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| To amend sections 3301.075, 3310.08, 3313.843, | 1 |
| 3314.014, 3319.01, and 3319.17 and to enact | 2 |
| sections 3301.0713, 3312.01 to 3312.13, and | 3 |
| 3313.845 of the Revised Code to establish the | 4 |
| Educational Regional Service System and the EMIS | 5 |
| Advisory Board, to revise the financing of | 6 |
| Educational Choice Scholarships for | 7 |
| kindergartners, to permit the governing authority | 8 |
| of a start-up community school that meets certain | 9 |
| conditions to establish another community school | 10 |
| above the cap on the number of community schools, | 11 |
| to permit school districts to establish residency | 12 |
| requirements for superintendents, and to make an | 13 |
| appropriation. | 14 |
| Section 1. That sections 3301.075, 3310.08, 3313.843, | 15 |
| 3314.014, 3319.01, and 3319.17 be amended and sections 3301.0713, | 16 |
| 3312.01, 3312.02, 3312.03, 3312.04, 3312.05, 3312.06, 3312.07, | 17 |
| 3312.08, 3312.09, 3312.10, 3312.11, 3312.12, 3312.13, and 3313.845 | 18 |
| of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 19 |
| Sec. 3301.075. The state board of education shall adopt | 20 |
| rules governing the purchasing and leasing of data processing | 21 |
| services and equipment for all local, exempted village, city, and | 22 |
| joint vocational school districts and all educational service | 23 |
| centers. Such rules shall include provisions for the | 24 |
| establishment of an Ohio education computer network under | 25 |
| procedures, guidelines, and specifications of the department of | 26 |
| education. | 27 |
| The department shall administer funds appropriated for the | 28 |
| Ohio education computer network to ensure its efficient and | 29 |
| economical operation and shall approve no more than twenty-seven | 30 |
| data acquisition sites to operate concurrently. Such sites shall | 31 |
| be approved for funding in accordance with rules of the state | 32 |
| board adopted under this section that shall provide for the | 33 |
| superintendent of public instruction to require the membership of | 34 |
| each data acquisition site to be composed of combinations of | 35 |
| school districts and educational service centers having sufficient | 36 |
| students to support an efficient, economical comprehensive program | 37 |
| of computer services to member districts and educational service | 38 |
| centers. However, no such rule shall prohibit a school district or | 39 |
| educational service center from receiving computer services from | 40 |
| any data acquisition site established under this section or from | 41 |
| any other public or private vendor. Each data acquisition site | 42 |
| shall be organized in accordance with section 3313.92 or Chapter | 43 |
| 167. of the Revised Code. | 44 |
| The department of education may contract with an independent | 45 |
| for profit or nonprofit entity to provide current and historical | 46 |
| information on Ohio government through the Ohio education computer | 47 |
| network to school district libraries operating in accordance with | 48 |
| section 3375.14 of the Revised Code in order to assist school | 49 |
| teachers in social studies course instruction and support student | 50 |
| research projects. Any such contract shall be awarded in | 51 |
| accordance with Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. | 52 |
| Sec. 3301.0713. (A) The education management information | 53 |
| system advisory board is hereby established. The board shall make | 54 |
| recommendations to the department of education for improving the | 55 |
| operation of the education management information system | 56 |
| established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. Topics | 57 |
| that may be addressed by the recommendations include the | 58 |
| definitions used for the data maintained in the system, reporting | 59 |
| deadlines, rules and guidelines for the operation of the system | 60 |
| adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section | 61 |
| 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, and any other issues raised by | 62 |
| education personnel who work with the system. | 63 |
| (B) The board shall consist of the following members: | 64 |
| (1) Two members of the state board, appointed by the state | 65 |
| board; | 66 |
| (2) One person appointed by the Ohio educational service | 67 |
| center association; | 68 |
| (3) One person appointed by the buckeye association of school | 69 |
| administrators; | 70 |
| (4) One person appointed by the Ohio association of school | 71 |
| business officials; | 72 |
| (5) One person appointed by the Ohio association of EMIS | 73 |
| professionals; | 74 |
| (6) One representative of four-year institutions of higher | 75 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 76 |
| (7) One representative of two-year institutions of higher | 77 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio association of community | 78 |
| colleges; | 79 |
| (8) Two representatives of the department, appointed by the | 80 |
| superintendent of public instruction; | 81 |
| (9) Two persons appointed by the management council of the | 82 |
| Ohio education computer network; | 83 |
| (10) One classroom teacher appointed jointly by the Ohio | 84 |
| education association and the Ohio federation of teachers. | 85 |
| The chairpersons and ranking minority members of the | 86 |
| education committees of the senate and house of representatives, | 87 |
| or their designees, shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the | 88 |
| board. | 89 |
| (C) Members of the board initially appointed under division | 90 |
| (B) of this section shall serve until January 1, 2008. Thereafter, | 91 |
| terms of office shall be for two years, each term ending on the | 92 |
| same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each | 93 |
| member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the | 94 |
| end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be | 95 |
| reappointed. | 96 |
| (D) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the | 97 |
| original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy | 98 |
| occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the | 99 |
| member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the | 100 |
| remainder of that term. Members shall receive no compensation for | 101 |
| their services. | 102 |
| (E) The chairpersons of the education committees of the | 103 |
| senate and house of representatives, or their designees, shall | 104 |
| alternate annually as chairperson of the board. The board shall | 105 |
| meet once every two months and at other times upon the call of the | 106 |
| chairperson. | 107 |
| (F) If at any time the education management information | 108 |
| system is replaced with a new system for collecting financial and | 109 |
| student performance data for school districts and buildings, the | 110 |
| board established by this section shall continue to function in | 111 |
| the manner prescribed by this section in relation to the new data | 112 |
| collection system after the new system is operational. | 113 |
| Sec. 3310.08. (A) The amount paid for an eligible student | 114 |
| under the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall be | 115 |
| the lesser of the tuition of the chartered nonpublic school in | 116 |
| which the student is enrolled or the maximum amount prescribed in | 117 |
| section 3310.09 of the Revised Code. | 118 |
| (B)(1) The department shall pay to the parent of each | 119 |
| eligible student for whom a scholarship is awarded under the | 120 |
| program, or to the student if at least eighteen years of age, | 121 |
| periodic partial payments of the scholarship. | 122 |
| (2) The department shall proportionately reduce or terminate | 123 |
| the payments for any student who withdraws from a chartered | 124 |
| nonpublic school prior to the end of the school year. | 125 |
| (C)(1) The department shall deduct from the payments made to | 126 |
| each school district under Chapter 3317. and, if necessary, | 127 |
| sections 321.24 and 323.156 of
the
Revised
Code | 128 |
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| applicable, for each eligible student awarded a scholarship under | 130 |
| the educational choice scholarship pilot program who is entitled | 131 |
| under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code to attend | 132 |
| school in the district | 133 |
| (a) For each scholarship student enrolled in kindergarten, | 134 |
| two thousand seven hundred dollars; | 135 |
| (b) For each scholarship student enrolled in grades one to | 136 |
| twelve, five thousand two hundred dollars. | 137 |
| The amount deducted under | 138 |
| section funds scholarships for students under both the educational | 139 |
| choice scholarship pilot program and the pilot project scholarship | 140 |
| program under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. | 141 |
| (2) If the department reduces or terminates payments to a | 142 |
| parent or a student, as prescribed in division (B)(2) of this | 143 |
| section, and the student enrolls in the schools of the student's | 144 |
| resident district or in a community school, established under | 145 |
| Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, before the end of the school | 146 |
| year, the department shall proportionally restore to the resident | 147 |
| district the amount deducted for that student under division | 148 |
| (C)(1) of this section. | 149 |
| (D) In the case of any school district from which a deduction | 150 |
| is made under division (C) of this section, the department shall | 151 |
| disclose on the district's SF-3 form, or any successor to that | 152 |
| form used to calculate a district's state funding for operating | 153 |
| expenses, a comparison of the following: | 154 |
| (1) The district's state base-cost payment, as calculated | 155 |
| under division (A)(1) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code | 156 |
| prior to making the adjustments under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of | 157 |
| that section, with the scholarship students included in the | 158 |
| district's formula ADM; | 159 |
| (2) What the district's state base-cost payment would have | 160 |
| been, as calculated under division (A)(1) of that section prior to | 161 |
| making the adjustments under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of that | 162 |
| section, if the scholarship students were not included in the | 163 |
| district's formula ADM. | 164 |
| This comparison shall display both the aggregate difference | 165 |
| between the amounts described in divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this | 166 |
| section, and the quotient of that aggregate difference divided by | 167 |
| the number of eligible students for whom deductions are made under | 168 |
| division (C) of this section. | 169 |
| Sec. 3312.01. (A) The educational regional service system is | 170 |
| hereby established. The system shall support state and regional | 171 |
| education initiatives and efforts to improve school effectiveness | 172 |
| and student achievement. Services, including special education and | 173 |
| related services, shall be provided under the system to school | 174 |
| districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of | 175 |
| the Revised Code, and chartered nonpublic schools. | 176 |
| It is the intent of the general assembly that the educational | 177 |
| regional service system reduce the unnecessary duplication of | 178 |
| programs and services and provide for a more streamlined and | 179 |
| efficient delivery of educational services without reducing the | 180 |
| availability of the services needed by school districts and | 181 |
| schools. | 182 |
| (B) The educational regional service system shall consist of | 183 |
| the following: | 184 |
| (1) The state regional alliance advisory board established | 185 |
| under section 3312.11 of the Revised Code; | 186 |
| (2) The advisory councils and subcommittees established under | 187 |
| sections 3312.03 and 3312.05 of the Revised Code; | 188 |
| (3) A fiscal agent for each of the regions as configured | 189 |
| under section 3312.02 of the Revised Code; | 190 |
| (4) Educational service centers, data acquisition sites | 191 |
| established under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code, and other | 192 |
| regional education service providers. | 193 |
| (C) Educational service centers shall provide the services | 194 |
| that they are specifically required to provide by the Revised Code | 195 |
| and may enter into agreements pursuant to section 3313.843, | 196 |
| 3313.844, or 3313.845 of the Revised Code for the provision of | 197 |
| other services, which may include any of the following: | 198 |
| (1) Assistance in improving student performance; | 199 |
| (2) Services to enable a school district or school to operate | 200 |
| more efficiently or economically; | 201 |
| (3) Professional development for teachers or administrators; | 202 |
| (4) Assistance in the recruitment and retention of teachers | 203 |
| and administrators; | 204 |
| (5) Any other educational, administrative, or operational | 205 |
| services. | 206 |
| In addition to implementing state and regional education | 207 |
| initiatives and school improvement efforts under the educational | 208 |
| regional service system, educational service centers shall | 209 |
| implement state or federally funded initiatives assigned to the | 210 |
| service centers by the general assembly or the department of | 211 |
| education. | 212 |
| Any educational service center selected to be a fiscal agent | 213 |
| for its region pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised Code | 214 |
| shall continue to operate as an educational service center for the | 215 |
| part of the region that comprises its territory. | 216 |
| (D) Data acquisition sites may enter into agreements for the | 217 |
| provision of services pursuant to section 3312.10 of the Revised | 218 |
| Code. | 219 |
| (E) No school district, community school, or chartered | 220 |
| nonpublic school shall be required to purchase services from an | 221 |
| educational service center or data acquisition site in the region | 222 |
| in which the district or school is located, except that a local | 223 |
| school district shall receive any services required by the Revised | 224 |
| Code to be provided by an educational service center to the local | 225 |
| school districts in its territory from the educational service | 226 |
| center in whose territory the district is located. | 227 |
| Sec. 3312.02. (A) There shall be the following sixteen | 228 |
| regions in the educational regional service system: | 229 |
| (1) Region one shall consist of the territory contained in | 230 |
| Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, | 231 |
| Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood counties. | 232 |
| (2) Region two shall consist of the territory contained in | 233 |
| Erie, Huron, and Lorain counties. | 234 |
| (3) Region three shall consist of the territory contained in | 235 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 236 |
| (4) Region four shall consist of the territory contained in | 237 |
| Geauga and Lake counties. | 238 |
| (5) Region five shall consist of the territory contained in | 239 |
| Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties. | 240 |
| (6) Region six shall consist of the territory contained in | 241 |
| Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby | 242 |
| counties. | 243 |
| (7) Region seven shall consist of the territory contained in | 244 |
| Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, and Wyandot | 245 |
| counties. | 246 |
| (8) Region eight shall consist of the territory contained in | 247 |
| Medina, Portage, and Summit counties. | 248 |
| (9) Region nine shall consist of the territory contained in | 249 |
| Columbiana, Stark, and Wayne counties. | 250 |
| (10) Region ten shall consist of the territory contained in | 251 |
| Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. | 252 |
| (11) Region eleven shall consist of the territory contained | 253 |
| in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and | 254 |
| Union counties. | 255 |
| (12) Region twelve shall consist of the territory contained | 256 |
| in Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, | 257 |
| Jefferson, Muskingum, Noble, and Tuscarawas counties. | 258 |
| (13) Region thirteen shall consist of the territory contained | 259 |
| in Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties. | 260 |
| (14) Region fourteen shall consist of the territory contained | 261 |
| in Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, and Highland counties. | 262 |
| (15) Region fifteen shall consist of the territory contained | 263 |
| in Lawrence, Pike, Ross, and Scioto counties. | 264 |
| (16) Region sixteen shall consist of the territory contained | 265 |
| in Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, | 266 |
| Vinton, and Washington counties. | 267 |
| (B) If an educational service center has territory in more | 268 |
| than one region as designated under this section, the service | 269 |
| center and each local school district located in the service | 270 |
| center's territory shall be considered to be part of the region in | 271 |
| which the majority of the service center's territory is located | 272 |
| and shall not be considered to be part of any other region. If a | 273 |
| city or exempted village school district has territory in more | 274 |
| than one region as designated under this section, the district | 275 |
| shall be considered to be part of the region in which the majority | 276 |
| of the district's territory is located and shall not be considered | 277 |
| to be part of any other region. | 278 |
| (C) Not later than July 1, 2007, the state board of education | 279 |
| shall adopt rules establishing a process whereby a school district | 280 |
| may elect to transfer to a region other than the region to which | 281 |
| the district is assigned by this section. The state board shall | 282 |
| consult with school districts and regional service providers in | 283 |
| developing the process. No school district shall be permitted to | 284 |
| transfer to a different region under this division after June 30, | 285 |
| 2009. | 286 |
| Sec. 3312.03. (A) Each region of the educational regional | 287 |
| service system shall have an advisory council. Except as provided | 288 |
| in division (F) of this section, each advisory council shall | 289 |
| consist of the following members and the members appointed under | 290 |
| division (B) of this section: | 291 |
| (1) The superintendent of each educational service center | 292 |
| that has territory in the region; | 293 |
| (2) The director of the special education regional resource | 294 |
| center in the region; | 295 |
| (3) The superintendent of the school district in the region | 296 |
| with the smallest student population; | 297 |
| (4) The superintendent of the school district in the region | 298 |
| with the largest student population; | 299 |
| (5) The director of each data acquisition site located in the | 300 |
| region; | 301 |
| (6) One representative of a four-year institution of higher | 302 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 303 |
| is no such institution, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 304 |
| (7) One representative of a two-year institution of higher | 305 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 306 |
| is no such institution, appointed by the Ohio association of | 307 |
| community colleges; | 308 |
| (8) The treasurer of the fiscal agent for the region. | 309 |
| (B) The members of the advisory council listed in division | 310 |
| (A) of this section, upon a majority vote, shall appoint the | 311 |
| following members to serve on the council: | 312 |
| (1) One member of the board of education of a city school | 313 |
| district in the region; | 314 |
| (2) One member of the board of education of an exempted | 315 |
| village school district in the region; | 316 |
| (3) One member of the board of education of a local school | 317 |
| district in the region; | 318 |
| (4) One member of the governing board of an educational | 319 |
| service center in the region; | 320 |
| (5) One superintendent of a city, exempted village, or local | 321 |
| school district in the region; | 322 |
| (6) One superintendent of a joint vocational school district | 323 |
| in the region; | 324 |
| (7) One representative of business; | 325 |
| (8) One employee of each education technology center that | 326 |
| provides services in the region; | 327 |
| (9) One classroom teacher. | 328 |
| (C) Each advisory council annually shall elect a chairperson | 329 |
| and vice-chairperson from among its members. | 330 |
| (D) For two years after its initial meeting, each advisory | 331 |
| council shall hold regular meetings at least four times each year | 332 |
| to conduct council business and may hold other meetings at the | 333 |
| call of the chairperson. Subsequently, all meetings shall be | 334 |
| called by the chairperson. | 335 |
| (E) Advisory council members shall receive no compensation | 336 |
| for their services. | 337 |
| (F) Any advisory council may increase its membership beyond | 338 |
| the members required by divisions (A) and (B) of this section by | 339 |
| adopting a resolution specifying the number of additional members, | 340 |
| their manner of appointment, and any eligibility criteria for | 341 |
| appointment. | 342 |
| Sec. 3312.04. The advisory council of each region of the | 343 |
| educational regional service system shall do all of the following: | 344 |
| (A) Identify regional needs and priorities for educational | 345 |
| services; | 346 |
| (B) Develop policies to coordinate the delivery of services | 347 |
| to school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 348 |
| schools in a manner that responds to regional needs and | 349 |
| priorities. Such policies shall not supersede any requirement of a | 350 |
| performance contract entered into by the fiscal agent of the | 351 |
| region under section 3312.08 of the Revised Code. | 352 |
| (C) Make recommendations to the fiscal agent for the region | 353 |
| regarding the expenditure of funds available to the region for | 354 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives and | 355 |
| school improvement efforts; | 356 |
| (D) Monitor implementation of state and regional education | 357 |
| initiatives and school improvement efforts by educational service | 358 |
| centers, data acquisition sites, and other regional service | 359 |
| providers to ensure that the terms of the performance contracts | 360 |
| entered into by the fiscal agent for the region under section | 361 |
| 3312.08 of the Revised Code are being met; | 362 |
| (E) Establish an accountability system to evaluate the | 363 |
| advisory council on its performance of the duties described in | 364 |
| divisions (A) to (D) of this section. | 365 |
| Sec. 3312.05. (A) The advisory council of each region of the | 366 |
| educational regional service system shall establish the following | 367 |
| specialized subcommittees of the council: | 368 |
| (1) A school improvement subcommittee, which shall include | 369 |
| one classroom teacher appointed jointly by the Ohio education | 370 |
| association and the Ohio federation of teachers and | 371 |
| representatives of community schools and education personnel with | 372 |
| expertise in the area of school improvement; | 373 |
| (2) An education technology subcommittee, which shall include | 374 |
| classroom teachers or curriculum coordinators, parents, elementary | 375 |
| and secondary school principals, representatives of chartered | 376 |
| nonpublic schools, representatives of data acquisition sites, | 377 |
| representatives of business, and representatives of two-year and | 378 |
| four-year institutions of higher education; | 379 |
| (3) A professional development subcommittee, which shall | 380 |
| include classroom teachers, principals, school district | 381 |
| superintendents, curriculum coordinators, representatives of | 382 |
| chartered nonpublic schools, and representatives of two-year and | 383 |
| four-year institutions of higher education; | 384 |
| (4) A special education subcommittee, which shall consist of | 385 |
| one classroom teacher appointed jointly by the Ohio education | 386 |
| association and the Ohio federation of teachers and the members of | 387 |
| the governing board of the special education regional resource | 388 |
| center in the region; | 389 |
| (5) A data acquisition site subcommittee, which shall consist | 390 |
| of one classroom teacher appointed jointly by the Ohio education | 391 |
| association and the Ohio federation of teachers and the members of | 392 |
| the governing authority of each data acquisition site located in | 393 |
| the region. | 394 |
| (B) The advisory council shall appoint persons who reside or | 395 |
| practice their occupations in the region to serve on the | 396 |
| subcommittees established under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this | 397 |
| section. If the advisory council is unable to appoint such a | 398 |
| person to a subcommittee, the council shall appoint a similarly | 399 |
| situated person from an adjacent region. | 400 |
| (C) An advisory council may establish additional | 401 |
| subcommittees as needed to address topics of interest to the | 402 |
| council. Members of any additional subcommittee shall be appointed | 403 |
| by the advisory council and shall include a diverse range of | 404 |
| classroom teachers and other education personnel with expertise in | 405 |
| the topic addressed by the subcommittee and representatives of | 406 |
| individuals or groups with an interest in the topic. | 407 |
| (D) Any member of an advisory council may participate in the | 408 |
| deliberations of any subcommittee established by the council. | 409 |
| Sec. 3312.06. Each advisory council subcommittee established | 410 |
| under section 3312.05 of the Revised Code shall make | 411 |
| recommendations to the advisory council regarding the | 412 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives and | 413 |
| school improvement efforts in the subcommittee's area of | 414 |
| specialization. The recommendations may include strategies to | 415 |
| tailor state education initiatives to regional needs and | 416 |
| priorities or to maximize funds available to the region for the | 417 |
| provision of services in the subcommittee's area of | 418 |
| specialization. | 419 |
| Sec. 3312.07. (A) Not later than January 31, 2007, the | 420 |
| department of education shall select a school district or | 421 |
| educational service center in each region of the educational | 422 |
| regional service system to be the fiscal agent for the region. For | 423 |
| this purpose, the department shall issue a request for proposals | 424 |
| from districts and service centers interested in being a fiscal | 425 |
| agent. The department shall select each fiscal agent based upon | 426 |
| the following criteria: | 427 |
| (1) Capability to serve as a fiscal agent as demonstrated by | 428 |
| a satisfactory audit record and prior experience serving as a | 429 |
| fiscal agent; | 430 |
| (2) Adequate capacity in terms of facilities, personnel, and | 431 |
| other relevant resources; | 432 |
| (3) Evidence that the school district's or educational | 433 |
| service center's role as a fiscal agent would result in minimal | 434 |
| disruption to its responsibilities as a district or service | 435 |
| center; | 436 |
| (4) Demonstrated intent to limit the aggregate fees for | 437 |
| administering a performance contract entered into under section | 438 |
| 3312.08 of the Revised Code to not more than seven per cent of the | 439 |
| value of the contract. | 440 |
| (B) If no school district or educational service center in a | 441 |
| region responds to the request for proposals issued by the | 442 |
| department, the department shall select a district or service | 443 |
| center in the region that meets the criteria in division (A) of | 444 |
| this section to be the fiscal agent for the region. | 445 |
| Sec. 3312.08. Each fiscal agent selected by the department | 446 |
| of education pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised Code shall | 447 |
| do all of the following: | 448 |
| (A) Enter into performance contracts with the department in | 449 |
| accordance with section 3312.09 of the Revised Code for the | 450 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives and | 451 |
| school improvement efforts; | 452 |
| (B) Receive federal and state funds, including federal funds | 453 |
| for the provision of special education and related services, as | 454 |
| specified in the performance contracts, and disburse those funds | 455 |
| as specified in the performance contracts to educational service | 456 |
| centers, data acquisition sites, and other regional service | 457 |
| providers. However, any funds owed to an educational service | 458 |
| center under section 3317.11 of the Revised Code shall be paid | 459 |
| directly to the service center by the department in accordance | 460 |
| with that section and any operating funds appropriated for a data | 461 |
| acquisition site shall be paid directly to the data acquisition | 462 |
| site by the department pursuant to section 3301.075 of the Revised | 463 |
| Code. | 464 |
| (C) Implement any expenditure of funds recommended by the | 465 |
| advisory council for the region pursuant to section 3312.04 of the | 466 |
| Revised Code or required by the terms of any performance contract, | 467 |
| unless there are insufficient funds available to the region to pay | 468 |
| for the expenditure or the expenditure violates a provision of the | 469 |
| Revised Code, a rule of the state board of education regarding | 470 |
| such expenditure, or the terms of a performance contract; | 471 |
| (D) Exercise fiscal oversight of the implementation of state | 472 |
| and regional education initiatives and school improvement efforts. | 473 |
| Sec. 3312.09. (A) Each performance contract entered into by | 474 |
| the department of education and the fiscal agent of a region for | 475 |
| implementation of a state or regional education initiative or | 476 |
| school improvement effort shall include the following: | 477 |
| (1) A definition of the services to be provided to school | 478 |
| districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools in | 479 |
| the region; | 480 |
| (2) Expected outcomes from the provision of the services | 481 |
| defined in the contract; | 482 |
| (3) The method the department will use to evaluate whether | 483 |
| the expected outcomes have been achieved; | 484 |
| (4) A requirement that the fiscal agent develop and implement | 485 |
| a corrective action plan if the results of the evaluation are | 486 |
| unsatisfactory; | 487 |
| (5) Data reporting requirements; | 488 |
| (6) The aggregate fees to be charged by the fiscal agent and | 489 |
| any entity with which it subcontracts to cover personnel and | 490 |
| program costs associated with administering the contract, which | 491 |
| fees shall be subject to controlling board approval if in excess | 492 |
| of four per cent of the value of the contract; | 493 |
| (7) A requirement that a member of the advisory council in | 494 |
| the region be a member of the state regional alliance advisory | 495 |
| board established under section 3312.11 of the Revised Code. | 496 |
| (B) Upon completion of each evaluation described in a | 497 |
| performance contract, the department shall post the results of | 498 |
| that evaluation on its web site. | 499 |
| Sec. 3312.10. The board of education of a city, exempted | 500 |
| village, or local school district or the governing authority of a | 501 |
| community school may enter into an agreement, through the adoption | 502 |
| of identical resolutions, with the governing authority of a data | 503 |
| acquisition site, under which the data acquisition site will | 504 |
| provide services to the school district or community school. | 505 |
| Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid | 506 |
| for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the parties to | 507 |
| the agreement, and shall be specified in the agreement. Payment | 508 |
| for services specified in the agreement shall be the sole | 509 |
| responsibility of the board of education or community school | 510 |
| governing authority and shall be made directly to the data | 511 |
| acquisition site providing the services. | 512 |
| Sec. 3312.11. (A) The state regional alliance advisory board | 513 |
| is hereby created. The board shall consist of the following | 514 |
| members: | 515 |
| (1) One member of the advisory council of each region of the | 516 |
| educational regional service system, appointed by the council; | 517 |
| (2) One member of the state board of education, appointed by | 518 |
| the state board; | 519 |
| (3) One representative of four-year institutions of higher | 520 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 521 |
| (4) One representative of two-year institutions of higher | 522 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio association of community | 523 |
| colleges; | 524 |
| (5) One representative of the department of education, | 525 |
| appointed by the superintendent of public instruction; | 526 |
| (6) One representative of the governor, appointed by the | 527 |
| governor; | 528 |
| (7) One classroom teacher, appointed jointly by the Ohio | 529 |
| education association and the Ohio federation of teachers; | 530 |
| (8) One parent, appointed by the Ohio parent teacher | 531 |
| association; | 532 |
| (9) One representative of business, appointed by the Ohio | 533 |
| chamber of commerce; | 534 |
| (10) One representative of the buckeye association of school | 535 |
| administrators, appointed by the association; | 536 |
| (11) One representative of the Ohio educational service | 537 |
| center association, appointed by the association; | 538 |
| (12) One representative of the Ohio school boards | 539 |
| association, appointed by the association; | 540 |
| (13) One school administrator, appointed jointly by the Ohio | 541 |
| association of elementary school administrators and the Ohio | 542 |
| association of secondary school administrators; | 543 |
| (14) One representative of the Ohio association of school | 544 |
| business officials, appointed by the association. | 545 |
| The superintendent of public instruction and the chairpersons | 546 |
| and ranking minority members of the education committees of the | 547 |
| senate and house of representatives, or their designees, shall be | 548 |
| ex officio, nonvoting members of the board. | 549 |
| (B) All appointed members of the board shall serve at the | 550 |
| pleasure of their appointing authorities. | 551 |
| (C) Members shall receive no compensation for their services. | 552 |
| (D) The superintendent of public instruction, or the | 553 |
| superintendent's designee, shall be the chairperson of the board. | 554 |
| For two years after its initial meeting, the board shall hold | 555 |
| regular meetings at least monthly to conduct board business and | 556 |
| may hold other meetings at the call of the chairperson. | 557 |
| Subsequently, meetings shall be held at the call of the | 558 |
| chairperson or at the request of at least one-third of the board's | 559 |
| members. | 560 |
| Sec. 3312.12. The state regional alliance advisory board | 561 |
| shall do all of the following: | 562 |
| (A) Identify issues concerning the operation of the | 563 |
| educational regional service system that may require action by the | 564 |
| state board of education or the department of education; | 565 |
| (B) Promote communication and coordination among the state | 566 |
| board, the department, fiscal agents, advisory councils, and users | 567 |
| of the educational regional service system regarding issues | 568 |
| affecting the operation of the system and statewide education | 569 |
| initiatives; | 570 |
| (C) Make recommendations regarding quality standards for the | 571 |
| delivery of services to school districts and schools through the | 572 |
| educational regional service system. Copies of the recommendations | 573 |
| shall be provided to the department and the advisory councils. | 574 |
| (D) Establish an accountability system to evaluate the board | 575 |
| on its performance of the duties described in divisions (A) to (C) | 576 |
| of this section. | 577 |
| Sec. 3312.13. The department of education shall consider the | 578 |
| unique needs and circumstances of each region of the educational | 579 |
| regional service system when allocating funds for the | 580 |
| implementation of statewide education initiatives by regional | 581 |
| service providers. | 582 |
| Sec. 3313.843. (A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 583 |
| 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to either | 584 |
| of the following: | 585 |
| (1) Any cooperative education school district; | 586 |
| (2) Any city or exempted village school district with a total | 587 |
| student count of thirteen thousand or more determined pursuant to | 588 |
| section 3317.03 of the Revised Code that has not entered into one | 589 |
| or more agreements pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 1993, | 590 |
| unless the district's total student count did not exceed thirteen | 591 |
| thousand at the time it entered into an initial agreement under | 592 |
| this section. | 593 |
| (B) The board of education of a city or exempted village | 594 |
| school district and the governing board of an educational service | 595 |
| center
| 596 |
| 597 | |
| agreement, through adoption of identical resolutions, under which | 598 |
| the educational service center governing board will provide | 599 |
| services to the city or exempted village school district. | 600 |
| Services provided under the agreement shall be specified in | 601 |
| the agreement, and may include any one or a combination of the | 602 |
| following: supervisory teachers; in-service and continuing | 603 |
| education programs for city or exempted village school district | 604 |
| personnel; curriculum services as provided to the local school | 605 |
| districts under the supervision of the service center governing | 606 |
| board; research and development programs; academic instruction for | 607 |
| which the governing board employs teachers pursuant to section | 608 |
| 3319.02 of the Revised Code; and assistance in the provision of | 609 |
| special accommodations and classes for handicapped students. | 610 |
| Services included in the agreement shall be provided to the city | 611 |
| or exempted village district in the same manner they are provided | 612 |
| to local school districts under the governing board's supervision, | 613 |
| unless otherwise specified in the agreement. The city or exempted | 614 |
| village board of education shall reimburse the educational service | 615 |
| center governing board pursuant to section 3317.11 of the Revised | 616 |
| Code. | 617 |
| (C) | 618 |
| under division (B) of former section 3317.11 or division (F) of | 619 |
| section 3317.11 of the Revised Code for an agreement under this | 620 |
| section involving a city school district whose total student count | 621 |
| was less than thirteen thousand, the service center may continue | 622 |
| to receive funding under that division for such an agreement in | 623 |
| any subsequent year if the city district's total student count | 624 |
| exceeds thirteen thousand. However, only the first thirteen | 625 |
| thousand pupils in the formula ADM of such district shall be | 626 |
| included in determining the amount of the per pupil subsidy the | 627 |
| service center shall receive under division (F) of section 3317.11 | 628 |
| of the Revised Code. | 629 |
| | 630 |
| 631 | |
| 632 | |
| 633 | |
| 634 | |
| 635 | |
| 636 | |
| 637 | |
| 638 | |
| 639 | |
| 640 |
| (D) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall | 641 |
| be valid only if a copy is filed with the department of education | 642 |
| by the first day of the school year for which the agreement is in | 643 |
| effect. | 644 |
| Sec. 3313.845. The board of education of a city, exempted | 645 |
| village, or local school district and the governing board of an | 646 |
| educational service center may enter into an agreement, through | 647 |
| adoption of identical resolutions, under which the educational | 648 |
| service center will provide services to the school district. | 649 |
| Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid | 650 |
| for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the district | 651 |
| board of education and the service center governing board, and | 652 |
| shall be specified in the agreement. Payment for services | 653 |
| specified in the agreement shall be made pursuant to division (D) | 654 |
| of section 3317.11 of the Revised Code and shall not include any | 655 |
| deduction under division (B), (C), or (F) of that section. Any | 656 |
| agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be valid | 657 |
| only if a copy is filed with the department of education by the | 658 |
| first day of the school year for which the agreement is in effect. | 659 |
| The authority granted under this section to the boards of | 660 |
| education of city and exempted village school districts is in | 661 |
| addition to the authority granted to such boards under section | 662 |
| 3313.843 of the Revised Code. No city or exempted village district | 663 |
| that is eligible to receive services from an educational service | 664 |
| center under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code may receive any | 665 |
| of the services described in division (B) of that section pursuant | 666 |
| to an agreement entered into with an educational service center | 667 |
| under this section. | 668 |
| If a local school district enters into an agreement with an | 669 |
| educational service center under this section and the district is | 670 |
| not located within the territory of the service center, the | 671 |
| agreement shall not require the district to receive any | 672 |
| supervisory services described in division (B) of section 3317.11 | 673 |
| of the Revised Code from the service center. The supervisory | 674 |
| services described in that section shall be provided to the | 675 |
| district by the educational service center of the territory in | 676 |
| which the district is located. | 677 |
| Sec. 3314.014. As used in this section, "operator" means an | 678 |
| organization that manages the daily operations of a community | 679 |
| school pursuant to a contract between the operator and the | 680 |
| school's governing authority. | 681 |
| (A)(1) Notwithstanding the limit prescribed by division | 682 |
| (A)(4) of section 3314.013 of the Revised Code, a start-up school | 683 |
| sponsored by an entity described in divisions (C)(1)(b) to (f) of | 684 |
| section 3314.02 of the Revised Code may be established after the | 685 |
| date that limit is reached, provided the school's governing | 686 |
| authority enters into a contract with an operator permitted to | 687 |
| manage the school under division (B) of this section. | 688 |
| (2) Notwithstanding the limit prescribed by division (A)(5) | 689 |
| of section 3314.013 of the Revised Code, a conversion school that | 690 |
| is an internet- or computer-based community school or a start-up | 691 |
| school sponsored by the school district in which the school is or | 692 |
| is proposed to be located may be established after the date that | 693 |
| limit is reached, provided the school's governing authority enters | 694 |
| into a contract with an operator permitted to manage the school | 695 |
| under division (B) of this section. However, a conversion school | 696 |
| that is an internet- or computer-based community school may be | 697 |
| established after that date only if the prohibition prescribed by | 698 |
| division (A)(6) of section 3314.013 of the Revised Code is no | 699 |
| longer in effect. | 700 |
| (B) An operator may enter into contracts with the governing | 701 |
| authorities of community schools established after the date the | 702 |
| limit prescribed by division (A)(4) or (5) of section 3314.013 of | 703 |
| the Revised Code, as applicable, is reached, provided the total | 704 |
| number of schools for which the operator enters into such | 705 |
| contracts, excluding conversion schools that are not internet- or | 706 |
| computer-based community schools, does not exceed the number of | 707 |
| community schools managed by the operator on the applicable date | 708 |
| that are rated excellent, effective, or in need of continuous | 709 |
| improvement pursuant to section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. | 710 |
| (C) Notwithstanding the limit prescribed by division (A)(4) | 711 |
| of section 3314.013 of the Revised Code, after the date the limit | 712 |
| prescribed in that division is reached, the governing authority of | 713 |
| a start-up school sponsored by an entity described in divisions | 714 |
| (C)(1)(b) to (f) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code may | 715 |
| establish one additional school serving the same grade levels and | 716 |
| providing the same educational program as the current start-up | 717 |
| school and may open that additional school in the 2006-2007 school | 718 |
| year, if both of the following conditions are met: | 719 |
| (1) The governing authority entered into another contract | 720 |
| with the same sponsor or a different sponsor described in | 721 |
| divisions (C)(1)(b) to (f) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code | 722 |
| and filed a copy of that contract with the superintendent of | 723 |
| public instruction prior to March 15, 2006. | 724 |
| (2) The governing authority's current school satisfies all of | 725 |
| the following conditions: | 726 |
| (a) The school currently is rated as excellent or effective | 727 |
| pursuant to section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. | 728 |
| (b) The school made adequate yearly progress, as defined in | 729 |
| section 3302.01 of the Revised Code, for the previous school year. | 730 |
| (c) The school has been in operation for at least four school | 731 |
| years. | 732 |
| (d) The school is not managed by an operator. | 733 |
| Sec. 3319.01. Except in an island school district, where the | 734 |
| superintendent of an educational service center otherwise may | 735 |
| serve as superintendent of the district and except as otherwise | 736 |
| provided for any cooperative education school district pursuant to | 737 |
| division (B)(2) of section 3311.52 or division (B)(3) of section | 738 |
| 3311.521 of the Revised Code, the board of education in each | 739 |
| school district and the governing board of each service center | 740 |
| shall, at a regular or special meeting held not later than the | 741 |
| first day of May of the calendar year in which the term of the | 742 |
| superintendent expires, appoint a person possessed of the | 743 |
| qualifications provided in this section to act as superintendent, | 744 |
| for a term not longer than five years beginning the first day of | 745 |
| August and ending on the thirty-first day of July. Such | 746 |
| superintendent is, at the expiration of a current term of | 747 |
| employment, deemed reemployed for a term of one year at the same | 748 |
| salary plus any increments that may be authorized by the board, | 749 |
| unless such board, on or before the first day of March of the year | 750 |
| in which the contract of employment expires, either reemploys the | 751 |
| superintendent for a succeeding term as provided in this section | 752 |
| or gives to the superintendent written notice of its intention not | 753 |
| to reemploy the superintendent. A superintendent may not be | 754 |
| transferred to any other position during the term of the | 755 |
| superintendent's employment or reemployment except by mutual | 756 |
| agreement by the superintendent and the board. If a vacancy occurs | 757 |
| in the office of superintendent, the board shall appoint a | 758 |
| superintendent for a term not to exceed five years from the next | 759 |
| preceding first day of August. | 760 |
| A board may at any regular or special meeting held during the | 761 |
| period beginning on the first day of January of the calendar year | 762 |
| immediately preceding the year the contract of employment of a | 763 |
| superintendent expires and ending on the first day of March of the | 764 |
| year it expires, reemploy such superintendent for a succeeding | 765 |
| term for not longer than five years, beginning on the first day of | 766 |
| August immediately following the expiration of the | 767 |
| superintendent's current term of employment and ending on the | 768 |
| thirty-first day of July of the year in which such succeeding term | 769 |
| expires. No person shall be appointed to the office of | 770 |
| superintendent of a city, or exempted village school district or a | 771 |
| service center who does not hold a license designated for being a | 772 |
| superintendent issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, | 773 |
| unless such person had been employed as a county, city, or | 774 |
| exempted village superintendent prior to August 1, 1939. No person | 775 |
| shall be appointed to the office of local superintendent who does | 776 |
| not hold a license designated for being a superintendent issued | 777 |
| under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, unless such person held | 778 |
| or was qualified to hold the position of executive head of a local | 779 |
| school district on September 16, 1957. At the time of making such | 780 |
| appointment or designation of term, such board shall fix the | 781 |
| compensation of the superintendent, which may be increased or | 782 |
| decreased during such term, provided such decrease is a part of a | 783 |
| uniform plan affecting salaries of all employees of the district, | 784 |
| and shall execute a written contract of employment with such | 785 |
| superintendent. | 786 |
| Each board shall adopt procedures for the evaluation of its | 787 |
| superintendent and shall evaluate its superintendent in accordance | 788 |
| with those procedures. An evaluation based upon such procedures | 789 |
| shall be considered by the board in deciding whether to renew the | 790 |
| superintendent's contract. The establishment of an evaluation | 791 |
| procedure shall not create an expectancy of continued employment. | 792 |
| Nothing in this section shall prevent a board from making the | 793 |
| final determination regarding the renewal or failure to renew of a | 794 |
| superintendent's contract. | 795 |
| Termination of a superintendent's contract shall be pursuant | 796 |
| to section 3319.16 of the Revised Code. | 797 |
| A board may establish vacation leave for its superintendent. | 798 |
| Upon the superintendent's separation from employment a board that | 799 |
| has such leave may provide compensation at the superintendent's | 800 |
| current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation | 801 |
| leave to the superintendent's credit at the time of separation, | 802 |
| not to exceed the amount accrued within three years before the | 803 |
| date of separation. In case of the death of a superintendent, such | 804 |
| unused vacation leave as the board would have paid to this | 805 |
| superintendent upon separation shall be paid in accordance with | 806 |
| section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the superintendent's | 807 |
| estate. | 808 |
| Notwithstanding section 9.481 of the Revised Code, the board | 809 |
| of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school | 810 |
| district may require its superintendent, as a condition of | 811 |
| employment, to reside within the boundaries of the district. | 812 |
| The superintendent shall be the executive officer for the | 813 |
| board. The superintendent shall direct and assign teachers and | 814 |
| other employees of the district or service center, except as | 815 |
| provided in section 3319.04 of the Revised Code; assign the pupils | 816 |
| to the proper schools and grades, provided that the assignment of | 817 |
| a pupil to a school outside of the pupil's district of residence | 818 |
| is approved by the board of the district of residence of such | 819 |
| pupil; and perform such other duties as the board determines. | 820 |
| The board of education of any school district may contract | 821 |
| with the governing board of the educational service center from | 822 |
| which it otherwise receives services to conduct searches and | 823 |
| recruitment of candidates for the superintendent position | 824 |
| authorized under this section. | 825 |
| Sec. 3319.17. (A) As used in this section, "interdistrict | 826 |
| contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by an | 827 |
| educational service center governing board and another board or | 828 |
| other public entity pursuant to section 3313.17, 3313.841, | 829 |
| 3313.842, 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, 3313.91, or 3323.08 of the | 830 |
| Revised Code, including any such contract or agreement for the | 831 |
| provision of services funded under division (I) of section | 832 |
| 3317.024 of the Revised Code or provided in any unit approved | 833 |
| under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. | 834 |
| (B) When, for any of the following reasons that apply to any | 835 |
| city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district | 836 |
| or any educational service center, the board decides that it will | 837 |
| be necessary to reduce the number of teachers it employs, it may | 838 |
| make a reasonable reduction: | 839 |
| (1) In the case of any district or service center, return to | 840 |
| duty of regular teachers after leaves of absence including leaves | 841 |
| provided pursuant to division (B) of section 3314.10 of the | 842 |
| Revised Code, suspension of schools, territorial changes | 843 |
| affecting the district or center, or financial reasons; | 844 |
| (2) In the case of any city, exempted village, local, or | 845 |
| joint vocational school district, decreased enrollment of pupils | 846 |
| in the district; | 847 |
| (3) In the case of any governing board of a service center | 848 |
| providing any particular service directly to pupils pursuant to | 849 |
| one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such service, | 850 |
| reduction in the total number of pupils the governing board is | 851 |
| required to provide with the service under all interdistrict | 852 |
| contracts as a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or | 853 |
| more of these interdistrict contracts; | 854 |
| (4) In the case of any governing board providing any | 855 |
| particular service that it does not provide directly to pupils | 856 |
| pursuant to one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such | 857 |
| service, reduction in the total level of the service the governing | 858 |
| board is required to provide under all interdistrict contracts as | 859 |
| a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or more of these | 860 |
| interdistrict contracts. | 861 |
| (C) In making any such reduction, any city, exempted village, | 862 |
| local, or joint vocational school board shall proceed to suspend | 863 |
| contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the | 864 |
| superintendent of schools who shall, within each teaching field | 865 |
| affected, give preference first to teachers on continuing | 866 |
| contracts and then to teachers who have greater seniority. In | 867 |
| making any such reduction, any governing board of a service center | 868 |
| shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the | 869 |
| recommendation of the superintendent who shall, within each | 870 |
| teaching field or service area affected, give preference first to | 871 |
| teachers on continuing contracts and then to teachers who have | 872 |
| greater seniority. | 873 |
| On a case-by-case basis, in lieu of suspending a contract in | 874 |
| whole, a board may suspend a contract in part, so that an | 875 |
| individual is required to work a percentage of the time the | 876 |
| employee otherwise is required to work under the contract and | 877 |
| receives a commensurate percentage of the full compensation the | 878 |
| employee otherwise would receive under the contract. | 879 |
| The teachers whose continuing contracts are suspended by any | 880 |
| board pursuant to this section shall have the right of restoration | 881 |
| to continuing service status by that board in the order of | 882 |
| seniority of service in the district or service center if and when | 883 |
| teaching positions become vacant or are created for which any of | 884 |
| such teachers are or become qualified. No teacher whose continuing | 885 |
| contract has been suspended pursuant to this section shall lose | 886 |
| that right of restoration to continuing service status by reason | 887 |
| of having declined recall to a position that is less than | 888 |
| full-time or, if the teacher was not employed full-time just prior | 889 |
| to suspension of the teacher's continuing contract, to a position | 890 |
| requiring a lesser percentage of full-time employment than the | 891 |
| position the teacher last held while employed in the district or | 892 |
| service center. | 893 |
| (D) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter | 894 |
| 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section | 895 |
| prevail over any conflicting provisions of agreements between | 896 |
| employee organizations and public employers entered into after | 897 |
| September 29, 2005. | 898 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3301.075, 3310.08, | 899 |
| 3313.843, 3314.014, 3319.01, and 3319.17 of the Revised Code are | 900 |
| hereby repealed. | 901 |
| Section 3. Subject to appropriations of the General Assembly, | 902 |
| funding for the operation of the Educational Regional Service | 903 |
| System established by this act shall begin July 1, 2007. | 904 |
| Section 4. (A) The Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio | 905 |
| Association of Community Colleges shall make appointments to the | 906 |
| advisory councils established under section 3312.03 of the Revised | 907 |
| Code within thirty days after the effective date of this section. | 908 |
| Each advisory council shall make the appointments required by | 909 |
| division (B) of that section within forty-five days after the | 910 |
| effective date of this section. | 911 |
| (B) Each advisory council and the Ohio Education Association | 912 |
| and the Ohio Federation of Teachers shall make the appointments to | 913 |
| the advisory council subcommittees required by division (B) of | 914 |
| section 3312.05 of the Revised Code within sixty days after the | 915 |
| effective date of this section. | 916 |
| (C) Appointments to the State Regional Alliance Advisory | 917 |
| Board established by section 3312.11 of the Revised Code shall be | 918 |
| made within sixty days after the effective date of this section. | 919 |
| (D) Appointments to the Education Management Information | 920 |
| System Advisory Board established by section 3301.0713 of the | 921 |
| Revised Code shall be made within thirty days after the effective | 922 |
| date of this section. | 923 |
| Section 5. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the | 924 |
| Department of Education not fill staff positions in the regional | 925 |
| offices of the Department's Office of Early Childhood Education as | 926 |
| those positions become open through attrition. | 927 |
| Section 6. All appropriation items in this section are | 928 |
| appropriated out of money in the state treasury to the credit of | 929 |
| the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this section, | 930 |
| the amounts in the first column are for fiscal year 2006 and the | 931 |
| amounts in the second column are for fiscal year 2007. | 932 |
| 933 |
| General Revenue Fund | 934 |
| GRF | 200-536 | Ohio Core Support | $ | 0 | $ | 13,200,000 | 935 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 0 | $ | 13,200,000 | 936 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 0 | $ | 13,200,000 | 937 | ||||||
| OHIO CORE SUPPORT | 938 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core Support, | 939 |
| shall be used to support implementation of the Ohio Core Program, | 940 |
| which requires establishment of a rigorous high school curriculum | 941 |
| for Ohio's high school students. The Department of Education and | 942 |
| the Board of Regents shall jointly plan and work collaboratively | 943 |
| to guide implementation of the Ohio Core Program and to administer | 944 |
| funding to eligible school districts, individuals, and programs as | 945 |
| determined by this section. The Department of Education and the | 946 |
| Board of Regents shall jointly agree to the awarding and | 947 |
| expenditure of funds appropriated in this section. | 948 |
| (A) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core | 949 |
| Support, up to $2,600,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be used to | 950 |
| support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio and | 951 |
| mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school | 952 |
| district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary | 953 |
| education levels in a twelve-month intensive training program that | 954 |
| leads to teacher licensure in a laboratory-based science, advanced | 955 |
| mathematics, or foreign language field at the secondary education | 956 |
| level and employment with an Ohio school district. | 957 |
| (B) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core | 958 |
| Support, up to $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be used to | 959 |
| support alternative teacher licensure programs developed by | 960 |
| educational service centers, in partnership with institutions of | 961 |
| higher education. Participants shall be teachers licensed in Ohio | 962 |
| and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school | 963 |
| district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary | 964 |
| education levels. Programs shall be consistent with the State | 965 |
| Board of Education's alternative licensure requirements. | 966 |
| (C) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core | 967 |
| Support, up to $3,600,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be distributed | 968 |
| to school districts to be used to obtain contracted instruction | 969 |
| with institutions of higher education in mathematics, science, or | 970 |
| foreign language for high school students that results in dual | 971 |
| high school and college credit. Costs shall be based upon | 972 |
| reasonable expenses that institutions of higher education could | 973 |
| incur for faculty, supplies, and other associated costs. | 974 |
| (D) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core | 975 |
| Support, up to $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be disbursed | 976 |
| to the eTech Ohio Commission within sixty days after the effective | 977 |
| date of this section. Funding shall be used to implement and | 978 |
| support the Ohio Students Choosing On-line Resources for | 979 |
| Educational Success Initiative that increases the educational | 980 |
| options available for students in mathematics, advanced | 981 |
| laboratory-based science, and foreign language. The eTech Ohio | 982 |
| Commission shall work collaboratively with the Department of | 983 |
| Education and the Board of Regents on this initiative. | 984 |
| (E) Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-536, Ohio Core | 985 |
| Support, up to $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2007 shall be disbursed | 986 |
| to the Board of Regents within sixty days after the effective date | 987 |
| of this section. The Board of Regents shall use the funds to | 988 |
| support up to ten regional summer academies that focus on foreign | 989 |
| language, science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and | 990 |
| prepare eleventh and twelfth grade students to pursue | 991 |
| college-level foreign language, mathematics, science, technology, | 992 |
| and engineering, with a focus on secondary teaching in these | 993 |
| disciplines. Successful completion of these academics shall result | 994 |
| in dual high school and college credits. Costs shall be based upon | 995 |
| reasonable expenses, as determined by the Board of Regents, that | 996 |
| institutions of higher education could incur for faculty, | 997 |
| supplies, and other associated costs. | 998 |
| Section 7. The appropriations made in Section 6 of this act | 999 |
| are subject to all provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th | 1000 |
| General Assembly that are generally applicable to such | 1001 |
| appropriations. Expenditures from appropriations contained in | 1002 |
| Section 6 of this act shall be accounted for as though made in Am. | 1003 |
| Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly. | 1004 |
| Section 8. Sections 6, 7, and 8 of this act are not subject | 1005 |
| to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, | 1006 |
| Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the sections go | 1007 |
| into immediate effect when this act becomes law. | 1008 |