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To amend section 3314.06 and to enact sections | 1 |
3314.0110, 3314.0111, and 3314.0112 of the Revised | 2 |
Code and to amend Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. | 3 |
59 of the 130th General Assembly to authorize the | 4 |
establishment of enterprise academy community | 5 |
schools that operate on an extended-day, | 6 |
year-round schedule, use competency-based mastery | 7 |
curriculum model, use blended learning for core | 8 |
subjects, and offer alternative college- and | 9 |
career-ready pathways and to give such schools | 10 |
priority for grants awarded under the Straight A | 11 |
Program. | 12 |
Section 1. That section 3314.06 be amended and sections | 13 |
3314.0110, 3314.0111, and 3314.0112 of the Revised Code be enacted | 14 |
to read as follows: | 15 |
Sec. 3314.0110. (A)(1) Notwithstanding anything in the | 16 |
Revised Code to the contrary, a community school may be | 17 |
established under this chapter as an enterprise academy, which | 18 |
shall operate in accordance with this section. An enterprise | 19 |
academy community school may be established in any school district | 20 |
or, by a consortium of adjacent school districts, with a | 21 |
population of not less than fifteen thousand persons entitled to | 22 |
attend school under section 3314.64 or 3314.65 of the Revised | 23 |
Code. Unless otherwise specified in this section, each enterprise | 24 |
academy community school shall comply with all provisions of this | 25 |
chapter. | 26 |
(2) Each enterprise academy community school shall be | 27 |
administered by a governing authority as described in division (E) | 28 |
of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, which shall be selected by | 29 |
the board of education of the school district, or by the boards of | 30 |
the districts of the consortium, for which the school is | 31 |
established. Each academy shall have a sponsor, which shall be one | 32 |
of the entities described in division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of | 33 |
the Revised Code. The governing authority and the sponsor shall | 34 |
enter into a contract, as prescribed by section 3314.03 of the | 35 |
Revised Code, which shall describe the differentiated nature of | 36 |
the school's instructional program and prescribe an academic | 37 |
accountability plan. | 38 |
(3) For each enterprise academy, the board of education of | 39 |
the school district, or the boards of the districts of the | 40 |
consortium, for which the school is established shall complete a | 41 |
site selection process in order to determine the location for the | 42 |
school. In making this determination, the board or boards shall | 43 |
ensure that the location for the school and the neighborhood | 44 |
surrounding the school is generally considered safe for students. | 45 |
(B) Each enterprise academy community school shall operate on | 46 |
a year-round schedule under which the school shall be open for | 47 |
instruction with students in attendance in each month of the | 48 |
school year for two hundred and twenty days. Each school day shall | 49 |
consist of not less than nine clock hours with students in | 50 |
attendance, except in such emergency situations as are approved by | 51 |
the state board of education. | 52 |
Each enterprise academy community school shall provide | 53 |
instruction for students of school age, as prescribed by division | 54 |
(B) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code, and to preschool age | 55 |
children, as provided in division (C)(3) of this section. | 56 |
Transportation to and from the school for school age children | 57 |
shall be provided in accordance with section 3314.09 or 3314.091 | 58 |
of the Revised Code. Transportation for preschool age children may | 59 |
be provided by the school in accordance with a plan adopted by the | 60 |
school's governing authority. | 61 |
(C)(1) Each enterprise academy community school is exempted | 62 |
from the Ohio core curriculum prescribed by division (C) of | 63 |
section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. The curriculum of the school | 64 |
shall be developed by the governing authority. The pace of | 65 |
completion of the curriculum shall be individualized for each | 66 |
student. Each enterprise academy community school shall provide | 67 |
competency, mastery-based, and blended learning opportunities so | 68 |
that completing the high school curriculum and transitioning to | 69 |
earning an associate degree is as seamless as possible. As used in | 70 |
this section, "blended learning" has the same meaning as in | 71 |
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. | 72 |
At a minimum, the curriculum shall include all of the | 73 |
following: | 74 |
(a) "Core requirement" courses, which shall provide students | 75 |
with the ability to score at or above the proficient level, as | 76 |
determined by the state board pursuant to division (A)(2)(b) of | 77 |
section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, on the state achievement | 78 |
assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code; | 79 |
(b) Courses on citizenship, entrepreneurship, and financial | 80 |
literacy. Each governing authority may use either the academic | 81 |
content standards developed by the state board of education under | 82 |
section 3301.079 of the Revised Code or may develop its own | 83 |
standards for these courses. | 84 |
(c) Supervised vigorous physical activity, to be provided in | 85 |
a manner prescribed by the governing authority. Participation in | 86 |
varsity athletics shall be considered as satisfying this | 87 |
requirement. | 88 |
(d) Study hall and mentorship, which shall account for not | 89 |
less than one clock hour per school day. Each study hall shall be | 90 |
staffed by a qualified teacher and may include mentorship | 91 |
activities such as career counseling. Mentorship may be provided | 92 |
by private organizations, including, but not limited to, big | 93 |
brothers big sisters or similar organizations. | 94 |
(e) Courses beyond the core requirement courses, depending | 95 |
upon the progress of each individual student. The course content | 96 |
and the manner in which these courses are offered shall be left to | 97 |
the discretion of the governing authority. | 98 |
(f) Participation in a dual enrollment program, as defined by | 99 |
section 3301.6013 of the Revised Code. Participation shall be in | 100 |
one of the following programs: | 101 |
(i) The post-secondary enrollment options program established | 102 |
under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. Students may enroll only | 103 |
in courses that will further college or career readiness as | 104 |
determined by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents and the | 105 |
superintendent of public instruction. | 106 |
(ii) Another dual enrollment program in an agricultural, | 107 |
industrial, vocational, or trade school or obtainment of an | 108 |
industry certification or apprenticeship in any field. | 109 |
To the extent possible, instruction in dual enrollment | 110 |
programs under division (C)(1)(f) of this section shall be | 111 |
provided on-site at the enterprise academy community school. | 112 |
The chancellor and the superintendent of public instruction | 113 |
jointly shall adopt rules prescribing standards for and | 114 |
administration of these programs. The rules shall require all | 115 |
state institutions of higher education, as defined in section | 116 |
3345.011 of the Revised Code, to accept and award credit for any | 117 |
course offered at the enterprise academy community school under | 118 |
the post-secondary enrollment options program. | 119 |
Each enterprise academy may enter into partnerships with | 120 |
applicable institutions and groups, including, but not limited to, | 121 |
institutions of higher education and agricultural, industrial, | 122 |
vocational, and trade schools. These programs shall be funded by | 123 |
the chancellor with funds as appropriated by the general assembly. | 124 |
(2) A combination of technology-based instruction, including | 125 |
internet- or computer-based instruction, and classroom-based | 126 |
instruction shall be provided to each student. Students shall be | 127 |
grouped according to age, but shall not be assigned traditional | 128 |
grade levels. Teachers shall permit each student to advance | 129 |
through the curriculum at the student's own pace. | 130 |
(3) All-day kindergarten, as defined in section 3321.05 of | 131 |
the Revised Code, and early childhood education for children who | 132 |
are toilet-trained and at least two and one-half years old shall | 133 |
be provided at each enterprise academy community school. Early | 134 |
childhood education shall be funded, to the extent possible, by | 135 |
federal funding allocated for daycare and early childhood | 136 |
education initiatives and by such other programs authorized by | 137 |
state law. For purposes of this section, a "toilet-trained" child | 138 |
is one who no longer requires the use of diapers, training pants, | 139 |
or disposable pull-up underwear. | 140 |
(4) Students with disabilities shall be provided with special | 141 |
education and related services in accordance with Chapter 3323. of | 142 |
the Revised Code. | 143 |
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised | 144 |
Code, an enterprise academy community school shall grant course | 145 |
credit to any student who does not complete a course of | 146 |
instruction but who demonstrates competency in that course's | 147 |
subject matter by way of attaining a score, as determined by the | 148 |
department of education, in any of the assessments required under | 149 |
division (A) or (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 or division (B)(2) of | 150 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. For purposes of division | 151 |
(C)(5) of this section, if an assessment is not administered under | 152 |
those sections for a core requirement course subject or for a | 153 |
specific grade level, or both, the department of education shall | 154 |
develop or select an assessment, and score range, by which a | 155 |
student may demonstrate competency in that subject at that grade | 156 |
level for course credit. | 157 |
(D) Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the | 158 |
contrary, each full-time teacher employed by an enterprise academy | 159 |
community school shall be paid not less than eighty-five thousand | 160 |
dollars per school year. | 161 |
(E) Annually, on the same dates designated by the | 162 |
superintendent of public instruction under division (C) of section | 163 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code for the spring administration of the | 164 |
state achievement assessments, each enterprise academy community | 165 |
school shall report the percentage of students who have earned | 166 |
course credit under division (C)(5) of this section by age and | 167 |
highest grade level of competency. | 168 |
(F) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section | 169 |
3314.05 of the Revised Code, an enterprise academy community | 170 |
school may offer classes and operate in separate buildings under | 171 |
the same contract. | 172 |
Sec. 3314.0111. (A) Annually the department of education | 173 |
shall report for each enterprise academy community school | 174 |
established under section 3314.0110 of the Revised Code both of | 175 |
the following components: | 176 |
(1) For the college-ready component, the percentage of | 177 |
students who attend a college or university within one year after | 178 |
graduation and who complete a bachelor's degree within three years | 179 |
of graduation from the academy; | 180 |
(2) For the career-ready component, the percentage of | 181 |
students who earn not less than two hundred per cent of the | 182 |
minimum wage, as defined in Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code, | 183 |
within one year after graduation from the academy and the | 184 |
percentage of students who earn not less than two hundred fifty | 185 |
per cent of the minimum wage within three years after graduation | 186 |
from the academy. | 187 |
(B) The department of education shall annually report a | 188 |
letter grade for both the college- and the career-ready component | 189 |
defined in division (A) of this section for each enterprise | 190 |
academy. The state board of education shall prescribe benchmarks | 191 |
based upon the criteria in division (A) of this section for the | 192 |
assignment of these letter grades. | 193 |
(C) No enterprise academy community school shall receive a | 194 |
building or district grade as prescribed by sections 3302.03 and | 195 |
3314.012 or section 3314.017 of the Revised Code. | 196 |
Sec. 3314.0112. The state board of education, through the | 197 |
department of education, shall appoint the director of enterprise | 198 |
academy community schools, who shall serve at the pleasure of the | 199 |
state board and shall oversee the operations of enterprise | 200 |
academies established under section 3314.0110 of the Revised Code. | 201 |
Sec. 3314.06. The governing authority of each community | 202 |
school established under this chapter shall adopt admission | 203 |
procedures that specify the following: | 204 |
(A) That, except as otherwise provided in this section, | 205 |
admission to the school shall be open to any individual age five | 206 |
to twenty-two entitled to attend school pursuant to section | 207 |
3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code in a school district in the | 208 |
state. | 209 |
Additionally, except as otherwise provided in this section, | 210 |
admission to the school may be open on a tuition basis to any | 211 |
individual age five to twenty-two who is not a resident of this | 212 |
state. The school shall not receive state funds under section | 213 |
3314.08 of the Revised Code for any student who is not a resident | 214 |
of this state. | 215 |
An individual younger than five years of age may be admitted | 216 |
to the school in accordance with division (A)(2) of section | 217 |
3321.01 of the Revised Code. The school shall receive funds for an | 218 |
individual admitted under that division in the manner provided | 219 |
under section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. | 220 |
An individual younger than five years of age, but at least | 221 |
two and one-half years of age, may be admitted to an enterprise | 222 |
academy community school established under section 3314.0110 of | 223 |
the Revised Code, in accordance with division (C)(3) of that | 224 |
section. | 225 |
(B)(1) That admission to the school may be limited to | 226 |
students who have attained a specific grade level or are within a | 227 |
specific age group; to students that meet a definition of | 228 |
"at-risk," as defined in the contract; to residents of a specific | 229 |
geographic area within the district, as defined in the contract; | 230 |
or to separate groups of autistic students and nondisabled | 231 |
students, as authorized in section 3314.061 of the Revised Code | 232 |
and as defined in the contract. | 233 |
(2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, | 234 |
"at-risk" students may include those students identified as gifted | 235 |
students under section 3324.03 of the Revised Code. | 236 |
(C) Whether enrollment is limited to students who reside in | 237 |
the district in which the school is located or is open to | 238 |
residents of other districts, as provided in the policy adopted | 239 |
pursuant to the contract. | 240 |
(D)(1) That there will be no discrimination in the admission | 241 |
of students to the school on the basis of race, creed, color, | 242 |
disability, or sex except that: | 243 |
(a) The governing authority may do either of the following | 244 |
for the purpose described in division (G) of this section: | 245 |
(i) Establish a single-gender school for either sex; | 246 |
(ii) Establish single-gender schools for each sex under the | 247 |
same contract, provided substantially equal facilities and | 248 |
learning opportunities are offered for both boys and girls. Such | 249 |
facilities and opportunities may be offered for each sex at | 250 |
separate locations. | 251 |
(b) The governing authority may establish a school that | 252 |
simultaneously serves a group of students identified as autistic | 253 |
and a group of students who are not disabled, as authorized in | 254 |
section 3314.061 of the Revised Code. However, unless the total | 255 |
capacity established for the school has been filled, no student | 256 |
with any disability shall be denied admission on the basis of that | 257 |
disability. | 258 |
(2) That upon admission of any student with a disability, the | 259 |
community school will comply with all federal and state laws | 260 |
regarding the education of students with disabilities. | 261 |
(E) That the school may not limit admission to students on | 262 |
the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement or | 263 |
aptitude, or athletic ability, except that a school may limit its | 264 |
enrollment to students as described in division (B) of this | 265 |
section. | 266 |
(F) That the community school will admit the number of | 267 |
students that does not exceed the capacity of the school's | 268 |
programs, classes, grade levels, or facilities. | 269 |
(G) That the purpose of single-gender schools that are | 270 |
established shall be to take advantage of the academic benefits | 271 |
some students realize from single-gender instruction and | 272 |
facilities and to offer students and parents residing in the | 273 |
district the option of a single-gender education. | 274 |
(H) That, except as otherwise provided under division (B) of | 275 |
this section or section 3314.061 of the Revised Code, if the | 276 |
number of applicants exceeds the capacity restrictions of division | 277 |
(F) of this section, students shall be admitted by lot from all | 278 |
those submitting applications, except preference shall be given to | 279 |
students attending the school the previous year and to students | 280 |
who reside in the district in which the school is located. | 281 |
Preference may be given to siblings of students attending the | 282 |
school the previous year. | 283 |
Notwithstanding divisions (A) to (H) of this section, in the | 284 |
event the racial composition of the enrollment of the community | 285 |
school is violative of a federal desegregation order, the | 286 |
community school shall take any and all corrective measures to | 287 |
comply with the desegregation order. | 288 |
Section 2. That existing section 3314.06 of the Revised Code | 289 |
is hereby repealed. | 290 |
Section 3. That Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the | 291 |
130th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 292 |
Sec. 263.325. (A) The Straight A Program is hereby created | 293 |
for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to provide grants to city, local, | 294 |
exempted village, and joint vocational school districts, | 295 |
educational service centers, community schools established under | 296 |
Chapter 3314., STEM schools established under Chapter 3326., | 297 |
college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter | 298 |
3328. of the Revised Code, individual school buildings, education | 299 |
consortia (which may represent a partnership among school | 300 |
districts, school buildings, community schools, or STEM schools), | 301 |
institutions of higher education, and private entities partnering | 302 |
with one or more of the educational entities identified in this | 303 |
division for projects that aim to achieve significant advancement | 304 |
in one or more of the following goals: | 305 |
(1) Student achievement; | 306 |
(2) Spending reduction in the five-year fiscal forecast | 307 |
required under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code; | 308 |
(3) Utilization of a greater share of resources in the | 309 |
classroom. | 310 |
(B)(1) Grants shall be awarded by a nine-member governing | 311 |
board consisting of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or | 312 |
the Superintendent's designee, four members appointed by the | 313 |
Governor, two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 314 |
Representatives, and two members appointed by the President of the | 315 |
Senate. The Department of Education shall provide administrative | 316 |
support to the board. No member shall be compensated for the | 317 |
member's service on the board. | 318 |
(2) The board shall select grant advisors with fiscal | 319 |
expertise and education expertise. These advisors shall evaluate | 320 |
proposals from grant applicants and advise the staff administering | 321 |
the program. No advisor shall be compensated for this service. | 322 |
(3) The board shall issue an annual report to the Governor, | 323 |
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the | 324 |
Senate, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate committees | 325 |
that primarily deal with education regarding the types of grants | 326 |
awarded, the grant recipients, and the effectiveness of the grant | 327 |
program. | 328 |
(4) The board shall create a grant application and publish on | 329 |
the Department's web site the application and timeline for the | 330 |
submission, review, notification, and awarding of grant proposals. | 331 |
(5) With the approval of the board, the Department shall | 332 |
establish a system for evaluating and scoring the grant | 333 |
applications received under this section. | 334 |
(C) Each grant applicant shall submit a proposal that | 335 |
includes all of the following: | 336 |
(1) A description of the project for which the applicant is | 337 |
seeking a grant, including a description of how the project will | 338 |
have substantial value and lasting impact; | 339 |
(2) An explanation of how the project will be | 340 |
self-sustaining. If the project will result in increased ongoing | 341 |
spending, the applicant shall show how the spending will be offset | 342 |
by verifiable, credible, permanent spending reductions. | 343 |
(3) A description of quantifiable results of the project that | 344 |
can be benchmarked. | 345 |
If an education consortia described in division (A) of this | 346 |
section applies for a grant, the lead applicant shall be the | 347 |
school district, school building, community school, or STEM school | 348 |
that is a member of the consortia and shall so indicate on the | 349 |
grant application. | 350 |
(D)(1) Within seventy-five days after receiving a grant | 351 |
application, the board shall issue a decision on the application | 352 |
of "yes," "no," "hold," or "edit." In making its decision, the | 353 |
board shall consider whether the project has the capability of | 354 |
being replicated in other school districts and schools or creates | 355 |
something that can be used in other districts and schools. A grant | 356 |
awarded under this section to a school district, educational | 357 |
service center, community school, STEM school, college-preparatory | 358 |
boarding school, individual school building, institution of higher | 359 |
education, or private entity partnering with one or more of the | 360 |
educational entities identified in division (A) of this section | 361 |
shall not exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year. A grant awarded | 362 |
to an education consortia shall not exceed $15,000,000 in each | 363 |
fiscal year. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may make | 364 |
recommendations to the Controlling Board that these maximum | 365 |
amounts be exceeded. Upon Controlling Board approval, grants may | 366 |
be awarded in excess of these amounts. | 367 |
(2) If the board issues a "hold" or "edit" decision for an | 368 |
application, it shall, upon returning the application to the | 369 |
applicant, specify the process for reconsideration of the | 370 |
application. An applicant may work with the grant advisors and | 371 |
staff to modify or improve a grant application. | 372 |
(E) Upon deciding to award a grant to an applicant, the board | 373 |
shall enter into a grant agreement with the applicant that | 374 |
includes all of the following: | 375 |
(1) The content of the applicant's proposal as outlined under | 376 |
division (C) of this section; | 377 |
(2) The project's deliverables and a timetable for their | 378 |
completion; | 379 |
(3) Conditions for receiving grant funding; | 380 |
(4) Conditions for receiving funding in future years if the | 381 |
contract is a multi-year contract; | 382 |
(5) A provision specifying that funding will be returned to | 383 |
the board if the applicant fails to implement the agreement, as | 384 |
determined by the Auditor of State. | 385 |
(6) A provision specifying that the agreement may be amended | 386 |
by mutual agreement between the board and the applicant. | 387 |
(F) An advisory committee for the Straight A Program is | 388 |
hereby established. The committee shall consist of not more than | 389 |
eleven members appointed by the Governor that represent all areas | 390 |
of the state and different interests. The committee shall annually | 391 |
review the Straight A Program and provide strategic advice to the | 392 |
governing board and the Director of the Governor's Office of 21st | 393 |
Century Education. | 394 |
(G) Each grant awarded under this section shall be subject to | 395 |
approval by the Controlling Board prior to execution of the grant | 396 |
agreement. | 397 |
(H) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a grant | 398 |
application submitted under this section within the applicable | 399 |
timeline by an enterprise academy community school, established | 400 |
under section 3314.0110 of the Revised Code, shall be considered | 401 |
by the board to automatically meet the goals of the program | 402 |
described in division (A) of this section. In reviewing the grant | 403 |
applications, the board shall first consider all grants submitted | 404 |
by enterprise academy community schools and shall issue a decision | 405 |
for each application pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section. | 406 |
Notwithstanding division (D)(1) of this section, grants awarded to | 407 |
enterprise academy community schools shall not exceed $3,000,000. | 408 |
Section 4. That existing Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 | 409 |
of the 130th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 410 |
Section 5. In order to achieve the primary goals of the State | 411 |
of Ohio's education system, enterprise academy community schools | 412 |
shall be established to ensure that students are provided with an | 413 |
alternative pathway to be adequately prepared for success in | 414 |
college or in the career of their choice. In order to obtain this | 415 |
success, the purpose of such schools is to do all of the | 416 |
following: | 417 |
(A) Produce the best informed, strongest citizens in Ohio and | 418 |
in the nation; | 419 |
(B) Generate the most competitive graduates in the nation and | 420 |
attract businesses to locate their operations in Ohio; | 421 |
(C) Help students graduate with both a high school diploma | 422 |
and an associate's degree at the time of graduation from the | 423 |
enterprise academy in order to minimize debt incurred for higher | 424 |
education; | 425 |
(D) Ensure that all graduates find well-paying and stable | 426 |
jobs that are capable of supporting a family. | 427 |
Section 6. If a new start-up community school is established | 428 |
as an enterprise academy, in accordance with section 3314.0110 of | 429 |
the Revised Code, and initially opens for operation in the | 430 |
2014-2015 school year, the school's governing authority and the | 431 |
governing board of the school's sponsor shall not be subject to | 432 |
the deadlines prescribed by division (D) of section 3314.02 of the | 433 |
Revised Code for adoption and signing of the contract entered into | 434 |
under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, but those parties shall | 435 |
adopt and sign the contract, and file a copy of it with the | 436 |
Superintendent of Public Instruction, prior to the school's | 437 |
opening. | 438 |