Section 1. Notwithstanding section 3317.01 of the Revised | 7 |
Code, no school district shall be denied payments under Chapter | 8 |
3317. of the Revised Code for fiscal year 2002 if any school in | 9 |
the district was open for instruction during fiscal year 2001 for | 10 |
fewer days than required by sections 3313.48, 3313.481, and | 11 |
3317.01 of the Revised Code, provided that the reason any such | 12 |
school was not open for the required number of days was to prevent | 13 |
the spread of meningococcal disease. | 14 |
Section 2. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 15 |
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 16 |
peace, health, and safety. The reason for the necessity is that | 17 |
immediate action is necessary to avoid delays in fiscal year 2002 | 18 |
payments to school districts that exceeded the number of permitted | 19 |
calamity days in fiscal year 2001 because of an unforeseen need to | 20 |
close schools to prevent the spread of meningococcal disease. | 21 |
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 22 |