As Passed by the House* 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. Sub. H. B. No. 650 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES JOHNSON-SYKES-STAPLETON-DAMSCHRODER-PERZ-MOTTLEY- 8
MEAD-WOMER BENJAMIN-O'BRIEN-CORE-BOYD-ROBERTS-PRENTISS- 9
MALLORY-VERICH-TAVARES-WILSON-METELSKY-OPFER-SAWYER-THOMAS- 10
MILLER-CORBIN-HARRIS-BRADING-AMSTUTZ-JONES-COLONNA-SALERNO 11
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A B I L L
To amend sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0213, 15
3318.05, 3318.35, and 5705.29 of the Revised 17
Code; to amend Sections 50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 18
50.15, 50.20, 50.23, 50.24, 50.43, 50.44, 69.03, 19
76, and 130.01 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd 20
General Assembly; to amend Sections 50.06 and 21
50.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General 23
Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 182 of the 24
122nd General Assembly; to amend Section 50.16 of 25
Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, 26
as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 of the 122nd 27
General Assembly; to amend Section 5 of Am. Sub. 28
S.B. 102 of the 122nd General Assembly, as 29
subsequently amended; and to repeal Section 50.05 30
of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General 31
Assembly to make specific appropriations and 32
certain increases and decreases in existing 34
appropriations for fiscal year 1999; to change 35
the use of the fiscal year 1998 year-end balance 36
in the General Revenue Fund for purposes of 37
funding elementary and secondary education 38
beginning July 1, 1998; to modify the Ohio 39
School Facilities Commission Law; to require the 41
School Facilities Commission instead of the 42
Department of Education to administer the 43
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Disability Access Projects Program and the 45
Asbestos Abatement Program; to require that the 46
General Assembly pass a separate education budget 48
act for the fiscal year 2000-2001 biennium; and 49
to create a special committee on Property Tax 51
Revision and Restructuring. 52
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 54
Section 1. That sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0213, 56
3318.05, 3318.35, and 5705.29 of the Revised Code be amended to 57
read as follows:
Sec. 3317.022. (A) As used in the computation under this 66
section, the "formula amount" for fiscal year 1998" 1999 equals 68
$3,663 $3,790. The department of education shall compute and 69
distribute state aid to each school district for the fiscal year 70
in accordance with the following formula, using adjusted total 71
taxable value as defined under division (M) of section 3317.02 of 72
the Revised Code and the information obtained under section 73
3317.021 of the Revised Code in 1997 calendar year 1998: 75
Compute the following for each eligible district: 77
(cost-of-doing-business factor X 78
the formula amount X ADM)- 79
(.023 X adjusted total taxable value) 80
If the difference obtained is a negative number, the 82
district's computation shall be zero. 83
(B)(1) For each school district for which the tax exempt 85
value of the district equals or exceeds twenty-five per cent of 86
the potential value of the district, the department of education 87
shall calculate the difference between the district's tax exempt 88
value and twenty-five per cent of the district's potential value. 89
(2) For each school district to which division (B)(1) of 91
this section applies, the adjusted total taxable value used in 92
the calculation under division (A) of this section shall be the 93
adjusted total taxable value modified by subtracting the amount 94
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calculated under division (B)(1) of this section. 95
(C) If in any fiscal year insufficient funds are 97
appropriated to provide each school district the amount of money 98
calculated under the formula in division (A) of this section and 99
pursuant to other sections of this chapter, such calculated 100
amounts shall be reduced in accordance with any formula provided 101
for that purpose by the general assembly in its main biennial 102
appropriations act. 103
Sec. 3317.023. (A) Notwithstanding section 3317.022 of 113
the Revised Code, the amounts required to be paid to a district 114
under that section shall be adjusted by the amount of the 115
computations made under divisions (B) to (L) of this section. 116
As used in this section: 118
(1) "Classroom teacher" means a licensed employee who 120
provides direct instruction to pupils, excluding teachers funded 121
from money paid to the district from federal sources; educational 122
service personnel; and vocational and special education teachers. 123
(2) "Educational service personnel" shall not include such 125
specialists funded from money paid to the district from federal 126
sources or assigned full-time to vocational or special education 127
students and classes and may only include those persons employed 128
in the eight specialist areas in a pattern approved by the 129
department of education under guidelines established by the state 130
board of education. 131
(3) "Annual salary" means the annual base salary stated in 133
the state minimum salary schedule for the performance of the 134
teacher's regular teaching duties that the teacher earns for 135
services rendered for the first full week of October of the 136
fiscal year for which the adjustment is made under division (D) 137
of this section. It shall not include any salary payments for 138
supplemental teachers contracts. 139
(4) As used in division (B) of this section, "average 141
daily membership" means the three-year average number of pupils 142
in grades one through twelve plus one-half the kindergarten 143
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average daily membership certified under section 3317.03 of the 144
Revised Code for the current and preceding two fiscal years, 145
except that:
(a) In the case of a big eight district "average daily 148
membership" means the three-year average number of pupils in
grades one through twelve, plus the three-year average number of 149
pupils in all-day kindergarten, plus three-fourths of the 151
three-year average number of pupils in extended kindergarten, 152
plus one-half of the three-year average number of pupils in
traditional kindergarten, all certified under division (A) of 153
that section for the current and preceding two fiscal years; 154
(b) In the case of an urban district, "average daily 156
membership" means the three-year average number of pupils in 157
grades one through twelve, plus three-fourths of the three-year 159
average number of pupils in all-day or extended kindergarten, 160
plus one-half of the three-year average number of pupils in
traditional kindergarten, all as certified under division (A) of 162
that section for the current and preceding two fiscal years. 163
(5) As used in division (B) of this section, "per cent 166
figure" means a school district's three-year average number of 167
children participating in Ohio works first (OWF) under Chapter 168
5107. of the Revised Code divided by the average daily 169
membership, multiplied by one hundred. 170
(6) As used in divisions (A)(5) and (B) of this section, 173
"aid to dependent children" and "ADC" mean: 174
(a) Aid provided under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code 177
prior to October 1, 1996;
(b) Cash assistance provided on or after October 1, 1996, 180
under a state program operated pursuant to Title IV-A of the 181
"Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C.A. 601, as 182
amended, regardless of the name used to designate that 183
assistance.
(B)(1)(a) If the three-year average of the number of 185
children ages five to seventeen residing in the district and 186
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living in a family participating in Ohio works first, as 187
certified or adjusted under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code 188
for the current and preceding two fiscal years, is equal to five 190
per cent or more of the number of pupils in the average daily
membership, add the amount computed for the district in 191
accordance with the following schedule, as adjusted by division 192
(B)(1)(b) of this section:
THREE-YEAR AVERAGE NUMBER OF 194
OWF CHILDREN DIVIDED BY PAYMENT PER OWF CHILD IN 195
THE AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE 197
At least 5%, but less than 10% $198.00 OWF 201
At least 10%, but less than 20% ($101.50 x per cent 204
figure) minus $817.00 205
OWF
At least 20%, but less than 30 40% ($7.50 x per cent 207
figure) plus $1,063.00 208
OWF
At least 30 40% $1,288.00 OWF 1,488.40 210
(b) In fiscal year 1998, for school districts with a per 214
cent figure of at least five, increase the amount determined 215
under division (B)(1)(a) of this section by four per cent. In 216
fiscal year 1999, FOR ANY DISTRICT WITH A PER CENT FIGURE LESS 217
THAN FORTY, determine the per-ADC-child PER-OWF-CHILD amount the 219
district would have received in fiscal year 1998 under divisions
(B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, based on its per cent figure 220
for fiscal year 1999, and increase that amount by five per cent. 221
(2) If in any year the sum of the additions made under 223
this division is less than ninety-seven per cent of the amount 224
appropriated for this division for that year, the department of 225
education shall increase the amount added for each district under 226
this division. The amount so added for each district shall equal 227
(1) the difference between ninety-seven per cent of the amount 228
appropriated and the total amount of the additions prior to such 229
increase, times (2) the percentage that the amount added for the 230
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district prior to the increase was of the total of such amount 231
added for all districts. 232
(3) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, 234
a district shall expend at least seventy per cent of any addition 236
received under this division for any of the following: 237
(a) The purchase of technology for instructional purposes; 240
(b) All-day kindergarten; 242
(c) Reduction of class sizes; 244
(d) Summer school remediation or other remedial programs; 246
(e) Dropout prevention programs; 248
(f) Guaranteeing that all third graders are ready to 250
progress to more advanced work; 251
(g) Summer education and work programs; 253
(h) Adolescent pregnancy programs; 255
(i) Head start or preschool programs; 257
(j) Reading improvement programs described by the 259
department of education; 260
(k) Programs designed to ensure that schools are free of 262
drugs and violence and have a disciplined environment conducive 263
to learning; 264
(l) Furnishing free of charge materials used in courses of 266
instruction, except for the necessary textbooks required to be 267
furnished without charge pursuant to section 3329.06 of the 268
Revised Code, to pupils living in families participating in Ohio 269
works first in accordance with section 3313.642 of the Revised 270
Code;
(m) School breakfasts provided pursuant to section 272
3313.813 of the Revised Code. 273
(4) Except as provided in division (B) of section 275
3301.0719 of the Revised Code, each at-risk school district, as 276
defined in division (A)(3) of section 3301.0719 of the Revised 278
Code, that receives at least three hundred thousand dollars under
divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section shall expend at least 279
one-tenth of the amount described in division (B)(3) of this 280
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section for either all-day kindergarten classes with a student 281
teacher ratio of fifteen to one or for reduction of class sizes 282
in grades kindergarten to four to a fifteen to one student 283
teacher ratio, or both. Such districts shall also expend such 284
funds to provide training for teachers participating in such 285
programs on an ongoing basis, including at least six days of 286
training each school year. Amounts expended for all-day 287
kindergarten under this section shall only be expended to provide 288
additional all-day kindergarten classes not in existence on July 289
26, 1991. Upon the request of a board of education, the state 290
board of education may grant an exemption from the requirement of 291
division (B)(4) of this section if the district board satisfies 292
the state board that the district has insufficient physical 293
facilities to implement this requirement. 294
(5) Each district shall maintain the portion required to 296
be spent under division (B)(3) of this section in a separate 297
district account. Each district shall submit to the department, 298
in such format and at such time as the department shall specify, 299
a report on the programs for which it expended funds under this 300
division. 301
(C) If the district employs less than one full-time 303
equivalent classroom teacher for each twenty-five pupils in ADM 304
in any school district, deduct the sum of the amounts obtained 305
from the following computations: 306
(1) Divide the number of the district's full-time 308
equivalent classroom teachers employed by one twenty-fifth; 309
(2) Subtract the quotient in (1) from the district's ADM; 311
(3) Multiply the difference in (2) by seven hundred 313
fifty-two dollars. 314
(D) If a positive amount, add one-half of the amount 316
obtained by multiplying the number of full-time equivalent 317
classroom teachers by: 318
(1) The mean annual salary of all full-time equivalent 320
classroom teachers employed by the district at their respective 321
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training and experience levels minus; 322
(2) The mean annual salary of all such teachers at their 324
respective levels in all school districts receiving payments 325
under this section. 326
The number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers used 328
in this computation shall not exceed one twenty-fifth of the 329
district's ADM. In calculating the district's mean salary under 330
this division, those full-time equivalent classroom teachers with 331
the highest training level shall be counted first, those with the 332
next highest training level second, and so on, in descending 333
order. Within the respective training levels, teachers with the 334
highest years of service shall be counted first, the next highest 335
years of service second, and so on, in descending order. 336
(E) This division does not apply to a school district that 338
has entered into an agreement under division (A) of section 339
3313.42 of the Revised Code. Deduct the amount obtained from the 340
following computations if the district employs fewer than five 341
full-time equivalent educational service personnel, including 342
elementary school art, music, and physical education teachers, 343
counselors, librarians, visiting teachers, school social workers, 344
and school nurses for each one thousand pupils in ADM: 345
(1) Divide the number of full-time equivalent educational 347
service personnel employed by the district by five 348
one-thousandths; 349
(2) Subtract the quotient in (1) from the district's ADM; 351
(3) Multiply the difference in (2) by ninety-four dollars. 353
(F) If a local school district, or a city or exempted 355
village school district to which a governing board of an 357
educational service center provides services pursuant to section 358
3313.843 of the Revised Code, deduct the amount of the payment 359
required for the reimbursement of the governing board under 361
section 3317.11 of the Revised Code. 362
(G)(1) If the district is required to pay to or entitled 364
to receive tuition from another school district under division 365
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(C)(2) or (3) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the 366
Revised Code, or if the superintendent of public instruction is 367
required to determine the correct amount of tuition and make a 368
deduction or credit under section 3317.08 of the Revised Code, 369
deduct and credit such amounts as provided in division (I) of 370
section 3313.64 or section 3317.08 of the Revised Code. 371
(2) For each child for whom the district is responsible 373
for tuition under division (A)(1) of section 3317.082 or under 374
division (B)(1) of section 3323.091 of the Revised Code, deduct 375
the amount of tuition for which the district is responsible. 376
(H) If the district has been certified by the 378
superintendent of public instruction under section 3313.90 of the 379
Revised Code as not in compliance with the requirements of that 380
section, deduct an amount equal to ten per cent of the amount 381
computed for the district under section 3317.022 of the Revised 382
Code. 383
(I) If the amount computed by the department of education 385
under division (I)(1) of this section is less than the amount 386
computed under division (I)(2) of this section, add an amount 387
equal to the result obtained by subtracting the amount computed 388
under division (I)(1) from the amount computed under division 389
(I)(2) of this section. 390
The department of education shall compute both of the 392
following for each district: 393
(1) The sum of the amounts computed for the district under 395
section 3317.022 and division (N) of section 3317.024 of the 396
Revised Code for units approved under division (B) of section 397
3317.05 of the Revised Code. 398
(2) The amount the district would be entitled to receive 400
under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code if the ADM used in the 401
computation required by that section included the number of 402
full-time equivalent pupils enrolled in the units for handicapped 403
children approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the 404
Revised Code that are used to make the computation required by 405
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division (N)(1)(a) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. 406
(J) If the district has received a loan from a commercial 408
lending institution for which payments are made by the 409
superintendent of public instruction pursuant to division (E)(3) 410
of section 3313.483 of the Revised Code, deduct an amount equal 411
to such payments. 412
(K)(1) If the district is a party to an agreement entered 414
into under division (D), (E), or (F) of section 3311.06 or 415
division (B) of section 3311.24 of the Revised Code and is 416
obligated to make payments to another district under such an 417
agreement, deduct an amount equal to such payments if the 418
district school board notifies the department in writing that it 419
wishes to have such payments deducted. 420
(2) If the district is entitled to receive payments from 422
another district that has notified the department to deduct such 423
payments under division (K)(1) of this section, add the amount of 424
such payments. 425
(L) If the district is required to pay an amount of funds 427
to a cooperative education district pursuant to a provision 428
described by division (B)(4) of section 3311.52 or division 429
(B)(8) of section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, deduct such 430
amounts as provided under that provision and credit those amounts 431
to the cooperative education district for payment to the district 432
under division (B)(1) of section 3317.19 of the Revised Code. 433
Sec. 3317.0213. (A) As used in this section: 442
(1) "ADM" for any school district means the average daily 444
membership described by division (A) of section 3317.02 of the 445
Revised Code, as finally determined by the department of 446
education in calculating the district's payments under section 447
3317.022 of the Revised Code for the preceding fiscal year. 448
(2) "Total taxable value" means the sum of the average of 450
the amounts certified for a district in the second, third, and 451
fourth preceding fiscal years under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of 452
section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. 453
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(3) "District median income" means the median Ohio 455
adjusted gross income certified for a district under division (B) 456
of this section. 457
(4) "Statewide median income" means the median district 459
median income of all school districts in the state. 460
(5) "Income factor" for a district means the quotient 462
obtained by dividing that district's median income by the 463
statewide median income. 464
(6) "Valuation per pupil" for a district means the 466
district's total taxable value, divided by the district's ADM. 467
(7) "Threshold valuation" means the adjusted valuation per 470
pupil of the school district with the two FOUR hundred 471
ninety-third FIFTY-EIGHTH lowest adjusted valuation per pupil in 473
the state, according to data available at the time of the
computation under division (C) of this section. 474
(8) "Adjusted valuation per pupil" for a district means an 476
amount calculated in accordance with the following formula: 477
The district's valuation per pupil - 479
($30,000 X (one minus the district's income factor)) 480
(9) "COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS FACTOR" HAS THE SAME MEANING 482
AS IN SECTION 3317.02 OF THE REVISED CODE. 483
(B) On or before the first day of July of each year, the 486
tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education for 487
each city, exempted village, and local school district the median 488
Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents of the school
district determined on the basis of tax returns filed for the 489
second preceding tax year by the residents of the district. The 490
amount certified shall be used in calculating the district's 491
income factor. 492
(C) Beginning in fiscal year 1993, during DURING August of 494
each fiscal year, the department of education shall distribute to 495
CALCULATE FOR each school district meeting the requirements of 497
section 3317.01 of the Revised Code whose adjusted valuation per 498
pupil is less than the threshold valuation, an amount ADEQUACY 499
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AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (D) OF THIS 500
SECTION, THE ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT SHALL BE calculated in 501
accordance with the following formula: 502
(The threshold valuation - the district's 504
adjusted valuation per pupil) 505
X .013 X ADM 506
ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT X 507
COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS FACTOR X ADM 508
THE ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR 510
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: 511
(1) IF THE DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IS LESS 514
THAN OR EQUAL TO THAT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE TWO HUNDRED 515
TWENTY-NINTH LOWEST ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE, 516
THE ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS $210.
(2) IF THE DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IS 518
GREATER THAN THE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-NINTH LOWEST ADJUSTED 519
VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE, BUT LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD 520
VALUATION, THE ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT IS DETERMINED IN 521
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: 522
$210 - §$210 X [(DISTRICT'S ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL - 524
THE 229th LOWEST ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE)/ 525
(THE THRESHOLD VALUATION - THE 229th LOWEST ADJUSTED 526
VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE)< 527
(3) NOTWITHSTANDING DIVISIONS (C)(1) AND (2) OF THIS 530
SECTION, IF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED EQUITY AID IN FISCAL 531
YEAR 1998 UNDER THE VERSION OF THIS SECTION IN EFFECT THAT YEAR 532
AND IF THE TOTAL OF THAT DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT 535
CALCULATED UNDER DIVISION (C)(1) OR (2) OF THIS SECTION AND 537
$3,790 IS LESS THAN THE TOTAL OF $3,663 AND THE QUOTIENT OBTAINED
BY DIVIDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1998 EQUITY AID PAYMENT BY 539
ITS ADM AS FINALLY DETERMINED IN CALCULATING PAYMENT UNDER 540
SECTION 3317.022 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998, THEN 541
THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1999 ADEQUACY AID PER PUPIL AMOUNT 542
SHALL BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: 543
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[$3,663 + (THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 1998 545
EQUITY AID PAYMENT/ADM AS FINALLY 546
DETERMINED IN CALCULATING THE PAYMENT 547
UNDER SECTION 3317.022 OF THE REVISED CODE 548
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998)< - $3,790 549
(D) IF THE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES IN AUGUST THAT A SCHOOL 553
DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION IS ALSO ELIGIBLE 554
TO RECEIVE GUARANTEE FUNDS UNDER SECTION 3317.0212 OF THE REVISED 555
CODE IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, THE DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID 556
PHASE-IN PAYMENT SHALL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT 557
CALCULATED FOR THE DISTRICT UNDER DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION 558
MINUS THE GUARANTEE AMOUNT THE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES IT WILL PAY 559
UNDER SECTION 3317.0212 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF THIS CALCULATION 561
PRODUCES A NEGATIVE NUMBER, THE DISTRICT'S ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN 562
PAYMENT SHALL BE ZERO. 563
(E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY EACH ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 566
ITS ADEQUACY AID PHASE-IN PAYMENT UNDER THIS SECTION IN QUARTERLY 567
INSTALLMENTS, PAYING THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IN AUGUST. 568
Sec. 3318.05. The conditional approval of the Ohio school 577
facilities commission for a project shall lapse and the amount 579
reserved and encumbered for such project shall be released unless 580
the school district board accepts such conditional approval 581
within one hundred twenty days following the date of 582
certification of the conditional approval to the school district 583
board and the electors of the school district vote favorably on 585
both of the propositions described in divisions (A) and (B) of 586
this section within one year of the date of such certification. 587
The propositions described in divisions (A) and (B) of this 588
section shall be combined in a single proposal. If the district 590
board or the district's electors fail to meet such requirements
and the amount reserved and encumbered for the district's project 591
is released, the district shall be given first priority for 592
project funding as such funds become available. 593
(A) On the question of issuing bonds of the school 595
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district board, for the school district's portion of the basic 596
project cost, in either whatever amount may be necessary to raise 597
the net bonded indebtedness of the school district to within five 598
thousand dollars of the required level of indebtedness calculated 599
for the year preceding the year in which the resolution declaring 600
the necessity of the election is adopted, or an amount equal to 601
the required percentage of the basic project costs, whichever is 602
greater; provided, that such question need not be submitted if at 603
the time of the passage of such resolution the net bonded 604
indebtedness of the school district (1) aggregates ninety-five 605
per cent or more of the required level of indebtedness, or (2) is 606
within twenty thousand dollars of such level and the required 607
percentage of the basic project costs is not greater than either 608
the amount necessary to raise the net bonded indebtedness of the 609
school district to within five thousand dollars of the required 610
level of indebtedness or twenty thousand dollars; and 611
(B) On the question of levying a tax the proceeds of which 614
shall be used to pay the cost of maintaining the classroom 615
facilities included in the project, except that in any year the
district's adjusted valuation per pupil is greater than the 616
state-wide median adjusted valuation per pupil one-half of the 617
proceeds of the tax shall be used for such maintenance and 618
one-half of such proceeds shall be used to pay the cost of the 619
purchase of the classroom facilities from the state under the 620
provisions of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code. 621
Such tax shall be at the rate of one-half mill for each dollar of 622
valuation except that in those years in which the Ohio school 623
facilities commission, pursuant to section 3318.051 of the 625
Revised Code, requires the district to increase the tax rate to 626
an amount greater than one-half mill, but not in excess of four 627
mills, until the purchase price is paid but in no case longer 628
than twenty-three years. Proceeds of the tax to be used for 629
maintenance of the classroom facilities shall be deposited into a 630
separate fund established by the school district for such 631
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purpose.
Sec. 3318.35. (A) As used in this section,: 640
(1) "ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS 642
IN SECTION 3317.0213 OF THE REVISED CODE. 643
(2) "Ohio school facilities commission" has the same 646
meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. 647
(B) The Ohio school facilities commission shall establish 650
and administer the emergency school building repair program. 651
Under the program, the commission shall distribute moneys 652
appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose to school 653
districts, beginning with those districts with an adjusted per 654
pupil valuation PER PUPIL less than the threshold ADJUSTED 655
valuation defined in section 3317.0213 PER PUPIL of the Revised 657
Code SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE TWO HUNDRED NINETY-THIRD LOWEST 658
ADJUSTED VALUATION PER PUPIL IN THE STATE. The commission shall 659
determine and certify SUBMIT to the controlling board for its 660
approval any determination the commission makes as to the 661
necessity of emergency repairs based on an on-site inspection of
the school buildings in a school district OR DISAPPROVAL REQUESTS 663
FOR ALLOCATIONS OF LUMP SUMS OF MONEY FROM WHICH THE COMMISSION 664
MAY DISBURSE FUNDS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS UPON DETERMINING THAT THE 665
DISTRICTS QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY BUILDING REPAIR ASSISTANCE. Any 667
school district that receives moneys under this section shall 668
expend them only to repair the following: 669
(1) Heating systems; 671
(2) Floors, roofs, and exterior doors; 673
(3) Air ducts and other air ventilation devices; 676
(4) Emergency exit or egress passageway lighting; 678
(5) Fire alarm systems; 680
(6) Handicapped access needs; 682
(7) Sewage systems; 684
(8) Water supplies; 686
(9) Asbestos removal; and 688
(10) Any other repairs to a school building that meet the 691
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requirements of the life safety code, as interpreted by the 692
commission.
(C) No moneys for emergency school building repair under 695
this section shall be distributed to a school district to repair 696
a school building that the commission reasonably believes will 697
not be needed by the district or will be substantially replaced 699
within the next seven fiscal years pursuant to sections 3318.01 700
to 3318.33 of the Revised Code. 701
(D) After receipt of moneys from the emergency school 704
building repair program, no school district shall be eligible to 705
receive additional moneys from the program for the following five 706
fiscal years unless a school building in that district is damaged 707
due to an act of God that could not have been prevented by 709
reasonable maintenance of that building THE OHIO SCHOOL 710
FACILITIES COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 712
CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS 713
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THIS SECTION.
Sec. 5705.29. The tax budget shall present the following 722
information in such detail as is prescribed by the auditor of 723
state, unless an alternative form of the budget is permitted 724
under section 5705.281 of the Revised Code: 725
(A)(1) A statement of the necessary current operating 727
expenses for the ensuing fiscal year for each department and 728
division of the subdivision, classified as to personal services 729
and other expenses, and the fund from which such expenditures are 730
to be made. Except in the case of a school district, this 731
estimate may include a contingent expense not designated for any 732
particular purpose, and not to exceed three per cent of the total 733
amount of appropriations for current expenses. In the case of a 734
school district, this estimate may include a contingent expense 735
not designated for any particular purpose and not to exceed 736
thirteen per cent of the total amount of appropriations for 737
current expenses. 738
(2) A statement of the expenditures for the ensuing fiscal 740
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year necessary for permanent improvements, exclusive of any 741
expense to be paid from bond issues, classified as to the 742
improvements contemplated by the subdivision and the fund from 743
which such expenditures are to be made; 744
(3) The amounts required for the payment of final 746
judgments; 747
(4) A statement of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal 749
year necessary for any purpose for which a special levy is 750
authorized, and the fund from which such expenditures are to be 751
made; 752
(5) Comparative statements, so far as possible, in 754
parallel columns of corresponding items of expenditures for the 755
current fiscal year and the two preceding fiscal years. 756
(B)(1) An estimate of receipts from other sources than the 758
general property tax during the ensuing fiscal year, which shall 759
include an estimate of unencumbered balances at the end of the 760
current fiscal year, and the funds to which such estimated 761
receipts are credited; 762
(2) The amount each fund requires from the general 764
property tax, which shall be the difference between the 765
contemplated expenditure from the fund and the estimated 766
receipts, as provided in this section. The section of the 767
Revised Code under which the tax is authorized shall be set 768
forth. 769
(3) Comparative statements, so far as possible, in 771
parallel columns of taxes and other revenues for the current 772
fiscal year and the two preceding fiscal years. 773
(C)(1) The amount required for debt charges; 775
(2) The estimated receipts from sources other than the tax 777
levy for payment of such debt charges, including the proceeds of 778
refunding bonds to be issued to refund bonds maturing in the next 779
succeeding fiscal year; 780
(3) The net amount for which a tax levy shall be made, 782
classified as to bonds authorized and issued prior to January 1, 783
18
1922, and those authorized and issued subsequent to such date, 784
and as to what portion of the levy will be within and what in 785
excess of the ten-mill limitation. 786
(D) An estimate of amounts from taxes authorized to be 788
levied in excess of the ten-mill limitation on the tax rate, and 789
the fund to which such amounts will be credited, together with 790
the sections of the Revised Code under which each such tax is 791
exempted from all limitations on the tax rate. 792
(E)(1) A board of education may include in its budget for 794
the fiscal year in which a levy proposed under section 5705.194, 795
5705.21, or 5705.213, or the original levy under section 5705.212 796
of the Revised Code is first extended on the tax list and 797
duplicate an estimate of expenditures to be known as a voluntary 798
contingency reserve balance, which shall not be greater than 799
twenty-five per cent of the total amount of the levy estimated to 800
be available for appropriation in such year. 801
(2) A board of education may include in its budget for the 803
fiscal year following the year in which a levy proposed under 804
section 5705.194, 5705.21, or 5705.213, or the original levy 805
under section 5705.212 of the Revised Code is first extended on 806
the tax list and duplicate an estimate of expenditures to be 807
known as a voluntary contingency reserve balance, which shall not 808
be greater than twenty per cent of the amount of the levy 809
estimated to be available for appropriation in such year. 810
(3) Except as provided in division (E)(4) of this section, 812
the full amount of any reserve balance the board includes in its 813
budget shall be retained by the county auditor and county 814
treasurer out of the first semiannual settlement of taxes until 815
the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year, and thereupon, 816
with the depository interest apportioned thereto, it shall be 817
turned over to the board of education, to be used for the 818
purposes of such fiscal year. 819
(4) A board of education may, by a two-thirds vote of all 821
members of the board, appropriate any amount withheld as a 822
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voluntary contingency reserve balance during the fiscal year for 823
any lawful purpose, provided that prior to such appropriation the 824
board of education has authorized the expenditure of all amounts 825
appropriated for contingencies under section 5705.40 of the 826
Revised Code. Upon request by the board of education, the county 827
auditor shall draw a warrant on the district's account in the 828
county treasury payable to the district in the amount requested. 829
(F)(1) As used in this division, "police or fire 831
department equipment expenditures" includes expenditures for 832
equipment used to provide ambulance or emergency medical services 833
operated by a police or fire department. 834
A board of township trustees may include in its budget an 837
estimate of expenditures to be known as a reserve balance for 838
police or fire department equipment or road maintenance equipment 839
expenditures. This reserve balance shall not exceed ten per cent 840
of the total estimated appropriations included in the township 841
budget estimate. If, in accordance with division (A) of section 842
505.83 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees has 843
unanimously adopted a resolution establishing the reserve balance 844
account and specifying the reason for its creation and has 845
certified the resolution to the county auditor, the full amount 846
of the reserve balance, as allowed by the budget commission, 847
shall be turned over to the township each year by the county 848
auditor and county treasurer out of the second semiannual 849
settlement of taxes until the date specified in the resolution, 850
which shall not be later than five years from the date of the 851
first such deposit in the account, or until the reserve amount 852
has been reached, whichever occurs first. 853
(2) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a resolution to 855
rescind the creation of a township reserve balance account 856
pursuant to division (B) of section 505.83 of the Revised Code, 857
the county auditor shall close the account and transfer the 858
account moneys and depository interest apportioned to it to the 859
township's general fund. 860
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(G)(1) A board of education may include a spending reserve 862
in its budget for fiscal years ending on or before June 30, 2002. 864
The spending reserve shall consist of an estimate of expenditures 866
not to exceed the district's spending reserve balance. A 867
district's spending reserve balance is the amount by which the 868
designated percentage of the district's estimated personal 869
property taxes to be settled during the calendar year in which 870
the fiscal year ends exceeds the estimated amount of personal 871
property taxes to be so settled and received by the district 872
during that fiscal year. Moneys from a spending reserve shall be 873
appropriated in accordance with section 133.301 of the Revised 874
Code. 875
(2) For the purposes of computing a school district's 877
spending reserve balance for a fiscal year, the designated 878
percentage shall be as follows: 879
Fiscal year ending in: Designated percentage 882
1998 50% 884
1999 40% 885
2000 30% 886
2001 20% 887
2002 10% 888
(H) As used in this division: 891
(1) "Police or fire department equipment expenditures" 893
includes expenditures for equipment used to provide ambulance or 894
emergency medical services operated by a police or fire 895
department.
(2) "Detention facility" means any place used for the 897
confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime or 899
alleged or found to be a delinquent or unruly child.
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may 901
include in its budget an estimate of expenditures to be known as 902
a reserve balance for police or fire department equipment 903
expenditures, for constructing, acquiring, equipping, or 904
repairing a detention facility, or for road maintenance equipment 905
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expenditures by creating, by ordinance or resolution, a reserve 906
balance account. Money credited to the account may be derived 907
from any general fund sources or from the proceeds of a special 908
levy that may be used for the purpose for which the account is 909
established. The ordinance or resolution shall state that money 910
in the account may be expended only for the purpose for which the 911
account is established, that the account will be maintained until 913
a specified date not to exceed five years from the date of the 914
first deposit in the account, and that the total amount of money 915
in all reserve balance accounts derived from general fund sources 916
shall not exceed ten per cent of the current total estimated 917
expenditures from the municipal corporation's general fund, and 918
the total amount of money in all reserve balance accounts derived 919
from a special levy shall not exceed ten per cent of the current 920
total estimated expenditures from the special levy. The 921
legislative authority shall certify a copy of the ordinance or 922
resolution to the county auditor. Upon receiving the certified 923
copy, the county auditor and county treasurer shall turn over to 924
the municipal corporation, out of the second semiannual 926
settlement of taxes, any amount of the reserve balance to be
derived from property tax sources, but only until the date 928
specified in the ordinance or resolution or until the reserve 929
amount as indicated in the ordinance or resolution has been 930
reached, whichever occurs first.
A legislative authority may create a separate reserve 932
balance account under this division for police department 933
equipment expenditures, fire department equipment expenditures, 934
or ambulance or emergency medical services equipment 935
expenditures, or any combination thereof. Each such account is 936
subject to the provisions of this section regarding a single 937
account for all such purposes.
Upon receiving a certified copy of an ordinance or 939
resolution to rescind the creation of a municipal reserve balance 940
account, the county auditor shall close the account and transfer 941
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all money in the account to the municipal general fund, if the 942
account is derived from the general fund, or to the fund to which 943
proceeds of the special levy are credited, if the account is 944
derived from the proceeds of a special levy. 945
(I) A board of county commissioners that has adopted a 948
resolution establishing a reserve balance account under section 949
305.23 of the Revised Code may include in its budget an estimate 951
of expenditures to be known as a reserve balance for the purpose 952
for which the account was established under that section. The 953
reserve shall not exceed ten per cent of the total estimated 954
appropriations included in the budget estimate of the general 955
fund in the case of a reserve balance account established under 956
division (A) of that section, or ten per cent of the total 958
estimated appropriations included in the budget estimate of the 959
special fund in which the account is established in the case of a 960
reserve balance account established under division (B) of that 961
section. If the board of county commissioners has certified a 962
copy of a resolution to the county auditor pursuant to that 963
section, the county auditor and county treasurer shall deposit 964
the amount of the annual reserve balance into the reserve balance 965
account out of the second semiannual settlement of taxes until 966
the date specified in that resolution, or until the reserve 967
amount specified in the resolution has been reached, whichever 968
occurs first.
Upon receiving a certified copy of a resolution rescinding 970
a reserve balance account, the county auditor shall close the 971
account and transfer all money in the account to a special fund 972
created for the purpose of receiving that money. Money deposited 974
into the fund from the reserve balance account shall be expended 975
only for the purpose for which the account was established. 976
(J) The county budget commission shall not reduce the 979
taxing authority of a board of township trustees, a board of 980
county commissioners, or the legislative authority of a municipal 981
corporation as a result of the creation of a reserve balance 982
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account, and shall not consider the amount in a reserve balance 983
account as an unencumbered balance or as revenue for the purposes 984
of division (E)(3) or (4) of section 5747.51 or division (E)(3) 985
or (4) of section 5747.62 of the Revised Code. 986
(K)(1) Each board of education shall include in its tax 988
budget a budget reserve fund. The budget reserve fund shall 989
consist of money reserved for the fund from general fund revenues 990
or from other sources that may lawfully be credited to the 991
general fund. The balance in the budget reserve fund shall not 992
at any time be less than five per cent of general fund revenues
for the most recently concluded fiscal year, except as provided 993
in division (K)(2) or (3) of this section, and except for 994
deficiencies arising from the appropriation of money from the 995
fund for unanticipated deficiencies in revenue or other 996
emergencies pursuant to a resolution adopted by two-thirds of the 997
membership of the board of education specifying the reason for 998
the appropriation. The auditor of state and the superintendent
of public instruction jointly shall adopt rules governing 999
conditions that constitute unanticipated deficiencies in revenue 1,000
or emergencies for which appropriations may be made from a budget 1,001
reserve fund. The rules also shall provide that a board of 1,002
education that includes a spending reserve in its tax budget for
a fiscal year under division (G) of this section is not subject 1,003
to division (K)(2) of this section for that fiscal year. A board 1,004
of education shall not appropriate money from a budget reserve 1,005
fund without filing a schedule for replenishing the fund with the 1,006
superintendent of public instruction and receiving approval of 1,007
the schedule from the superintendent of public instruction. 1,008
(2) Beginning with the fiscal year ending in 1999 and 1,010
continuing each fiscal year until the balance in the budget 1,012
reserve fund equals five per cent of the district's revenues 1,013
received for current expenses for the preceding fiscal year, if 1,014
the growth in a district's total revenues received for current
expenses from one fiscal year to the next is three per cent or 1,015
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more, the board of education shall credit to its budget reserve 1,016
fund, from the general fund or from other sources that may 1,017
lawfully be credited to the general fund, an amount not less than 1,018
one per cent of the revenue received for current expenses for the 1,019
fiscal year, at which time the balance in the budget reserve fund
shall be maintained as otherwise required under division (K)(1) 1,020
of this section. 1,021
(3) The balance in the budget reserve fund of a school 1,023
district may be less than five per cent of the general fund 1,024
revenue for the most recently concluded fiscal year in any fiscal 1,025
year in which the school district is in a state of fiscal watch 1,026
or fiscal emergency pursuant to section 3316.03 of the Revised
Code.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in 1,028
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of division 1,029
(K) of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of 1,030
agreements between employee organizations and public employers 1,031
entered into after the effective date of this section NOVEMBER 1,033
21, 1997.
(5) NOTWITHSTANDING DIVISION (K)(2) OF THIS SECTION, A 1,035
SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, PURSUANT TO RULES ADOPTED BY THE AUDITOR OF 1,036
STATE, CREDIT LESS THAN ONE PER CENT OF ITS PRIOR YEAR'S REVENUE 1,038
RECEIVED FOR CURRENT EXPENSES INTO ITS BUDGET RESERVE FUND. 1,039
Section 2. That existing sections 3317.022, 3317.023, 1,041
3317.0213, 3318.05, 3318.35, and 5705.29 of the Revised Code are 1,042
hereby repealed. 1,043
Section 3. That Sections 50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 50.15, 1,045
50.20, 50.23, 50.24, 50.43, 50.44, 69.03, 76, and 130.01 of Am. 1,046
Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly be amended to read as 1,048
follows:
"Sec. 50. EDU DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1,050
General Revenue Fund 1,052
GRF 200-100 Personal Services $ 10,744,925 $ 0 1,057
10,756,210 1,058
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GRF 200-200 Maintenance $ 8,691,111 $ 0 1,062
4,597,207 1,063
GRF 200-300 Equipment $ 117,449 $ 0 1,067
116,773 1,068
GRF 200-405 Primary and Secondary 1,069
Education Funding $ 0 $4,470,135,592 1,071
0 1,072
GRF 200-406 Head Start $ 83,739,058 $ 0 1,076
95,562,977 1,077
GRF 200-408 Public Preschool $ 17,468,094 $ 0 1,081
17,904,796 1,082
GRF 200-411 Family and Children 1,084
First $ 8,500,500 $ 0 1,086
10,642,188 1,087
GRF 200-412 Driver Education 1,089
Administration $ 143,429 $ 0 1,091
142,605 1,092
GRF 200-415 Consumer Education $ 500,000 $ 0 1,096
500,000 1,097
GRF 200-416 Vocational Education 1,099
Match $ 2,245,026 $ 0 1,101
2,248,664 1,102
GRF 200-417 Professional 1,104
Development $ 14,370,077 $ 0 1,106
9,922,829 1,107
GRF 200-422 School Management 1,108
Assistance $ 550,596 $ 0 1,110
800,596 841,563 1,112
GRF 200-423 Teacher Recruitment $ 1,289,067 $ 0 1,116
1,321,292 1,117
GRF 200-424 Simulation System $ 449,796 $ 0 1,121
447,210 1,122
GRF 200-426 Ohio Educational 1,124
Computer Network $ 21,698,858 $ 0 1,126
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22,228,079 1,127
GRF 200-429 Local Professional 1,129
Development Block
Grants $ 9,259,713 $ 0 1,131
15,359,713 1,132
GRF 200-431 School Improvement 1,134
Models $ 16,450,000 $ 0 1,136
11,525,000 1,137
GRF 200-432 School Conflict 1,139
Management $ 392,575 $ 0 1,141
402,390 1,142
GRF 200-437 Student Proficiency $ 10,555,476 $ 0 1,146
11,798,788 1,147
GRF 200-441 American Sign 1,149
Language $ 226,245 $ 0 1,151
226,245 1,152
GRF 200-442 Child Care Licensing $ 1,359,171 $ 0 1,156
1,438,172 1,157
GRF 200-446 Education Management 1,159
Information System $ 12,060,657 $ 0 1,161
10,299,674 1,162
GRF 200-447 GED Testing/Adult 1,164
High School $ 1,939,001 $ 0 1,166
1,987,475 1,167
GRF 200-455 Charter Schools $ 1,200,000 $ 0 1,171
2,300,000 1,172
GRF 200-500 School Finance Equity $ 109,405,982 $ 0 1,176
GRF 200-501 School Foundation 1,178
Basic Allowance $2,202,851,688 $ 0 1,180
2,333,474,870 1,181
GRF 200-502 Pupil Transportation $ 179,702,987 $ 0 1,185
195,152,119 1,186
GRF 200-503 Bus Purchase 1,188
Allowance $ 36,365,821 $ 0 1,190
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37,274,967 1,191
GRF 200-504 Special Education $ 556,029,126 $ 0 1,195
588,042,739 1,196
GRF 200-505 School Lunch Match $ 9,450,000 $ 0 1,200
9,450,000 1,201
GRF 200-507 Vocational Education $ 317,612,847 $ 0 1,205
337,786,050 1,206
GRF 200-509 Adult Literacy 1,208
Education $ 8,928,273 $ 0 1,210
9,151,480 1,211
GRF 200-510 ADEQUACY PHASE-IN $ 0 $ 176,000,030 1,215
GRF 200-511 Auxiliary Services $ 95,956,267 $ 0 1,219
101,617,687 1,220
GRF 200-512 Driver Education $ 6,026,070 $ 0 1,224
6,206,852 1,225
GRF 200-514 Post-Secondary/Adult 1,227
Vocational Education $ 20,695,861 $ 0 1,229
20,695,861 1,230
GRF 200-520 Disadvantaged Pupil 1,232
Impact Aid $ 277,205,650 $ 0 1,234
290,000,000 1,235
GRF 200-521 Gifted Pupil Program $ 34,383,349 $ 0 1,239
36,326,043 1,240
GRF 200-524 Educational 1,242
Excellence and
Competency $ 9,528,000 $ 0 1,244
9,168,000 1,245
GRF 200-526 Vocational Education 1,247
Equipment Replacement $ 4,941,622 $ 0 1,249
4,941,622 1,250
GRF 200-532 Nonpublic 1,252
Administrative Cost
Reimbursement $ 41,829,125 $ 0 1,254
44,297,043 1,255
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GRF 200-533 School-Age Child Care $ 1,046,647 $ 0 1,259
1,046,647 1,260
GRF 200-534 Desegregation Costs $ 50,400,000 $ 0 1,264
50,400,000 1,265
GRF 200-541 Peer Review $ 1,840,000 $ 0 1,269
3,640,000 1,270
GRF 200-542 National Board 1,272
Certification $ 1,600,000 $ 0 1,274
1,950,000 1,275
GRF 200-543 Entry Year Program $ 2,396,205 $ 0 1,279
2,456,110 1,280
GRF 200-544 Individual Career 1,282
Plan & Passport $ 5,708,968 $ 0 1,284
5,851,692 1,285
GRF 200-551 Reading Improvement $ 1,666,133 $ 0 1,289
1,666,133 1,290
GRF 200-552 County MR/DD Boards 1,292
Vehicle Purchases $ 1,551,774 $ 0 1,294
1,590,569 1,295
GRF 200-553 County MR/DD Boards 1,297
Transportation
Operating $ 6,611,623 $ 0 1,299
6,876,088 1,300
GRF 200-577 Preschool Special 1,302
Education $ 62,268,535 $ 0 1,304
67,352,278 1,305
GRF 200-589 Special Education 1,307
Aides $ 1,635,157 $ 0 1,309
1,684,212 1,310
GRF 200-901 Property Tax 1,312
Allocation -
Education $ 566,800,000 $ 600,800,000 1,314
GRF 200-906 Tangible Tax 1,316
Exemption - Education $ 61,320,000 $ 63,210,000 1,318
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TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $4,899,708,534 $5,134,145,592 1,321
4,899,958,534 5,240,678,942 1,323
General Services Fund Group 1,326
4D1 200-602 Ohio 1,329
Prevention/Education
Resource Center $ 277,560 $ 285,332 1,331
138 200-606 Computer Services $ 4,036,728 $ 4,143,201 1,335
452 200-638 Fees and Gifts $ 1,788,862 $ 1,838,335 1,339
596 200-656 Ohio Career 1,341
Information System $ 647,156 $ 660,812 1,343
4P1 200-629 Adult Literacy 1,345
Education $ 2,364,400 $ 2,430,603 1,347
4L2 200-681 Teacher Certification 1,349
and Licensure $ 3,580,741 $ 3,675,311 1,351
TOTAL GSF General Services 1,352
Fund Group $ 12,695,447 $ 13,033,594 1,355
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group 1,358
309 200-601 Educationally 1,361
Disadvantaged $ 12,486,104 $ 12,904,245 1,363
366 200-604 Adult Basic Education $ 16,300,000 $ 18,000,000 1,367
3H9 200-605 Head Start 1,369
Collaboration Project $ 200,000 $ 200,000 1,371
367 200-607 School Food Services $ 9,290,000 $ 10,160,000 1,375
368 200-614 Veterans' Training $ 565,232 $ 593,493 1,379
369 200-616 Vocational Education $ 10,556,971 $ 10,787,320 1,383
3L6 200-617 Federal School Lunch $ 159,570,000 $ 167,550,000 1,387
3L7 200-618 Federal School 1,389
Breakfast $ 29,818,000 $ 31,607,000 1,391
3L8 200-619 Child and Adult Care 1,393
Programs $ 58,600,000 $ 59,800,000 1,395
3L9 200-621 Vocational Education 1,397
Basic Grant $ 54,122,121 $ 54,122,121 1,399
3M0 200-623 ESEA Chapter One $ 356,669,568 $ 374,503,047 1,403
370 200-624 Education of All 1,405
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Handicapped Children $ 12,902,838 $ 12,902,838 1,407
3N7 200-627 School-to-Work $ 18,000,000 $ 13,500,000 1,411
371 200-631 EEO Title IV $ 364,655 $ 377,850 1,414
372 200-635 Federal Driver 1,416
Education Projects $ 84,500 $ 84,500 1,418
373 200-642 Pupil Transportation 1,420
Safety Project $ 81,000 $ 81,000 1,422
374 200-647 E.S.E.A. Consolidated 1,424
Grants $ 260,301 $ 265,624 1,426
375 200-652 Technical Assistance 1,428
for Educational
Mobility $ 216,720 $ 227,556 1,430
376 200-653 J.T.P.A. $ 5,000,000 $ 5,034,523 1,434
3R3 200-654 Goals 2000 $ 19,789,214 $ 22,000,000 1,438
377 200-657 Sex Equity $ 125,685 $ 131,969 1,442
378 200-660 Math/Science 1,444
Technology
Investments $ 10,802,634 $ 12,000,000 1,446
3D1 200-664 Drug Free Schools $ 17,410,259 $ 19,500,000 1,450
3D2 200-667 Honors Scholarship 1,452
Program $ 1,231,979 $ 1,231,979 1,454
3E2 200-668 AIDS Education 1,456
Project $ 718,734 $ 620,775 1,458
3M1 200-678 ESEA Chapter Two $ 13,478,447 $ 14,152,369 1,462
3M2 200-680 Ind W/Disab Education 1,464
Act $ 91,825,830 $ 91,825,830 1,466
TOTAL FED Federal Special 1,467
Revenue Fund Group $ 900,470,792 $ 934,164,039 1,470
State Special Revenue Fund Group 1,473
454 200-610 Guidance and Testing $ 490,662 $ 503,912 1,478
455 200-608 Commodity Foods $ 8,000,000 $ 8,000,000 1,482
4V7 200-633 Interagency 1,484
Vocational Support $ 514,000 $ 528,392 1,486
5F8 200-645 Textbooks/Instructional 1,487
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Materials $ 25,000,000 $ 25,000,000 1,490
598 200-659 Auxiliary Services 1,492
Mobile Units $ 1,224,444 $ 1,258,728 1,494
5H3 200-687 SCHOOL DISTRICT 1,496
SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE $ 0 $ 30,000,000 1,498
4R7 200-695 Indirect Cost 1,500
Recovery $ 1,357,434 $ 1,393,146 1,502
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue 1,503
Fund Group $ 36,586,540 $ 36,684,178 1,506
66,684,178 1,507
Lottery Profits Education Fund Group 1,510
017 200-682 Lease Rental Payment 1,513
Reimbursement $ 21,105,000 $ 32,780,000 1,515
017 200-670 School Foundation - 1,517
Basic Allowance $ 584,137,200 $ 0 1,519
592,093,028 1,520
017 200-671 Special Education $ 44,000,000 $ 0 1,524
44,000,000 1,525
017 200-672 Vocational Education $ 30,000,000 $ 0 1,529
30,000,000 1,530
017 200-673 Primary and Secondary 1,532
Lottery Funding $ 0 $ 666,093,028 1,534
0 1,535
017 200-694 Bus Purchase One Time 1,537
Supplement $ 10,000,000 $ 0 1,539
018 200-649 Disability Access 1,541
Project $ 5,000,000 $ 0 1,543
018 200-669 Judgement JUDGMENT 1,545
Loan $ 5,650,000 $ 0 1,547
Total 017 and 018 1,548
LPE Lottery Profits Education 1,549
Fund Group $ 699,892,200 $ 698,873,028 1,552
694,892,200 1,553
Education Improvement Fund 1,556
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006 200-689 Hazardous Waste 1,559
Removal $ 1,500,000 $ 1,443,401 1,561
TOTAL Education Improvement Fund $ 1,500,000 $ 1,443,401 1,564
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $6,550,853,513 $6,818,343,832 1,567
6,546,103,513 6,953,433,781 1,568
Primary and Secondary Education FundingBy January 15, 1998, the General Assembly shall develop a 1,573
plan to provide itemized appropriations for the Department of 1,574
Education for fiscal year 1999. 1,575
In anticipation of a new, improved school finance formula 1,577
and education reform plan, to be enacted before fiscal year 1999, 1,579
the foregoing appropriation item, 200-405, Primary and Secondary 1,580
Education Funding is hereby appropriated.
Payment of fiscal year 1999 earmarks in the Department of 1,582
Education's budget are subject to the passage of a new school 1,583
finance formula and education reform plan. 1,584
Sec. 50.04. Family and Children First 1,586
(A) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-411, Family 1,588
and Children First, the Department of Education shall transfer up 1,589
to $3,587,500 in fiscal year 1998 and $3,677,188 in fiscal year 1,590
1999 by intrastate transfer voucher to the Department of Mental 1,592
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. These funds shall be 1,593
spent on direct grants to county family and children first 1,595
councils and local intersystem services for children clusters
created under section 121.37 of the Revised Code. The funds 1,596
shall be used as partial support payment and reimbursement for 1,598
the maintenance and treatment costs of multi-need children that 1,599
come to the attention of the Family and Children First Cabinet 1,600
Council pursuant to section 121.37 of the Revised Code. The 1,601
Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 1,602
shall administer the distribution of the direct grants to the 1,603
county councils and local clusters. The Department of Mental 1,606
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities may use up to five per 1,607
cent of this amount for administrative expenses associated with 1,608
33
the distribution of funds to the county councils and local
clusters. 1,609
(B) Of the funds appropriated in this item, up to 1,611
$1,643,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $1,775,000 in fiscal year 1999 1,612
shall be used as administrative grants to county family and 1,613
children first councils to provide a portion of the salary and 1,614
fringe benefits necessary to fund county council coordinators, 1,616
administrative support, training, or parental involvement. The 1,618
total initial grant under this provision to any county family and 1,619
children first council shall not exceed $18,500 in fiscal year 1,620
1998 and $20,000 in fiscal year 1999. In the event that not all 1,621
counties in the state have established a county council, at the 1,622
beginning of the fourth quarter of a fiscal year, any remaining 1,623
funds to be used as administrative grants may be distributed 1,624
among those counties that have established a county council. Of 1,625
the funds appropriated in this item, up to $15,000 shall be used 1,626
by the Family and Children First Cabinet Council for 1,627
administrative costs including stipends to family representatives 1,628
participating in approved activities of the initiative, 1,629
educational and informational forums, and technical assistance to 1,630
local family and children first councils. 1,631
(C) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-411, Family 1,633
and Children First, up to $3,120,000 in fiscal year 1998 and 1,634
$5,040,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used to fund school-based 1,636
or school-linked school readiness resource centers in school 1,637
districts where there is a concentration of risk factors to 1,638
school readiness and success, including indicators of poverty, 1,639
health, and family stability. The purpose of these centers is to 1,640
assist in providing services to families of school-age children 1,641
who want and need support.
School readiness resource centers shall be located in each 1,643
of the state's 21 urban school districts as defined in division 1,644
(H) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. The Ohio Family and 1,645
Children First Cabinet Council, in consultation with the 1,646
34
Department of Education and school districts, shall identify 1,647
individual schools based on quantitative and qualitative factors 1,648
that reflect both the need for school readiness resource centers 1,649
and the local capacity for redesigning, as necessary, a delivery 1,650
system of family support services. The council and the 1,651
Department of Education shall organize and provide technical 1,652
assistance to the school districts and communities in planning, 1,653
developing, and implementing the centers. The council shall also 1,654
negotiate a performance agreement that details required program 1,655
characteristics, service options, and expected results. 1,656
Each urban school district and community may receive up to 1,658
$240,000 for three school readiness resource centers that may be 1,659
located in or linked to elementary, middle, and high school sites 1,661
that are connected by student assignment patterns within the 1,662
school districts. Each school district shall work with a
representative of the local family and children first council and 1,664
a representative cross-section of families and community leaders 1,665
in the district to design a unified and comprehensive service 1,666
delivery plan that supports the development and implementation of 1,667
the school readiness resource centers and the results and 1,668
conditions agreed to in the performance agreement negotiated with 1,669
the state council.
Up to $50,000 in each fiscal year may be used by the Ohio 1,671
Family and Children First Cabinet Council for an evaluation of 1,672
the effectiveness of the school readiness resource centers. Up 1,673
to $100,000 in each fiscal year may be used by the cabinet 1,674
council to approve technical assistance and oversee the 1,675
implementation of the centers. The administration and management 1,676
of the school readiness resource centers may be contracted out 1,677
through a competitive bidding process established by the cabinet 1,678
council in consultation with the Department of Education. 1,679
Driver Education Administration 1,681
The foregoing appropriation item 200-412, Driver Education 1,683
Administration, shall be used by the Department of Education for 1,684
35
the administration of driver education programs. 1,685
Consumer Education 1,687
The foregoing appropriation item 200-415, Consumer and 1,689
Economic Education, shall be used by the Department of Education 1,690
to promote the teaching of consumer and economic education as an 1,691
integral part of the entire elementary and secondary school 1,692
curriculum, which shall include the development, dissemination, 1,693
and implementation of comprehensive education curriculum 1,694
materials designed to improve understanding of economic 1,695
principles, family and public needs, and the methods by which our 1,696
economic systems function. 1,697
Vocational Education Match 1,700
The foregoing appropriation item 200-416, Vocational 1,702
Education Match, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,703
provide vocational administration matching funds pursuant to 20 1,704
U.S.C. 2311. 1,705
Professional Development 1,707
The foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,709
Development, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,710
develop a statewide comprehensive system of twelve professional 1,712
development centers that support local educators' ability to 1,714
foster academic achievement in the students they serve. The 1,716
centers shall include training teachers on site-based management 1,717
concepts to encourage teachers to become involved in the 1,718
management of their schools. Each fiscal year, up to $450,000 of 1,719
the appropriation item shall be used to continue Ohio leadership 1,720
academies to develop and train superintendents, principals, other 1,721
administrators, and board members in new leadership and 1,722
management practices to support high performance schools. This
training shall be coordinated with other locally administered 1,723
leadership programs. 1,724
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,726
Development, up to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be used 1,727
for the creation or expansion of urban professional development 1,728
36
academies in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and 1,729
Toledo. Challenge grants in the amount of $1,000,000 per academy 1,731
shall be provided to support academies that have established an
improvement plan that includes an overall professional 1,732
development plan that align with and advances the district 1,733
improvement plan, and that defines the contribution the academy 1,734
is expected to make toward the achievement of the professional 1,735
development plan.
(A) These challenge grants are to support start-up 1,737
academies that include all of the following: 1,739
(1) A contractual relationship for the operation of the 1,741
academy between the school district, one or more public or 1,742
private universities, and the teachers' union; 1,743
(2) A self-supporting foundation for the operation of the 1,745
academy;
(3) A governing committee comprised of the superintendent 1,747
of the public school; the president of the teachers' union; the 1,748
dean of the college of education of each participating 1,749
university; and at least two representatives of the business 1,751
community to be determined by the governing committee;
(4) Mandatory teacher participation in job-embedded, 1,753
team-building activities that may include principals and other 1,754
administrative staff;
(5) Annual evaluation of the academy to be filed with the 1,756
Ohio Department of Education, which shall determine the 1,757
parameters of the annual evaluations, that include the school 1,758
district's progress toward the achievement of its improvement 1,759
plan.
(B) Challenge grants of up to $1,000,000 per academy will 1,761
be provided to support existing academies that agree to implement 1,762
one or more of the following: 1,763
(1) Adoption of a policy of mandatory teacher 1,765
participation in academy activities; 1,766
(2) Creation of a leadership component in the academy; 1,768
37
(3) The participation of personnel from other urban 1,770
districts in the academy.
Existing academies shall conduct annual evaluations of the 1,772
academy to be filed with the Ohio Department of Education, which 1,773
shall determine the parameters of the annual evaluations. 1,774
School districts receiving a $1,000,000 challenge grant for 1,776
the creation of an urban professional development academy may 1,777
select, but are not required to select, the New American Schools 1,778
Program as the focus of their academy. The challenge grant for 1,779
the Cincinnati City School District may be used for the expansion 1,780
of either the Mayerson Academy or the New American Schools
project, or both, at the discretion of the district. 1,781
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,783
Development, $50,000 each year shall be distributed to the Ohio 1,784
Geographical Alliance at such time as matching funds are provided 1,785
by the National Geographical Society. These moneys shall be used 1,786
by the Ohio Geographical Alliance to provide inservice geography 1,787
training to Ohio public school teachers. 1,788
Of the foregoing appropriation ITEM 200-417, Professional 1,790
Development, $75,000 in each fiscal year shall be distributed by 1,792
the Department of Education to the Ohio University Leadership 1,793
Project.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,795
Development, up to $500,000 each year shall be used by the 1,796
Department of Education to work with school districts in 1,797
coordinating and improving the training and performance of 1,798
classroom teachers.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,800
Development, $25,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,801
Lake County Educational Service Center and $25,000 in each fiscal 1,802
year shall be used by the Geauga County Educational Service 1,803
Center. Both projects shall be used for professional teacher 1,804
development of innovative teaching practices in science and math.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,806
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Development, $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 1,807
Rural Appalachian Initiative to create professional development 1,808
academies for teachers, principals, and superintendents in the 1,809
Appalachian region.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,811
Development, up to $900,000 in fiscal year 1998 and up to 1,812
$1,800,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the Department of 1,814
Education in cooperation with the Regional Professional
Development Centers to train mentor teachers and provide stipends 1,816
of $1,500 per year to each mentor teacher to assist in the 1,817
professional development of beginning teachers.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-417, Professional 1,819
Development, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 1998 and up to 1,820
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the Department of 1,822
Education in cooperation with the Regional Professional
Development Centers to train teacher assessors and provide 1,823
stipends of $2,500 per year to each teacher assessor to assist in 1,825
the evaluation of the classroom performance of beginning
teachers. 1,826
School Management Assistance 1,828
The foregoing appropriation item 200-422, School Management 1,830
Assistance, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,831
provide fiscal technical assistance and inservice education for 1,832
school district management personnel, to coordinate school 1,833
district borrowing under the provisions of section 3313.483 of 1,834
the Revised Code, and to implement year-end borrowing authority 1,835
by districts pursuant to section 133.303 of the Revised Code. 1,836
OF THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-422, SCHOOL 1,839
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE, UP TO $250,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND UP 1,841
TO $275,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999 SHALL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT ITS EFFORTS WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOL 1,843
DISTRICTS ON FISCAL EMERGENCY AND FISCAL WATCH. 1,844
Teacher Recruitment 1,846
The foregoing appropriation item 200-423, Teacher 1,848
39
Recruitment, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,850
establish programs targeted at recruiting under-represented 1,851
populations into the teaching profession. In each year, the 1,852
appropriation item shall be used by the department to include, 1,853
but not be limited to, alternative teacher licensure or 1,854
certification programs emphasizing the recruitment of highly 1,856
qualified minority candidates into teaching, including
emphasizing the recruitment of highly qualified minority 1,857
candidates into teaching positions in schools which have a high 1,858
percentage of minority students. The recruitment programs shall 1,860
also target recruiting qualified candidates available as a result
of downsizing of the military and business sectors. Funding 1,861
shall also be targeted to statewide, regional, and local programs 1,862
that are competitively selected as promising programs 1,863
demonstrating the potential of significantly increasing Ohio's 1,864
minority teaching force.
Simulation System 1,866
The foregoing appropriation item 200-424, Simulation 1,868
System, shall be used by the Department of Education to develop 1,869
software and other computer assistance to maintain and enhance a 1,870
system of administrative, statistical, and legislative education 1,871
information to be used for policy analysis. The data base shall 1,872
be kept current at all times. Such a system will be used to 1,873
supply information and analysis of data to the General Assembly 1,874
and other state policy makers, including the Office of Budget and 1,875
Management and the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative 1,876
Service Commission. 1,877
The Department of Education may use funding from this line 1,879
item to purchase or contract for the development of software 1,880
systems or contract for policy studies that will assist in the 1,882
provision and analysis of policy-related information.
Ohio Education Computer Network 1,884
The foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Education 1,886
Computer Network, shall be used by the Department of Education to 1,887
40
maintain a system of information technology throughout Ohio and 1,888
to provide technical assistance for such a system in support of 1,889
the State Education Technology Plan pursuant to section 3301.07 1,890
of the Revised Code. 1,891
This system shall support the development, maintenance, and 1,893
operation of a network of uniform and compatible computer-based 1,894
information and instructional systems. The technical assistance 1,895
shall include, but not be restricted to, the development and 1,896
maintenance of adequate computer software systems to support 1,897
network activities. Program funds may be used, through a formula 1,898
and guidelines devised by the department, to subsidize the 1,899
activities of not more than twenty-four designated data 1,900
acquisition sites, as defined by State Board of Education rules, 1,901
to provide to school districts and chartered nonpublic schools 1,902
computer-based student and teacher instructional and 1,904
administrative information services, including approved 1,905
computerized financial accounting, and to provide adequate 1,906
services to member districts to assure the effective operation of 1,907
local automated administrative systems used for the management 1,908
information system.
In order to broaden the scope of the use of technology for 1,910
education, the department may use up to $250,000 each fiscal year 1,911
of these funds to coordinate the activities of the computer 1,913
network with other agencies funded by the department or the state 1,914
of Ohio. In order to improve the efficiency of network 1,915
activities, the department and data acquisition sites may jointly 1,916
purchase equipment, materials, and services from funds provided 1,917
under this appropriation for use by the network and, when 1,918
considered practical by the department, may utilize the services 1,919
of appropriate state purchasing agencies. 1,920
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio 1,922
Educational Computer Network, up to $5,637,000 in fiscal year 1,923
1998 and $5,637,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 1,924
Department of Education to support connections of all public 1,925
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school buildings to the Ohio Educational Computer Network. In
each fiscal year the Department of Education shall use these 1,926
funds to help reimburse data acquisition sites or school 1,927
districts for the operational costs associated with using the 1,928
Ohio Educational Computer Network. The Department of Education 1,929
shall develop a formula and guidelines for the distribution of
these funds to the data acquisition sites or individual school 1,930
districts.
For each year of the biennium the Department of Education 1,932
shall use up to $250,000 to continue to manage and develop the 1,933
statewide union catalog and InfOhio Network of library resources 1,934
that will be accessible to all school districts through the Ohio 1,935
Educational Computer Network, and up to $180,000 each year to 1,936
develop and implement software to interface with the InfOhio
union catalog and other electronic library systems to provide 1,937
access for public school library media centers to the union 1,938
catalog.
In each fiscal year the Department of Education shall use 1,940
up to $180,000 to defray the costs associated with leasing 1,941
additional telecommunications capacity needed to connect 1,943
non-public schools to the Ohio Educational Computer Network.
In each fiscal year the THE Department of Education shall 1,945
use up to $1,809,665 in fiscal year 1998 and up to $1,854,906 in 1,947
fiscal year 1999 to assist designated data acquisition sites for 1,948
operational costs associated with the increased use of the system 1,949
by chartered non-public schools. The Department of Education
shall develop a formula and guidelines for distribution of these 1,951
funds to designated data acquisition sites.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio 1,953
Educational Computer Network, up to $130,000 in fiscal year 1998 1,955
and up to $120,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 1,956
Department of Education to contract through a competitive 1,957
selection process with an independent for-profit or nonprofit 1,958
entity to provide current and historical information on Ohio 1,960
42
government to school libraries for the purposes of enhancing 1,961
social studies course instruction and supporting student research 1,962
projects.
Local Professional Development Block Grants 1,965
Of the foregoing appropriation line item 200-429, Local 1,967
Professional Development Block Grants, $500,000 in each fiscal 1,968
year shall be used to establish or enhance alternative 1,969
disciplinary schools by providing grants of $100,000 annually to 1,970
each of the following programs: Wood County Alternative School 1,972
Program, Interval Opportunity School in Summit County, Portage 1,973
County Opportunity School in Ravenna, Auglaize County Alternative 1,974
School Program, Licking County Alternative School Program. Such 1,975
pilot programs shall encourage collaborative relationships with 1,976
juvenile courts and other agencies to develop effective teaching 1,977
and learning programs.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-429, Local 1,979
Professional Development Block Grants, $200,000 in each fiscal 1,980
year shall be provided to the Stark County Schools Teacher 1,981
Technical Training Center.
The remainder of the appropriation shall be distributed on 1,983
a per teacher basis to all school districts and, joint vocational 1,985
school districts, AND CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS for locally 1,987
developed teacher training and professional development and for 1,989
the establishment of local professional development committees. 1,990
School districts and joint vocational school districts shall not 1,991
be precluded from using these funds for cooperative activities on 1,992
a county or regional basis.
School Improvement Models 1,994
The foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 1,996
Improvement Models, shall be used by the Department of Education 1,997
to continue to support the creation of a statewide network of 1,998
school improvement sites by providing competitive venture capital 1,999
grants to schools that demonstrate the capacity to invent or 2,000
adapt school improvement models. The department shall showcase 2,001
43
projects of exceptional merit and shall promote the networking of
venture schools with both venture and nonventure schools so that 2,002
administrators and teachers outside the district can benefit from 2,004
the knowledge gained at these sites.
Up to $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 2,006
Department of Education for personal services and maintenance 2,007
costs necessary to administer the grants. 2,008
Of the foregoing appropriation item, 200-431, School 2,010
Improvement Models, $500,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 in 2,012
fiscal year 1999 shall be used to conduct performance audits of 2,014
each of the 21 urban school districts, as defined by section
3317.02 of the Revised Code. The Auditor of State will conduct 2,015
the performance audits to review any programs or areas of 2,016
operation where the Auditor believes greater operational 2,017
efficiencies or enhanced program results can be achieved. Of the 2,018
appropriation for fiscal year 1998, funds may be carried over to
fiscal year 1999 as needed to coincide with audit billings. 2,019
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, at 2,021
least annually, assess individual school district responses to 2,022
such performance audits. These assessments shall be compiled 2,023
into a report to the Speaker of the Ohio House of 2,024
Representatives, the President of the Ohio Senate, and the chairs
and ranking minority members of the House and Senate committees 2,025
on Education and Finance. 2,026
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 2,028
Improvement Models, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be 2,029
distributed to the Toledo International Language Center. 2,030
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-431, School 2,032
Improvement Models, $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by 2,033
the Rural Appalachian Initiative to provide one-time grants to 2,034
establish benchmark data on current performance, to develop plans 2,035
for achieving the benchmarks, and to improve the Appalachian 2,036
school districts' performances against the benchmarks.
School Conflict Management 2,038
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Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-432, School 2,040
Conflict Management, the amounts shall be used by the Department 2,041
of Education for the purpose of providing dispute resolution and 2,042
conflict management training, consultation and materials for 2,043
school districts, and for the purpose of providing competitive 2,044
school conflict management grants to school districts. 2,045
The Department of Education shall assist the Commission on 2,047
Dispute Resolution in the development and dissemination of the 2,048
school conflict management program. 2,049
Student Proficiency 2,051
The foregoing appropriation item 200-437, Student 2,053
Proficiency, shall be used to develop, field test, print, 2,054
distribute, score, and report results from the tests required 2,055
under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and 2,057
for similar purposes as required by section 3301.27 of the 2,058
Revised Code.
American Sign Language 2,060
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-441, American Sign 2,062
Language, up to $150,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium 2,063
shall be used to implement pilot projects in Manual English and 2,064
to develop ways of including American Sign Language in the ninth- 2,065
through twelfth-grade curriculum. 2,066
The remainder of the appropriation shall be used by the 2,068
Department of Education to provide supervision and consultation 2,069
to school districts in dealing with parents of handicapped 2,070
children who are deaf or hard of hearing, in integrating American 2,071
Sign Language as a foreign language, and in obtaining 2,072
interpreters and improving their skills. 2,073
Child Care Licensing 2,075
The foregoing appropriation item 200-442, Child Care 2,077
Licensing, shall be used by the Department of Education to 2,078
license and to inspect preschool and school-age child care 2,079
programs in accordance with sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the 2,080
Revised Code.
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Education Management Information System 2,082
The foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education 2,084
Management Information System, shall be used to provide school 2,085
districts with the means to implement local automated information 2,086
systems, and to implement, develop, and improve the Education 2,087
Management Information System (EMIS). 2,088
Up to $822,706 in fiscal year 1998 and $843,274 in fiscal 2,090
year 1999 shall be used by the Department of Education for 2,091
hardware, personnel, equipment, staff development, software, and 2,092
forms modification, as well as to support EMIS special report 2,093
activities in the department that are designed to use the data 2,094
collected by the system. 2,095
Up to $2,714,234 in fiscal year 1998 and $2,782,090 in 2,097
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to designated data 2,098
acquisition sites for costs relating to the processing, storing, 2,099
and transfer of data for the effective operation of the EMIS. 2,101
These costs may include, but are not limited to, personnel, 2,102
hardware, software development, communications connectivity, 2,103
professional development and support services, and to provide 2,104
services to participate in the State Education Technology Plan 2,105
pursuant to section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.
Up to $6,023,718 in fiscal year 1998 and $6,174,310 in 2,107
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to school districts and 2,108
joint vocational school districts on a per-pupil basis. From 2,109
this money, each school district with enrollment greater than 100 2,110
students and each vocational school district shall receive a 2,111
minimum of $5,000 for each year of the biennium. Each school 2,112
district with enrollment between one and one hundred and each 2,113
county office of education shall receive $3,000 for each year of 2,114
the biennium. This money shall be used for costs associated with 2,115
the development and operation of local automated record based 2,116
information systems that provide data as required by the 2,117
management information system, and facilitate local district, 2,118
school, and classroom management activities. 2,119
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Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education 2,121
Management Information System, up to $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2,122
1998 and up to $500,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used by the 2,123
Department of Education to procure or develop a common EMIS 2,124
software. School districts and data acquisition sites shall use 2,125
the common EMIS software unless the department determines that in 2,126
a particular case local legacy software is completely compatible, 2,128
performs tasks required for EMIS, and does not contain year 2000 2,129
problems.
GED Testing/Adult High School 2,131
The foregoing appropriation item 200-447, GED Testing/Adult 2,133
High School, shall be used to provide General Educational 2,134
Development (GED) testing at no cost to first time applicants, 2,135
pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Of 2,136
the foregoing appropriation item 200-477, GED/Adult High School, 2,137
up to $250,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the 2,138
department to reimburse local shool districts for a portion of 2,140
the costs incurred in providing summer instructional or
intervention services to students who have not graduated due to 2,141
their inability to pass one or more parts of the state's ninth 2,142
grade proficiency test. School districts may provide these 2,143
services to students directly or contract with post-secondary or 2,144
nonprofit community-based institutions in providing instruction. 2,145
The remainder of the appropriation shall be used for state 2,146
reimbursement to school districts for adult high school
continuing education programs pursuant to section 3313.531 of the 2,147
Revised Code or for costs associated with awarding adult high 2,148
school diplomas under section 3313.611 of the Revised Code. 2,149
Sec. 50.07. Potential Value Recomputation 2,151
The recalculation described in division (B) of this section 2,153
shall be made prior to any expenditure by the superintendent for 2,155
the purpose of making payments for the vocational education pupil 2,157
recomputation pursuant to the section headed "Vocational 2,158
Education Pupil Recomputation" in Am. Sub. H.B. 117 215 of the 2,159
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121st 122nd General Assembly and for the special education pupil 2,160
recomputation pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the 2,161
Revised Code.
(A) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3317.022 of 2,163
the Revised Code as amended by this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 2,165
122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, in each year of the biennium the 2,167
Department of Education shall first calculate all state basic aid 2,168
payments to school districts required under Chapter 3317. of the 2,169
Revised Code and other sections of this act H.B. 215 under which 2,170
payments are made from appropriation items 200-501, School 2,171
Foundation Basic Allowance, and 200-670, School Foundation Basic 2,173
Allowance, as if such division had not been enacted. Such
calculated amounts shall be paid to school districts in 2,174
accordance with section 3317.01 of the Revised Code. 2,175
(B) After the calculation required by division (A) of this 2,177
heading, the department shall recalculate all state basic aid 2,178
payments to school districts required under Chapter 3317. of the 2,179
Revised Code and other sections of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF 2,181
THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, utilizing in such recalculation the 2,184
provisions of division (B) of section 3317.022 of the Revised
Code. From the additional available money, the department shall 2,186
pay each district an amount equal to the difference between its 2,187
calculated amount of basic aid under division (A) of this heading 2,188
and its recalculated amount under this division. If there is not 2,189
enough additional money to pay such amounts to all school 2,190
districts, the department shall pay each district a percentage of 2,191
such amount equal to the percentage the total amount of 2,192
additional available money represents of the total amount of 2,193
money that would be necessary to make the payments prescribed 2,194
under this division to all districts.
Sec. 50.09. Vocational Education 2,196
The foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 2,198
Education, shall be used for vocational education units not to 2,199
exceed 7,141 in each fiscal year. Up to $6,695,000 in fiscal 2,200
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year 1998 and $7,500,000 in fiscal year 1999 may be used for 2,202
nonvocational units necessary for graduation pursuant to section 2,203
3317.16 of the Revised Code, up to $6,210,000 in fiscal year 1998 2,204
and $6,500,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used for joint 2,205
vocational school equalization pursuant to section 3317.16 of the 2,206
Revised Code, up to $300,000 shall be distributed to the Toledo 2,207
Technology Academy each fiscal year, up to $9,000,000 in fiscal 2,208
year 1998 and up to $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall be used 2,210
to fund the Jobs for Ohio Graduates (JOG) program, up to 2,212
$2,100,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $2,205,000 in fiscal year 1999 2,213
may be used to support tech prep consortia, and up to $7,031,208 2,214
in fiscal year 1998 and $7,193,118 in fiscal year 1999 shall be 2,215
used to fund the Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills 2,217
(GRADS) program.
Funds for nonvocational units necessary for graduation 2,219
shall be distributed according to rules adopted by the State 2,220
Board of Education. If federal funds for vocational education 2,221
cannot be used for local school district leadership in either 2,222
year under division (M) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code 2,223
or division (B) of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, without 2,224
being matched by state funds, then an amount as determined by the 2,225
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be made available from 2,226
state funds appropriated for vocational education. If any state 2,227
funds are used for this purpose, federal funds in an equal amount 2,228
shall be distributed for vocational education units funded 2,229
pursuant to division (M) of section 3317.024 or division (B) of 2,230
section 3317.16 of the Revised Code in accordance with 2,231
authorization of the state plan for vocational education for Ohio 2,232
as approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of 2,233
Education. 2,234
Notwithstanding the prohibition in section 3317.05 of the 2,236
Revised Code that the State Board of Education annually approve 2,237
for school districts, educational service centers, and 2,238
institutions no more than the number of vocational education 2,240
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units for which it determines appropriations have been made and 2,241
notwithstanding the amounts required to be annually paid to 2,242
school districts, educational service centers, and institutions 2,243
for approved vocational education units under division (M) of 2,244
section 3317.024 and division (B) of section 3317.16 of the 2,245
Revised Code, if the foregoing appropriation item is not 2,246
sufficient to fund 7,141 vocational education units in fiscal 2,247
year 1998 and 7,141 vocational units in fiscal year 1999 in 2,248
accordance with division (M) of section 3317.024 and division (B) 2,249
of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, the State Board of 2,250
Education may approve up to 7,141 vocational education units in 2,251
fiscal year 1998 and 7,141 vocational education units in fiscal 2,252
year 1999 and, in lieu of the amounts required to be paid for 2,254
approved units under division (M) of section 3317.024 and 2,255
division (B) of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 2,256
proportionately reduce those amounts so that the total amount the 2,257
State Board pays to school districts, educational service
centers, and institutions for all approved units does not exceed 2,259
the amount of funds available in the foregoing appropriation item 2,260
for such units. During the course of each fiscal year, the State 2,261
Board may alter its determination of any reduction under this 2,262
section for that fiscal year. 2,263
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 2,265
Education, up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by 2,266
the Department of Education to establish an employer student 2,267
apprenticeship training program for high school students in 2,268
grades 11 and 12. Rules, procedures, and regulations for the
employer student apprenticeship program will be developed by the 2,269
School-to-Work office in the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services. 2,270
The Legislative Office of Education Oversight shall study 2,272
the various programs designed to serve at-risk high school 2,273
students. Differences and possible overlaps of purposes, goals, 2,274
objectives and strategies among such programs as Jobs for Ohio 2,275
Graduates (JOGS), Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills 2,277
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(GRADS), Occupational Work Experience (OWE), Occupational Work 2,278
Adjustment (OWA) will be identified.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-507, Vocational 2,280
Education, $100,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be used for the 2,281
Cuyahoga County Vocational Apprenticeship Program, which provides 2,282
funding for training in the building trades of eligible residents 2,283
of the City of Cleveland. The program utilizes new housing 2,284
development and rehabilitation programs of four nonprofit
neighborhood development corporations as the focus of the skills 2,285
training apprenticeship program. The four neighborhood 2,286
development corporations participating in the program are the 2,287
Glenville Development Corporation, Northeastern Neighborhood 2,288
Development Corporation, Bell, Burton, and Carr Development 2,289
Corporation, and the Buckeye Area Development Corporation.
Adult Literacy Education 2,291
The foregoing appropriation item 200-509, Adult Literacy 2,293
Education, shall be used to support Adult Basic and Literacy 2,294
Education instructional programs, the State Literacy Resource 2,295
Center program, and the State Advisory Council on Adult Education 2,296
and Literacy. 2,297
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-509, ADULT LITERACY 2,300
EDUCATION, up to $410,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $512,500 in 2,301
fiscal year 1999 shall be used to satisfy state match 2,302
requirements for the support and operation of the State Literacy 2,303
Resource Center and the State Advisory Council on Adult Education 2,304
and Literacy.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-509, Adult Literacy 2,307
Education, up to $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to 2,308
provide funds to literacy councils that have not previously 2,309
received funding. Each of these councils, in order to receive 2,310
funds, shall have its plan of service approved by the local 2,311
Family and Children First council.
The remainder shall be used to continue to satisfy the 2,313
state match requirement for the support and operation of the Ohio 2,314
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Department of Education administered instructional grant program 2,315
for Adult Basic and Literacy Education in accordance with the 2,316
department's state plan for Adult Basic and Literacy Education as 2,317
approved by the State Board of Education and the Secretary of the 2,318
United States Department of Education. 2,319
ADEQUACY PHASE-IN 2,321
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-510, ADEQUACY 2,324
PHASE-IN, SHALL BE USED TO MAKE ADEQUACY AID PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS BASED ON THE FORMULA SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3317.0213 OF 2,325
THE REVISED CODE.
Auxiliary Services 2,327
The foregoing appropriation item 200-511, Auxiliary 2,329
Services, shall be used by the State Board of Education for the 2,330
purpose of implementing section 3317.06 of the Revised Code. Of 2,331
the appropriation, up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2,332
biennium may be used for payment of the Post-Secondary Enrollment 2,333
Options Program for nonpublic students pursuant to section 2,334
3365.10 of the Revised Code. 2,335
Driver Education 2,337
The foregoing appropriation item 200-512, Driver Education, 2,339
shall be used by the State Board of Education for subsidizing 2,340
driver education courses for which the State Board of Education 2,341
prescribes minimum standards pursuant to section 3301.07 of the 2,342
Revised Code and courses for students released by high school 2,343
principals to attend commercial driver training schools licensed 2,344
under Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code. 2,345
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education 2,347
The foregoing appropriation item 200-514, 2,349
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education, shall be used by the 2,350
State Board of Education to provide post-secondary/adult 2,351
vocational education pursuant to sections 3313.52 and 3313.53 of 2,352
the Revised Code. 2,353
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-514, 2,356
POST-SECONDARY/ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, up to $500,000 in each 2,358
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fiscal year shall be allocated for the Ohio Career Information 2,359
System (OCIS) and used for the dissemination of career 2,360
information data to public schools, libraries, rehabilitation 2,361
centers, two- and four-year colleges and universities, and other 2,362
governmental units. 2,363
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-514, 2,365
Post-Secondary/Adult Vocational Education, up to $30,000 in each 2,366
fiscal year shall be used for the statewide coordination of the 2,367
activities of the Ohio Young Farmers.
Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid 2,369
The foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,371
Pupil Impact Aid, shall be distributed to school districts in 2,372
each fiscal year pursuant to the formula established by division 2,373
(B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code. 2,374
Annually, $1,450,000 shall be used by the Department of 2,376
Education to provide state matching funds to implement the 2,377
federal building based Effective School Program. 2,378
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,380
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $3,000,000 in each year of the biennium 2,381
shall be used for school breakfast programs. Of the $3,000,000, 2,382
$500,000 shall be used each year by the Department of Education 2,383
to provide start-up grants to rural school districts that start 2,384
school breakfast programs. The remainder of the $3,000,000 shall 2,385
be used to: (1) partially reimburse school buildings within 2,386
school districts that are required to have a school breakfast 2,387
program pursuant to section 3313.813 of the Revised Code, at a 2,388
rate decided upon by the department, for each breakfast served to
any pupil enrolled in the district; (2) partially reimburse 2,389
districts participating in the National School Lunch Program that 2,390
have at least 20 per cent of students who are eligible for free 2,391
and reduced meals according to federal standards, at a rate 2,392
decided upon by the department; and (3) to partially reimburse
districts participating in the National School Lunch Program for 2,393
breakfast served to children eligible for free and reduced meals 2,394
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enrolled in the district, at a rate decided upon by the 2,395
department.
Of the funds distributed to the Cleveland City School 2,397
District under division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised 2,398
Code, up to $7,100,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $8,700,000 in 2,399
fiscal year 1999 shall be used to operate a pilot school choice 2,401
program in the Cleveland City School District pursuant to
sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. 2,402
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,404
Pupil Impact Aid, $3,850,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $8,750,000 2,405
in fiscal year 1999 shall be used for competitive discipline 2,406
intervention grants for the 21 urban school districts as defined 2,407
in division (H) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. The 2,408
grants shall be administered by the Ohio Department of Education 2,409
and designed to reduce problems with student attendance, truancy, 2,410
dropouts, and discipline.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,412
Pupil Impact Aid, $150,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $250,000 in 2,413
fiscal year 1999 shall be distributed to the Franklin County 2,414
Educational Council to provide a cross district alternative 2,415
learning environment for students with alternative learning 2,416
requirements, in collaboration with member districts and
community services. 2,417
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,419
Pupil Impact Aid, $900,000 each year shall be used to support 2,420
dropout recovery programs administered by the Ohio Department of 2,421
Education, Jobs for Ohio's Graduates program. 2,422
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,424
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $1,000,000 in each year of the biennium 2,425
shall be used to fund grants to improve reading performance, 2,426
using programs such as Failure Free Reading, Slavin's Success for 2,427
All, and other programs that have a demonstrated record of 2,428
improving reading comprehension. The grants shall be made by the
Department of Education to 20 schools in which at least 50 per 2,429
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cent of fourth grade students failed to pass at least four parts 2,430
of the fourth grade proficiency test. The grants shall be made 2,431
in the amount of $50,000 for each school. 2,432
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,434
Pupil Impact Aid, the Department shall distribute $75,000 in each 2,435
fiscal year to the Collinwood Community Center to continue 2,436
outreach work on the Parents' Pledge of Responsibility in the 2,437
Cleveland City School District. This distribution shall come 2,438
from the Cleveland City School District's Disadvantaged Pupil 2,439
Impact Aid. 2,440
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged 2,443
Pupil Impact Aid, up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be 2,444
used by the Department of Education to encourage school districts 2,445
to set high academic standards and provide a helping hand for 2,446
students striving to meet them. Any school district that offers 2,447
a summer school program for students who have been enrolled in 2,448
the fourth and sixth grades, whether district-wide, in several 2,449
school buildings or within a cluster of school buildings, may 2,450
retain those students who fail to attend summer school programs 2,451
if those students attend schools that offer such programs. A 2,452
Summer Proficiency Academy shall be any school district's summer 2,453
school program that is conducted for students who have been 2,454
enrolled in the fourth and sixth grades, whether district-wide, 2,455
in several school buildings or within a cluster of school 2,456
buildings, that addresses the needs of students who did not pass 2,457
at least three of the five parts of either the fourth-grade or 2,458
sixth-grade proficiency test, that is of at least six weeks' 2,459
duration, and that provides an innovative, enriching educational 2,460
experience. The department shall use the funds indicated in this 2,461
paragraph to make grants to those school districts that conduct 2,462
such Summer Proficiency Academies and that have valuation per 2,463
pupil less than 150 per cent of the statewide average valuation 2,464
per pupil, to defray 75 per cent of the costs of conducting such 2,465
academies. The amount of each grant shall not exceed $150,000 2,466
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and each school district shall be eligible for up to four grants 2,467
in each fiscal year. Grants shall be made to school districts 2,468
based on the percentage of students failing three or more tests, 2,469
with first priority given to districts with the highest failure 2,470
rates. As used in this paragraph, "valuation per pupil"; has the 2,472
same meaning as in division (A)(4) of section 3317.0212 of the 2,473
Revised Code.
Sec. 50.15. Lottery Profits Education Fund 2,475
Appropriation item 200-670, School Foundation - Basic 2,477
Allowance, shall be used in conjunction with GRF item 200-501 to 2,478
provide payments to school districts pursuant to Chapter 3317. of 2,479
the Revised Code. 2,480
Of the foregoing appropriation item, 200-670, School 2,482
Foundation Basic Allowance, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall 2,484
be used from the funds transferred from the Unclaimed Prizes 2,485
Trust Fund pursuant to the section entitled "Transfers from the 2,486
Unclaimed Prizes Fund" of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd 2,487
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2,488
Appropriation item 200-671, Special Education, shall be 2,490
used in conjunction with GRF item 200-504 to provide payments to 2,491
school districts pursuant to Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code. 2,492
Appropriation item 200-672, Vocational Education, shall be used 2,493
in conjunction with GRF item 200-507 to provide payments to 2,494
school districts pursuant to Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code. 2,495
The Department of Education, with the approval of the 2,497
Director of Budget and Management, shall determine the monthly 2,498
distribution schedules of the GRF line item 200-501 and fund 017 2,499
line item 200-670, GRF line item 200-504 and fund 017 line item 2,500
200-671, and GRF line item 200-507 and fund 017 line item 2,501
200-672. If adjustments to the monthly distribution schedule are 2,502
necessary, the Department of Education shall make such 2,503
adjustments with the approval of the Director of Budget and 2,504
Management. 2,505
The Director of Budget and Management shall transfer the 2,507
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amount appropriated under the Lottery Profits Education Fund for 2,508
item 200-682, Lease Rental Payment Reimbursement, to the General 2,509
Revenue Fund on a schedule determined by the director. These 2,511
funds shall support the General Revenue Fund appropriation 2,512
200-413 230-428, Lease Rental Payments, OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES 2,514
COMMISSION. 2,515
Disability Access Projects 2,517
(A) As used in this section: 2,519
(1) "Percentile" means the percentile in which a school 2,521
district is ranked according to the most recent ranking of school 2,522
districts with regard to income and property wealth under 2,523
division (B) of section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. 2,524
(2) "School district" means a city, local, or exempted 2,526
village school district, except for a school district that is one 2,527
of the state's 21 urban school districts as defined in division 2,528
(H) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. 2,529
(3) As used in this section, "valuation per pupil" means a 2,531
district's total taxable value as defined in section 3317.02 of 2,533
the Revised Code divided by the district's ADM as defined in 2,534
division (A) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. 2,536
(B) The Department of Education shall adopt rules for 2,538
awarding grants to school districts with a valuation per pupil 2,539
less than $200,000, to be used for construction, reconstruction, 2,540
or renovation projects in classroom facilities, the purpose of 2,541
which is to improve access to such facilities by physically
handicapped persons. The rules shall include application 2,542
procedures.
No school district shall be awarded a grant under this 2,544
section in excess of $100,000. In addition, any school district 2,545
shall be required to pay a percentage of the cost of the project 2,546
for which the grant is being awarded equal to the percentile in 2,547
which the district is so ranked. 2,548
The foregoing appropriation item 200-649, Disability Access 2,550
Projects, shall be used to fund capital projects that make 2,552
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buildings more accessible to students with disabilities pursuant 2,553
to this section. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-649, 2,554
Disability Access Projects, $60,000 shall be used for the
Danville High School wheelchair lift. 2,555
Judgment Loan 2,557
The foregoing appropriation item 200-669, Judgment Loan, 2,559
shall be used to make loans to eligible districts under this 2,560
section HEADING.
(A) A school district is an "eligible district" for 2,563
purposes of division (B) of this subsection HEADING if, in the 2,564
two-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this 2,565
subsection JUNE 30, 1997, the district was the subject of either: 2,567
(1) A single final nonappealable judgment, consent 2,569
judgment, or settlement agreement in a civil action for damages 2,570
for injury, death, or loss of person or property, the amount of 2,571
which was equal to at least 90 per cent of the district's annual 2,572
expenditures for operating expenses for the fiscal year in which 2,573
the judgment, consent judgment, or settlement agreement was
issued;
(2) Multiple final nonappealable judgments, consent 2,575
judgments, or settlement agreements for such damages arising out 2,577
of a single transaction or occurrence, or a series of
transactions or occurrences arising out of the same wrongful act, 2,578
the total of which judgments, consent judgments, or settlement 2,579
agreements was an amount equal to at least 90 per cent of the 2,580
district's total expenditures for operating expenses in any one 2,581
of the fiscal years in which any such judgment, consent judgment, 2,582
or settlement agreement was issued.
(B) Upon application by the board of education of an 2,584
eligible district and to the extent funds are appropriated for 2,585
the purpose, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the 2,586
approval of the Director of Budget and Management, may enter into 2,587
a loan agreement with the board under which the Department of 2,589
Education shall loan to the district the amount of money
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necessary to pay all or part of any judgment, consent judgment, 2,590
or settlement agreement described in division (A) of this section 2,592
HEADING, plus any accrued interest. For repayment of the loan, 2,594
the loan agreement shall require the department to deduct 2,595
annually from state aid payments due to the district under 2,596
Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code, and if necessary under 2,597
sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code, an amount equal 2,599
to two-thousandths of the district's total taxable value reported
pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the 2,600
Revised Code, for the lesser of the following periods: 2,602
(1) A period of twenty-five years, commencing with the 2,604
later of the year of receipt of the loan or fiscal year 1999; 2,605
(2) A period equal to the number of years required to 2,607
deduct an amount equal to the total amount of the loan from the 2,608
district's state aid payments, commencing with the later of the 2,609
year of receipt of the loan or fiscal year 1999. 2,610
Bus Purchase One Time Supplement 2,612
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-694, Bus Purchase 2,614
One Time Supplement, $2,100,000 shall be distributed by the 2,615
Department of Education pursuant to the provisions of law 2,616
governing appropriation line item 200-552, County MR/DD Boards - 2,618
Vehicle Purchases.
The remaining funds allocated under this section HEADING 2,620
shall be distributed by the Department of Education pursuant to 2,622
the provisions of law governing appropriation line item 200-503, 2,623
Bus Purchase Allowance.
Lottery Profits Transfers* 2,625
On May 15 of each fiscal year, the Director of Budget and 2,627
Management shall determine if lottery profits transfers will meet 2,628
the appropriation amounts from the Lottery Profits Education 2,629
Fund. 2,630
On or after the date specified in each fiscal year, if the 2,632
director determines that lottery profits will not meet 2,633
appropriations and if other funds are not available to meet the 2,634
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shortfall, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall take 2,635
the actions specified under the "Reallocation of Funds" section 2,637
of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2,639
Transfers from the Unclaimed Prizes Fund 2,641
By July 15 of fiscal year 1999, the Director of Budget and 2,644
Management shall transfer $25,000,000 from the State Lottery
Commission's Unclaimed Prizes Fund to the Lottery Profits 2,645
Education Fund, to be used solely for purposes specified in the 2,646
Department of Education's budget. Transfers of unclaimed prizes 2,647
under this provision shall not count as Lottery Profits LOTTERY 2,649
PROFITS in the determination made concerning excess profits 2,650
titled "Lottery Profits" under the Department of Education in 2,651
this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2,653
Teacher Certification and Licensure 2,655
The foregoing appropriation item 200-681, Teacher 2,657
Certification and Licensure, shall be used by the Department of 2,658
Education in each year of the biennium to administer teacher 2,659
certification and licensure functions pursuant to sections 2,660
3301.071, 3301.074, 3301.50, 3301.51, 3319.088, 3319.22, 3319.24 2,661
to 3319.28, 3319.281, 3319.282, 3319.29, 3319.301, 3319.31, and 2,662
3319.51 of the Revised Code. 2,663
Sec. 50.20. Supplemental Payment 2,665
In addition to any other payments made under Chapter 3317. 2,667
of the Revised Code, or under this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 2,669
122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, a payment for fiscal year 1998 not 2,671
greater than the sum of the computation under division (A) of 2,672
this section and for fiscal year 1999 not greater than the sum of 2,673
the computation under division (B) of this section may be made to 2,674
each school district, subject to the recommendation of the 2,675
Superintendent of Public Instruction and approval of the
Controlling Board, for mandated costs not met from increases in 2,676
funds for the appropriate year from this act H.B. 215. The 2,678
increases for fiscal year 1998 shall be calculated by determining 2,679
additional state funds received for the year under other sections 2,680
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of this act H.B. 215 and sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the 2,682
Revised Code, plus additional state funds for approved units in 2,683
operation for fiscal year 1998 funded under divisions (M), (N), 2,684
and (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and the heading 2,685
"Supplemental Unit Allowance" above amounts received by the 2,687
district from such sections and divisions and under the heading 2,689
"Supplemental Payment" in Section 45.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of 2,690
the 121st General Assembly and Supplemental Unit Allowance in 2,691
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 2,693
be calculated by determining additional state funds received for 2,694
such year under other sections of this act H.B. 215 AND THIS ACT 2,696
and sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code plus 2,697
additional state funds for approved units in operation for fiscal 2,698
year 1999 funded under divisions (M), (N), and (O) of section 2,699
3317.024 of the Revised Code above the amounts received by the 2,700
district from such sections and divisions and under this section 2,701
of this act H.B. 215 for fiscal year 1998. 2,702
(A) For fiscal year 1998, the amount calculated under this 2,704
division shall be the cost of employing additional full-time 2,705
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,706
whose employment was necessary to avoid a reduction in state aid 2,707
under divisions (C) and (D) or (E) of section 3317.023 of the 2,708
Revised Code and who exceed in number the number of full-time 2,709
equivalent classroom teachers and full-time equivalent 2,710
educational service personnel who were employed by the district 2,711
during the first full week of October, 1996. The amount shall 2,712
equal the minimum salaries for such additional full-time 2,713
equivalent employees required by section 3317.13 of the Revised 2,714
Code multiplied by 114 per cent. 2,715
(B) For fiscal year 1999, the amount calculated under this 2,717
division shall be the cost of employing the additional full-time 2,718
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,719
whose employment was necessary to avoid a reduction in state aid 2,720
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under divisions (C) and (D) or (E) of section 3317.023 of the 2,721
Revised Code and who exceed in number the number of full-time 2,722
equivalent classroom teachers and educational service personnel 2,723
who were employed by the district during either the first full 2,724
week of October 1996, or during the first full week of October 2,725
1997, whichever week the number was smaller. The amount shall 2,726
equal the minimum salaries for such additional full-time 2,727
equivalent employees required by section 3317.13 of the Revised 2,728
Code multiplied by 114 per cent. 2,729
The Department of Education shall determine application 2,731
procedures and the schedule for applications and payments, 2,732
subject to approval by the Controlling Board. The Department of 2,733
Education may pay during the first half of each fiscal year, an 2,734
amount equal to one-half of the estimated payment to which a 2,735
district is entitled under this section. Subsequent to the 2,736
approval of the Controlling Board, the amount of any 2,737
over-payments shall be deducted from payments made under this act 2,738
H.B. 215 during the remainder of the fiscal year. 2,739
Only those school districts eligible to receive payments 2,741
under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code may receive any 2,742
payment under this section. 2,743
The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the 2,745
Controlling Board, before finalizing recommendations or approving 2,746
payments pursuant to this section, may consider: 2,747
(1) Increases in revenues to a school district from 2,749
sources other than Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code; 2,750
(2) Information relating to assumptions concerning 2,752
potential state revenues made at the time of adoption of a new 2,753
salary schedule for the district. 2,754
Sec. 50.23 Reallocation of Funds 2,756
(A) As used in this section: 2,758
(1) "Basic aid" means the amount calculated for the school 2,761
district received for the fiscal year under sections 3317.022, 2,762
3317.023, and 3317.025 to 3317.028 of the Revised Code, as 2,763
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modified by language under the headings "Basic Aid Formula 2,764
Amount," "Basic Aid Guarantees," and "Vocational Education Pupil 2,765
Recomputations" of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd 2,767
GENERAL ASSEMBLY and section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code. 2,768
(2) "Nonbasic aid" means: 2,770
(a) In the case of a school district, the amount computed 2,772
for the district for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999 under 2,773
Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code and this act H.B. 215, 2,775
excluding the district's basic aid;
(b) In the case of a county board of mental retardation 2,777
and developmental disabilities or for an institution providing 2,778
special education programs under section 3323.091 of the Revised 2,779
Code, the amount computed for the board or institution under 2,780
divisions (N) and (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. 2,781
(3) "Total taxable value" has the meaning given in section 2,784
3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Total basic revenue" means the district's basic aid 2,787
plus one of the following:
(a) For fiscal year 1998, two and three-tenths per cent of 2,789
the district's total taxable value for the most recently 2,792
completed tax year for which data are available for all school 2,793
districts at the time the computations required by divisions (C) 2,794
to (E) of this section are made;
(b) For fiscal year 1999, two and three-tenths per cent of 2,796
the district's total taxable value for the most recently 2,797
completed tax year for which data are available for all school 2,799
districts at the time the computations required by divisions (C) 2,800
to (E) of this section are made.
(B) If in either fiscal year of the biennium the 2,802
Superintendent of Public Instruction determines prior to January 2,803
16, 1998, or January 16, 1999, respectively, that the amount 2,804
appropriated to the Department of Education for distribution 2,805
under this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2,808
THIS ACT, and Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code is insufficient 2,810
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to make all of the payments required under such provisions, or if 2,811
the Governor issues an order under section 126.05 of the Revised 2,812
Code to reduce expenditures and incurred obligations and the 2,813
order requires the Superintendent to reduce such state aid 2,814
payments, or if lottery profits transfers are insufficient to 2,815
meet the amounts appropriated from the Lottery Profits Education 2,816
Fund for basic aid, vocational education, and special education, 2,817
and if other funds are not sufficient to offset the shortfall, 2,818
the Superintendent shall reduce basic and nonbasic aid payments 2,819
so that the total amount expended in the fiscal year will not 2,820
exceed either the amount appropriated or the amount available for 2,821
expenditure pursuant to the Governor's order. Subject to 2,822
Controlling Board approval, the Superintendent shall reallocate 2,823
appropriations not yet expended from one program to another. 2,824
(C)(1) If further reductions in basic and nonbasic aid are 2,826
necessary following the reallocations implemented pursuant to 2,827
division (B) of this section, the Superintendent shall request 2,828
the Controlling Board to approve the use of the money 2,829
appropriated by this division. The Superintendent shall include 2,830
with the Superintendent's request a report listing the amount of 2,831
reductions that each school district will receive pursuant to 2,833
divisions (D) to (H) of this section if the request is not 2,834
approved, and also the amount of the reduction, if any, that will 2,835
still be required if the use of the money appropriated by this 2,836
section is approved.
(2) In accordance with division (C)(1) of this section, 2,838
there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Education from 2,839
the unobligated balance remaining in the Lottery Profits 2,840
Education Fund at the end of fiscal year 1997 and at the end of 2,841
fiscal year 1998 the lesser of: the unobligated balance in the 2,842
fund, or the amount needed to preclude a reallocation pursuant to 2,843
divisions (D) to (H) of this section. The money appropriated by 2,844
this division may be spent or distributed by the department only 2,845
with the approval of the Controlling Board. 2,846
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(D) If reductions in basic and nonbasic aid are still 2,848
necessary following the actions taken pursuant to divisions (B) 2,849
and (C) of this section, the Superintendent shall determine by 2,850
what percentage expenditures for basic and nonbasic aid must be 2,851
reduced for the remainder of the fiscal year to make the total 2,852
amount distributed for the year equal the amount appropriated or 2,853
available for distribution. The Superintendent shall reduce by 2,854
that percentage the amount to be paid in nonbasic aid to each 2,856
city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school 2,857
district, to each educational service center, to each county 2,858
board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and 2,859
to each institution providing special education programs under 2,860
section 3323.091 of the Revised Code for the remainder of the 2,861
fiscal year.
(E) As used in divisions (F) to (H) of this section, 2,863
"school district" means city, local, and exempted village school 2,865
districts.
(F) After computing the reduction required by division (D) 2,867
of this section, the Superintendent shall: 2,868
(1) Determine the difference between the amount by which 2,870
total basic and nonbasic aid payments must be reduced and the 2,871
amount of the reductions made under division (D) of this section; 2,872
(2) Determine each school district's total basic revenue; 2,874
(3) Determine the total basic revenue of all such 2,876
districts; 2,877
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this 2,879
section, reduce each such school district's basic aid by an 2,880
amount computed as follows: 2,881
(a) Multiply the amount obtained under division (F)(1) of 2,883
this section by the district's total basic revenue; 2,884
(b) Divide the product thus obtained by the total basic 2,886
revenue of all districts. The quotient thus obtained shall be 2,887
the amount by which the district's basic aid shall be reduced for 2,888
the fiscal year. 2,889
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(5) If the amount computed for a district under division 2,891
(F)(4)(b) of this section equals or exceeds the basic aid 2,892
remaining to be paid to the district for the fiscal year, the 2,893
district shall receive no further basic aid in the fiscal year. 2,894
(G) If the amount by which any district's basic aid is 2,896
required to be reduced under division (F)(4) of this section 2,897
exceeds the amount of basic aid remaining to be paid to the 2,898
district for the fiscal year, the department shall further reduce 2,899
the basic aid to be paid to all other districts as follows: 2,900
(1) Determine the difference between: 2,902
(a) The amount determined under division (F)(1) of this 2,904
section; and 2,905
(b) The amounts by which basic aid payments were reduced 2,907
under divisions (F)(4) and (5) of this section. 2,908
(2) Determine the difference between: 2,910
(a) The total basic revenue of all districts; and 2,912
(b) The sum of the total basic revenue of each district to 2,914
which division (F)(5) of this section applies. 2,915
(3) Reduce each remaining school district's basic aid by 2,917
an amount computed as follows: 2,918
(a) Multiply the amount computed under division (G)(1) of 2,920
this section by the district's total basic revenue; 2,921
(b) Divide the product obtained by the amount computed 2,923
under division (G)(2) of this section. The quotient thus 2,924
obtained shall be the additional amount by which the district's 2,925
basic aid shall be reduced for the fiscal year. 2,926
(H) If the sum of the reductions under divisions (F) and 2,928
(G) of this section equals or exceeds the amount of basic aid 2,929
remaining to be paid to the district for the fiscal year, the 2,930
district shall receive no further basic aid payments in the 2,931
fiscal year and the department shall further reduce the amount of 2,932
basic aid to be paid to the remaining school districts in 2,933
accordance with the procedure set forth in division (G) of this 2,934
section, but substituting the remaining amount of the deficit 2,935
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after the first operation of division (G) for the amount 2,936
specified in division (G)(1) of this section, and subtracting the 2,937
total basic revenue of those districts no longer participating in 2,938
the allocation from the amount specified in division (G)(2) of 2,939
this section. 2,940
Sec. 50.24. Lottery Profits 2,942
(A) There is hereby created the Lottery Profits Education 2,944
Reserve Fund (Fund 018) in the State Treasury. At no time shall 2,945
the amount to the credit of the fund exceed $50,000,000. 2,947
Investment earnings of the Lottery Profits Education Reserve Fund 2,948
shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding any provisions of 2,949
law to the contrary, for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, there is 2,951
hereby appropriated to the Department of Education, from the 2,952
Lottery Profits Education Reserve Fund, an amount necessary to 2,953
make loans authorized by sections 3317.0210, 3317.0211, and 2,954
3317.62 of the Revised Code. All loan repayments from loans made 2,955
in fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998 shall 2,956
be deposited into the credit of the Lottery Profits Education 2,958
Reserve Fund.
(B)(1) On or before July 15, 1997, the Director of Budget 2,960
and Management shall determine the amount by which lottery profit 2,961
transfers received by the Lottery Profits Education Fund for 2,962
fiscal year 1997 exceed $661,200,000. 2,963
After certifying fiscal year 1997 excess lottery profits 2,965
pursuant to this division, and notwithstanding divisions (C) and 2,966
(D) of this section, the Director of Budget and Management shall 2,967
allocate up to $30,000,000 of the certified fiscal year 1997 2,968
excess lottery profits to support appropriations in fiscal year 2,969
1998 and fiscal year 1999 from the Lottery Profits Education Fund
(Fund 017) for appropriation item 228-690, SchoolNet Electrical 2,970
Infrastructure, to be used for the purposes specified in this act 2,971
AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2,973
The remaining balance of certified fiscal year 1997 excess 2,975
lottery profits shall be distributed in fiscal year 1998 pursuant 2,976
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to divisions (C) and (D) of this section. 2,977
(2) On or before July 15, 1998, the Director of Budget and 2,979
Management shall determine the amount by which lottery profit 2,980
transfers received by the Lottery Profits Education Fund for 2,981
fiscal year 1998 exceed $679,417,200. The amount so determined 2,982
shall be distributed in fiscal year 1999 pursuant to divisions 2,983
(E) and (F) of this section. 2,984
The Director of Budget and Management shall annually 2,986
certify the amounts determined pursuant to this section to the 2,987
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the 2,988
Senate. 2,989
(C) Not later than January 16, 1998, the Department of 2,991
Education, in consultation with the Director of Budget and 2,992
Management, shall determine, based upon estimates, if a 2,993
reallocation of funds as described in the section titled 2,994
"Reallocation of Funds" of this act H.B. 215 is required. 2,996
If a reallocation of funds is required, then the 2,998
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall request Controlling 2,999
Board approval for a release of any balances in the Lottery 3,000
Profits Education Fund available for the purpose of this division 3,001
and pursuant to divisions (C)(1) and (2) of the section titled 3,002
"Reallocation of Funds" of this act H.B. 215. Any moneys so 3,004
released are hereby appropriated. 3,005
(D) In fiscal year 1998, if the Department of Education 3,007
does not determine that a reallocation of funds is necessary by 3,008
January 16, as provided in division (C) of this section, or if 3,009
there is a balance in the Lottery Profits Education Fund after 3,010
the release of any amount needed to preclude a reallocation of 3,011
funds as provided in division (C) of this section, the moneys in 3,012
the Lottery Profits Education Fund shall be allocated as provided 3,013
in this division. Any amounts so allocated are hereby 3,014
appropriated. 3,015
(1) An amount equal to five per cent of the estimated 3,017
lottery profits of $661,200,000 in fiscal year 1997 or the amount 3,018
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remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser amount, shall be 3,019
transferred to the Lottery Profits Education Reserve Fund within 3,020
the limitations specified in division (A) of this section and be 3,021
reserved and shall not be available for allocation or 3,022
distribution during fiscal year 1998. Any amounts exceeding 3,023
$50,000,000 shall be distributed pursuant to divisions (D)(2), 3,024
(3), and (4) of this section. 3,025
(2) After reserving the required amount under division 3,027
(D)(1) of this section, an amount equal to $25,000,000 or the 3,028
unreserved amount remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser 3,029
amount, shall be transferred to the Public School Building Fund 3,030
(Fund 021) to be allocated and distributed in accordance with 3,031
Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code. The Department of Education 3,032
shall submit annually a report to the Governor and General 3,033
Assembly on the use of these funds. The report shall include for 3,034
each project, a description of the need for the project, the 3,035
total cost, the state and local share of the cost, and the 3,036
project repayment schedule. 3,037
(3) After the allocation under division (D)(2) of this 3,039
section, an amount equal to $20,000,000 or the unreserved amount 3,040
remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser amount, shall be 3,041
allocated to the Department of Education SCHOOL FACILITIES 3,043
COMMISSION to assist school districts in complying with federal 3,044
regulations on asbestos abatement and removal and to assist 3,045
school districts in making school buildings accessible to the 3,046
handicapped.
(4) After the allocation under division (D)(3) of this 3,048
section, the unreserved amount remaining in the fund shall be 3,049
distributed pursuant to division (G) of this section. 3,050
(E) Not later than January 16, 1999, the Department of 3,052
Education, in consultation with the Director of Budget and 3,053
Management, shall determine, based upon estimates, if a 3,054
reallocation of funds as described in the section titled 3,055
"Reallocation of Funds" of this act H.B. 215 is required. 3,057
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If a reallocation of funds is required, then the 3,059
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall request Controlling 3,060
Board approval for a release of any balances in the Lottery 3,061
Profits Education Fund available for the purpose of this division 3,062
and pursuant to divisions (C)(1) and (2) of the section titled 3,063
"Reallocation of Funds" of this act H.B. 215. Any moneys so 3,065
released are hereby appropriated. 3,066
(F) In fiscal year 1999, if the Department of Education 3,068
does not determine that a reallocation of funds is necessary by 3,069
January 16, as provided in division (E) of this section, or if 3,070
there is a balance in the Lottery Profits Education Fund after 3,071
the release of any amount needed to preclude a reallocation of 3,072
funds as provided in division (E) of this section, the moneys in 3,073
the Lottery Profits Education Fund shall be allocated as provided 3,074
in this division. Any amounts so allocated are hereby 3,075
appropriated. 3,076
(1) An amount equal to five per cent of the estimated 3,078
lottery profits transfers of $679,417,200 in fiscal year 1998 or 3,079
the amount remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser amount, 3,080
shall be transferred to the Lottery Profits Education Reserve 3,081
Fund within the limitations specified in division (A) of this 3,082
section and be reserved and shall not be available for allocation 3,083
or distribution during fiscal year 1999. Any amounts exceeding 3,084
$50,000,000 shall be distributed pursuant to divisions (F)(2), 3,085
(3), and (4) of this section. 3,086
(2) After reserving the required amount under division 3,088
(F)(1) of this section, an amount equal to $25,000,000 or the 3,089
unreserved amount remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser 3,090
amount, shall be transferred to the School Building Fund (Fund 3,091
021) to be allocated and distributed in accordance with Chapter 3,092
3318. of the Revised Code. The Department of Education shall 3,093
submit annually a report to the Governor and General Assembly on 3,094
the use of these funds. The report shall include for each 3,095
project, a description of the need for the project, the total 3,096
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cost, the state and local share of the cost, and the project 3,097
repayment schedule. 3,098
(3) After the allocation under division (F)(2) of this 3,100
section, an amount equal to $20,000,000 or the unreserved amount 3,101
remaining in the fund, whichever is the lesser amount, shall be 3,102
allocated to the Department of Education SCHOOL FACILITIES 3,104
COMMISSION to assist school districts in complying with federal 3,105
regulations on asbestos abatement and removal and to assist 3,106
school districts in making school buildings accessible to the 3,107
handicapped.
(4) After the allocation under division (F)(3) of this 3,109
section, the amount remaining in the fund shall be distributed 3,110
pursuant to division (G) of this section. 3,111
(G) In the appropriate fiscal year, any remaining amounts 3,113
after the operations required by division (D) or (F) of this 3,114
section, respectively, shall be available for distribution in 3,115
accordance with this division. 3,116
(1) As used in this division: 3,118
(a) "State basic aid" means: 3,120
(i) In the case of a school district, the amount computed 3,122
for a district under sections 3317.022, 3317.023, and 3317.025 to 3,123
3317.028 of the Revised Code exclusive of amounts computed under 3,124
division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, plus any 3,125
amount computed for the district under section 3317.0212 of the 3,126
Revised Code or under the heading "Basic Aid Guarantee" of this 3,128
act H.B. 215 or any amount computed under section 3317.11 or 3,130
3317.16 of the Revised Code.
(ii) In the case of a 169 board, the amount computed under 3,132
divisions (N) and (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. 3,133
(b) "ADM" means: 3,135
(i) In the case of a city, local, or exempted village 3,137
school district, the district's average daily membership 3,138
determined pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, 3,139
exclusive of those pupils who are enrolled in units for which an 3,140
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educational service center governing board receives funding under 3,141
division (N) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code or who are 3,142
enrolled in a joint vocational school district; 3,143
(ii) In the case of a joint vocational school district, 3,145
the sum of the number of pupils excluded from city, local, or 3,146
exempted village school district ADMs under division (G)(1)(b)(i) 3,148
of this section by virtue of their enrollment in that joint 3,149
vocational school district;
(iii) In the case of an educational service center, the 3,151
sum of the number of pupils excluded from city, local, and 3,152
exempted village school district ADMs under division (G)(1)(b)(i) 3,153
of this section by virtue of their enrollment in a unit for which 3,154
that educational service center governing board receives funding 3,155
under division (N) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code; 3,157
(iv) In the case of a 169 board, the sum of the pupils 3,159
included in classes and units approved for funding under section 3,160
3317.05 of the Revised Code. 3,161
(c) "169 board" means a county board of mental retardation 3,164
and developmental disabilities.
(2) Ninety-seven and forty-three one-hundredths per cent 3,166
of the amount made available for distribution under this division 3,167
in each fiscal year shall be distributed to city, local, joint 3,168
vocational, and exempted village school districts and educational 3,169
service centers eligible to receive funds pursuant to Chapter 3,170
3317. of the Revised Code and to 169 boards in proportion to the 3,171
percentage that the ADM of each such district, educational 3,172
service center, or board is of the ADM of all such districts, 3,173
educational service centers, and boards and shall be for the use 3,174
of the public schools of the district or educational service 3,175
center and 169 board programs. Two and fifty-seven 3,176
one-hundredths per cent of such amount made available for 3,177
distribution under this division in each fiscal year shall be 3,178
distributed to nonpublic schools for the purposes of section 3,179
3317.063 of the Revised Code. Not later than the first day of 3,180
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March of each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall 3,181
compute each school district's, each educational service 3,182
center's, and each 169 board's share for that year of the amount 3,184
to be distributed under this division and shall, subject to 3,185
Controlling Board approval, distribute the shares so determined. 3,186
Amounts distributed to school districts, educational 3,188
service centers, and 169 boards pursuant to this division shall 3,190
be used solely to purchase textbooks and equipment. If funds 3,191
have been appropriated by a board for any purposes permitted 3,192
under this section, the amounts distributed to the district or 3,193
educational service center under this division shall be used for 3,194
additional expenditures for such purposes and shall not be 3,195
substituted for funds previously appropriated by the board. 3,196
(3) Districts, educational service centers, 169 boards, 3,198
and nonpublic schools shall report to the Department of Education 3,200
no later than the last day of May of each fiscal year on the 3,201
usage of funds received under this division. The Department of 3,202
Education shall compile district and educational service center 3,203
data and report on the usage of all funds distributed under this 3,205
division to the Controlling Board by the last day of June of each 3,206
fiscal year. If the department determines that a district or 3,207
educational service center or a 169 board used funds distributed
pursuant to this division for purposes not permitted, it shall 3,209
reduce the district's, educational service center's, or board's 3,210
state basic aid payments for the ensuing fiscal year by the 3,212
amount improperly used.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that moneys 3,214
distributed pursuant to this section shall not be included in any 3,215
spending base calculations when appropriations for the 1999-2000 3,216
biennium are being considered. 3,217
Sec. 50.43. There is hereby created the Ohio Schools 3,219
Technology Implementation Task Force composed of six voting 3,220
members, three of whom shall be members of the Senate appointed 3,221
by the President of the Senate and three of whom shall be members 3,223
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of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the 3,224
House of Representatives. Not more than two members from each 3,225
house shall be members of the same political party. From among
these six voting members, the President of the Senate and the 3,226
Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly shall appoint a 3,227
chair of the Task Force. The Task Force shall include as ex 3,228
officio nonvoting members the Superintendent of Public 3,229
Instruction or the Superintendent's designee; the Directors of 3,230
Budget and Management, Administrative Services, and the Office of 3,231
Information, Learning, and Technology Services or their 3,232
designees; a representative designated by the head of the Ohio 3,233
Education Computer Network; a representative designated by the 3,234
Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio; and a 3,235
representative appointed by the Chairperson of the Ohio Education 3,236
Broadcasting Network Commission. The voting members may, by 3,237
majority vote, elect to include any number of additional 3,238
nonvoting members on the Task Force. 3,239
The Legislative Service Commission and the Legislative 3,241
Budget Office of the Legislative Service Commission shall provide 3,242
any staffing assistance requested by the Task Force. 3,243
The Task Force shall develop recommendations for a 3,245
comprehensive framework for coordinating the planning and 3,246
implementation of technology in Ohio schools and issue a report 3,247
not later than January 31 AUGUST 1, 1998. Upon issuing its 3,248
report, the Task Force shall cease to operate. 3,250
Sec. 50.44. (A) There is hereby created the Teacher 3,253
Professional Development Task Force. The purpose of the task 3,254
force shall be to develop a comprehensive structure for the
delivery of continuing professional development for teachers 3,255
employed in the state's primary, secondary, vocational, and 3,256
special educational system. On or before January 31 AUGUST 1, 3,258
1998, the task force shall issue to the President of the Senate, 3,259
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the State 3,260
Superintendent of Public Instruction a report outlining a 3,261
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comprehensive structure for the delivery of continuing 3,262
professional development to such school teachers. On the date of 3,264
the issuance of its report, the task force is abolished.
(B) The task force shall be composed of six legislators, 3,267
three appointed by the President of the Senate and three by the 3,268
Speaker of the House of Representatives. No more than two of the 3,269
appointed members from each house shall be members of the same 3,270
political party. From among these six appointed members, the 3,271
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 3,272
Representatives jointly shall appoint a chair of the Task Force. 3,273
Ex-officio nonvoting members of the task force shall include the 3,274
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the 3,275
Superintendent's designee; the Director of Budget and Management, 3,276
or the Director's designee; a member appointed by the head 3,277
official of the Ohio State School Boards Association; a member 3,278
appointed by the head official of the Ohio Association of 3,279
Educational Service Center Superintendents; a member appointed by 3,280
the head official of the Ohio Education Association; a member 3,281
appointed by the head official of the Ohio Federation of 3,282
Teachers; a member appointed by the head official of the Buckeye 3,283
Association of School Administrators; and two members of the 3,284
institutions of higher education that have teacher education 3,285
colleges, one member of which shall be from such a public 3,286
institution appointed by the Chancellor of the Board of Regents 3,287
and the other shall be from such a private institution appointed 3,288
by the head official of the Association of Independent Colleges 3,289
and Universities of Ohio. The voting members of the task force 3,290
may appoint, by a majority vote, additional ex-officio nonvoting 3,291
members to serve on the task force. The Legislative Service 3,292
Commission and the Legislative Budget Office shall provide staff 3,293
and services to the task force. 3,294
Sec. 69.03. SchoolNet Plus 3,296
In fiscal year 1998, by July 10, the Director of Budget and 3,298
Management shall transfer $28,000,000 cash from the General 3,299
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Revenue Fund to the Office of Information, Learning and 3,300
Technology Services' SchoolNet Plus Fund (4Y4). In fiscal year 3,302
1998, by July 10, the Director of Budget of Management shall 3,303
transfer $3,664,253 from the Lottery Commission's Unclaimed 3,304
Prizes Fund (Fund 872) to the Office of Information, Learning and 3,305
Technology Services' SchoolNet Plus Fund (4Y4). In addition, on 3,306
or before July 31, 1997, pursuant to the section titled "Transfer 3,307
of Fiscal Year 1997 Ending Balances" $94,400,000 in surplus 3,308
revenue shall be transferred to the SchoolNet Plus Fund (4Y4). A 3,309
total of $31,664,253 shall be distributed from Fund (4Y4) line 3,310
APPROPRIATION item 228-698, SchoolNet Plus, to non-qualifying 3,312
districts to bring their total SchoolNet Plus payment up to $350 3,313
per pupil for students in kindergarten through the fourth grade. 3,314
To complete the SchoolNet Plus program, the Director of 3,316
Budget and Management shall transfer in fiscal year 1999 3,317
$30,600,000 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the office's 3,318
SchoolNet Plus Fund (4Y4).
Before any city, local, or exempted village school district 3,320
applies for and receives additional funds through the SchoolNet 3,321
Plus program, it must certify to the Office of Information, 3,322
Learning, and Technology Services that it has used any previous 3,323
moneys received through the SchoolNet Plus program to purchase 3,324
and install computers for children enrolled in grades 3,325
kindergarten through four, and that the equipment and software 3,326
are being utilized daily as of the certification date. School 3,327
districts may use their SchoolNet Plus moneys for assistant 3,328
technology for disabled students. 3,329
Interactive Video Distance Learning 3,331
The foregoing appropriation item 200-650, Interactive Video 3,333
Distance Learning, shall be used in fiscal year 1998 to help fund 3,334
interactive video distance learning projects in local, exempted 3,335
village, city, and joint vocational schools. The Office of 3,336
Information, Learning, and Technology shall determine grant 3,337
amounts in accordance with the guidelines of this section.
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Priority shall be given to consortiums of schools where a 3,338
significant number of all the schools in a geographic area have 3,339
demonstrated a desire to participate in the program and where no 3,340
interactive video distance learning project involving multiple 3,341
school districts now exists. Efforts shall be made to ensure
that consortiums funded are geographically dispersed around the 3,342
state.
The Office of Information, Learning, and Technology 3,344
Services shall calculate a maximum grant amount for each approved 3,345
school district or consortium. Such maximum grant shall be the 3,346
amount sufficient to equip one classroom in each high school 3,347
building of the participating school districts capable of both
originating and receiving programming and may include one 3,348
additional classroom in each high school building for receiving 3,349
only. The maximum grant amount may also include funds for 3,350
interconnecting the various sites involved in the consortium, for 3,351
planning and for professional development. The percentage of the 3,352
maximum grant amount awarded to school districts or consortia
shall be greater for lower property valuation districts, and 3,353
consortia of lower property valuation districts, and less for 3,354
higher property valuation districts, and consortia. The amount 3,355
awarded shall take into account the subsidy and discount 3,356
available through the Federal Communication Commission's
telephone universal service plan for schools, and may include a 3,357
subsidy, up to the maximum permissible under the Snow-Rockefeller 3,358
amendment, of the monthly telephone, cable, or other connection 3,359
charges INCURRED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR BY NEW OR EXISTING 3,360
CONSORTIA INVOLVING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH EDUCATIONAL-RELATED 3,361
ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE INCLUSION WILL ENHANCE EDUCATION FOR OHIO'S 3,362
STUDENTS, for operation of the interactive distance learning 3,364
programming. School districts or consortia of school districts 3,365
whose per pupil valuation for the average of the preceding two
years exceed 60 per cent of the statewide median valuation per 3,367
pupil shall be eligible for funds only if they commit, as part of
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the application process, to provide programming without charge or 3,368
at minimal cost to school districts whose valuation is below the 3,369
statewide median valuation per pupil. 3,370
Sec. 76. LSC LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION 3,372
General Revenue Fund 3,374
GRF 035-321 Operating Expenses $ 7,231,000 $ 7,445,000 3,379
GRF 035-402 Legislative Interns $ 705,000 $ 740,000 3,383
GRF 035-403 Legislative Budget 3,385
Office $ 2,405,000 $ 2,521,000 3,387
GRF 035-404 Legislative Office of 3,389
Education Oversight $ 658,933 $ 683,891 3,391
GRF 035-405 Correctional 3,393
Institution
Inspection Committee $ 475,000 $ 490,000 3,395
GRF 035-406 ATMS Replacement 3,397
Project $ 80,000 $ 80,000 3,399
GRF 035-407 Legislative Task 3,401
Force on
Redistricting,
Reapportionment, and 3,402
Demographic Research $ 830,000 $ 320,000 3,404
GRF 035-409 National Associations $ 510,957 $ 376,729 3,408
GRF 035-410 Legislative 3,410
Information Systems $ 3,200,000 $ 3,200,000 3,412
GRF 035-412 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON 3,414
PROPERTY TAX $ 200,000 $ 0 3,417
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 16,095,890 $ 15,856,620 3,420
General Services Fund Group 3,423
410 035-601 Sale of Publications $ 25,000 $ 25,000 3,428
4F6 035-603 Legislative Budget 3,430
Services $ 120,000 $ 128,000 3,432
4F7 035-605 Head Start Study $ 60,000 $ 0 3,436
TOTAL GSF General Services 3,437
Fund Group $ 205,000 $ 153,000 3,440
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TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 16,300,890 $ 16,009,620 3,443
16,500,890 3,444
ATMS Replacement Project 3,447
Of the foregoing appropriation item 035-406, ATMS 3,449
Replacement Project, any amounts not used for the ATMS project 3,450
may be used to pay the operating expenses of the Legislative 3,451
Service Commission. 3,452
National Associations 3,454
Of the foregoing appropriation item 035-409, National 3,456
Associations, $8,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the 3,458
State and Local Legal Center.
Legislative Office of Education Oversight 3,460
The foregoing appropriation item 035-404, Legislative 3,462
Office of Education Oversight, shall be used to support the 3,463
legislative oversight activities of the Legislative Committee on 3,464
Education Oversight established in section 3301.68 of the Revised 3,465
Code. 3,466
The Legislative Office of Education Oversight shall study 3,468
ways for school districts to create a collaborative high school 3,469
with neighboring districts. The study will determine the types 3,470
of incentives, including state assistance, necessary to encourage 3,471
schools toward this type of collaboration. The Legislative 3,472
Office of Eduction EDUCATION Oversight shall report their 3,473
recommendations to the Speaker of the House and the President of 3,474
the Senate no later than June 30, 1999.
No later than January 31, 1999, the Legislative Office of 3,476
Education Oversight shall issue a report on the status of the 3,477
educational service center consolidations mandated by Section 3,479
45.32 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of the 121st General Assembly, as 3,480
amended. The Office shall submit its report to the Speaker of 3,481
the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. 3,482
Head Start Study 3,484
The foregoing appropriation item 035-605, Head Start Study, 3,487
shall be used by the Legislative Office of Education Oversight to 3,488
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conduct research on Head Start. The purpose of the study is to 3,489
evaluate the implementation of Head Start, including the nature 3,490
and quality of the educational programming, its cost, staff, and 3,491
facilities, and the program's impact on participating children 3,492
and families.
The Director of the Legislative Office of Education 3,494
Oversight shall notify the Director of Budget and Management upon 3,495
completion of the Head Start Study. The Director of Budget and 3,496
Management shall transfer any unexpended and unobligated cash 3,497
balances in Fund 4F7 to the General Revenue Fund. 3,498
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX REVISION AND 3,502
RESTRUCTURING
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 035-412, SPECIAL COMMITTEE 3,505
ON PROPERTY TAX, SHALL BE USED TO FUND THE EXPENSES OF THE 3,506
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX REVISION AND RESTRUCTURING. 3,507
OF THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 035-412, SPECIAL 3,510
COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX, ANY UNENCUMBERED AND UNALLOTTED FISCAL 3,511
YEAR 1998 AMOUNTS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET 3,512
AND MANAGEMENT TO APPROPRIATION ITEM 035-412, SPECIAL COMMITTEE 3,513
ON PROPERTY TAX, IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. THOSE AMOUNTS SO 3,514
TRANSFERRED FROM FISCAL YEAR 1998 TO FISCAL YEAR 1999 ARE HEREBY 3,516
APPROPRIATED.
Section 103.41 103.141 Report 3,518
Notwithstanding section 103.41 103.141 of the Revised Code, 3,520
the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative Service 3,521
Commission may submit the estimates required by that section for 3,523
calendar years 1996 and 1997 in October, 2000. 3,524
Workforce Study Committee Additional Duties 3,526
The Legislative Service Commission Study Committee on Job 3,528
Training and Workforce Development Programs appointed on February 3,530
5, 1997, by motion of the Commission pursuant to its authority in 3,531
section 103.12 of the Revised Code, shall review the functions 3,532
and duties of state, county, and other programs, including those 3,533
performed by local offices of the Bureau of Employment Services 3,534
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and by state and county human services offices, that are directed 3,535
toward job training, job placement, and workforce development. 3,536
The Study Committee, after consulting with interested parties 3,537
including the Director of Human Services and the Administrator of 3,538
the Bureau of Employment Services, shall make recommendations to 3,539
the Governor and to the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the 3,540
House of Representatives and the President and the Minority 3,541
Leader of the Senate, on behalf of the General Assembly, to 3,542
improve the integration, efficiency, effectiveness, and 3,543
collaboration of federal, state, and locally funded job training, 3,544
job placement, and workforce development efforts. 3,545
Sec. 130.01. Lottery Transfers in Fiscal Year 1999 3,547
Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3770.06 of the 3,550
Revised Code, from the amounts that the Director of Budget and 3,551
Management transfers in fiscal year 1999 from the State Lottery 3,552
Fund to the Lottery Profits Education Fund, the Director shall 3,553
transfer the initial $15,000,000 of such amounts from the lottery 3,554
profits education fund to Fund 5F8, the Instructional Materials 3,555
Education Fund. This money shall be combined with the $10,000,000 3,556
that Fund 5F8 receives from fiscal year 1997 surplus revenue, to 3,557
provide $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 to school districts for 3,558
the purchase of textbooks and instructional materials for 3,559
schools. THIS TRANSFER IS IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO 3,560
MEET ALL OTHER APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE LOTTERY PROFITS EDUCATION 3,561
FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 3,562
Section 4. That existing Sections 50, 50.04, 50.07, 50.09, 3,564
50.15, 50.20, 50.23, 50.24, 50.43, 50.44, 69.03, 76, and 130.01 3,565
of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly are hereby 3,567
repealed.
Section 5. That Sections 50.06 and 50.11 of Am. Sub. H.B. 3,569
215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 3,570
182 of the 122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: 3,571
"Sec. 50.06. School Foundation Basic Allowance 3,573
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-501, School 3,575
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Foundation Basic Allowance, up to $6,000,000 in each year of the 3,576
biennium shall be expended by the State Board of Education for 3,577
the extended service allowance which shall be the teachers' 3,578
salaries pursuant to the schedule contained in section 3317.13 of 3,579
the Revised Code, plus fifteen per cent for retirement and sick 3,580
leave; up to $425,000 shall be expended in each year of the 3,582
biennium for court payments pursuant to section 2151.357 of the 3,583
Revised Code; up to $150,000 in each year of the biennium shall 3,584
be expended pursuant to section 3313.64 of the Revised Code; the 3,585
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall expend in each year of 3,586
the biennium the amount necessary for the purpose of making 3,587
payments for the vocational education pupil recomputation 3,588
pursuant to division (M) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code 3,589
and the provisions under the section headed "Vocational Education
Pupil Recomputation" in this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd 3,591
GENERAL ASSEMBLY and the special education pupil recomputation 3,592
pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code; 3,593
up to $100,000 shall be expended in each year of the biennium for 3,594
supplemental payments pursuant to the section headed 3,595
"Supplemental Payment" of this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd 3,598
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; an amount shall be available each year of the 3,600
biennium for the cost of the reappraisal guarantee pursuant to 3,601
section 3317.04 of the Revised Code; up to $9,000,000 in each 3,602
year of the biennium shall be reserved for payments pursuant to 3,603
sections 3317.026, 3317.027, and 3317.028 of the Revised Code; up 3,604
to $2,000,000 in each year of the biennium shall be reserved for 3,605
Youth Services tuition payments pursuant to division (F) of 3,606
section 3317.024 of the Revised Code, up to $1,300,000 in fiscal 3,607
year 1998 and $1,300,000 in fiscal year 1999 for small district 3,608
aid; for districts with an ADM of less than 100, in addition to 3,609
other funds, an amount shall be paid equal to the amount above 3,610
the actual fiscal year 1996 and 1997 amounts for basic aid, 3,611
including any guarantee aid the district would have received in 3,612
fiscal years 1996 and 1997 had the amendments to divisions (D) 3,613
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and (E) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code, as amended in 3,614
this act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY, been in 3,617
effect; up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to make 3,618
payments to school districts that lose enrollment due to the 3,619
implementation of the community schools program pursuant to this 3,620
act AM. SUB. H.B. 215 OF THE 122nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY; $500,000 3,624
shall be transferred each year by the Director of Budget and 3,625
Management to appropriation item 200-422, School Management 3,626
Assistance, to help the Department of Education administer, 3,627
monitor, and implement the fiscal emergency and fiscal watch 3,628
provisions under Chapter 3316. of the Revised Code. Up to 3,629
$45,330,000 in fiscal year 1998 and up to $47,795,600 in fiscal 3,630
year 1999 shall be reserved to fund the state reimbursement of 3,631
educational service centers pursuant to section 3317.11 of the 3,633
Revised Code; and up to $1,200,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be 3,634
used by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make
incentive payments in any amounts the superintendent deems 3,636
necessary to joint educational service centers established 3,637
pursuant to section 3311.053 of the Revised Code. These
supplemental payments may be made in fiscal year 1998 to defray 3,638
the direct or indirect expenses of dissolving participating 3,639
educational service centers. Each joint educational service 3,640
center seeking a supplemental payment in fiscal year 1998 shall 3,641
submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction any documents 3,642
and information that the Superintendent may require no later than
December 31, 1997. 3,643
Of the foregoing appropriation item, 200-501, School 3,645
Foundation Basic Allowance, up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year 3,646
shall be used by the Department of Education for a pilot program 3,647
to pay for educational services for youth who have been assigned 3,648
by a juvenile court or other authorized agency to any of the 3,649
facilities described in division (A) of the section titled 3,650
"Private Treatment Facility Pilot Project." 3,651
The remaining portion of this appropriation item shall be 3,653
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expended for basic state aid for the public schools of city, 3,654
local, and exempted village school districts. ANY AMOUNTS WHICH 3,655
WERE ENCUMBERED IN FISCAL YEAR 1997 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 3,657
EDUCATION FROM APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-501, SCHOOL FOUNDATION 3,658
BASIC ALLOWANCE, FOR ANY OF THE USES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 45.05 3,659
OF AM. SUB. H.B. 117 OF THE 121st GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT WHICH, ON 3,661
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT OF THIS SECTION, REMAIN 3,662
UNEXPENDED, MAY BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MAKE 3,663
PAYMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 3317.027 AND 3317.028 OF 3,664
THE REVISED CODE IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN SECTION
45.05 OF AM. SUB. H.B. 117 OF THE 121st GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR 3,666
FISCAL YEAR 1997 OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3317.027 AND 3,667
3317.028 OF THE REVISED CODE.
Sec. 50.11. Supplemental Unit Allowance 3,669
(A) As used under this heading: 3,671
(1) "Basic aid" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) 3,673
of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code. 3,674
(2) "Adjusted formula amount" has the same meaning as in 3,676
division (A)(6) of section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. 3,677
(3) "ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of 3,679
the Revised Code. 3,680
(4) "Per pupil basic aid" means a district's basic aid 3,682
divided by its ADM. 3,683
(5) "Dollar amount" means the amount shown in the 3,685
following table for the corresponding type of unit and the 3,686
appropriate fiscal year: 3,687
TYPE OF UNIT DOLLAR AMOUNT 3,689
FY 1998 FY 1999 3,692
Division (M) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,345 $7,898 3,694
Division (N) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,702 $8,334 3,696
Division (O)(1) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,293 $3,234 3,698
Division (O)(2) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,523 $3,550 3,700
(6) "FY" means fiscal year. 3,703
(7) "Average unit amount" means the amount shown in the 3,705
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following table for the corresponding type of unit and the 3,706
appropriate fiscal year:
TYPE OF UNIT AVERAGE UNIT AMOUNT 3,708
FY 1998 FY 1999 3,711
Division (M) of R.C. 3317.024 $4,937 $7,227 3,713
Division (N) of R.C. 3317.024 $5,360 $7,799 3,715
Division (O)(1) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,129 $2,966 3,717
Division (O)(2) of R.C. 3317.024 $2,343 $3,251 3,719
(B) In the case of each unit described in division (M), 3,722
(N), or (O) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated 3,723
to a city, local, or exempted village school district, the 3,724
Department of Education, in addition to the amounts specified in 3,725
such divisions, shall pay a supplemental unit allowance equal to 3,726
the sum of the following amounts: 3,727
(1) An amount equal to 50% of the average unit amount for 3,729
the unit;
(2) An amount equal to the percentage of the dollar amount 3,731
for the unit that is obtained by dividing the district's basic 3,733
aid per pupil by its adjusted formula amount. 3,734
If, prior to the fifteenth day of May of a fiscal year, a 3,736
school district's basic aid is recomputed pursuant to section 3,737
3317.027 or 3317.028 of the Revised Code, the department shall 3,738
also recompute the district's entitlement to payment under this 3,739
section utilizing a new basic aid per pupil amount under division
(B)(1) of this section. Such new basic aid per pupil amount 3,740
shall be determined using the district's recomputed basic aid 3,741
amount pursuant to section 3317.027 or 3317.028 of the Revised 3,742
Code. During the last six months of the fiscal year, the 3,743
department shall pay the district a sum equal to one-half of the 3,744
recomputed payment in lieu of one-half the payment otherwise
calculated under this section. 3,745
(C)(1) In the case of each unit described in division (M) 3,747
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code that is allocated to any 3,748
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 3,749
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district, the Department, in addition to the amount specified in 3,750
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 3,751
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $4,937 in fiscal year 1998 3,752
AND $7,227 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 3,753
(2) In the case of each unit described in division (N) of 3,755
section 3317.024 of the Revised Code that is allocated to any 3,756
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 3,757
district, the Department, in addition to the amount specified in 3,758
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 3,759
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $5,360 in fiscal year 1998 3,760
AND $7,799 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 3,761
(3) In the case of each unit described in division (O)(1) 3,763
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated to any 3,764
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 3,765
district, the Department, in addition to the amounts specified in 3,766
such qivision and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall 3,767
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $2,129 in fiscal year 1998 3,768
AND $2,966 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999. 3,769
(4) In the case of each unit described in division (O)(2) 3,771
of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and allocated to any 3,772
entity other than a city, exempted village, or local school 3,773
district, the Department, in addition to the amounts specified in 3,774
such division and in section 3317.16 of the Revised Code, shall
pay a supplemental unit allowance of $2,343 in fiscal year 1998 3,775
AND $3,251 IN FISCAL YEAR 1999." 3,776
Section 6. That existing Sections 50.06 and 50.11 of Am. 3,778
Sub. H.B. 215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. 3,779
Sub. H.B. 182 of the 122nd General Assembly, are hereby repealed. 3,780
Section 7. That Section 50.16 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 3,782
122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 of the 3,783
122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: 3,784
"Sec. 50.16. Property Tax Allocation 3,786
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not request 3,788
and the Controlling Board shall not approve the transfer of funds 3,789
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from appropriation item 200-901, Property Tax 3,790
Allocation--Education, to any other appropriation line item. 3,791
Textbooks/Instructional Materials 3,793
As used in this section, "valuation per pupil" means a 3,795
district's total taxable value of the preceding fiscal year as 3,796
defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code divided by the 3,797
district's ADM of the preceding fiscal year as defined in 3,798
division (A) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. 3,799
Money in the foregoing appropriation item 200-645, 3,801
Textbooks/Instructional Materials, shall be distributed on a per 3,802
pupil basis to all city, exempted village, and local school 3,803
districts with a valuation per pupil less than $200,000. City, 3,804
exempted village, and local school districts shall use moneys
received from the appropriation item for textbooks, instructional 3,805
software, instructional materials, and any other materials the 3,806
district deems to be helpful in providing appropriate instruction 3,807
to students in the following subject areas: reading, writing, 3,808
mathematics, science, and citizenship.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE 3,811
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-687, SCHOOL DISTRICT 3,814
SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE, SHALL BE USED TO MAKE ADVANCEMENTS TO SCHOOL 3,815
DISTRICTS TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN SOLVENT PURSUANT TO SECTION
3316.20 OF THE REVISED CODE. REIMBURSEMENTS FROM SCHOOL 3,816
DISTRICTS FOR ANY AMOUNTS ADVANCED SHALL BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL 3,818
DISTRICT SOLVENCY ASSISTANCE FUND."
Section 8. That existing Section 50.16 of Am. Sub. H.B. 3,820
215 of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 55 3,821
of the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed. 3,822
Section 9. That Section 50.05 of Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 3,824
122nd General Assembly is hereby repealed. 3,825
Section 10. That Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 102 of the 3,827
122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of the 3,828
122nd General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: 3,829
"Sec. 5. SFC SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION 3,831
87
General Revenue Fund 3,833
GRF 230-428 Lease Rental Payments $ 27,020,000 $ 57,176,000 3,837
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $ 27,020,000 $ 57,176,000 3,840
State Special Revenue Fund 3,843
5E3 230-644 Operating Expenses $ 2,000,000 $ 2,400,000 3,848
Total SSR State Special Revenue 3,849
Fund Group $ 2,000,000 $ 2,400,000 3,852
LOTTERY PROFIT EDUCATION FUND 3,854
GROUP
018 230-649 DISABILITY ACCESS 3,856
PROJECT $ 5,000,000 $ 0 3,858
TOTAL LPE LOTTERY PROFITS 3,859
EDUCATION FUND GROUP $ 5,000,000 $ 0 3,862
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 29,020,000 $ 59,576,000 3,865
34,020,000 3,866
Operating Expenses 3,869
The foregoing appropriation item 230-644, Operating 3,871
Expenses, shall be used by the Ohio School Facilities Commission 3,872
to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this section and 3,873
Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code. 3,874
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio 3,876
School Facilities Commission Fund (Fund 5E3). The fund shall 3,877
consist of transfers of moneys authorized by the General 3,878
Assembly, grants and other revenues described in division (D) of 3,879
section 3318.31 of the Revised Code, and investment earnings of 3,880
the fund. Moneys credited to the fund may be used by the 3,881
commission for staffing and other administrative expenses, to 3,882
conduct evaluations of school facilities, to prepare building 3,883
design specifications, to provide project management services, 3,884
and for any other purposes deemed necessary by the commission 3,885
consistent with Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code. 3,886
Within 10 days of the effective date of this section, the 3,888
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer up to $2,000,000 3,889
by intrastate transfer voucher from the School Facilities 3,890
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Commission's appropriation item 230-428, Lease Rental Payments, 3,891
to the Ohio School Facilities Commission Fund (Fund 5E3). In 3,892
fiscal year 1999, by July 10, 1998, the Director of Budget and 3,893
Management shall transfer up to $2,400,000 by intrastate transfer
voucher from the School Facilities Commission's line item 230-428 3,895
Lease Rental Payments to the Ohio School Facilities Commission 3,896
Fund (Fund 5E3). Investment earnings to the School Building 3,897
Assistance Fund (Fund 032) in excess of the amounts required to 3,898
meet estimated federal arbitrage rebate requirements may be 3,899
transferred at the request of the Ohio School Facilities
Commission by the Director of Budget and Management to the Ohio 3,900
School Facilities Commission Fund (Fund 5E3). Investment 3,901
earnings to the Public School Building Fund (Fund 021) and 3,902
repayments to the Public School Building Fund (Fund 021) made
pursuant to Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code may be transferred 3,903
at the request of the Ohio School Facilities Commission by the 3,905
Director of Budget and Management to the Ohio School Facilities 3,906
Commission Fund (Fund 5E3).
Lease Rental Payments 3,908
After the transfers described in this section under the 3,910
heading, "Operating Expenses" are made, the remaining 3,911
appropriation shall be used by the School Facilities Commission 3,912
to meet all payments at the times required to be made during the 3,913
period from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1999, to pay bond service 3,914
charges on obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 3318. of the 3,915
Revised Code.
DISABILITY ACCESS PROJECTS 3,918
(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION: 3,920
(1) "PERCENTILE" MEANS THE PERCENTILE IN WHICH A SCHOOL 3,922
DISTRICT IS RANKED ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT RANKING OF SCHOOL 3,923
DISTRICTS WITH REGARD TO INCOME AND PROPERTY WEALTH UNDER 3,924
DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3318.011 OF THE REVISED CODE. 3,926
(2) "SCHOOL DISTRICT" MEANS A CITY, LOCAL, OR EXEMPTED 3,928
VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCEPT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS ONE 3,929
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OF THE STATE'S 21 URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS DEFINED IN DIVISION 3,930
(H) OF SECTION 3317.02 OF THE REVISED CODE. 3,932
(3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VALUATION PER PUPIL" MEANS A 3,934
DISTRICT'S TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3317.02 OF 3,936
THE REVISED CODE DIVIDED BY THE DISTRICT'S ADM AS DEFINED IN 3,938
DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3317.02 OF THE REVISED CODE. 3,940
(B) THE SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT RULES FOR 3,943
AWARDING GRANTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A VALUATION PER PUPIL 3,945
LESS THAN $200,000, TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, 3,946
OR RENOVATION PROJECTS IN CLASSROOM FACILITIES, THE PURPOSE OF 3,947
WHICH IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SUCH FACILITIES BY PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED PERSONS. THE RULES SHALL INCLUDE APPLICATION 3,948
PROCEDURES.
NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE AWARDED A GRANT UNDER THIS 3,950
SECTION IN EXCESS OF $100,000. IN ADDITION, ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3,951
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A PERCENTAGE OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT 3,952
FOR WHICH THE GRANT IS BEING AWARDED EQUAL TO THE PERCENTILE IN 3,953
WHICH THE DISTRICT IS SO RANKED. 3,954
THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-649, DISABILITY ACCESS 3,957
PROJECT, SHALL BE USED TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MAKE 3,958
BUILDINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PURSUANT 3,959
TO THIS SECTION. OF THE FOREGOING APPROPRIATION ITEM 200-649, 3,960
DISABILITY ACCESS PROJECT, $60,000 SHALL BE USED FOR THE DANVILLE 3,962
HIGH SCHOOL WHEELCHAIR LIFT."
Section 11. That existing Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 102 3,964
of the 122nd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 215 of 3,965
the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed. 3,966
Section 12. Transfer of Fiscal Year 1998 Ending GRF 3,968
Balances
(A) Notwithstanding division (B)(1)(b) of section 131.44 3,970
of the Revised Code, Fiscal Year 1998 surplus revenue that would 3,971
otherwise have been transferred to the Income Tax Reduction Fund 3,972
shall instead be distributed as provided in division (B) of this 3,973
section.
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(B)(1) The first $30,000,000 of such surplus revenue shall 3,975
be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the School 3,977
District Solvency Assistance Fund created in section 3316.20 of 3,978
the Revised Code.
(2) The next $170,000,000 of surplus revenue shall be 3,981
transferred from the General Revenue Fund to Fund 021, School 3,982
Building Assistance. Any moneys deposited in Fund 021 under
division (B)(2) of this section are hereby appropriated to pay 3,983
for school building construction or renovation for low-wealth 3,984
school districts as provided by Am. Sub. S.B. 102 of the 122nd 3,985
General Assembly and other generally applicable provisions of 3,986
law.
(3) Any surplus revenue in excess of the amounts 3,988
distributed under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall be 3,989
transferred to the Income Tax Reduction Fund and distributed in 3,990
accordance with section 131.44 of the Revised Code.
Section 13. Appropriation Reductions 3,992
(A) The General Revenue Fund appropriations for Fiscal 3,994
Year 1999 are hereby reduced by an amount equal to three per cent 3,995
of the Fiscal Year 1999 appropriations authorized in any act of 3,996
the 122nd General Assembly prior to the effective date of this 3,997
act with the following exceptions:
(1) Appropriations to the following agencies are exempt 3,999
from any reductions made in this section: the Department of 4,000
Education; the Ohio School for the Blind; the Ohio School for the 4,001
Deaf; the Office of Information, Learning and Technology 4,002
Services; and the School Facilities Commission.
(2) Appropriations for the following purposes are exempt 4,004
from any reductions made in this section: property tax 4,005
allocation appropriations; tangible tax exemption appropriations; 4,006
all appropriations for debt service, including lease rental 4,007
payments; all state office building rent and office building
appropriations made to the Department of Administrative Services; 4,008
and pension systems' payments made by the Treasurer of State. 4,009
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(3) The following appropriation line items are exempt from 4,011
any reductions: 005-321, Operating Expenses - Judiciary; 4,012
110-506, Utility Bill Credits; 235-503, Ohio Instructional 4,013
Grants; 235-504, War Orphans' Scholarships; 235-514, Central 4,014
State Supplement; 235-530, Academic Scholarships; 235-531,
Student Choice Grants; 235-549, Part-Time Student Instructional 4,015
Grants; 400-411, TANF Federal Block Grant; 400-413, Day Care 4,016
Match/Maintenance of Effort; 400-511, Disability Assistance; 4,017
400-528, Adoption Services; and 911-401, Emergency 4,018
Purposes/Contingencies.
(4) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 4,020
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Board of Regents shall 4,021
be reduced by one-half of one per cent, except for appropriation 4,022
line items 235-100, Personal Services; 235-200, Maintenance; and 4,023
235-300, Equipment, which shall be reduced by three per cent.
(5) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 4,025
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Department of Mental 4,026
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Department of 4,027
Youth Services, and the Department of Rehabilitation and 4,028
Correction shall be reduced by two per cent.
(6) Except for items included under divisions (A)(2) and 4,030
(3) of this section, appropriations to the Ohio Veterans' Home; 4,031
the Department of Taxation; the Department of Mental Health; the 4,033
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review; the Department of
Commerce; the Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict 4,035
Management; the Ohio Elections Commission; the Environmental 4,036
Review Appeals Commission; the Ohio Ethics Commission; the Ohio 4,037
Expositions Commission; the Commission on Hispanic/Latino
Affairs; the Office of the Inspector General; the Legal Rights 4,038
Service; the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee; the Commission 4,039
on Minority Health; the Ohioana Library Association; the State 4,040
Personnel Board of Review; the State Board of Proprietary School 4,041
Registration; the Rehabilitation Services Commission; the State 4,042
and Local Government Commission of Ohio; the Veterans'
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Organizations; and the Women's Policy and Research Commission 4,043
shall be reduced by one per cent. 4,044
(7) The Director of Budget and Management may reduce the 4,046
appropriation for appropriation line item 400-525, Health 4,047
Care/Medicaid, by an amount not to exceed one per cent. 4,048
Notwithstanding the section of this act entitled "Appropriation 4,049
Reductions," at the close of fiscal year 1998, the Director of 4,050
Budget and Management shall review the balance in appropriation 4,051
item 400-410, TANF State. If a sufficient balance remains, the 4,052
Director may transfer amounts deemed necessary by the Director of 4,053
Budget and Management to the Department of Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services, or any department for which funding was 4,054
reduced under this act. Any transferred moneys shall be used for 4,055
the purpose of providing federally allowable services to TANF 4,056
eligible clients.
(8) The sum of all reductions made by this section shall 4,058
not be less than $100,000,000. 4,059
(B) For all agencies that are subject to a reduction in 4,061
appropriations, the agency director may allocate the reductions 4,062
in division (A) of this section among the agency's appropriation 4,063
line items with the approval of the Director of Budget and 4,064
Management. When appropriations are reduced in an appropriation
line item with amounts specified for a special purpose, the 4,065
specified amount may be reduced by a percentage up to the 4,066
percentage by which the line item itself is reduced. 4,067
(C) For the purpose of complying with this section, the 4,069
reductions made to Fiscal Year 1999 line item appropriations that 4,070
have state and federal shares identified in any act of the 122nd 4,071
General Assembly prior to this act shall be made against the 4,072
state share of such line items. Once that reduction in the state 4,073
share is determined, the Director of Budget and Management shall,
in determining the total reduction to such line items, add the 4,074
corresponding amounts of federal matching funds at the 4,075
percentages indicated by the state and federal division of the 4,076
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appropriation for such line items.
Section 14. The General Assembly shall enact a budget for 4,079
the fiscal year 2000-2001 biennium for the Department of 4,080
Education, the Ohio Board of Regents, and any other state agency 4,082
established solely to carry out functions related to primary and
secondary education or higher education, in legislation separate 4,083
from the main operating appropriations act for that biennium. 4,084
Section 15. The Special Committee on Property Tax Revision 4,087
and Restructuring is hereby created. The Committee shall 4,088
consider options for comprehensive property tax reform and shall 4,089
make a recommendation regarding the feasibility of a 4,090
constitutional amendment imposing a statewide property tax on all 4,091
classes of property for primary and secondary educational
purposes. In considering reform options and developing its 4,092
recommendation, the Committee shall consider various tax, 4,093
expenditure, and restructuring issues, including tax rates on 4,094
residential/agricultural real property, 4,095
nonresidential/agricultural real property, tangible personal 4,096
property, and public utility property; a concurrent decrease in 4,097
local property taxes for primary and secondary educational 4,098
purposes; funding impacts on school districts and other local 4,099
governments; adjustments for inflationary growth; school district 4,101
relative tax effort, including property and income taxes; tax 4,102
exempt property; and changes to assessment rates and methods.
Any person or organization may submit ideas or recommendations to 4,104
the Committee concerning property tax revision and restructuring, 4,105
and the Committee shall consider those submissions in its 4,106
deliberations. The Committee shall issue a report on its 4,107
considerations and recommendation to the Governor and General 4,108
Assembly on or before December 31, 1998, and shall cease to exist 4,110
when the report is issued.
The Committee shall consist of seventeen members. The 4,112
Governor shall appoint eleven members as follows: one member 4,113
representing agricultural interests, one member representing 4,114
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counties, one member representing townships, one member 4,115
representing municipal corporations, two members representing 4,116
business interests, two members representing labor unions, and 4,117
three members representing educational interests. The Speaker of 4,118
the House of Representatives shall appoint three members of the 4,119
House of Representatives as members, no more than two of whom 4,120
shall be of the same political party. The President of the 4,121
Senate shall appoint three members of the Senate as members, no 4,122
more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. All 4,123
appointments to the Committee shall be made within thirty days 4,124
after the effective date of this section, and the Committee shall 4,125
hold its first meeting within two weeks after the last 4,126
appointment is made. The Governor shall select the chairperson 4,127
of the Committee. 4,128
The Committee may hire an executive director, or may 4,130
contract with a person or public or private organization to 4,131
assist it with its duties. At the request of the Committee, the 4,132
Legislative Budget Office and any other state agency, including 4,133
other legislative agencies, shall provide research assistance to 4,134
the Committee. Members of the Committee shall receive no 4,135
compensation or reimbursement of expenses for their service on 4,136
the Committee. 4,137
Section 16. If at the general election of November 1997, 4,139
the electors of any school district approved a district bond 4,140
issue for a classroom facilities assistance project to be 4,141
constructed under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, the original 4,142
estimated basic project costs of which relied on specifications 4,143
for plans and materials for classroom facilities used prior to 4,144
the specifications adopted by the School Facilities Commission 4,145
pursuant to Section 12 of Am. Sub. S.B. 102 of the 122nd General 4,146
Assembly, and such original estimated basic project costs were 4,147
reduced in the aggregate as a result of the use of the 4,148
specifications adopted by the Commission, such school district 4,149
for purposes of completion of its classroom facilities project 4,150
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may choose to have its project built in accordance with the 4,151
original estimated basic project costs and specifications for 4,152
plans and materials. 4,153
Section 17. (A) As used in this section: 4,155
(1) "Per cent figure" has the same meaning as in section 4,157
3317.023 of the Revised Code. 4,158
(2) "Fifteen to one money" means an amount of money equal 4,160
to the difference between the per OWF child amount the district 4,161
received under division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised 4,162
Code in Fiscal Year 1998 and the amount it will receive per OWF 4,163
child under such division as amended by this act, multiplied by 4,164
the number of OWF children used in the calculation of such Fiscal 4,166
Year 1999 amount.
(B) This division applies only to school districts with a 4,168
per cent figure greater than thirty. In Fiscal Year 1999, each 4,169
such school district shall spend its amount of fifteen to one 4,170
money to reduce the pupil-to-teacher ratio to no more than 4,171
fifteen to one in as many kindergarten through first grade 4,172
classrooms as such amount of money supports. 4,173
Section 18. Section 3317.023 of the Revised Code is 4,175
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 4,176
both Am. Sub. H.B. 215 and Sub. H.B. 408 of the 122nd General 4,177
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 4,179
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 4,180
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 4,181
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 4,182
irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 4,183
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 4,184
this act.
Section 19. The codified sections of law contained within 4,186
the purview of Sections 1 and 2 of this act are not subject to 4,188
the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, 4,189
Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the codified
sections of law contained within the purview of Sections 1 and 2 4,190
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of this act are entitled to go into immediate effect when this 4,192
act becomes law. However, the codified sections of law contained 4,193
within the purview of Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect on 4,194
July 1, 1998, or the day this act becomes law, whichever is 4,195
later.
Section 20. (A) This section and Sections 3 to 17 and 19 4,197
of this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under 4,198
Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of 4,199
the Revised Code, this section and Sections 3 to 17 and 19 of 4,200
this act go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.
(B) Section 18 of this act is not subject to the 4,202
referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, 4,203
Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, Section 18 of 4,204
this act is entitled to go into immediate effect when this act 4,205
becomes law. However, Section 18 of this act takes effect on
July 1, 1998, or the day the act becomes law, whichever is later. 4,206