As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 416

Representatives Burkley, Hill 

Cosponsors: Representatives Blessing, Brenner, Brown, Derickson, Dovilla, Hall, Hood, Landis, Kunze, Retherford, Roegner, Rosenberger, Stautberg, Thompson, Milkovich 

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A BILL

To amend Section 733.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the

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130th General Assembly to permit payment in fiscal

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year 2015 to school districts and STEM schools

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that exceed, by up to four days, the number of

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permitted "calamity" days in fiscal year 2014 and

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to declare an emergency.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That Section 733.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the	7
130th General Assembly be amended to read as follows:	8

Sec. 733.10. Notwithstanding section 3317.01 of the Revised	9
Code, as amended by this actAm. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General	10
Assembly, to determine whether a school district or STEM school	11
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code satisfied the	12
minimum school year in the 2013-2014 school year in order to	13
qualify for state funding under Chapter 3317. or 3326. of the	14
Revised Code for fiscal year 2015, the Department of Education	15
shall apply the criteria prescribed in the version of division (B)	16
of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July 1,	17
2014. However, no school district or STEM school shall be denied	18
payments under Chapter 3317. or 3326. of the Revised Code for	19
fiscal year 2015 solely because any school operated by the	20
district or the STEM school was open for instruction during the	21
2013-2014 school year for not more than four days fewer than the	22
number of days required by the versions of sections 3313.48,	23
3313.481, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July	24
1, 2014, if the reason the school was not open for the required	25
number of days was due to any of the reasons set forth in division	26
(B) of that version of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code.	27

Section 2.  That existing Section 733.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59	28
of the 130th General Assembly is hereby repealed.	29

Section 3.  For determining payments for fiscal years 2014	30
and 2015, the Department of Education shall continue to waive the	31
number of hours or days of learning opportunities not offered to a	32
student by a community school, established under Chapter 3314. of	33
the Revised Code, for the reasons set forth in division (H)(4) of	34
section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, so long as the school was	35
actually open for instruction with students in attendance for not	36
less than the minimum hours required under Chapter 3314. of the	37
Revised Code.	38

Section 4.  This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	39
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	40
peace, health, and safety. The reason for the necessity is that	41
immediate action is necessary to avoid delays in fiscal year 2015	42
payments to school districts and STEM schools that exceeded the	43
number of permitted calamity days in fiscal year 2014 because of a	44
public calamity. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate	45
effect.	46