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| To amend sections 3313.976, 3314.03, 3326.11, | 1 |
| 3328.24, and 3737.73 and to enact section 3319.46 | 2 |
| of the Revised Code and to amend Sections 263.10 | 3 |
| and 263.230 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th | 4 |
| General Assembly, as subsequently amended, with | 5 |
| respect to school safety drills in public and | 6 |
| private schools; the use of seclusion and physical | 7 |
| restraint on students and positive behavior | 8 |
| intervention supports in public schools; and the | 9 |
| qualification of private schools that are located | 10 |
| within the boundaries of a city, local, or | 11 |
| exempted village school district adjacent to the | 12 |
| pilot project school district for the Pilot | 13 |
| Project Scholarship Program and to make an | 14 |
| appropriation. | 15 |
| Section 1. That sections 3313.976, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, | 16 |
| and 3737.73 be amended and section 3319.46 of the Revised Code be | 17 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 18 |
| Sec. 3313.976. (A) No private school may receive scholarship | 19 |
| payments from parents pursuant to section 3313.979 of the Revised | 20 |
| Code until the chief administrator of the private school registers | 21 |
| the school with the superintendent of public instruction. The | 22 |
| state superintendent shall register any school that meets the | 23 |
| following requirements: | 24 |
| (1) The school | 25 |
| (a) Offers any of grades kindergarten through twelve and is | 26 |
| located within the boundaries of the pilot project school | 27 |
| district; | 28 |
| (b) Offers any of grades nine through twelve and is located | 29 |
| within the boundaries of a city, local, or exempted village school | 30 |
| district that is both: | 31 |
| (i) Located in a municipal corporation with a population of | 32 |
| fifty thousand or more; | 33 |
| (ii) Adjacent to the pilot project school district. | 34 |
| (2) The school indicates in writing its commitment to follow | 35 |
| all requirements for a state-sponsored scholarship program | 36 |
| specified under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, | 37 |
| including, but not limited to, the requirements for admitting | 38 |
| students pursuant to section 3313.977 of the Revised Code; | 39 |
| (3) The school meets all state minimum standards for | 40 |
| chartered nonpublic schools in effect on July 1, 1992, except that | 41 |
| the state superintendent at the superintendent's discretion may | 42 |
| register nonchartered nonpublic schools meeting the other | 43 |
| requirements of this division; | 44 |
| (4) The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, | 45 |
| religion, or ethnic background; | 46 |
| (5) The school enrolls a minimum of ten students per class or | 47 |
| a sum of at least twenty-five students in all the classes offered; | 48 |
| (6) The school does not advocate or foster unlawful behavior | 49 |
| or teach hatred of any person or group on the basis of race, | 50 |
| ethnicity, national origin, or religion; | 51 |
| (7) The school does not provide false or misleading | 52 |
| information about the school to parents, students, or the general | 53 |
| public; | 54 |
| (8) For students in grades kindergarten through eight with | 55 |
| family incomes at or below two hundred per cent of the federal | 56 |
| poverty guidelines, as defined in section 5104.46 of the Revised | 57 |
| Code, the school agrees not to charge any tuition in excess of the | 58 |
| scholarship amount established pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 59 |
| section 3313.978 of the Revised Code, excluding any increase | 60 |
| described in division (C)(2) of that section. | 61 |
| (9) For students in grades kindergarten through eight with | 62 |
| family incomes above two hundred per cent of the federal poverty | 63 |
| guidelines, whose scholarship amounts are less than the actual | 64 |
| tuition charge of the school, the school agrees not to charge any | 65 |
| tuition in excess of the difference between the actual tuition | 66 |
| charge of the school and the scholarship amount established | 67 |
| pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 3313.978 of the Revised | 68 |
| Code, excluding any increase described in division (C)(2) of that | 69 |
| section. The school shall permit such tuition, at the discretion | 70 |
| of the parent, to be satisfied by the family's provision of | 71 |
| in-kind contributions or services. | 72 |
| (10) The school agrees not to charge any tuition to families | 73 |
| of students in grades nine through twelve receiving a scholarship | 74 |
| in excess of the actual tuition charge of the school less the | 75 |
| scholarship amount established pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 76 |
| section 3313.978 of the Revised Code, excluding any increase | 77 |
| described in division (C)(2) of that section. | 78 |
| (11) If the school is not subject to division (K)(1)(a) of | 79 |
| section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, it annually administers the | 80 |
| applicable assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 or | 81 |
| 3301.0712 of the Revised Code to each scholarship student enrolled | 82 |
| in the school in accordance with section 3301.0711 or 3301.0712 of | 83 |
| the Revised Code and reports to the department of education the | 84 |
| results of each such assessment administered to each scholarship | 85 |
| student. | 86 |
| (B) The state superintendent shall revoke the registration of | 87 |
| any school if, after a hearing, the superintendent determines that | 88 |
| the school is in violation of any of the provisions of division | 89 |
| (A) of this section. | 90 |
| (C) Any public school located in a school district adjacent | 91 |
| to the pilot project district may receive scholarship payments on | 92 |
| behalf of parents pursuant to section 3313.979 of the Revised Code | 93 |
| if the superintendent of the district in which such public school | 94 |
| is located notifies the state superintendent prior to the first | 95 |
| day of March that the district intends to admit students from the | 96 |
| pilot project district for the ensuing school year pursuant to | 97 |
| section 3327.06 of the Revised Code. | 98 |
| (D) Any parent wishing to purchase tutorial assistance from | 99 |
| any person or governmental entity pursuant to the pilot project | 100 |
| program under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code | 101 |
| shall apply to the state superintendent. The state superintendent | 102 |
| shall approve providers who appear to possess the capability of | 103 |
| furnishing the instructional services they are offering to | 104 |
| provide. | 105 |
| Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under | 106 |
| this section shall be filed with the superintendent of public | 107 |
| instruction. The department of education shall make available on | 108 |
| its web site a copy of every approved, executed contract filed | 109 |
| with the superintendent under this section. | 110 |
| (A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the | 111 |
| governing authority of a community school shall specify the | 112 |
| following: | 113 |
| (1) That the school shall be established as either of the | 114 |
| following: | 115 |
| (a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. | 116 |
| of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8, 2003; | 117 |
| (b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter | 118 |
| 1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003. | 119 |
| (2) The education program of the school, including the | 120 |
| school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school | 121 |
| is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the | 122 |
| focus of the curriculum; | 123 |
| (3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of | 124 |
| measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those | 125 |
| goals, which shall include the statewide achievement assessments; | 126 |
| (4) Performance standards by which the success of the school | 127 |
| will be evaluated by the sponsor; | 128 |
| (5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised | 129 |
| Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised Code; | 130 |
| (6)(a) Dismissal procedures; | 131 |
| (b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an | 132 |
| attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically | 133 |
| withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a | 134 |
| legitimate excuse fails to participate in one hundred five | 135 |
| consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the | 136 |
| student. | 137 |
| (7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and | 138 |
| ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves; | 139 |
| (8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of | 140 |
| state. The contract shall require financial records of the school | 141 |
| to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of | 142 |
| school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state. | 143 |
| Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the | 144 |
| Revised Code. | 145 |
| (9) The facilities to be used and their locations; | 146 |
| (10) Qualifications of teachers, including a requirement that | 147 |
| the school's classroom teachers be licensed in accordance with | 148 |
| sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, except that a | 149 |
| community school may engage noncertificated persons to teach up to | 150 |
| twelve hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised | 151 |
| Code. | 152 |
| (11) That the school will comply with the following | 153 |
| requirements: | 154 |
| (a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a | 155 |
| minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred | 156 |
| twenty hours per school year. | 157 |
| (b) The governing authority will purchase liability | 158 |
| insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the | 159 |
| school. | 160 |
| (c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, | 161 |
| admission policies, employment practices, and all other | 162 |
| operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or | 163 |
| religious institution. | 164 |
| (d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 165 |
| 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, | 166 |
| 3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3301.948, 3313.472, 3313.50, 3313.536, | 167 |
| 3313.539, 3313.608, 3313.609, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, | 168 |
| 3313.6015, 3313.6020, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, | 169 |
| 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, | 170 |
| 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, | 171 |
| 3313.719, 3313.7112, 3313.80, 3313.814, 3313.816, 3313.817, | 172 |
| 3313.86, 3313.89, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.321, 3319.39, 3319.391, | 173 |
| 3319.41, 3319.46, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, | 174 |
| 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and | 175 |
| 5705.391 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 3365., 3742., 4112., | 176 |
| 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school | 177 |
| district and will comply with section 3301.0714 of the Revised | 178 |
| Code in the manner specified in section 3314.17 of the Revised | 179 |
| Code. | 180 |
| (e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section | 181 |
| 2921.42 of the Revised Code. | 182 |
| (f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61, 3313.611, | 183 |
| and 3313.614 of the Revised Code, except that for students who | 184 |
| enter ninth grade for the first time before July 1, 2010, the | 185 |
| requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code | 186 |
| that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any | 187 |
| high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by | 188 |
| completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of | 189 |
| the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title | 190 |
| XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of | 191 |
| education. Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the | 192 |
| first time on or after July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections | 193 |
| 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must | 194 |
| successfully complete the curriculum of a high school prior to | 195 |
| receiving a high school diploma shall be met by completing the | 196 |
| requirements prescribed in division (C) of section 3313.603 of the | 197 |
| Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under division (D) or | 198 |
| (F) of that section. Each school shall comply with the plan for | 199 |
| awarding high school credit based on demonstration of subject area | 200 |
| competency, adopted by the state board of education under division | 201 |
| (J) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. | 202 |
| (g) The school governing authority will submit within four | 203 |
| months after the end of each school year a report of its | 204 |
| activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of | 205 |
| divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status | 206 |
| to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled in the | 207 |
| school. | 208 |
| (h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-based | 209 |
| community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the Revised | 210 |
| Code as if it were a school district. | 211 |
| (i) If the school is the recipient of moneys from a grant | 212 |
| awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A), | 213 |
| Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and | 214 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, the | 215 |
| school will pay teachers based upon performance in accordance with | 216 |
| section 3317.141 and will comply with section 3319.111 of the | 217 |
| Revised Code as if it were a school district. | 218 |
| (12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to | 219 |
| employees; | 220 |
| (13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the | 221 |
| beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five years | 222 |
| unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division (E) of | 223 |
| this section. | 224 |
| (14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be | 225 |
| responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract; | 226 |
| (15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget | 227 |
| for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the | 228 |
| total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. | 229 |
| (16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of | 230 |
| employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or | 231 |
| not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code; | 232 |
| (17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or | 233 |
| part of an existing public school or educational service center | 234 |
| building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a | 235 |
| converted public school or service center building, specification | 236 |
| of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of | 237 |
| education or service center governing board that operated the | 238 |
| school or building before conversion is delegating to the | 239 |
| governing authority of the community school with respect to all or | 240 |
| any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not | 241 |
| prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such | 242 |
| employees; | 243 |
| (18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving | 244 |
| disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the | 245 |
| governing authority of the community school; | 246 |
| (19) A provision requiring the governing authority to adopt a | 247 |
| policy regarding the admission of students who reside outside the | 248 |
| district in which the school is located. That policy shall comply | 249 |
| with the admissions procedures specified in sections 3314.06 and | 250 |
| 3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the sole discretion of the | 251 |
| authority, shall do one of the following: | 252 |
| (a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside | 253 |
| the district in which the school is located; | 254 |
| (b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in districts | 255 |
| adjacent to the district in which the school is located; | 256 |
| (c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any other | 257 |
| district in the state. | 258 |
| (20) A provision recognizing the authority of the department | 259 |
| of education to take over the sponsorship of the school in | 260 |
| accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section 3314.015 | 261 |
| of the Revised Code; | 262 |
| (21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to | 263 |
| assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified in | 264 |
| division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code; | 265 |
| (22) A provision recognizing both of the following: | 266 |
| (a) The authority of public health and safety officials to | 267 |
| inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities | 268 |
| closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in | 269 |
| compliance with health and safety laws and regulations; | 270 |
| (b) The authority of the department of education as the | 271 |
| community school oversight body to suspend the operation of the | 272 |
| school under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the | 273 |
| department has evidence of conditions or violations of law at the | 274 |
| school that pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of | 275 |
| the school's students and employees and the sponsor refuses to | 276 |
| take such action. | 277 |
| (23) A description of the learning opportunities that will be | 278 |
| offered to students including both classroom-based and | 279 |
| non-classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance | 280 |
| with criteria for student participation established by the | 281 |
| department under division (H)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised | 282 |
| Code; | 283 |
| (24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and | 284 |
| 3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to | 285 |
| be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be | 286 |
| taken by the sponsor of the school. However, the sponsor shall not | 287 |
| be required to take any action described in division (F) of | 288 |
| section 3302.04 of the Revised Code. | 289 |
| (25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school will | 290 |
| open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of September | 291 |
| each school year, unless the mission of the school as specified | 292 |
| under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to serve dropouts. | 293 |
| In its initial year of operation, if the school fails to open by | 294 |
| the thirtieth day of September, or within one year after the | 295 |
| adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D) of section | 296 |
| 3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the school is solely | 297 |
| to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void. | 298 |
| (26) Whether the school's governing authority is planning to | 299 |
| seek designation for the school as a STEM school equivalent under | 300 |
| section 3326.032 of the Revised Code. | 301 |
| (B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a | 302 |
| comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the | 303 |
| following: | 304 |
| (1) The process by which the governing authority of the | 305 |
| school will be selected in the future; | 306 |
| (2) The management and administration of the school; | 307 |
| (3) If the community school is a currently existing public | 308 |
| school or educational service center building, alternative | 309 |
| arrangements for current public school students who choose not to | 310 |
| attend the converted school and for teachers who choose not to | 311 |
| teach in the school or building after conversion; | 312 |
| (4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of | 313 |
| the school; | 314 |
| (5) Internal financial controls. | 315 |
| (C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the | 316 |
| Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a | 317 |
| community school may provide for the community school governing | 318 |
| authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby | 319 |
| authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract | 320 |
| between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total amount | 321 |
| of such payments for oversight and monitoring of the school shall | 322 |
| not exceed three per cent of the total amount of payments for | 323 |
| operating expenses that the school receives from the state. | 324 |
| (D) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor | 325 |
| which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered | 326 |
| into with the department of education under division (B) of | 327 |
| section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and shall include the | 328 |
| following: | 329 |
| (1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all laws | 330 |
| applicable to the school and with the terms of the contract; | 331 |
| (2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal performance | 332 |
| and the organization and operation of the community school on at | 333 |
| least an annual basis; | 334 |
| (3) Report on an annual basis the results of the evaluation | 335 |
| conducted under division (D)(2) of this section to the department | 336 |
| of education and to the parents of students enrolled in the | 337 |
| community school; | 338 |
| (4) Provide technical assistance to the community school in | 339 |
| complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the | 340 |
| contract; | 341 |
| (5) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to | 342 |
| correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare the | 343 |
| school to be on probationary status pursuant to section 3314.073 | 344 |
| of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the school pursuant | 345 |
| to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or terminate the contract | 346 |
| of the school pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code as | 347 |
| determined necessary by the sponsor; | 348 |
| (6) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the | 349 |
| event the community school experiences financial difficulties or | 350 |
| closes prior to the end of a school year. | 351 |
| (E) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under this | 352 |
| section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the approval | 353 |
| of the governing authority of the school, renew that contract for | 354 |
| a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not ending earlier | 355 |
| than the end of any school year, if the sponsor finds that the | 356 |
| school's compliance with applicable laws and terms of the contract | 357 |
| and the school's progress in meeting the academic goals prescribed | 358 |
| in the contract have been satisfactory. Any contract that is | 359 |
| renewed under this division remains subject to the provisions of | 360 |
| sections 3314.07, 3314.072, and 3314.073 of the Revised Code. | 361 |
| (F) If a community school fails to open for operation within | 362 |
| one year after the contract entered into under this section is | 363 |
| adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised | 364 |
| Code or permanently closes prior to the expiration of the | 365 |
| contract, the contract shall be void and the school shall not | 366 |
| enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A school shall not | 367 |
| be considered permanently closed because the operations of the | 368 |
| school have been suspended pursuant to section 3314.072 of the | 369 |
| Revised Code. | 370 |
| Sec. 3319.46. The state board of education shall adopt rules | 371 |
| under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a policy and | 372 |
| standards for the implementation of positive behavior intervention | 373 |
| supports and the use of physical restraint or seclusion on | 374 |
| students. | 375 |
| Each school district board of education shall comply with the | 376 |
| policy and standards adopted by the state board under this | 377 |
| section. | 378 |
| Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and | 379 |
| mathematics school established under this chapter and its | 380 |
| governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 381 |
| 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 2921.42, 2921.43, | 382 |
| 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.948, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, | 383 |
| 3313.18, 3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, | 384 |
| 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.539, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, | 385 |
| 3313.6014, 3313.6015, 3313.6020, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, | 386 |
| 3313.615, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, | 387 |
| 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, | 388 |
| 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, | 389 |
| 3313.7112, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.814, 3313.816, 3313.817, | 390 |
| 3313.86, 3313.89, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.21, 3319.32, 3319.321, | 391 |
| 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3319.45, 3319.46, 3321.01, | 392 |
| 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, | 393 |
| 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters 102., 117., | 394 |
| 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112., 4123., 4141., and | 395 |
| 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. | 396 |
| Sec. 3328.24. A college-preparatory boarding school | 397 |
| established under this chapter and its board of trustees shall | 398 |
| comply with sections 102.02, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, | 399 |
| 3301.0714, 3301.948, 3313.536, 3313.6013, 3313.6411, 3313.7112, | 400 |
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3313.89, 3319.39, | 401 |
| the Revised Code as if the school were a school district and the | 402 |
| school's board of trustees were a district board of education. | 403 |
| Sec. 3737.73. (A) No principal or person in charge of a | 404 |
| public or private school or educational institution having an | 405 |
| average daily attendance of twenty or more pupils, and no person | 406 |
| in charge of any children's home or orphanage housing twenty or | 407 |
| more minor persons, shall willfully neglect to instruct and train | 408 |
| such children by means of drills or rapid dismissals, so that such | 409 |
| children in a sudden emergency may leave the building in the | 410 |
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shortest possible time without confusion. | 411 |
| for in division (F) of this section, the principal or person in | 412 |
| charge of a school or educational institution shall conduct drills | 413 |
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or rapid dismissals at least | 414 |
| year, pursuant to division (E) of this section, which shall be at | 415 |
| the times and frequency prescribed in rules adopted by the fire | 416 |
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marshal. | 417 |
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| a children's home or orphanage shall conduct drills or rapid | 422 |
| dismissals at least once each month while the home is in | 423 |
| operation. In the case of schools, no principal or person in | 424 |
| charge of a school shall willfully neglect to keep the doors and | 425 |
| exits of such building unlocked during school hours. The fire | 426 |
| marshal may order the immediate installation of necessary fire | 427 |
| gongs or signals in such schools, institutions, or children's | 428 |
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homes and enforce this division and divisions (B) | 429 |
| (F) of this section. | 430 |
| (B) In conjunction with the drills or rapid dismissals | 431 |
| required by division (A) or (F) of this section, whichever is | 432 |
| applicable, principals or persons in charge of public or private | 433 |
| primary and secondary schools, or educational institutions, shall | 434 |
| instruct pupils in safety precautions to be taken in case of a | 435 |
| tornado alert or warning. Such principals or persons in charge of | 436 |
| such schools or institutions shall designate, in accordance with | 437 |
| standards prescribed by the fire marshal, appropriate locations to | 438 |
| be used to shelter pupils in case of a tornado, tornado alert, or | 439 |
| warning. | 440 |
| (C)(1) The fire marshal or the fire marshal's designee shall | 441 |
| annually inspect each school, institution, home, or orphanage | 442 |
| subject to division (A) or (F) of this section to determine | 443 |
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compliance with | 444 |
| institution subject to division (B) of this section to ascertain | 445 |
| whether the locations comply with the standards prescribed under | 446 |
| that division. Nothing in this section shall require a school or | 447 |
| institution to construct or improve a facility or location for use | 448 |
| as a shelter area. | 449 |
| (2) The fire marshal or the fire marshal's designee shall | 450 |
| issue a warning to any person found in violation of division (A) | 451 |
| 452 | |
| specific violation and a date by which such violation shall be | 453 |
| corrected. | 454 |
| (3) No person shall fail to correct violations by the date | 455 |
| indicated on a warning issued under division (C)(2) of this | 456 |
| section. | 457 |
| (D)(1) | 458 |
| 459 | |
| in charge of each public or private school or educational | 460 |
|
institution shall conduct | 461 |
| three times during the school year, pursuant to division (E) of | 462 |
| this section, to provide pupils with instruction in the procedures | 463 |
| to follow in situations where pupils must be secured in the school | 464 |
|
building | 465 |
| the school involving an act of terrorism; a person possessing a | 466 |
| deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in section 2923.11 | 467 |
| of the Revised Code, on school property; or other act of violence. | 468 |
| At least one safety drill shall include a scenario where pupils | 469 |
| must be secured in the school building rather than rapidly | 470 |
| evacuated. | 471 |
| Each safety drill shall be conducted in conjunction with the | 472 |
| police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or | 473 |
| designee, of the municipal corporation, township, or township or | 474 |
| joint police district in which the school or institution is | 475 |
| located, or, in absence of any such person, the county sheriff of | 476 |
| the county, or designee, in which the school or institution is | 477 |
| located. | 478 |
| (b) In addition to the three safety drills described in | 479 |
| division (D)(1)(a) of this section, the principal or person in | 480 |
| charge shall conduct a theoretical school safety drill at least | 481 |
| once during the school year to provide all faculty and staff | 482 |
| employed by the school or institution with instruction in the | 483 |
| procedures to follow in such situations. The theoretical drill | 484 |
| does not need to include student participation and may be | 485 |
| conducted at the annual training session required by division | 486 |
| (D)(3) of this section. | 487 |
| (c) All safety drills required under division (D) of this | 488 |
| section shall be conducted pursuant to the district's or school's | 489 |
| emergency management plan adopted under section 3313.536 of the | 490 |
| Revised Code. | 491 |
| (2)(a) The principal or person in charge of each public or | 492 |
| private school or educational institution shall provide to the | 493 |
| police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer of the | 494 |
| municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police | 495 |
| district in which the school or institution is located, or, in | 496 |
| absence of any such person, the county sheriff of the county in | 497 |
| which the school or institution is located advance written notice | 498 |
| of each school safety drill required under division (D)(1) of this | 499 |
| section and shall keep a written record of the date and time of | 500 |
| each drill conducted. The advance notice shall be provided not | 501 |
| later than seventy-two hours prior to the date the drill will be | 502 |
| conducted and shall include the date and time the drill will be | 503 |
| conducted and the address of the school or educational | 504 |
| institution. The notice shall be provided by mail, facsimile, or | 505 |
| electronic submission. | 506 |
| (b) Not later than | 507 |
|
fifth day of December each year | 508 |
| person in charge of each public or private school or educational | 509 |
| institution shall provide written certification by mail, | 510 |
| facsimile, or electronic submission of the date and time each | 511 |
| school safety drill required under division (D)(1) of this section | 512 |
| was conducted during the previous school year, as well as the date | 513 |
| and time each drill will be conducted during the current school | 514 |
| year, to the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement | 515 |
| officer of the municipal corporation, township, or township or | 516 |
| joint police district in which the school or institution is | 517 |
| located, or, in the absence of any such person, the county sheriff | 518 |
| of the county in which the school or institution is located. If | 519 |
| such certification is not provided, the principal or person in | 520 |
| charge of the school or institution shall be considered to have | 521 |
|
failed to | 522 |
| subject to division (D)(4) of this section. | 523 |
| (3) The principal or person in charge of each public or | 524 |
| private school or educational institution shall hold annual | 525 |
| training sessions for employees of the school or institution | 526 |
| regarding the conduct of school safety drills. | 527 |
| (4) The police chief or other similar chief law enforcement | 528 |
| officer of a municipal corporation, township, or township or joint | 529 |
| police district, or, in the absence of any such person, the county | 530 |
| sheriff shall issue a warning to any person found in violation of | 531 |
| division (D)(1) of this section. Each warning issued for a | 532 |
| violation of division (D)(1) of this section shall require the | 533 |
| principal or person in charge of the school or institution to | 534 |
|
correct the violation by conducting | 535 |
| later than the thirtieth day after the date the warning is issued. | 536 |
| The violation shall not be considered corrected unless, not later | 537 |
| than forty days after the date the warning is issued, the | 538 |
| principal or person in charge of the school or institution | 539 |
|
provides written certification of the date and time | 540 |
| was conducted, as well as the date and time each remaining drill | 541 |
| will be conducted during the current school year, to the police | 542 |
| chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer or county | 543 |
| sheriff who issued the warning. | 544 |
| (5) No person shall fail to correct violations by the date | 545 |
| indicated on a warning issued under division (D)(4) of this | 546 |
| section. | 547 |
| (E) The principal or person in charge of each public or | 548 |
| private school or educational institution shall conduct at least | 549 |
| one drill or rapid dismissal required under division (A) or (F) of | 550 |
| this section, whichever is applicable, or one school safety drill | 551 |
| required under division (D) of this section during each month of | 552 |
| the school year. However, the principal or person in charge may | 553 |
| determine the exact date and time that each drill will be | 554 |
| conducted. A drill or rapid dismissal under division (A) or (F) of | 555 |
| this section may be conducted during the same month as a school | 556 |
| safety drill under division (D) of this section. | 557 |
| (F) If a public or private school or educational institution | 558 |
| does not currently have smoke detectors, as defined in section | 559 |
| 3781.104 of the Revised Code, or a sprinkler system in all | 560 |
| classroom buildings of the school, the principal or person in | 561 |
| charge of the school or educational institution shall conduct | 562 |
| drills or rapid dismissals at least nine times during the school | 563 |
| year, pursuant to division (E) of this section, which shall be at | 564 |
| the times and frequency prescribed in rules adopted by the fire | 565 |
| marshal. At the discretion of the principal or person in charge of | 566 |
| the school or institution, drills conducted under this division | 567 |
| may be combined with drills conducted under division (D) of this | 568 |
| section, so long as at least one drill conducted under that | 569 |
| division provides pupils with instruction in the procedures to | 570 |
| follow in situations where pupils must be secured in the school | 571 |
| building rather than rapidly evacuated. | 572 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3313.976, 3314.03, 3326.11, | 573 |
| 3328.24, and 3737.73 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 574 |
| Section 3. That Sections 263.10 and 263.230 of Am. Sub. H.B. | 575 |
| 59 of the 130th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 483 | 576 |
| of the 130th General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 577 |
| Sec. 263.10. EDU DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 578 |
| General Revenue Fund | 579 |
| GRF | 200321 | Operating Expenses | $ | 13,142,780 | $ | 13,142,780 | 580 | ||||
| GRF | 200408 | Early Childhood Education | $ | 33,318,341 | $ | 45,318,341 | 581 | ||||
| GRF | 200420 | Information Technology Development and Support | $ | 4,241,296 | $ | 4,241,296 | 582 | ||||
| GRF | 200421 | Alternative Education Programs | $ | 7,403,998 | $ | 12,403,998 | 583 | ||||
| GRF | 200422 | School Management Assistance | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,000,000 | 584 | ||||
| GRF | 200424 | Policy Analysis | $ | 328,558 | $ | 328,558 | 585 | ||||
| GRF | 200425 | Tech Prep Consortia Support | $ | 260,542 | $ | 260,542 | 586 | ||||
| GRF | 200426 | Ohio Educational Computer Network | $ | 29,625,569 | $ | 19,625,569 | 587 | ||||
| GRF | 200427 | Academic Standards | $ | 3,800,000 | $ | 3,800,000 | 588 | ||||
| GRF | 200437 | Student Assessment | $ | 55,895,000 | $ | 75,895,000 | 589 | ||||
| GRF | 200439 | Accountability/Report Cards | $ | 3,500,000 | $ | 3,750,000 | 590 | ||||
| GRF | 200442 | Child Care Licensing | $ | 827,140 | $ | 827,140 | 591 | ||||
| GRF | 200446 | Education Management Information System | $ | 6,833,070 | $ | 6,833,070 | 592 | ||||
| GRF | 200447 | GED Testing | $ | 879,551 | $ | 879,551 | 593 | ||||
| GRF | 200448 | Educator Preparation | $ | 1,136,737 | $ | 1,564,237 | 594 | ||||
| GRF | 200455 | Community Schools and Choice Programs | $ | 2,438,685 | $ | 2,491,395 | 595 | ||||
| GRF | 200464 | General Technology Operations | $ | 192,097 | $ | 192,097 | 596 | ||||
| GRF | 200465 | Technology Integration and Professional Development | $ | 1,778,879 | $ | 1,778,879 | 597 | ||||
| GRF | 200502 | Pupil Transportation | $ | 505,013,527 | $ | 521,013,527 | 598 | ||||
| GRF | 200505 | School Lunch Match | $ | 9,100,000 | $ | 9,100,000 | 599 | ||||
| GRF | 200511 | Auxiliary Services | $ | 130,499,457 | $ | 138,214,374 | 600 | ||||
| GRF | 200532 | Nonpublic Administrative Cost Reimbursement | $ | 58,951,750 | $ | 62,436,882 | 601 | ||||
| GRF | 200540 | Special Education Enhancements | $ | 156,871,292 | $ | 157,871,292 | 602 | ||||
| GRF | 200545 | Career-Technical Education Enhancements | $ | 9,372,999 | $ | 9,372,999 | 603 | ||||
| GRF | 200550 | Foundation Funding | $ | 5,808,098,389 | $ | |
604 | ||||
| GRF | 200566 | Literacy Improvement | $ | 150,000 | $ | 150,000 | 605 | ||||
| GRF | 200901 | Property Tax Allocation - Education | $ | 1,126,800,000 | $ | 1,146,402,000 | 606 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 7,973,459,657 | $ | |
607 | ||||||
| General Services Fund Group | 608 |
| 1380 | 200606 | Information Technology Development and Support | $ | 6,850,090 | $ | 6,850,090 | 609 | ||||
| 4520 | 200638 | Fees and Refunds | $ | 500,000 | $ | 500,000 | 610 | ||||
| 4L20 | 200681 | Teacher Certification and Licensure | $ | 8,313,762 | $ | 13,658,274 | 611 | ||||
| 5960 | 200656 | Ohio Career Information System | $ | 529,761 | $ | 529,761 | 612 | ||||
| 5H30 | 200687 | School District Solvency Assistance | $ | 25,000,000 | $ | 25,000,000 | 613 | ||||
| 5JC0 | 200654 | Adult Career Opportunity Pilot Program | $ | 0 | $ | 2,500,000 | 614 | ||||
| 5KX0 | 200691 | Ohio School Sponsorship Program | $ | 487,419 | $ | 487,419 | 615 | ||||
| 5KY0 | 200693 | Community Schools Temporary Sponsorship | $ | 83,000 | $ | 83,000 | 616 | ||||
| TOTAL GSF General Services | 617 | ||||||||||
| Fund Group | $ | 41,764,032 | $ | 49,608,544 | 618 | ||||||
| Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 619 |
| 3090 | 200601 | Neglected and Delinquent Education | $ | 2,168,642 | $ | 2,168,642 | 620 | ||||
| 3670 | 200607 | School Food Services | $ | 8,200,664 | $ | 8,700,149 | 621 | ||||
| 3700 | 200624 | Education of Exceptional Children | $ | 1,530,000 | $ | 1,530,000 | 622 | ||||
| 3AF0 | 200603 | Schools Medicaid Administrative Claims | $ | 750,000 | $ | 750,000 | 623 | ||||
| 3AN0 | 200671 | School Improvement Grants | $ | 20,400,000 | $ | 20,400,000 | 624 | ||||
| 3BK0 | 200628 | Longitudinal Data Systems | $ | 1,250,000 | $ | 0 | 625 | ||||
| 3C50 | 200661 | Early Childhood Education | $ | 14,554,749 | $ | 14,554,749 | 626 | ||||
| 3CG0 | 200646 | Teacher Incentive | $ | 15,125,588 | $ | 15,183,285 | 627 | ||||
| 3D20 | 200667 | Math Science Partnerships | $ | 6,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | 628 | ||||
| 3EC0 | 200653 | Teacher Incentive - Federal Stimulus | $ | 1,300,000 | $ | 0 | 629 | ||||
| 3EH0 | 200620 | Migrant Education | $ | 2,900,000 | $ | 2,900,000 | 630 | ||||
| 3EJ0 | 200622 | Homeless Children Education | $ | 2,600,000 | $ | 2,600,000 | 631 | ||||
| 3EK0 | 200637 | Advanced Placement | $ | 450,000 | $ | 450,000 | 632 | ||||
| 3EN0 | 200655 | State Data Systems - Federal Stimulus | $ | 1,250,000 | $ | 0 | 633 | ||||
| 3FD0 | 200665 | Race to the Top | $ | 136,000,000 | $ | 58,074,046 | 634 | ||||
| 3FN0 | 200672 | Early Learning Challenge - Race to the Top | $ | 7,040,000 | $ | 7,040,000 | 635 | ||||
| 3GE0 | 200674 | Summer Food Service Program | $ | 13,596,000 | $ | 14,003,800 | 636 | ||||
| 3GF0 | 200675 | Miscellaneous Nutrition Grants | $ | 700,000 | $ | 700,000 | 637 | ||||
| 3GG0 | 200676 | Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program | $ | 4,738,000 | $ | 4,880,140 | 638 | ||||
| 3H90 | 200605 | Head Start Collaboration Project | $ | 225,000 | $ | 225,000 | 639 | ||||
| 3L60 | 200617 | Federal School Lunch | $ | 350,608,075 | $ | 361,126,273 | 640 | ||||
| 3L70 | 200618 | Federal School Breakfast | $ | 108,480,590 | $ | 112,819,813 | 641 | ||||
| 3L80 | 200619 | Child/Adult Food Programs | $ | 106,992,650 | $ | 110,202,428 | 642 | ||||
| 3L90 | 200621 | Career-Technical Education Basic Grant | $ | 44,663,900 | $ | 44,663,900 | 643 | ||||
| 3M00 | 200623 | ESEA Title 1A | $ | 560,000,000 | $ | 560,000,000 | 644 | ||||
| 3M20 | 200680 | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | $ | 443,170,050 | $ | 443,170,050 | 645 | ||||
| 3T40 | 200613 | Public Charter Schools | $ | 500,000 | $ | 0 | 646 | ||||
| 3Y20 | 200688 | 21st Century Community Learning Centers | $ | 48,201,810 | $ | 50,611,900 | 647 | ||||
| 3Y60 | 200635 | Improving Teacher Quality | $ | 101,900,000 | $ | 101,900,000 | 648 | ||||
| 3Y70 | 200689 | English Language Acquisition | $ | 9,700,000 | $ | 9,700,000 | 649 | ||||
| 3Y80 | 200639 | Rural and Low Income Technical Assistance | $ | 3,300,000 | $ | 3,300,000 | 650 | ||||
| 3Z20 | 200690 | State Assessments | $ | 11,800,000 | $ | 11,800,000 | 651 | ||||
| 3Z30 | 200645 | Consolidated Federal Grant Administration | $ | 7,949,280 | $ | 7,949,280 | 652 | ||||
| TOTAL FED Federal Special | 653 | ||||||||||
| Revenue Fund Group | $ | 2,038,044,998 | $ | 1,977,403,455 | 654 | ||||||
| State Special Revenue Fund Group | 655 |
| 4540 | 200610 | GED Testing | $ | 1,050,000 | $ | 250,000 | 656 | ||||
| 4550 | 200608 | Commodity Foods | $ | 24,000,000 | $ | 24,000,000 | 657 | ||||
| 4R70 | 200695 | Indirect Operational Support | $ | 6,600,000 | $ | 6,600,000 | 658 | ||||
| 4V70 | 200633 | Interagency Program Support | $ | 717,725 | $ | 717,725 | 659 | ||||
| 5980 | 200659 | Auxiliary Services Reimbursement | $ | 1,328,910 | $ | 1,328,910 | 660 | ||||
| 5BJ0 | 200626 | Half-Mill Maintenance Equalization | $ | 19,000,000 | $ | 20,000,000 | 661 | ||||
| 5MM0 | 200677 | Child Nutrition Refunds | $ | 500,000 | $ | 500,000 | 662 | ||||
| 5T30 | 200668 | Gates Foundation Grants | $ | 200,000 | $ | 153,000 | 663 | ||||
| 5U20 | 200685 | National Education Statistics | $ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | 664 | ||||
| 6200 | 200615 | Educational Improvement Grants | $ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | 665 | ||||
| TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue | 666 | ||||||||||
| Fund Group | $ | 53,996,635 | $ | 54,149,635 | 667 | ||||||
| Lottery Profits Education Fund Group | 668 |
| 7017 | 200612 | Foundation Funding | $ | 775,500,000 | $ | 857,700,000 | 669 | ||||
| 7017 | 200629 | Career Advising and Mentoring | $ | 0 | $ | 10,000,000 | 670 | ||||
| 7017 | 200648 | Straight A Fund | $ | 100,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | 671 | ||||
| 7017 | 200666 | EdChoice Expansion | $ | 3,800,000 | $ | 17,000,000 | 672 | ||||
| 7017 | 200684 | Community School Facilities | $ | 7,500,000 | $ | 7,500,000 | 673 | ||||
| TOTAL LPE Lottery Profits | 674 | ||||||||||
| Education Fund Group | $ | 886,800,000 | $ | 1,042,200,000 | 675 | ||||||
| Revenue Distribution Fund Group | 676 |
| 7047 | 200909 | School District Property Tax Replacement-Business | $ | 482,000,000 | $ | 482,000,000 | 677 | ||||
| 7053 | 200900 | School District Property Tax Replacement-Utility | $ | 28,000,000 | $ | 28,000,000 | 678 | ||||
| TOTAL RDF Revenue Distribution | 679 | ||||||||||
| Fund Group | $ | 510,000,000 | $ | 510,000,000 | 680 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 11,504,065,322 | $ | |
681 | ||||||
| Sec. 263.230. FOUNDATION FUNDING | 683 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 684 |
| Funding, up to $675,000 in fiscal year 2014 shall be used to | 685 |
| support the work of the College of Education and Human Ecology at | 686 |
| the Ohio State University in reviewing and assessing the alignment | 687 |
| of courses offered through the distance learning clearinghouse | 688 |
| established in sections 3333.81 to 3333.88 of the Revised Code | 689 |
| with the academic content standards adopted under division (A) of | 690 |
| section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. | 691 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 692 |
| Funding, up to $40,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 693 |
| provide additional state aid to school districts, joint vocational | 694 |
| school districts, community schools, and STEM schools for special | 695 |
| education students under division (C)(3) of section 3314.08, | 696 |
| section 3317.0214, division (B) of section 3317.16, and section | 697 |
| 3326.34 of the Revised Code, except that the Controlling Board may | 698 |
| increase these amounts if presented with such a request from the | 699 |
| Department of Education at the final meeting of the fiscal year. | 700 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 701 |
| Funding, up to $2,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be reserved | 702 |
| for Youth Services tuition payments under section 3317.024 of the | 703 |
| Revised Code. | 704 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 705 |
| Funding, up to $3,800,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 706 |
| fund gifted education at educational service centers. The | 707 |
| Department shall distribute the funding through the unit-based | 708 |
| funding methodology in place under division (L) of section | 709 |
| 3317.024, division (E) of section 3317.05, and divisions (A), (B), | 710 |
| and (C) of section 3317.053 of the Revised Code as they existed | 711 |
| prior to fiscal year 2010. | 712 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 713 |
| Funding, up to $43,500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and up to | 714 |
| $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be reserved to fund the | 715 |
| state reimbursement of educational service centers under the | 716 |
| section of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly entitled | 717 |
| "EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS FUNDING"; and up to $3,500,000 in | 718 |
| each fiscal year shall be distributed to educational service | 719 |
| centers for School Improvement Initiatives and, in consultation | 720 |
| with the Governor's Director of 21st Century Education, for the | 721 |
| provision of technical assistance as required by the Elementary | 722 |
| and Secondary Education Act Flexibility waivers approved for Ohio | 723 |
| by the United States Department of Education. Educational service | 724 |
| centers shall be required to support districts in the development | 725 |
| and implementation of their continuous improvement plans as | 726 |
| required in section 3302.04 of the Revised Code and to provide | 727 |
| technical assistance and support in accordance with Title I of the | 728 |
| "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," 115 Stat. 1425, 20 U.S.C. | 729 |
| 6317, as administered pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary | 730 |
| Education Act Flexibility waivers approved for Ohio by the United | 731 |
| States Department of Education. | 732 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 733 |
| Funding, up to $20,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be reserved | 734 |
| for payments under sections 3317.026, 3317.027, and 3317.028 of | 735 |
| the Revised Code. If this amount is not sufficient, the Department | 736 |
| of Education shall prorate the payment amounts so that the | 737 |
| aggregate amount allocated in this paragraph is not exceeded. | 738 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 739 |
| Funding, up to $2,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to pay | 740 |
| career-technical planning districts for the amounts reimbursed to | 741 |
| students, as prescribed in this paragraph. Each career-technical | 742 |
| planning district shall reimburse individuals taking the online | 743 |
| General Educational Development (GED) test for the first time for | 744 |
| application/test fees in excess of $40. Each career-technical | 745 |
| planning district shall designate a site or sites where | 746 |
| individuals may register and take the exam. For each individual | 747 |
| that registers for the exam, the career-technical planning | 748 |
| district shall make available and offer career counseling | 749 |
| services, including information on adult education programs that | 750 |
| are available. Any remaining funds in each fiscal year shall be | 751 |
| reimbursed to the Department of Youth Services and the Department | 752 |
| of Rehabilitation and Correction for individuals in these | 753 |
| facilities who have taken the GED for the first time. The amounts | 754 |
| reimbursed shall not exceed the per-individual amounts reimbursed | 755 |
| to other individuals under this section for each section of the | 756 |
| GED. | 757 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 758 |
| Funding, up to $410,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to pay | 759 |
| career-technical planning districts $500 for each student that | 760 |
| receives a journeyman certification, as recognized by the United | 761 |
| States Department of Labor. | 762 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 763 |
| Funding, up to $18,713,327 in fiscal year 2014 and up to | 764 |
| $26,213,327 in fiscal year 2015 shall be used to support school | 765 |
| choice programs. | 766 |
| Of the portion of the funds distributed to the Cleveland | 767 |
| Municipal School District under this section, up to $11,901,887 in | 768 |
| each fiscal year shall be used to operate the school choice | 769 |
| program in the Cleveland Municipal School District under sections | 770 |
| 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 771 |
| divisions (B) and (C) of section 3313.978 and division (C) of | 772 |
| section 3313.979 of the Revised Code, up to $1,000,000 in each | 773 |
| fiscal year of this amount shall be used by the Cleveland | 774 |
| Municipal School District to provide tutorial assistance as | 775 |
| provided in division (H) of section 3313.974 of the Revised Code. | 776 |
| The Cleveland Municipal School District shall report the use of | 777 |
| these funds in the district's three-year continuous improvement | 778 |
| plan as described in section 3302.04 of the Revised Code in a | 779 |
| manner approved by the Department of Education. | 780 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 781 |
| Funding, up to $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be used to pay | 782 |
| college-preparatory boarding schools the per pupil boarding amount | 783 |
| pursuant to section 3328.34 of the Revised Code. | 784 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 785 |
| Funding, up to $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 786 |
| support Jobs for Ohio's Graduates. | 787 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 788 |
| Funding, up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2015 may be used for | 789 |
| payment of the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program for | 790 |
| students instructed at home pursuant to section 3321.04 of the | 791 |
| Revised Code. | 792 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 793 |
| Funding, up to $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 shall be used to | 794 |
| reimburse school districts for the full amount deducted in that | 795 |
| year under section 3310.55 of the Revised Code for Jon Peterson | 796 |
| Scholarships awarded under sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the | 797 |
| Revised Code to students who did not attend a public school in | 798 |
| their resident district in the previous school year. If this | 799 |
| amount is not sufficient, the Department of Education shall | 800 |
| prorate the payment amounts so that the aggregate amount | 801 |
| appropriated in this paragraph is not exceeded. | 802 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 803 |
| Funding, an amount shall be available in each fiscal year to be | 804 |
| paid to joint vocational school districts in accordance with | 805 |
| division (A) of section 3317.16 of the Revised Code and the | 806 |
| section of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly entitled | 807 |
| "TEMPORARY TRANSITIONAL AID FOR JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL | 808 |
| DISTRICTS." | 809 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 810 |
| Funding, up to $700,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the | 811 |
| Department of Education for a program to pay for educational | 812 |
| services for youth who have been assigned by a juvenile court or | 813 |
| other authorized agency to any of the facilities described in | 814 |
| division (A) of the section of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th | 815 |
| General Assembly entitled "PRIVATE TREATMENT FACILITY PROJECT." | 816 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 817 |
| Funding, up to $675,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be used to | 818 |
| provide grants on a competitive basis to public and chartered | 819 |
| nonpublic schools for their participation in the electronic | 820 |
| textbook pilot project. These funds shall be administered as | 821 |
| provided under the section of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th | 822 |
| General Assembly entitled ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK PILOT PROJECT. | 823 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 824 |
| Funding, up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and up to $3,000,000 | 825 |
| in fiscal year 2015 shall be used for the New Leaders for Ohio | 826 |
| Schools Pilot Project in accordance with Section 733.40 of Am. | 827 |
| Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. | 828 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 829 |
| Funding, up to $200,900 in fiscal year 2015 shall be used by the | 830 |
| Old Fort Local School District for reimbursement of classroom | 831 |
| repairs, textbook purchases, and other associated costs attributed | 832 |
| to the transfer of Bettsville Local School District after the | 833 |
| closure of the district. | 834 |
| The remainder of appropriation item 200550, Foundation | 835 |
| Funding, shall be used to distribute the amounts calculated for | 836 |
| formula aid under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code and the | 837 |
| section of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly entitled | 838 |
| "TEMPORARY TRANSITIONAL AID FOR CITY, LOCAL, AND EXEMPTED VILLAGE | 839 |
| SCHOOL DISTRICTS." | 840 |
| Appropriation items 200502, Pupil Transportation, 200540, | 841 |
| Special Education Enhancements, and 200550, Foundation Funding, | 842 |
| other than specific set-asides, are collectively used in each | 843 |
| fiscal year to pay state formula aid obligations for school | 844 |
| districts, community schools, STEM schools, college preparatory | 845 |
| boarding schools, and joint vocational school districts under Am. | 846 |
| Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. The first priority of | 847 |
| these appropriation items, with the exception of specific | 848 |
| set-asides, is to fund state formula aid obligations. It may be | 849 |
| necessary to reallocate funds among these appropriation items or | 850 |
| use excess funds from other general revenue fund appropriation | 851 |
| items in the Department of Education's budget in each fiscal year, | 852 |
| in order to meet state formula aid obligations. If it is | 853 |
| determined that it is necessary to transfer funds among these | 854 |
| appropriation items or to transfer funds from other General | 855 |
| Revenue Fund appropriations in the Department of Education's | 856 |
| budget to meet state formula aid obligations, the Department of | 857 |
| Education shall seek approval from the Controlling Board to | 858 |
| transfer funds as needed. | 859 |
| The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make payments, | 860 |
| transfers, and deductions, as authorized by Title XXXIII of the | 861 |
| Revised Code and Sections 267.30.50, 267.30.53, 267.30.56, and | 862 |
| 267.30.60 of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th General Assembly, in | 863 |
| amounts substantially equal to those made in the prior year, or | 864 |
| otherwise, at the discretion of the Superintendent, until at least | 865 |
| the effective date of the amendments and enactments made to Title | 866 |
| XXXIII by Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. If a new | 867 |
| school district, community school, or STEM school opens prior to | 868 |
| the effective date of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General | 869 |
| Assembly, the Department of Education shall pay to the district or | 870 |
| school an amount of $5,000 per pupil, based upon the estimated | 871 |
| number of students that the district or school is expected to | 872 |
| serve. Any funds paid to districts or schools under this section | 873 |
| shall be credited toward the annual funds calculated for the | 874 |
| district or school after the changes made to Title XXXIII in Am. | 875 |
| Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly are effective. Upon the | 876 |
| effective date of changes made to Title XXXIII in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 | 877 |
| of the 130th General Assembly, funds shall be calculated as an | 878 |
| annual amount. | 879 |
| Section 4. That existing Sections 263.10 and 263.230 of Am. | 880 |
| Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. | 881 |
| H.B. 483 of the 130th General Assembly, are hereby repealed. | 882 |
| Section 5. Section 3314.03 of the Revised Code is presented | 883 |
| in this act as a composite of the section as amended by Sub. H.B. | 884 |
| 264, Sub. H.B. 362, Sub. H.B. 393, and Am. Sub. H.B. 487, all of | 885 |
| the 130th General Assembly. | 886 |
| Sections 3326.11 and 3328.24 of the Revised Code are | 887 |
| presented in this act as composites of the sections as amended by | 888 |
| Sub. H.B. 264, Sub. H.B. 393, and Am. Sub. H.B. 487, all of the | 889 |
| 130th General Assembly. | 890 |
| The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in | 891 |
| division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments | 892 |
| are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous | 893 |
| operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of | 894 |
| the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section | 895 |
| as presented in this act. | 896 |