 |
|
or in a combination of such ways. Exceptions to the minimum | 2501 |
requirement of fifteen hundred pupilsenrollment prescribed by | 2502 |
|
this section may be made by the state board of education based on | 2503 |
|
sparsity of population or other factors indicating that | 2504 |
comprehensive educational and vocationalcareer-technical | 2505 |
|
education programs as required by this section can be provided | 2506 |
|
through an alternate plan. | 2507 |
(B) Approval of state funds for the construction and | 2508 |
operation of vocational facilities in any city, local, or exempted | 2509 |
village school district shall be contingent upon a comprehensive | 2510 |
vocational program plan approved by the state board of education | 2511 |
no later than July 1, 1970. The state board of education shall not | 2512 |
approve a school district plan unless the plan proposed reasonably | 2513 |
meets the vocational needs of other school districts in the | 2514 |
general area of the school districts in the general area of the | 2515 |
school district submitting the plan. The plan shall be submitted | 2516 |
to the state board of education no later than April 1, 1970. Such | 2517 |
plan shall contain: | 2518 |
In approving the organization for vocational education the | 2526 |
state board of education shall provide that no city, local, or | 2527 |
exempted village school district is excluded in the statewide plan | 2528 |
| For any particular school year, the board of education of a city, | 2529 |
|
local, or exempted village school district may obtain from the | 2530 |
|
department a waiver from the requirement to provide | 2531 |
|
career-technical education to students enrolled in grades seven | 2532 |
|
and eight by doing both of the following: | 2533 |
| (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, | 2650 |
|
and subject to divisions (C)(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this | 2651 |
|
section, on a full-time equivalency basis, for each student | 2652 |
|
enrolled in a community school established under this chapter, the | 2653 |
|
department of education annually shall deduct from the state | 2654 |
|
education aid of a student's resident district and, if necessary, | 2655 |
|
from the payment made to the district under sections 321.24 and | 2656 |
|
323.156 of the Revised Code and pay to the community school the | 2657 |
|
sum of the following: | 2658 |
| (3)(a) If a community school's costs for a fiscal year for a | 2732 |
|
student receiving special education and related services pursuant | 2733 |
|
to an IEP for a disability described in divisions (B) to (F) of | 2734 |
|
section 3317.013 of the Revised Code exceed the threshold | 2735 |
|
catastrophic cost for serving the student as specified in division | 2736 |
|
(B) of section 3317.0214 of the Revised Code, the school may | 2737 |
|
submit to the superintendent of public instruction documentation, | 2738 |
|
as prescribed by the superintendent, of all its costs for that | 2739 |
|
student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the | 2740 |
|
type and in the manner prescribed, the department shall pay to the | 2741 |
|
community school an amount equal to the school's costs for the | 2742 |
|
student in excess of the threshold catastrophic costs. | 2743 |
| (b) The community school shall report under division | 2744 |
|
(C)(3)(a) of this section, and the department shall pay for, only | 2745 |
|
the costs of educational expenses and the related services | 2746 |
|
provided to the student in accordance with the student's | 2747 |
|
individualized education program. Any legal fees, court costs, or | 2748 |
|
other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the | 2749 |
|
student may not be included in the amount. | 2750 |
| (4) In any fiscal year, a community school receiving funds | 2751 |
|
under division (C)(1)(g) of this section shall spend those funds | 2752 |
|
only for the purposes that the department designates as approved | 2753 |
|
for career-technical education expenses. Career-technical | 2754 |
educationaleducation expenses approved by the department shall | 2755 |
|
include only expenses connected to the delivery of | 2756 |
|
career-technical programming to career-technical students. The | 2757 |
|
department shall require the school to report data annually so | 2758 |
|
that the department may monitor the school's compliance with the | 2759 |
|
requirements regarding the manner in which funding received under | 2760 |
|
division (C)(1)(g) of this section may be spent. | 2761 |
| (a) At least seventy-five per cent of the funds shall be | 2764 |
|
spent on curriculum development, purchase, and implementation; | 2765 |
|
instructional resources and supplies; industry-based program | 2766 |
|
certification; student assessment, credentialing, and placement; | 2767 |
|
curriculum specific equipment purchases and leases; | 2768 |
|
career-technical student organization fees and expenses; home and | 2769 |
|
agency linkages; work-based learning experiences; professional | 2770 |
|
development; and other costs directly associated with | 2771 |
|
career-technical education programs including development of new | 2772 |
|
programs. | 2773 |
| (7) If the sum of the payments computed under division (C)(1) | 2779 |
|
of this section for the students entitled to attend school in a | 2780 |
|
particular school district under sections 3313.64 and 3313.65 of | 2781 |
|
the Revised Code exceeds the sum of that district's state | 2782 |
|
education aid and its payment under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of | 2783 |
|
the Revised Code, the department shall calculate and apply a | 2784 |
|
proration factor to the payments to all community schools under | 2785 |
|
that division for the students entitled to attend school in that | 2786 |
|
district. | 2787 |
| (H) The department of education shall adjust the amounts | 2811 |
|
subtracted and paid under division (C) of this section to reflect | 2812 |
|
any enrollment of students in community schools for less than the | 2813 |
|
equivalent of a full school year. The state board of education | 2814 |
|
within ninety days after April 8, 2003, shall adopt in accordance | 2815 |
|
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules governing the payments | 2816 |
|
to community schools under this section including initial payments | 2817 |
|
in a school year and adjustments and reductions made in subsequent | 2818 |
|
periodic payments to community schools and corresponding | 2819 |
|
deductions from school district accounts as provided under | 2820 |
|
division (C) of this section. For purposes of this section: | 2821 |
| (2) A student shall be considered to be enrolled in a | 2826 |
|
community school for the period of time beginning on the later of | 2827 |
|
the date on which the school both has received documentation of | 2828 |
|
the student's enrollment from a parent and the student has | 2829 |
|
commenced participation in learning opportunities as defined in | 2830 |
|
the contract with the sponsor, or thirty days prior to the date on | 2831 |
|
which the student is entered into the education management | 2832 |
|
information system established under section 3301.0714 of the | 2833 |
|
Revised Code. For purposes of applying this division and divisions | 2834 |
|
(H)(3) and (4) of this section to a community school student, | 2835 |
|
"learning opportunities" shall be defined in the contract, which | 2836 |
|
shall describe both classroom-based and non-classroom-based | 2837 |
|
learning opportunities and shall be in compliance with criteria | 2838 |
|
and documentation requirements for student participation which | 2839 |
|
shall be established by the department. Any student's instruction | 2840 |
|
time in non-classroom-based learning opportunities shall be | 2841 |
|
certified by an employee of the community school. A student's | 2842 |
|
enrollment shall be considered to cease on the date on which any | 2843 |
|
of the following occur: | 2844 |
| Except as otherwise specified in this paragraph, beginning in | 2853 |
|
the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior | 2854 |
|
school year in an internet- or computer-based community school | 2855 |
|
shall be considered to be enrolled in the same school in the | 2856 |
|
subsequent school year until the student's enrollment has ceased | 2857 |
|
as specified in division (H)(2) of this section. The department | 2858 |
|
shall continue subtracting and paying amounts for the student | 2859 |
|
under division (C) of this section without interruption at the | 2860 |
|
start of the subsequent school year. However, if the student | 2861 |
|
without a legitimate excuse fails to participate in the first one | 2862 |
|
hundred five consecutive hours of learning opportunities offered | 2863 |
|
to the student in that subsequent school year, the student shall | 2864 |
|
be considered not to have re-enrolled in the school for that | 2865 |
|
school year and the department shall recalculate the payments to | 2866 |
|
the school for that school year to account for the fact that the | 2867 |
|
student is not enrolled. | 2868 |
| (3) The department shall determine each community school | 2869 |
|
student's percentage of full-time equivalency based on the | 2870 |
|
percentage of learning opportunities offered by the community | 2871 |
|
school to that student, reported either as number of hours or | 2872 |
|
number of days, is of the total learning opportunities offered by | 2873 |
|
the community school to a student who attends for the school's | 2874 |
|
entire school year. However, no internet- or computer-based | 2875 |
|
community school shall be credited for any time a student spends | 2876 |
|
participating in learning opportunities beyond ten hours within | 2877 |
|
any period of twenty-four consecutive hours. Whether it reports | 2878 |
|
hours or days of learning opportunities, each community school | 2879 |
|
shall offer not less than nine hundred twenty hours of learning | 2880 |
|
opportunities during the school year. | 2881 |
| (4) With respect to the calculation of full-time equivalency | 2882 |
|
under division (H)(3) of this section, the department shall waive | 2883 |
|
the number of hours or days of learning opportunities not offered | 2884 |
|
to a student because the community school was closed during the | 2885 |
|
school year due to disease epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, | 2886 |
|
law enforcement emergencies, inoperability of school buses or | 2887 |
|
other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a | 2888 |
|
school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility | 2889 |
|
failure rendering the school building unfit for school use, so | 2890 |
|
long as the school was actually open for instruction with students | 2891 |
|
in attendance during that school year for not less than the | 2892 |
|
minimum number of hours required by this chapter. The department | 2893 |
|
shall treat the school as if it were open for instruction with | 2894 |
|
students in attendance during the hours or days waived under this | 2895 |
|
division. | 2896 |
| (2) In accordance with policies adopted jointly by the | 2916 |
|
superintendent of public instruction and the auditor of state, the | 2917 |
|
department shall reduce the amounts otherwise payable under | 2918 |
|
division (C) of this section to any community school that includes | 2919 |
|
in its program the provision of computer hardware and software | 2920 |
|
materials to any student, if such hardware and software materials | 2921 |
|
have not been delivered, installed, and activated for each such | 2922 |
|
student in a timely manner or other educational materials or | 2923 |
|
services have not been provided according to the contract between | 2924 |
|
the individual community school and its sponsor. | 2925 |
| (K)(1) If the department determines that a review of a | 2934 |
|
community school's enrollment is necessary, such review shall be | 2935 |
|
completed and written notice of the findings shall be provided to | 2936 |
|
the governing authority of the community school and its sponsor | 2937 |
|
within ninety days of the end of the community school's fiscal | 2938 |
|
year, unless extended for a period not to exceed thirty additional | 2939 |
|
days for one of the following reasons: | 2940 |
| (3) Any student who was enrolled in the community school | 2974 |
|
during the previous school year when assessments were administered | 2975 |
|
under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one | 2976 |
|
or more of the assessments required by that section and was not | 2977 |
|
excused pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of that section, unless | 2978 |
|
the superintendent of public instruction grants the student a | 2979 |
|
waiver from the requirement to take the assessment and a parent is | 2980 |
|
not paying tuition for the student pursuant to section 3314.26 of | 2981 |
|
the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant a waiver only for | 2982 |
|
good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of | 2983 |
|
education. | 2984 |
| (4) Any student who has attained the age of twenty-two years, | 2985 |
|
except for veterans of the armed services whose attendance was | 2986 |
|
interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of | 2987 |
|
the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the | 2988 |
|
armed forces and who apply for enrollment in a community school | 2989 |
|
not later than four years after termination of war or their | 2990 |
|
honorable discharge. If, however, any such veteran elects to | 2991 |
|
enroll in special courses organized for veterans for whom tuition | 2992 |
|
is paid under federal law, or otherwise, the department shall not | 2993 |
|
subtract from a school district's state aid account and shall not | 2994 |
|
pay to a community school under division (C) of this section any | 2995 |
|
amount for that veteran. | 2996 |
| Sec. 3317.03. (A) The superintendent of each city, local, | 2997 |
|
and exempted village school district shall report to the state | 2998 |
|
board of education as of the last day of October, March, and June | 2999 |
|
of each year the enrollment of students receiving services from | 3000 |
|
schools under the superintendent's supervision, and the numbers of | 3001 |
|
other students entitled to attend school in the district under | 3002 |
|
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code the superintendent | 3003 |
|
is required to report under this section, so that the department | 3004 |
|
of education can calculate the district's formula ADM, total ADM, | 3005 |
|
category one through five career-technical education ADM, category | 3006 |
|
one through three limited English proficient ADM, category one | 3007 |
|
through six special education ADM, preschool scholarship ADM, | 3008 |
|
transportation ADM, and, for purposes of provisions of law outside | 3009 |
|
of Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code, average daily membership. | 3010 |
| (c) A college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, | 3047 |
|
except when the student is enrolled in the college while also | 3048 |
enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or, a | 3049 |
|
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 3050 |
|
established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding | 3051 |
|
school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code; | 3052 |
| (3) The department also shall compile a list of the students | 3078 |
|
entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or | 3079 |
|
3313.65 of the Revised Code who are enrolled in a joint vocational | 3080 |
|
school district or under a career-technical education compact, | 3081 |
|
excluding any students so entitled to attend school in the | 3082 |
|
district who are enrolled in another school district through an | 3083 |
|
open enrollment policy as reported under division (A)(2)(d) of | 3084 |
|
this section and then enroll in a joint vocational school district | 3085 |
|
or under a career-technical education compact. | 3086 |
| (b) Enrolled in a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised | 3113 |
|
Code, except when the student is enrolled in the college while | 3114 |
|
also enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of | 3115 |
the Revised Code or, a science, technology, engineering, and | 3116 |
|
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326., or a | 3117 |
|
college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 3118 |
|
3328. of the Revised Code; | 3119 |
| (10) The combined enrollment of children with disabilities | 3197 |
|
reported under division (A)(1) or (2) and under division (B)(3)(h) | 3198 |
|
of this section receiving special education services for category | 3199 |
|
six disabilities described in division (F) of section 3317.013 of | 3200 |
|
the Revised Code, including children attending a special education | 3201 |
|
program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered | 3202 |
|
private provider with a scholarship awarded under either section | 3203 |
|
3310.41 or sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 3204 |
| (11) The enrollment of pupils reported under division (A)(1) | 3205 |
|
or (2) of this section on a full-time equivalency basis in | 3206 |
|
category one career-technical education programs or classes, | 3207 |
|
described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, | 3208 |
|
operated by the school district or by another district that is a | 3209 |
|
member of the district's career-technical planning district, other | 3210 |
|
than a joint vocational school district, or by an educational | 3211 |
|
service center, notwithstanding division (H) of section 3317.02 of | 3212 |
|
the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section; | 3213 |
| (12) The enrollment of pupils reported under division (A)(1) | 3214 |
|
or (2) of this section on a full-time equivalency basis in | 3215 |
|
category two career-technical education programs or services, | 3216 |
|
described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, | 3217 |
|
operated by the school district or another school district that is | 3218 |
|
a member of the district's career-technical planning district, | 3219 |
|
other than a joint vocational school district, or by an | 3220 |
|
educational service center, notwithstanding division (H) of | 3221 |
|
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this | 3222 |
|
section; | 3223 |
| (13) The enrollment of pupils reported under division (A)(1) | 3224 |
|
or (2) of this section on a full-time equivalency basis in | 3225 |
|
category three career-technical education programs or services, | 3226 |
|
described in division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, | 3227 |
|
operated by the school district or another school district that is | 3228 |
|
a member of the district's career-technical planning district, | 3229 |
|
other than a joint vocational school district, or by an | 3230 |
|
educational service center, notwithstanding division (H) of | 3231 |
|
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this | 3232 |
|
section; | 3233 |
| (14) The enrollment of pupils reported under division (A)(1) | 3234 |
|
or (2) of this section on a full-time equivalency basis in | 3235 |
|
category four career-technical education programs or services, | 3236 |
|
described in division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, | 3237 |
|
operated by the school district or another school district that is | 3238 |
|
a member of the district's career-technical planning district, | 3239 |
|
other than a joint vocational school district, or by an | 3240 |
|
educational service center, notwithstanding division (H) of | 3241 |
|
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this | 3242 |
|
section; | 3243 |
| (15) The enrollment of pupils reported under division (A)(1) | 3244 |
|
or (2) of this section on a full-time equivalency basis in | 3245 |
|
category five career-technical education programs or services, | 3246 |
|
described in division (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, | 3247 |
|
operated by the school district or another school district that is | 3248 |
|
a member of the district's career-technical planning district, | 3249 |
|
other than a joint vocational school district, or by an | 3250 |
|
educational service center, notwithstanding division (H) of | 3251 |
|
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this | 3252 |
|
section; | 3253 |
| (2) A student enrolled in a community school established | 3320 |
|
under Chapter 3314., a science, technology, engineering, and | 3321 |
|
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326., or a | 3322 |
|
college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 3323 |
|
3328. of the Revised Code shall be counted in the formula ADM and, | 3324 |
|
if applicable, the category one, two, three, four, five, or six | 3325 |
|
special education ADM of the school district in which the student | 3326 |
|
is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of | 3327 |
|
the Revised Code for the same proportion of the school year that | 3328 |
|
the student is counted in the enrollment of the community school, | 3329 |
|
the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, or | 3330 |
|
the college-preparatory boarding school for purposes of section | 3331 |
|
3314.08, 3326.33, or 3328.24 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 3332 |
|
the enrollment of students certified pursuant to division | 3333 |
|
(B)(3)(d), (e), (j), or (k) of this section, the department may | 3334 |
|
adjust the formula ADM of a school district to account for | 3335 |
|
students entitled to attend school in the district under section | 3336 |
|
3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are enrolled in a | 3337 |
|
community school, a science, technology, engineering, and | 3338 |
|
mathematics school, or a college-preparatory boarding school for | 3339 |
|
only a portion of the school year. | 3340 |
| (a) A child with a disability described in section 3317.013 | 3345 |
|
of the Revised Code may be counted both in formula ADM and in | 3346 |
|
category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM | 3347 |
|
and, if applicable, in category one, two, three, four, or five | 3348 |
|
career-technical education ADM. As provided in division (H) of | 3349 |
|
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, such a child shall be counted | 3350 |
|
in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education | 3351 |
|
ADM in the same proportion that the child is counted in formula | 3352 |
|
ADM. | 3353 |
| (b) A child enrolled in career-technical education programs | 3354 |
|
or classes described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code may | 3355 |
|
be counted both in formula ADM and category one, two, three, four, | 3356 |
|
or five career-technical education ADM and, if applicable, in | 3357 |
|
category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education | 3358 |
|
ADM. Such a child shall be counted in category one, two, three, | 3359 |
|
four, or five career-technical education ADM in the same | 3360 |
|
proportion as the percentage of time that the child spends in the | 3361 |
|
career-technical education programs or classes. | 3362 |
| (D)(1) The superintendent of each joint vocational school | 3367 |
|
district shall report and certify to the superintendent of public | 3368 |
|
instruction as of the last day of October, March, and June of each | 3369 |
|
year the enrollment of students receiving services from schools | 3370 |
|
under the superintendent's supervision so that the department can | 3371 |
|
calculate the district's formula ADM, total ADM, category one | 3372 |
|
through five career-technical education ADM, category one through | 3373 |
|
three limited English proficient ADM, category one through six | 3374 |
|
special education ADM, and for purposes of provisions of law | 3375 |
|
outside of Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code, average daily | 3376 |
|
membership. | 3377 |
| (E) In each school of each city, local, exempted village, | 3450 |
|
joint vocational, and cooperative education school district there | 3451 |
|
shall be maintained a record of school enrollment, which record | 3452 |
|
shall accurately show, for each day the school is in session, the | 3453 |
|
actual enrollment in regular day classes. For the purpose of | 3454 |
|
determining the enrollment of students, the enrollment figure of | 3455 |
|
any school shall not include any pupils except those pupils | 3456 |
|
described by division (A) of this section. The record of | 3457 |
|
enrollment for each school shall be maintained in such manner that | 3458 |
|
no pupil shall be counted as enrolled prior to the actual date of | 3459 |
|
entry in the school and also in such manner that where for any | 3460 |
|
cause a pupil permanently withdraws from the school that pupil | 3461 |
|
shall not be counted as enrolled from and after the date of such | 3462 |
|
withdrawal. There shall not be included in the enrollment of any | 3463 |
|
school any of the following: | 3464 |
| Notwithstanding division (E)(3) of this section, the | 3487 |
|
enrollment of any school may include a pupil who did not take an | 3488 |
|
assessment required by section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code if | 3489 |
|
the superintendent of public instruction grants a waiver from the | 3490 |
|
requirement to take the assessment to the specific pupil and a | 3491 |
|
parent is not paying tuition for the pupil pursuant to section | 3492 |
|
3313.6410 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant such a | 3493 |
|
waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the | 3494 |
|
state board of education. | 3495 |
| The formula ADM, total ADM, category one through five | 3496 |
|
career-technical education ADM, category one through three limited | 3497 |
|
English proficient ADM, category one through six special education | 3498 |
|
ADM, preschool scholarship ADM, transportation ADM, and, for | 3499 |
|
purposes of provisions of law outside of Chapter 3317. of the | 3500 |
|
Revised Code, average daily membership of any school district | 3501 |
|
shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the state | 3502 |
|
board of education. | 3503 |
| (F)(1) If a student attending a community school under | 3504 |
|
Chapter 3314., a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | 3505 |
|
school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory | 3506 |
|
boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised | 3507 |
|
Code is not included in the formula ADM calculated for the school | 3508 |
|
district in which the student is entitled to attend school under | 3509 |
|
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the department of | 3510 |
|
education shall adjust the formula ADM of that school district to | 3511 |
|
include the student in accordance with division (C)(2) of this | 3512 |
|
section, and shall recalculate the school district's payments | 3513 |
|
under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that | 3514 |
|
adjusted formula ADM. | 3515 |
| (2) If a student awarded an educational choice scholarship is | 3516 |
|
not included in the formula ADM of the school district from which | 3517 |
|
the department deducts funds for the scholarship under section | 3518 |
|
3310.08 of the Revised Code, the department shall adjust the | 3519 |
|
formula ADM of that school district to include the student to the | 3520 |
|
extent necessary to account for the deduction, and shall | 3521 |
|
recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for | 3522 |
|
the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM. | 3523 |
| (3) If a student awarded a scholarship under the Jon Peterson | 3524 |
|
special needs scholarship program is not included in the formula | 3525 |
|
ADM of the school district from which the department deducts funds | 3526 |
|
for the scholarship under section 3310.55 of the Revised Code, the | 3527 |
|
department shall adjust the formula ADM of that school district to | 3528 |
|
include the student to the extent necessary to account for the | 3529 |
|
deduction, and shall recalculate the school district's payments | 3530 |
|
under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that | 3531 |
|
adjusted formula ADM. | 3532 |
| (b) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by | 3566 |
|
the board, the unduplicated count of the number of all preschool | 3567 |
|
children with disabilities enrolled in classes for which the DD | 3568 |
|
board is eligible to receive funding under section 3317.0213 of | 3569 |
|
the Revised Code adjusted for the portion of the year each child | 3570 |
|
is so enrolled, reported according to the categories prescribed in | 3571 |
|
section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, and the number of those | 3572 |
|
classes. | 3573 |
| (H) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, when | 3574 |
|
any city, local, or exempted village school district provides | 3575 |
|
instruction for a nonresident pupil whose attendance is | 3576 |
|
unauthorized attendance as defined in section 3327.06 of the | 3577 |
|
Revised Code, that pupil's enrollment shall not be included in | 3578 |
|
that district's enrollment figure used in calculating the | 3579 |
|
district's payments under this chapter. The reporting official | 3580 |
|
shall report separately the enrollment of all pupils whose | 3581 |
|
attendance in the district is unauthorized attendance, and the | 3582 |
|
enrollment of each such pupil shall be credited to the school | 3583 |
|
district in which the pupil is entitled to attend school under | 3584 |
|
division (B) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised | 3585 |
|
Code as determined by the department of education. | 3586 |
| (J) The superintendent of each cooperative education school | 3602 |
|
district shall certify to the superintendent of public | 3603 |
|
instruction, in a manner prescribed by the state board of | 3604 |
|
education, the applicable enrollments for all students in the | 3605 |
|
cooperative education district, also indicating the city, local, | 3606 |
|
or exempted village district where each pupil is entitled to | 3607 |
|
attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised | 3608 |
|
Code. | 3609 |
| (a) A resident educator license, which shall be valid for | 3619 |
four years, except that theand shall be renewable for reasons | 3620 |
|
specified by rules adopted by the state board pursuant to division | 3621 |
|
(A)(3) of this section. The state board, on a case-by-case basis, | 3622 |
|
may extend the license's duration as necessary to enable the | 3623 |
|
license holder to complete the Ohio teacher residency program | 3624 |
|
established under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code; | 3625 |
| (1) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 119.03 and | 3701 |
|
division (A)(1) of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, in the case | 3702 |
|
of the adoption of any rule or the amendment or rescission of any | 3703 |
|
rule that necessitates institutions' offering preparation programs | 3704 |
|
for educators and other school personnel that are approved by the | 3705 |
|
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents under section 3333.048 of | 3706 |
|
the Revised Code to revise the curriculum of those programs, the | 3707 |
|
effective date shall not be as prescribed in division (D) of | 3708 |
|
section 119.03 and division (A)(1) of section 119.04 of the | 3709 |
|
Revised Code. Instead, the effective date of such rules, or the | 3710 |
|
amendment or rescission of such rules, shall be the date | 3711 |
|
prescribed by section 3333.048 of the Revised Code. | 3712 |
| (F)(1) The rules adopted under this section establishing | 3717 |
|
standards requiring additional coursework for the renewal of any | 3718 |
|
educator license shall require a school district and a chartered | 3719 |
|
nonpublic school to establish local professional development | 3720 |
|
committees. In a nonpublic school, the chief administrative | 3721 |
|
officer shall establish the committees in any manner acceptable to | 3722 |
|
such officer. The committees established under this division shall | 3723 |
|
determine whether coursework that a district or chartered | 3724 |
|
nonpublic school teacher proposes to complete meets the | 3725 |
|
requirement of the rules. The department of education shall | 3726 |
|
provide technical assistance and support to committees as the | 3727 |
|
committees incorporate the professional development standards | 3728 |
|
adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section | 3729 |
|
3319.61 of the Revised Code into their review of coursework that | 3730 |
|
is appropriate for license renewal. The rules shall establish a | 3731 |
|
procedure by which a teacher may appeal the decision of a local | 3732 |
|
professional development committee. | 3733 |
| Not later than the effective date of the rules adopted under | 3738 |
|
this section, the board of education of each school district shall | 3739 |
|
establish the structure for one or more local professional | 3740 |
|
development committees to be operated by such school district. The | 3741 |
|
committee structure so established by a district board shall | 3742 |
|
remain in effect unless within thirty days prior to an anniversary | 3743 |
|
of the date upon which the current committee structure was | 3744 |
|
established, the board provides notice to all affected district | 3745 |
|
employees that the committee structure is to be modified. | 3746 |
|
Professional development committees may have a district-level or | 3747 |
|
building-level scope of operations, and may be established with | 3748 |
|
regard to particular grade or age levels for which an educator | 3749 |
|
license is designated. | 3750 |
| Each professional development committee shall consist of at | 3751 |
|
least three classroom teachers employed by the district, one | 3752 |
|
principal employed by the district, and one other employee of the | 3753 |
|
district appointed by the district superintendent. For committees | 3754 |
|
with a building-level scope, the teacher and principal members | 3755 |
|
shall be assigned to that building, and the teacher members shall | 3756 |
|
be elected by majority vote of the classroom teachers assigned to | 3757 |
|
that building. For committees with a district-level scope, the | 3758 |
|
teacher members shall be elected by majority vote of the classroom | 3759 |
|
teachers of the district, and the principal member shall be | 3760 |
|
elected by a majority vote of the principals of the district, | 3761 |
|
unless there are two or fewer principals employed by the district, | 3762 |
|
in which case the one or two principals employed shall serve on | 3763 |
|
the committee. If a committee has a particular grade or age level | 3764 |
|
scope, the teacher members shall be licensed to teach such grade | 3765 |
|
or age levels, and shall be elected by majority vote of the | 3766 |
|
classroom teachers holding such a license and the principal shall | 3767 |
|
be elected by all principals serving in buildings where any such | 3768 |
|
teachers serve. The district superintendent shall appoint a | 3769 |
|
replacement to fill any vacancy that occurs on a professional | 3770 |
|
development committee, except in the case of vacancies among the | 3771 |
|
elected classroom teacher members, which shall be filled by vote | 3772 |
|
of the remaining members of the committee so selected. | 3773 |
| Terms of office on professional development committees shall | 3774 |
|
be prescribed by the district board establishing the committees. | 3775 |
|
The conduct of elections for members of professional development | 3776 |
|
committees shall be prescribed by the district board establishing | 3777 |
|
the committees. A professional development committee may include | 3778 |
|
additional members, except that the majority of members on each | 3779 |
|
such committee shall be classroom teachers employed by the | 3780 |
|
district. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior | 3781 |
|
to the expiration date of the term for which a predecessor was | 3782 |
|
appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that | 3783 |
|
term. | 3784 |
| The initial meeting of any professional development | 3785 |
|
committee, upon election and appointment of all committee members, | 3786 |
|
shall be called by a member designated by the district | 3787 |
|
superintendent. At this initial meeting, the committee shall | 3788 |
|
select a chairperson and such other officers the committee deems | 3789 |
|
necessary, and shall adopt rules for the conduct of its meetings. | 3790 |
|
Thereafter, the committee shall meet at the call of the | 3791 |
|
chairperson or upon the filing of a petition with the district | 3792 |
|
superintendent signed by a majority of the committee members | 3793 |
|
calling for the committee to meet. | 3794 |
| If the collective bargaining agreement does not specify a | 3805 |
|
different structure for the committees, the board of education of | 3806 |
|
the school district shall establish the structure, including the | 3807 |
|
number of committees and the number of teacher and administrative | 3808 |
|
members on each committee; the specific administrative members to | 3809 |
|
be part of each committee; whether the scope of the committees | 3810 |
|
will be district levels, building levels, or by type of grade or | 3811 |
|
age levels for which educator licenses are designated; the lengths | 3812 |
|
of terms for members; the manner of filling vacancies on the | 3813 |
|
committees; and the frequency and time and place of meetings. | 3814 |
|
However, in all cases, except as provided in division (F)(4) of | 3815 |
|
this section, there shall be a majority of teacher members of any | 3816 |
|
professional development committee, there shall be at least five | 3817 |
|
total members of any professional development committee, and the | 3818 |
|
exclusive representative shall designate replacement members in | 3819 |
|
the case of vacancies among teacher members, unless the collective | 3820 |
|
bargaining agreement specifies a different method of selecting | 3821 |
|
such replacements. | 3822 |
| (G)(1) The department of education, educational service | 3829 |
|
centers, county boards of developmental disabilities, regional | 3830 |
|
professional development centers, special education regional | 3831 |
|
resource centers, college and university departments of education, | 3832 |
|
head start programs, and the Ohio education computer network may | 3833 |
|
establish local professional development committees to determine | 3834 |
|
whether the coursework proposed by their employees who are | 3835 |
|
licensed or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of | 3836 |
|
the Revised Code, or under the former version of either section as | 3837 |
|
it existed prior to October 16, 2009, meet the requirements of the | 3838 |
|
rules adopted under this section. They may establish local | 3839 |
|
professional development committees on their own or in | 3840 |
|
collaboration with a school district or other agency having | 3841 |
|
authority to establish them. | 3842 |
| Local professional development committees established by | 3843 |
|
county boards of developmental disabilities shall be structured in | 3844 |
|
a manner comparable to the structures prescribed for school | 3845 |
|
districts in divisions (F)(2) and (3) of this section, as shall | 3846 |
|
the committees established by any other entity specified in | 3847 |
|
division (G)(1) of this section that provides educational services | 3848 |
|
by employing or contracting for services of classroom teachers | 3849 |
|
licensed or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of | 3850 |
|
the Revised Code, or under the former version of either section as | 3851 |
|
it existed prior to October 16, 2009. All other entities specified | 3852 |
|
in division (G)(1) of this section shall structure their | 3853 |
|
committees in accordance with guidelines which shall be issued by | 3854 |
|
the state board. | 3855 |
| (2) Any public agency that is not specified in division | 3856 |
|
(G)(1) of this section but provides educational services and | 3857 |
|
employs or contracts for services of classroom teachers licensed | 3858 |
|
or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of the | 3859 |
|
Revised Code, or under the former version of either section as it | 3860 |
|
existed prior to October 16, 2009, may establish a local | 3861 |
|
professional development committee, subject to the approval of the | 3862 |
|
department of education. The committee shall be structured in | 3863 |
|
accordance with guidelines issued by the state board. | 3864 |
| Sec. 3319.26. (A) The state board of education shall adopt | 3865 |
|
rules establishing the standards and requirements for obtaining an | 3866 |
|
alternative resident educator license for teaching in grades | 3867 |
|
kindergarten to twelve, or the equivalent, in a designated subject | 3868 |
|
area or in the area of intervention specialist, as defined by rule | 3869 |
|
of the state board. The rules shall also include the reasons for | 3870 |
|
which an alternative resident educator license may be renewed | 3871 |
|
under division (D) of this section. | 3872 |
| (B) The superintendent of public instruction and the | 3873 |
|
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents jointly shall develop an | 3874 |
|
intensive pedagogical training institute to provide instruction in | 3875 |
|
the principles and practices of teaching for individuals seeking | 3876 |
|
an alternative resident educator license. The instruction shall | 3877 |
|
cover such topics as student development and learning, pupil | 3878 |
|
assessment procedures, curriculum development, classroom | 3879 |
|
management, and teaching methodology. | 3880 |
| (2) Successfully complete the pedagogical training institute | 3887 |
|
described in division (B) of this section or a summer training | 3888 |
|
institute provided to participants of a teacher preparation | 3889 |
|
program that is operated by a nonprofit organization and has been | 3890 |
|
approved by the chancellor. The chancellor shall approve any such | 3891 |
|
program that requires participants to hold a bachelor's degree; | 3892 |
|
have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of at least | 3893 |
|
2.5 out of 4.0, or its equivalent; and successfully complete the | 3894 |
|
program's summer training institute. | 3895 |
| (D) An alternative resident educator license shall be valid | 3898 |
for four years, except that theand shall be renewable for reasons | 3899 |
|
specified by rules adopted by the state board pursuant to division | 3900 |
|
(A) of this section. The state board, on a case-by-case basis, may | 3901 |
|
extend the license's duration as necessary to enable the license | 3902 |
|
holder to complete the Ohio teacher residency program established | 3903 |
|
under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code. | 3904 |
| Except as provided in this section, the parent of a child of | 3949 |
|
compulsory school age shall cause such child to attend a school in | 3950 |
|
the school district in which the child is entitled to attend | 3951 |
|
school under division (B) or (F) of section 3313.64 or section | 3952 |
|
3313.65 of the Revised Code, to participate in a special education | 3953 |
|
program under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, or to otherwise | 3954 |
|
cause the child to be instructed in accordance with law. Every | 3955 |
|
child of compulsory school age shall attend a school or | 3956 |
|
participate in a special education program that conforms to the | 3957 |
|
minimum standards prescribed by the state board of education until | 3958 |
|
the child: | 3959 |
| Every parent of any child of compulsory school age who is not | 3981 |
employed under an age and schooling certificate mustshall send | 3982 |
suchthe child to a school or a special education program that | 3983 |
|
conforms to the minimum standards prescribed by the state board of | 3984 |
|
education, for the full time the school or program attended is in | 3985 |
session, which shall not be for less than thirty-two weeks per | 3986 |
school year. Such attendance must begin within the first week of | 3987 |
|
the school term or program or within one week of the date on which | 3988 |
|
the child begins to reside in the district or within one week | 3989 |
|
after the child's withdrawal from employment. | 3990 |
| For the purpose of operating a school or program on a | 3991 |
|
trimester plan, "full time the school attended is in session," as | 3992 |
|
used in this section means the two trimesters to which the child | 3993 |
|
is assigned by the board of education. For the purpose of | 3994 |
|
operating a school or program on a quarterly plan, "full time the | 3995 |
|
school attended is in session," as used in this section, means the | 3996 |
|
three quarters to which the child is assigned by the board of | 3997 |
|
education. For the purpose of operating a school or program on a | 3998 |
|
pentamester plan, "full time the school is in session," as used in | 3999 |
|
this section, means the four pentamesters to which the child is | 4000 |
|
assigned by the board of education. | 4001 |
| (1) That the child's bodily or mental condition does not | 4009 |
|
permit attendance at school or a special education program during | 4010 |
|
such period; this fact is certified in writing by a licensed | 4011 |
|
physician or, in the case of a mental condition, by a licensed | 4012 |
|
physician, a licensed psychologist, licensed school psychologist | 4013 |
|
or a certificated school psychologist; and provision is made for | 4014 |
|
appropriate instruction of the child, in accordance with Chapter | 4015 |
|
3323. of the Revised Code; | 4016 |
| (2) That the child is being instructed at home by a person | 4017 |
|
qualified to teach the branches in which instruction is required, | 4018 |
|
and such additional branches, as the advancement and needs of the | 4019 |
|
child may, in the opinion of such superintendent, require. In each | 4020 |
|
such case the issuing superintendent shall file in the | 4021 |
|
superintendent's office, with a copy of the excuse, papers showing | 4022 |
|
how the inability of the child to attend school or a special | 4023 |
|
education program or the qualifications of the person instructing | 4024 |
|
the child at home were determined. All such excuses shall become | 4025 |
|
void and subject to recall upon the removal of the disability of | 4026 |
|
the child or the cessation of proper home instruction; and | 4027 |
|
thereupon the child or the child's parents may be proceeded | 4028 |
|
against after due notice whether such excuse be recalled or not. | 4029 |
Sec. 3321.07. If any child attends uponreceives instruction | 4049 |
|
elsewhere than in a public school such instruction shall be in a | 4050 |
|
school which conforms to the minimum standards prescribed by the | 4051 |
state board of education. The hours and term of attendance exacted | 4052 |
| of that school shall be equivalent to the hours and term of | 4053 |
|
attendance required of children in the public schools of the | 4054 |
|
district. This section does not require a child to attend a high | 4055 |
school instead of a
vocationalcareer-technical, commercial, or | 4056 |
|
other special type of school, provided the successful completion | 4057 |
of instruction therein is for a term and for hours equivalent to | 4058 |
those of the high school, and provided his attendance at such | 4059 |
school will not interfere with a continuous program of education | 4060 |
for the child to the age of sixteenwill result in the child | 4061 |
|
receiving a high school diploma, an industry-recognized | 4062 |
|
credential, or a journeyman certification as recognized by the | 4063 |
|
United States department of labor. | 4064 |
| Sec. 3321.08. Every child who has been granted an age and | 4065 |
|
schooling certificate shall, until the age at which such | 4066 |
|
certificate is no longer required, attend a part-time school or | 4067 |
class for the number of hours not over eight per week that such | 4068 |
school or class is in session,. Such an education program may be | 4069 |
|
provided by the board of education of the school district in which | 4070 |
the child resides or is employed has made such school or class | 4071 |
available. Such attendanceAttendance shall be for the full term | 4072 |
|
such school or class is in session, and shall begin with the first | 4073 |
|
week of the school term or within one week after issuance of the | 4074 |
age and schooling certificate. This section does not apply to | 4075 |
children who are employed under vacation and part-time | 4076 |
certificates only. The superintendent of schools may excuse a | 4077 |
|
child from such attendance for one of the reasons provided in | 4078 |
section 3321.10 of the Revised Code. AFor purposes of this | 4079 |
|
section, a part-time school or class is one which shall offer, to | 4080 |
|
those minors who have entered industry, instruction supplemental | 4081 |
|
to their daily occupations or which will increase their civic and | 4082 |
vocational competence or both and which are taught between the | 4083 |
hours of seven in the morning and six in the afternoon of any day | 4084 |
except a legal holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, or between the hours | 4085 |
of seven in the morning and twelve noon of Saturdayand which | 4086 |
|
grants a high school diploma to the child upon the child's | 4087 |
|
successful completion of a course of instruction. | 4088 |
| Sec. 3321.09. Attendance at a part-time school or class, as | 4089 |
|
defined in section 3321.08 of the Revised Code, provided by an | 4090 |
|
employer, by a partnership, corporation, or individual, by a | 4091 |
|
private or parochial school, by a college, or by a philanthropic | 4092 |
|
or similar agency shall serve in lieu of attendance at a part-time | 4093 |
school or class provided by a board of education in case the given | 4094 |
school or class is conducted for substantially a term and hours | 4095 |
equivalent to those of the part-time schools or classes provided | 4096 |
by the local board, and in caseif the school or class is approved | 4097 |
|
by the state board of education. When such school or class is | 4098 |
|
conducted within or in connection with the establishment in which | 4099 |
|
the child is working, the obligation of attendance at part-time | 4100 |
|
school or class indicated in section 3321.08 of the Revised Code, | 4101 |
|
shall apply to the children holding age and schooling certificates | 4102 |
|
who are employed in the given establishment regardless of the | 4103 |
|
accessibility of public part-time schools or classes. | 4104 |
| Sec. 3326.36. The department of education shall reduce the | 4132 |
|
amounts paid to a science, technology, engineering, and | 4133 |
|
mathematics school under section 3326.33 of the Revised Code to | 4134 |
reflect payments made to colleges under division (B) of section | 4135 |
3365.07 of the Revised Code or through alternative funding | 4136 |
agreements entered into under rules adopted under section 3365.12 | 4137 |
of the Revised Code. A student shall be considered enrolled in the | 4138 |
|
school for any portion of the school year the student is attending | 4139 |
|
a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. | 4140 |
| Sec. 3328.24. A college-preparatory boarding school | 4141 |
|
established under this chapter and its board of trustees shall | 4142 |
|
comply with sections 102.02, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, | 4143 |
|
3301.0714, 3313.6013, 3313.6411, 3319.39, and 3319.391 and Chapter | 4144 |
|
3365. of the Revised Code as if the school were a school district | 4145 |
|
and the school's board of trustees were a district board of | 4146 |
|
education. | 4147 |
| Sec. 3331.04. Whenever an age and schooling certificate is | 4148 |
applied for by a child over sixteen years of age who is unable to | 4149 |
pass a test for the completion of the work of the seventh grade | 4150 |
and who is not so below the normal in mental development that the | 4151 |
child cannot profit from further schoolingparticipating in a | 4152 |
|
program that, upon successful completion of instruction, will | 4153 |
|
result in the child receiving an industry-recognized credential, a | 4154 |
|
journeyman certification as recognized by the United States | 4155 |
|
department of labor, or full-time employment, an age and schooling | 4156 |
|
certificate may be issued by the superintendent of schools to such | 4157 |
|
child upon proof acceptable to such superintendent of the | 4158 |
|
following facts and upon agreement to the respective conditions | 4159 |
|
made in writing by the child and by the parents, guardian, or | 4160 |
|
custodian in charge of such child: | 4161 |
| (2) That the child having been a resident of the school | 4173 |
district less than two years, diligently attended upon instruction | 4174 |
in school in the district in which the child was a resident next | 4175 |
preceding the child's residence in the present district for the | 4176 |
last school year preceding the child's
removal toresidence in the | 4177 |
present district, and has diligently attended upon instruction in | 4178 |
|
the schools of the present district for the period that the child | 4179 |
|
has been a resident thereof; | 4180 |
(5) That conditions are such that the child must provide for | 4188 |
|
the child's own support or the support of the child's own child or | 4189 |
|
that the child is needed for the support or care of parents or for | 4190 |
|
the support or care of brothers or sisters for whom the parents | 4191 |
|
are unable to provide and that the child is desirous of working | 4192 |
|
for the support or care of self or of the child's own child or of | 4193 |
|
such parents or siblings and that such child cannot render such | 4194 |
|
needed support or care by a reasonable effort outside of school | 4195 |
|
hours; but no age and schooling certificate shall be granted to a | 4196 |
|
child of this group upon proof of such facts without written | 4197 |
|
consent given to the superintendent by the juvenile judge and by | 4198 |
|
the department of job and family services. | 4199 |
(B)(1) In case the certificate is granted under division | 4200 |
(A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of this section, that until reaching the | 4201 |
|
age of eighteen years the child will diligently attend in addition | 4202 |
|
to part-time classes, such evening classes as will add to the | 4203 |
|
child's education for literacy, citizenship, or vocational | 4204 |
|
preparation which may be made available to the child in the school | 4205 |
|
district and which the child may be directed to attend by the | 4206 |
|
superintendent, or in case no such classes are available, that the | 4207 |
|
child will pursue such reading and study and report monthly | 4208 |
thereon as may be directed by the superintendent; | 4209 |
| (1) The status of graduates of Ohio school districts at state | 4222 |
|
institutions of higher education during the twelve-month period | 4223 |
|
ending on the thirtieth day of September of the current calendar | 4224 |
|
year. The report shall list, by school district, the number of | 4225 |
|
graduates of each school district who attended a state institution | 4226 |
|
of higher education and the percentage of each district's | 4227 |
|
graduates enrolled in a state institution of higher education | 4228 |
|
during the reporting period who were required during such period | 4229 |
|
by the college or university, as a prerequisite to enrolling in | 4230 |
|
those courses generally required for first-year students, to | 4231 |
|
enroll in a remedial course in English, including composition or | 4232 |
|
reading, mathematics, and any other area designated by the | 4233 |
|
chancellor. The chancellor also shall make the information | 4234 |
|
described in division (A)(1) of this section available to the | 4235 |
|
board of education of each city, exempted village, and local | 4236 |
|
school district. | 4237 |
| (2) Aggregate academic growth data for students assigned to | 4242 |
|
graduates of teacher preparation programs approved under section | 4243 |
|
3333.048 of the Revised Code who teach English language arts or | 4244 |
|
mathematics in any of grades four to eight in a public school in | 4245 |
|
Ohio. For this purpose, the chancellor shall use the value-added | 4246 |
|
progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised | 4247 |
|
Code or the alternative student academic progress measure if | 4248 |
|
adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised | 4249 |
|
Code. The chancellor shall aggregate the data by graduating class | 4250 |
|
for each approved teacher preparation program, except that if a | 4251 |
|
particular class has ten or fewer graduates to which this section | 4252 |
|
applies, the chancellor shall report the data for a group of | 4253 |
|
classes over a three-year period. In no case shall the report | 4254 |
|
identify any individual graduate. The department of education | 4255 |
|
shall share any data necessary for the report with the chancellor. | 4256 |
(4) A description of dual enrollmentadvanced standing | 4269 |
|
programs, as defined in section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code, | 4270 |
|
that are offered by school districts, community schools | 4271 |
|
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM schools | 4272 |
|
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, | 4273 |
|
college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter | 4274 |
|
3328. of the Revised Code, and chartered nonpublic high schools. | 4275 |
|
The chancellor also shall post the information on the chancellor's | 4276 |
|
web site. | 4277 |
| Sec. 3333.35. The state board of education and the | 4306 |
|
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall strive to reduce | 4307 |
|
unnecessary student remediation costs incurred by colleges and | 4308 |
|
universities in this state, increase overall access for students | 4309 |
to higher education, enhance the
post-secondary enrollment options | 4310 |
| college credit plus program in accordance with Chapter 3365. of | 4311 |
|
the Revised Code, and enhance the alternative resident educator | 4312 |
|
licensure program in accordance with section 3319.26 of the | 4313 |
|
Revised Code. | 4314 |
| (A) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall require | 4318 |
|
all state institutions of higher education that offer | 4319 |
|
baccalaureate degrees, as a condition of reauthorization for | 4320 |
|
certification of each baccalaureate program offered by the | 4321 |
|
institution, to submit a statement describing how each major for | 4322 |
|
which the school offers a baccalaureate degree may be completed | 4323 |
|
within three academic years. The chronology of the statement shall | 4324 |
|
begin with the fall semester of a student's first year of the | 4325 |
|
baccalaureate program. | 4326 |
| (3) A waiver of degree and credit-hour requirements by | 4332 |
|
completion of courses that are widely available at community | 4333 |
|
colleges in the state or through online programs offered by state | 4334 |
|
institutions of higher education or private nonprofit institutions | 4335 |
|
of higher education holding certificates of authorization under | 4336 |
|
Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, and through courses taken by | 4337 |
the student through the post-secondary enrollment optionscollege | 4338 |
|
credit plus program under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code; | 4339 |
| (D) Each state institution of higher education required to | 4351 |
|
submit statements under this section shall post its three-year | 4352 |
|
option on its web site and also provide that information to the | 4353 |
|
department of education. The department shall distribute that | 4354 |
|
information to the superintendent, high school principal, and | 4355 |
|
guidance counselor, or equivalents, of each school district, | 4356 |
|
community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised | 4357 |
|
Code, and STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the | 4358 |
|
Revised Code. | 4359 |
| Sec. 3333.86. The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents | 4363 |
|
may determine the manner in which a course included in the | 4364 |
clearinghouse may be offered as a dual enrollmentan advanced | 4365 |
|
standing program as defined in section 3313.6013 of the Revised | 4366 |
|
Code, may be offered to students who are enrolled in nonpublic | 4367 |
|
schools or are instructed at home pursuant to section 3321.04 of | 4368 |
|
the Revised Code, or may be offered at times outside the normal | 4369 |
|
school day or school week, including any necessary additional fees | 4370 |
|
and methods of payment for a course so offered. | 4371 |
| Sec. 3345.06. (A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this | 4372 |
|
section, a graduate of the twelfth grade shall be entitled to | 4373 |
|
admission without examination to any college or university which | 4374 |
|
is supported wholly or in part by the state, but for unconditional | 4375 |
|
admission may be required to complete such units not included in | 4376 |
|
the graduate's high school course as may be prescribed, not less | 4377 |
|
than two years prior to the graduate's entrance, by the faculty of | 4378 |
|
the institution. | 4379 |
| (B) Beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, each state | 4380 |
|
university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, except | 4381 |
|
for Central state university, Shawnee state university, and | 4382 |
|
Youngstown state university, shall permit a resident of this state | 4383 |
|
who entered ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, | 4384 |
|
2010, to begin undergraduate coursework at the university only if | 4385 |
|
the person has successfully completed the Ohio core curriculum for | 4386 |
|
high school graduation prescribed in division (C) of section | 4387 |
|
3313.603 of the Revised Code, unless one of the following applies: | 4388 |
| (1) The person has earned at least ten semester hours, or the | 4389 |
|
equivalent, at a community college, state community college, | 4390 |
|
university branch, technical college, or another post-secondary | 4391 |
|
institution except a state university to which division (B) of | 4392 |
|
this section applies, in courses that are college-credit-bearing | 4393 |
|
and may be applied toward the requirements for a degree. The | 4394 |
|
university shall grant credit for successful completion of those | 4395 |
|
courses pursuant to any applicable articulation and transfer | 4396 |
|
policy of the Ohio board of regents or any agreements the | 4397 |
|
university has entered into in accordance with policies and | 4398 |
procedures adopted under section 3333.16, 3313.1613333.161, or | 4399 |
|
3333.162 of the Revised Code. The university may count college | 4400 |
|
credit that the student earned while in high school through the | 4401 |
post-secondary enrollment optionscollege credit plus program | 4402 |
under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, or through other dual | 4403 |
enrollmentadvanced standing programs, toward the requirements of | 4404 |
|
division (B)(1) of this section if the credit may be applied | 4405 |
|
toward a degree. | 4406 |
| (4) The person is receiving or has completed the final year | 4418 |
|
of instruction at home as authorized under section 3321.04 of the | 4419 |
|
Revised Code, or has graduated from a nonchartered, nonpublic | 4420 |
|
school in Ohio, and demonstrates mastery of the academic content | 4421 |
|
and skills in reading, writing, and mathematics needed to | 4422 |
|
successfully complete introductory level coursework at an | 4423 |
|
institution of higher education and to avoid remedial coursework. | 4424 |
| (C) A state university subject to division (B) of this | 4429 |
|
section may delay admission for or admit conditionally an | 4430 |
|
undergraduate student who has successfully completed the Ohio core | 4431 |
|
curriculum if the university determines the student requires | 4432 |
|
academic remedial or developmental coursework. The university may | 4433 |
|
delay admission pending, or make admission conditional upon, the | 4434 |
|
student's successful completion of the academic remedial or | 4435 |
|
developmental coursework at a university branch, community | 4436 |
|
college, state community college, or technical college. | 4437 |
| (Q) "Public secondary school" means a school serving grades | 4526 |
|
nine through twelve in a city, local, or exempted village school | 4527 |
|
district, a joint vocational school district, a community school | 4528 |
|
established under Chapter 3314., a STEM school established under | 4529 |
|
Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding school | 4530 |
|
established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. | 4531 |
| Sec. 3365.02. (A) There is hereby established the college | 4540 |
|
credit plus program under which, beginning with the 2015-2016 | 4541 |
|
school year, a secondary grade student who is a resident of this | 4542 |
|
state may enroll at a college, on a full- or part-time basis, and | 4543 |
|
complete nonsectarian, nonremedial courses for high school and | 4544 |
|
college credit. The program shall govern arrangements in which a | 4545 |
|
secondary grade student enrolls in a college and, upon successful | 4546 |
|
completion of coursework taken under the program, receives | 4547 |
|
transcripted credit from the college, except for any of the | 4548 |
|
following: | 4549 |
| (B) Any student enrolled in a public or nonpublic secondary | 4560 |
|
school in the student's ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade | 4561 |
|
and any student who has been excused from the compulsory | 4562 |
|
attendance law for the purpose of home instruction under section | 4563 |
|
3321.04 of the Revised Code and is the equivalent of a ninth, | 4564 |
|
tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade student, may participate in the | 4565 |
|
program, if the student meets the applicable eligibility criteria | 4566 |
|
in section 3365.03 of the Revised Code. | 4567 |
| Sec. 3365.03. (A) A student enrolled in a public or nonpublic | 4577 |
|
secondary school during the student's ninth, tenth, eleventh, or | 4578 |
|
twelfth grade school year or a student who has been excused from | 4579 |
|
the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home instruction | 4580 |
|
under section 3321.04 of the Revised Code and is the equivalent of | 4581 |
|
a ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade student, may apply to | 4582 |
|
and enroll in a college under the college credit plus program. | 4583 |
| (a) The student or the student's parent shall inform the | 4587 |
|
principal, or equivalent, of the student's school by the first day | 4588 |
|
of April of the student's intent to participate in the program | 4589 |
|
during the following school year. Any student who fails to provide | 4590 |
|
the notification by the required date may not participate in the | 4591 |
|
program during the following school year without the written | 4592 |
|
consent of the principal, or equivalent. | 4593 |
| (2) No participating nonpublic secondary school shall | 4624 |
|
prohibit a student enrolled in that school from participating in | 4625 |
|
the program if the student meets all of the criteria in division | 4626 |
|
(A)(2) of this section and, if the student is enrolled under | 4627 |
|
division (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code, the student | 4628 |
|
is awarded funding from the department in accordance with rules | 4629 |
|
adopted by the state board, in consultation with the chancellor, | 4630 |
|
pursuant to section 3365.071 of the Revised Code. | 4631 |
| (C) For purposes of this section, during the period of an | 4632 |
|
expulsion imposed by a public secondary school, a student is | 4633 |
|
ineligible to apply to enroll in a college under this section, | 4634 |
|
unless the student is admitted to another public secondary or | 4635 |
|
participating nonpublic secondary school. If a student is enrolled | 4636 |
|
in a college under this section at the time the student is | 4637 |
|
expelled, the student's status for the remainder of the college | 4638 |
|
term in which the expulsion is imposed shall be determined under | 4639 |
|
section 3365.032 of the Revised Code. | 4640 |
Sec. 3365.06. Sec. 3365.031. (A) A student in grade nine may not | 4648 |
|
enroll in courses under this chapter for which the student elects | 4649 |
under division (B) of section 3365.043365.06 of the Revised Code | 4650 |
|
to receive credit toward high school graduation for more than the | 4651 |
|
equivalent of four academic school years. A student enrolling in | 4652 |
|
courses under this chapter may not enroll in courses in which the | 4653 |
|
student elects to receive credit toward high school graduation for | 4654 |
|
more than the equivalent of: | 4655 |
Sec. 3365.041. Sec. 3365.032. (A) When a school district | 4672 |
superintendent, the governing authority of a community school, or | 4673 |
the chief administrative officer of a STEMpublic secondary school | 4674 |
|
expels a student under division (B) of section 3313.66 of the | 4675 |
|
Revised Code or, for a college-preparatory boarding school | 4676 |
|
established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, in accordance | 4677 |
|
with the school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section 3328.13 of | 4678 |
the Revised Code, the district superintendent, governing | 4679 |
authority, or chief administrative officeror equivalent, shall | 4680 |
|
send a written notice of the expulsion to any college in which the | 4681 |
|
expelled student is enrolled under section 3365.03 of the Revised | 4682 |
|
Code at the time the expulsion is imposed. The notice shall | 4683 |
|
indicate the date the expulsion is scheduled to expire. The notice | 4684 |
also shall indicate whether the district board of education, | 4685 |
community school governing authority, or the STEM school has | 4686 |
|
adopted a policy under section 3313.613 of the Revised Code or, | 4687 |
|
for a college-preparatory boarding school, in accordance with the | 4688 |
|
school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section 3328.13 of the Revised | 4689 |
Code to deny high school credit for post-secondary courses taken | 4690 |
| under the college credit plus program during an expulsion. If the | 4691 |
|
expulsion is extended under division (F) of section 3313.66 of the | 4692 |
|
Revised Code or, for a college-preparatory boarding school, in | 4693 |
|
accordance with the school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section | 4694 |
3328.13 of the Revised Code, the district superintendent, | 4695 |
community school governing authority, or STEM school chief | 4696 |
administrative officeror equivalent, shall notify the college of | 4697 |
|
the extension. | 4698 |
| (B) A college may withdraw its acceptance under section | 4699 |
|
3365.03 of the Revised Code of a student who is expelled from | 4700 |
|
school under division (B) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code | 4701 |
| or, for a college-preparatory boarding school, in accordance with | 4702 |
|
the school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section 3328.13 of the | 4703 |
|
Revised Code. As provided in section 3365.03 of the Revised Code, | 4704 |
|
regardless of whether the college withdraws its acceptance of the | 4705 |
|
student for the college term in which the student is expelled, the | 4706 |
|
student is ineligible to enroll in a college under that section | 4707 |
|
for subsequent college terms during the period of the expulsion, | 4708 |
unless the student enrolls in another
public school
district or | 4709 |
community school, or a participating nonpublic school during that | 4710 |
|
period. | 4711 |
| If a college withdraws its acceptance of an expelled student | 4718 |
who elected the option of division (B) of section 3365.043365.06 | 4719 |
of the Revised Code, the public school district, community school, | 4720 |
or STEM school shall not award high school credit for the college | 4721 |
|
courses in which the student was enrolled at the time the college | 4722 |
|
withdrew its acceptance, and any reimbursement under section | 4723 |
3365.07 of the Revised Code or through alternative funding | 4724 |
agreements entered into under rules adopted under section 3365.12 | 4725 |
of the Revised Code for the student's attendance prior to the | 4726 |
|
withdrawal shall be the same as would be paid for a student who | 4727 |
|
voluntarily withdrew from the college at the same time in the | 4728 |
|
term. If the withdrawal results in the college's receiving no | 4729 |
|
reimbursement, the college or secondary school may require the | 4730 |
student to return or pay for theany textbooks and materials it | 4731 |
provided the student free of charge
under section 3365.08 of the | 4732 |
Revised Code. | 4733 |
| (C) When a student who elected the option of division (B) of | 4734 |
section 3365.043365.06 of the Revised Code is expelled under | 4735 |
|
division (B) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code or, for a | 4736 |
|
college-preparatory boarding school, in accordance with the | 4737 |
|
school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section 3328.13 of the Revised | 4738 |
Code from a public school district, community school, or STEM | 4739 |
school that has adopted a policy under section 3313.613 of the | 4740 |
|
Revised Code or, for a college-preparatory boarding school, in | 4741 |
|
accordance with the school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section | 4742 |
|
3328.13 of the Revised Code to deny high school credit for courses | 4743 |
|
taken under the college credit plus program during an expulsion, | 4744 |
|
that election is automatically revoked for all college courses in | 4745 |
|
which the student is enrolled during the college term in which the | 4746 |
|
expulsion is imposed. Any reimbursement under section 3365.07 of | 4747 |
the Revised Code or through alternative funding agreements entered | 4748 |
into under rules adopted under section 3365.12 of the Revised Code | 4749 |
|
for the student's attendance prior to the expulsion shall be the | 4750 |
|
same as would be paid for a student who voluntarily withdrew from | 4751 |
|
the college at the same time in the term. If the revocation | 4752 |
|
results in the college's receiving no reimbursement, the college | 4753 |
| or secondary school may require the student to return or pay for | 4754 |
theany textbooks and materials it provided the student free of | 4755 |
charge
under section 3365.08 of the Revised Code. | 4756 |
NoNot later than five days after receiving an expulsion | 4757 |
notice from the superintendent of a district, the governing | 4758 |
authority of a community school, or the chief administrative | 4759 |
officer of a STEM, or equivalent, of a public school that has | 4760 |
|
adopted a policy under section 3313.613 of the Revised Code or, | 4761 |
|
for a college-preparatory boarding school, in accordance with the | 4762 |
|
school's bylaws adopted pursuant to section 3328.13 of the Revised | 4763 |
|
Code, the college shall send a written notice to the expelled | 4764 |
|
student that the student's election of division (B) of section | 4765 |
3365.043365.06 of the Revised Code is revoked. If the college | 4766 |
|
elects not to withdraw its acceptance of the student, the student | 4767 |
|
shall pay all applicable tuition and fees for the college courses | 4768 |
and shall pay for theany textbooks and materials that the college | 4769 |
or secondary school provided under section 3365.08 of the Revised | 4770 |
Codeto the student. | 4771 |
| (D) Schedule at least one informational session per school | 4817 |
|
year to allow each partnering college that is located within | 4818 |
|
thirty miles of the school to meet with interested students and | 4819 |
|
parents. The session shall include the benefits and consequences | 4820 |
|
of participation and shall outline any changes or additions to the | 4821 |
|
requirements of the program. If there are no partnering colleges | 4822 |
|
located within thirty miles of the school, the school shall | 4823 |
|
coordinate with the closest partnering college to offer an | 4824 |
|
informational session. | 4825 |
| (E) Implement a policy for the awarding of grades and the | 4826 |
|
calculation of class standing for courses taken under division | 4827 |
|
(A)(2) or (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code. The policy | 4828 |
|
adopted under this division shall be equivalent to the school's | 4829 |
|
current policy for courses taken under the advanced standing | 4830 |
|
programs described in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section | 4831 |
|
3313.6013 of the Revised Code. If the current policy includes | 4832 |
|
awarding a weighted grade or enhancing a student's class standing | 4833 |
|
for courses taken under these programs, the policy adopted under | 4834 |
|
this section shall also provide for these procedures to be applied | 4835 |
|
to courses taken under the college credit plus program. | 4836 |
| (E) Coordinate with each partnering secondary school that is | 4879 |
|
located within thirty miles of the college to present at least one | 4880 |
|
informational session per school year for interested students and | 4881 |
|
parents. The session shall include the benefits and consequences | 4882 |
|
of participation and shall outline any changes or additions to the | 4883 |
|
requirements of the program. If there are no partnering schools | 4884 |
|
located within thirty miles of the college, the college shall | 4885 |
|
coordinate with the closest partnering school to offer an | 4886 |
|
informational session. | 4887 |
| (F) Assign an academic advisor that is employed by the | 4888 |
|
college to each participant enrolled in that college. Prior to the | 4889 |
|
date on which a withdrawal from a course would negatively affect a | 4890 |
|
participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by the college's | 4891 |
|
established withdrawal policy, the college shall ensure that the | 4892 |
|
academic advisor and the participant meet at least once to discuss | 4893 |
|
the program and the courses in which the participant is enrolled. | 4894 |
(A) The studentparticipant may elect at the time of | 4912 |
|
enrollment to be responsible for payment of all tuition and the | 4913 |
|
cost of all textbooks, materials, and fees associated with the | 4914 |
course. The college shall notify the studentparticipant about | 4915 |
|
payment of tuition and fees in the customary manner followed by | 4916 |
the college. A studentparticipant electing this option also shall | 4917 |
|
elect, at the time of enrollment, whether to receive only college | 4918 |
|
credit or high school credit and college credit for the course. | 4919 |
(1) The studentparticipant may elect to receive only college | 4920 |
credit for the course. Except as provided in section 3365.041 | 4921 |
3365.032 of the Revised Code, if the studentparticipant | 4922 |
|
successfully completes the course, the college shall award the | 4923 |
studentparticipant full credit for the course, but the board of | 4924 |
education, community school governing authority, STEMgoverning | 4925 |
entity of a public secondary school, or nonpublicthe governing | 4926 |
|
body of a participating nonpublic secondary school shall not award | 4927 |
|
the high school credit. | 4928 |
(2) The studentparticipant may elect to receive both high | 4929 |
|
school credit and college credit for the course. Except as | 4930 |
provided in section
3365.0413365.032 of the Revised Code, if the | 4931 |
studentparticipant successfully completes the course, the college | 4932 |
shall award the studentparticipant full credit for the course and | 4933 |
the board of education, community school governing authority, STEM | 4934 |
governing entity of a public school, or the governing body of a | 4935 |
participating nonpublic school shall award the studentparticipant | 4936 |
|
high school credit. | 4937 |
(B) The studentparticipant may elect at the time of | 4938 |
|
enrollment for each course to have the college reimbursed under | 4939 |
section 3365.07 of the Revised Code or as provided in alternative | 4940 |
funding agreements entered into under rules adopted under section | 4941 |
3365.12 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in section | 4942 |
3365.0413365.032 of the Revised Code, if the studentparticipant | 4943 |
|
successfully completes the course, the college shall award the | 4944 |
studentparticipant full credit for the course,and the board of | 4945 |
education, community school governing authority, STEMgoverning | 4946 |
entity of a public school, or the governing body of a | 4947 |
participating nonpublic school shall award the studentparticipant | 4948 |
high school credit, and the college shall be reimbursed in | 4949 |
accordance with section 3365.07 of the Revised Code or alternative | 4950 |
funding agreements entered into under rules adopted under section | 4951 |
3365.12 of the Revised Code. If the participant elects to have the | 4952 |
|
college reimbursed under this division, the department shall | 4953 |
|
reimburse the college for the number of enrolled credit hours in | 4954 |
|
accordance with section 3365.07 of the Revised Code. | 4955 |
When determining a school district's formula ADMenrollment | 4956 |
|
under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the time a participant | 4957 |
|
is attending courses under division (A) of this section shall be | 4958 |
|
considered as time the participant is not attending or enrolled in | 4959 |
|
school anywhere, and the time a participant is attending courses | 4960 |
|
under division (B) of this section shall be considered as time the | 4961 |
|
participant is attending or enrolled in the district's schools. | 4962 |
| Sec. 3365.07. The department of education shall calculate | 4963 |
|
and pay state funds to colleges for participants in the college | 4964 |
|
credit plus program under division (B) of section 3365.06 of the | 4965 |
|
Revised Code pursuant to this section. For a nonpublic secondary | 4966 |
|
school or home-instructed participant, the department shall pay | 4967 |
|
state funds pursuant to this section only if that participant is | 4968 |
|
awarded funding according to rules adopted by the state board of | 4969 |
|
education, in consultation with the chancellor of the Ohio board | 4970 |
|
of regents, pursuant to section 3365.071 of the Revised Code. The | 4971 |
|
program shall be the sole mechanism by which state funds are paid | 4972 |
|
to colleges for students to earn college-level credit while | 4973 |
|
enrolled in a secondary school, with the exception of the programs | 4974 |
|
listed in division (A) of section 3365.02 of the Revised Code. | 4975 |
| (2) The governing entity of a participant's secondary school | 5011 |
|
and the college may enter into an agreement to establish an | 5012 |
|
alternative payment structure for tuition, textbooks, and fees. | 5013 |
|
Under such an agreement, payments shall be not less than the | 5014 |
|
default floor amount and not more than the default ceiling amount. | 5015 |
|
The agreement may include a stipulation permitting the charging of | 5016 |
|
a participant. A participant may be charged an amount not to | 5017 |
|
exceed the maximum per participant charge amount. A participant | 5018 |
|
may be charged only if all of the following conditions are met: | 5019 |
| (2) Any nonpublic secondary school participant, who is | 5036 |
|
enrolled in that secondary school with a scholarship awarded under | 5037 |
|
either the educational choice scholarship pilot program, as | 5038 |
|
prescribed by sections 3310.01 to 3310.17, or the pilot project | 5039 |
|
scholarship program, as prescribed by sections 3313.974 to | 5040 |
|
3313.979 of the Revised Code, and who qualifies as a low-income | 5041 |
|
student under either of those programs, be charged for any | 5042 |
|
tuition, textbooks, or other fees related to participation in the | 5043 |
|
college credit plus program. | 5044 |
| (F) Each January and July, or as soon as possible thereafter, | 5054 |
|
the department shall make the applicable payments under this | 5055 |
|
section to each college, which provided proper notification to the | 5056 |
|
department under division (E) of this section, for the number of | 5057 |
|
enrolled credit hours for participants enrolled in the college | 5058 |
|
under division (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code. The | 5059 |
|
department shall not make any payments to a college under this | 5060 |
|
section if a participant withdrew from a course prior to the date | 5061 |
|
on which a withdrawal from the course would have negatively | 5062 |
|
affected the participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by | 5063 |
|
the college's established withdrawal policy. | 5064 |
| (1) Payments made for public secondary school participants | 5065 |
|
under this section shall be deducted from the school foundation | 5066 |
|
payments made to the participant's school district or, if the | 5067 |
|
participant is enrolled in a community school, a STEM school, or a | 5068 |
|
college-preparatory boarding school, from the payments made to | 5069 |
|
that school under section 3314.08, 3326.33, or 3328.34 of the | 5070 |
|
Revised Code. If the participant is enrolled in a joint vocational | 5071 |
|
school district, a portion of the amount shall be deducted from | 5072 |
|
the payments to the joint vocational school district and a portion | 5073 |
|
shall be deducted from the payments to the participant's city, | 5074 |
|
local, or exempted village school district in accordance with the | 5075 |
|
full-time equivalency of the student's enrollment in each | 5076 |
|
district. Amounts deducted under division (F)(1) of this section | 5077 |
|
shall be calculated in accordance with rules adopted by the state | 5078 |
|
board of education, pursuant to division (B) of section 3365.071 | 5079 |
|
of the Revised Code. | 5080 |
| (2) Payments made for nonpublic secondary school and | 5081 |
|
home-instructed participants under this section shall be deducted | 5082 |
|
from moneys appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose. | 5083 |
|
Payments shall be allocated and distributed in accordance with | 5084 |
|
rules adopted by the state board, in consultation with the | 5085 |
|
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, pursuant to division (A) | 5086 |
|
of section 3365.071 of the Revised Code. | 5087 |
Sec. 3365.08. (A) A college that expects to receive or | 5108 |
receives reimbursement under section 3365.07 of the Revised Code | 5109 |
or through alternative funding agreements entered into under rules | 5110 |
adopted under section 3365.12 of the Revised Code shall furnish to | 5111 |
a participant all textbooks and materials directly related to a | 5112 |
course taken by the participant under division (B) of section | 5113 |
3365.04 of the Revised Code. No college shall charge such | 5114 |
participant for tuition, textbooks, materials, or other fees | 5115 |
directly related to any such course. | 5116 |
(C)(B) If a school district provides transportation for | 5121 |
|
resident school students in grades eleven and twelve under section | 5122 |
3327.01 of the Revised Code, a parent of a pupilparticipant | 5123 |
|
enrolled in a course under division (A)(2) or (B) of section | 5124 |
3365.043365.06 of the Revised Code may apply to the board of | 5125 |
|
education for full or partial reimbursement for the necessary | 5126 |
costs of transporting the
studentparticipant between the | 5127 |
secondary school the studentparticipant attends and the college | 5128 |
in which the studentparticipant is enrolled. Reimbursement may be | 5129 |
paid solely from funds received by the district for pupilstudent | 5130 |
|
transportation under section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code or | 5131 |
|
other provisions of law. The state board of education shall | 5132 |
|
establish guidelines, based on financial need, under which a | 5133 |
|
district may provide such reimbursement. | 5134 |
(D)(C) If a community school provides or arranges | 5135 |
transportation for its pupilsstudents in grades nine through | 5136 |
|
twelve under section 3314.091 of the Revised Code, a parent of a | 5137 |
pupilparticipant of the community school who is enrolled in a | 5138 |
course under division (A)(2) or (B) of section 3365.043365.06 of | 5139 |
|
the Revised Code may apply to the governing authority of the | 5140 |
|
community school for full or partial reimbursement of the | 5141 |
necessary costs of transporting the studentparticipant between | 5142 |
|
the community school and the college. The governing authority may | 5143 |
|
pay the reimbursement in accordance with the state board's rules | 5144 |
adopted under division (C)(B) of this section solely from funds | 5145 |
|
paid to it under section 3314.091 of the Revised Code. | 5146 |
Sec. 3365.11. Sec. 3365.09. (A) IfExcept as provided for in | 5147 |
division (C) of this section, if the superintendent of the school | 5148 |
district or the chief administrator of the community school or | 5149 |
STEM, or equivalent, of a public secondary school in which a | 5150 |
|
participant is enrolled determines that the participant has not | 5151 |
|
attained a passing final grade in a college course in which the | 5152 |
|
participant enrolled under this chapter, the superintendent, or | 5153 |
chief administrator shallequivalent, may seek reimbursement from | 5154 |
|
the participant or the participant's parent for the amount of | 5155 |
|
state funds paid to the college on behalf of the participant for | 5156 |
that college course. The board of education of the school | 5157 |
district, the governing authority of the community school, or the | 5158 |
STEMgoverning entity of a public school, in accordance with | 5159 |
|
division (C) of section 3313.642 of the Revised Code, may withhold | 5160 |
grades and credits received by the participant for district or | 5161 |
communityhigh school courses taken by the participant until the | 5162 |
|
participant or the participant's parent provides reimbursement. | 5163 |
(B) IfExcept as provided for in division (C) of this | 5164 |
section, if the chief administrator of thea participating | 5165 |
|
nonpublic school in which a participant is enrolled determines | 5166 |
|
that the participant has not attained a passing final grade in a | 5167 |
|
college course in which the participant enrolled under this | 5168 |
chapter, the chief administrator shallmay seek reimbursement from | 5169 |
|
the participant or the participant's parent for the amount of | 5170 |
|
state funds paid to the college on behalf of the participant for | 5171 |
|
enrollment in that college course. Upon the collection of any | 5172 |
|
funds from a participant or participant's parent under this | 5173 |
|
division, the chief administrator of a nonpublic school shall send | 5174 |
|
an amount equal to the funds collected to the superintendent of | 5175 |
|
public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction shall | 5176 |
|
credit that amount to the general revenue fund. | 5177 |
| Sec. 3365.10. (A) Any public or participating nonpublic | 5184 |
|
secondary school or any public or participating private college, | 5185 |
|
including a secondary school and an associated college operating | 5186 |
|
an early college high school program, may apply to the chancellor | 5187 |
|
of the Ohio board of regents and the superintendent of public | 5188 |
|
instruction for a waiver from the requirements of the college | 5189 |
|
credit plus program. The chancellor and the superintendent may | 5190 |
|
grant a waiver if the school or college meets all criteria set | 5191 |
|
forth in rules adopted by the chancellor and the superintendent | 5192 |
|
pursuant to division (C) of this section. | 5193 |
| Sec. 3365.11. Each instructor teaching a course under the | 5223 |
|
college credit plus program shall meet the credential requirements | 5224 |
|
set forth in guidelines and procedures established by the | 5225 |
|
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents. If the guidelines require | 5226 |
|
high school teachers to take any additional graduate-level | 5227 |
|
coursework in order to meet the credential requirements, that | 5228 |
|
coursework shall be applicable to continuing education and | 5229 |
|
professional development requirements for the renewal of the | 5230 |
|
teacher's educator license. | 5231 |
| (B)(1) High school credit awarded for courses successfully | 5237 |
|
completed under this chapter shall count toward the graduation | 5238 |
requirements and subject area requirements of the
school district, | 5239 |
community school, STEMpublic secondary school, or participating | 5240 |
|
nonpublic secondary school. If a course comparable to one a | 5241 |
studentparticipant completed at a college is offered by the | 5242 |
district or school, the board or schoolgoverning entity or | 5243 |
|
governing body shall award comparable credit for the course | 5244 |
|
completed at the college. If no comparable course is offered by | 5245 |
the district or school, the board or schoolgoverning entity or | 5246 |
|
governing body shall grant an appropriate number of elective | 5247 |
credits
in a similar subject area to the studentparticipant. | 5248 |
| (C) Evidence of successful completion of each course and the | 5256 |
high school credits awarded by the district or school shall be | 5257 |
|
included in the student's record. The record shall indicate that | 5258 |
|
the credits were earned as a participant under this chapter and | 5259 |
|
shall include the name of the college at which the credits were | 5260 |
earned. The district or school shall determine whether and the | 5261 |
manner in which the grade achieved in a course completed at a | 5262 |
college under division (A)(2) or (B) of section 3365.04 of the | 5263 |
Revised Code will be counted in any cumulative grade point average | 5264 |
maintained for the student. | 5265 |
| Sec. 3365.13. (A) Each public secondary school shall | 5266 |
|
develop, in consultation with at least one public partnering | 5267 |
|
college, two model pathways for courses offered under the college | 5268 |
|
credit plus program. One of the model pathways shall be a | 5269 |
|
fifteen-credit hour pathway and one shall be a thirty-credit hour | 5270 |
|
pathway. Each pathway shall include courses which, once completed, | 5271 |
|
all apply to at least one degree or professional certification | 5272 |
|
offered at the college. The pathways may be organized by desired | 5273 |
|
major or career path or may include various core courses required | 5274 |
|
for a degree or professional certification by the college. The | 5275 |
|
school shall publish the pathways among the school's official list | 5276 |
|
of course offerings from which a participant may select. | 5277 |
| (B) Submit a biennial report detailing the status of the | 5293 |
|
college credit plus program to the governor, the president of the | 5294 |
|
senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | 5295 |
|
chairpersons of the education committees of the senate and house | 5296 |
|
of representatives. The first report shall be submitted not later | 5297 |
|
than December 31, 2017, and each subsequent report shall be | 5298 |
|
submitted not later than the thirty-first day of December every | 5299 |
|
two years thereafter. | 5300 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 133.06, 921.06, 3301.0714, | 5308 |
|
3301.0715, 3302.03, 3302.10, 3313.372, 3313.603, 3313.6013, | 5309 |
|
3313.6016, 3313.90, 3314.08, 3317.03, 3319.22, 3319.26, 3321.03, | 5310 |
|
3321.04, 3321.07, 3321.08, 3321.09, 3324.07, 3326.36, 3328.24, | 5311 |
|
3331.04, 3333.041, 3333.35, 3333.43, 3333.86, 3345.06, 3365.04, | 5312 |
|
3365.041, 3365.05, 3365.06, 3365.08, and 3365.11 and sections | 5313 |
| 3313.6015, 3345.062, 3365.01, 3365.02, 3365.021, 3365.022, | 5314 |
| 3365.03, 3365.07, 3365.09, 3365.10, 3365.12, and 3365.15 of the | 5315 |
|
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 5316 |
| Section 4. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in | 5391 |
|
Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, for the 2014-2015 school year, | 5392 |
|
the program established under that chapter shall continue to | 5393 |
|
operate as the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program, as it | 5394 |
|
existed under that chapter prior to the effective date of this | 5395 |
|
section. All rules for the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options | 5396 |
|
Program in effect on the effective date of this section shall | 5397 |
|
continue to govern that program for the 2014-2015 school year. The | 5398 |
|
College Credit Plus Program, as codified in Chapter 3365. of the | 5399 |
|
Revised Code, as it is revised by this act, shall begin operation | 5400 |
|
for the 2015-2016 school year. Beginning on the effective date of | 5401 |
|
this section, the Department of Education, State Board of | 5402 |
|
Education, and Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents shall take | 5403 |
|
the necessary steps to adopt rules, guidelines, and procedures and | 5404 |
|
to create any necessary forms and documents so that the College | 5405 |
|
Credit Plus Program is fully operational for the 2015-2016 school | 5406 |
|
year in accordance with Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, as it | 5407 |
|
is revised by this act. | 5408 |
| (B) In accordance with division (A) of this section, all | 5409 |
|
participants who enroll, or who have taken preliminary action to | 5410 |
|
enroll, in an institution of higher education for the 2014-2015 | 5411 |
|
school year pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, as it | 5412 |
|
existed prior to the effective date of this section, or rules | 5413 |
|
adopted under that version of that chapter, shall participate in | 5414 |
|
the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program, as it existed prior | 5415 |
|
to the effective date of this section. Participants enrolled in an | 5416 |
|
institution of higher education under the Post-Secondary | 5417 |
|
Enrollment Options Program during the 2014-2015 school year shall | 5418 |
|
continue to be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3365. of the | 5419 |
|
Revised Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of this | 5420 |
|
section. | 5421 |
| (C) For the 2014-2015 school year, all participants who | 5422 |
|
enroll, or who have taken preliminary action to enroll, in a dual | 5423 |
|
enrollment program as defined in section 3313.6013 of the Revised | 5424 |
|
Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of this section, | 5425 |
|
to participate during that school year in the dual enrollment | 5426 |
|
program shall participate under the specified dual enrollment | 5427 |
|
program in which the student enrolled and shall continue to be | 5428 |
|
subject to the provisions of section 3313.6013 of the Revised | 5429 |
|
Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of this section. | 5430 |
| (D) Any agreement entered into for the 2014-2015 school year | 5431 |
|
regarding either the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program | 5432 |
|
under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to | 5433 |
|
the effective date of this section, or any dual enrollment | 5434 |
|
program, as defined in section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code as it | 5435 |
|
existed prior to the effective date of this section, shall | 5436 |
|
continue in force, pursuant to the terms of that agreement, for | 5437 |
|
the 2014-2015 school year. | 5438 |
| (E) For the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, the | 5439 |
|
Department of Education shall make all payments that the | 5440 |
|
Department is obligated to pay pursuant to section 3365.07 of the | 5441 |
|
Revised Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of this | 5442 |
|
section, for participants who enroll in an institution of higher | 5443 |
|
education under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, as it existed | 5444 |
|
prior to the effective date of this section. | 5445 |