To amend sections 3317.01, 3317.02, 3317.021, 3317.03, 3770.06, and 5747.03, to enact new sections 3317.022, 3317.023, and 3317.16, and to repeal sections 3317.012, 3317.013, 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0212, 3317.0213, 3317.0214, 3317.0215, 3317.0216, 3317.0217, 3317.05, 3317.051, 3317.052, 3317.053, and 3317.16 of the Revised Code to earmark 88% of the personal income tax for primary and secondary education expenditures, in addition to all lottery profits, and to create a new method for distributing state aid among school districts.

Section 1.  That sections 3317.01, 3317.02, 3317.021, 3317.03, 3770.06, and 5747.03 be amended and new sections 3317.022, 3317.023, and 3317.16 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3317.01.  As used in this section and section 3317.011 of the Revised Code, "school district," unless otherwise specified, means any city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district and any educational service center.

This chapter shall be administered by the state board of education. The superintendent of public instruction shall calculate the amounts payable to each school district and shall certify the amounts payable to each eligible district to the treasurer of the district as provided by this chapter. As soon as possible after such amounts are calculated, the superintendent shall certify to the treasurer of each school district the district's adjusted charge-off increase, as defined in section 5705.211 of the Revised Code. No moneys shall be distributed pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the controlling board.

The state board of education shall, in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly, meet the financial obligations of this chapter.

Annually, the department of education shall calculate and report to each school district the district's total state and local funds for providing an adequate basic education to the district's nonhandicapped students, utilizing the determination in section 3317.012 of the Revised Code. In addition, the department shall calculate and report separately for each school district the district's total state and local funds for providing an adequate education for its handicapped students, utilizing the determinations in both sections 3317.012 and 3317.013 of the Revised Code.

Not later than the thirty-first day of August of each fiscal year, the department of education shall provide to each school district and county MR/DD board a preliminary estimate of the amount of funding that the department calculates the district will receive under each of divisions (C)(1) and (4) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. No later than the first day of December of each fiscal year, the department shall update that preliminary estimate.

Moneys distributed pursuant to this chapter shall be calculated and paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning with the first day of July and extending through the thirtieth day of June. The moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed at least monthly to each school district unless otherwise provided for. The state board shall submit a yearly distribution plan to the controlling board at its first meeting in July. The state board shall submit any proposed midyear revision of the plan to the controlling board in January. Any year-end revision of the plan shall be submitted to the controlling board in June. If moneys appropriated for each fiscal year are distributed other than monthly, such distribution shall be on the same basis for each school district.

The total amounts paid each month shall constitute, as nearly as possible, one-twelfth of the total amount payable for the entire year.

Until fiscal year 2007, payments Payments made during the first six months of the fiscal year may be based on an estimate of the amounts payable for the entire year. Payments made in the last six months shall be based on the final calculation of the amounts payable to each school district for that fiscal year. Payments made in the last six months may be adjusted, if necessary, to correct the amounts distributed in the first six months, and to reflect enrollment increases when such are at least three per cent.

Beginning in fiscal year 2007, payments shall be calculated to reflect the biannual reporting of average daily membership. In fiscal year 2007 and in each fiscal year thereafter, annualized periodic payments for each school district shall be based on the district's student counts certified pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised Code as follows:

Except as otherwise provided, payments under this chapter shall be made only to those school districts in which:

(A) The school district, except for any educational service center and any joint vocational or cooperative education school district, levies for current operating expenses at least twenty mills. Levies for joint vocational or cooperative education school districts or county school financing districts, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement. School district income tax levies under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current operating expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement to the extent determined by the tax commissioner under division (D) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(B) The school year next preceding the fiscal year for which such payments are authorized meets the requirement of section 3313.48 or 3313.481 of the Revised Code, with regard to the minimum number of days or hours school must be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, for individualized parent-teacher conference and reporting periods, and for professional meetings of teachers. This requirement shall be waived by the superintendent of public instruction if it had been necessary for a school to be closed because of disease epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, inoperability of school buses or other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility failure rendering the school building unfit for school use, provided that for those school districts operating pursuant to section 3313.48 of the Revised Code the number of days the school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance and for individualized parent-teacher conference and reporting periods is not less than one hundred seventy-five, or for those school districts operating on a trimester plan the number of days the school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance not less than seventy-nine days in any trimester, for those school districts operating on a quarterly plan the number of days the school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance not less than fifty-nine days in any quarter, or for those school districts operating on a pentamester plan the number of days the school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance not less than forty-four days in any pentamester.

A school district shall not be considered to have failed to comply with this division or section 3313.481 of the Revised Code because schools were open for instruction but either twelfth grade students were excused from attendance for up to three days or only a portion of the kindergarten students were in attendance for up to three days in order to allow for the gradual orientation to school of such students.

The superintendent of public instruction shall waive the requirements of this section with reference to the minimum number of days or hours school must be in session with pupils in attendance for the school year succeeding the school year in which a board of education initiates a plan of operation pursuant to section 3313.481 of the Revised Code. The minimum requirements of this section shall again be applicable to such a district beginning with the school year commencing the second July succeeding the initiation of one such plan, and for each school year thereafter.

A school district shall not be considered to have failed to comply with this division or section 3313.48 or 3313.481 of the Revised Code because schools were open for instruction but the length of the regularly scheduled school day, for any number of days during the school year, was reduced by not more than two hours due to hazardous weather conditions.

(C) The school district has on file, and is paying in accordance with, a teachers' salary schedule which complies with section 3317.13 of the Revised Code.

A board of education or governing board of an educational service center which has not conformed with other law and the rules pursuant thereto, shall not participate in the distribution of funds authorized by sections 3317.022 to 3317.0211, 3317.11, 3317.16, 3317.17, and 3317.19 of the Revised Code, except for good and sufficient reason established to the satisfaction of the state board of education and the state controlling board.

All funds allocated to school districts under this chapter, except those specifically allocated for other purposes, shall be used to pay current operating expenses only.

Sec. 3317.02.  As used in this chapter:

(A) Unless otherwise specified, "school district" means city, local, and exempted village school districts.

(B) "Formula amount" means the base cost for the fiscal year specified in division (B)(4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code.

(C) "FTE basis" means a count of students based on full-time equivalency, in accordance with rules adopted by the department of education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. In adopting its rules under this division, the department shall provide for counting any student in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM or in category one or two vocational education ADM in the same proportion the student is counted in formula ADM.

(D) "Formula "District ADM" means, for a city, local, or exempted village school district, the number reported pursuant to division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, and for a joint vocational school district, the number reported pursuant to division (D)(C) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, for payments in which formula ADM is a factor, the formula ADM for each school district for the fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(E) "Three-year average formula ADM" means the average of formula ADMs for the current and preceding two fiscal years.

(F)(1) "Category one special education ADM" means the average daily membership of handicapped children receiving special education services for the handicap specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(5) or (D)(2)(b) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category one special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(2) "Category two special education ADM" means the average daily membership of handicapped children receiving special education services for those handicaps specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(6) or (D)(2)(c) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category two special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(3) "Category three special education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for those handicaps specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, and reported under division (B)(7) or (D)(2)(d) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category three special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(4) "Category four special education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for those handicaps specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(8) or (D)(2)(e) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category four special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(5) "Category five special education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for the handicap specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(9) or (D)(2)(f) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category five special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(6) "Category six special education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for the handicap specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(10) or (D)(2)(g) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category six special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(7) "Category one vocational education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving vocational education services described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(11) or (D)(2)(h) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category one vocational education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(8) "Category two vocational education ADM" means the average daily membership of students receiving vocational education services described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(12) or (D)(2)(i) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category two vocational education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year.

(G) "Handicapped preschool child" means a handicapped child, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, who is at least age three but is not of compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not currently enrolled in kindergarten.

(H)(C) "County MR/DD board" means a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

(I) "Recognized valuation" means the amount calculated for a school district pursuant to section 3317.015 of the Revised Code.

(J) "Transportation ADM" means the number of children reported under division (B)(13) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(K) "Average efficient transportation use cost per student" means a statistical representation of transportation costs as calculated under division (D)(2) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code.

(L)(D) "County ADM" means the sum of the district ADMs for all school districts having the principal administrative offices in the county.

(E) "State ADM" means the sum of the district ADMs for all school districts in the state.

(F) "District valuation" means the sum of recognized valuation and the amount certified under division (A)(2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code for a school district.

(G) "County valuation" means the sum of recognized valuation and the amount certified under division (A)(2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code for each school district having its principal administrative office situated in the county.

(H) "District valuation per pupil" means the district valuation divided by the district ADM.

(I) "County valuation per pupil" means the county valuation divided by the county ADM.

(J) "Recognized valuation" means the amount computed for a school district for a fiscal year under section 3317.015 of the Revised Code.

(K) "District expenditure" means the total amount expended by a school district from all state, federal, and local funding sources for the preceding fiscal year.

(L) "District per pupil expenditure" means the total district expenditure divided by the district ADM.

(M) "State per pupil expenditure" means the sum of the district expenditures for all school districts in the state divided by the state ADM.

(N) "State aid for fiscal year 2007" means all payments made to the district in fiscal year 2007 under the main operating appropriations act or under any supplemental appropriations act of the 126th or 127th general assembly.

(O) "Taxes charged and payable" means the taxes charged and payable against real and public utility property after making the reduction required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code, plus the taxes levied against tangible personal property.

(M) "Total taxable value" means the sum of the amounts certified for a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(N) "Cost-of-doing-business factor" means the amount indicated in division (N)(1) or (2) of this section for the county in which a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district is located. If a city, local, or exempted village school district is located in more than one county, the factor is the amount indicated for the county to which the district is assigned by the state department of education. If a joint vocational school district is located in more than one county, the factor is the amount indicated for the county in which the joint vocational school with the greatest formula ADM operated by the district is located.

(1) In fiscal year 2006, the cost-of-doing-business factor for each county is:

(2) In fiscal year 2007, the cost-of-doing-business factor for each county is:

(O) "Tax exempt value" of a school district means the amount certified for a school district under division (A)(4) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(P) "Potential value" of a school district means the recognized valuation of a school district plus the tax exempt value of the district.

(Q) "District median income" means the median Ohio adjusted gross income certified for a school district. On or before the first day of July of each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education for each city, exempted village, and local school district the median Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents of the school district determined on the basis of tax returns filed for the second preceding tax year by the residents of the district.

(R) "Statewide median income" means the median district median income of all city, exempted village, and local school districts in the state.

(S) "Income factor" for a city, exempted village, or local school district means the quotient obtained by dividing that district's median income by the statewide median income.

(T) "Medically fragile child" means a child to whom all of the following apply:

(1) The child requires the services of a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine at least once a week due to the instability of the child's medical condition.

(2) The child requires the services of a registered nurse on a daily basis.

(3) The child is at risk of institutionalization in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

(U) A child may be identified as "other health handicapped-major" if the child's condition meets the definition of "other health impaired" established in rules adopted by the state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, and if either of the following apply:

(1) The child is identified as having a medical condition that is among those listed by the superintendent of public instruction as conditions where a substantial majority of cases fall within the definition of "medically fragile child." The superintendent of public instruction shall issue an initial list no later than September 1, 2001.

(2) The child is determined by the superintendent of public instruction to be a medically fragile child. A school district superintendent may petition the superintendent of public instruction for a determination that a child is a medically fragile child.

(V) A child may be identified as "other health handicapped-minor" if the child's condition meets the definition of "other health impaired" established in rules adopted by the state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, but the child's condition does not meet either of the conditions specified in division (U)(1) or (2) of this section.

(W) "SF-3 payment" means the sum of the payments to a school district in a fiscal year under divisions (A), (C)(1), (C)(4), (D), (E), and (F) of section 3317.022, divisions (G), (L), and (N) of section 3317.024, and sections 3317.029, 3317.0216, 3317.0217, 3317.04, 3317.05, 3317.052, and 3317.053 of the Revised Code after making the adjustments required by sections 3313.981 and 3313.979 of the Revised Code, divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), (L), (M), (N), and (O) of section 3317.023, and division (C) of section 3317.20 of the Revised Code.

(X) "Property exemption value" means zero in fiscal year 2006, and in fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount certified for a school district under divisions (A)(6) and (7) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3317.021.  (A) On or before the first day of June of each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education the information described in divisions (A)(1) to (8) division (A) of this section for each city, exempted village, and local school district, and the information required by divisions (A)(1) and (2) division (A) of this section for each joint vocational school district, and it shall be used, along with the information certified under division (B) of this section, in making the computations for the district under sections 3317.022, 3317.0216, and 3317.0217 or section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code.

(1) The taxable value of real and public utility real property in the school district subject to taxation in the preceding tax year, by class and by county of location.

(2) The taxable value of tangible personal property, including public utility personal property, subject to taxation by the district for the preceding tax year.

(3)(a) The total property tax rate and total taxes charged and payable for the current expenses for the preceding tax year and the total property tax rate and the total taxes charged and payable to a joint vocational district for the preceding tax year that are limited to or to the extent apportioned to current expenses.

(b) The portion of the amount of taxes charged and payable reported for each city, local, and exempted village school district under division (A)(3)(a) of this section attributable to a joint vocational school district.

(4) The value of all real and public utility real property in the school district exempted from taxation minus both of the following:

(a) The value of real and public utility real property in the district owned by the United States government and used exclusively for a public purpose;

(b) The value of real and public utility real property in the district exempted from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or section 3735.67, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code.

(5) The total federal adjusted gross income of the residents of the school district, based on tax returns filed by the residents of the district, for the most recent year for which this information is available.

(6) The sum of the school district compensation value as indicated on the list of exempted property for the preceding tax year under section 5713.08 of the Revised Code as if such property had been assessed for taxation that year and the other compensation value for the school district, minus the amounts described in divisions (A)(6)(c) to (i) of this section. The portion of school district compensation value or other compensation value attributable to an incentive district exemption may be subtracted only once even if that incentive district satisfies more than one of the criteria in divisions (A)(6)(c) to (i) of this section.

(a) "School district compensation value" means the aggregate value of real property in the school district exempted from taxation pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under division (C) of section 5709.40, division (C) of section 5709.73, or division (B) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code to the extent that the exempted value results in the charging of payments in lieu of taxes required to be paid to the school district under division (D)(1) or (2) of section 5709.40, division (D) of section 5709.73, or division (C) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code.

(b) "Other compensation value" means the quotient that results from dividing (i) the dollar value of compensation received by the school district during the preceding tax year pursuant to division (B), (C), or (D) of section 5709.82 of the Revised Code and the amounts received pursuant to an agreement as specified in division (D)(2) of section 5709.40, division (D) of section 5709.73, or division (C) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code to the extent those amounts were not previously reported or included in division (A)(6)(a) of this section, and so that any such amount is reported only once under division (A)(6)(b) of this section, in relation to exemptions from taxation granted pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under division (C) of section 5709.40, division (C) of section 5709.73, or division (B) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, by (ii) the real property tax rate in effect for the preceding tax year for nonresidential/agricultural real property after making the reductions required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code.

(c) The portion of school district compensation value or other compensation value that was exempted from taxation pursuant to such an ordinance or resolution for the preceding tax year, if the ordinance or resolution is adopted prior to January 1, 2006, and the legislative authority or board of township trustees or county commissioners, prior to January 1, 2006, executes a contract or agreement with a developer, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, with respect to the development of a project undertaken or to be undertaken and identified in the ordinance or resolution, and upon which parcels such project is being, or will be, undertaken;

(d) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year and for which payments in lieu of taxes for the preceding tax year were provided to the school district under division (D)(1) of section 5709.40 of the Revised Code.

(e) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year pursuant to such an ordinance or resolution, if and to the extent that, on or before April 1, 2006, the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation that adopted the ordinance, or of the township or county that adopted the resolution, certifies and provides appropriate supporting documentation to the tax commissioner and the director of development that, based on hold-harmless provisions in any agreement between the school district and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county commissioners that was entered into on or before June 1, 2005, the ability or obligation of the municipal corporation, township, or county to repay bonds, notes, or other financial obligations issued or entered into prior to January 1, 2006, will be impaired, including obligations to or of any other body corporate and politic with whom the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees or county commissioners has entered into an agreement pertaining to the use of service payments derived from the improvements exempted;

(f) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year pursuant to such an ordinance or resolution, if the ordinance or resolution is adopted prior to January 1, 2006, in a municipal corporation with a population that exceeds one hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, that includes a major employment center and that is adjacent to historically distressed neighborhoods, if the legislative authority of the municipal corporation that exempted the property prepares an economic analysis that demonstrates that all taxes generated within the incentive district accruing to the state by reason of improvements constructed within the district during its existence exceed the amount the state pays the school district under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code attributable to such property exemption from the school district's recognized valuation. The analysis shall be submitted to and approved by the department of development prior to January 1, 2006, and the department shall not unreasonably withhold approval.

(g) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year under such an ordinance or resolution, if the ordinance or resolution is adopted prior to January 1, 2006, and if service payments have been pledged to be used for mixed-use riverfront entertainment development in any county with a population that exceeds six hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census;

(h) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year under such an ordinance or resolution, if, prior to January 1, 2006, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county commissioners has pledged service payments for a designated transportation capacity project approved by the transportation review advisory council under Chapter 5512. of the Revised Code;

(i) The portion of school district compensation value that was exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year under such an ordinance or resolution if the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county commissioners have, by January 1, 2006, pledged proceeds for designated transportation improvement projects that involve federal funds for which the proceeds are used to meet a local share match requirement for such funding.

As used in division (A)(6) of this section, "project" has the same meaning as in section 5709.40 of the Revised Code.

(7) The aggregate value of real property in the school district for which an exemption from taxation is granted by an ordinance or resolution adopted on or after January 1, 2006, under Chapter 725. or 1728., sections 3735.65 to 3735.70, or section 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.84, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code, as indicated on the list of exempted property for the preceding tax year under section 5713.08 of the Revised Code and as if such property had been assessed for taxation that year, minus the product determined by multiplying (a) the aggregate value of the real property in the school district exempted from taxation for the preceding tax year under any of the chapters or sections specified in this division, by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference between (i) the amount of anticipated revenue such school district would have received for the preceding tax year if the real property exempted from taxation had not been exempted from taxation and (ii) the aggregate amount of payments in lieu of taxes on the exempt real property for the preceding tax year and other compensation received for the preceding tax year by the school district pursuant to any agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2006, under section 5709.82 of the Revised Code between the school district and the legislative authority of a political subdivision that acted under the authority of a chapter or statute specified in this division, that were entered into in relation to such exemption, and the denominator of which is the amount of anticipated revenue such school district would have received in the preceding fiscal year if the real property exempted from taxation had not been exempted.

(8) For each school district receiving payments under division (B) or (C) of section 3317.0216 of the Revised Code during the current fiscal year, as included on the most recent list of such districts sent to the tax commissioner under division (F) of that section, the following:

(a) The portion of the total amount of taxes charged and payable for current expenses certified under division (A)(3)(a) of this section that is attributable to each new levy approved and charged in the preceding tax year and the respective tax rate of each of those new levies;

(b) The portion of the total taxes collected for current expenses under a school district income tax adopted pursuant to section 5748.03 or 5748.08 of the Revised Code, as certified under division (A)(2) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code, that is attributable to each new school district income tax first effective in the current taxable year or in the preceding taxable year.

(B) On or before the first day of May each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education the total taxable real property value of railroads and, separately, the total taxable tangible personal property value of all public utilities for the preceding tax year, by school district and by county of location.

(C) If a public utility has properly and timely filed a petition for reassessment under section 5727.47 of the Revised Code with respect to an assessment issued under section 5727.23 of the Revised Code affecting taxable property apportioned by the tax commissioner to a school district, the taxable value of public utility tangible personal property included in the certification under divisions (A)(2) and (B) of this section for the school district shall include only the amount of taxable value on the basis of which the public utility paid tax for the preceding year as provided in division (B)(1) or (2) of section 5727.47 of the Revised Code.

(D) If on the basis of the information certified under division (A) of this section, the department determines that any district fails in any year to meet the qualification requirement specified in division (A) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, the department shall immediately request the tax commissioner to determine the extent to which any school district income tax levied by the district under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code shall be included in meeting that requirement. Within five days of receiving such a request from the department, the tax commissioner shall make the determination required by this division and report the quotient obtained under division (D)(3) of this section to the department. This quotient represents the number of mills that the department shall include in determining whether the district meets the qualification requirement of division (A) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code.

The tax commissioner shall make the determination required by this division as follows:

(1) Multiply one mill times the total taxable value of the district as determined in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section;

(2) Estimate the total amount of tax liability for the current tax year under taxes levied by Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code that are apportioned to current operating expenses of the district;

(3) Divide the amount estimated under division (D)(2) of this section by the product obtained under division (D)(1) of this section.

(E)(1) On or before June 1, 2006, and the first day of April of each year thereafter, the director of development shall report to the department of education and the tax commissioner the total amounts of payments received by each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district for the preceding tax year pursuant to division (D) of section 5709.40, division (D) of section 5709.73, division (C) of section 5709.78, or division (B)(1), (B)(2), (C), or (D) of section 5709.82 of the Revised Code in relation to exemptions from taxation granted pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation under division (C) of section 5709.40 of the Revised Code, or a resolution adopted by a board of township trustees or board of county commissioners under division (C) of section 5709.73 or division (B) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, respectively. On or before April 1, 2006, and the first day of March of each year thereafter, the treasurer of each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district that has entered into such an agreement shall report to the director of development the total amounts of such payments the district received for the preceding tax year as provided in this section. The state board of education, in accordance with sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke the license of a treasurer found to have willfully reported erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete data under this division.

(2) On or before April 1, 2007, and the first day of April of each year thereafter, the director of development shall report to the department of education and to the tax commissioner the total amounts of payments received by each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district for the preceding tax year pursuant to divisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 5709.82 of the Revised Code in relation to exemptions from taxation granted pursuant to ordinances or resolutions adopted on or after January 1, 2006, under Chapter 725. or 1728., sections 3735.65 to 3735.70, or section 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.84, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code. On or before March 1, 2007, and the first day of March of each year thereafter, the treasurer of each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district that has entered into such an agreement shall report to the director of development the total amounts of such payments the district received for the preceding tax year as provided by this section. The state board of education, in accordance with sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke the license of a treasurer found to have willfully reported erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete data under this division.

Sec. 3317.022.  There is hereby created in the county treasury of each county in the state a county school trust fund. Moneys in the fund shall consist of payments to the fund made under division (A)(1) of section 5747.03 and section 3770.06 of the Revised Code. The county school trust fund shall be used for making the distribution payments required by this section.

(A) By the fifteenth day of each month, the county auditor shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction the balance in the county's school trust fund on the last day of the preceding month. Each school district having its principal administrative office situated in the county shall receive a payment computed by the superintendent and certified to the auditor as follows:

(1) Multiply the balance in the fund on the last day of the preceding month by the district's ADM divided by the county ADM.

(2) Divide the district's valuation per pupil by the county valuation per pupil and subtract the quotient from one.

(3) If the district's valuation per pupil is less than the county valuation per pupil, pay the district:

(a) The amount computed under division (A)(1) of this section, plus

(b) The product obtained by multiplying the amount computed under division (A)(1) of this section by the amount computed under division (A)(2) of this section.

(4) If the district's valuation per pupil is greater than the county valuation per pupil, pay the district the following amount, if the computation produces a positive number:

(a) The amount computed under division (A)(1) of this section, minus

(b) The product obtained by multiplying the amount computed under division (A)(1) of this section by the absolute value of the amount computed under division (A)(2) of this section.

If the computation produces a negative amount, the district shall not receive a payment under this division.

(5) If the district's valuation per pupil is the same as the county valuation per pupil, pay the district the amount computed under division (A)(1) of this section.

(B) If the balance in the county school trust fund on the last day of the preceding month is greater than the sum of the payments required by division (A) of this section, the county auditor shall pay such excess into the state equalization and special program fund established in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code. If the amount required to make the payments under division (A) of this section exceeds the balance in the trust fund on the last day of the preceding month, the county auditor shall certify the amount of such deficiency to the department of education, which shall pay an amount equal to the deficiency to the county's school trust fund from the state equalization and special program fund.

(C) If the amount paid to a district under division (A) of this section during a fiscal year from the county school trust fund divided by the district ADM is less than the district's state aid for fiscal year 2007 divided by the district ADM for that fiscal year, the superintendent of public instruction shall pay the district from the state equalization and special program fund an additional amount equal to the difference multiplied by the district ADM.

(D) Annually in December, from information that shall be furnished by school districts upon request by the superintendent of public instruction, the superintendent shall compute the state per pupil expenditure and district per pupil expenditure for each school district in the state. If the district per pupil expenditure is less than eighty-five per cent of the state per pupil expenditure, the superintendent shall pay to the district from the fund established in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code the district ADM multiplied by the following difference:

(1) Eighty-five per cent of the state per pupil expenditure, minus

(2) The district's per pupil expenditure.

(E) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (D) of this section, the amount paid to a district during a fiscal year divided by the district ADM shall not exceed one hundred eight per cent of the amount paid under this section to the district during the previous fiscal year divided by the district ADM for that previous year.

(F) The department of education shall adopt rules for the efficient administration of this section, including the adjustment of payments to or the requirement of a reimbursement from a district during the first three months of a fiscal year to make corrections for overpayments or underpayments under divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section during the preceding fiscal year.

Sec. 3317.023.  There is hereby created in the state treasury the state equalization and special program fund, consisting of moneys paid to it under division (B) of section 3317.022 and division (A)(2) of section 5747.03 of the Revised Code and any other moneys credited to it by an act of the general assembly. The fund shall be used to make the payments required by divisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 3317.022, division (J) of section 3313.64, and sections 3317.029, 3317.06, 3317.08, 3317.11, and 3317.16 of the Revised Code and for special education programs of county MR/DD boards and the state institutions mentioned in section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. The laws appropriating the moneys to and from the fund may also specify the distribution of moneys for desegregation costs, handicapped preschool programs, vocational education, gifted and special education programs, purchasing of school buses, for administrative costs of the superintendent of public instruction, and paying debt service charges of obligations issued for school district facilities.

Sec. 3317.03.  Notwithstanding divisions (A)(1), and (B)(1), and (C) of this section, except as provided in division (A)(2)(h) of this section, any student enrolled in kindergarten more than half time shall be reported as one-half student under this section.

(A) The superintendent of each city and exempted village school district and of each educational service center shall, for the schools under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year for the first full school week in October the formula ADM. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, each superintendent also shall certify to the state board, for the schools under the superintendent's supervision, the formula ADM for the first full week in February. If a school under the superintendent's supervision is closed for one or more days during that week due to hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances described in the first paragraph of division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver, under which the superintendent of public instruction may exempt the district superintendent from certifying the formula ADM for that school for that week and specify an alternate week for certifying the formula ADM of that school.

The formula ADM shall consist of the average daily membership during such week of the sum of the following:

(1) On an FTE basis, the The number of students in grades kindergarten through twelve receiving any educational services from the district, except that the following categories of students shall not be included in the determination:

(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes;

(b) Adjacent or other district students enrolled in the district under an open enrollment policy pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who are entitled to attend school in another district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code;

(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections 3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code;

(e) Students receiving services in the district through a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code.

(2) On an FTE basis, except Except as provided in division (A)(2)(h) of this section, the number of students entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, but receiving educational services in grades kindergarten through twelve from one or more of the following entities:

(a) A community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in such community school;

(b) An alternative school pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(H)(2)(a) or (b) of this section;

(c) A college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, except when the student is enrolled in the college while also enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;

(d) An adjacent or other school district under an open enrollment policy adopted pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(e) An educational service center or cooperative education district;

(f) Another school district under a cooperative education agreement, compact, or contract;

(g) A chartered nonpublic school with a scholarship paid under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code;

(h) An alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code. Each such scholarship student who is enrolled in kindergarten shall be counted as one full-time-equivalent student.

As used in this section, "alternative public provider" and "registered private provider" have the same meanings as in section 3310.41 of the Revised Code.

(3) Twenty per cent of the number of students enrolled in a joint vocational school district or under a vocational education compact, excluding any students entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are enrolled in another school district through an open enrollment policy as reported under division (A)(2)(d) of this section and then enroll in a joint vocational school district or under a vocational education compact;

(4) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are placed by the district with a county MR/DD board, minus the number of such children placed with a county MR/DD board in fiscal year 1998. If this calculation produces a negative number, the number reported under division (A)(4) of this section shall be zero.

(5) Beginning in fiscal year 2007, in the case of the report submitted for the first full week in February, or the alternative week if specified by the superintendent of public instruction, the number of students reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section for the first full week of the preceding October but who since that week have received high school diplomas.

(B) To enable the department of education to obtain the data needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this chapter, in addition to the formula ADM amounts certified under division (A) of this section, each superintendent shall report separately the following student counts for the same week for which formula ADM is certified:

(1) The total average daily membership in regular day classes included in the report under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section for kindergarten, and each of grades one through twelve in schools under the superintendent's supervision;

(2) The number of all handicapped preschool children enrolled as of the first day of December in classes in the district that are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code and the number of those classes, which shall be reported not later than the fifteenth day of December, in accordance with rules adopted under that section;

(3) The number of children entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are:

(a) Participating in a pilot project scholarship program established under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(H)(2)(a) or (b) of this section;

(b) Enrolled in a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, except when the student is enrolled in the college while also enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;

(c) Enrolled in an adjacent or other school district under section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(d) Enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that is not an internet- or computer-based community school as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in such community school;

(e) Enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school;

(f) Enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school with a scholarship paid under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code;

(g) Enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve in an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code;

(h) Enrolled as a handicapped preschool child in an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code;

(i) Participating in a program operated by a county MR/DD board or a state institution.

(4) The number of pupils enrolled in joint vocational schools;

(5) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving special education services for the category one handicap described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(6) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving special education services for category two handicaps described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(7) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving special education services for category three handicaps described in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(8) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving special education services for category four handicaps described in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(9) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving special education services for the category five handicap described in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(10) The combined average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) and under division (B)(3)(h) of this section receiving special education services for category six handicaps described in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, including children attending a special education program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code;

(11) The average daily membership of pupils reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category one vocational education programs or classes, described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the school district or by another district, other than a joint vocational school district, or by an educational service center, excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section;

(12) The average daily membership of pupils reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category two vocational education programs or services, described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the school district or another school district, other than a joint vocational school district, or by an educational service center, excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section;

(13) The average number of children transported by the school district on board-owned or contractor-owned and -operated buses, reported in accordance with rules adopted by the department of education;

(14)(6)(a) The number of children, other than handicapped preschool children, the district placed with a county MR/DD board in fiscal year 1998;

(b) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for the category one handicap described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(c) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for category two handicaps described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(d) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for category three handicaps described in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(e) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for category four handicaps described in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(f) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for the category five handicap described in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(g) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education services for category six handicaps described in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section for kindergarten students, the average daily membership in divisions (B)(1) to (12) of this section shall be based upon the number of full-time equivalent students. The state board of education shall adopt rules defining full-time equivalent students and for determining the average daily membership therefrom for the purposes of divisions (A), (B), and (D) of this section.

(2) A student enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code shall be counted in the formula ADM and, if applicable, the category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code for the same proportion of the school year that the student is counted in the enrollment of the community school for purposes of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code.

(3) No child shall be counted as more than a total of one child in the sum of the average daily memberships of a school district under division (A), divisions (B)(1) to (12), or division (D) of this section, except as follows:

(a) A child with a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code may be counted both in formula ADM and in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM and, if applicable, in category one or two vocational education ADM. As provided in division (C) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, such a child shall be counted in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM in the same proportion that the child is counted in formula ADM.

(b) A child enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code may be counted both in formula ADM and category one or two vocational education ADM and, if applicable, in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM. Such a child shall be counted in category one or two vocational education ADM in the same proportion as the percentage of time that the child spends in the vocational education programs or classes.

(4) Based on the information reported under this section, the department of education shall determine the total student count, as defined in section 3301.011 of the Revised Code, for each school district.

(D)(C)(1) The superintendent of each joint vocational school district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year for the first full school week in October the formula ADM. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, each superintendent also shall certify to the state superintendent the formula ADM for the first full week in February. If a school operated by the joint vocational school district is closed for one or more days during that week due to hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances described in the first paragraph of division (B) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver, under which the superintendent of public instruction may exempt the district superintendent from certifying the formula ADM for that school for that week and specify an alternate week for certifying the formula ADM of that school.

The formula ADM, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall consist of the average daily membership during such week, on an FTE basis, of the number of students receiving any educational services from the district, including students enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code who are attending the joint vocational district under an agreement between the district board of education and the governing authority of the community school and are entitled to attend school in a city, local, or exempted village school district whose territory is part of the territory of the joint vocational district. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, in the case of the report submitted for the first week in February, or the alternative week if specified by the superintendent of public instruction, the superintendent of the joint vocational school district may include the number of students reported under division (D)(1) of this section for the first full week of the preceding October but who since that week have received high school diplomas.

The following categories of students shall not be included in the determination made under division (D)(C)(1) of this section:

(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes;

(b) Adjacent or other district joint vocational students enrolled in the district under an open enrollment policy pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who are entitled to attend school in a city, local, or exempted village school district whose territory is not part of the territory of the joint vocational district;

(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections 3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code.

(2) To enable the department of education to obtain the data needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this chapter, in addition to the formula ADM, each superintendent shall report separately the average daily membership included in the report under division (D)(C)(1) of this section for each of the following categories of students for the same week for which formula ADM is certified:

(a) Students enrolled in each grade included in the joint vocational district schools;

(b) Handicapped children receiving special education services for the category one handicap described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(c) Handicapped children receiving special education services for the category two handicaps described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(d) Handicapped children receiving special education services for category three handicaps described in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(e) Handicapped children receiving special education services for category four handicaps described in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(f) Handicapped children receiving special education services for the category five handicap described in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(g) Handicapped children receiving special education services for category six handicaps described in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(h) Students receiving category one vocational education services, described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;

(i) Students receiving category two vocational education services, described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.

The superintendent of each joint vocational school district shall also indicate the city, local, or exempted village school district in which each joint vocational district pupil is entitled to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.

(E)(D) In each school of each city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, and cooperative education school district there shall be maintained a record of school membership, which record shall accurately show, for each day the school is in session, the actual membership enrolled in regular day classes. For the purpose of determining average daily membership, the membership figure of any school shall not include any pupils except those pupils described by division (A) of this section. The record of membership for each school shall be maintained in such manner that no pupil shall be counted as in membership prior to the actual date of entry in the school and also in such manner that where for any cause a pupil permanently withdraws from the school that pupil shall not be counted as in membership from and after the date of such withdrawal. There shall not be included in the membership of any school any of the following:

(1) Any pupil who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a public or nonpublic high school;

(2) Any pupil who is not a resident of the state;

(3) Any pupil who was enrolled in the schools of the district during the previous school year when tests were administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one or more of the tests required by that section and was not excused pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of that section;

(4) Any pupil who has attained the age of twenty-two years, except for veterans of the armed services whose attendance was interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the armed forces and who apply for reenrollment in the public school system of their residence not later than four years after termination of war or their honorable discharge.

If, however, any veteran described by division (E)(D)(4) of this section elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans for whom tuition is paid under the provisions of federal laws, or otherwise, that veteran shall not be included in average daily membership.

Notwithstanding division (E)(D)(3) of this section, the membership of any school may include a pupil who did not take a test required by section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code if the superintendent of public instruction grants a waiver from the requirement to take the test to the specific pupil and a parent is not paying tuition for the pupil pursuant to section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant such a waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.

Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (F)(E) of this section, the average daily membership figure of any local, city, exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall be determined by dividing the figure representing the sum of the number of pupils enrolled during each day the school of attendance is actually open for instruction during the week for which the formula ADM average daily membership is being certified by the total number of days the school was actually open for instruction during that week. For purposes of state funding, "enrolled" persons are only those pupils who are attending school, those who have attended school during the current school year and are absent for authorized reasons, and those handicapped children currently receiving home instruction.

The average daily membership figure of any cooperative education school district shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.

(F)(1) If the formula ADM for the first full school week in February is at least three per cent greater than that certified for the first full school week in the preceding October, the superintendent of schools of any city, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or educational service center shall certify such increase to the superintendent of public instruction. Such certification shall be submitted no later than the fifteenth day of February. For the balance of the fiscal year, beginning with the February payments, the superintendent of public instruction shall use the increased formula ADM in calculating or recalculating the amounts to be allocated in accordance with section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code. In no event shall the superintendent use an increased membership certified to the superintendent after the fifteenth day of February. Division (F)(1) of this section does not apply after fiscal year 2006.

(2) If on the first school day of April the total number of classes or units for handicapped preschool children that are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code exceeds the number of units that have been approved for the year under that division, the superintendent of schools of any city, exempted village, or cooperative education school district or educational service center shall make the certifications required by this section for that day. If the department determines additional units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of such units, the department shall approve additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For each unit so approved, the department shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed in section 3317.052 or 3317.19 and section 3317.053 of the Revised Code.

(3)(E) If a student attending a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code is not included in the formula ADM average daily membership certified for the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the department of education shall adjust the formula ADM average daily membership of that school district to include the community school student in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section students, and shall recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM average daily membership. This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E)(D) of this section, in the community school during the week for which the formula ADM average daily membership is being certified.

(4) If a student awarded an educational choice scholarship is not included in the formula ADM average daily membership of the school district from which the department deducts funds for the scholarship under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code, the department shall adjust the formula ADM average daily membership of that school district to include the student to the extent necessary to account for the deduction, and shall recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM average daily membership. This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E)(D) of this section, in the chartered nonpublic school, the school district, or a community school during the week for which the formula ADM average daily membership is being certified.

(G)(F)(1)(a) The superintendent of an institution operating a special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the Revised Code shall, for the programs under such superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, both of the following:

(i) The average daily membership of all handicapped children other than handicapped preschool children receiving services at the institution for each category of handicap described in divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(ii) The average daily membership of all handicapped preschool children in classes or programs approved annually by the department of education for unit funding under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code.

(b) The superintendent of an institution with providing vocational education units approved under division (A) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code services shall, for the units under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education the average daily membership in those units of children receiving such services, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.

(2) The superintendent of each county MR/DD board that maintains provides special education classes under section 3317.20 of the Revised Code or units approved pursuant to section 3317.05 of the Revised Code services shall do both of the following:

(a) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by the board, the average daily membership in classes under section 3317.20 of the Revised Code of children receiving such services for each school district that has placed children in the classes;

(b) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by the board, the number of all handicapped preschool children enrolled as of the first day of December in classes eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, and the number of those classes.

(3)(a) If on the first school day of April the number of classes or units maintained for handicapped preschool children by the county MR/DD board that are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code is greater than the number of units approved for the year under that division, the superintendent shall make the certification required by this section for that day.

(b) If the department determines that additional classes or units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of the classes and units described in division (G)(3)(a) of this section, the department shall approve and fund additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For each unit so approved, the department shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed in sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the Revised Code.

(H)(G) Except as provided in division (I)(H) of this section, when any city, local, or exempted village school district provides instruction for a nonresident pupil whose attendance is unauthorized attendance as defined in section 3327.06 of the Revised Code, that pupil's membership shall not be included in that district's membership figure used in the calculation of that district's formula district ADM or included in the determination of any unit approved for the district under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. The reporting official shall report separately the average daily membership of all pupils whose attendance in the district is unauthorized attendance, and the membership of each such pupil shall be credited to the school district in which the pupil is entitled to attend school under division (B) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as determined by the department of education.

(I)(H)(1) A city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district admitting a scholarship student of a pilot project district pursuant to division (C) of section 3313.976 of the Revised Code may count such student in its average daily membership.

(2) In any year for which funds are appropriated for pilot project scholarship programs, a school district implementing a state-sponsored pilot project scholarship program that year pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code may count in average daily membership:

(a) All children residing in the district and utilizing a scholarship to attend kindergarten in any alternative school, as defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code;

(b) All children who were enrolled in the district in the preceding year who are utilizing a scholarship to attend any such alternative school.

(J)(I) The superintendent of each cooperative education school district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in a manner prescribed by the state board of education, the applicable average daily memberships for all students in the cooperative education district, also indicating the city, local, or exempted village district where each pupil is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3317.16. (A) As used in this section, "valuation per pupil" means the sum of the recognized valuations of the school districts composing a joint vocational school district divided by the average daily membership of the joint vocational school district.

(B) For fiscal years 2009 and thereafter, each joint vocational school district shall receive under this section an amount per pupil equal to the amount per pupil the district received for fiscal year 2008, plus any supplemental payment under division (C) of this section and any additional amount appropriated specifically for the purpose by an act of the general assembly.

(C) For fiscal years 2009 and thereafter, in addition to any amount distributed to joint vocational school districts, each joint vocational school district for which the valuation per pupil is not more than $600,000 shall receive a supplemental payment computed as a percentage of the amount distributed under division (B) of this section. The percentage shall be determined as follows:

(1) If the valuation per pupil of the district is not more than three hundred thousand dollars, the percentage is twelve and one-half per cent;

(2) If the valuation per pupil of the district is more than three hundred thousand dollars but not more than four hundred thousand dollars, the percentage is ten per cent;

(3) If the valuation per pupil of the district is more than four hundred thousand dollars but not more than five hundred thousand dollars, the percentage is seven and one-half per cent;

(4) If the valuation per pupil of the district is more than five hundred thousand dollars but not more than six hundred thousand dollars, the percentage is five per cent.

Sec. 3770.06.  (A) There is hereby created the state lottery gross revenue fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All gross revenues received from sales of lottery tickets, fines, fees, and related proceeds in connection with the statewide lottery and all gross proceeds from statewide joint lottery games shall be deposited into the fund. The treasurer of state shall invest any portion of the fund not needed for immediate use in the same manner as, and subject to all provisions of law with respect to the investment of, state funds. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund on order of the director of the state lottery commission or the director's designee.

Except for gross proceeds from statewide joint lottery games, all revenues of the state lottery gross revenue fund that are not paid to holders of winning lottery tickets, that are not required to meet short-term prize liabilities, that are not credited to lottery sales agents in the form of bonuses, commissions, or reimbursements, that are not paid to financial institutions to reimburse those institutions for sales agent nonsufficient funds, and that are collected from sales agents for remittance to insurers under contract to provide sales agent bonding services shall be transferred to the state lottery fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. In addition, all revenues of the state lottery gross revenue fund that represent the gross proceeds from the statewide joint lottery games and that are not paid to holders of winning lottery tickets, that are not required to meet short-term prize liabilities, that are not credited to lottery sales agents in the form of bonuses, commissions, or reimbursements, and that are not necessary to cover operating expenses associated with those games or to otherwise comply with the agreements signed by the governor that the director enters into under division (J) of section 3770.02 of the Revised Code or the rules the commission adopts under division (B)(5) of section 3770.03 of the Revised Code shall be transferred to the state lottery fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys shall be disbursed from the fund pursuant to vouchers approved by the director. Total disbursements for monetary prize awards to holders of winning lottery tickets in connection with the statewide lottery and purchases of goods and services awarded as prizes to holders of winning lottery tickets shall be of an amount equal to at least fifty per cent of the total revenue accruing from the sale of lottery tickets.

(B) Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, there is hereby established in the state treasury the lottery profits education fund. Whenever, in the judgment of the director of budget and management, the amount to the credit of the state lottery fund that does not represent proceeds from statewide joint lottery games is in excess of that needed to meet the maturing obligations of the commission and as working capital for its further operations, the director shall transfer the excess to the lottery profits education fund in connection with the statewide lottery. In addition, whenever, in the judgment of the director of budget and management, the amount to the credit of the state lottery fund that represents proceeds from statewide joint lottery games equals the entire net proceeds of those games as described in division (B)(5) of section 3770.03 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that division, the director shall transfer those proceeds to the lottery profits education fund. There shall also be credited to the fund any repayments of moneys loaned from the educational excellence investment fund. Investment earnings of the lottery profits education fund shall be credited to the fund.

The lottery profits education fund shall be used solely for the support of elementary, secondary, vocational, and special education programs as determined in appropriations made by the general assembly, or as provided in applicable bond proceedings for the payment of debt service on obligations issued to pay costs of capital facilities, including those for a system of common schools throughout the state pursuant to section 2n of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. On or before the tenth day of each month, and as often as may be otherwise needed for the purposes of distributing payments under division (A) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, the director of budget and management shall transfer all moneys credited to the lottery profits education fund to the county school trust funds of the state. Each county fund shall receive an amount equal to the moneys credited to the lottery profits education fund multiplied by the county ADM, as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, divided by the state ADM. When determining the availability of money in the lottery profits education fund, the director of budget and management may consider all balances and estimated revenues of the fund.

From the amounts that credited to the state lottery fund, the director of budget and management transfers in any fiscal year from the state lottery fund to the lottery profits education fund, the director shall transfer the initial ten million dollars of those amounts from the lottery profits education fund to the school building program bond service fund created in division (Q) of section 3318.26 of the Revised Code to be pledged for the purpose of paying bond service charges as defined in division (C) of section 3318.21 of the Revised Code on one or more issuances of obligations, which obligations are issued to provide moneys for the school building program assistance fund created in section 3318.25 of the Revised Code.

(C) There is hereby established in the state treasury the deferred prizes trust fund. With the approval of the director of budget and management, an amount sufficient to fund annuity prizes shall be transferred from the state lottery fund and credited to the trust fund. The treasurer of state shall credit all earnings arising from investments purchased under this division to the trust fund. Within sixty days after the end of each fiscal year, the director of budget and management shall certify the amount of investment earnings necessary to have been credited to the trust fund during the fiscal year just ending to provide for continued funding of deferred prizes. Any earnings credited in excess of this certified amount shall be transferred to the lottery profits education fund.

To provide all or a part of the amounts necessary to fund deferred prizes awarded by the commission in connection with the statewide lottery, the treasurer of state, in consultation with the commission, may invest moneys contained in the deferred prizes trust fund which represents proceeds from the statewide lottery in obligations of the type permitted for the investment of state funds but whose maturities are thirty years or less. Notwithstanding the requirements of any other section of the Revised Code, to provide all or part of the amounts necessary to fund deferred prizes awarded by the commission in connection with statewide joint lottery games, the treasurer of state, in consultation with the commission, may invest moneys in the trust fund which represent proceeds derived from the statewide joint lottery games in accordance with the rules the commission adopts under division (B)(5) of section 3770.03 of the Revised Code. Investments of the trust fund are not subject to the provisions of division (A)(10) of section 135.143 of the Revised Code limiting to twenty-five per cent the amount of the state's total average portfolio that may be invested in debt interests and limiting to one-half of one per cent the amount that may be invested in debt interests of a single issuer.

All purchases made under this division shall be effected on a delivery versus payment method and shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state.

The treasurer of state may retain an investment advisor, if necessary. The commission shall pay any costs incurred by the treasurer of state in retaining an investment advisor.

(D) The auditor of state shall conduct annual audits of all funds and any other audits as the auditor of state or the general assembly considers necessary. The auditor of state may examine all records, files, and other documents of the commission, and records of lottery sales agents that pertain to their activities as agents, for purposes of conducting authorized audits.

The state lottery commission shall establish an internal audit program before the beginning of each fiscal year, subject to the approval of the auditor of state. At the end of each fiscal year, the commission shall prepare and submit an annual report to the auditor of state for the auditor of state's review and approval, specifying the internal audit work completed by the end of that fiscal year and reporting on compliance with the annual internal audit program. The form and content of the report shall be prescribed by the auditor of state under division (C) of section 117.20 of the Revised Code.

(E) Whenever, in the judgment of the director of budget and management, an amount of net state lottery proceeds is necessary to be applied to the payment of debt service on obligations, all as defined in sections 151.01 and 151.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall transfer that amount directly from the state lottery fund or from the lottery profits education fund to the bond service fund defined in those sections. The provisions of this division are subject to any prior pledges or obligation of those amounts to the payment of bond service charges as defined in division (C) of section 3318.21 of the Revised Code, as referred to in division (B) of this section.

Sec. 5747.03.  (A) All For purposes of this section, "net amount" means taxes, penalties, and interest minus refunds and interest thereon.

From the money collected under this chapter arising from the taxes imposed by section 5747.02 or 5747.41 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the general revenue fund, except that the treasurer of state shall:

(1) Credit the treasurer of state shall credit to the Ohio political party fund, at the beginning of each calendar quarter pursuant to section 3517.16 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the total dollar value realized from the taxpayer exercise of the income tax checkoff option on tax forms processed during the preceding calendar quarter. The amount credited shall be subtracted from the amount of taxes collected during the preceding month under this chapter. The amount remaining shall be credited as follows:

(1) Each month, the treasurer of state shall credit sixty-six per cent of the net amount collected from residents of this state during the preceding month into the state school trust fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. By the fifteenth day of each month the tax commissioner shall provide for payment from that fund to the county treasurer of each county the net amount collected from residents of a city, local, or exempted village school district having its principal administrative office situated in the county. Each county treasurer shall credit the payment to the county school trust fund established by section 3317.022 of the Revised Code.

(2) By the fifteenth day of each month, the treasurer of state shall credit to the state equalization and special program fund created by section 3317.023 of the Revised Code twenty-two per cent of the net amount collected from residents and nonresidents of this state.

(3) The treasurer of state shall credit an amount equal to four and two-tenths per cent of those taxes collected under this chapter the net amount collected from residents and nonresidents of this state to the local government fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, for distribution in accordance with section 5747.50 of the Revised Code;.

(2) Credit (4) The treasurer of state shall credit an amount equal to five and seven-tenths per cent of those taxes collected under this chapter the net amount collected from residents and nonresidents of this state to the library and local government support fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, for distribution in accordance with section 5747.47 of the Revised Code;.

(3) At the beginning of each calendar quarter, credit to the Ohio political party fund, pursuant to section 3517.16 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the total dollar value realized from the taxpayer exercise of the income tax checkoff option on tax forms processed during the preceding calendar quarter;

(4) Credit (5) The treasurer of state shall credit an amount equal to six-tenths of one per cent of those taxes collected under this chapter the net amount collected from residents and nonresidents of this state to the local government revenue assistance fund for distribution in accordance with section 5747.61 of the Revised Code.

(6) After crediting amounts to the Ohio political party fund and the funds identified in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section, the treasurer of state shall credit the remaining amount to the general revenue fund.

(B)(1) Following the crediting of moneys pursuant to division (A) of this section, the remainder deposited in the general revenue fund shall be distributed pursuant to division (F) of section 321.24 and section 323.156 of the Revised Code; to make subsidy payments to institutions of higher education from appropriations to the Ohio board of regents; to support expenditures for programs and services for the mentally ill, mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, and elderly; for primary and secondary education; for medical assistance; and for any other purposes authorized by law, subject to the limitation that at least fifty per cent of the income tax collected by the state from the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code shall be returned pursuant to Section 9 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.

(2) To ensure that such constitutional requirement is satisfied the tax commissioner shall, on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, from the best information available to the tax commissioner, determine and certify for each county to the director of budget and management the amount of taxes collected under this chapter from the tax imposed under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code during the preceding calendar year that are required to be returned to the county by Section 9 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. The director shall provide for payment from the general revenue fund to the county in the amount, if any, that the sum of the amount so certified for that county exceeds the sum of the following:

(a) The sum of the payments from the general revenue fund for the preceding calendar year to the credit of the county's undivided income tax fund pursuant to division (F) of section 321.24 and section 323.156 of the Revised Code;

(b) The sum of the amounts from the general revenue fund distributed in the county during the preceding calendar year for subsidy payments to institutions of higher education from appropriations to the Ohio board of regents; for programs and services for mentally ill, mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, and elderly persons; for primary and secondary education; and for medical assistance.

(c) The payments during the preceding calendar year to the county's school trust fund;

(d) The amount distributed to the county during the preceding calendar year from the local government fund;

(d)(e) The amount distributed to the county during the preceding calendar year from the library and local government support fund;

(e)(f) The amount distributed to the county during the preceding calendar year from the local government revenue assistance fund;

(g) Amounts distributed to a school district having its administrative office located in the county from the fund established by section 3317.023 of the Revised Code.

Payments under this division shall be credited to the county's undivided income tax fund, except that, notwithstanding section 5705.14 of the Revised Code, such payments may be transferred by the board of county commissioners to the county general fund by resolution adopted with the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members thereof.

(C) All payments received in each month from taxes imposed under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code and any penalties or interest thereon shall be paid into the school district income tax fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, except that an amount equal to the following portion of such payments shall be paid into the general school district income tax administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury:

(1) One and three-quarters of one per cent of those received in fiscal year 1996;

(2) One and one-half per cent of those received in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter.

Money in the school district income tax administrative fund shall be used by the tax commissioner to defray costs incurred in administering the school district's income tax, including the cost of providing employers with information regarding the rate of tax imposed by any school district. Any moneys remaining in the fund after such use shall be deposited in the school district income tax fund.

All interest earned on moneys in the school district income tax fund shall be credited to the fund.

(D)(1)(a) Within thirty days of the end of each calendar quarter ending on the last day of March, June, September, and December, the director of budget and management shall make a payment from the school district income tax fund to each school district for which school district income tax revenue was received during that quarter. The amount of the payment shall equal the balance in the school district's account at the end of that quarter.

(b) After a school district ceases to levy an income tax, the director of budget and management shall adjust the payments under division (D)(1)(a) of this section to retain sufficient money in the school district's account to pay refunds. For the calendar quarters ending on the last day of March and December of the calendar year following the last calendar year the tax is levied, the director shall make the payments in the amount required under division (D)(1)(a) of this section. For the calendar quarter ending on the last day of June of the calendar year following the last calendar year the tax is levied, the director shall make a payment equal to nine-tenths of the balance in the account at the end of that quarter. For the calendar quarter ending on the last day of September of the calendar year following the last calendar year the tax is levied, the director shall make no payment. For the second and succeeding calendar years following the last calendar year the tax is levied, the director shall make one payment each year, within thirty days of the last day of June, in an amount equal to the balance in the district's account on the last day of June.

(2) Moneys paid to a school district under this division shall be deposited in its school district income tax fund. All interest earned on moneys in the school district income tax fund shall be apportioned by the tax commissioner pro rata among the school districts in the proportions and at the times the districts are entitled to receive payments under this division.

Section 2.  That existing sections 3317.01, 3317.02, 3317.021, 3317.03, 3770.06, and 5747.03 and sections 3317.012, 3317.013, 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.0212, 3317.0213, 3317.0214, 3317.0215, 3317.0216, 3317.0217, 3317.05, 3317.051, 3317.052, 3317.053, and 3317.16 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

Section 3. The amendments, enactments, and repeals made in Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply to fiscal years 2009 and thereafter.

Section 4.  Section 3317.03 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 79 and Am. Sub. H.B. 699 of the 126th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.