Section 1. That sections 3311.05, 3311.0510, 3313.376, | 15 |
3313.843, 3317.11, 3318.60, 3319.07, 3326.45, 3328.01, 3328.02, | 16 |
3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.23, 3328.24, 3328.34, | 17 |
3328.36, and 3328.41 be amended and sections 3318.61 and 3319.80 | 18 |
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 19 |
Sec. 3311.05. (A) The territory within the territorial | 20 |
limits of a county, or the territory included in a district formed | 21 |
under section 3311.053 of the Revised Code, exclusive of the | 22 |
territory embraced in any city school district or exempted village | 23 |
school district, and excluding the territory detached therefrom | 24 |
for school purposes and including the territory attached thereto | 25 |
for school purposes constitutes an educational service center.
If | 26 |
the educational service center in which the territory of a local | 27 |
school district is located is dissolved under section 3311.0510 of | 28 |
the Revised Code, the territory of that local school district | 29 |
shall not constitute part of any educational service center. | 30 |
Sec. 3311.0510. (A) If all of the localclient school | 35 |
districts
that make up the territory of an educational service | 36 |
center have severed from the territory of thatterminated their | 37 |
agreements with the service center under division (D) of section | 38 |
3313.843 of the Revised Code, upon the latest effective date of | 39 |
the severance of the last remaining local school district to make | 40 |
up the territory of the service centerterminations, the governing | 41 |
board of that service center shall be abolished and such service | 42 |
center shall be dissolved by order of the superintendent of public | 43 |
instruction. The superintendent's order shall provide for the | 44 |
equitable division and disposition of the assets, property, debts, | 45 |
and obligations of the service center among the
local school | 46 |
districts, of which the territory of the service center is or | 47 |
previously was made up, and the city and exempted village school | 48 |
districts with which the service center had agreements under | 49 |
section 3313.843 of the Revised Codethat were client school | 50 |
districts of the service center for the service center's last | 51 |
fiscal year of operation. The superintendent's order shall provide | 52 |
that the tax duplicate of each of those school districts shall be | 53 |
bound for and assume the district's equitable share of the | 54 |
outstanding indebtedness of the service center. The | 55 |
superintendent's order is final and is not appealable. | 56 |
Prior to distributing assets to any school district under | 62 |
this section, but after paying in full other debts and obligations | 63 |
of the service center under this section, the superintendent of | 64 |
public instruction may assess against the remaining assets of the | 65 |
service center the amount of the costs incurred by the department | 66 |
of education in performing the superintendent's duties under this | 67 |
division, including the fees, if any, owed to the individual | 68 |
appointed to administer the superintendent's dissolution order. | 69 |
Any excess cost incurred by the department under this division | 70 |
shall be divided equitably among the local school districts, of | 71 |
which the territory of the service center is or previously was | 72 |
made up, and the city and exempted village school districts with | 73 |
which the service center had agreements under section 3313.843 of | 74 |
the Revised Codethat were client school districts of the service | 75 |
center for the service center's last fiscal year of operation. | 76 |
Each district's share of that excess cost shall be bound against | 77 |
the tax duplicate of that district. | 78 |
(C) The public records of an educational service center that | 82 |
is dissolved under this section shall be transferred in accordance | 83 |
with this division. Public records maintained by the service | 84 |
center in connection with services provided by the service center | 85 |
to local school districts of which the territory of the service | 86 |
center is or previously was made up shall be transferred to each | 87 |
of the respective local school districts. Public records | 88 |
maintained by the service center in connection with services | 89 |
provided under an agreement with a city or exempted village school | 90 |
district pursuant to section 3313.843 of the Revised Codeto | 91 |
client school districts shall be transferred to each of the | 92 |
respective city or exempted villageclient school districts. All | 93 |
other public records maintained by the service center at the time | 94 |
the service center ceases operations shall be transferred to the | 95 |
Ohio historical society for analysis and disposition by the | 96 |
society in its capacity as archives administrator for the state | 97 |
and its political subdivisions pursuant to division (C) of section | 98 |
149.30 and section 149.31 of the Revised Code. | 99 |
For the purpose of obtaining quantity discounts in purchasing | 107 |
textbooks; computer equipment, including computer software; school | 108 |
buses; and natural gas, electricity, and other utility services, | 109 |
the governing boards of two or more educational service centers | 110 |
may enter into agreements, including installment purchase and | 111 |
lease-purchase contracts, to jointly purchase such commodities to | 112 |
be utilized by local school districts, or by client school | 113 |
districts, being served byof the educational service centers. | 114 |
(B)(1) The board of education of each city, exempted village, | 118 |
or local school district with an average daily student enrollment | 119 |
of sixteen thousand or less, reported for the district on the most | 120 |
recent report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised | 121 |
Code, shall enter into an agreement with the governing board of an | 122 |
educational service center, under which the educational service | 123 |
center governing board will provide services to the district. | 124 |
(3) Services provided under an agreement entered into under | 131 |
division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall be specified in the | 132 |
agreement, and may include any of the following: supervisory | 133 |
teachers; in-service and continuing education programs for | 134 |
district personnel; curriculum services; research and development | 135 |
programs; academic instruction for which the governing board | 136 |
employs teachers pursuant to section 3319.02 of the Revised Code; | 137 |
assistance in the provision of special accommodations and classes | 138 |
for students with disabilities; or any other services the district | 139 |
board and service center governing board agree can be better | 140 |
provided by the service center and are not provided under an | 141 |
agreement entered into under section 3313.845 of the Revised Code. | 142 |
Services included in the agreement shall be provided to the | 143 |
district in the manner specified in the agreement. The district | 144 |
board of education shall reimburse the educational service center | 145 |
governing board pursuant to section 3317.11 of the Revised Code. | 146 |
(D)(1) An agreement for services from an educational service | 150 |
center entered into under this section may be terminated by the | 151 |
school district board of education, at its option, by notifying | 152 |
the governing board of the service center by JanuaryMarch 1, | 153 |
2012, or by the first day of January of any odd-numbered year | 154 |
thereafter, that the district board intends to terminate the | 155 |
agreement in that year, and that termination shall be effective on | 156 |
the thirtieth day of June of that year. The failure of a district | 157 |
board to notify an educational service center of its intent to | 158 |
terminate an agreement by March 1, 2012, shall result in renewal | 159 |
of the existing agreement for the following school year. | 160 |
Thereafter, the failure of a district board to notify an | 161 |
educational service center of its intent to terminate an agreement | 162 |
by the first day of January of an odd-numbered year shall result | 163 |
in renewal of the existing agreement for the following two school | 164 |
years. | 165 |
(B)(1) The governing board of each educational service center | 186 |
shall provide supervisory services to each localof its client | 187 |
school district within the service center's territory. Each city | 188 |
or exempted village school district that enters into an agreement | 189 |
under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code for a governing board | 190 |
to provide any services also is considered to be provided | 191 |
supervisory services by the governing boarddistricts. Except as | 192 |
provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the supervisory | 193 |
services shall not exceed one supervisory teacher for the first | 194 |
fifty classroom teachers required to be employed in the districts, | 195 |
as calculated in the manner prescribed under former division (B) | 196 |
of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, as that division existed | 197 |
prior to the effective date of this amendmentJune 30, 2011, and | 198 |
one for each additional one hundred required classroom teachers, | 199 |
as so calculated. | 200 |
The supervisory services shall be financed annually through | 201 |
supervisory units. Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this | 202 |
section, the number of supervisory units assigned to each district | 203 |
shall not exceed one unit for the first fifty classroom teachers | 204 |
required to be employed in the district, as calculated in the | 205 |
manner prescribed under former division (B) of section 3317.023 of | 206 |
the Revised Code, as that division existed prior to the effective | 207 |
date of this amendmentJune 30, 2011, and one for each additional | 208 |
one hundred required classroom teachers, as so calculated. The | 209 |
cost of each supervisory unit shall be the sum of: | 210 |
(2) If a majority of the boards of education, or | 219 |
superintendents acting on behalf of the boards, of the local and | 220 |
client school districts receiving services from the educational | 221 |
service center agree to receive additional supervisory services | 222 |
and to pay the cost of a corresponding number of supervisory units | 223 |
in excess of the services and units specified in division (B)(1) | 224 |
of this section, the service center shall provide the additional | 225 |
services as agreed to by the majority of districts to, and the | 226 |
department of education shall apportion the cost of the | 227 |
corresponding number of additional supervisory units pursuant to | 228 |
division (B)(3) of this section among, all of the service center's | 229 |
local and client school districts. | 230 |
(C) The department annually shall deduct from each local and | 237 |
client school district of each educational service center, | 238 |
pursuant to division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, | 239 |
and pay to the service center an amount equal to six dollars and | 240 |
fifty cents times the school district's total student count. The | 241 |
board of education, or the superintendent acting on behalf of the | 242 |
board, of any local or client school district may agree to pay an | 243 |
amount in excess of six dollars and fifty cents per student in | 244 |
total student count. If a majority of the boards of education, or | 245 |
superintendents acting on behalf of the boards, of the local | 246 |
service center's client school districts within a service center's | 247 |
territory approve an amount in excess of six dollars and fifty | 248 |
cents per student in total student count, the department shall | 249 |
deduct the approved excess per student amount from all of the | 250 |
localservice center's client school districts
within the service | 251 |
center's territory and pay the excess amount to the service | 252 |
center. | 253 |
(D) The department shall pay each educational service center | 254 |
the amounts due to it from school districts pursuant to contracts, | 255 |
compacts, or agreements under which the service center furnishes | 256 |
services to the districts or their students. In order to receive | 257 |
payment under this division, an educational service center shall | 258 |
furnish either a copy of the contract, compact, or agreement | 259 |
clearly indicating the amounts of the payments, or a written | 260 |
statement that clearly indicates the payments owed and is signed | 261 |
by the superintendent or treasurer of the responsible school | 262 |
district. The amounts paid to service centers under this division | 263 |
shall be deducted from payments to school districts pursuant to | 264 |
division (H)(3) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code. | 265 |
(G) Each city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or | 282 |
cooperative education school district shall pay to the governing | 283 |
board of an educational service center any amounts agreed to for | 284 |
each child enrolled in the district who receives special education | 285 |
and related services or career-technical education from the | 286 |
educational service center, unless these educational services are | 287 |
provided pursuant to a contract, compact, or agreement for which | 288 |
the department deducts and transfers payments under division (D) | 289 |
of this section and division (H)(3) of section 3317.023 of the | 290 |
Revised Code. | 291 |
(1) The commission, in consultation with the board of | 338 |
trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school, shall determine | 339 |
the basic project cost based on all campus facilities needed for | 340 |
the school's programs and operations and shall take into account | 341 |
any unique spaces or square footages needed for such facilities | 342 |
when calculating the basic project cost. Regardless of the | 343 |
inclusion of nonclassroom facilities in the calculation of the | 344 |
basic project cost, state funds provided under the program shall | 345 |
be used only to pay for the acquisition of classroom facilities | 346 |
that do not exceed the construction and design standards | 347 |
established by the commission. | 348 |
Sec. 3318.61. (A) In lieu of participating in the | 375 |
college-preparatory boarding school facilities program under | 376 |
section 3318.60 of the Revised Code, if the board of trustees of a | 377 |
college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 378 |
3328. of the Revised Code has leased, purchased, or otherwise | 379 |
acquired a site for the school, the board of trustees may request | 380 |
approval from the Ohio school facilities commission for the board | 381 |
of trustees and the commission to enter into an agreement with a | 382 |
person or entity for the development of the site, under which | 383 |
agreement all of the following shall occur: | 384 |
(3) The commission will pay the board of trustees state funds | 395 |
for the cost of acquisition of classroom facilities on the site | 396 |
and the board of trustees will use those funds to make rent | 397 |
payments on the lease provided by the person or entity. As agreed | 398 |
to by the commission and the board of trustees, the commission may | 399 |
pay the state funds to the board of trustees in periodic | 400 |
installments or as one lump sum in an amount equal to the | 401 |
outstanding balance on the lease for classroom facilities. | 402 |
The governing board of each educational service center may | 457 |
employ special instruction teachers, special education teachers, | 458 |
and teachers of academic courses in which there are too few | 459 |
students in each of the constituent local school districts or in | 460 |
city or exempted village school districts entering into agreements | 461 |
pursuant to section 3313.843 of the Revised Code to warrant each | 462 |
district's employing teachers for those courses. | 463 |
When any board makes appointments of teachers, the teachers | 464 |
in the employ of the board shall be considered before new teachers | 465 |
are chosen in their stead. In all school districts and in service | 466 |
centers no teacher shall be employed unless such person is | 467 |
nominated by the superintendent of such district or center. Such | 468 |
board, by a three-fourths vote of its full membership, may | 469 |
re-employ any teacher whom the superintendent refuses to appoint. | 470 |
Sec. 3319.80. (A) The governing board of any educational | 475 |
service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to | 476 |
provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on | 477 |
the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that | 478 |
children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell. If a | 479 |
service center provides this training, it shall make the training | 480 |
available to local school districts within the service center's | 481 |
territory and to other school districts, community schools, and | 482 |
STEM schools that have contracted for the training from the | 483 |
service center under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or | 484 |
3326.45 of the Revised Code. | 485 |
Sec. 3326.45. (A) The governing body of a science, | 509 |
technology, engineering, and mathematics school may contract with | 510 |
the governing board of an educational service center or the board | 511 |
of education of a joint vocational school district for the | 512 |
provision of services to the STEM school or to any student | 513 |
enrolled in the school. Services provided under the contract and | 514 |
the amount to be paid for those services shall be mutually agreed | 515 |
to by the parties to the contract, and shall be specified in the | 516 |
contract. | 517 |
Services described in division (B) of this section shall be | 531 |
provided to the STEM school in the same manner they are provided | 532 |
to localclient school districts underof the service center's | 533 |
supervisioncenter, unless otherwise specified in the contract. | 534 |
The contract shall specify whether the service center will receive | 535 |
a per-pupil payment from the department of education for the | 536 |
provision of these services and, if so, the amount of the | 537 |
per-pupil payment, which shall not exceed the per-pupil amount | 538 |
paid to the service center under division (F) of section 3317.11 | 539 |
of the Revised Code for each student in the service center ADM. | 540 |
(C) For each contract entered into under this section, the | 541 |
department shall deduct the amount owed by the STEM school from | 542 |
the state funds due to the STEM school under this chapter and | 543 |
shall pay that amount to the educational service center or joint | 544 |
vocational school district that is party to the contract. In the | 545 |
case of a contract with an educational service center that | 546 |
specifies per-pupil payments for the provision of services | 547 |
described in division (B) of this section, the department also | 548 |
shall pay the service center the amount calculated under division | 549 |
(H) of section 3317.11 of the Revised Code. | 550 |
(B)(C) "Eligible student" means a student who is entitled to | 563 |
attend school in a participating school district; is at risk of | 564 |
academic failure; is from a family whose income is below two | 565 |
hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in | 566 |
section 5101.46 of the Revised Code; meets any additional criteria | 567 |
prescribed by agreement between the state board of education and | 568 |
the operator of the college-preparatory boarding school in which | 569 |
the student seeks enrollment; and meets at least two of the | 570 |
following additional conditions: | 571 |
(2) The student has not attained at least a proficient score | 574 |
on the state achievement assessments in English language arts, | 575 |
reading, or mathematics prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the | 576 |
Revised Code, after those assessments have been administered to | 577 |
the student at least once, or the student has not attained at | 578 |
least a score designated by the board of trustees of the | 579 |
college-preparatory boarding school in which the student seeks | 580 |
enrollment under this chapter on an end-of-course examination in | 581 |
English language arts or mathematics prescribed under section | 582 |
3301.0712 of the Revised Code. | 583 |
(B) Acting through its board of trustees, the school may sue | 622 |
and be sued, acquire facilities as needed, contract for any | 623 |
services necessary for the operation of the school, and enter into | 624 |
contracts with the department of education pursuant to this | 625 |
chapter. The board of trustees may carry out any act and ensure | 626 |
the performance of any function that is in compliance with the | 627 |
Ohio Constitution, this chapter, other statutes applicable to | 628 |
college-preparatory boarding schools, and the contract entered | 629 |
into under this chapter establishing the school. | 630 |
(I) The department may take actions, as specified in the | 662 |
contract, to resolve issues of noncompliance by the school of the | 663 |
provisions of this chapter, the contract, the bylaws adopted by | 664 |
the board of trustees, or rules adopted by the state board. Such | 665 |
specified actions shall include procedures for notice of | 666 |
noncompliance and appeal to the state board of the decisions of | 667 |
the department. | 668 |
Sec. 3328.13. Each operatorThe board of trustees of aeach | 679 |
college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter | 680 |
shall adopt bylaws for the oversight and operation of the school | 681 |
that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the rules | 682 |
adopted under section 3328.50 of the Revised Code, and the | 683 |
contract between the operator and the state board of education, | 684 |
and the charter granted to the school by the state board. The | 685 |
bylaws shall include procedures for the appointment of future | 686 |
members of the school's board of trustees upon expiration of the | 687 |
terms of the initial members, whose terms of office shall be as | 688 |
prescribed inwhich procedures shall comply with section 3328.15 | 689 |
of the Revised Code. The bylaws also shall include standards for | 690 |
the admission of students to the school and their dismissal from | 691 |
the school. The bylaws shall be subject to the approval of the | 692 |
state board. | 693 |
Sec. 3328.15. (A) Each college-preparatory boarding school | 700 |
established under this chapter shall be governed by a board of | 701 |
trustees consisting of up to twenty-five members. Five of those | 702 |
members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and | 703 |
consent of the senate. The governor's appointments may be based on | 704 |
nonbinding recommendations made by the superintendent of public | 705 |
instruction. TheOf the remaining members, initial members shall | 706 |
be appointed by the school's operator and future members shall be | 707 |
appointed pursuant to the bylaws adopted under section 3328.13 of | 708 |
the Revised Code. | 709 |
Sec. 3328.23. (A) A college-preparatory boarding school | 745 |
established under this chapter and the school's operator shall | 746 |
comply with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code as if the school | 747 |
were a school district. For each child with a disability enrolled | 748 |
in the school for whom an IEP has been developed, the school and | 749 |
its operator shall verify in the manner prescribed by the | 750 |
department of education that the school is providing the services | 751 |
required under the child's IEP. | 752 |
Sec. 3328.24. A college-preparatory boarding school | 760 |
established under this chapter, its operator, and its board of | 761 |
trustees shall comply with sections 3301.0710, 3301.0711, | 762 |
3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3319.39, and 3319.391 of the Revised Code as | 763 |
if the school and the operator were a school district and the | 764 |
school's board of trustees were a district board of education. | 765 |
(B) For the first fiscal year in which a college-preparatory | 773 |
boarding school may be established under this chapter, the | 774 |
"per-pupil boarding amount" is twenty-five thousand dollars. For | 775 |
each fiscal year thereafter, that amount shall be adjusted by the | 776 |
rate of inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (all | 777 |
urban consumers, all items) prepared by the bureau of labor | 778 |
statistics of the United States department of labor, for the | 779 |
previous twelve-month period. | 780 |
(C) The state board of education may accept funds from | 781 |
federal and state noneducation support services programs for the | 782 |
purpose of funding the per pupil boarding amount prescribed in | 783 |
division (B) of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision | 784 |
of the Revised Code, the state board shall coordinate and | 785 |
streamline any noneducation program requirements in order to | 786 |
eliminate redundant or conflicting requirements, licensing | 787 |
provisions, and oversight by government programs or agencies. The | 788 |
applicable regulatory entities shall, to the maximum extent | 789 |
possible, use independent reports and financial audits provided by | 790 |
the operatorauditor of state and coordinated by the department of | 791 |
education to eliminate or reduce contract and administrative | 792 |
reviews. Regulatory entities other than the state board may | 793 |
suggest reasonable additional items to be included in such | 794 |
independent reports and financial audits to meet any requirements | 795 |
of federal law. Reporting paperwork prepared for the state board | 796 |
shall be shared with and accepted by other state and local | 797 |
entities to the maximum extent feasible. | 798 |
(D)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if, in | 799 |
any fiscal year, the operator of a college-preparatory boarding | 800 |
school receives federal funds for the purpose of supporting the | 801 |
school's operations, the amount of those federal funds shall be | 802 |
deducted from the total per-pupil boarding amount for all enrolled | 803 |
students paid by the department to the school for that fiscal | 804 |
year, unless the operatorschool's board of trustees and the | 805 |
department determine otherwise in a written agreement. Any portion | 806 |
of the total per-pupil boarding amount for all enrolled students | 807 |
remaining after the deduction of the federal funds shall be paid | 808 |
by the department to the school from state funds appropriated to | 809 |
the department. | 810 |
(2) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if, in any | 811 |
fiscal year, the department receives federal funds for the purpose | 812 |
of supporting the operations of a college-preparatory boarding | 813 |
school, the department shall use those federal funds first, not | 814 |
including any portion of those funds designated for | 815 |
administration, to pay the school the total per-pupil boarding | 816 |
amount for all enrolled students for that fiscal year. Any portion | 817 |
of the total per-pupil boarding amount for all enrolled students | 818 |
remaining after the use of the federal funds shall be paid by the | 819 |
department to the school from state funds appropriated to the | 820 |
department. | 821 |
(3) If any federal funds are used for the purpose prescribed | 822 |
in division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, the department shall | 823 |
comply with all requirements upon which the acceptance of the | 824 |
federal funds is conditioned, including any requirements set forth | 825 |
in the funding application submitted by the operatorschool or the | 826 |
department and, to the extent sufficient funds are appropriated by | 827 |
the general assembly, any requirements regarding maintenance of | 828 |
effort in expenditures. | 829 |
Sec. 3328.36. A college-preparatory boarding school | 830 |
established under this chapter shall be considered a school | 831 |
district and its board of trustees, on behalf of the school's | 832 |
operator, shall be considered a board of education for the purpose | 833 |
of applying to any state or federal agency for grants that a | 834 |
school district or public school may receive under federal or | 835 |
state law or any appropriations act of the general assembly. The | 836 |
college-preparatory boarding school and its operator may apply to | 837 |
any private entity to receive and accept funds. | 838 |
(B) Transportation provided under this section is subject to | 850 |
all provisions of the Revised Code, and all rules adopted under | 851 |
the Revised Code, pertaining to the construction, design, | 852 |
equipment, and operation of school buses and other vehicles | 853 |
transporting students to and from school. The drivers and | 854 |
mechanics of the vehicles are subject to all provisions of the | 855 |
Revised Code, and all rules adopted under the Revised Code, | 856 |
pertaining to drivers and mechanics of such vehicles. | 857 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3311.05, 3311.0510, | 858 |
3313.376, 3313.843, 3317.11, 3318.60, 3319.07, 3326.45, 3328.01, | 859 |
3328.02, 3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.23, 3328.24, | 860 |
3328.34, 3328.36, and 3328.41 of the Revised Code are hereby | 861 |
repealed. | 862 |
Section 3. (A) The board of education of each local school | 863 |
district that is required to enter into an agreement with the | 864 |
governing board of an educational service center under division | 865 |
(B)(1) of section 3313.843 of the Revised Code shall enter into | 866 |
such an agreement in accordance with that section by June 30, | 867 |
2012, regardless of whether the district has previously received | 868 |
services from that service center without an agreement. The board | 869 |
of education of each local school district that elects to enter | 870 |
into an agreement with the governing board of an educational | 871 |
service center under division (B)(2) of section 3313.843 of the | 872 |
Revised Code shall enter into such an agreement in accordance with | 873 |
that section by June 30, 2012, regardless of whether the district | 874 |
has previously received services from that service center without | 875 |
an agreement. | 876 |
(B) If the board of education of a local school district | 877 |
intends to change the educational service center to which payments | 878 |
are made under divisions (B) and (C) of section 3317.11 of the | 879 |
Revised Code for the 2012-2013 school year, the district board, by | 880 |
March 1, 2012, shall notify the governing board of the service | 881 |
center to which payments are currently made that the district will | 882 |
stop receiving services from that service center effective June | 883 |
30, 2012. This requirement applies regardless of whether the | 884 |
district board had entered into an agreement with the service | 885 |
center governing board under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code | 886 |
for the services it received in the 2011-2012 school year. | 887 |
Section 5. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 893 |
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 894 |
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that | 895 |
finalization of service agreements between educational service | 896 |
centers and school districts will enable the service centers to | 897 |
plan their resource levels and avoid interruptions in funding. | 898 |
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 899 |