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Sub. H. B. No. 107 As Reported by the Senate Education Committee
As Reported by the Senate Education Committee
126th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2005-2006 |
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Representatives Setzer, Webster, Seitz, Kearns, Distel, C. Evans, Chandler, Combs, Domenick, D. Evans, Flowers, Hagan
A BILL
To amend section 3319.23 of the Revised Code, to amend Section 4 of Am. Sub. S.B. 2 of the 125th General Assembly, and to amend Section 206.09.12 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly to require the State Board of Education to adopt standards that require the curricula of teacher preparation programs to be aligned with the state academic content standards, the State Board's minimum standards for schools, and the value-added progress dimension developed by the Department of Education; to extend the deadline for the Department and the Educator Standards Board to propose a career ladder program for teachers; and to set aside $247,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Center for Learning Excellence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3319.23 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3319.23. (A) The state board of education shall establish
standards and courses of study for the preparation of teachers,
shall provide for the inspection of institutions desiring to
prepare teachers, shall approve such institutions as maintain
satisfactory training procedures, and shall properly
license the
graduates of such approved courses and institutions. If the standards adopted by the state board under this section require an institution also to satisfy the standards of an independent accreditation organization, the state board shall permit each institution to satisfy the standards of either the national council for accreditation of teacher education or the teacher education accreditation council.
(B) The standards and courses of study adopted by the state board under division (A) of this section shall require each institution, as a condition for approval to prepare teachers, to make changes in the curricula of the institution's teacher preparation program, as the state board determines is necessary, so that: (1) By July 1, 2006, the curricula, including instruction in methods, best practices, and materials, are aligned with the academic content standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the minimum standards for elementary and secondary schools prescribed by the state board pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code;
(2) Within one hundred eighty days after the department of education implements the value-added progress dimension, as required under section 3302.021 of the Revised Code, the curricula, including methods of interpreting data, are aligned with that value-added progress dimension.
Division (C)(2) of this section does not apply to any standards, rules, or regulations adopted, amended, or rescinded in order to comply with division (B) of this section. Each institution shall allocate money from its existing appropriations to pay the cost of making the changes required by the state board under division (B) of this section.
(C)(1) The standards and courses of study for the preparation of
teachers together with the standards, rules, and regulations set
for each kind of license and for the renewal and
conversion
thereof shall be adopted and published by the board in
accordance
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding (2) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 119.03 and division (A)(1)
of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, any standards, courses of
study, rules, and regulations, or any amendment or rescission of
such standards, courses of study, rules, and regulations, adopted
by the board under this section that necessitate institutions
offering teacher preparation programs approved by the board to revise the curriculum of those
programs shall
not be
effective for at least one year from the
first
day of January next
succeeding the publication of the said
change.
Section 2. That existing section 3319.23 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed. Section 3. That Section 4 of Am. Sub. S.B. 2 of the 125th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: Sec. 4. As used in this section, "career ladder program" means a performance-based multilevel system of teaching positions or compensation levels within a school district or district building. The Educator Standards Board established by this act and the Department of Education jointly shall develop a proposal for a career ladder program. The Educator Standards Board and the Department also shall determine the estimated cost of implementing the proposal and how the Department would reallocate its resources to cover the costs of implementation. Within eighteen twenty-four months after the Educator Standards Board convenes for its initial meeting, the Board and the Department shall make a report to the General Assembly describing their proposal for a career ladder program, including estimated costs for implementation and the manner in which the Department would pay for those costs.
Section 4. That existing Section 4 of Am. Sub. S.B. 2 of the 125th General Assembly is hereby repealed.
Section 5. That Section 206.09.12 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 206.09.12. COMPUTER/APPLICATION/NETWORK DEVELOPMENT The foregoing appropriation item 200-420, Computer/Application/Network
Development, shall be used to support the development and
implementation of information technology solutions
designed to
improve the performance
and services of the Department of
Education. Funds may be used for personnel, maintenance, and
equipment costs related to the development and implementation of
these technical system projects.
Implementation of these systems
shall allow the Department to
provide greater levels of assistance
to school districts and to provide more timely information
to the
public, including school districts, administrators, and
legislators. ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS There is hereby created the Alternative Education
Advisory
Council, which shall consist of one representative
from each of
the following agencies: the Ohio Department of
Education; the
Department of Youth
Services; the Ohio Department of Alcohol
and
Drug Addiction Services; the
Department of Mental Health; the
Office of
the Governor or, at the Governor's discretion, the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor; the
Office of the Attorney
General; and the Office of the Auditor
of State. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative
Education Programs, up to $6,227,310 in each fiscal year
shall be used
for the renewal of successful implementation grants
and for
competitive matching grants to the 21 urban school
districts as
defined in division (O) of section 3317.02 of the
Revised Code as
it
existed prior to July 1, 1998, and up to $6,408,074 $6,161,074 in each fiscal
year shall be used for the renewal
of successful implementation grants and for competitive
matching grants to rural and suburban
school districts for
alternative educational programs for existing
and new
at-risk and
delinquent youth. Programs shall be focused
on youth in one or
more of the following categories: those who
have been expelled or
suspended,
those who have dropped out of
school or who are at risk
of dropping out of
school, those who are
habitually truant or
disruptive, or those on probation
or on
parole from a Department
of Youth Services
facility. Grants shall
be awarded according to
the criteria established by the
Alternative Education Advisory
Council in 1999. Grants shall
be
awarded only to programs in which
the grant will not serve as the
program's
primary source of
funding. These grants shall be
administered by the
Department of
Education. The Department of Education may waive
compliance with any
minimum education standard established under section
3301.07 of
the Revised Code for any alternative school that
receives a grant
under this section on
the grounds that the waiver will enable the
program to more effectively
educate students enrolled in the
alternative school.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative
Education Programs, up to $422,281 in each fiscal year may
be used
for program
administration, monitoring, technical assistance,
support,
research, and evaluation. Any unexpended balance may be
used to
provide
additional matching grants to urban, suburban, or
rural
school districts as
outlined above.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative
Education Programs, $247,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to
contract with the Center for Learning Excellence at The Ohio State
University to provide technical support for the project and the
completion of formative and summative evaluation of the grants. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative Education Programs, up to $675,000 in fiscal year 2006 and up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2007 may be used by the Department of Education to administer the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program established under section 3310.02 of the Revised Code. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative Education Programs, $75,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to support the Toledo Tech Academy.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-421, Alternative Education Programs, $100,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the Youth Opportunities United, Inc.
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-422, School
Management Assistance, up to $1,315,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Auditor of State in consultation with the Department of Education for
expenses incurred in the Auditor of State's role relating to
fiscal caution, fiscal watch, and fiscal emergency activities as defined in Chapter 3316. of the
Revised Code and may also be used to conduct performance audits consistent with the recommendations of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Financing Student Success, with priority given to districts in fiscal distress. Expenses include duties related to the completion of
performance audits for school districts that the Superintendent of
Public Instruction determines are employing fiscal practices or
experiencing budgetary conditions that could produce a state of
fiscal watch or fiscal emergency. The remainder of foregoing appropriation item 200-422, School
Management
Assistance, shall be used by the Department of
Education to
provide fiscal technical assistance and inservice
education for
school district management personnel
and to
administer, monitor,
and implement the fiscal watch and fiscal
emergency provisions
under Chapter 3316. of the Revised Code. The foregoing appropriation item 200-424, Policy Analysis,
shall be used by the Department of Education to support a
system
of administrative, statistical, and legislative education
information to be used for policy analysis. Staff supported by
this appropriation shall administer the development of reports,
analyses, and briefings to inform education policymakers of
current
trends in education practice, efficient and effective use
of
resources, and evaluation of programs to improve education
results. The database shall
be kept current at all times. These
research efforts shall be used to
supply information and analysis
of data to the General Assembly
and other state policymakers,
including the Office of Budget and
Management and the Legislative
Service
Commission. The Department of Education may use funding from this
appropriation
item to purchase or contract for the development of
software
systems or contract for policy studies that will assist
in
the provision and analysis of policy-related information.
Funding from this appropriation item also may be used to monitor
and enhance quality assurance for research-based policy analysis
and program evaluation to enhance the effective use of education
information to inform education policymakers.
TECH PREP CONSORTIA SUPPORT
The foregoing appropriation item 200-425, Tech Prep
Consortia Support, shall be used by the Department of Education to
support state-level activities designed to support, promote, and
expand tech prep programs. Use of these funds shall include, but
not be limited to, administration of grants, program evaluation,
professional development, curriculum development, assessment
development, program promotion, communications, and statewide
coordination of tech prep consortia. OHIO EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER NETWORK The foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational
Computer Network, shall be used by the Department of Education to
maintain a system of information technology throughout Ohio and
to
provide technical assistance for such a system in support of
the
State Education Technology Plan under section 3301.07
of the
Revised Code. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational
Computer
Network, up to $18,136,691 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Department of
Education to support connection of
all public school buildings and participating chartered nonpublic schools to
the state's education network, to each other, and to the Internet.
In each fiscal year the Department of Education shall use these
funds to assist data acquisition sites or school districts
with the operational costs
associated with this connectivity. The
Department
of Education shall develop a formula and guidelines for
the distribution of
these funds to the data acquisition sites or
individual school districts. As used in this section,
"public
school building" means a school building of any city, local,
exempted village, or joint vocational school district, any
community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised
Code, any educational service center building used for
instructional purposes, the Ohio School for the Deaf and the Ohio School for the Blind, or high schools chartered by the Ohio Department of Youth Services and high schools operated by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections' Ohio Central School System. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational
Computer Network, up to $1,700,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the Union Catalog
and InfOhio Network. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational Computer Network, up to $8,338,468 in each fiscal year shall be used, through a formula and guidelines devised by the
department, to subsidize the activities of
designated data acquisition sites, as defined by State Board of
Education rules, to provide school districts and chartered
nonpublic schools with computer-based student and teacher
instructional and administrative information services, including
approved computerized financial accounting, and to ensure the
effective operation of local automated administrative and
instructional systems.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational Computer Network, up to $769,223 in each fiscal year shall be used for the INFOhio Network to support the provision of electronic resources with priority given to resources that support the teaching of state academic content standards to all public schools. Consideration shall be given by the Department of Education to coordinating the allocation of these moneys with the efforts of Libraries Connect Ohio, whose members include OhioLINK, the Ohio Public Information Network, and the State Library of Ohio. The remainder of appropriation item 200-426, Ohio Educational Computer Network, shall be used to support development, maintenance, and operation of a network of uniform and compatible computer-based information and instructional systems. This technical assistance shall include, but not be restricted to, development and maintenance of adequate computer software systems to support network activities. In order to improve the efficiency of network activities, the
Department and data acquisition sites may jointly purchase
equipment, materials, and services from funds provided under this
appropriation for use by the network and, when considered
practical by the Department, may utilize the services of
appropriate state purchasing agencies.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, up to $747,912 in each fiscal year shall be used to provide funds to school districts that have one or more teachers participating in the teachers-on-loan program.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, $150,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Department in combination with funding earmarked for this purpose in the Board of Regents' budget under appropriation item 235-321, Operating Expenses. Such funding shall be used to support Ohio's Partnership for Continued Learning at the direction of the Office of the Governor. Ohio's Partnership for Continued Learning replaces and broadens the former Joint Council of the Department of Education and the Board of Regents. The Partnership shall advise and make recommendations to promote collaboration among relevant state entities in an effort to help local communities develop coherent and successful "P-16" learning systems. The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall serve as the chairperson.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, $1,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for Project Lead the Way leadership and management oversight and initial and continuing support of Project Lead the Way workforce development programs in participating school districts. Project Lead the Way is a program that supports students interested in pursuing engineering professions and stimulates growth of career pathways that meet business and industry workforce needs.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, up to $2,600,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for intensive teacher professional development institutes that focus on classroom implementation of the mathematics standards.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, $200,000 in each fiscal year may be used to support the Ohio Resource Center for Math and Science. Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, up to $282,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the JASON Expedition project that provides statewide access to JASON Expedition content. Funds shall be used to provide professional development training for teachers participating in the project, statewide management, and a seventy-five per cent subsidy for statewide licensing of JASON Expedition content with priority given to content aligned with state academic content standards for approximately 90,000 middle school students statewide.
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards, $285,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for the Ohio Science Institute (OSCI). The remainder of appropriation item 200-427, Academic Standards,
shall be used by the Department of Education to develop and
communicate to school districts academic content standards and curriculum models.
Section 6. That existing Section 206.09.12 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly is hereby repealed.
Section 7. Sections 5 to 7 of this act, and the items of law of which Sections 5 to 7 of this act are composed, are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, Sections 5 to 7 of this act, and the items of law of which Sections 5 to 7 of this act are composed, go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.
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