As Introduced 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 650 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES JOHNSON-SYKES 7/1
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A B I L L
To amend sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0213, and 12
3318.35 of the Revised Code; to amend Sections 13
50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 50.20, and 50.23 of Am. 14
Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly; to 15
amend Section 50.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the
122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. 16
H.B. 182 of the 122nd General Assembly; to amend 17
Section 50.16 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd
General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 18
of the 122nd General Assembly; and to repeal 19
Section 50.05 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd 20
General Assembly to make specific appropriations
and certain increases and decreases in existing 22
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 and to change
the use of the fiscal year 1998 year-end balance 23
in the General Revenue Fund for purposes of 24
funding elementary and secondary education 25
beginning July 1, 1998.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 27
Section 1. That sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0213, 29
and 3318.35 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 30
Sec. 3317.022. (A) As used in the computation under this 39
section, the "formula amount" for fiscal year 1998" 1999 equals 41
$3,663 $3,780. The department of education shall compute and 42
distribute state aid to each school district for the fiscal year 43
in accordance with the following formula, using adjusted total 44
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taxable value as defined under division (M) of section 3317.02 of 45
the Revised Code and the information obtained under section 46
3317.021 of the Revised Code in 1997 calendar year 1998: 47
Compute the following for each eligible district: 49
(cost-of-doing-business factor X 50
the formula amount X ADM)- 51
(.023 X adjusted total taxable value) 52
If the difference obtained is a negative number, the 54
district's computation shall be zero. 55
(B)(1) For each school district for which the tax exempt 57
value of the district equals or exceeds twenty-five per cent of 58
the potential value of the district, the department of education 59
shall calculate the difference between the district's tax exempt 60
value and twenty-five per cent of the district's potential value. 61
(2) For each school district to which division (B)(1) of 63
this section applies, the adjusted total taxable value used in 64
the calculation under division (A) of this section shall be the 65
adjusted total taxable value modified by subtracting the amount 66
calculated under division (B)(1) of this section. 67
(C) If in any fiscal year insufficient funds are 69
appropriated to provide each school district the amount of money 70
calculated under the formula in division (A) of this section and 71
pursuant to other sections of this chapter, such calculated 72
amounts shall be reduced in accordance with any formula provided 73
for that purpose by the general assembly in its main biennial 74
appropriations act. 75
Sec. 3317.023. (A) Notwithstanding section 3317.022 of 85
the Revised Code, the amounts required to be paid to a district 86
under that section shall be adjusted by the amount of the 87
computations made under divisions (B) to (L) of this section. 88
As used in this section: 90
(1) "Classroom teacher" means a licensed employee who 92
provides direct instruction to pupils, excluding teachers funded 93
from money paid to the district from federal sources; educational 94
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service personnel; and vocational and special education teachers. 95
(2) "Educational service personnel" shall not include such 97
specialists funded from money paid to the district from federal 98
sources or assigned full-time to vocational or special education 99
students and classes and may only include those persons employed 100
in the eight specialist areas in a pattern approved by the 101
department of education under guidelines established by the state 102
board of education. 103
(3) "Annual salary" means the annual base salary stated in 105
the state minimum salary schedule for the performance of the 106
teacher's regular teaching duties that the teacher earns for 107
services rendered for the first full week of October of the 108
fiscal year for which the adjustment is made under division (D) 109
of this section. It shall not include any salary payments for 110
supplemental teachers contracts. 111
(4) As used in division (B) of this section, "average 113
daily membership" means the three-year average number of pupils 114
in grades one through twelve plus one-half the kindergarten 115
average daily membership certified under section 3317.03 of the 116
Revised Code for the current and preceding two fiscal years, 117
except that:
(a) In the case of a big eight district "average daily 120
membership" means the three-year average number of pupils in
grades one through twelve, plus the three-year average number of 121
pupils in all-day kindergarten, plus three-fourths of the 123
three-year average number of pupils in extended kindergarten, 124
plus one-half of the three-year average number of pupils in
traditional kindergarten, all certified under division (A) of 125
that section for the current and preceding two fiscal years; 126
(b) In the case of an urban district, "average daily 128
membership" means the three-year average number of pupils in 129
grades one through twelve, plus three-fourths of the three-year 131
average number of pupils in all-day or extended kindergarten, 132
plus one-half of the three-year average number of pupils in
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traditional kindergarten, all as certified under division (A) of 134
that section for the current and preceding two fiscal years. 135
(5) As used in division (B) of this section, "per cent 138
figure" means a school district's three-year average number of 139
children participating in Ohio works first (OWF) under Chapter 140
5107. of the Revised Code divided by the average daily 141
membership, multiplied by one hundred. 142
(6) As used in divisions (A)(5) and (B) of this section, 145
"aid to dependent children" and "ADC" mean: 146
(a) Aid provided under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code 149
prior to October 1, 1996;
(b) Cash assistance provided on or after October 1, 1996, 152
under a state program operated pursuant to Title IV-A of the 153
"Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C.A. 601, as 154
amended, regardless of the name used to designate that 155
assistance.
(B)(1)(a) If the three-year average of the number of 157
children ages five to seventeen residing in the district and 158
living in a family participating in Ohio works first, as 159
certified or adjusted under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code 160
for the current and preceding two fiscal years, is equal to five 162
per cent or more of the number of pupils in the average daily
membership, add the amount computed for the district in 163
accordance with the following schedule, as adjusted by division 164
(B)(1)(b) of this section:
THREE-YEAR AVERAGE NUMBER OF 166
OWF CHILDREN DIVIDED BY PAYMENT PER OWF CHILD IN 167
THE AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE 169
At least 5%, but less than 10% $198.00 OWF 173
At least 10%, but less than 20% ($101.50 x per cent 176
figure) minus $817.00 177
OWF
At least 20%, but less than 30 40% ($7.50 x per cent 179
figure) plus $1,063.00 180
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OWF
At least 30 40% $1,288.00 OWF 1,488.40 182
(b) In fiscal year 1998, for school districts with a per 186
cent figure of at least five, increase the amount determined 187
under division (B)(1)(a) of this section by four per cent. In 188
fiscal year 1999, FOR ANY DISTRICT WITH A PER CENT FIGURE LESS 189
THAN FORTY, determine the per-ADC-child PER-OWF-CHILD amount the 191
district would have received in fiscal year 1998 under divisions
(B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, based on its per cent figure 192
for fiscal year 1999, and increase that amount by five per cent. 193
(2) If in any year the sum of the additions made under 195
this division is less than ninety-seven per cent of the amount 196
appropriated for this division for that year, the department of 197
education shall increase the amount added for each district under 198
this division. The amount so added for each district shall equal 199
(1) the difference between ninety-seven per cent of the amount 200
appropriated and the total amount of the additions prior to such 201
increase, times (2) the percentage that the amount added for the 202
district prior to the increase was of the total of such amount 203
added for all districts. 204
(3) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, 206
a district shall expend at least seventy per cent of any addition 208
received under this division for any of the following: 209
(a) The purchase of technology for instructional purposes; 212
(b) All-day kindergarten; 214
(c) Reduction of class sizes; 216
(d) Summer school remediation or other remedial programs; 218
(e) Dropout prevention programs; 220
(f) Guaranteeing that all third graders are ready to 222
progress to more advanced work; 223
(g) Summer education and work programs; 225
(h) Adolescent pregnancy programs; 227
(i) Head start or preschool programs; 229
(j) Reading improvement programs described by the 231
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department of education; 232
(k) Programs designed to ensure that schools are free of 234
drugs and violence and have a disciplined environment conducive 235
to learning; 236
(l) Furnishing free of charge materials used in courses of 238
instruction, except for the necessary textbooks required to be 239
furnished without charge pursuant to section 3329.06 of the 240
Revised Code, to pupils living in families participating in Ohio 241
works first in accordance with section 3313.642 of the Revised 242
Code;
(m) School breakfasts provided pursuant to section 244
3313.813 of the Revised Code. 245
(4) Except as provided in division (B) of section 247
3301.0719 of the Revised Code, each at-risk school district, as 248
defined in division (A)(3) of section 3301.0719 of the Revised 250
Code, that receives at least three hundred thousand dollars under
divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section shall expend at least 251
one-tenth of the amount described in division (B)(3) of this 252
section for either all-day kindergarten classes with a student 253
teacher ratio of fifteen to one or for reduction of class sizes 254
in grades kindergarten to four to a fifteen to one student 255
teacher ratio, or both. Such districts shall also expend such 256
funds to provide training for teachers participating in such 257
programs on an ongoing basis, including at least six days of 258
training each school year. Amounts expended for all-day 259
kindergarten under this section shall only be expended to provide 260
additional all-day kindergarten classes not in existence on July 261
26, 1991. Upon the request of a board of education, the state 262
board of education may grant an exemption from the requirement of 263
division (B)(4) of this section if the district board satisfies 264
the state board that the district has insufficient physical 265
facilities to implement this requirement. 266
(5) Each district shall maintain the portion required to 268
be spent under division (B)(3) of this section in a separate 269
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district account. Each district shall submit to the department, 270
in such format and at such time as the department shall specify, 271
a report on the programs for which it expended funds under this 272
division. 273
(C) If the district employs less than one full-time 275
equivalent classroom teacher for each twenty-five pupils in ADM 276
in any school district, deduct the sum of the amounts obtained 277
from the following computations: 278
(1) Divide the number of the district's full-time 280
equivalent classroom teachers employed by one twenty-fifth; 281
(2) Subtract the quotient in (1) from the district's ADM; 283
(3) Multiply the difference in (2) by seven hundred 285
fifty-two dollars. 286
(D) If a positive amount, add one-half of the amount 288
obtained by multiplying the number of full-time equivalent 289
classroom teachers by: 290
(1) The mean annual salary of all full-time equivalent 292
classroom teachers employed by the district at their respective 293
training and experience levels minus; 294
(2) The mean annual salary of all such teachers at their 296
respective levels in all school districts receiving payments 297
under this section. 298
The number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers used 300
in this computation shall not exceed one twenty-fifth of the 301
district's ADM. In calculating the district's mean salary under 302
this division, those full-time equivalent classroom teachers with 303
the highest training level shall be counted first, those with the 304
next highest training level second, and so on, in descending 305
order. Within the respective training levels, teachers with the 306
highest years of service shall be counted first, the next highest 307
years of service second, and so on, in descending order. 308
(E) This division does not apply to a school district that 310
has entered into an agreement under division (A) of section 311
3313.42 of the Revised Code. Deduct the amount obtained from the 312
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following computations if the district employs fewer than five 313
full-time equivalent educational service personnel, including 314
elementary school art, music, and physical education teachers, 315
counselors, librarians, visiting teachers, school social workers, 316
and school nurses for each one thousand pupils in ADM: 317
(1) Divide the number of full-time equivalent educational 319
service personnel employed by the district by five 320
one-thousandths; 321
(2) Subtract the quotient in (1) from the district's ADM; 323
(3) Multiply the difference in (2) by ninety-four dollars. 325
(F) If a local school district, or a city or exempted 327
village school district to which a governing board of an 329
educational service center provides services pursuant to section 330
3313.843 of the Revised Code, deduct the amount of the payment 331
required for the reimbursement of the governing board under 333
section 3317.11 of the Revised Code. 334
(G)(1) If the district is required to pay to or entitled 336
to receive tuition from another school district under division 337
(C)(2) or (3) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the 338
Revised Code, or if the superintendent of public instruction is 339
required to determine the correct amount of tuition and make a 340
deduction or credit under section 3317.08 of the Revised Code, 341
deduct and credit such amounts as provided in division (I) of 342
section 3313.64 or section 3317.08 of the Revised Code. 343
(2) For each child for whom the district is responsible 345
for tuition under division (A)(1) of section 3317.082 or under 346
division (B)(1) of section 3323.091 of the Revised Code, deduct 347
the amount of tuition for which the district is responsible. 348
(H) If the district has been certified by the 350
superintendent of public instruction under section 3313.90 of the 351
Revised Code as not in compliance with the requirements of that 352
section, deduct an amount equal to ten per cent of the amount 353
computed for the district under section 3317.022 of the Revised 354
Code. 355
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(I) If the amount computed by the department of education 357
under division (I)(1) of this section is less than the amount 358
computed under division (I)(2) of this section, add an amount 359
equal to the result obtained by subtracting the amount computed 360
under division (I)(1) from the amount computed under division 361
(I)(2) of this section. 362
The department of education shall compute both of the 364
following for each district: 365
(1) The sum of the amounts computed for the district under 367
section 3317.022 and division (N) of section 3317.024 of the 368
Revised Code for units approved under division (B) of section 369
3317.05 of the Revised Code. 370
(2) The amount the district would be entitled to receive 372
under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code if the ADM used in the 373
computation required by that section included the number of 374
full-time equivalent pupils enrolled in the units for handicapped 375
children approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the 376
Revised Code that are used to make the computation required by 377
division (N)(1)(a) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. 378
(J) If the district has received a loan from a commercial 380
lending institution for which payments are made by the 381
superintendent of public instruction pursuant to division (E)(3) 382
of section 3313.483 of the Revised Code, deduct an amount equal 383
to such payments. 384
(K)(1) If the district is a party to an agreement entered 386
into under division (D), (E), or (F) of section 3311.06 or 387
division (B) of section 3311.24 of the Revised Code and is 388
obligated to make payments to another district under such an 389
agreement, deduct an amount equal to such payments if the 390
district school board notifies the department in writing that it 391
wishes to have such payments deducted. 392
(2) If the district is entitled to receive payments from 394
another district that has notified the department to deduct such 395
payments under division (K)(1) of this section, add the amount of 396
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such payments. 397
(L) If the district is required to pay an amount of funds 399
to a cooperative education district pursuant to a provision 400
described by division (B)(4) of section 3311.52 or division 401
(B)(8) of section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, deduct such 402
amounts as provided under that provision and credit those amounts 403
to the cooperative education district for payment to the district 404
under division (B)(1) of section 3317.19 of the Revised Code. 405
Sec. 3317.0213. (A) As used in this section: 414
(1) "ADM" for any school district means the average daily 416
membership described by division (A) of section 3317.02 of the 417
Revised Code, as finally determined by the department of 418
education in calculating the district's payments under section 419
3317.022 of the Revised Code for the preceding fiscal year. 420
(2) "Total taxable value" means the sum of the average of 422
the amounts certified for a district in the second, third, and 423
fourth preceding fiscal years under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of 424
section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. 425
(3) "District median income" means the median Ohio 427
adjusted gross income certified for a district under division (B) 428
of this section. 429
(4) "Statewide median income" means the median district 431
median income of all school districts in the state. 432
(5) "Income factor" for a district means the quotient 434
obtained by dividing that district's median income by the 435
statewide median income. 436
(6) "Valuation per pupil" for a district means the 438
district's total taxable value, divided by the district's ADM. 439
(7) "Threshold valuation" means the adjusted valuation per 442
pupil of the school district with the two FOUR hundred 443
ninety-third EIGHTH lowest adjusted valuation per pupil in the 445
state, according to data available at the time of the computation
under division (C) of this section. 446
(8) "Adjusted valuation per pupil" for a district means an 448
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amount calculated in accordance with the following formula: 449
The district's valuation per pupil - 451
($30,000 X (one minus the district's income factor)) 452
(9) "COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS FACTOR" HAS THE SAME MEANING 454
AS IN SECTION 3317.02 OF THE REVISED CODE. 455
(B) On or before the first day of July of each year, the 458
tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education for 459
each city, exempted village, and local school district the median 460
Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents of the school
district determined on the basis of tax returns filed for the 461
second preceding tax year by the residents of the district. The 462
amount certified shall be used in calculating the district's 463
income factor. 464
(C) Beginning in fiscal year 1993, during DURING August of 466
each fiscal year, the department of education shall distribute to 467
CALCULATE FOR each school district meeting the requirements of 469
section 3317.01 of the Revised Code whose adjusted valuation per 470
pupil is less than the threshold valuation, an amount ADEQUACY 471
AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (D) OF THIS 472
SECTION, THE ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT SHALL BE calculated in 473
accordance with the following formula: 474
(The threshold valuation - the district's 476
adjusted valuation per pupil) 477
X .013 X ADM 478
ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT X 479
COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS FACTOR X ADM 480
THE ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR 482
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: 483
(1) IF THE DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IS LESS 486
THAN OR EQUAL TO THAT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE TWO HUNDRED 487
FOURTH LOWEST ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE, THE 488
ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS $220.
(2) IF THE DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IS 490
GREATER THAN THE TWO HUNDRED FOURTH LOWEST ADJUSTED VALUATION PER 492
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PUPIL IN THE STATE, BUT LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD VALUATION, THE 493
ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 494
THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:
$220 - §$220 X [(DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL - 496
THE 204th LOWEST ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE)/ 497
(THE THRESHOLD VALUATION - THE 204th LOWEST ADJUSTED 498
VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE)< 499
(3) NOTWITHSTANDING DIVISIONS (C)(1) AND (2) OF THIS 502
SECTION, IF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED EQUITY AID IN FISCAL 503
YEAR 1998 UNDER THE VERSION OF THIS SECTION IN EFFECT THAT YEAR 504
AND IF THE TOTAL OF THAT DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT 506
CALCULATED UNDER DIVISION (C)(1) OR (2) OF THIS SECTION AND 508
$3,780 IS LESS THAN THE TOTAL OF $3,663 AND THE QUOTIENT OBTAINED
BY DIVIDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1998 EQUITY AID PAYMENT BY 510
ITS ADM AS FINALLY DETERMINED IN CALCULATING PAYMENT UNDER 511
SECTION 3317.022 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998, THEN 512
THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1999 ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT 513
SHALL BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: 514
[$3,663 + (THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1998 516
EQUITY AID PAYMENT/ADM AS FINALLY 517
DETERMINED IN CALCULATING THE PAYMENT 518
UNDER SECTION 3317.022 OF THE REVISED CODE 519
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998)< - $3,780 520
(D) IF THE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES IN AUGUST THAT A SCHOOL 524
DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION IS ALSO ELIGIBLE 525
TO RECEIVE GUARANTEE FUNDS UNDER SECTION 3317.0212 OF THE REVISED 526
CODE IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, THE DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID 527
PHASE-IN PAYMENT SHALL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT 528
CALCULATED FOR THE DISTRICT UNDER DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION 529
MINUS THE GUARANTEE AMOUNT THE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES IT WILL PAY 530
UNDER SECTION 3317.0212 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF THIS CALCULATION 532
PRODUCES A NEGATIVE NUMBER, THE DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN 533
PAYMENT SHALL BE ZERO. 534
(E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY EACH ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 537
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ITS ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT UNDER THIS SECTION IN QUARTERLY 538
INSTALLMENTS, PAYING THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IN AUGUST. 539
Sec. 3318.35. (A) As used in this section,: 548
(1) "ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS 550
IN SECTION 3317.0213 OF THE REVISED CODE. 551
(2) "Ohio school facilities commission" has the same 554
meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. 555
(B) The Ohio school facilities commission shall establish 558
and administer the emergency school building repair program. 559
Under the program, the commission shall distribute moneys 560
appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose to school 561
districts, beginning with those districts with an adjusted per 562
pupil valuation PER PUPIL less than the threshold ADJUSTED 563
valuation defined in section 3317.0213 PER PUPIL of the Revised 564
Code SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE TWO HUNDRED NINETY-THIRD LOWEST 565
ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE. The commission shall 566
determine and certify to the controlling board for its approval 567
any determination the commission makes as to the necessity of 568
emergency repairs based on an on-site inspection of the school 570
buildings in a school district. Any school district that 571
receives moneys under this section shall expend them only to 572
repair the following:
(1) Heating systems; 574
(2) Floors, roofs, and exterior doors; 576
(3) Air ducts and other air ventilation devices; 579
(4) Emergency exit or egress passageway lighting; 581
(5) Fire alarm systems; 583
(6) Handicapped access needs; 585
(7) Sewage systems; 587
(8) Water supplies; 589
(9) Asbestos removal; and 591
(10) Any other repairs to a school building that meet the 594
requirements of the life safety code, as interpreted by the 595
commission.
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(C) No moneys for emergency school building repair under 598
this section shall be distributed to a school district to repair 599
a school building that the commission reasonably believes will 600
not be needed by the district or will be substantially replaced 602
within the next seven fiscal years pursuant to sections 3318.01 603
to 3318.33 of the Revised Code. 604
(D) After receipt of moneys from the emergency school 607
building repair program, no school district shall be eligible to 608
receive additional moneys from the program for the following five 609
fiscal years unless a school building in that district is damaged 610
due to an act of God that could not have been prevented by 612
reasonable maintenance of that building.
Section 2. That existing sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 614
3317.0213, and 3318.35 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 615
Section 3. That Sections 50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 50.20, 617
and 50.23 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly be 618
amended to read as follows: 619
"Sec. 50. EDU DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 621
General Revenue Fund 623
GRF 200-100 Personal Services $ 10,744,925 $ 0 628
10,756,210 629
GRF 200-200 Maintenance $ 8,691,111 $ 0 633
4,597,207 634
GRF 200-300 Equipment $ 117,449 $ 0 638
116,773 639
GRF 200-405 Primary and Secondary 640
Education Funding $ 0 $4,470,135,592 642
0 643
GRF 200-406 Head Start $ 83,739,058 $ 0 647
95,562,977 648
GRF 200-408 Public Preschool $ 17,468,094 $ 0 652
17,904,796 653
GRF 200-411 Family and Children 655
First $ 8,500,500 $ 0 657
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10,642,188 658
GRF 200-412 Driver Education 660
Administration $ 143,429 $ 0 662
142,605 663
GRF 200-415 Consumer Education $ 500,000 $ 0 667
500,000 668
GRF 200-416 Vocational Education 670
Match $ 2,245,026 $ 0 672
2,248,664 673
GRF 200-417 Professional 675
Development $ 14,370,077 $ 0 677
9,922,829 678
GRF 200-422 School Management 679
Assistance $ 550,596 $ 0 681
549,566 682
GRF 200-423 Teacher Recruitment $ 1,289,067 $ 0 685
1,321,292 686
GRF 200-424 Simulation System $ 449,796 $ 0 690
447,210 691
GRF 200-426 Ohio Educational 693
Computer Network $ 21,698,858 $ 0 695
22,228,079 696
GRF 200-429 Local Professional 698
Development Block
Grants $ 9,259,713 $ 0 700
9,259,713 701
GRF 200-431 School Improvement 703
Models $ 16,450,000 $ 0 705
11,525,000 706
GRF 200-432 School Conflict 708
Management $ 392,575 $ 0 710
402,390 711
GRF 200-437 Student Proficiency $ 10,555,476 $ 0 715
11,798,788 716
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GRF 200-441 American Sign 718
Language $ 226,245 $ 0 720
226,245 721
GRF 200-442 Child Care Licensing $ 1,359,171 $ 0 725
1,438,172 726
GRF 200-446 Education Management 728
Information System $ 12,060,657 $ 0 730
10,299,674 731
GRF 200-447 GED Testing/Adult 733
High School $ 1,939,001 $ 0 735
1,987,475 736
GRF 200-455 Charter Schools $ 1,200,000 $ 0 740
2,300,000 741
GRF 200-500 School Finance Equity $ 109,405,982 $ 0 745
GRF 200-501 School Foundation 747
Basic Allowance $2,202,851,688 $ 0 749
2,319,744,200 750
GRF 200-502 Pupil Transportation $ 179,702,987 $ 0 754
187,031,719 755
GRF 200-503 Bus Purchase 757
Allowance $ 36,365,821 $ 0 759
37,274,967 760
GRF 200-504 Special Education $ 556,029,126 $ 0 764
580,582,339 765
GRF 200-505 School Lunch Match $ 9,450,000 $ 0 769
9,450,000 770
GRF 200-507 Vocational Education $ 317,612,847 $ 0 774
333,501,450 775
GRF 200-509 Adult Literacy 777
Education $ 8,928,273 $ 0 779
9,151,480 780
GRF 200-510 ADEQUACY PHASE-IN $ 0 $ 210,650,000 784
GRF 200-511 Auxiliary Services $ 95,956,267 $ 0 788
101,617,687 789
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GRF 200-512 Driver Education $ 6,026,070 $ 0 793
6,206,852 794
GRF 200-514 Post-Secondary/Adult 796
Vocational Education $ 20,695,861 $ 0 798
20,554,508 799
GRF 200-520 Disadvantaged Pupil 801
Impact Aid $ 277,205,650 $ 0 803
290,000,000 804
GRF 200-521 Gifted Pupil Program $ 34,383,349 $ 0 808
36,041,043 809
GRF 200-524 Educational 811
Excellence and
Competency $ 9,528,000 $ 0 813
9,168,000 814
GRF 200-526 Vocational Education 816
Equipment Replacement $ 4,941,622 $ 0 818
4,941,622 819
GRF 200-532 Nonpublic 821
Administrative Cost
Reimbursement $ 41,829,125 $ 0 823
44,297,043 824
GRF 200-533 School-Age Child Care $ 1,046,647 $ 0 828
1,046,647 829
GRF 200-534 Desegregation Costs $ 50,400,000 $ 0 833
50,400,000 834
GRF 200-541 Peer Review $ 1,840,000 $ 0 838
3,640,000 839
GRF 200-542 National Board 841
Certification $ 1,600,000 $ 0 843
1,950,000 844
GRF 200-543 Entry Year Program $ 2,396,205 $ 0 848
2,456,110 849
GRF 200-544 Individual Career 851
Plan & Passport $ 5,708,968 $ 0 853
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5,851,692 854
GRF 200-551 Reading Improvement $ 1,666,133 $ 0 858
1,666,133 859
GRF 200-552 County MR/DD Boards 861
Vehicle Purchases $ 1,551,774 $ 0 863
1,590,569 864
GRF 200-553 County MR/DD Boards 866
Transportation
Operating $ 6,611,623 $ 0 868
6,876,088 869
GRF 200-577 Preschool Special 871
Education $ 62,268,535 $ 0 873
66,583,378 874
GRF 200-589 Special Education 876
Aides $ 1,635,157 $ 0 878
1,684,212 879
GRF 200-901 Property Tax 881
Allocation -
Education $ 566,800,000 $ 600,800,000 883
GRF 200-906 Tangible Tax 885
Exemption - Education $ 61,320,000 $ 63,210,000 887
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $4,899,708,534 $5,134,145,592 890
5,234,145,592 891
General Services Fund Group 894
4D1 200-602 Ohio 897
Prevention/Education
Resource Center $ 277,560 $ 285,332 899
138 200-606 Computer Services $ 4,036,728 $ 4,143,201 903
452 200-638 Fees and Gifts $ 1,788,862 $ 1,838,335 907
596 200-656 Ohio Career 909
Information System $ 647,156 $ 660,812 911
4P1 200-629 Adult Literacy 913
Education $ 2,364,400 $ 2,430,603 915
4L2 200-681 Teacher Certification 917
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and Licensure $ 3,580,741 $ 3,675,311 919
TOTAL GSF General Services 920
Fund Group $ 12,695,447 $ 13,033,594 923
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group 926
309 200-601 Educationally 929
Disadvantaged $ 12,486,104 $ 12,904,245 931
366 200-604 Adult Basic Education $ 16,300,000 $ 18,000,000 935
3H9 200-605 Head Start 937
Collaboration Project $ 200,000 $ 200,000 939
367 200-607 School Food Services $ 9,290,000 $ 10,160,000 943
368 200-614 Veterans' Training $ 565,232 $ 593,493 947
369 200-616 Vocational Education $ 10,556,971 $ 10,787,320 951
3L6 200-617 Federal School Lunch $ 159,570,000 $ 167,550,000 955
3L7 200-618 Federal School 957
Breakfast $ 29,818,000 $ 31,607,000 959
3L8 200-619 Child and Adult Care 961
Programs $ 58,600,000 $ 59,800,000 963
3L9 200-621 Vocational Education 965
Basic Grant $ 54,122,121 $ 54,122,121 967
3M0 200-623 ESEA Chapter One $ 356,669,568 $ 374,503,047 971
370 200-624 Education of All 973
Handicapped Children $ 12,902,838 $ 12,902,838 975
3N7 200-627 School-to-Work $ 18,000,000 $ 13,500,000 979
371 200-631 EEO Title IV $ 364,655 $ 377,850 982
372 200-635 Federal Driver 984
Education Projects $ 84,500 $ 84,500 986
373 200-642 Pupil Transportation 988
Safety Project $ 81,000 $ 81,000 990
374 200-647 E.S.E.A. Consolidated 992
Grants $ 260,301 $ 265,624 994
375 200-652 Technical Assistance 996
for Educational
Mobility $ 216,720 $ 227,556 998
376 200-653 J.T.P.A. $ 5,000,000 $ 5,034,523 1,002
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3R3 200-654 Goals 2000 $ 19,789,214 $ 22,000,000 1,006
377 200-657 Sex Equity $ 125,685 $ 131,969 1,010
378 200-660 Math/Science 1,012
Technology
Investments $ 10,802,634 $ 12,000,000 1,014
3D1 200-664 Drug Free Schools $ 17,410,259 $ 19,500,000 1,018
3D2 200-667 Honors Scholarship 1,020
Program $ 1,231,979 $ 1,231,979 1,022
3E2 200-668 AIDS Education 1,024
Project $ 718,734 $ 620,775 1,026
3M1 200-678 ESEA Chapter Two $ 13,478,447 $ 14,152,369 1,030
3M2 200-680 Ind W/Disab Education 1,032
Act $ 91,825,830 $ 91,825,830 1,034
TOTAL FED Federal Special 1,035
Revenue Fund Group $ 900,470,792 $ 934,164,039 1,038
State Special Revenue Fund Group 1,041
454 200-610 Guidance and Testing $ 490,662 $ 503,912 1,046
455 200-608 Commodity Foods $ 8,000,000 $ 8,000,000 1,050
4V7 200-633 Interagency 1,052
Vocational Support $ 514,000 $ 528,392 1,054
5F8 200-645 Textbooks/Instructional 1,055
Materials $ 25,000,000 $ 25,000,000 1,058
598 200-659 Auxiliary Services 1,060
Mobile Units $ 1,224,444 $ 1,258,728 1,062
5H3 200-687 SCHOOL DISTRICT 1,064
SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE $ 0 $ 30,000,000 1,066
4R7 200-695 Indirect Cost 1,068
Recovery $ 1,357,434 $ 1,393,146 1,070
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue 1,071
Fund Group $ 36,586,540 $ 36,684,178 1,074
66,684,178 1,075
Lottery Profits Education Fund Group 1,078
017 200-682 Lease Rental Payment 1,081
Reimbursement $ 21,105,000 $ 32,780,000 1,083
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017 200-670 School Foundation - 1,085
Basic Allowance $ 584,137,200 $ 0 1,087
592,093,028 1,088
017 200-671 Special Education $ 44,000,000 $ 0 1,092
44,000,000 1,093
017 200-672 Vocational Education $ 30,000,000 $ 0 1,097
30,000,000 1,098
017 200-673 Primary and Secondary 1,100
Lottery Funding $ 0 $ 666,093,028 1,102
0 1,103
017 200-694 Bus Purchase One Time 1,105
Supplement $ 10,000,000 $ 0 1,107
018 200-649 Disability Access 1,109
Project $ 5,000,000 $ 0 1,111
018 200-669 Judgement JUDGMENT 1,113
Loan $ 5,650,000 $ 0 1,115
Total 017 and 018 1,116
LPE Lottery Profits Education 1,117
Fund Group $ 699,892,200 $ 698,873,028 1,120
Education Improvement Fund 1,123
006 200-689 Hazardous Waste 1,126
Removal $ 1,500,000 $ 1,443,401 1,128
TOTAL Education Improvement Fund $ 1,500,000 $ 1,443,401 1,131
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $6,550,853,513 $6,818,343,832 1,134
6,946,900,431 1,135
Primary and Secondary Education FundingBy January 15, 1998, the General Assembly shall develop a 1,140
plan to provide itemized appropriations for the Department of 1,141
Education for fiscal year 1999. 1,142
In anticipation of a new, improved school finance formula 1,144
and education reform plan, to be enacted before fiscal year 1999, 1,146
the foregoing appropriation item, 200-405, Primary and Secondary 1,147
Education Funding is hereby appropriated.
Payment of fiscal year 1999 earmarks in the Department of 1,149
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Education's budget are subject to the passage of a new school 1,150
finance formula and education reform plan. 1,151
Sec. 50.04. Family and Children First 1,153
(A) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-411, Family 1,155
and Children First, the Department of Education shall transfer up 1,156
to $3,587,500 in fiscal year 1998 and $3,677,188 in fiscal year 1,157
1999 by intrastate transfer voucher to the Department of Mental 1,159
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. These funds shall be 1,160
spent on direct grants to county family and children first 1,162
councils and local intersystem services for children clusters
created under section 121.37 of the Revised Code. The funds 1,163
shall be used as partial support payment and reimbursement for 1,165
the maintenance and treatment costs of multi-need children that 1,166
come to the attention of the Family and Children First Cabinet 1,167
Council pursuant to section 121.37 of the Revised Code. The 1,168
Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 1,169
shall administer the distribution of the direct grants to the 1,170
county councils and local clusters. The Department of Mental 1,173
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities may use up to five per 1,174
cent of this amount for administrative expenses associated with 1,175
the distribution of funds to the county councils and local
clusters. 1,176
(B) Of the funds appropriated in this item, up to 1,178
$1,643,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $1,775,000 in fiscal year 1999 1,179
shall be used as administrative grants to county family and 1,180
children first councils to provide a portion of the salary and 1,181
fringe benefits necessary to fund county council coordinators, 1,183
administrative support, training, or parental involvement. The 1,185
total initial grant under this provision to any county family and 1,186
children first council shall not exceed $18,500 in fiscal year 1,187
1998 and $20,000 in fiscal year 1999. In the event that not all 1,188
counties in the state have established a county council, at the 1,189
beginning of the fourth quarter of a fiscal year, any remaining 1,190
funds to be used as administrative grants may be distributed 1,191
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among those counties that have established a county council. Of 1,192
the funds appropriated in this item, up to $15,000 shall be used 1,193
by the Family and Children First Cabinet Council for 1,194
administrative costs including stipends to family representatives 1,195
participating in approved activities of the initiative, 1,196
educational and informational forums, and technical assistance to 1,197
local family and children first councils. 1,198
(C) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-411, Family 1,200
and Children First, up to $3,120,000 in fiscal year 1998 and 1,201
$5,040,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used to fund school-based 1,203
or school-linked school readiness resource centers in school 1,204
districts where there is a concentration of risk factors to 1,205
school readiness and success, including indicators of poverty, 1,206
health, and family stability. The purpose of these centers is to 1,207
assist in providing services to families of school-age children 1,208
who want and need support.
School readiness resource centers shall be located in each 1,210
of the state's 21 urban school districts as defined in division 1,211
(H) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. The Ohio Family and 1,212
Children First Cabinet Council, in consultation with the 1,213
Department of Education and school districts, shall identify 1,214
individual schools based on quantitative and qualitative factors 1,215
that reflect both the need for school readiness resource centers 1,216
and the local capacity for redesigning, as necessary, a delivery 1,217
system of family support services. The council and the 1,218
Department of Education shall organize and provide technical 1,219
assistance to the school districts and communities in planning, 1,220
developing, and implementing the centers. The council shall also 1,221
negotiate a performance agreement that details required program 1,222
characteristics, service options, and expected results. 1,223
Each urban school district and community may receive up to 1,225
$240,000 for three school readiness resource centers that may be 1,226
located in or linked to elementary, middle, and high school sites 1,228
that are connected by student assignment patterns within the 1,229
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school districts. Each school district shall work with a
representative of the local family and children first council and 1,231
a representative cross-section of families and community leaders 1,232
in the district to design a unified and comprehensive service 1,233
delivery plan that supports the development and implementation of 1,234
the school readiness resource centers and the results and 1,235
conditions agreed to in the performance agreement negotiated with 1,236
the state council.
Up to $50,000 in each fiscal year may be used by the Ohio 1,238
Family and Children First Cabinet Council for an evaluation of 1,239
the effectiveness of the school readiness resource centers. Up 1,240
to $100,000 in each fiscal year may be used by the cabinet 1,241
council to approve technical assistance and oversee the 1,242
implementation of the centers. The administration and management 1,243
of the school readiness resource centers may be contracted out 1,244
through a competitive bidding process established by the cabinet 1,245
council in consultation with the Department of Education. 1,246
Driver Education Administration 1,248
The foregoing appropriation item 200-412, Driver Education 1,250
Administration, shall be used by the Department of Education for 1,251
the administration of driver education programs. 1,252
Consumer Education 1,254
The foregoing appropriation item 200-415, Consumer and 1,256
Economic Education, shall be used by the Department of Education 1,257
to promote the teaching of consumer and economic education as an 1,258
integral part of the entire elementary and secondary school 1,259
curriculum, which shall include the development, dissemination, 1,260
and implementation of comprehensive education curriculum 1,261
materials designed to improve understanding of economic 1,262
principles, family and public needs, and the methods by which our 1,263
economic systems function. 1,264
Vocational Education Match 1,267
The foregoing appropriation item 200-416, Vocational 1,269
Education Match, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,270
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provide vocational administration matching funds pursuant to 20 1,271
U.S.C. 2311. 1,272
Professional Development 1,274
The foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,276
Development, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,277
develop a statewide comprehensive system of twelve professional 1,279
development centers that support local educators' ability to 1,281
foster academic achievement in the students they serve. The 1,283
centers shall include training teachers on site-based management 1,284
concepts to encourage teachers to become involved in the 1,285
management of their schools. Each fiscal year, up to $450,000 of 1,286
the appropriation item shall be used to continue Ohio leadership 1,287
academies to develop and train superintendents, principals, other 1,288
administrators, and board members in new leadership and 1,289
management practices to support high performance schools. This
training shall be coordinated with other locally administered 1,290
leadership programs. 1,291
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,293
Development, up to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be used 1,294
for the creation or expansion of urban professional development 1,295
academies in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and 1,296
Toledo. Challenge grants in the amount of $1,000,000 per academy 1,298
shall be provided to support academies that have established an
improvement plan that includes an overall professional 1,299
development plan that align with and advances the district 1,300
improvement plan, and that defines the contribution the academy 1,301
is expected to make toward the achievement of the professional 1,302
development plan.
(A) These challenge grants are to support start-up 1,304
academies that include all of the following: 1,306
(1) A contractual relationship for the operation of the 1,308
academy between the school district, one or more public or 1,309
private universities, and the teachers' union; 1,310
(2) A self-supporting foundation for the operation of the 1,312
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academy;
(3) A governing committee comprised of the superintendent 1,314
of the public school; the president of the teachers' union; the 1,315
dean of the college of education of each participating 1,316
university; and at least two representatives of the business 1,318
community to be determined by the governing committee;
(4) Mandatory teacher participation in job-embedded, 1,320
team-building activities that may include principals and other 1,321
administrative staff;
(5) Annual evaluation of the academy to be filed with the 1,323
Ohio Department of Education, which shall determine the 1,324
parameters of the annual evaluations, that include the school 1,325
district's progress toward the achievement of its improvement 1,326
plan.
(B) Challenge grants of up to $1,000,000 per academy will 1,328
be provided to support existing academies that agree to implement 1,329
one or more of the following: 1,330
(1) Adoption of a policy of mandatory teacher 1,332
participation in academy activities; 1,333
(2) Creation of a leadership component in the academy; 1,335
(3) The participation of personnel from other urban 1,337
districts in the academy.
Existing academies shall conduct annual evaluations of the 1,339
academy to be filed with the Ohio Department of Education, which 1,340
shall determine the parameters of the annual evaluations. 1,341
School districts receiving a $1,000,000 challenge grant for 1,343
the creation of an urban professional development academy may 1,344
select, but are not required to select, the New American Schools 1,345
Program as the focus of their academy. The challenge grant for 1,346
the Cincinnati City School District may be used for the expansion 1,347
of either the Mayerson Academy or the New American Schools
project, or both, at the discretion of the district. 1,348
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,350
Development, $50,000 each year shall be distributed to the Ohio 1,351
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Geographical Alliance at such time as matching funds are provided 1,352
by the National Geographical Society. These moneys shall be used 1,353
by the Ohio Geographical Alliance to provide inservice geography 1,354
training to Ohio public school teachers. 1,355
Of the foregoing appropriation 200-417 Professional 1,357
Development, $75,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed by 1,358
the Department of Education to the Ohio University Leadership 1,359
Project.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,361
Development, up to $500,000 each year shall be used by the 1,362
Department of Education to work with school districts in 1,363
coordinating and improving the training and performance of 1,364
classroom teachers.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,366
Development, $25,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,367
Lake County Educational Service Center and $25,000 in each fiscal 1,368
year shall be used by the Geauga County Educational Service 1,369
Center. Both projects shall be used for professional teacher 1,370
development of innovative teaching practices in science and math.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,372
Development, $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,373
Rural Appalachian Initiative to create professional development 1,374
academies for teachers, principals, and superintendents in the 1,375
Appalachian region.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,377
Development, up to $900,000 in fiscal year 1998 and up to 1,378
$1,800,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the Department of 1,380
Education in cooperation with the Regional Professional
Development Centers to train mentor teachers and provide stipends 1,382
of $1,500 per year to each mentor teacher to assist in the 1,383
professional development of beginning teachers.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,385
Development, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 1998 and up to 1,386
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the Department of 1,388
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Education in cooperation with the Regional Professional
Development Centers to train teacher assessors and provide 1,389
stipends of $2,500 per year to each teacher assessor to assist in 1,391
the evaluation of the classroom performance of beginning
teachers. 1,392
School Management Assistance 1,394
The foregoing appropriation item 200-422, School Management 1,396
Assistance, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,397
provide fiscal technical assistance and inservice education for 1,398
school district management personnel, to coordinate school 1,399
district borrowing under the provisions of section 3313.483 of 1,400
the Revised Code, and to implement year-end borrowing authority 1,401
by districts pursuant to section 133.303 of the Revised Code. 1,402
Teacher Recruitment 1,404
The foregoing appropriation item 200-423, Teacher 1,406
Recruitment, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,408
establish programs targeted at recruiting under-represented 1,409
populations into the teaching profession. In each year, the
appropriation item shall be used by the department to include, 1,410
but not be limited to, alternative teacher licensure or 1,411
certification programs emphasizing the recruitment of highly 1,413
qualified minority candidates into teaching, including
emphasizing the recruitment of highly qualified minority 1,414
candidates into teaching positions in schools which have a high 1,415
percentage of minority students. The recruitment programs shall 1,417
also target recruiting qualified candidates available as a result
of downsizing of the military and business sectors. Funding 1,418
shall also be targeted to statewide, regional, and local programs 1,419
that are competitively selected as promising programs 1,420
demonstrating the potential of significantly increasing Ohio's 1,421
minority teaching force.
Simulation System 1,423
The foregoing appropriation item 200-424, Simulation 1,425
System, shall be used by the Department of Education to develop 1,426
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software and other computer assistance to maintain and enhance a 1,427
system of administrative, statistical, and legislative education 1,428
information to be used for policy analysis. The data base shall 1,429
be kept current at all times. Such a system will be used to 1,430
supply information and analysis of data to the General Assembly 1,431
and other state policy makers, including the Office of Budget and 1,432
Management and the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative 1,433
Service Commission. 1,434
The Department of Education may use funding from this line 1,436
item to purchase or contract for the development of software 1,437
systems or contract for policy studies that will assist in the 1,439
provision and analysis of policy-related information.
Ohio Education Computer Network 1,441
The foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Education 1,443
Computer Network, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,444
maintain a system of information technology throughout Ohio and 1,445
to provide technical assistance for such a system in support of 1,446
the State Education Technology Plan pursuant to section 3301.07 1,447
of the Revised Code. 1,448
This system shall support the development, maintenance, and 1,450
operation of a network of uniform and compatible computer-based 1,451
information and instructional systems. The technical assistance 1,452
shall include, but not be restricted to, the development and 1,453
maintenance of adequate computer software systems to support 1,454
network activities. Program funds may be used, through a formula 1,455
and guidelines devised by the department, to subsidize the 1,456
activities of not more than twenty-four designated data 1,457
acquisition sites, as defined by State Board of Education rules, 1,458
to provide to school districts and chartered nonpublic schools 1,459
computer-based student and teacher instructional and 1,461
administrative information services, including approved 1,462
computerized financial accounting, and to provide adequate 1,463
services to member districts to assure the effective operation of 1,464
local automated administrative systems used for the management 1,465
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information system.
In order to broaden the scope of the use of technology for 1,467
education, the department may use up to $250,000 each fiscal year 1,468
of these funds to coordinate the activities of the computer 1,470
network with other agencies funded by the department or the state 1,471
of Ohio. In order to improve the efficiency of network 1,472
activities, the department and data acquisition sites may jointly 1,473
purchase equipment, materials, and services from funds provided 1,474
under this appropriation for use by the network and, when 1,475
considered practical by the department, may utilize the services 1,476
of appropriate state purchasing agencies. 1,477
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio 1,479
Educational Computer Network, up to $5,637,000 in fiscal year 1,480
1998 and $5,637,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 1,481
Department of Education to support connections of all public 1,482
school buildings to the Ohio Educational Computer Network. In
each fiscal year the Department of Education shall use these 1,483
funds to help reimburse data acquisition sites or school 1,484
districts for the operational costs associated with using the 1,485
Ohio Educational Computer Network. The Department of Education 1,486
shall develop a formula and guidelines for the distribution of
these funds to the data acquisition sites or individual school 1,487
districts.
For each year of the biennium the Department of Education 1,489
shall use up to $250,000 to continue to manage and develop the 1,490
statewide union catalog and InfOhio Network of library resources 1,491
that will be accessible to all school districts through the Ohio 1,492
Educational Computer Network, and up to $180,000 each year to 1,493
develop and implement software to interface with the InfOhio
union catalog and other electronic library systems to provide 1,494
access for public school library media centers to the union 1,495
catalog.
In each fiscal year the Department of Education shall use 1,497
up to $180,000 to defray the costs associated with leasing 1,498
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additional telecommunications capacity needed to connect 1,500
non-public schools to the Ohio Educational Computer Network.
In each fiscal year the THE Department of Education shall 1,502
use up to $1,809,665 in fiscal year 1998 and up to $1,854,906 in 1,504
fiscal year 1999 to assist designated data acquisition sites for 1,505
operational costs associated with the increased use of the system 1,506
by chartered non-public schools. The Department of Education
shall develop a formula and guidelines for distribution of these 1,508
funds to designated data acquisition sites.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio 1,510
Educational Computer Network, up to $130,000 in fiscal year 1998 1,512
and up to $120,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 1,513
Department of Education to contract through a competitive 1,514
selection process with an independent for-profit or nonprofit 1,515
entity to provide current and historical information on Ohio 1,517
government to school libraries for the purposes of enhancing 1,518
social studies course instruction and supporting student research 1,519
projects.
Local Professional Development Block Grants 1,522
Of the foregoing appropriation line item 200-429, Local 1,524
Professional Development Block Grants, $500,000 in each fiscal 1,525
year shall be used to establish or enhance alternative 1,526
disciplinary schools by providing grants of $100,000 annually to 1,527
each of the following programs: Wood County Alternative School 1,529
Program, Interval Opportunity School in Summit County, Portage 1,530
County Opportunity School in Ravenna, Auglaize County Alternative 1,531
School Program, Licking County Alternative School Program. Such 1,532
pilot programs shall encourage collaborative relationships with 1,533
juvenile courts and other agencies to develop effective teaching 1,534
and learning programs.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-429, Local 1,536
Professional Development Block Grants, $200,000 in each fiscal 1,537
year shall be provided to the Stark County Schools Teacher 1,538
Technical Training Center.
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The remainder of the appropriation shall be distributed on 1,540
a per teacher basis to all school districts and joint vocational 1,542
school districts for locally developed teacher training and
professional development and for the establishment of local 1,543
professional development committees. School districts and joint 1,544
vocational school districts shall not be precluded from using 1,545
these funds for cooperative activities on a county or regional 1,546
basis.
School Improvement Models 1,548
The foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 1,550
Improvement Models, shall be used by the Department of Education 1,551
to continue to support the creation of a statewide network of 1,552
school improvement sites by providing competitive venture capital 1,553
grants to schools that demonstrate the capacity to invent or 1,554
adapt school improvement models. The department shall showcase 1,555
projects of exceptional merit and shall promote the networking of
venture schools with both venture and nonventure schools so that 1,556
administrators and teachers outside the district can benefit from 1,558
the knowledge gained at these sites.
Up to $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,560
Department of Education for personal services and maintenance 1,561
costs necessary to administer the grants. 1,562
Of the foregoing appropriation item, 200-431, School 1,564
Improvement Models, $500,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 in 1,565
fiscal year 1999 shall be used to conduct performance audits of 1,567
each of the 21 urban school districts, as defined by section
3317.02 of the Revised Code. The Auditor of State will conduct 1,568
the performance audits to review any programs or areas of 1,569
operation where the Auditor believes greater operational 1,570
efficiencies or enhanced program results can be achieved. Of the 1,571
appropriation for fiscal year 1998, funds may be carried over to
fiscal year 1999 as needed to coincide with audit billings. 1,572
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, at 1,574
least annually, assess individual school district responses to 1,575
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such performance audits. These assessments shall be compiled 1,576
into a report to the Speaker of the Ohio House of 1,577
Representatives, the President of the Ohio Senate, and the chairs
and ranking minority members of the House and Senate committees 1,578
on Education and Finance. 1,579
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 1,581
Improvement Models, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be 1,582
distributed to the Toledo International Language Center. 1,583
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 1,585
Improvement Models, $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by 1,586
the Rural Appalachian Initiative to provide one-time grants to 1,587
establish benchmark data on current performance, to develop plans 1,588
for achieving the benchmarks, and to improve the Appalachian 1,589
school districts' performances against the benchmarks.
School Conflict Management 1,591
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-432, School 1,593
Conflict Management, the amounts shall be used by the Department 1,594
of Education for the purpose of providing dispute resolution and 1,595
conflict management training, consultation and materials for 1,596
school districts, and for the purpose of providing competitive 1,597
school conflict management grants to school districts. 1,598
The Department of Education shall assist the Commission on 1,600
Dispute Resolution in the development and dissemination of the 1,601
school conflict management program. 1,602
Student Proficiency 1,604
The foregoing appropriation item 200-437, Student 1,606
Proficiency, shall be used to develop, field test, print, 1,607
distribute, score, and report results from the tests required 1,608
under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and 1,610
for similar purposes as required by section 3301.27 of the 1,611
Revised Code.
American Sign Language 1,613
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-441, American Sign 1,615
Language, up to $150,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium 1,616
34
shall be used to implement pilot projects in Manual English and 1,617
to develop ways of including American Sign Language in the ninth- 1,618
through twelfth-grade curriculum. 1,619
The remainder of the appropriation shall be used by the 1,621
Department of Education to provide supervision and consultation 1,622
to school districts in dealing with parents of handicapped 1,623
children who are deaf or hard of hearing, in integrating American 1,624
Sign Language as a foreign language, and in obtaining 1,625
interpreters and improving their skills. 1,626
Child Care Licensing 1,628
The foregoing appropriation item 200-442, Child Care 1,630
Licensing, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,631
license and to inspect preschool and school-age child care 1,632
programs in accordance with sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the 1,633
Revised Code.
Education Management Information System 1,635
The foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education 1,637
Management Information System, shall be used to provide school 1,638
districts with the means to implement local automated information 1,639
systems, and to implement, develop, and improve the Education 1,640
Management Information System (EMIS). 1,641
Up to $822,706 in fiscal year 1998 and $843,274 in fiscal 1,643
year 1999 shall be used by the Department of Education for 1,644
hardware, personnel, equipment, staff development, software, and 1,645
forms modification, as well as to support EMIS special report 1,646
activities in the department that are designed to use the data 1,647
collected by the system. 1,648
Up to $2,714,234 in fiscal year 1998 and $2,782,090 in 1,650
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to designated data 1,651
acquisition sites for costs relating to the processing, storing, 1,652
and transfer of data for the effective operation of the EMIS. 1,654
These costs may include, but are not limited to, personnel, 1,655
hardware, software development, communications connectivity, 1,656
professional development and support services, and to provide 1,657
35
services to participate in the State Education Technology Plan 1,658
pursuant to section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.
Up to $6,023,718 in fiscal year 1998 and $6,174,310 in 1,660
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to school districts and 1,661
joint vocational school districts on a per-pupil basis. From 1,662
this money, each school district with enrollment greater than 100 1,663
students and each vocational school district shall receive a 1,664
minimum of $5,000 for each year of the biennium. Each school 1,665
district with enrollment between one and one hundred and each 1,666
county office of education shall receive $3,000 for each year of 1,667
the biennium. This money shall be used for costs associated with 1,668
the development and operation of local automated record based 1,669
information systems that provide data as required by the 1,670
management information system, and facilitate local district, 1,671
school, and classroom management activities. 1,672
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education 1,674
Management Information System, up to $2,500,000 in fiscal year 1,675
1998 and up to $500,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 1,676
Department of Education to procure or develop a common EMIS 1,677
software. School districts and data acquisition sites shall use 1,678
the common EMIS software unless the department determines that in 1,679
a particular case local legacy software is completely compatible, 1,681
performs tasks required for EMIS, and does not contain year 2000 1,682
problems.
GED Testing/Adult High School 1,684
The foregoing appropriation item 200-447, GED Testing/Adult 1,686
High School, shall be used to provide General Educational 1,687
Development (GED) testing at no cost to first time applicants, 1,688
pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Of 1,689
the foregoing appropriation item 200-477, GED/Adult High School, 1,690
up to $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,691
department to reimburse local shool districts for a portion of 1,693
the costs incurred in providing summer instructional or
intervention services to students who have not graduated due to 1,694
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their inability to pass one or more parts of the state's ninth 1,695
grade proficiency test. School districts may provide these 1,696
services to students directly or contract with post-secondary or 1,697
nonprofit community-based institutions in providing instruction. 1,698
The remainder of the appropriation shall be used for state 1,699
reimbursement to school districts for adult high school
continuing education programs pursuant to section 3313.531 of the 1,700
Revised Code or for costs associated with awarding adult high 1,701
school diplomas under section 3313.611 of the Revised Code. 1,702
Sec. 50.07. Potential Value Recomputation 1,704
The recalculation described in division (B) of this section 1,706
shall be made prior to any expenditure by the superintendent for 1,708
the purpose of making payments for the vocational education pupil 1,710
recomputation pursuant to the section headed "Vocational 1,711
Education Pupil Recomputation" in Am. Sub. H.B. 117 215 of the 1,712
121st 122nd General Assembly and for the special education pupil 1,713
recomputation pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the 1,714
Revised Code.
(A) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3317.022 of 1,716
the Revised Code as amended by this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 1,718
122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, in each year of the biennium the 1,720
Department of Education shall first calculate all state basic aid 1,721
payments to school districts required under Chapter 3317. of the 1,722
Revised Code and other sections of this act H.B. 215 under which 1,723
payments are made from appropriation items 200-501, School 1,724
Foundation Basic Allowance, and 200-670, School Foundation Basic 1,726
Allowance, as if such division had not been enacted. Such
calculated amounts shall be paid to school districts in 1,727
accordance with section 3317.01 of the Revised Code. 1,728
(B) After the calculation required by division (A) of this 1,730
heading, the department shall recalculate all state basic aid 1,731
payments to school districts required under Chapter 3317. of the 1,732
Revised Code and other sections of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF 1,734
THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, utilizing in such recalculation the 1,737
37
provisions of division (B) of section 3317.022 of the Revised
Code. From the additional available money, the department shall 1,739
pay each district an amount equal to the difference between its 1,740
calculated amount of basic aid under division (A) of this heading 1,741
and its recalculated amount under this division. If there is not 1,742
enough additional money to pay such amounts to all school 1,743
districts, the department shall pay each district a percentage of 1,744
such amount equal to the percentage the total amount of 1,745
additional available money represents of the total amount of 1,746
money that would be necessary to make the payments prescribed 1,747
under this division to all districts.
Sec. 50.09. Vocational Education 1,749
The foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 1,751
Education, shall be used for vocational education units not to 1,752
exceed 7,141 in each fiscal year. Up to $6,695,000 in fiscal 1,753
year 1998 and $7,500,000 in fiscal year 1999 may be used for 1,755
nonvocational units necessary for graduation pursuant to section 1,756
3317.16 of the Revised Code, up to $6,210,000 in fiscal year 1998 1,757
and $6,500,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used for joint 1,758
vocational school equalization pursuant to section 3317.16 of the 1,759
Revised Code, up to $300,000 shall be distributed to the Toledo 1,760
Technology Academy each fiscal year, up to $9,000,000 in fiscal 1,761
year 1998 and up to $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used 1,763
to fund the Jobs for Ohio Graduates (JOG) program, up to 1,765
$2,100,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $2,205,000 in fiscal year 1999 1,766
may be used to support tech prep consortia, and up to $7,031,208 1,767
in fiscal year 1998 and $7,193,118 in fiscal year 1999 shall be 1,768
used to fund the Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills 1,770
(GRADS) program.
Funds for nonvocational units necessary for graduation 1,772
shall be distributed according to rules adopted by the State 1,773
Board of Education. If federal funds for vocational education 1,774
cannot be used for local school district leadership in either 1,775
year under division (M) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code 1,776
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or division (B) of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, without 1,777
being matched by state funds, then an amount as determined by the 1,778
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be made available from 1,779
state funds appropriated for vocational education. If any state 1,780
funds are used for this purpose, federal funds in an equal amount 1,781
shall be distributed for vocational education units funded 1,782
pursuant to division (M) of section 3317.024 or division (B) of 1,783
section 3317.16 of the Revised Code in accordance with 1,784
authorization of the state plan for vocational education for Ohio 1,785
as approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of 1,786
Education. 1,787
Notwithstanding the prohibition in section 3317.05 of the 1,789
Revised Code that the State Board of Education annually approve 1,790
for school districts, educational service centers, and 1,791
institutions no more than the number of vocational education 1,793
units for which it determines appropriations have been made and 1,794
notwithstanding the amounts required to be annually paid to 1,795
school districts, educational service centers, and institutions 1,796
for approved vocational education units under division (M) of 1,797
section 3317.024 and division (B) of section 3317.16 of the 1,798
Revised Code, if the foregoing appropriation item is not 1,799
sufficient to fund 7,141 vocational education units in fiscal 1,800
year 1998 and 7,141 vocational units in fiscal year 1999 in 1,801
accordance with division (M) of section 3317.024 and division (B) 1,802
of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, the State Board of 1,803
Education may approve up to 7,141 vocational education units in 1,804
fiscal year 1998 and 7,141 vocational education units in fiscal 1,805
year 1999 and, in lieu of the amounts required to be paid for 1,807
approved units under division (M) of section 3317.024 and 1,808
division (B) of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 1,809
proportionately reduce those amounts so that the total amount the 1,810
State Board pays to school districts, educational service
centers, and institutions for all approved units does not exceed 1,812
the amount of funds available in the foregoing appropriation item 1,813
39
for such units. During the course of each fiscal year, the State 1,814
Board may alter its determination of any reduction under this 1,815
section for that fiscal year. 1,816
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 1,818
Education, up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by 1,819
the Department of Education to establish an employer student 1,820
apprenticeship training program for high school students in 1,821
grades 11 and 12. Rules, procedures, and regulations for the
employer student apprenticeship program will be developed by the 1,822
School-to-Work office in the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services. 1,823
The Legislative Office of Education Oversight shall study 1,825
the various programs designed to serve at-risk high school 1,826
students. Differences and possible overlaps of purposes, goals, 1,827
objectives and strategies among such programs as Jobs for Ohio 1,828
Graduates (JOGS), Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills 1,830
(GRADS), Occupational Work Experience (OWE), Occupational Work 1,831
Adjustment (OWA) will be identified.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 1,833
Education, $100,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be used for the 1,834
Cuyahoga County Vocational Apprenticeship Program, which provides 1,835
funding for training in the building trades of eligible residents 1,836
of the City of Cleveland. The program utilizes new housing 1,837
development and rehabilitation programs of four nonprofit
neighborhood development corporations as the focus of the skills 1,838
training apprenticeship program. The four neighborhood 1,839
development corporations participating in the program are the 1,840
Glenville Development Corporation, Northeastern Neighborhood 1,841
Development Corporation, Bell, Burton, and Carr Development 1,842
Corporation, and the Buckeye Area Development Corporation.
Adult Literacy Education 1,844
The foregoing appropriation item 200-509, Adult Literacy 1,846
Education, shall be used to support Adult Basic and Literacy 1,847
Education instructional programs, the State Literacy Resource 1,848
Center program, and the State Advisory Council on Adult Education 1,849
40
and Literacy. 1,850
Of the foregoing appropriation item, up to $410,000 in 1,852
fiscal year 1998 and $512,500 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used 1,853
to satisfy state match requirements for the support and operation 1,854
of the State Literacy Resource Center and the State Advisory 1,855
Council on Adult Education and Literacy. 1,856
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-509, Adult Literacy 1,859
Education, up to $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 1,860
provide funds to literacy councils that have not previously 1,861
received funding. Each of these councils, in order to receive 1,862
funds, shall have its plan of service approved by the local 1,863
Family and Children First council.
The remainder shall be used to continue to satisfy the 1,865
state match requirement for the support and operation of the Ohio 1,866
Department of Education administered instructional grant program 1,867
for Adult Basic and Literacy Education in accordance with the 1,868
department's state plan for Adult Basic and Literacy Education as 1,869
approved by the State Board of Education and the Secretary of the 1,870
United States Department of Education. 1,871
ADEQUACY PHASE-IN 1,873
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-510, ADEQUACY 1,876
PHASE-IN, SHALL BE USED TO MAKE ADEQUACY AID PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS BASED ON THE FORMULA SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3317.0213 OF 1,877
THE REVISED CODE.
Auxiliary Services 1,879
The foregoing appropriation item 200-511, Auxiliary 1,881
Services, shall be used by the State Board of Education for the 1,882
purpose of implementing section 3317.06 of the Revised Code. Of 1,883
the appropriation, up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 1,884
biennium may be used for payment of the Post-Secondary Enrollment 1,885
Options Program for nonpublic students pursuant to section 1,886
3365.10 of the Revised Code. 1,887
Driver Education 1,889
The foregoing appropriation item 200-512, Driver Education, 1,891
41
shall be used by the State Board of Education for subsidizing 1,892
driver education courses for which the State Board of Education 1,893
prescribes minimum standards pursuant to section 3301.07 of the 1,894
Revised Code and courses for students released by high school 1,895
principals to attend commercial driver training schools licensed 1,896
under Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code. 1,897
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education 1,899
The foregoing appropriation item 200-514, 1,901
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education, shall be used by the 1,902
State Board of Education to provide post-secondary/adult 1,903
vocational education pursuant to sections 3313.52 and 3313.53 of 1,904
the Revised Code. 1,905
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-514, up to $500,000 1,907
in each fiscal year shall be allocated for the Ohio Career 1,908
Information System (OCIS) and used for the dissemination of 1,909
career information data to public schools, libraries, 1,911
rehabilitation centers, two- and four-year colleges and 1,912
universities, and other governmental units. 1,913
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-514, 1,915
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education, up to $30,000 in each 1,916
fiscal year shall be used for the statewide coordination of the 1,917
activities of the Ohio Young Farmers.
Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid 1,919
The foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,921
Pupil Impact Aid, shall be distributed to school districts in 1,922
each fiscal year pursuant to the formula established by division 1,923
(B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code. 1,924
Annually, $1,450,000 shall be used by the Department of 1,926
Education to provide state matching funds to implement the 1,927
federal building based Effective School Program. 1,928
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,930
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $3,000,000 in each year of the biennium 1,931
shall be used for school breakfast programs. Of the $3,000,000, 1,932
$500,000 shall be used each year by the Department of Education 1,933
42
to provide start-up grants to rural school districts that start 1,934
school breakfast programs. The remainder of the $3,000,000 shall 1,935
be used to: (1) partially reimburse school buildings within 1,936
school districts that are required to have a school breakfast 1,937
program pursuant to section 3313.813 of the Revised Code, at a 1,938
rate decided upon by the department, for each breakfast served to
any pupil enrolled in the district; (2) partially reimburse 1,939
districts participating in the National School Lunch Program that 1,940
have at least 20 per cent of students who are eligible for free 1,941
and reduced meals according to federal standards, at a rate 1,942
decided upon by the department; and (3) to partially reimburse
districts participating in the National School Lunch Program for 1,943
breakfast served to children eligible for free and reduced meals 1,944
enrolled in the district, at a rate decided upon by the 1,945
department.
Of the funds distributed to the Cleveland City School 1,947
District under division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised 1,948
Code, up to $7,100,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $8,700,000 in 1,949
fiscal year 1999 shall be used to operate a pilot school choice 1,951
program in the Cleveland City School District pursuant to
sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. 1,952
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,954
Pupil Impact Aid, $3,850,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $8,750,000 1,955
in fiscal year 1999 shall be used for competitive discipline 1,956
intervention grants for the 21 urban school districts as defined 1,957
in division (H) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. The 1,958
grants shall be administered by the Ohio Department of Education 1,959
and designed to reduce problems with student attendance, truancy, 1,960
dropouts, and discipline.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,962
Pupil Impact Aid, $150,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $250,000 in 1,963
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to the Franklin County 1,964
Educational Council to provide a cross district alternative 1,965
learning environment for students with alternative learning 1,966
43
requirements, in collaboration with member districts and
community services. 1,967
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,969
Pupil Impact Aid, $900,000 each year shall be used to support 1,970
dropout recovery programs administered by the Ohio Department of 1,971
Education, Jobs for Ohio's Graduates program. 1,972
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,974
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $1,000,000 in each year of the biennium 1,975
shall be used to fund grants to improve reading performance, 1,976
using programs such as Failure Free Reading, Slavin's Success for 1,977
All, and other programs that have a demonstrated record of 1,978
improving reading comprehension. The grants shall be made by the
Department of Education to 20 schools in which at least 50 per 1,979
cent of fourth grade students failed to pass at least four parts 1,980
of the fourth grade proficiency test. The grants shall be made 1,981
in the amount of $50,000 for each school. 1,982
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,984
Pupil Impact Aid, the Department shall distribute $75,000 in each 1,985
fiscal year to the Collinwood Community Center to continue 1,986
outreach work on the Parents' Pledge of Responsibility in the 1,987
Cleveland City School District. This distribution shall come 1,988
from the Cleveland City School District's Disadvantaged Pupil 1,989
Impact Aid. 1,990
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 1,993
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be 1,994
used by the Department of Education to encourage school districts 1,995
to set high academic standards and provide a helping hand for 1,996
students striving to meet them. Any school district that offers 1,997
a summer school program for students who have been enrolled in 1,998
the fourth and sixth grades, whether district-wide, in several 1,999
school buildings or within a cluster of school buildings, may 2,000
retain those students who fail to attend summer school programs 2,001
if those students attend schools that offer such programs. A 2,002
Summer Proficiency Academy shall be any school district's summer 2,003
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school program that is conducted for students who have been 2,004
enrolled in the fourth and sixth grades, whether district-wide, 2,005
in several school buildings or within a cluster of school 2,006
buildings, that addresses the needs of students who did not pass 2,007
at least three of the five parts of either the fourth-grade or 2,008
sixth-grade proficiency test, that is of at least six weeks' 2,009
duration, and that provides an innovative, enriching educational 2,010
experience. The department shall use the funds indicated in this 2,011
paragraph to make grants to those school districts that conduct 2,012
such Summer Proficiency Academies and that have valuation per 2,013
pupil less than 150 per cent of the statewide average valuation 2,014
per pupil, to defray 75 per cent of the costs of conducting such 2,015
academies. The amount of each grant shall not exceed $150,000 2,016
and each school district shall be eligible for up to four grants 2,017
in each fiscal year. Grants shall be made to school districts 2,018
based on the percentage of students failing three or more tests, 2,019
with first priority given to districts with the highest failure 2,020
rates. As used in this paragraph, "valuation per pupil"; has the 2,022
same meaning as in division (A) (4) of section 3317.0212 of the 2,023
Revised Code.
Sec. 50.20. Supplemental Payment 2,025
In addition to any other payments made under Chapter 3317. 2,027
of the Revised Code, or under this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 2,029
122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, a payment for fiscal year 1998 not 2,031
greater than the sum of the computation under division (A) of 2,032
this section and for fiscal year 1999 not greater than the sum of 2,033
the computation under division (B) of this section may be made to 2,034
each school district, subject to the recommendation of the 2,035
Superintendent of Public Instruction and approval of the
Controlling Board, for mandated costs not met from increases in 2,036
funds for the appropriate year from this act H.B. 215. The 2,038
increases for fiscal year 1998 shall be calculated by determining 2,039
additional state funds received for the year under other sections 2,040
of this act H.B. 215 and sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the 2,042
45
Revised Code, plus additional state funds for approved units in 2,043
operation for fiscal year 1998 funded under divisions (M), (N), 2,044
and (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and the heading 2,045
"Supplemental Unit Allowance" above amounts received by the 2,047
district from such sections and divisions and under the heading 2,049
"Supplemental Payment" in Section 45.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of 2,050
the 121st General Assembly and Supplemental Unit Allowance in 2,051
Section 45.06 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of the 121st General Assembly,
for fiscal year 1997. The increases for fiscal year 1999 shall 2,053
be calculated by determining additional state funds received for 2,054
such year under other sections of this act H.B. 215 AND THIS ACT 2,056
and sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code plus 2,057
additional state funds for approved units in operation for fiscal 2,058
year 1999 funded under divisions (M), (N), and (O) of section 2,059
3317.024 of the Revised Code above the amounts received by the 2,060
district from such sections and divisions and under this section 2,061
of this act H.B. 215 for fiscal year 1998. 2,062
(A) For fiscal year 1998, the amount calculated under this 2,064
division shall be the cost of employing additional full-time 2,065
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,066
whose employment was necessary to avoid a reduction in state aid 2,067
under divisions (C) and (D) or (E) of section 3317.023 of the 2,068
Revised Code and who exceed in number the number of full-time 2,069
equivalent classroom teachers and full-time equivalent 2,070
educational service personnel who were employed by the district 2,071
during the first full week of October, 1996. The amount shall 2,072
equal the minimum salaries for such additional full-time 2,073
equivalent employees required by section 3317.13 of the Revised 2,074
Code multiplied by 114 per cent. 2,075
(B) For fiscal year 1999, the amount calculated under this 2,077
division shall be the cost of employing the additional full-time 2,078
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,079
whose employment was necessary to avoid a reduction in state aid 2,080
under divisions (C) and (D) or (E) of section 3317.023 of the 2,081
46
Revised Code and who exceed in number the number of full-time 2,082
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,083
who were employed by the district during either the first full 2,084
week of October 1996, or during the first full week of October 2,085
1997, whichever week the number was smaller. The amount shall 2,086
equal the minimum salaries for such additional full-time 2,087
equivalent employees required by section 3317.13 of the Revised 2,088
Code multiplied by 114 per cent. 2,089
The Department of Education shall determine application 2,091
procedures and the schedule for applications and payments, 2,092
subject to approval by the Controlling Board. The Department of 2,093
Education may pay during the first half of each fiscal year, an 2,094
amount equal to one-half of the estimated payment to which a 2,095
district is entitled under this section. Subsequent to the 2,096
approval of the Controlling Board, the amount of any 2,097
over-payments shall be deducted from payments made under this act 2,098
H.B. 215 during the remainder of the fiscal year. 2,099
Only those school districts eligible to receive payments 2,101
under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code may receive any 2,102
payment under this section. 2,103
The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the 2,105
Controlling Board, before finalizing recommendations or approving 2,106
payments pursuant to this section, may consider: 2,107
(1) Increases in revenues to a school district from 2,109
sources other than Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code; 2,110
(2) Information relating to assumptions concerning 2,112
potential state revenues made at the time of adoption of a new 2,113
salary schedule for the district. 2,114
Sec. 50.23 Reallocation of Funds 2,116
(A) As used in this section: 2,118
(1) "Basic aid" means the amount calculated for the school 2,121
district received for the fiscal year under sections 3317.022, 2,122
3317.023, and 3317.025 to 3317.028 of the Revised Code, as 2,123
modified by language under the headings "Basic Aid Formula 2,124
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Amount," "Basic Aid Guarantees," and "Vocational Education Pupil 2,125
Recomputations" of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd 2,127
GENERAL ASSEMBLY and section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code. 2,128
(2) "Nonbasic aid" means: 2,130
(a) In the case of a school district, the amount computed 2,132
for the district for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999 under 2,133
Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code and this act H.B. 215, 2,135
excluding the district's basic aid;
(b) In the case of a county board of mental retardation 2,137
and developmental disabilities or for an institution providing 2,138
special education programs under section 3323.091 of the Revised 2,139
Code, the amount computed for the board or institution under 2,140
divisions (N) and (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. 2,141
(3) "Total taxable value" has the meaning given in section 2,144
3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Total basic revenue" means the district's basic aid 2,147
plus one of the following:
(a) For fiscal year 1998, two and three-tenths per cent of 2,149
the district's total taxable value for the most recently 2,152
completed tax year for which data are available for all school 2,153
districts at the time the computations required by divisions (C) 2,154
to (E) of this section are made;
(b) For fiscal year 1999, two and three-tenths per cent of 2,156
the district's total taxable value for the most recently 2,157
completed tax year for which data are available for all school 2,159
districts at the time the computations required by divisions (C) 2,160
to (E) of this section are made.
(B) If in either fiscal year of the biennium the 2,162
Superintendent of Public Instruction determines prior to January 2,163
16, 1998, or January 16, 1999, respectively, that the amount 2,164
appropriated to the Department of Education for distribution 2,165
under this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2,168
THIS ACT, and Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code is insufficient 2,170
to make all of the payments required under such provisions, or if 2,171
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the Governor issues an order under section 126.05 of the Revised 2,172
Code to reduce expenditures and incurred obligations and the 2,173
order requires the Superintendent to reduce such state aid 2,174
payments, or if lottery profits transfers are insufficient to 2,175
meet the amounts appropriated from the Lottery Profits Education 2,176
Fund for basic aid, vocational education, and special education, 2,177
and if other funds are not sufficient to offset the shortfall, 2,178
the Superintendent shall reduce basic and nonbasic aid payments 2,179
so that the total amount expended in the fiscal year will not 2,180
exceed either the amount appropriated or the amount available for 2,181
expenditure pursuant to the Governor's order. Subject to 2,182
Controlling Board approval, the Superintendent shall reallocate 2,183
appropriations not yet expended from one program to another. 2,184
(C)(1) If further reductions in basic and nonbasic aid are 2,186
necessary following the reallocations implemented pursuant to 2,187
division (B) of this section, the Superintendent shall request 2,188
the Controlling Board to approve the use of the money 2,189
appropriated by this division. The Superintendent shall include 2,190
with the Superintendent's request a report listing the amount of 2,191
reductions that each school district will receive pursuant to 2,193
divisions (D) to (H) of this section if the request is not 2,194
approved, and also the amount of the reduction, if any, that will 2,195
still be required if the use of the money appropriated by this 2,196
section is approved.
(2) In accordance with division (C)(1) of this section, 2,198
there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Education from 2,199
the unobligated balance remaining in the Lottery Profits 2,200
Education Fund at the end of fiscal year 1997 and at the end of 2,201
fiscal year 1998 the lesser of: the unobligated balance in the 2,202
fund, or the amount needed to preclude a reallocation pursuant to 2,203
divisions (D) to (H) of this section. The money appropriated by 2,204
this division may be spent or distributed by the department only 2,205
with the approval of the Controlling Board. 2,206
(D) If reductions in basic and nonbasic aid are still 2,208
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necessary following the actions taken pursuant to divisions (B) 2,209
and (C) of this section, the Superintendent shall determine by 2,210
what percentage expenditures for basic and nonbasic aid must be 2,211
reduced for the remainder of the fiscal year to make the total 2,212
amount distributed for the year equal the amount appropriated or 2,213
available for distribution. The Superintendent shall reduce by 2,214
that percentage the amount to be paid in nonbasic aid to each 2,216
city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school 2,217
district, to each educational service center, to each county 2,218
board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and 2,219
to each institution providing special education programs under 2,220
section 3323.091 of the Revised Code for the remainder of the 2,221
fiscal year.
(E) As used in divisions (F) to (H) of this section, 2,223
"school district" means city, local, and exempted village school 2,225
districts.
(F) After computing the reduction required by division (D) 2,227
of this section, the Superintendent shall: 2,228
(1) Determine the difference between the amount by which 2,230
total basic and nonbasic aid payments must be reduced and the 2,231
amount of the reductions made under division (D) of this section; 2,232
(2) Determine each school district's total basic revenue; 2,234
(3) Determine the total basic revenue of all such 2,236
districts; 2,237
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this 2,239
section, reduce each such school district's basic aid by an 2,240
amount computed as follows: 2,241
(a) Multiply the amount obtained under division (F)(1) of 2,243
this section by the district's total basic revenue; 2,244
(b) Divide the product thus obtained by the total basic 2,246
revenue of all districts. The quotient thus obtained shall be 2,247
the amount by which the district's basic aid shall be reduced for 2,248
the fiscal year. 2,249
(5) If the amount computed for a district under division 2,251
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(F)(4)(b) of this section equals or exceeds the basic aid 2,252
remaining to be paid to the district for the fiscal year, the 2,253
district shall receive no further basic aid in the fiscal year. 2,254
(G) If the amount by which any district's basic aid is 2,256
required to be reduced under division (F)(4) of this section 2,257
exceeds the amount of basic aid remaining to be paid to the 2,258
district for the fiscal year, the department shall further reduce 2,259
the basic aid to be paid to all other districts as follows: 2,260
(1) Determine the difference between: 2,262
(a) The amount determined under division (F)(1) of this 2,264
section; and 2,265
(b) The amounts by which basic aid payments were reduced 2,267
under divisions (F)(4) and (5) of this section. 2,268
(2) Determine the difference between: 2,270
(a) The total basic revenue of all districts; and 2,272
(b) The sum of the total basic revenue of each district to 2,274
which division (F)(5) of this section applies. 2,275
(3) Reduce each remaining school district's basic aid by 2,277
an amount computed as follows: 2,278
(a) Multiply the amount computed under division (G)(1) of 2,280
this section by the district's total basic revenue; 2,281
(b) Divide the product obtained by the amount computed 2,283
under division (G)(2) of this section. The quotient thus 2,284
obtained shall be the additional amount by which the district's 2,285
basic aid shall be reduced for the fiscal year. 2,286
(H) If the sum of the reductions under divisions (F) and 2,288
(G) of this section equals or exceeds the amount of basic aid 2,289
remaining to be paid to the district for the fiscal year, the 2,290
district shall receive no further basic aid payments in the 2,291
fiscal year and the department shall further reduce the amount of 2,292
basic aid to be paid to the remaining school districts in 2,293
accordance with the procedure set forth in division (G) of this 2,294
section, but substituting the remaining amount of the deficit 2,295
after the first operation of division (G) for the amount 2,296
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specified in division (G)(1) of this section, and subtracting the 2,297
total basic revenue of those districts no longer participating in 2,298
the allocation from the amount specified in division (G)(2) of 2,299
this section." 2,300
Section 4. That existing Sections 50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 2,302
50.20, and 50.23 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General 2,303
Assembly are hereby repealed. 2,304
Section 5. That Section 50.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 2,306
122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 182 of the 2,307
122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: 2,308
"Sec. 50.11. Supplemental Unit Allowance 2,310
(A) As used under this heading: 2,312
(1) "Basic aid" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) 2,314
of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code. 2,315
(2) "Adjusted formula amount" has the same meaning as in 2,317
division (A)(6) of section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. 2,318
(3) "ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of 2,320
the Revised Code. 2,321
(4) "Per pupil basic aid" means a district's basic aid 2,323
divided by its ADM. 2,324
(5) "Dollar amount" means the amount shown in the 2,326
following table for the corresponding type of unit and the 2,327
appropriate fiscal year: 2,328
TYPE OF UNIT DOLLAR AMOUNT 2,330
FY 1998 FY 1999 2,333
Division (M) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,345 $7,298 2,335
Division (N) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,702 $7,734 2,337
Division (O)(1) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,293 $2,934 2,339
Division (O)(2) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,523 $3,250 2,341
(6) "FY" means fiscal year. 2,344
(7) "Average unit amount" means the amount shown in the 2,346
following table for the corresponding type of unit and the 2,347
appropriate fiscal year:
TYPE OF UNIT AVERAGE UNIT AMOUNT 2,349
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FY 1998 FY 1999 2,352
Division (M) of R.C. 3317.024 $4,937 $6,627 2,354
Division (N) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,360 $7,199 2,356
Division (O)(1) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,129 $2,666 2,358
Division (O)(2) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,343 $2,951 2,360
(B) In the case of each unit described in division (M), 2,363
(N), or (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated 2,364
to a city, local, or exempted village school district, the 2,365
Department of Education, in addition to the amounts specified in 2,366
such divisions, shall pay a supplemental unit allowance equal to 2,367
the sum of the following amounts: 2,368
(1) An amount equal to 50% of the average unit amount for 2,370
the unit;
(2) An amount equal to the percentage of the dollar amount 2,372
for the unit that is obtained by dividing the district's basic 2,374
aid per pupil by its adjusted formula amount. 2,375
If, prior to the fifteenth day of May of a fiscal year, a 2,377
school district's basic aid is recomputed pursuant to section 2,378
3317.027 or 3317.028 of the Revised Code, the department shall 2,379
also recompute the district's entitlement to payment under this 2,380
section utilizing a new basic aid per pupil amount under division
(B)(1) of this section. Such new basic aid per pupil amount 2,381
shall be determined using the district's recomputed basic aid 2,382
amount pursuant to section 3317.027 or 3317.028 of the Revised 2,383
Code. During the last six months of the fiscal year, the 2,384
department shall pay the district a sum equal to one-half of the 2,385
recomputed payment in lieu of one-half the payment otherwise
calculated under this section. 2,386
(C)(1) In the case of each unit described in division (M) 2,388
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code that is allocated to any 2,389
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 2,390
district, the Department, in addition to the amount specified in 2,391
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 2,392
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $4,937 in fiscal year 1998 2,393
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AND $6,627 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 2,394
(2) In the case of each unit described in division (N) of 2,396
section 3317.024 of the Revised Code that is allocated to any 2,397
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 2,398
district, the Department, in addition to the amount specified in 2,399
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 2,400
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $5,360 in fiscal year 1998 2,401
AND $7,199 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 2,402
(3) In the case of each unit described in division (O)(1) 2,404
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated to any 2,405
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 2,406
district, the Department, in addition to the amounts specified in 2,407
such qivision and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 2,408
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $2,129 in fiscal year 1998 2,409
AND $2,666 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 2,410
(4) In the case of each unit described in division (O)(2) 2,412
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated to any 2,413
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 2,414
district, the Department, in addition to the amounts specified in 2,415
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $2,343 in fiscal year 1998 2,416
AND $2,951 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999." 2,417
Section 6. That existing Section 50.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 2,419
215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 2,420
182 of the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed. 2,421
Section 7. That Section 50.16 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 2,423
122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 of the 2,424
122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: 2,425
"Sec. 50.16. Property Tax Allocation 2,427
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not request 2,429
and the Controlling Board shall not approve the transfer of funds 2,430
from appropriation item 200-901, Property Tax 2,431
Allocation--Education, to any other appropriation line item. 2,432
Textbooks/Instructional Materials 2,434
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As used in this section, "valuation per pupil" means a 2,436
district's total taxable value of the preceding fiscal year as 2,437
defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code divided by the 2,438
district's ADM of the preceding fiscal year as defined in 2,439
division (A) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. 2,440
Money in the foregoing appropriation item 200-645, 2,442
Textbooks/Instructional Materials, shall be distributed on a per 2,443
pupil basis to all city, exempted village, and local school 2,444
districts with a valuation per pupil less than $200,000. City, 2,445
exempted village, and local school districts shall use moneys
received from the appropriation item for textbooks, instructional 2,446
software, instructional materials, and any other materials the 2,447
district deems to be helpful in providing appropriate instruction 2,448
to students in the following subject areas: reading, writing, 2,449
mathematics, science, and citizenship.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE 2,452
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-687, SCHOOL DISTRICT 2,455
SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE, SHALL BE USED TO MAKE ADVANCEMENTS TO SCHOOL 2,456
DISTRICTS TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN SOLVENT PURSUANT TO SECTION
3316.20 OF THE REVISED CODE. REIMBURSEMENTS FROM SCHOOL 2,457
DISTRICTS FOR ANY AMOUNTS ADVANCED SHALL BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL 2,459
DISTRICT SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE FUND."
Section 8. That existing Section 50.16 of Am. Sub. H.B. 2,461
215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 2,462
of the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed. 2,463
Section 9. That Section 50.05 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 2,465
122nd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 2,466
Section 10. Transfer of Fiscal Year 1998 Ending GRF 2,468
Balances
(A) Notwithstanding division (B)(1)(b) of section 131.44 2,470
of the Revised Code, Fiscal Year 1998 surplus revenue that would 2,471
otherwise have been transferred to the Income Tax Reduction Fund 2,472
shall instead be distributed as provided in division (B) of this 2,473
section.
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(B)(1) The first $30,000,000 of such surplus revenue shall 2,475
be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the School 2,477
District Solvency Assistance Fund created in section 3316.20 of 2,478
the Revised Code.
(2) Any surplus revenue in excess of the amounts 2,480
distributed under division (B)(1) of this section shall be 2,481
transferred from the General Revenue Fund to Fund 021, School 2,482
Building Assistance. Any moneys deposited in Fund 021 under
division (B)(2) of this section are hereby appropriated to pay 2,483
for school building construction or renovation for low-wealth 2,484
school districts as provided by Am. Sub. S.B. 102 of the 122nd 2,485
General Assembly and other generally applicable provisions of 2,486
law.
Section 11. Appropriation Reductions 2,488
(A) The General Revenue Fund appropriations for Fiscal 2,490
Year 1999 are hereby reduced by an amount equal to three per cent 2,491
of the Fiscal Year 1999 appropriations authorized in any act of 2,492
the 122nd General Assembly prior to the effective date of this 2,493
act with the following exceptions:
(1) Appropriations to the following agencies are exempt 2,495
from any reductions made in this section: the Department of 2,496
Education; the Ohio School for the Blind; the Ohio School for the 2,497
Deaf; the Office of Information, Learning and Technology 2,498
Services; and the School Facilities Commission.
(2) Appropriations for the following purposes are exempt 2,500
from any reductions made in this section: property tax 2,501
allocation appropriations; tangible tax exemption appropriations; 2,502
all appropriations for debt service, including lease rental 2,503
payments; all state office building rent and office building
appropriations made to the Department of Administrative Services; 2,504
and pension systems' payments made by the Treasurer of State. 2,505
(3) The following appropriation line items are exempt from 2,507
any reductions: 005-321, Operating Expenses - Judiciary; 2,508
110-506, Utility Bill Credits; 235-503, Ohio Instructional 2,509
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Grants; 235-504, War Orphans' Scholarships; 235-514, Central 2,510
State Supplement; 235-530, Academic Scholarships; 235-531,
Student Choice Grants; 235-549, Part-Time Student Instructional 2,511
Grants; 400-411, TANF Federal Block Grant; 400-413, Day Care 2,512
Match/Maintenance of Effort; 400-511, Disability Assistance; 2,513
400-528, Adoption Services; and 911-401, Emergency 2,514
Purposes/Contingencies.
(4) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 2,516
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Board of Regents shall 2,517
be reduced by one-half of one per cent, except for appropriation 2,518
line items 235-100, Personal Services; 235-200, Maintenance; and 2,519
235-300, Equipment, which shall be reduced by three per cent.
(5) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 2,521
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Department of Mental 2,522
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Department of 2,523
Youth Services, and the Department of Rehabilitation and 2,524
Correction shall be reduced by two per cent.
(6) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 2,526
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Department of Taxation 2,527
and the Department of Mental Health shall be reduced by one per 2,528
cent.
(7) The Director of Budget and Management may reduce the 2,530
appropriation for appropriation line item 400-525, Health 2,531
Care/Medicaid, by an amount not to exceed one per cent. 2,532
(8) The sum of all reductions made by this section shall 2,534
not be less than $100,000,000. 2,535
(B) For all agencies that are subject to a reduction in 2,537
appropriations, the agency director may allocate the reductions 2,538
in division (A) of this section among the agency's appropriation 2,539
line items with the approval of the Director of Budget and 2,540
Management. When appropriations are reduced in an appropriation
line item with amounts specified for a special purpose, the 2,541
specified amount may be reduced by a percentage up to the 2,542
percentage by which the line item itself is reduced. 2,543
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(C) For the purpose of complying with this section, the 2,545
reductions made to Fiscal Year 1999 line item appropriations that 2,546
have state and federal shares identified in any act of the 122nd 2,547
General Assembly prior to this act shall be made against the 2,548
state share of such line items. Once that reduction in the state 2,549
share is determined, the Director of Budget and Management shall,
in determining the total reduction to such line items, add the 2,550
corresponding amounts of federal matching funds at the 2,551
percentages indicated by the state and federal division of the 2,552
appropriation for such line items.
Section 12. Section 3317.023 of the Revised Code is 2,554
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 2,555
both Am. Sub. H.B. 215 and Sub. H.B. 408 of the 122nd General 2,556
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 2,558
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 2,559
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 2,560
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 2,561
irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 2,562
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 2,563
this act.
Section 13. The codified and uncodified sections of law 2,565
contained in this act are not subject to the referendum. 2,566
Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and 2,567
section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the codified and uncodified 2,568
sections of law contained in this act are entitled to go into
immediate effect when this act becomes law. However, the 2,569
codified and uncodified sections of law contained in this act 2,570
take effect on July 1, 1998, or the day this act becomes law, 2,571
whichever is later.