Sec. 3306.25. (A) The superintendent of public instruction | 9 |
shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 10 |
Code, prescribing standards for the expenditure of funds | 11 |
calculated under this chapter and for the reporting of | 12 |
expenditures of those funds for particular funded
components, as | 13 |
determined by the superintendent, so that those funds are directed | 14 |
toward the
purposes for which they were calculated. | 15 |
(B) The rules adopted for core academic strategy components | 28 |
under division (A)(1) of this section shall prescribe standards | 29 |
for expenditure and reporting. The rules shall
afford districts | 30 |
degrees of flexibility
in determining how to
spend funds | 31 |
calculated for the components
included in that
category | 32 |
depending on the district's current performance rating under | 33 |
section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The higher the rating, the | 34 |
greater flexibility the rules shall provide. Districts rated | 35 |
excellent shall not be subject to the expenditure standards, but | 36 |
shall comply with the reporting standards. | 37 |
(C) The rules adopted for academic improvement components | 38 |
under division (A)(2) of this section shall prescribe standards | 39 |
for expenditure and reporting and shall apply only to school | 40 |
districts that have been
declared to be in academic emergency or | 41 |
academic watch, under
section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, for | 42 |
two or more consecutive
years, beginning with the ratings of | 43 |
districts issued
under that section in the fiscal year that | 44 |
begins two years prior
to the effective date of rules adopted | 45 |
under division (A)(2) of
this section. | 46 |
(2) A district board of education, by a majority vote, may | 72 |
adopt a resolution exempting the district from any applicable rule | 73 |
regarding the expenditure of funds calculated for the core teacher | 74 |
factor and the specialist teacher factor under section 3306.05 of | 75 |
the Revised Code. The resolution shall include a statement | 76 |
identifying cost or space concerns as the basis for adopting the | 77 |
resolution. If a board adopts such a resolution, the board
shall | 78 |
not be required to apply for a waiver under section 3306.40
of | 79 |
the Revised Code to receive an exemption from the rule. The
board | 80 |
shall adopt a new resolution in each fiscal year that the
board | 81 |
seeks an exemption from the rule. | 82 |
(C) The board of education of a school district, by a | 92 |
majority vote, may apply to
the superintendent of public | 93 |
instruction for a waiver ofadopt a resolution exempting the | 94 |
district from the
requirement to provide all-day kindergarten for | 95 |
all kindergarten
students. In making the determination to grant | 96 |
or deny the waiver,
the state superintendent may consider space | 97 |
concerns or
alternative delivery approaches used by the school | 98 |
districtThe board shall adopt a new resolution in each fiscal | 99 |
year that the board seeks an exemption from the requirement. The | 100 |
resolution shall include a statement identifying cost or space | 101 |
concerns as the basis for adopting the resolution. | 102 |
Section 3. The Ohio School Funding Advisory Council | 116 |
established in
section 3306.29 of the Revised Code shall identify | 117 |
unfunded or
underfunded school funding mandates enacted in Am. | 118 |
Sub. H.B. 1 of
the 128th General Assembly and imposed on local | 119 |
schools, community
schools, chartered nonpublic schools, and the | 120 |
Department of
Education. Following an evaluation of these | 121 |
provisions, the
Council shall identify the costs of the mandates | 122 |
and recommend to
the Governor and the General Assembly what | 123 |
action the Council
deems appropriate, if any, to amend or repeal | 124 |
the mandates. The
Council shall convene a meeting for these | 125 |
purposes as soon as
practicable following the effective date of | 126 |
this act. | 127 |