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To amend sections 2151.011, 3313.48, 3313.533, | 1 |
3313.62, 3313.88, 3317.01, 3317.03, 3321.05, | 2 |
3326.11, and 3327.01; to amend, for the purpose of | 3 |
adopting a new section number as indicated in | 4 |
parentheses, section 3313.88 (3313.482); to enact | 5 |
new section 3313.481 and section 3314.092; and to | 6 |
repeal sections 3313.481 and 3313.482 of the | 7 |
Revised Code to establish a minimum school year | 8 |
for school districts, STEM schools, and chartered | 9 |
nonpublic schools based on hours, rather than | 10 |
days, of instruction. | 11 |
Section 1. That sections 2151.011, 3313.48, 3313.533, | 12 |
3313.62, 3313.88, 3317.01, 3317.03, 3321.05, 3326.11, and 3327.01 | 13 |
be amended; section 3313.88 (3313.482) be amended for the purpose | 14 |
of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses; and | 15 |
new section 3313.481 and section 3314.092 of the Revised Code be | 16 |
enacted to read as follows: | 17 |
Sec. 2151.011. (A) As used in the Revised Code: | 18 |
(1) "Juvenile court" means whichever of the following is | 19 |
applicable that has jurisdiction under this chapter and Chapter | 20 |
2152. of the Revised Code: | 21 |
(a) The division of the court of common pleas specified in | 22 |
section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code as having | 23 |
jurisdiction under this chapter and Chapter 2152. of the Revised | 24 |
Code or as being the juvenile division or the juvenile division | 25 |
combined with one or more other divisions; | 26 |
(b) The juvenile court of Cuyahoga county or Hamilton county | 27 |
that is separately and independently created by section 2151.08 or | 28 |
Chapter 2153. of the Revised Code and that has jurisdiction under | 29 |
this chapter and Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code; | 30 |
(c) If division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section does not | 31 |
apply, the probate division of the court of common pleas. | 32 |
(2) "Juvenile judge" means a judge of a court having | 33 |
jurisdiction under this chapter. | 34 |
(3) "Private child placing agency" means any association, as | 35 |
defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is certified | 36 |
under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code to accept temporary, | 37 |
permanent, or legal custody of children and place the children for | 38 |
either foster care or adoption. | 39 |
(4) "Private noncustodial agency" means any person, | 40 |
organization, association, or society certified by the department | 41 |
of job and family services that does not accept temporary or | 42 |
permanent legal custody of children, that is privately operated in | 43 |
this state, and that does one or more of the following: | 44 |
(a) Receives and cares for children for two or more | 45 |
consecutive weeks; | 46 |
(b) Participates in the placement of children in certified | 47 |
foster homes; | 48 |
(c) Provides adoption services in conjunction with a public | 49 |
children services agency or private child placing agency. | 50 |
(B) As used in this chapter: | 51 |
(1) "Adequate parental care" means the provision by a child's | 52 |
parent or parents, guardian, or custodian of adequate food, | 53 |
clothing, and shelter to ensure the child's health and physical | 54 |
safety and the provision by a child's parent or parents of | 55 |
specialized services warranted by the child's physical or mental | 56 |
needs. | 57 |
(2) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age | 58 |
or older. | 59 |
(3) "Agreement for temporary custody" means a voluntary | 60 |
agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised Code that | 61 |
transfers the temporary custody of a child to a public children | 62 |
services agency or a private child placing agency. | 63 |
(4) "Alternative response" means the public children services | 64 |
agency's response to a report of child abuse or neglect that | 65 |
engages the family in a comprehensive evaluation of child safety, | 66 |
risk of subsequent harm, and family strengths and needs and that | 67 |
does not include a determination as to whether child abuse or | 68 |
neglect occurred. | 69 |
(5) "Certified foster home" means a foster home, as defined | 70 |
in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, certified under section | 71 |
5103.03 of the Revised Code. | 72 |
(6) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of | 73 |
age, except that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over any | 74 |
person who is adjudicated an unruly child prior to attaining | 75 |
eighteen years of age until the person attains twenty-one years of | 76 |
age, and, for purposes of that jurisdiction related to that | 77 |
adjudication, a person who is so adjudicated an unruly child shall | 78 |
be deemed a "child" until the person attains twenty-one years of | 79 |
age. | 80 |
(7) "Child day camp," "child care," "child day-care center," | 81 |
"part-time child day-care center," "type A family day-care home," | 82 |
"licensed type B family day-care home," "type B family day-care | 83 |
home," "administrator of a child day-care center," "administrator | 84 |
of a type A family day-care home," and "in-home aide" have the | 85 |
same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. | 86 |
(8) "Child care provider" means an individual who is a | 87 |
child-care staff member or administrator of a child day-care | 88 |
center, a type A family day-care home, or a type B family day-care | 89 |
home, or an in-home aide or an individual who is licensed, is | 90 |
regulated, is approved, operates under the direction of, or | 91 |
otherwise is certified by the department of job and family | 92 |
services, department of developmental disabilities, or the early | 93 |
childhood programs of the department of education. | 94 |
(9) "Chronic truant" has the same meaning as in section | 95 |
2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 96 |
(10) "Commit" means to vest custody as ordered by the court. | 97 |
(11) "Counseling" includes both of the following: | 98 |
(a) General counseling services performed by a public | 99 |
children services agency or shelter for victims of domestic | 100 |
violence to assist a child, a child's parents, and a child's | 101 |
siblings in alleviating identified problems that may cause or have | 102 |
caused the child to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child. | 103 |
(b) Psychiatric or psychological therapeutic counseling | 104 |
services provided to correct or alleviate any mental or emotional | 105 |
illness or disorder and performed by a licensed psychiatrist, | 106 |
licensed psychologist, or a person licensed under Chapter 4757. of | 107 |
the Revised Code to engage in social work or professional | 108 |
counseling. | 109 |
(12) "Custodian" means a person who has legal custody of a | 110 |
child or a public children services agency or private child | 111 |
placing agency that has permanent, temporary, or legal custody of | 112 |
a child. | 113 |
(13) "Delinquent child" has the same meaning as in section | 114 |
2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 115 |
(14) "Detention" means the temporary care of children pending | 116 |
court adjudication or disposition, or execution of a court order, | 117 |
in a public or private facility designed to physically restrict | 118 |
the movement and activities of children. | 119 |
(15) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in | 120 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 121 |
(16) "Differential response approach" means an approach that | 122 |
a public children services agency may use to respond to accepted | 123 |
reports of child abuse or neglect with either an alternative | 124 |
response or a traditional response. | 125 |
(17) "Foster caregiver" has the same meaning as in section | 126 |
5103.02 of the Revised Code. | 127 |
(18) "Guardian" means a person, association, or corporation | 128 |
that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter | 129 |
2111. of the Revised Code to exercise parental rights over a child | 130 |
to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the | 131 |
residual parental rights of the child's parents. | 132 |
(19) "Habitual truant" means any child of compulsory school | 133 |
age who is absent without legitimate excuse for absence from the | 134 |
public school the child is supposed to attend for five or more | 135 |
consecutive school days, seven or more school days in one school | 136 |
month, or twelve or more school days in a school year. | 137 |
(20) "Juvenile traffic offender" has the same meaning as in | 138 |
section 2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 139 |
(21) "Legal custody" means a legal status that vests in the | 140 |
custodian the right to have physical care and control of the child | 141 |
and to determine where and with whom the child shall live, and the | 142 |
right and duty to protect, train, and discipline the child and to | 143 |
provide the child with food, shelter, education, and medical care, | 144 |
all subject to any residual parental rights, privileges, and | 145 |
responsibilities. An individual granted legal custody shall | 146 |
exercise the rights and responsibilities personally unless | 147 |
otherwise authorized by any section of the Revised Code or by the | 148 |
court. | 149 |
(22) A "legitimate excuse for absence from the public school | 150 |
the child is supposed to attend" includes, but is not limited to, | 151 |
any of the following: | 152 |
(a) The fact that the child in question has enrolled in and | 153 |
is attending another public or nonpublic school in this or another | 154 |
state; | 155 |
(b) The fact that the child in question is excused from | 156 |
attendance at school for any of the reasons specified in section | 157 |
3321.04 of the Revised Code; | 158 |
(c) The fact that the child in question has received an age | 159 |
and schooling certificate in accordance with section 3331.01 of | 160 |
the Revised Code. | 161 |
(23) "Mental illness" and "mentally ill person subject to | 162 |
hospitalization by court order" have the same meanings as in | 163 |
section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 164 |
(24) "Mental injury" means any behavioral, cognitive, | 165 |
emotional, or mental disorder in a child caused by an act or | 166 |
omission that is described in section 2919.22 of the Revised Code | 167 |
and is committed by the parent or other person responsible for the | 168 |
child's care. | 169 |
(25) "Mentally retarded person" has the same meaning as in | 170 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 171 |
(26) "Nonsecure care, supervision, or training" means care, | 172 |
supervision, or training of a child in a facility that does not | 173 |
confine or prevent movement of the child within the facility or | 174 |
from the facility. | 175 |
(27) "Of compulsory school age" has the same meaning as in | 176 |
section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. | 177 |
(28) "Organization" means any institution, public, | 178 |
semipublic, or private, and any private association, society, or | 179 |
agency located or operating in the state, incorporated or | 180 |
unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of | 181 |
protective services or care for children, or the placement of | 182 |
children in certified foster homes or elsewhere. | 183 |
(29) "Out-of-home care" means detention facilities, shelter | 184 |
facilities, certified children's crisis care facilities, certified | 185 |
foster homes, placement in a prospective adoptive home prior to | 186 |
the issuance of a final decree of adoption, organizations, | 187 |
certified organizations, child day-care centers, type A family | 188 |
day-care homes, type B family day-care homes, child care provided | 189 |
by in-home aides, group home providers, group homes, institutions, | 190 |
state institutions, residential facilities, residential care | 191 |
facilities, residential camps, day camps, public schools, | 192 |
chartered nonpublic schools, educational service centers, | 193 |
hospitals, and medical clinics that are responsible for the care, | 194 |
physical custody, or control of children. | 195 |
(30) "Out-of-home care child abuse" means any of the | 196 |
following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a | 197 |
child in out-of-home care: | 198 |
(a) Engaging in sexual activity with a child in the person's | 199 |
care; | 200 |
(b) Denial to a child, as a means of punishment, of proper or | 201 |
necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or other care | 202 |
necessary for a child's health; | 203 |
(c) Use of restraint procedures on a child that cause injury | 204 |
or pain; | 205 |
(d) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic | 206 |
medication to the child without the written approval and ongoing | 207 |
supervision of a licensed physician; | 208 |
(e) Commission of any act, other than by accidental means, | 209 |
that results in any injury to or death of the child in out-of-home | 210 |
care or commission of any act by accidental means that results in | 211 |
an injury to or death of a child in out-of-home care and that is | 212 |
at variance with the history given of the injury or death. | 213 |
(31) "Out-of-home care child neglect" means any of the | 214 |
following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a | 215 |
child in out-of-home care: | 216 |
(a) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to | 217 |
the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical | 218 |
condition, or other special needs of the child; | 219 |
(b) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to | 220 |
the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical | 221 |
condition, or other special needs of the child, that results in | 222 |
sexual or physical abuse of the child by any person; | 223 |
(c) Failure to develop a process for all of the following: | 224 |
(i) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic | 225 |
drugs for the child; | 226 |
(ii) Assuring that the instructions of the licensed physician | 227 |
who prescribed a drug for the child are followed; | 228 |
(iii) Reporting to the licensed physician who prescribed the | 229 |
drug all unfavorable or dangerous side effects from the use of the | 230 |
drug. | 231 |
(d) Failure to provide proper or necessary subsistence, | 232 |
education, medical care, or other individualized care necessary | 233 |
for the health or well-being of the child; | 234 |
(e) Confinement of the child to a locked room without | 235 |
monitoring by staff; | 236 |
(f) Failure to provide ongoing security for all prescription | 237 |
and nonprescription medication; | 238 |
(g) Isolation of a child for a period of time when there is | 239 |
substantial risk that the isolation, if continued, will impair or | 240 |
retard the mental health or physical well-being of the child. | 241 |
(32) "Permanent custody" means a legal status that vests in a | 242 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency, | 243 |
all parental rights, duties, and obligations, including the right | 244 |
to consent to adoption, and divests the natural parents or | 245 |
adoptive parents of all parental rights, privileges, and | 246 |
obligations, including all residual rights and obligations. | 247 |
(33) "Permanent surrender" means the act of the parents or, | 248 |
if a child has only one parent, of the parent of a child, by a | 249 |
voluntary agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised | 250 |
Code, to transfer the permanent custody of the child to a public | 251 |
children services agency or a private child placing agency. | 252 |
(34) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, | 253 |
or partnership and the state or any of its political subdivisions, | 254 |
departments, or agencies. | 255 |
(35) "Person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home | 256 |
care" means any of the following: | 257 |
(a) Any foster caregiver, in-home aide, or provider; | 258 |
(b) Any administrator, employee, or agent of any of the | 259 |
following: a public or private detention facility; shelter | 260 |
facility; certified children's crisis care facility; organization; | 261 |
certified organization; child day-care center; type A family | 262 |
day-care home; licensed type B family day-care home; group home; | 263 |
institution; state institution; residential facility; residential | 264 |
care facility; residential camp; day camp; school district; | 265 |
community school; chartered nonpublic school; educational service | 266 |
center; hospital; or medical clinic; | 267 |
(c) Any person who supervises or coaches children as part of | 268 |
an extracurricular activity sponsored by a school district, public | 269 |
school, or chartered nonpublic school; | 270 |
(d) Any other person who performs a similar function with | 271 |
respect to, or has a similar relationship to, children. | 272 |
(36) "Physically impaired" means having one or more of the | 273 |
following conditions that substantially limit one or more of an | 274 |
individual's major life activities, including self-care, receptive | 275 |
and expressive language, learning, mobility, and self-direction: | 276 |
(a) A substantial impairment of vision, speech, or hearing; | 277 |
(b) A congenital orthopedic impairment; | 278 |
(c) An orthopedic impairment caused by disease, rheumatic | 279 |
fever or any other similar chronic or acute health problem, or | 280 |
amputation or another similar cause. | 281 |
(37) "Placement for adoption" means the arrangement by a | 282 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency | 283 |
with a person for the care and adoption by that person of a child | 284 |
of whom the agency has permanent custody. | 285 |
(38) "Placement in foster care" means the arrangement by a | 286 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency | 287 |
for the out-of-home care of a child of whom the agency has | 288 |
temporary custody or permanent custody. | 289 |
(39) "Planned permanent living arrangement" means an order of | 290 |
a juvenile court pursuant to which both of the following apply: | 291 |
(a) The court gives legal custody of a child to a public | 292 |
children services agency or a private child placing agency without | 293 |
the termination of parental rights. | 294 |
(b) The order permits the agency to make an appropriate | 295 |
placement of the child and to enter into a written agreement with | 296 |
a foster care provider or with another person or agency with whom | 297 |
the child is placed. | 298 |
(40) "Practice of social work" and "practice of professional | 299 |
counseling" have the same meanings as in section 4757.01 of the | 300 |
Revised Code. | 301 |
(41) "Sanction, service, or condition" means a sanction, | 302 |
service, or condition created by court order following an | 303 |
adjudication that a child is an unruly child that is described in | 304 |
division (A)(4) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code. | 305 |
(42) "Protective supervision" means an order of disposition | 306 |
pursuant to which the court permits an abused, neglected, | 307 |
dependent, or unruly child to remain in the custody of the child's | 308 |
parents, guardian, or custodian and stay in the child's home, | 309 |
subject to any conditions and limitations upon the child, the | 310 |
child's parents, guardian, or custodian, or any other person that | 311 |
the court prescribes, including supervision as directed by the | 312 |
court for the protection of the child. | 313 |
(43) "Psychiatrist" has the same meaning as in section | 314 |
5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 315 |
(44) "Psychologist" has the same meaning as in section | 316 |
4732.01 of the Revised Code. | 317 |
(45) "Residential camp" means a program in which the care, | 318 |
physical custody, or control of children is accepted overnight for | 319 |
recreational or recreational and educational purposes. | 320 |
(46) "Residential care facility" means an institution, | 321 |
residence, or facility that is licensed by the department of | 322 |
mental health under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code and that | 323 |
provides care for a child. | 324 |
(47) "Residential facility" means a home or facility that is | 325 |
licensed by the department of developmental disabilities under | 326 |
section 5123.19 of the Revised Code and in which a child with a | 327 |
developmental disability resides. | 328 |
(48) "Residual parental rights, privileges, and | 329 |
responsibilities" means those rights, privileges, and | 330 |
responsibilities remaining with the natural parent after the | 331 |
transfer of legal custody of the child, including, but not | 332 |
necessarily limited to, the privilege of reasonable visitation, | 333 |
consent to adoption, the privilege to determine the child's | 334 |
religious affiliation, and the responsibility for support. | 335 |
(49) "School day" means the school day established by the | 336 |
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pursuant to section | 338 |
(50) "School | 339 |
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(51) "Secure correctional facility" means a facility under | 341 |
the direction of the department of youth services that is designed | 342 |
to physically restrict the movement and activities of children and | 343 |
used for the placement of children after adjudication and | 344 |
disposition. | 345 |
(52) "Sexual activity" has the same meaning as in section | 346 |
2907.01 of the Revised Code. | 347 |
(53) "Shelter" means the temporary care of children in | 348 |
physically unrestricted facilities pending court adjudication or | 349 |
disposition. | 350 |
(54) "Shelter for victims of domestic violence" has the same | 351 |
meaning as in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code. | 352 |
(55) "Temporary custody" means legal custody of a child who | 353 |
is removed from the child's home, which custody may be terminated | 354 |
at any time at the discretion of the court or, if the legal | 355 |
custody is granted in an agreement for temporary custody, by the | 356 |
person who executed the agreement. | 357 |
(56) "Traditional response" means a public children services | 358 |
agency's response to a report of child abuse or neglect that | 359 |
encourages engagement of the family in a comprehensive evaluation | 360 |
of the child's current and future safety needs and a fact-finding | 361 |
process to determine whether child abuse or neglect occurred and | 362 |
the circumstances surrounding the alleged harm or risk of harm. | 363 |
(C) For the purposes of this chapter, a child shall be | 364 |
presumed abandoned when the parents of the child have failed to | 365 |
visit or maintain contact with the child for more than ninety | 366 |
days, regardless of whether the parents resume contact with the | 367 |
child after that period of ninety days. | 368 |
Sec. 3313.48. (A) The board of education of each city, | 369 |
exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district | 370 |
shall provide for the free education of the youth of school age | 371 |
within the district under its jurisdiction, at such places as will | 372 |
be most convenient for the attendance of the largest number | 373 |
thereof. | 374 |
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school shall be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, | 376 |
including scheduled classes, supervised activities, and approved | 377 |
education options but excluding lunch and breakfast periods and | 378 |
extracurricular activities, for not less than | 379 |
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pupils in kindergarten unless such pupils are provided all-day | 381 |
kindergarten, as defined in section 3321.05 of the Revised Code, | 382 |
in which case the pupils shall be in attendance for nine hundred | 383 |
ten hours; nine hundred ten hours in the case of pupils in grades | 384 |
one through six; and one thousand one hours in the case of pupils | 385 |
in grades seven through twelve in each school year, which may | 386 |
include all of the following: | 387 |
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which pupils would otherwise be in attendance but are not required | 391 |
to attend for the purpose of individualized parent-teacher | 392 |
conferences and reporting periods; | 393 |
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during which pupils would otherwise be in attendance but are not | 395 |
required to attend for professional meetings of teachers
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fifteen minutes duration per period for pupils in grades | 402 |
kindergarten through six. | 403 |
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(B) Not later than thirty days prior to adopting a school | 417 |
calendar, the board of education of each city, exempted village, | 418 |
and local school district shall hold a public hearing on the | 419 |
school calendar, addressing topics that include, but are not | 420 |
limited to, the total number of hours in a school year, length of | 421 |
school day, and beginning and end dates of instruction. Each board | 422 |
shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general | 423 |
circulation in the district not later than thirty days prior to | 424 |
the hearing. | 425 |
(C) No school operated by a city, exempted village, local, or | 426 |
joint vocational school district shall reduce the number of hours | 427 |
in each school year that the school is scheduled to be open for | 428 |
instruction from the number of hours per year the school was open | 429 |
for instruction during the previous school year unless the | 430 |
reduction is approved by a resolution adopted by the district | 431 |
board of education. Any reduction so approved shall not result in | 432 |
fewer hours of instruction per school year than the applicable | 433 |
number of hours required under division (A) of this section. | 434 |
(D) Prior to making any change in the hours or days in which | 435 |
a high school under its jurisdiction is open for instruction, the | 436 |
board of education of each city, exempted village, and local | 437 |
school district shall consider the compatibility of the proposed | 438 |
change with the scheduling needs of any joint vocational school | 439 |
district in which any of the high school's students are also | 440 |
enrolled. The board shall consider the impact of the proposed | 441 |
change on student access to the instructional programs offered by | 442 |
the joint vocational school district, incentives for students to | 443 |
participate in career-technical education, transportation, and the | 444 |
timing of graduation. The board shall provide the joint vocational | 445 |
school district board with advance notice of the proposed change | 446 |
and the two boards shall enter into a written agreement | 447 |
prescribing reasonable accommodations to meet the scheduling needs | 448 |
of the joint vocational school district prior to implementation of | 449 |
the change. | 450 |
(E) Prior to making any change in the hours or days in which | 451 |
a school under its jurisdiction is open for instruction, the board | 452 |
of education of each city, exempted village, and local school | 453 |
district shall consider the compatibility of the proposed change | 454 |
with the scheduling needs of any community school established | 455 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to which the district is | 456 |
required to transport students under sections 3314.09 and 3327.01 | 457 |
of the Revised Code. The board shall consider the impact of the | 458 |
proposed change on student access to the instructional programs | 459 |
offered by the community school, transportation, and the timing of | 460 |
graduation. The board shall provide the sponsor, governing | 461 |
authority, and operator of the community school with advance | 462 |
notice of the proposed change, and the board and the governing | 463 |
authority, or operator if such authority is delegated to the | 464 |
operator, shall enter into a written agreement prescribing | 465 |
reasonable accommodations to meet the scheduling needs of the | 466 |
community school prior to implementation of the change. | 467 |
(F) Prior to making any change in the hours or days in which | 468 |
the schools under its jurisdiction are open for instruction, the | 469 |
board of education of each city, exempted village, and local | 470 |
school district shall consult with the chartered nonpublic schools | 471 |
to which the district is required to transport students under | 472 |
section 3327.01 of the Revised Code and shall consider the effect | 473 |
of the proposed change on the schedule for transportation of those | 474 |
students to their nonpublic schools. The governing authority of a | 475 |
chartered nonpublic school shall consult with each school district | 476 |
board of education that transports students to the chartered | 477 |
nonpublic school under section 3327.01 of the Revised Code prior | 478 |
to making any change in the hours or days in which the nonpublic | 479 |
school is open for instruction. | 480 |
(G) The state board of education shall not adopt or enforce | 481 |
any rule or standard that imposes on chartered nonpublic schools | 482 |
the procedural requirements imposed on school districts by | 483 |
divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section. | 484 |
Sec. 3313.481. Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code | 485 |
the term "school day" is used, unless otherwise specified, that | 486 |
term shall be construed to mean the time during a calendar day | 487 |
that a school is open for instruction pursuant to the schedule | 488 |
adopted by the board of education of the school district or the | 489 |
governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school in | 490 |
accordance with section 3313.48 of the Revised Code. | 491 |
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August of each school year, the board of education of any school | 493 |
district or the governing authority of any chartered nonpublic | 494 |
school may submit to the department of education a plan to require | 495 |
students to access and complete classroom lessons posted on the | 496 |
district's or nonpublic school's web portal or web site in order | 497 |
to make up
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necessary to close schools for | 499 |
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conditions, inoperability of school buses or other equipment | 503 |
necessary to the school's operation, damage to a school building, | 504 |
or other temporary circumstances due to utility failure rendering | 505 |
the school building unfit for school use. | 506 |
Prior to the first day of August of each school year, the | 507 |
governing authority of any community school established under | 508 |
Chapter 3314. that is not an internet- or computer-based community | 509 |
school, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, may | 510 |
submit to the department a plan to require students to access and | 511 |
complete classroom lessons posted on the school's web portal or | 512 |
web site in order to make up | 513 |
which it is necessary to close the school for any of the reasons | 514 |
specified in division (L)(4) of section 3314.08 of the Revised | 515 |
Code so that the school is in compliance with the minimum number | 516 |
of hours required under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. | 517 |
A plan submitted by a school district board | 518 |
nonpublic school governing authority | 519 |
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provide for making up any number of hours, up to a maximum of the | 522 |
number of hours that are the equivalent of three school days. | 523 |
Provided the plan meets all requirements of this section, the | 524 |
department shall permit the board or governing authority to | 525 |
implement the plan for the applicable school year. | 526 |
(2) Each plan submitted under this section by a school | 527 |
district board of education shall include the written consent of | 528 |
the teachers' employee representative designated under division | 529 |
(B) of section 4117.04 of the Revised Code. | 530 |
(3) Each plan submitted under this section shall provide for | 531 |
the following: | 532 |
(a) Not later than the first day of November of the school | 533 |
year, each classroom teacher shall develop a sufficient number of | 534 |
lessons for each course taught by the teacher that school year to | 535 |
cover the number of make-up | 536 |
The teacher shall designate the order in which the lessons are to | 537 |
be posted on the district's, community school's, or nonpublic | 538 |
school's web portal or web site in the event of a school closure. | 539 |
Teachers may be granted up to one professional development day to | 540 |
create lesson plans for those lessons. | 541 |
(b) To the extent possible and necessary, a classroom teacher | 542 |
shall update or replace, based on current instructional progress, | 543 |
one or more of the lesson plans developed under division (A)(3)(a) | 544 |
of this section before they are posted on the web portal or web | 545 |
site under division (A)(3)(c) of this section or distributed under | 546 |
division (B) of this section. | 547 |
(c) As soon as practicable after a school closure, a district | 548 |
or school employee responsible for web portal or web site | 549 |
operations shall make the designated lessons available to students | 550 |
on the district's, community school's, or nonpublic school's | 551 |
portal or site. A lesson shall be posted for each course that was | 552 |
scheduled to meet on the day or hours of the closure. | 553 |
(d) Each student enrolled in a course for which a lesson is | 554 |
posted on the portal or site shall be granted a two-week period | 555 |
from the date of posting to complete the lesson. The student's | 556 |
classroom teacher shall grade the lesson in the same manner as | 557 |
other lessons. The student may receive an incomplete or failing | 558 |
grade if the lesson is not completed on time. | 559 |
(e) If a student does not have access to a computer at the | 560 |
student's residence and the plan does not include blizzard bags | 561 |
under division (B) of this section, the student shall be permitted | 562 |
to work on the posted lessons at school after the student's school | 563 |
reopens. If the lessons were posted prior to the reopening, the | 564 |
student shall be granted a two-week period from the date of the | 565 |
reopening, rather than from the date of posting as otherwise | 566 |
required under division (A)(3)(d) of this section, to complete the | 567 |
lessons. The district board or community school or nonpublic | 568 |
school governing authority may provide the student access to a | 569 |
computer before, during, or after the regularly scheduled school | 570 |
day or may provide a substantially similar paper lesson in order | 571 |
to complete the lessons. | 572 |
(B)(1) In addition to posting classroom lessons online under | 573 |
division (A) of this section, the board of education of any school | 574 |
district or governing authority of any community or chartered | 575 |
nonpublic school may include in the plan distribution of "blizzard | 576 |
bags," which are paper copies of the lessons posted online. | 577 |
(2) If a school opts to use blizzard bags, teachers shall | 578 |
prepare paper copies in conjunction with the lessons to be posted | 579 |
online and update the paper copies whenever the teacher updates | 580 |
the online lesson plans. | 581 |
(3) The board of education of any school district or | 582 |
governing authority of any community or chartered nonpublic school | 583 |
that opts to use blizzard bags shall specify in the plan the | 584 |
method of distribution of blizzard bag lessons, which may include, | 585 |
but not be limited to, requiring distribution by a specific | 586 |
deadline or requiring distribution prior to anticipated school | 587 |
closure as directed by the superintendent of a school district or | 588 |
the principal, director, chief administrative officer, or the | 589 |
equivalent, of a school. | 590 |
(4) Students shall turn in completed lessons in accordance | 591 |
with division (A)(3)(d) of this section. | 592 |
(C)(1) No school district that implements a plan in | 593 |
accordance with this section shall be considered to have failed to | 594 |
comply with division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code | 595 |
with respect to the number of make-up | 596 |
plan. | 597 |
(2) No community school that implements a plan in accordance | 598 |
with this section shall be considered to have failed to comply | 599 |
with the minimum number of hours required under Chapter 3314. of | 600 |
the Revised Code with respect to the number of make-up hours | 601 |
specified in the plan. | 602 |
Sec. 3313.533. (A) The board of education of a city, | 603 |
exempted village, or local school district may adopt a resolution | 604 |
to establish and maintain an alternative school in accordance with | 605 |
this section. The resolution shall specify, but not necessarily be | 606 |
limited to, all of the following: | 607 |
(1) The purpose of the school, which purpose shall be to | 608 |
serve students who are on suspension, who are having truancy | 609 |
problems, who are experiencing academic failure, who have a | 610 |
history of class disruption, who are exhibiting other academic or | 611 |
behavioral problems specified in the resolution, or who have been | 612 |
discharged or released from the custody of the department of youth | 613 |
services under section 5139.51 of the Revised Code; | 614 |
(2) The grades served by the school, which may include any of | 615 |
grades kindergarten through twelve; | 616 |
(3) A requirement that the school be operated in accordance | 617 |
with this section. The board of education adopting the resolution | 618 |
under division (A) of this section shall be the governing board of | 619 |
the alternative school. The board shall develop and implement a | 620 |
plan for the school in accordance with the resolution establishing | 621 |
the school and in accordance with this section. Each plan shall | 622 |
include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following: | 623 |
(a) Specification of the reasons for which students will be | 624 |
accepted for assignment to the school and any criteria for | 625 |
admission that are to be used by the board to approve or | 626 |
disapprove the assignment of students to the school; | 627 |
(b) Specification of the criteria and procedures that will be | 628 |
used for returning students who have been assigned to the school | 629 |
back to the regular education program of the district; | 630 |
(c) An evaluation plan for assessing the effectiveness of the | 631 |
school and its educational program and reporting the results of | 632 |
the evaluation to the public. | 633 |
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of Title XXXIII of the | 634 |
Revised Code to the contrary, the alternative school plan may | 635 |
include any of the following: | 636 |
(1) A requirement that on each school day students must | 637 |
attend school or participate in other programs specified in the | 638 |
plan or by the chief administrative officer of the school for a | 639 |
period equal to the minimum school day set by the | 640 |
education under section 3313.48 of the Revised Code plus any | 641 |
additional time required in the plan or by the chief | 642 |
administrative officer; | 643 |
(2) Restrictions on student participation in extracurricular | 644 |
or interscholastic activities; | 645 |
(3) A requirement that students wear uniforms prescribed by | 646 |
the district board of education. | 647 |
(C) In accordance with the alternative school plan, the | 648 |
district board of education may employ teachers and nonteaching | 649 |
employees necessary to carry out its duties and fulfill its | 650 |
responsibilities or may contract with a nonprofit or for profit | 651 |
entity to operate the alternative school, including the provision | 652 |
of personnel, supplies, equipment, or facilities. | 653 |
(D) An alternative school may be established in all or part | 654 |
of a school building. | 655 |
(E) If a district board of education elects under this | 656 |
section, or is required by section 3313.534 of the Revised Code, | 657 |
to establish an alternative school, the district board may join | 658 |
with the board of education of one or more other districts to form | 659 |
a joint alternative school by forming a cooperative education | 660 |
school district under section 3311.52 or 3311.521 of the Revised | 661 |
Code, or a joint educational program under section 3313.842 of the | 662 |
Revised Code. The authority to employ personnel or to contract | 663 |
with a nonprofit or for profit entity under division (C) of this | 664 |
section applies to any alternative school program established | 665 |
under this division. | 666 |
(F) Any individual employed as a teacher at an alternative | 667 |
school operated by a nonprofit or for profit entity under this | 668 |
section shall be licensed and shall be subject to background | 669 |
checks, as described in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, in | 670 |
the same manner as an individual employed by a school district. | 671 |
(G) Division (G) of this section applies only to any | 672 |
alternative school that is operated by a nonprofit or for profit | 673 |
entity under contract with the school district. | 674 |
(1) In addition to the specifications authorized under | 675 |
division (B) of this section, any plan adopted under that division | 676 |
for an alternative school to which division (G) of this section | 677 |
also applies shall include the following: | 678 |
(a) A description of the educational program provided at the | 679 |
alternative school, which shall include: | 680 |
(i) Provisions for the school to be configured in clusters or | 681 |
small learning communities; | 682 |
(ii) Provisions for the incorporation of education technology | 683 |
into the curriculum; | 684 |
(iii) Provisions for accelerated learning programs in reading | 685 |
and mathematics. | 686 |
(b) A method to determine the reading and mathematics level | 687 |
of each student assigned to the alternative school and a method to | 688 |
continuously monitor each student's progress in those areas. The | 689 |
methods employed under this division shall be aligned with the | 690 |
curriculum adopted by the school district board of education under | 691 |
section 3313.60 of the Revised Code. | 692 |
(c) A plan for social services to be provided at the | 693 |
alternative school, such as, but not limited to, counseling | 694 |
services, psychological support services, and enrichment programs; | 695 |
(d) A plan for a student's transition from the alternative | 696 |
school back to a school operated by the school district; | 697 |
(e) A requirement that the alternative school maintain | 698 |
financial records in a manner that is compatible with the form | 699 |
prescribed for school districts by the auditor of state to enable | 700 |
the district to comply with any rules adopted by the auditor of | 701 |
state. | 702 |
(2) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of this section, any | 703 |
alternative school to which division (G) of this section applies | 704 |
shall include only grades six through twelve. | 705 |
(3) Notwithstanding anything in division (A)(3)(a) of this | 706 |
section to the contrary, the characteristics of students who may | 707 |
be assigned to an alternative school to which division (G) of this | 708 |
section applies shall include only disruptive and low-performing | 709 |
students. | 710 |
(H) When any district board of education determines to | 711 |
contract with a nonprofit or for profit entity to operate an | 712 |
alternative school under this section, the board shall use the | 713 |
procedure set forth in this division. | 714 |
(1) The board shall publish notice of a request for proposals | 715 |
in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each | 716 |
week for a period of two consecutive weeks, or as provided in | 717 |
section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the date specified by | 718 |
the board for receiving proposals. Notices of requests for | 719 |
proposals shall contain a general description of the subject of | 720 |
the proposed contract and the location where the request for | 721 |
proposals may be obtained. The request for proposals shall include | 722 |
all of the following information: | 723 |
(a) Instructions and information to respondents concerning | 724 |
the submission of proposals, including the name and address of the | 725 |
office where proposals are to be submitted; | 726 |
(b) Instructions regarding communications, including at least | 727 |
the names, titles, and telephone numbers of persons to whom | 728 |
questions concerning a proposal may be directed; | 729 |
(c) A description of the performance criteria that will be | 730 |
used to evaluate whether a respondent to which a contract is | 731 |
awarded is meeting the district's educational standards or the | 732 |
method by which such performance criteria will be determined; | 733 |
(d) Factors and criteria to be considered in evaluating | 734 |
proposals, the relative importance of each factor or criterion, | 735 |
and a description of the evaluation procedures to be followed; | 736 |
(e) Any terms or conditions of the proposed contract, | 737 |
including any requirement for a bond and the amount of such bond; | 738 |
(f) Documents that may be incorporated by reference into the | 739 |
request for proposals, provided that the request for proposals | 740 |
specifies where such documents may be obtained and that such | 741 |
documents are readily available to all interested parties. | 742 |
(2) After the date specified for receiving proposals, the | 743 |
board shall evaluate the submitted proposals and may hold | 744 |
discussions with any respondent to ensure a complete understanding | 745 |
of the proposal and the qualifications of such respondent to | 746 |
execute the proposed contract. Such qualifications shall include, | 747 |
but are not limited to, all of the following: | 748 |
(a) Demonstrated competence in performance of the required | 749 |
services as indicated by effective implementation of educational | 750 |
programs in reading and mathematics and at least three years of | 751 |
experience successfully serving a student population similar to | 752 |
the student population assigned to the alternative school; | 753 |
(b) Demonstrated performance in the areas of cost | 754 |
containment, the provision of educational services of a high | 755 |
quality, and any other areas determined by the board; | 756 |
(c) Whether the respondent has the resources to undertake the | 757 |
operation of the alternative school and to provide qualified | 758 |
personnel to staff the school; | 759 |
(d) Financial responsibility. | 760 |
(3) The board shall select for further review at least three | 761 |
proposals from respondents the board considers qualified to | 762 |
operate the alternative school in the best interests of the | 763 |
students and the district. If fewer than three proposals are | 764 |
submitted, the board shall select each proposal submitted. The | 765 |
board may cancel a request for proposals or reject all proposals | 766 |
at any time prior to the execution of a contract. | 767 |
The board may hold discussions with any of the three selected | 768 |
respondents to clarify or revise the provisions of a proposal or | 769 |
the proposed contract to ensure complete understanding between the | 770 |
board and the respondent of the terms under which a contract will | 771 |
be entered. Respondents shall be accorded fair and equal treatment | 772 |
with respect to any opportunity for discussion regarding | 773 |
clarifications or revisions. The board may terminate or | 774 |
discontinue any further discussion with a respondent upon written | 775 |
notice. | 776 |
(4) Upon further review of the three proposals selected by | 777 |
the board, the board shall award a contract to the respondent the | 778 |
board considers to have the most merit, taking into consideration | 779 |
the scope, complexity, and nature of the services to be performed | 780 |
by the respondent under the contract. | 781 |
(5) Except as provided in division (H)(6) of this section, | 782 |
the request for proposals, submitted proposals, and related | 783 |
documents shall become public records under section 149.43 of the | 784 |
Revised Code after the award of the contract. | 785 |
(6) Any respondent may request in writing that the board not | 786 |
disclose confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets | 787 |
contained in the proposal submitted by the respondent to the | 788 |
board. Any such request shall be accompanied by an offer of | 789 |
indemnification from the respondent to the board. The board shall | 790 |
determine whether to agree to the request and shall inform the | 791 |
respondent in writing of its decision. If the board agrees to | 792 |
nondisclosure of specified information in a proposal, such | 793 |
information shall not become a public record under section 149.43 | 794 |
of the Revised Code. If the respondent withdraws its proposal at | 795 |
any time prior to the execution of a contract, the proposal shall | 796 |
not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 797 |
(I) Upon a recommendation from the department and in | 798 |
accordance with section 3301.16 of the Revised Code, the state | 799 |
board of education may revoke the charter of any alternative | 800 |
school operated by a school district that violates this section. | 801 |
Sec. 3313.62. The school year shall begin on the first day | 802 |
of July of each calendar year and close on the thirtieth day of | 803 |
June of the succeeding calendar year. A school week shall consist | 804 |
of five days | 805 |
nonpublic school may be open for instruction with pupils in | 806 |
attendance on any day of the week, including Saturday or Sunday. | 807 |
Sec. 3314.092. The governing authority of a community school | 808 |
established under this chapter shall consult with each school | 809 |
district board of education that transports students to the | 810 |
community school under sections 3314.09 and 3327.01 of the Revised | 811 |
Code prior to making any change in the hours or days in which the | 812 |
community school is open for instruction. | 813 |
Sec. 3317.01. As used in this section, "school district," | 814 |
unless otherwise specified, means any city, local, exempted | 815 |
village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school | 816 |
district and any educational service center. | 817 |
This chapter shall be administered by the state board of | 818 |
education. The superintendent of public instruction shall | 819 |
calculate the amounts payable to each school district and shall | 820 |
certify the amounts payable to each eligible district to the | 821 |
treasurer of the district as provided by this chapter. As soon as | 822 |
possible after such amounts are calculated, the superintendent | 823 |
shall certify to the treasurer of each school district the | 824 |
district's adjusted charge-off increase, as defined in section | 825 |
5705.211 of the Revised Code. No moneys shall be distributed | 826 |
pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the controlling | 827 |
board. | 828 |
The state board of education shall, in accordance with | 829 |
appropriations made by the general assembly, meet the financial | 830 |
obligations of this chapter. | 831 |
Moneys distributed pursuant to this chapter shall be | 832 |
calculated and paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning with the | 833 |
first day of July and extending through the thirtieth day of June. | 834 |
The moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed | 835 |
periodically to each school district unless otherwise provided | 836 |
for. The state board, in June of each year, shall submit to the | 837 |
controlling board the state board's year-end distributions | 838 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 839 |
Except as otherwise provided, payments under this chapter | 840 |
shall be made only to those school districts in which: | 841 |
(A) The school district, except for any educational service | 842 |
center and any joint vocational or cooperative education school | 843 |
district, levies for current operating expenses at least twenty | 844 |
mills. Levies for joint vocational or cooperative education school | 845 |
districts or county school financing districts, limited to or to | 846 |
the extent apportioned to current expenses, shall be included in | 847 |
this qualification requirement. School district income tax levies | 848 |
under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, limited to or to the | 849 |
extent apportioned to current operating expenses, shall be | 850 |
included in this qualification requirement to the extent | 851 |
determined by the tax commissioner under division (D) of section | 852 |
3317.021 of the Revised Code. | 853 |
(B) The school year next preceding the fiscal year for which | 854 |
such payments are authorized meets the requirement of section | 855 |
3313.48 | 856 |
minimum number of | 857 |
instruction with pupils in attendance, for individualized | 858 |
parent-teacher conference and reporting periods, and for | 859 |
professional meetings of teachers | 860 |
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A school district shall not be considered to have failed to | 882 |
comply with this division | 883 |
because schools were open for instruction but either twelfth grade | 884 |
students were excused from attendance for up to the equivalent of | 885 |
three school days or only a portion of the kindergarten students | 886 |
were in attendance for up to the equivalent of three school days | 887 |
in order to allow for the gradual orientation to school of such | 888 |
students. | 889 |
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A board of education or governing board of an educational | 906 |
service center which has not conformed with other law and the | 907 |
rules pursuant thereto, shall not participate in the distribution | 908 |
of funds authorized by this chapter, except for good and | 909 |
sufficient reason established to the satisfaction of the state | 910 |
board of education and the state controlling board. | 911 |
All funds allocated to school districts under this chapter, | 912 |
except those specifically allocated for other purposes, shall be | 913 |
used to pay current operating expenses only. | 914 |
Sec. 3317.03. (A) The superintendent of each city, local, | 915 |
and exempted village school district and of each educational | 916 |
service center shall, for the schools under the superintendent's | 917 |
supervision, certify to the state board of education on or before | 918 |
the fifteenth day of October in each year for the first full | 919 |
school week in October the average daily membership of students | 920 |
receiving services from schools under the superintendent's | 921 |
supervision, and the numbers of other students entitled to attend | 922 |
school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 923 |
Revised Code the superintendent is required to report under this | 924 |
section, so that the department of education can calculate the | 925 |
district's formula ADM. If a school under the superintendent's | 926 |
supervision is closed for one or more days during that week due to | 927 |
hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances described in | 928 |
929 | |
3313.482 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may apply to the | 930 |
superintendent of public instruction for a waiver, under which the | 931 |
superintendent of public instruction may exempt the district | 932 |
superintendent from certifying the average daily membership for | 933 |
that school for that week and specify an alternate week for | 934 |
certifying the average daily membership of that school. | 935 |
The average daily membership during such week shall consist | 936 |
of the sum of the following: | 937 |
(1) On an FTE basis, the number of students in grades | 938 |
kindergarten through twelve receiving any educational services | 939 |
from the district, except that the following categories of | 940 |
students shall not be included in the determination: | 941 |
(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes; | 942 |
(b) Adjacent or other district students enrolled in the | 943 |
district under an open enrollment policy pursuant to section | 944 |
3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 945 |
(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a | 946 |
compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who | 947 |
are entitled to attend school in another district pursuant to | 948 |
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code; | 949 |
(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections | 950 |
3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code; | 951 |
(e) Students receiving services in the district through a | 952 |
scholarship awarded under either section 3310.41 or sections | 953 |
3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code. | 954 |
(2) On an FTE basis, the number of students entitled to | 955 |
attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or | 956 |
3313.65 of the Revised Code, but receiving educational services in | 957 |
grades kindergarten through twelve from one or more of the | 958 |
following entities: | 959 |
(a) A community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the | 960 |
Revised Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to | 961 |
Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in such community | 962 |
school; | 963 |
(b) An alternative school pursuant to sections 3313.974 to | 964 |
3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or | 965 |
(b) of this section; | 966 |
(c) A college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, | 967 |
except when the student is enrolled in the college while also | 968 |
enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or a | 969 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 970 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; | 971 |
(d) An adjacent or other school district under an open | 972 |
enrollment policy adopted pursuant to section 3313.98 of the | 973 |
Revised Code; | 974 |
(e) An educational service center or cooperative education | 975 |
district; | 976 |
(f) Another school district under a cooperative education | 977 |
agreement, compact, or contract; | 978 |
(g) A chartered nonpublic school with a scholarship paid | 979 |
under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code; | 980 |
(h) An alternative public provider or a registered private | 981 |
provider with a scholarship awarded under either section 3310.41 | 982 |
or sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code. | 983 |
As used in this section, "alternative public provider" and | 984 |
"registered private provider" have the same meanings as in section | 985 |
3310.41 or 3310.51 of the Revised Code, as applicable. | 986 |
(i) A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | 987 |
school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, | 988 |
including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. | 989 |
of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school; | 990 |
(j) A college-preparatory boarding school established under | 991 |
Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. | 992 |
(3) The number of students enrolled in a joint vocational | 993 |
school district or under a vocational education compact, excluding | 994 |
any students entitled to attend school in the district under | 995 |
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are enrolled in | 996 |
another school district through an open enrollment policy as | 997 |
reported under division (A)(2)(d) of this section and then enroll | 998 |
in a joint vocational school district or under a vocational | 999 |
education compact; | 1000 |
(4) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1001 |
preschool children with disabilities, entitled to attend school in | 1002 |
the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised | 1003 |
Code who are placed by the district with a county DD board, minus | 1004 |
the number of such children placed with a county DD board in | 1005 |
fiscal year 1998. If this calculation produces a negative number, | 1006 |
the number reported under division (A)(4) of this section shall be | 1007 |
zero. | 1008 |
(B) To enable the department of education to obtain the data | 1009 |
needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this | 1010 |
chapter, in addition to the average daily membership, each | 1011 |
superintendent shall report separately the following student | 1012 |
counts for the same week for which average daily membership is | 1013 |
certified: | 1014 |
(1) The total average daily membership in regular learning | 1015 |
day classes included in the report under division (A)(1) or (2) of | 1016 |
this section for each of the individual grades kindergarten | 1017 |
through twelve in schools under the superintendent's supervision; | 1018 |
(2) The number of all preschool children with disabilities | 1019 |
enrolled as of the first day of December in classes in the | 1020 |
district that are eligible for approval under division (B) of | 1021 |
section 3317.05 of the Revised Code and the number of those | 1022 |
classes, which shall be reported not later than the fifteenth day | 1023 |
of December, in accordance with rules adopted under that section; | 1024 |
(3) The number of children entitled to attend school in the | 1025 |
district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised | 1026 |
Code who are: | 1027 |
(a) Participating in a pilot project scholarship program | 1028 |
established under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised | 1029 |
Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or (b) of this section; | 1030 |
(b) Enrolled in a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised | 1031 |
Code, except when the student is enrolled in the college while | 1032 |
also enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or a | 1033 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 1034 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; | 1035 |
(c) Enrolled in an adjacent or other school district under | 1036 |
section 3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 1037 |
(d) Enrolled in a community school established under Chapter | 1038 |
3314. of the Revised Code that is not an internet- or | 1039 |
computer-based community school as defined in section 3314.02 of | 1040 |
the Revised Code, including any participation in a college | 1041 |
pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in | 1042 |
such community school; | 1043 |
(e) Enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 1044 |
school, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, | 1045 |
including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. | 1046 |
of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school; | 1047 |
(f) Enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school with a | 1048 |
scholarship paid under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code; | 1049 |
(g) Enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve in an | 1050 |
alternative public provider or a registered private provider with | 1051 |
a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; | 1052 |
(h) Enrolled as a preschool child with a disability in an | 1053 |
alternative public provider or a registered private provider with | 1054 |
a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; | 1055 |
(i) Participating in a program operated by a county DD board | 1056 |
or a state institution; | 1057 |
(j) Enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, and | 1058 |
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised | 1059 |
Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter | 1060 |
3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school; | 1061 |
(k) Enrolled in a college-preparatory boarding school | 1062 |
established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. | 1063 |
(4) The number of pupils enrolled in joint vocational | 1064 |
schools; | 1065 |
(5) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1066 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section | 1067 |
receiving special education services for the category one | 1068 |
disability described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the | 1069 |
Revised Code, including children attending a special education | 1070 |
program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered | 1071 |
private provider with a scholarship awarded under sections 3310.51 | 1072 |
to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 1073 |
(6) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1074 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section | 1075 |
receiving special education services for category two disabilities | 1076 |
described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, | 1077 |
including children attending a special education program operated | 1078 |
by an alternative public provider or a registered private provider | 1079 |
with a scholarship awarded under sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of | 1080 |
the Revised Code; | 1081 |
(7) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1082 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section | 1083 |
receiving special education services for category three | 1084 |
disabilities described in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the | 1085 |
Revised Code, including children attending a special education | 1086 |
program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered | 1087 |
private provider with a scholarship awarded under sections 3310.51 | 1088 |
to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 1089 |
(8) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1090 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section | 1091 |
receiving special education services for category four | 1092 |
disabilities described in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the | 1093 |
Revised Code, including children attending a special education | 1094 |
program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered | 1095 |
private provider with a scholarship awarded under sections 3310.51 | 1096 |
to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 1097 |
(9) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1098 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section | 1099 |
receiving special education services for the category five | 1100 |
disabilities described in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the | 1101 |
Revised Code, including children attending a special education | 1102 |
program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered | 1103 |
private provider with a scholarship awarded under sections 3310.51 | 1104 |
to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 1105 |
(10) The combined average daily membership of children with | 1106 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) and under | 1107 |
division (B)(3)(h) of this section receiving special education | 1108 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 1109 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, including children | 1110 |
attending a special education program operated by an alternative | 1111 |
public provider or a registered private provider with a | 1112 |
scholarship awarded under either section 3310.41 or sections | 1113 |
3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code; | 1114 |
(11) The average daily membership of pupils reported under | 1115 |
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category one | 1116 |
vocational education programs or classes, described in division | 1117 |
(A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the | 1118 |
school district or by another district, other than a joint | 1119 |
vocational school district, or by an educational service center, | 1120 |
excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this | 1121 |
section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 1122 |
school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the | 1123 |
Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section; | 1124 |
(12) The average daily membership of pupils reported under | 1125 |
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category two | 1126 |
vocational education programs or services, described in division | 1127 |
(B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the | 1128 |
school district or another school district, other than a joint | 1129 |
vocational school district, or by an educational service center, | 1130 |
excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this | 1131 |
section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 1132 |
school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the | 1133 |
Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section; | 1134 |
Beginning with fiscal year 2010, vocational education ADM | 1135 |
shall not be used to calculate a district's funding but shall be | 1136 |
reported under divisions (B)(11) and (12) of this section for | 1137 |
statistical purposes. | 1138 |
(13) The average number of children transported by the school | 1139 |
district on board-owned or contractor-owned and -operated buses, | 1140 |
reported in accordance with rules adopted by the department of | 1141 |
education; | 1142 |
(14)(a) The number of children, other than preschool children | 1143 |
with disabilities, the district placed with a county DD board in | 1144 |
fiscal year 1998; | 1145 |
(b) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1146 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1147 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1148 |
services for the category one disability described in division (A) | 1149 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1150 |
(c) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1151 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1152 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1153 |
services for category two disabilities described in division (B) | 1154 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1155 |
(d) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1156 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1157 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1158 |
services for category three disabilities described in division (C) | 1159 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1160 |
(e) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1161 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1162 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1163 |
services for category four disabilities described in division (D) | 1164 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1165 |
(f) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1166 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1167 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1168 |
services for the category five disabilities described in division | 1169 |
(E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1170 |
(g) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 1171 |
preschool children with disabilities, placed with a county DD | 1172 |
board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 1173 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 1174 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code. | 1175 |
(C)(1) The average daily membership in divisions (B)(1) to | 1176 |
(12) of this section shall be based upon the number of full-time | 1177 |
equivalent students. The state board of education shall adopt | 1178 |
rules defining full-time equivalent students and for determining | 1179 |
the average daily membership therefrom for the purposes of | 1180 |
divisions (A), (B), and (D) of this section. Each student enrolled | 1181 |
in kindergarten shall be counted as one full-time equivalent | 1182 |
student regardless of whether the student is enrolled in a | 1183 |
part-day or all-day kindergarten class. | 1184 |
(2) A student enrolled in a community school established | 1185 |
under Chapter 3314., a science, technology, engineering, and | 1186 |
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326., or a | 1187 |
college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 1188 |
3328. of the Revised Code shall be counted in the formula ADM and, | 1189 |
if applicable, the category one, two, three, four, five, or six | 1190 |
special education ADM of the school district in which the student | 1191 |
is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of | 1192 |
the Revised Code for the same proportion of the school year that | 1193 |
the student is counted in the enrollment of the community school, | 1194 |
the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, or | 1195 |
the college-preparatory boarding school for purposes of section | 1196 |
3314.08, 3326.33, or 3328.24 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 1197 |
the number of students reported pursuant to division (B)(3)(d), | 1198 |
(e), (j), or (k) of this section, the department may adjust the | 1199 |
formula ADM of a school district to account for students entitled | 1200 |
to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 | 1201 |
of the Revised Code who are enrolled in a community school, a | 1202 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, or a | 1203 |
college-preparatory boarding school for only a portion of the | 1204 |
school year. | 1205 |
(3) No child shall be counted as more than a total of one | 1206 |
child in the sum of the average daily memberships of a school | 1207 |
district under division (A), divisions (B)(1) to (12), or division | 1208 |
(D) of this section, except as follows: | 1209 |
(a) A child with a disability described in section 3317.013 | 1210 |
of the Revised Code may be counted both in formula ADM and in | 1211 |
category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM | 1212 |
and, if applicable, in category one or two vocational education | 1213 |
ADM. As provided in division (C) of section 3317.02 of the Revised | 1214 |
Code, such a child shall be counted in category one, two, three, | 1215 |
four, five, or six special education ADM in the same proportion | 1216 |
that the child is counted in formula ADM. | 1217 |
(b) A child enrolled in vocational education programs or | 1218 |
classes described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code may be | 1219 |
counted both in formula ADM and category one or two vocational | 1220 |
education ADM and, if applicable, in category one, two, three, | 1221 |
four, five, or six special education ADM. Such a child shall be | 1222 |
counted in category one or two vocational education ADM in the | 1223 |
same proportion as the percentage of time that the child spends in | 1224 |
the vocational education programs or classes. | 1225 |
(4) Based on the information reported under this section, the | 1226 |
department of education shall determine the total student count, | 1227 |
as defined in section 3301.011 of the Revised Code, for each | 1228 |
school district. | 1229 |
(D)(1) The superintendent of each joint vocational school | 1230 |
district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction | 1231 |
on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year for the | 1232 |
first full school week in October the formula ADM, for purposes of | 1233 |
section 3318.42 of the Revised Code and for any other purpose | 1234 |
prescribed by law for which "formula ADM" of the joint vocational | 1235 |
district is a factor. If a school operated by the joint vocational | 1236 |
school district is closed for one or more days during that week | 1237 |
due to hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances | 1238 |
described in | 1239 |
1240 | |
to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver, under | 1241 |
which the superintendent of public instruction may exempt the | 1242 |
district superintendent from certifying the formula ADM for that | 1243 |
school for that week and specify an alternate week for certifying | 1244 |
the formula ADM of that school. | 1245 |
The formula ADM, except as otherwise provided in this | 1246 |
division, shall consist of the average daily membership during | 1247 |
such week, on an FTE basis, of the number of students receiving | 1248 |
any educational services from the district, including students | 1249 |
enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. or | 1250 |
a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 1251 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code who are | 1252 |
attending the joint vocational district under an agreement between | 1253 |
the district board of education and the governing authority of the | 1254 |
community school or the governing body of the science, technology, | 1255 |
engineering, and mathematics school and are entitled to attend | 1256 |
school in a city, local, or exempted village school district whose | 1257 |
territory is part of the territory of the joint vocational | 1258 |
district. | 1259 |
The following categories of students shall not be included in | 1260 |
the determination made under division (D)(1) of this section: | 1261 |
(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes; | 1262 |
(b) Adjacent or other district joint vocational students | 1263 |
enrolled in the district under an open enrollment policy pursuant | 1264 |
to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 1265 |
(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a | 1266 |
compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who | 1267 |
are entitled to attend school in a city, local, or exempted | 1268 |
village school district whose territory is not part of the | 1269 |
territory of the joint vocational district; | 1270 |
(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections | 1271 |
3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code. | 1272 |
(2) To enable the department of education to obtain the data | 1273 |
needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this | 1274 |
chapter, in addition to the formula ADM, each superintendent shall | 1275 |
report separately the average daily membership included in the | 1276 |
report under division (D)(1) of this section for each of the | 1277 |
following categories of students for the same week for which | 1278 |
formula ADM is certified: | 1279 |
(a) Students enrolled in each individual grade included in | 1280 |
the joint vocational district schools; | 1281 |
(b) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1282 |
services for the category one disability described in division (A) | 1283 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1284 |
(c) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1285 |
services for the category two disabilities described in division | 1286 |
(B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1287 |
(d) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1288 |
services for category three disabilities described in division (C) | 1289 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1290 |
(e) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1291 |
services for category four disabilities described in division (D) | 1292 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1293 |
(f) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1294 |
services for the category five disabilities described in division | 1295 |
(E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1296 |
(g) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 1297 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 1298 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 1299 |
(h) Students receiving category one vocational education | 1300 |
services, described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the | 1301 |
Revised Code; | 1302 |
(i) Students receiving category two vocational education | 1303 |
services, described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the | 1304 |
Revised Code. | 1305 |
The superintendent of each joint vocational school district | 1306 |
shall also indicate the city, local, or exempted village school | 1307 |
district in which each joint vocational district pupil is entitled | 1308 |
to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 1309 |
Revised Code. | 1310 |
(E) In each school of each city, local, exempted village, | 1311 |
joint vocational, and cooperative education school district there | 1312 |
shall be maintained a record of school membership, which record | 1313 |
shall accurately show, for each day the school is in session, the | 1314 |
actual membership enrolled in regular day classes. For the purpose | 1315 |
of determining average daily membership, the membership figure of | 1316 |
any school shall not include any pupils except those pupils | 1317 |
described by division (A) of this section. The record of | 1318 |
membership for each school shall be maintained in such manner that | 1319 |
no pupil shall be counted as in membership prior to the actual | 1320 |
date of entry in the school and also in such manner that where for | 1321 |
any cause a pupil permanently withdraws from the school that pupil | 1322 |
shall not be counted as in membership from and after the date of | 1323 |
such withdrawal. There shall not be included in the membership of | 1324 |
any school any of the following: | 1325 |
(1) Any pupil who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a | 1326 |
public or nonpublic high school; | 1327 |
(2) Any pupil who is not a resident of the state; | 1328 |
(3) Any pupil who was enrolled in the schools of the district | 1329 |
during the previous school year when assessments were administered | 1330 |
under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one | 1331 |
or more of the assessments required by that section and was not | 1332 |
excused pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of that section; | 1333 |
(4) Any pupil who has attained the age of twenty-two years, | 1334 |
except for veterans of the armed services whose attendance was | 1335 |
interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of | 1336 |
the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the | 1337 |
armed forces and who apply for reenrollment in the public school | 1338 |
system of their residence not later than four years after | 1339 |
termination of war or their honorable discharge. | 1340 |
If, however, any veteran described by division (E)(4) of this | 1341 |
section elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans | 1342 |
for whom tuition is paid under the provisions of federal laws, or | 1343 |
otherwise, that veteran shall not be included in average daily | 1344 |
membership. | 1345 |
Notwithstanding division (E)(3) of this section, the | 1346 |
membership of any school may include a pupil who did not take an | 1347 |
assessment required by section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code if | 1348 |
the superintendent of public instruction grants a waiver from the | 1349 |
requirement to take the assessment to the specific pupil and a | 1350 |
parent is not paying tuition for the pupil pursuant to section | 1351 |
3313.6410 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant such a | 1352 |
waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the | 1353 |
state board of education. | 1354 |
Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (F) of this | 1355 |
section, the average daily membership figure of any local, city, | 1356 |
exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall be | 1357 |
determined by dividing the figure representing the sum of the | 1358 |
number of pupils enrolled during each day the school of attendance | 1359 |
is actually open for instruction during the week for which the | 1360 |
average daily membership is being certified by the total number of | 1361 |
days the school was actually open for instruction during that | 1362 |
week. For purposes of state funding, "enrolled" persons are only | 1363 |
those pupils who are attending school, those who have attended | 1364 |
school during the current school year and are absent for | 1365 |
authorized reasons, and those children with disabilities currently | 1366 |
receiving home instruction. | 1367 |
The average daily membership figure of any cooperative | 1368 |
education school district shall be determined in accordance with | 1369 |
rules adopted by the state board of education. | 1370 |
(F)(1) If the formula ADM for the first full school week in | 1371 |
February is at least three per cent greater than that certified | 1372 |
for the first full school week in the preceding October, the | 1373 |
superintendent of schools of any city, exempted village, or joint | 1374 |
vocational school district or educational service center shall | 1375 |
certify such increase to the superintendent of public instruction. | 1376 |
Such certification shall be submitted no later than the fifteenth | 1377 |
day of February. For the balance of the fiscal year, beginning | 1378 |
with the February payments, the superintendent of public | 1379 |
instruction shall use the increased formula ADM in calculating or | 1380 |
recalculating the amounts to be allocated in accordance with | 1381 |
section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code. In no event shall | 1382 |
the superintendent use an increased membership certified to the | 1383 |
superintendent after the fifteenth day of February. Division | 1384 |
(F)(1) of this section does not apply after fiscal year 2006. | 1385 |
(2) If on the first school day of April the total number of | 1386 |
classes or units for preschool children with disabilities that are | 1387 |
eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the | 1388 |
Revised Code exceeds the number of units that have been approved | 1389 |
for the year under that division, the superintendent of schools of | 1390 |
any city, exempted village, or cooperative education school | 1391 |
district or educational service center shall make the | 1392 |
certifications required by this section for that day. If the | 1393 |
department determines additional units can be approved for the | 1394 |
fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts | 1395 |
appropriating moneys for the funding of such units, the department | 1396 |
shall approve additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of | 1397 |
such average daily membership. For each unit so approved, the | 1398 |
department shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed | 1399 |
in section 3317.052 or 3317.19 and section 3317.053 of the Revised | 1400 |
Code. | 1401 |
(3) If a student attending a community school under Chapter | 1402 |
3314., a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 1403 |
established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding | 1404 |
school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code is not | 1405 |
included in the formula ADM certified for the school district in | 1406 |
which the student is entitled to attend school under section | 1407 |
3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the department of | 1408 |
education shall adjust the formula ADM of that school district to | 1409 |
include the student in accordance with division (C)(2) of this | 1410 |
section, and shall recalculate the school district's payments | 1411 |
under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that | 1412 |
adjusted formula ADM. This requirement applies regardless of | 1413 |
whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E) of | 1414 |
this section, in the community school, the science, technology, | 1415 |
engineering, and mathematics school, or the college-preparatory | 1416 |
boarding school during the week for which the formula ADM is being | 1417 |
certified. | 1418 |
(4) If a student awarded an educational choice scholarship is | 1419 |
not included in the formula ADM of the school district from which | 1420 |
the department deducts funds for the scholarship under section | 1421 |
3310.08 of the Revised Code, the department shall adjust the | 1422 |
formula ADM of that school district to include the student to the | 1423 |
extent necessary to account for the deduction, and shall | 1424 |
recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for | 1425 |
the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM. | 1426 |
This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was | 1427 |
enrolled, as defined in division (E) of this section, in the | 1428 |
chartered nonpublic school, the school district, or a community | 1429 |
school during the week for which the formula ADM is being | 1430 |
certified. | 1431 |
(5) If a student awarded a scholarship under the Jon Peterson | 1432 |
special needs scholarship program is not included in the formula | 1433 |
ADM of the school district from which the department deducts funds | 1434 |
for the scholarship under section 3310.55 of the Revised Code, the | 1435 |
department shall adjust the formula ADM of that school district to | 1436 |
include the student to the extent necessary to account for the | 1437 |
deduction, and shall recalculate the school district's payments | 1438 |
under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that | 1439 |
adjusted formula ADM. This requirement applies regardless of | 1440 |
whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E) of | 1441 |
this section, in an alternative public provider, a registered | 1442 |
private provider, or the school district during the week for which | 1443 |
the formula ADM is being certified. | 1444 |
(G)(1)(a) The superintendent of an institution operating a | 1445 |
special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the | 1446 |
Revised Code shall, for the programs under such superintendent's | 1447 |
supervision, certify to the state board of education, in the | 1448 |
manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, | 1449 |
both of the following: | 1450 |
(i) The average daily membership of all children with | 1451 |
disabilities other than preschool children with disabilities | 1452 |
receiving services at the institution for each category of | 1453 |
disability described in divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 | 1454 |
of the Revised Code; | 1455 |
(ii) The average daily membership of all preschool children | 1456 |
with disabilities in classes or programs approved annually by the | 1457 |
department of education for unit funding under section 3317.05 of | 1458 |
the Revised Code. | 1459 |
(b) The superintendent of an institution with vocational | 1460 |
education units approved under division (A) of section 3317.05 of | 1461 |
the Revised Code shall, for the units under the superintendent's | 1462 |
supervision, certify to the state board of education the average | 1463 |
daily membership in those units, in the manner prescribed by the | 1464 |
superintendent of public instruction. | 1465 |
(2) The superintendent of each county DD board that maintains | 1466 |
special education classes under section 3317.20 of the Revised | 1467 |
Code or units approved pursuant to section 3317.05 of the Revised | 1468 |
Code shall do both of the following: | 1469 |
(a) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by | 1470 |
the board, the average daily membership in classes under section | 1471 |
3317.20 of the Revised Code for each school district that has | 1472 |
placed children in the classes; | 1473 |
(b) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by | 1474 |
the board, the number of all preschool children with disabilities | 1475 |
enrolled as of the first day of December in classes eligible for | 1476 |
approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised | 1477 |
Code, and the number of those classes. | 1478 |
(3)(a) If on the first school day of April the number of | 1479 |
classes or units maintained for preschool children with | 1480 |
disabilities by the county DD board that are eligible for approval | 1481 |
under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code is | 1482 |
greater than the number of units approved for the year under that | 1483 |
division, the superintendent shall make the certification required | 1484 |
by this section for that day. | 1485 |
(b) If the department determines that additional classes or | 1486 |
units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations | 1487 |
set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of the | 1488 |
classes and units described in division (G)(3)(a) of this section, | 1489 |
the department shall approve and fund additional units for the | 1490 |
fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For | 1491 |
each unit so approved, the department shall pay an amount computed | 1492 |
in the manner prescribed in sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the | 1493 |
Revised Code. | 1494 |
(H) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, when | 1495 |
any city, local, or exempted village school district provides | 1496 |
instruction for a nonresident pupil whose attendance is | 1497 |
unauthorized attendance as defined in section 3327.06 of the | 1498 |
Revised Code, that pupil's membership shall not be included in | 1499 |
that district's membership figure used in the calculation of that | 1500 |
district's formula ADM or included in the determination of any | 1501 |
unit approved for the district under section 3317.05 of the | 1502 |
Revised Code. The reporting official shall report separately the | 1503 |
average daily membership of all pupils whose attendance in the | 1504 |
district is unauthorized attendance, and the membership of each | 1505 |
such pupil shall be credited to the school district in which the | 1506 |
pupil is entitled to attend school under division (B) of section | 1507 |
3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as determined by | 1508 |
the department of education. | 1509 |
(I)(1) A city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational | 1510 |
school district admitting a scholarship student of a pilot project | 1511 |
district pursuant to division (C) of section 3313.976 of the | 1512 |
Revised Code may count such student in its average daily | 1513 |
membership. | 1514 |
(2) In any year for which funds are appropriated for pilot | 1515 |
project scholarship programs, a school district implementing a | 1516 |
state-sponsored pilot project scholarship program that year | 1517 |
pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code may | 1518 |
count in average daily membership: | 1519 |
(a) All children residing in the district and utilizing a | 1520 |
scholarship to attend kindergarten in any alternative school, as | 1521 |
defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code; | 1522 |
(b) All children who were enrolled in the district in the | 1523 |
preceding year who are utilizing a scholarship to attend an | 1524 |
alternative school. | 1525 |
(J) The superintendent of each cooperative education school | 1526 |
district shall certify to the superintendent of public | 1527 |
instruction, in a manner prescribed by the state board of | 1528 |
education, the applicable average daily memberships for all | 1529 |
students in the cooperative education district, also indicating | 1530 |
the city, local, or exempted village district where each pupil is | 1531 |
entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 1532 |
Revised Code. | 1533 |
(K) If the superintendent of public instruction determines | 1534 |
that a component of the average daily membership certified or | 1535 |
reported by a district superintendent, or other reporting entity, | 1536 |
is not correct, the superintendent of public instruction may order | 1537 |
that the formula ADM used for the purposes of payments under any | 1538 |
section of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code be adjusted in the | 1539 |
amount of the error. | 1540 |
Sec. 3321.05. (A) As used in this section, "all-day | 1541 |
kindergarten" means a kindergarten class that is in session | 1542 |
1543 | |
each | 1544 |
(B) Any school district may operate all-day kindergarten or | 1545 |
extended kindergarten, but no district shall require any student | 1546 |
to attend kindergarten for more than the number of clock hours | 1547 |
required each day for traditional kindergarten by the minimum | 1548 |
standards adopted under division (D) of section 3301.07 of the | 1549 |
Revised Code. Each school district that operates all-day or | 1550 |
extended kindergarten shall accommodate kindergarten students | 1551 |
whose parents or guardians elect to enroll them for the minimum | 1552 |
number of hours. | 1553 |
(C) A school district may use space in child day-care centers | 1554 |
licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code to provide | 1555 |
all-day kindergarten under this section. | 1556 |
Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and | 1557 |
mathematics school established under this chapter and its | 1558 |
governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 1559 |
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 2921.42, 2921.43, | 1560 |
3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, | 1561 |
3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50, | 1562 |
3313.536, 3313.539, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, | 1563 |
3313.6015, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.643, | 1564 |
3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, | 1565 |
3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, | 1566 |
3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.814, | 1567 |
3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, | 1568 |
3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3319.45, | 1569 |
3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, | 1570 |
3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters | 1571 |
102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112., | 1572 |
4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school | 1573 |
district. | 1574 |
Sec. 3327.01. Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 1575 |
3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, | 1576 |
this section and sections 3327.011, 3327.012, and 3327.02 of the | 1577 |
Revised Code do not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative | 1578 |
education school district. | 1579 |
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts | 1580 |
where resident school pupils in grades kindergarten through eight | 1581 |
live more than two miles from the school for which the state board | 1582 |
of education prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) | 1583 |
of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and to which they are | 1584 |
assigned by the board of education of the district of residence or | 1585 |
to and from the nonpublic or community school which they attend | 1586 |
the board of education shall provide transportation for such | 1587 |
pupils to and from such school except as provided in section | 1588 |
3327.02 of the Revised Code. | 1589 |
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts | 1590 |
where pupil transportation is required under a career-technical | 1591 |
plan approved by the state board of education under section | 1592 |
3313.90 of the Revised Code, for any student attending a | 1593 |
career-technical program operated by another school district, | 1594 |
including a joint vocational school district, as prescribed under | 1595 |
that section, the board of education of the student's district of | 1596 |
residence shall provide transportation from the public high school | 1597 |
operated by that district to which the student is assigned to the | 1598 |
career-technical program. | 1599 |
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts the | 1600 |
board may provide transportation for resident school pupils in | 1601 |
grades nine through twelve to and from the high school to which | 1602 |
they are assigned by the board of education of the district of | 1603 |
residence or to and from the nonpublic or community high school | 1604 |
which they attend for which the state board of education | 1605 |
prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section | 1606 |
3301.07 of the Revised Code. | 1607 |
A board of education shall not be required to transport | 1608 |
elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or | 1609 |
community school where such transportation would require more than | 1610 |
thirty minutes of direct travel time as measured by school bus | 1611 |
from the public school building to which the pupils would be | 1612 |
assigned if attending the public school designated by the district | 1613 |
of residence. | 1614 |
A board of education shall not be required to transport | 1615 |
elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or | 1616 |
community school on Saturday or Sunday, unless a board of | 1617 |
education and a nonpublic or community school have an agreement in | 1618 |
place to do so before the effective date of this amendment. | 1619 |
Where it is impractical to transport a pupil by school | 1620 |
conveyance, a board of education may offer payment, in lieu of | 1621 |
providing such transportation in accordance with section 3327.02 | 1622 |
of the Revised Code. | 1623 |
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts the | 1624 |
board shall provide transportation for all children who are so | 1625 |
disabled that they are unable to walk to and from the school for | 1626 |
which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards | 1627 |
pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code | 1628 |
and which they attend. In case of dispute whether the child is | 1629 |
able to walk to and from the school, the health commissioner shall | 1630 |
be the judge of such ability. In all city, exempted village, and | 1631 |
local school districts the board shall provide transportation to | 1632 |
and from school or special education classes for educable mentally | 1633 |
retarded children in accordance with standards adopted by the | 1634 |
state board of education. | 1635 |
When transportation of pupils is provided the conveyance | 1636 |
shall be run on a time schedule that shall be adopted and put in | 1637 |
force by the board not later than ten days after the beginning of | 1638 |
the school term. | 1639 |
The cost of any transportation service authorized by this | 1640 |
section shall be paid first out of federal funds, if any, | 1641 |
available for the purpose of pupil transportation, and secondly | 1642 |
out of state appropriations, in accordance with regulations | 1643 |
adopted by the state board of education. | 1644 |
No transportation of any pupils shall be provided by any | 1645 |
board of education to or from any school which in the selection of | 1646 |
pupils, faculty members, or employees, practices discrimination | 1647 |
against any person on the grounds of race, color, religion, or | 1648 |
national origin. | 1649 |
Section 2. That existing sections 2151.011, 3313.48, | 1650 |
3313.533, 3313.62, 3313.88, 3317.01, 3317.03, 3321.05, 3326.11, | 1651 |
and 3327.01 and sections 3313.481 and 3313.482 of the Revised | 1652 |
Code are hereby repealed. | 1653 |
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect | 1654 |
July 1, 2014. However, to determine whether a school district | 1655 |
satisfied the minimum school year in the 2013-2014 school year in | 1656 |
order to qualify for state funding under Chapter 3317. of the | 1657 |
Revised Code for fiscal year 2015, the Department of Education | 1658 |
shall apply the criteria prescribed in the version of division (B) | 1659 |
of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July 1, | 1660 |
2014. | 1661 |
Section 4. The amendments to section 2151.011 of the Revised | 1662 |
Code by this act shall take effect July 1, 2014. | 1663 |
This act is not intended to delay the earlier amendments to | 1664 |
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code by Am. Sub. S.B. 316 of the | 1665 |
129th General Assembly that are scheduled to take effect January | 1666 |
1, 2014. | 1667 |
Section 5. The amendments to sections 3313.48, 3313.533, | 1668 |
3313.62, 3317.01, and 3321.05; the repeal and reenactment of | 1669 |
section 3313.481; and the repeal of section 3313.482 of the | 1670 |
Revised Code made by this act do not apply to any collective | 1671 |
bargaining agreement executed under Chapter 4117. of the Revised | 1672 |
Code prior to the effective date of this section. Any collective | 1673 |
bargaining agreement or renewal executed after that date shall | 1674 |
comply with the changes provided for in this act. | 1675 |