| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-566, OhioReads | 10 |
|
Grants, $20,000,000
each
year shall be disbursed by the OhioReads | 11 |
|
Office in the Department of Education
at the direction of the | 12 |
|
OhioReads Council, to provide classroom grants to
public schools | 13 |
|
in city, local, and exempted village school districts;
community | 14 |
|
schools; and educational service centers serving kindergarten | 15 |
|
through fourth
grade students. | 16 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-566, OhioReads | 17 |
|
Grants, $5,000,000 each
year shall be disbursed by the OhioReads | 18 |
|
Office in the Department of Education
at the direction of the | 19 |
|
OhioReads Council, to provide community matching
grants
to | 20 |
|
community organizations and associations, libraries, and others | 21 |
|
for
tutoring, tutor recruitment and training, and parental | 22 |
|
involvement. | 23 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570,
School | 33 |
|
Improvement Incentive Grants, $6,500,000 in each fiscal year shall | 34 |
|
be used to provide grants of $25,000
each to elementary schools | 35 |
|
and $50,000 each to middle schools, junior high
schools, and high | 36 |
|
schools that demonstrate significant improvement on
proficiency | 37 |
|
tests, attendance rates, and graduation rates based on standards | 38 |
|
developed by the Department of Education. | 39 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570, School | 40 |
|
Improvement Incentive
Grants, $500,000 in each fiscal year shall | 41 |
|
be used to provide grants of
$50,000
each to educational service | 42 |
|
centers and joint vocational school districts for
exemplary | 43 |
|
programs or that demonstrate significant improvement on | 44 |
|
proficiency
tests, attendance rates, and graduation rates based on | 45 |
|
standards developed by the Department of Education. | 46 |
| Any grants awarded from the foregoing appropriation item | 52 |
|
200-570,
School Improvement Incentive Grants, shall
be awarded to | 53 |
|
individual school buildings, educational service centers, or
joint | 54 |
|
vocational school districts, as appropriate. Grant awards shall | 55 |
|
be
expended for staff development, classroom equipment, materials, | 56 |
|
and/or books.
The principal or administrator of each grantee | 57 |
|
shall decide how best to use
the grant award, with input from | 58 |
|
staff members. | 59 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 200-572, Teacher Incentive | 61 |
|
Grants, shall be
used by the Department of Education to pay | 62 |
|
one-time stipends to qualified
teachers of reading, mathematics, | 63 |
|
and science. To be eligible, teacher
applicants must hold a valid | 64 |
|
teaching certificate; be employed by a city,
local, exempted | 65 |
|
village, or joint vocational school district or by a chartered | 66 |
|
nonpublic school; and be certified by the district or the | 67 |
|
nonpublic school as
necessary to meet an existing need for | 68 |
|
teachers with a
reading, mathematics, or science credential. | 69 |
| Individuals with an elementary school teaching certificate | 70 |
|
that successfully
complete a program for a reading endorsement, | 71 |
|
and who successfully complete
the examination prescribed by the | 72 |
|
State Board of Education, shall be paid a
stipend of $1,000. | 73 |
|
Individuals with an elementary or high school teaching
certificate | 74 |
|
that
successfully complete a program required to add mathematics | 75 |
|
or science to that
certificate, and who successfully complete the | 76 |
|
mathematics or science
examination prescribed by the State Board | 77 |
|
of Education, shall be paid a
stipend of $1,500. The variance in | 78 |
|
stipend amounts reflects the variance in
requirements to secure | 79 |
|
the different credentials. | 80 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-573, Character | 91 |
|
Education,
up to $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 92 |
|
develop, produce, or
otherwise obtain a distance learning program, | 93 |
|
a video presentation, or
other method of offering instruction in | 94 |
|
character education to
multiple school districts. The program, | 95 |
|
presentation, or other
method of instruction shall be made | 96 |
|
available to all school
districts. | 97 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-574, Substance Abuse | 103 |
|
Prevention, up to
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 and up to | 104 |
|
$2,120,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall
be used for the Safe and Drug | 105 |
|
Free Schools Coordinators Program. Of the
foregoing
appropriation | 106 |
|
item 200-574, Substance Abuse Prevention, up to $300,000 in each | 107 |
|
fiscal year of the biennium shall be used for the Substance Abuse | 108 |
|
Prevention
Student Assistance Program. The Department of | 109 |
|
Education and the Department of
Alcohol and Drug Addiction | 110 |
|
Services shall jointly develop and approve a plan
for the | 111 |
|
expenditure of these funds including, but not limited to, the | 112 |
|
development of position descriptions and training specifications | 113 |
|
for safe and
drug free
schools coordinators. Safe and drug free | 114 |
|
schools coordinators shall possess
or be in the process of | 115 |
|
obtaining credentials
issued by the Ohio Credentialing Board for | 116 |
|
Chemical Dependency Professionals
or other credentials recognized | 117 |
|
by that board. | 118 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 200-575, 12th Grade | 120 |
|
Proficiency Stipend,
shall be used to fund a $500 scholarship to | 121 |
|
each student who meets the
requirements of section 3365.15 of the | 122 |
|
Revised Code.
At the request of the Superintendent of Public | 123 |
|
Instruction, the Director of Budget and Management shall, subject | 124 |
|
to the approval of the Controlling Board, transfer to | 125 |
|
appropriation item 200-575, 12th Grade Proficiency Stipend, | 126 |
|
obligated, but unexpended, fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and | 127 |
|
2001
general revenue fund appropriations made to the Department of | 128 |
|
Education, not to exceed $17,500,000. The transferred funds shall | 129 |
|
be used for scholarships for students who meet the requirements of | 130 |
|
section 3365.15 of the Revised Code during fiscal year 2001. | 131 |
| Notwithstanding section 3317.064 of the Revised Code, if the | 143 |
|
unobligated cash balance is sufficient, the Treasurer of
State | 144 |
|
shall transfer $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2000 within thirty
days | 145 |
|
of the effective date of this section and $1,500,000 in fiscal | 146 |
|
year 2001 by August 1, 2000, from the Auxiliary Services
Personnel | 147 |
|
Unemployment Compensation Fund to the Department of
Education's | 148 |
|
Auxiliary Services Mobile Repair Fund (Fund 598). | 149 |
| The Department of Education shall not commit or spend any | 156 |
|
moneys from
appropriation item 200-625, Coordinated School Health, | 157 |
|
or appropriation item
200-668, AIDS Education, for activities in | 158 |
|
preparation for or during
the
1999-2000 school year or for the | 159 |
|
2000-2001 school year until the General
Assembly has approved | 160 |
|
program plans for these purposes through the adoption of
a | 161 |
|
concurrent resolution. Before the House of Representatives or the | 162 |
|
Senate
votes on a concurrent resolution approving program plans, | 163 |
|
its standing
committee having principal jurisdiction over primary | 164 |
|
and secondary education
legislation shall conduct at least one | 165 |
|
public hearing on the program plans.
Tobacco use prevention | 166 |
|
programs and dental health programs are exempt from
these | 167 |
|
requirements." | 168 |
| Section 3. Section 4.18 of Am. Sub. H.B. 282 of the 123rd | 172 |
|
General Assembly is presented in
this act as a
composite of the | 173 |
|
section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 640 and
Sub. S.B. 237 of | 174 |
|
the 123rd General Assembly. The General
Assembly, applying the | 175 |
|
principle stated in division (B) of section
1.52 of the Revised | 176 |
|
Code that amendments are to be harmonized if
reasonably capable of | 177 |
|
simultaneous operation, finds that the
composite is the resulting | 178 |
|
version of the section in effect prior
to the effective date of | 179 |
|
the section as presented in this act. | 180 |