130th Ohio General Assembly
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H. B. No. 43  As Introduced
As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
H. B. No. 43


Representative Garrison 

Cosponsors: Representatives Chandler, Otterman, Harwood, Williams, B., Fende, Dyer, Lundy, Dodd, Strahorn, Yuko, Stewart, J., Bolon, Brown, Foley, Stebelton, Sayre, Koziura, Skindell 



A BILL
To amend sections 3314.08, 3314.084, 3317.016, 3317.017, 3317.02, 3317.029, 3317.03, and 5727.84 and to repeal section 3314.13 of the Revised Code to provide formula funding for all-day kindergarten for all school districts and community schools that offer it.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3314.08, 3314.084, 3317.016, 3317.017, 3317.02, 3317.029, 3317.03, and 5727.84 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3314.08.  (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Base formula amount" means the amount specified as such in a community school's financial plan for a school year pursuant to division (A)(15) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Cost-of-doing-business factor" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(3) "IEP" means an individualized education program as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Applicable special education weight" means the multiple specified in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code for a handicap described in that section.
(5) "Applicable vocational education weight" means:
(a) For a student enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, the multiple specified in that division;
(b) For a student enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, the multiple specified in that division.
(6) "Entitled to attend school" means entitled to attend school in a district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(7) A community school student is "included in the poverty student count" of a school district if the student is entitled to attend school in the district and the student's family receives assistance under the Ohio works first program.
(8) "Poverty-based assistance reduction factor" means the percentage figure, if any, for reducing the per pupil amount of poverty-based assistance a community school is entitled to receive pursuant to divisions (D)(5) and (6) of this section in any year, as specified in the school's financial plan for the year pursuant to division (A)(15) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
(9) "All-day kindergarten" has the same meaning as in section 3317.029 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(10) "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, 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.
(B) The state board of education shall adopt rules requiring both of the following:
(1) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district to annually report the number of students entitled to attend school in the district who are enrolled in grades one through twelve in a community school established under this chapter, the number of students entitled to attend school in the district who are enrolled in kindergarten in a community school, the number of those kindergartners who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten in their community school, and for each child, the community school in which the child is enrolled.
(2) The governing authority of each community school established under this chapter to annually report all of the following:
(a) The number of students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the number of students enrolled in kindergarten in the school who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(b) The number of enrolled students in grades one through twelve and the number of enrolled students in kindergarten, who are receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(c) The number of students reported under division (B)(2)(b) of this section receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in each of divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(d) The number of students in kindergarten reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten;
(e) The full-time equivalent number of students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section who are enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in each of divisions (A) and (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code that are provided by the community school;
(e)(f) Twenty per cent of the number of students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section who are not reported under division (B)(2)(d)(e) of this section but who are enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in each of divisions (A) and (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code at a joint vocational school district under a contract between the community school and the joint vocational school district 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;
(f)(g) The number of enrolled preschool handicapped students receiving special education services in a state-funded unit;
(g)(h) The community school's base formula amount;
(h)(i) For each student, the city, exempted village, or local school district in which the student is entitled to attend school;
(i)(j) Any poverty-based assistance reduction factor that applies to a school year.
(C) From the SF-3 payment made to a city, exempted village, or local school district and, if necessary, from the payment made to the district under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code, the department of education shall annually subtract the sum of the amounts described in divisions (C)(1) to (9) of this section. However, when deducting payments on behalf of students enrolled in internet- or computer-based community schools, the department shall deduct only those amounts described in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section. Furthermore, the aggregate amount deducted under this division shall not exceed the sum of the district's SF-3 payment and its payment under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code.
(1) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the number of the district's students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a), (b), and (e)(f) of this section who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve, and one-half the number of students reported under those divisions who are enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten, in that community school is multiplied by the greater of the following:
(a) The fiscal year 2005 base formula amount of that community school as adjusted by the school district's fiscal year 2005 cost-of-doing-business factor;
(b) The sum of (the current base formula amount of that community school times the school district's current cost-of-doing-business factor) plus the per pupil amount of the base funding supplements specified in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code.
(2) The sum of the amounts calculated under divisions (C)(2)(a) and (b) of this section:
(a) For each of the district's students reported under division (B)(2)(c) of this section as enrolled in a community school in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve and receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, the product of the applicable special education weight times the community school's base formula amount;
(b) For each of the district's students reported under division (B)(2)(c) of this section as enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten in a community school and receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, one-half of the amount calculated as prescribed in division (C)(2)(a) of this section.
(3) For each of the district's students reported under division (B)(2)(d)(e) of this section for whom payment is made under division (D)(4) of this section, the amount of that payment;
(4) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the number of the district's students enrolled in that community school who are included in the district's poverty student count is multiplied by the per pupil amount of poverty-based assistance the school district receives that year pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of that community school. If the district receives poverty-based assistance under division (B) of that section, the per pupil amount of that aid is the quotient of the amount the district received under that division divided by the district's poverty student count, as defined in that section. If the district receives poverty-based assistance under division (C) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, the per pupil amount of that aid for the district shall be calculated by the department.
(5) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the district's per pupil amount of aid received under division (E) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students reported under division (B)(2)(a) of this section who are enrolled in grades one to three in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(b) One-half of the district's students who are enrolled in all-day or any other kindergarten class in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(c) One-half of the district's students who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP.
The district's per pupil amount of aid under division (E) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code is the quotient of the amount the district received under that division divided by the district's kindergarten through third grade ADM, as defined in that section.
(6) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the district's per pupil amount received under division (F) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of that community school, is multiplied by the number of the district's students enrolled in the community school who are identified as limited-English proficient.
(7) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the district's per pupil amount received under division (G) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of that community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve in that community school;
(b) One-half of the number of the district's students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten in that community school.
The district's per pupil amount under division (G) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code is the district's amount per teacher calculated under division (G)(1) or (2) of that section divided by 17, times a multiple of 0.40 in fiscal year 2006 and 0.70 in fiscal year 2007.
(8) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each community school where the district's students are enrolled, the district's per pupil amount received under divisions (H) and (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of that community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve in that community school;
(b) One-half of the number of the district's students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten in that community school.
The district's per pupil amount under divisions (H) and (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code is the amount calculated under each division divided by the district's formula ADM, as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(9) An amount equal to the per pupil state parity aid funding calculated for the school district under either division (C) or (D) of section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code multiplied by the sum of the number of students in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve, and one-half of the number of students in traditional half-day kindergarten, who are entitled to attend school in the district and are enrolled in a community school as reported under division (B)(1) of this section.
(D) The department shall annually pay to a community school established under this chapter the sum of the amounts described in divisions (D)(1) to (10) of this section. However, the department shall calculate and pay to each internet- or computer-based community school only the amounts described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. Furthermore, the sum of the payments to all community schools under divisions (D)(1), (2), and (4) to (10) of this section for the students entitled to attend school in any particular school district shall not exceed the sum of that district's SF-3 payment and its payment under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code. If the sum of the payments calculated under those divisions for the students entitled to attend school in a particular school district exceeds the sum of that district's SF-3 payment and its payment under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code, the department shall calculate and apply a proration factor to the payments to all community schools under those divisions for the students entitled to attend school in that district.
(1) Subject to section 3314.085 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when the number of students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve in the school, plus one-half of the number of students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten students in the school, reported under divisions (B)(2)(a), (b), and (e)(f) of this section who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code is multiplied by the greater of the following:
(a) The community school's fiscal year 2005 base formula amount, as adjusted by the fiscal year 2005 cost-of-doing-business factor of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school;
(b) The sum of (the community school's current base formula amount times the current cost-of-doing-business factor of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school) plus the per pupil amount of the base funding supplements specified in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code.
(2) Prior to fiscal year 2007, the greater of the amount calculated under division (D)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, and in fiscal year 2007 and thereafter, the amount calculated under division (D)(2)(b) of this section:
(a) The aggregate amount that the department paid to the community school in fiscal year 1999 for students receiving special education and related services pursuant to IEPs, excluding federal funds and state disadvantaged pupil impact aid funds;
(b) The sum of the amounts calculated under divisions (D)(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of this section:
(i) For each student reported under division (B)(2)(c) of this section as enrolled in the school in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve and receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, the following amount:
the greater of (the community school's fiscal year 2005
base formula amount X the fiscal year 2005
cost-of-doing-business factor of the district
where the student is entitled to attend school)
or [(the school's current base formula amount times
the current cost-of-doing-business factor of the school district
where the student is entitled to attend school) plus
the per pupil amount of the base funding supplements specified in
divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code]
+ (the applicable special education weight X the
community school's base formula amount);
(ii) For each student reported under division (B)(2)(c) of this section as enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten and receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, one-half of the amount calculated under the formula prescribed in division (D)(2)(b)(i) of this section.
(3) An amount received from federal funds to provide special education and related services to students in the community school, as determined by the superintendent of public instruction.
(4) For each student reported under division (B)(2)(d)(e) of this section as enrolled in vocational education programs or classes that are described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, are provided by the community school, and are comparable as determined by the superintendent of public instruction to school district vocational education programs and classes eligible for state weighted funding under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the applicable vocational education weight times the community school's base formula amount times the percentage of time the student spends in the vocational education programs or classes.
(5) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the number of that district's students enrolled in the community school who are included in the district's poverty student count is multiplied by the per pupil amount of poverty-based assistance that school district receives that year pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school. The per pupil amount of aid shall be determined as described in division (C)(4) of this section.
(6) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the district's per pupil amount of aid received under division (E) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students reported under division (B)(2)(a) of this section who are enrolled in grades one to three in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(b) One-half of the district's students who are enrolled in all-day or any other kindergarten class in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(c) One-half of the district's students who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten in that community school and who are not receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP.
The district's per pupil amount of aid under division (E) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code shall be determined as described in division (C)(5) of this section.
(7) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the number of that district's students enrolled in the community school who are identified as limited-English proficient is multiplied by the district's per pupil amount received under division (F) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school.
(8) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the district's per pupil amount received under division (G) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve in that community school;
(b) One-half of the number of the district's students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten in that community school.
The district's per pupil amount under division (G) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code shall be determined as described in division (C)(7) of this section.
(9) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the district's per pupil amount received under divisions (H) and (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, as adjusted by any poverty-based assistance reduction factor of the community school, is multiplied by the sum of the following:
(a) The number of the district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve in that community school;
(b) One-half of the number of the district's students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten in that community school.
The district's per pupil amount under divisions (H) and (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code shall be determined as described in division (C)(8) of this section.
(10) An amount equal to the sum of the amounts obtained when, for each school district where the community school's students are entitled to attend school, the district's per pupil amount of state parity aid funding calculated under either division (C) or (D) of section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code is multiplied by the sum of the number of that district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten and grades one through twelve, and one-half of the number of that district's students enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten, in the community school as reported under division (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section.
(E)(1) If a community school's costs for a fiscal year for a student receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a handicap described in divisions (B) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code exceed the threshold catastrophic cost for serving the student as specified in division (C)(3)(b) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, the school may submit to the superintendent of public instruction documentation, as prescribed by the superintendent, of all its costs for that student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the type and in the manner prescribed, the department shall pay to the community school an amount equal to the school's costs for the student in excess of the threshold catastrophic costs.
(2) The community school shall only report under division (E)(1) of this section, and the department shall only pay for, the costs of educational expenses and the related services provided to the student in accordance with the student's individualized education program. Any legal fees, court costs, or other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the student may not be included in the amount.
(F) A community school may apply to the department of education for preschool handicapped or gifted unit funding the school would receive if it were a school district. Upon request of its governing authority, a community school that received unit funding as a school district-operated school before it became a community school shall retain any units awarded to it as a school district-operated school provided the school continues to meet eligibility standards for the unit.
A community school shall be considered a school district and its governing authority shall be considered a board of education for the purpose of applying to any state or federal agency for grants that a school district may receive under federal or state law or any appropriations act of the general assembly. The governing authority of a community school may apply to any private entity for additional funds.
(G) A board of education sponsoring a community school may utilize local funds to make enhancement grants to the school or may agree, either as part of the contract or separately, to provide any specific services to the community school at no cost to the school.
(H) A community school may not levy taxes or issue bonds secured by tax revenues.
(I) No community school shall charge tuition for the enrollment of any student.
(J)(1)(a) A community school may borrow money to pay any necessary and actual expenses of the school in anticipation of the receipt of any portion of the payments to be received by the school pursuant to division (D) of this section. The school may issue notes to evidence such borrowing. The proceeds of the notes shall be used only for the purposes for which the anticipated receipts may be lawfully expended by the school.
(b) A school may also borrow money for a term not to exceed fifteen years for the purpose of acquiring facilities.
(2) Except for any amount guaranteed under section 3318.50 of the Revised Code, the state is not liable for debt incurred by the governing authority of a community school.
(K) For purposes of determining the number of students for which divisions (D)(5) and (6) of this section applies in any school year, a community school may submit to the department of job and family services, no later than the first day of March, a list of the students enrolled in the school. For each student on the list, the community school shall indicate the student's name, address, and date of birth and the school district where the student is entitled to attend school. Upon receipt of a list under this division, the department of job and family services shall determine, for each school district where one or more students on the list is entitled to attend school, the number of students residing in that school district who were included in the department's report under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code. The department shall make this determination on the basis of information readily available to it. Upon making this determination and no later than ninety days after submission of the list by the community school, the department shall report to the state department of education the number of students on the list who reside in each school district who were included in the department's report under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code. In complying with this division, the department of job and family services shall not report to the state department of education any personally identifiable information on any student.
(L) The department of education shall adjust the amounts subtracted and paid under divisions (C) and (D) of this section to reflect any enrollment of students in community schools for less than the equivalent of a full school year. The state board of education within ninety days after April 8, 2003, shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules governing the payments to community schools under this section including initial payments in a school year and adjustments and reductions made in subsequent periodic payments to community schools and corresponding deductions from school district accounts as provided under divisions (C) and (D) of this section. For purposes of this section:
(1) A student shall be considered enrolled in the community school for any portion of the school year the student is participating at a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code.
(2) A student shall be considered to be enrolled in a community school during a school year for the period of time beginning on the later of the date on which the school both has received documentation of the student's enrollment from a parent and the student has commenced participation in learning opportunities as defined in the contract with the sponsor, or thirty days prior to the date on which the student is entered into the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. For purposes of applying this division to a community school student, "learning opportunities" shall be defined in the contract, which shall describe both classroom-based and non-classroom-based learning opportunities and shall be in compliance with criteria and documentation requirements for student participation which shall be established by the department. Any student's instruction time in non-classroom-based learning opportunities shall be certified by an employee of the community school. A student's enrollment shall be considered to cease on the date on which any of the following occur:
(a) The community school receives documentation from a parent terminating enrollment of the student.
(b) The community school is provided documentation of a student's enrollment in another public or private school.
(c) The community school ceases to offer learning opportunities to the student pursuant to the terms of the contract with the sponsor or the operation of any provision of this chapter.
(3) A student's percentage of full-time equivalency shall be considered to be the percentage the hours of learning opportunity offered to that student is of nine hundred and twenty hours. However, no internet- or computer-based community school shall be credited for any time a student spends participating in learning opportunities beyond ten hours within any period of twenty-four consecutive hours.
(M) The department of education shall reduce the amounts paid under division (D) of this section to reflect payments made to colleges under division (B) of section 3365.07 of the Revised Code.
(N)(1) No student shall be considered enrolled in any internet- or computer-based community school or, if applicable to the student, in any community school that is required to provide the student with a computer pursuant to division (C) of section 3314.22 of the Revised Code, unless both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The student possesses or has been provided with all required hardware and software materials and all such materials are operational so that the student is capable of fully participating in the learning opportunities specified in the contract between the school and the school's sponsor as required by division (A)(23) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code;
(b) The school is in compliance with division (A) of section 3314.22 of the Revised Code, relative to such student.
(2) In accordance with policies adopted jointly by the superintendent of public instruction and the auditor of state, the department shall reduce the amounts otherwise payable under division (D) of this section to any community school that includes in its program the provision of computer hardware and software materials to any student, if such hardware and software materials have not been delivered, installed, and activated for each such student in a timely manner or other educational materials or services have not been provided according to the contract between the individual community school and its sponsor.
The superintendent of public instruction and the auditor of state shall jointly establish a method for auditing any community school to which this division pertains to ensure compliance with this section.
The superintendent, auditor of state, and the governor shall jointly make recommendations to the general assembly for legislative changes that may be required to assure fiscal and academic accountability for such schools.
(O)(1) If the department determines that a review of a community school's enrollment is necessary, such review shall be completed and written notice of the findings shall be provided to the governing authority of the community school and its sponsor within ninety days of the end of the community school's fiscal year, unless extended for a period not to exceed thirty additional days for one of the following reasons:
(a) The department and the community school mutually agree to the extension.
(b) Delays in data submission caused by either a community school or its sponsor.
(2) If the review results in a finding that additional funding is owed to the school, such payment shall be made within thirty days of the written notice. If the review results in a finding that the community school owes moneys to the state, the following procedure shall apply:
(a) Within ten business days of the receipt of the notice of findings, the community school may appeal the department's determination to the state board of education or its designee.
(b) The board or its designee shall conduct an informal hearing on the matter within thirty days of receipt of such an appeal and shall issue a decision within fifteen days of the conclusion of the hearing.
(c) If the board has enlisted a designee to conduct the hearing, the designee shall certify its decision to the board. The board may accept the decision of the designee or may reject the decision of the designee and issue its own decision on the matter.
(d) Any decision made by the board under this division is final.
(3) If it is decided that the community school owes moneys to the state, the department shall deduct such amount from the school's future payments in accordance with guidelines issued by the superintendent of public instruction.
(P) The department shall not subtract from a school district's state aid account under division (C) of this section and shall not pay to a community school under division (D) of this section any amount for any of the following:
(1) Any student who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a public or nonpublic high school;
(2) Any student who is not a resident of the state;
(3) Any student who was enrolled in the community school 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, unless the superintendent of public instruction grants the student a waiver from the requirement to take the test and a parent is not paying tuition for the student pursuant to section 3314.26 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant a waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.
(4) Any student 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 enrollment in a community school not later than four years after termination of war or their honorable discharge. If, however, any such veteran elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans for whom tuition is paid under federal law, or otherwise, the department shall not subtract from a school district's state aid account under division (C) of this section and shall not pay to a community school under division (D) of this section any amount for that veteran.
Sec. 3314.084.  (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3313.64 of the Revised Code.
(3) "School district of residence" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code; however, a community school established under this chapter is not a "school district of residence" for purposes of this section.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3314.08 or 3317.03 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply in the case of a child who is enrolled in a community school and is also living in a home:
(1) For purposes of the report required under division (B)(1) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the child's school district of residence, and not the school district in which the home that the child is living in is located, shall be considered to be the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school. That school district of residence, therefore, shall make the report required under division (B)(1) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code with respect to the child.
(2) For purposes of the report required under division (B)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the community school shall report the name of the child's school district of residence.
(3) The child's school district of residence shall count the child in that district's formula ADM.
(4) The school district in which the home that the child is living in is located shall not count the child in that district's formula ADM.
(5) The Department department of Education education shall deduct the applicable amounts prescribed under division (C) of section 3314.08 and division (D) of section 3314.13 of the Revised Code from the child's school district of residence and shall not deduct those amounts from the school district in which the home that the child is living in is located.
(6) The Department department shall make the payments prescribed in divisions (D) and (E) of section 3314.08 and section 3314.13 of the Revised Code, as applicable, to the community school.
Sec. 3317.016. In addition to its form SF-3, or any successor to that form, the department of education shall publish on its web site a spreadsheet for each school district that specifies the constituent components of the district's "building blocks" funds, as follows:
(A) For compensation of base classroom teachers, as described in division (B)(1) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code, each spreadsheet shall specify the district's aggregate and per pupil amounts of state funds and of combined state and local funds, the average compensation decided by the general assembly for base classroom teachers, as specified in that division, and the number of base classroom teachers attributable to the district based on the student-teacher ratio decided by the general assembly, as specified in that division.
(B) Each spreadsheet shall specify the district's aggregate and per pupil amounts of state funds and of combined state and local funds for each of the following:
(1) Other personnel support, as described in division (B)(2) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code;
(2) Nonpersonnel support, as described in division (B)(3) of that section;
(3) Academic intervention services, as described in division (C)(1) of that section;
(4) Professional development, as described in division (C)(2) of that section;
(5) Data-based decision making, as described in division (C)(3) of that section;
(6) Professional development for data-based decision making, as described in division (C)(4) of that section.
(C) Each spreadsheet shall separately specify the district's aggregate and per pupil state funds for each of the following components of poverty-based assistance under section 3317.029 of the Revised Code:
(1) Poverty-based assistance guarantee payment under division (B) of that section;
(2) Academic intervention funding under division (C) of that section;
(3) All-day kindergarten under division (D) of that section;
(4) Class-size reduction under division (E) of that section;
(5)(4) Services to limited English proficient students under division (F) of that section;
(6)(5) Professional development, under division (G) of that section;
(7)(6) Dropout prevention under division (H) of that section;
(8)(7) Community outreach under division (I) of that section.
Sec. 3317.017.  (A) Not later than July 1, 2006, the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt a rule under which the superintendent may issue an order with respect to the spending, by a school district declared to be under an academic watch or in a state of academic emergency under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, of the following state building block funds intended to pay instructional-related costs:
(1) State funds for compensation of base classroom teachers, as described in division (B)(1) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code;
(2) State funds for academic intervention services under division (C)(1) of section 3317.012 and division (C) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(3) State funds for professional development under divisions (C)(2) and (4) of section 3317.012 and division (G) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(4) State funds for data based decision making under division (C)(3) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code;
(5) The poverty-based assistance guarantee payment under division (B) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(6) State funds for all-day kindergarten under division (D) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(7) State funds for class-size reduction under division (E) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(8)(7) State funds for services to limited English proficient students under division (F) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(9)(8) State funds for dropout prevention under division (H) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(10)(9) State funds for community outreach under division (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code.
(B) The rule shall authorize the superintendent of public instruction to issue an order that does one or a combination of the following:
(1) Requires the school district to periodically report to the superintendent of public instruction on its spending of the state funds paid for each building blocks component described in divisions (A)(1) to (10)(9) of this section;
(2) Requires the district to establish a separate account for each of the building blocks components described in divisions (A)(1) to (10)(9) of this section to which the district shall credit the state funds paid for each;
(3) Directs the district's spending of any or all of the state funds paid for the components described in divisions (A)(1) to (10)(9) of this section in accordance with the descriptions and requirements of sections 3317.012 and 3317.029 of the Revised Code.
(C) The rule shall specify situations in which the superintendent may issue an order and the types of orders the superintendent will issue for each of those situations. The rule, however, shall authorize the superintendent to issue orders in situations that are not enumerated or described in the rule.
(D) The board of education of each school district to which the superintendent of public instruction issues an order pursuant to the rule adopted under this section shall comply with that order.
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. Each student enrolled in traditional half-day kindergarten shall be counted as one-half of one full-time equivalent student, and each student enrolled in all-day kindergarten shall be counted as one full-time equivalent student. 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 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) 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) "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) "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:
COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS
COUNTY FACTOR AMOUNT
Adams 1.00233
Allen 1.01373
Ashland 1.01980
Ashtabula 1.02647
Athens 1.00093
Auglaize 1.01647
Belmont 1.00427
Brown 1.01180
Butler 1.04307
Carroll 1.00913
Champaign 1.02973
Clark 1.02980
Clermont 1.03607
Clinton 1.02193
Columbiana 1.01427
Coshocton 1.01153
Crawford 1.01093
Cuyahoga 1.04173
Darke 1.02253
Defiance 1.00973
Delaware 1.03520
Erie 1.02587
Fairfield 1.02440
Fayette 1.02127
Franklin 1.04053
Fulton 1.0220
Gallia 1.00000
Geauga 1.03340
Greene 1.02960
Guernsey 1.00440
Hamilton 1.05000
Hancock 1.01433
Hardin 1.02373
Harrison 1.00493
Henry 1.02120
Highland 1.00987
Hocking 1.01253
Holmes 1.01187
Huron 1.01953
Jackson 1.00920
Jefferson 1.00487
Knox 1.01860
Lake 1.03493
Lawrence 1.00540
Licking 1.02540
Logan 1.02567
Lorain 1.03433
Lucas 1.02600
Madison 1.03253
Mahoning 1.02307
Marion 1.02040
Medina 1.03573
Meigs 1.00173
Mercer 1.01353
Miami 1.02740
Monroe 1.00333
Montgomery 1.03020
Morgan 1.00593
Morrow 1.02007
Muskingum 1.00847
Noble 1.00487
Ottawa 1.03240
Paulding 1.00767
Perry 1.01067
Pickaway 1.02607
Pike 1.00687
Portage 1.03147
Preble 1.02947
Putnam 1.01440
Richland 1.01327
Ross 1.01007
Sandusky 1.02140
Scioto 1.00080
Seneca 1.01487
Shelby 1.01853
Stark 1.01700
Summit 1.03613
Trumbull 1.02340
Tuscarawas 1.00593
Union 1.03333
Van Wert 1.00887
Vinton 1.00633
Warren 1.04387
Washington 1.00400
Wayne 1.02320
Williams 1.01520
Wood 1.02400
Wyandot 1.01140

(2) In fiscal year 2007, the cost-of-doing-business factor for each county is:
COST-OF-DOING-BUSINESS
COUNTY FACTOR AMOUNT
Adams 1.00117
Allen 1.00687
Ashland 1.00990
Ashtabula 1.01323
Athens 1.00047
Auglaize 1.00823
Belmont 1.00213
Brown 1.00590
Butler 1.02153
Carroll 1.00457
Champaign 1.01487
Clark 1.01490
Clermont 1.01803
Clinton 1.01097
Columbiana 1.00713
Coshocton 1.00577
Crawford 1.00547
Cuyahoga 1.02087
Darke 1.01127
Defiance 1.00487
Delaware 1.01760
Erie 1.01293
Fairfield 1.01220
Fayette 1.01063
Franklin 1.02027
Fulton 1.01100
Gallia 1.00000
Geauga 1.01670
Greene 1.01480
Guernsey 1.00220
Hamilton 1.02500
Hancock 1.00717
Hardin 1.01187
Harrison 1.00247
Henry 1.01060
Highland 1.00493
Hocking 1.00627
Holmes 1.00593
Huron 1.00977
Jackson 1.00460
Jefferson 1.00243
Knox 1.00930
Lake 1.01747
Lawrence 1.00270
Licking 1.01270
Logan 1.01283
Lorain 1.01717
Lucas 1.01300
Madison 1.01627
Mahoning 1.01153
Marion 1.01020
Medina 1.01787
Meigs 1.00087
Mercer 1.00677
Miami 1.01370
Monroe 1.00167
Montgomery 1.01510
Morgan 1.00297
Morrow 1.01003
Muskingum 1.00423
Noble 1.00243
Ottawa 1.01620
Paulding 1.00383
Perry 1.00533
Pickaway 1.01303
Pike 1.00343
Portage 1.01573
Preble 1.01473
Putnam 1.00720
Richland 1.00663
Ross 1.00503
Sandusky 1.01070
Scioto 1.00040
Seneca 1.00743
Shelby 1.00927
Stark 1.00850
Summit 1.01807
Trumbull 1.01170
Tuscarawas 1.00297
Union 1.01667
Van Wert 1.00443
Vinton 1.00317
Warren 1.02193
Washington 1.00200
Wayne 1.01160
Williams 1.00760
Wood 1.01200
Wyandot 1.00570

(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.
(Y) "All-day kindergarten" means a kindergarten class that is in session five days per week for not less than the same number of clock hours each day as for pupils in grades one through six.
Sec. 3317.029.  (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Poverty percentage" means the quotient obtained by dividing the five-year average number of children ages five to seventeen residing in the school district and living in a family receiving assistance under the Ohio works first program or an antecedent program known as TANF or ADC, as certified or adjusted under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code, by the district's three-year average formula ADM.
(2) "Statewide poverty percentage" means the five-year average of the total number of children ages five to seventeen years residing in the state and receiving assistance under the Ohio works first program or an antecedent program known as TANF or ADC, divided by the sum of the three-year average formula ADMs for all school districts in the state.
(3) "Poverty index" means the quotient obtained by dividing the school district's poverty percentage by the statewide poverty percentage.
(4) "Poverty student count" means the five-year average number of children ages five to seventeen residing in the school district and living in a family receiving assistance under the Ohio works first program or an antecedent program known as TANF or ADC, as certified under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Kindergarten ADM" means the number of students reported under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code as enrolled in kindergarten, excluding any kindergarten students reported under division (B)(3)(e), (f), or (g) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.
(6) "Kindergarten through third grade ADM" means the amount calculated as follows:
(a) Multiply the kindergarten ADM by the sum of one plus the all-day kindergarten percentage;
(b) Add the The number of students in grades one kindergarten through three; minus
(c) Subtract from the sum calculated under division (A)(6)(b) of this section the (b) The number of special education students in grades kindergarten through three.
"Kindergarten through third grade ADM" shall not include any students reported under division (B)(3)(e), (f), or (g) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.
(7) "All-day kindergarten" means a kindergarten class that is in session five days per week for not less than the same number of clock hours each day as for pupils in grades one through six.
(8) "All-day kindergarten percentage" means the percentage of a district's actual total number of students enrolled in kindergarten who are enrolled in all-day kindergarten.
(9)(8) "Buildings with the highest concentration of need" means the school buildings in a district with percentages of students in grades kindergarten through three receiving assistance under Ohio works first at least as high as the district-wide percentage of students receiving such assistance.
If, in any fiscal year, the information provided by the department of job and family services under section 3317.10 of the Revised Code is insufficient to determine the Ohio works first percentage in each building, "buildings with the highest concentration of need" has the meaning given in rules that the department of education shall adopt. The rules shall base the definition of "buildings with the highest concentration of need" on family income of students in grades kindergarten through three in a manner that, to the extent possible with available data, approximates the intent of this division and division (K) of this section to designate buildings where the Ohio works first percentage in those grades equals or exceeds the district-wide Ohio works first percentage.
(B) In addition to the amounts required to be paid to a school district under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, the department of education shall compute and distribute to each school district for poverty-based assistance the greater of the following:
(1) The amount the district received in fiscal year 2005 for disadvantaged pupil impact aid pursuant to Section 41.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 95 of the 125th general assembly, as amended, minus both the amount the district received for that year under that section that is attributable to all-day kindergarten for all of the district's students enrolled in all-day kindergarten, except those enrolled in internet- or computer-based community schools, and the amount deducted from the district under Section 16 of Am. Sub. S.B. 2 of the 125th general assembly that year for all disadvantaged pupil impact aid payments to internet- and or computer-based community schools;
(2) The sum of the computations made under divisions (C) to (I) of this section.
(C) A payment for academic intervention programs, if the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.25, calculated as follows:
(1) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.25, calculate the district's level one amount for large-group academic intervention for all students as follows:
(a) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.25 but less than 0.75:
large-group intervention units X hourly rate X
level one hours X [(poverty index – 0.25)/0.5]
X phase-in percentage
Where:
(i) "Large-group intervention units" equals the district's formula ADM divided by 20;
(ii) "Hourly rate" equals $20.00 in fiscal year 2006 and $20.40 in fiscal year 2007;
(iii) "Level one hours" equals 25 hours;
(iv) "Phase-in percentage" equals 0.60 in fiscal year 2006 and 1.00 in fiscal year 2007.
(b) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.75:
large-group intervention units X hourly rate X
level one hours X phase-in percentage
Where "large-group intervention units," "hourly rate," "level one hours," and "phase-in percentage" have the same meanings as in division (C)(1)(a) of this section.
(2) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.75, calculate the district's level two amount for medium-group academic intervention for all students as follows:
(a) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 0.75 but less than 1.50:
medium-group intervention units X hourly rate
X {level one hours + [25 hours X ((poverty index – 0.75)/0.75)]}
X phase-in percentage
Where:
(i) "Medium group intervention units" equals the district's formula ADM divided by 15;
(ii) "Hourly rate," "level one hours," and "phase-in percentage" have the same meanings as in division (C)(1)(a) of this section.
(b) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.50:
medium-group intervention units X hourly rate X
level two hours X phase-in percentage
Where:
(i) "Medium group intervention units" has the same meaning as in division (C)(2)(a)(i) of this section;
(ii) "Hourly rate" and "phase-in percentage" have the same meanings as in division (C)(1)(a) of this section;
(iii) "Level two hours" equals 50 hours.
(3) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.50, calculate the district's level three amount for small-group academic intervention for impoverished students as follows:
(a) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.50 but less than 2.50:
small group intervention units X hourly rate X
{level one hours + [level three hours X
(poverty index – 1.50)]} X phase-in percentage
Where:
(i) "Small group intervention units" equals the quotient of (the district's poverty student count times 3) divided by 10;
(ii) "Hourly rate," "level one hours," and "phase-in percentage" have the same meanings as in division (C)(1)(a) of this section;
(iii) "Level three hours" equals 135 hours.
(b) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 2.50:
small group intervention units X hourly rate
X level three hours X phase-in percentage
Where:
(i) "Small group intervention units" has the same meaning as in division (C)(3)(a)(i) of this section;
(ii) "Hourly rate" and "phase-in percentage" have the same meanings as in division (C)(1)(a) of this section;
(iii) "Level three hours" equals 160 hours.
Any district that receives funds under division (C)(2) or (3) of this section annually shall submit to the department of education by a date established by the department a plan describing how the district will deploy those funds. The deployment measures described in that plan shall comply with any applicable spending requirements prescribed in division (J)(6)(5) of this section or with any order issued by the superintendent of public instruction under section 3317.017 of the Revised Code.
(D) A This division does not apply after fiscal year 2007.
A payment for all-day kindergarten if the poverty index of the school district is greater than or equal to 1.0 or if the district's three-year average formula ADM exceeded seventeen thousand five hundred. In addition, the department shall make a payment under this division to any school district that, in a prior fiscal year, qualified for this payment and provided all-day kindergarten, regardless of changes to the district's poverty index. The department shall calculate the payment under this division by multiplying the all-day kindergarten percentage by the kindergarten ADM and multiplying that product by the formula amount.
(E) A class-size reduction payment based on calculating the number of new teachers necessary to achieve a lower student-teacher ratio, as follows:
(1) Determine or calculate a formula number of teachers per one thousand students based on the poverty index of the school district as follows:
(a) If the poverty index of the school district is less than 1.0, the formula number of teachers is 50.0, which is the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of twenty to one;
(b) If the poverty index of the school district is greater than or equal to 1.0, but less than 1.5, the formula number of teachers is calculated as follows:
50.0 + {[(poverty index – 1.0)/0.5] X 16.667}
Where 50.0 is the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of twenty to one; 0.5 is the interval from a poverty index of 1.0 to a poverty index of 1.5; and 16.667 is the difference in the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of fifteen to one and the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of twenty to one.
(c) If the poverty index of the school district is greater than or equal to 1.5, the formula number of teachers is 66.667, which is the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of fifteen to one.
(2) Multiply the formula number of teachers determined or calculated in division (E)(1) of this section by the kindergarten through third grade ADM for the district and divide that product by one thousand;
(3) Calculate the number of new teachers as follows:
(a) Multiply the kindergarten through third grade ADM by 50.0, which is the number of teachers per one thousand students at a student-teacher ratio of twenty to one, and divide that product by one thousand;
(b) Subtract the quotient obtained in division (E)(3)(a) of this section from the product in division (E)(2) of this section.
(4) Multiply the greater of the difference obtained under division (E)(3) of this section or zero by the statewide average teachers compensation. For this purpose, the "statewide average teacher compensation" is $53,680 in fiscal year 2006 and $54,941 in fiscal year 2007, which includes an amount for the value of fringe benefits.
(F) A payment for services to limited English proficient students, if the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.0 and the proportion of its students who are limited English proficient, as reported in 2003 on its school district report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the 2002-2003 school year, is greater than or equal to 2.0%, calculated as follows:
(1) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.0, but less than 1.75, determine the amount per limited English proficient student as follows:
{0.125 + [0.125 X ((poverty index - 1.0)/0.75)]}
X formula amount
(2) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.75, the amount per limited English proficient student equals:
0.25 X formula amount
(3) Multiply the per student amount determined for the district under division (F)(1) or (2) of this section by the number of the district's limited English proficient students, times a phase-in percentage of 0.40 in fiscal year 2006 and 0.70 in fiscal year 2007. For purposes of this calculation, the number of limited English proficient students for each district shall be the number determined by the department when it calculated the district's percentage of limited English proficient students for its school district report card issued in 2003 for the 2002-2003 school year.
Not later than December 31, 2006, the department of education shall recommend to the general assembly and the director of budget and management a method of identifying the number of limited English proficient students for purposes of calculating payments under this division after fiscal year 2007.
(G) A payment for professional development of teachers, if the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.0, calculated as follows:
(1) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.0, but less than 1.75, determine the amount per teacher as follows:
[(poverty index – 1.0)/0.75] X 0.045 X formula amount
(2) If the district's poverty index is greater than or equal to 1.75, the amount per teacher equals:
0.045 X formula amount
(3) Determine the number of teachers, as follows:
(formula ADM/17)
(4) Multiply the per teacher amount determined for the district under division (G)(1) or (2) of this section by the number of teachers determined under division (G)(3) of this section, times a phase-in percentage of 0.40 in fiscal year 2006 and 0.70 in fiscal year 2007.
(H) A payment for dropout prevention, if the district is a big eight school district as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, calculated as follows:
0.005 X formula amount X poverty index
X formula ADM X phase-in percentage
Where "phase-in percentage" equals 0.40 in fiscal year 2006 and 0.70 in fiscal year 2007.
(I) An amount for community outreach, if the district is an urban school district as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, calculated as follows:
0.005 X formula amount X poverty index X
formula ADM X phase-in percentage
Where "phase-in percentage" equals 0.40 in fiscal year 2006 and 0.70 in fiscal year 2007.
(J) This division applies only to school districts whose poverty index is 1.0 or greater.
(1) Each school district subject to this division shall first utilize funds received under this section so that, when combined with other funds of the district, sufficient funds exist to provide all-day kindergarten to at least the number of children in the district's all-day kindergarten percentage. To satisfy this requirement, a district may use funds paid under division (C), (F), (G), (H), or (I) of this section to provide all-day kindergarten in addition to the all-day kindergarten payment under division (D) of this section.
(2) Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, each Each school district shall use its payment under division (F) of this section for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) To hire teachers for limited English proficient students or other personnel to provide intervention services for those students;
(b) To contract for intervention services for those students;
(c) To provide other services to assist those students in passing the third-grade reading achievement test, and to provide for those students the intervention services required by section 3313.608 of the Revised Code.
(3) Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, each
(2) Each school district shall use its payment under division (G) of this section for professional development of teachers or other licensed personnel providing educational services to students only in one or more of the following areas:
(a) Data-based decision making;
(b) Standards-based curriculum models;
(c) Job-embedded professional development activities that are research-based, as defined in federal law.
In addition, each district shall use the payment only to implement programs identified on a list of eligible professional development programs provided by the department of education. The department annually shall provide the list to each district receiving a payment under division (G) of this section. However, a district may apply to the department for a waiver to implement an alternative professional development program in one or more of the areas specified in divisions (J)(3)(2)(a) to (c) of this section. If the department grants the waiver, the district may use its payment under division (G) of this section to implement the alternative program.
(4) Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, each (3) Each big eight school district shall use its payment under division (H) of this section either for preventing at-risk students from dropping out of school, for safety and security measures described in division (J)(5)(4)(b) of this section, for academic intervention services described in division (J)(6)(5) of this section, or for a combination of those purposes. Not later than September 1, 2005, the department of education shall provide each big eight school district with a list of dropout prevention programs that it has determined are successful. The department subsequently may update the list. Each district that elects to use its payment under division (H) of this section for dropout prevention shall use the payment only to implement a dropout prevention program specified on the department's list. However, a district may apply to the department for a waiver to implement an alternative dropout prevention program. If the department grants the waiver, the district may use its payment under division (H) of this section to implement the alternative program.
(5) Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, each (4) Each urban school district that has a poverty index greater than or equal to 1.0 shall use its payment under division (I) of this section for one or a combination of the following purposes:
(a) To hire or contract for community liaison officers, attendance or truant officers, or safety and security personnel;
(b) To implement programs designed to ensure that schools are free of drugs and violence and have a disciplined environment conducive to learning;
(c) To implement academic intervention services described in division (J)(6)(5) of this section.
(6) Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, each (5) Each school district with a poverty index greater than or equal to 1.0 shall use the amount of its payment under division (C) of this section, and may use any amount of its payment under division (H) or (I) of this section, for academic intervention services for students who have failed or are in danger of failing any of the tests administered pursuant to section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, including intervention services required by section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. Except as permitted under division (J)(1) of this section, no No district shall spend any portion of its payment under division (C) of this section for any other purpose. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, no collective bargaining agreement entered into after June 30, 2005, shall require use of the payment for any other purpose.
(7)(6) Except as otherwise required by division (K) or permitted under division (O) of this section, all remaining funds distributed under this section to districts with a poverty index greater than or equal to 1.0 shall be utilized for the purpose of the third grade guarantee. The third grade guarantee consists of increasing the amount of instructional attention received per pupil in kindergarten through third grade, either by reducing the ratio of students to instructional personnel or by increasing the amount of instruction and curriculum-related activities by extending the length of the school day or the school year.
School districts may implement a reduction of the ratio of students to instructional personnel through any or all of the following methods:
(a) Reducing the number of students in a classroom taught by a single teacher;
(b) Employing full-time educational aides or educational paraprofessionals issued a permit or license under section 3319.088 of the Revised Code;
(c) Instituting a team-teaching method that will result in a lower student-teacher ratio in a classroom.
Districts may extend the school day either by increasing the amount of time allocated for each class, increasing the number of classes provided per day, offering optional academic-related after-school programs, providing curriculum-related extra curricular activities, or establishing tutoring or remedial services for students who have demonstrated an educational need. In accordance with section 3319.089 of the Revised Code, a district extending the school day pursuant to this division may utilize a participant of the work experience program who has a child enrolled in a public school in that district and who is fulfilling the work requirements of that program by volunteering or working in that public school. If the work experience program participant is compensated, the school district may use the funds distributed under this section for all or part of the compensation.
Districts may extend the school year either through adding regular days of instruction to the school calendar or by providing summer programs.
(K) Each district shall not expend any funds received under division (E) of this section in any school buildings that are not buildings with the highest concentration of need, unless there is a ratio of instructional personnel to students of no more than fifteen to one in each kindergarten and first grade class in all buildings with the highest concentration of need. This division does not require that the funds used in buildings with the highest concentration of need be spent solely to reduce the ratio of instructional personnel to students in kindergarten and first grade. A school district may spend the funds in those buildings in any manner permitted by division (J)(7)(6) of this section, but may not spend the money in other buildings unless the fifteen-to-one ratio required by this division is attained.
(L)(1) By the first day of August of each fiscal year, each school district wishing to receive any funds under division (D) of this section shall submit to the department of education an estimate of its all-day kindergarten percentage. Each district shall update its estimate throughout the fiscal year in the form and manner required by the department, and the department shall adjust payments under this section to reflect the updates.
(2) Annually by the end of December, the department of education, utilizing data from the information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, shall determine for each school district subject to division (J) of this section whether in the preceding fiscal year the district's ratio of instructional personnel to students and its number of kindergarten students receiving all-day kindergarten appear appears reasonable, given the amounts of money the district received for that fiscal year pursuant to divisions (D) and division (E) of this section. If the department is unable to verify from the data available that students are receiving reasonable amounts of instructional attention and all-day kindergarten, given the funds the district has received under this section, and that class-size reduction funds are being used in school buildings with the highest concentration of need as required by division (K) of this section, the department shall conduct a more intensive investigation to ensure that funds have been expended as required by this section. The department shall file an annual report of its findings under this division with the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the general assembly dealing with finance and education.
(M)(1) Each school district with a poverty index less than 1.0 that receives a payment under division (D) of this section shall first utilize funds received under this section so that, when combined with other funds of the district, sufficient funds exist to provide all-day kindergarten to at least the number of children in the district's all-day kindergarten percentage. To satisfy this requirement, a district may use funds paid under division (C) or (I) of this section to provide all-day kindergarten in addition to the all-day kindergarten payment under division (D) of this section.
(2) Except as permitted under division (M)(1) of this section, each school district with a poverty index less than 1.0 that receives a payment under division (C) of this section shall use its payment under that division in accordance with all requirements of division (J)(6)(5) of this section.
(3) Except as permitted under division (M)(1) of this section, each (2) Each school district with a poverty index less than 1.0 that receives a payment under division (I) of this section shall use its payment under that division for one or a combination of the following purposes:
(a) To hire or contract for community liaison officers, attendance or truant officers, or safety and security personnel;
(b) To implement programs designed to ensure that schools are free of drugs and violence and have a disciplined environment conducive to learning;
(c) To implement academic intervention services described in division (J)(6)(5) of this section.
(4)(3) Each school district to which division (M)(1), or (2), or (3) of this section applies shall expend the remaining funds received under this section, and any other district with a poverty index less than 1.0 shall expend all funds received under this section, for any of the following purposes:
(a) The purchase of technology for instructional purposes for remediation;
(b) All-day kindergarten;
(c) Reduction of class sizes in grades kindergarten through three, as described in division (J)(7)(6) of this section;
(d)(c) Summer school remediation;
(e)(d) Dropout prevention programs approved by the department of education under division (J)(4)(3) of this section;
(f)(e) Guaranteeing that all third graders are ready to progress to more advanced work;
(g)(f) Summer education and work programs;
(h)(g) Adolescent pregnancy programs;
(i)(h) Head start, preschool, early childhood education, or early learning programs;
(j)(i) Reading improvement and remediation programs described by the department of education;
(k)(j) Programs designed to ensure that schools are free of drugs and violence and have a disciplined environment conducive to learning;
(l)(k) Furnishing, free of charge, materials used in courses of instruction, except for the necessary textbooks or electronic textbooks required to be furnished without charge pursuant to section 3329.06 of the Revised Code, to pupils living in families participating in Ohio works first in accordance with section 3313.642 of the Revised Code;
(m)(l) School breakfasts provided pursuant to section 3313.813 of the Revised Code.
(N) If at any time the superintendent of public instruction determines that a school district receiving funds under division (D) of this section has enrolled less than the all-day kindergarten percentage reported for that fiscal year, the superintendent shall withhold from the funds otherwise due the district under this section a proportional amount as determined by the difference in the certified all-day kindergarten percentage and the percentage actually enrolled in all-day kindergarten.
The superintendent of public instruction shall also withhold an appropriate amount of funds otherwise due a district for any other misuse of funds not in accordance with this section.
(O)(1) A district may use a portion of the funds calculated for it under division (D) of this section to modify or purchase classroom space to provide all-day kindergarten, if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The district certifies to the department, in a manner acceptable to the department, that it has a shortage of space for providing all-day kindergarten.
(b) The district provides all-day kindergarten to the number of children in the all-day kindergarten percentage it certified under this section.
(2) A district may use a portion of the funds described in division (J)(7)(6) of this section to modify or purchase classroom space to enable it to further reduce class size in grades kindergarten through two with a goal of attaining class sizes of fifteen students per licensed teacher. To do so, the district must certify its need for additional space to the department, in a manner satisfactory to the department.
Sec. 3317.03.  Notwithstanding divisions (A)(1), (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 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 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)(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, 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 traditional half-day kindergarten, all-day 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)(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)(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 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)(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)(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)(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) 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)(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)(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) 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 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) If a student attending a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code is not included in the formula ADM 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 of that school district to include the community school student in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section, and shall recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM. This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E) of this section, in the community school during the week for which the formula ADM is being certified.
(4) If a student awarded an educational choice scholarship is not included in the formula ADM 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 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. This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E) of this section, in the chartered nonpublic school, the school district, or a community school during the week for which the formula ADM is being certified.
(G)(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 vocational education units approved under division (A) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code shall, for the units under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education the average daily membership in those units, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) The superintendent of each county MR/DD board that maintains special education classes under section 3317.20 of the Revised Code or units approved pursuant to section 3317.05 of the Revised Code 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 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) Except as provided in division (I) 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 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)(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) 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. 5727.84.  (A) As used in this section and sections 5727.85, 5727.86, and 5727.87 of the Revised Code:
(1) "School district" means a city, local, or exempted village school district.
(2) "Joint vocational school district" means a joint vocational school district created under section 3311.16 of the Revised Code, and includes a cooperative education school district created under section 3311.52 or 3311.521 of the Revised Code and a county school financing district created under section 3311.50 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Local taxing unit" means a subdivision or taxing unit, as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, a park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, or a township park district established under section 511.23 of the Revised Code, but excludes school districts and joint vocational school districts.
(4) "State education aid," for a school district, means the sum of state aid amounts computed for the district under divisions (A), (C)(1), (C)(4), (D), (E), and (F) of section 3317.022; divisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 3317.023; 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; and the adjustments required by: division (C) of section 3310.08; division (C) of section 3314.08; division (D) of section 3314.13; divisions (E), (K), (L), (M), (N), and (O) of section 3317.023; division (C) of section 3317.20; and sections 3313.979 and 3313.981 of the Revised Code. However, when calculating state education aid for a school district for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, include the amount computed for the district under Section 206.09.21 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly, as subsequently amended, instead of division (D) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code; include amounts calculated under Section 206.09.39 of that act, as subsequently amended; and account for adjustments under division (C)(2) of section 3310.41 of the Revised Code.
(5) "State education aid," for a joint vocational school district, means the sum of the state aid amounts computed for the district under division (N) of section 3317.024 and section 3317.16 of the Revised Code. However, when calculating state education aid for a joint vocational school district for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, include the amount computed for the district under Section 206.09.42 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly, as subsequently amended.
(6) "State education aid offset" means the amount determined for each school district or joint vocational school district under division (A)(1) of section 5727.85 of the Revised Code.
(7) "Recognized valuation" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(8) "Electric company tax value loss" means the amount determined under division (D) of this section.
(9) "Natural gas company tax value loss" means the amount determined under division (E) of this section.
(10) "Tax value loss" means the sum of the electric company tax value loss and the natural gas company tax value loss.
(11) "Fixed-rate levy" means any tax levied on property other than a fixed-sum levy.
(12) "Fixed-rate levy loss" means the amount determined under division (G) of this section.
(13) "Fixed-sum levy" means a tax levied on property at whatever rate is required to produce a specified amount of tax money or levied in excess of the ten-mill limitation to pay debt charges, and includes school district emergency levies imposed pursuant to section 5705.194 of the Revised Code.
(14) "Fixed-sum levy loss" means the amount determined under division (H) of this section.
(15) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index (all items, all urban consumers) prepared by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.
(B) The kilowatt-hour tax receipts fund is hereby created in the state treasury and shall consist of money arising from the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code. All money in the kilowatt-hour tax receipts fund shall be credited as follows:
(1) Fifty-nine and nine hundred seventy-six one-thousandths per cent, shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
(2) Two and six hundred forty-six one-thousandths per cent shall be credited to the local government fund, for distribution in accordance with section 5747.50 of the Revised Code.
(3) Three hundred seventy-eight one-thousandths per cent shall be credited to the local government revenue assistance fund, for distribution in accordance with section 5747.61 of the Revised Code.
(4) Twenty-five and four-tenths per cent shall be credited to the school district property tax replacement fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of making the payments described in section 5727.85 of the Revised Code.
(5) Eleven and six-tenths per cent shall be credited to the local government property tax replacement fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of making the payments described in section 5727.86 of the Revised Code.
(C) The natural gas tax receipts fund is hereby created in the state treasury and shall consist of money arising from the tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund shall be credited as follows:
(1) Sixty-eight and seven-tenths per cent shall be credited to the school district property tax replacement fund for the purpose of making the payments described in section 5727.85 of the Revised Code.
(2) Thirty-one and three-tenths per cent shall be credited to the local government property tax replacement fund for the purpose of making the payments described in section 5727.86 of the Revised Code.
(D) Not later than January 1, 2002, the tax commissioner shall determine for each taxing district its electric company tax value loss, which is the sum of the applicable amounts described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section:
(1) The difference obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (D)(1)(b) from the amount described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section.
(a) The value of electric company and rural electric company tangible personal property as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 1998 on a preliminary assessment, or an amended preliminary assessment if issued prior to March 1, 1999, and as apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 1998;
(b) The value of electric company and rural electric company tangible personal property as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 1998 had the property been apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 2001, and assessed at the rates in effect for tax year 2001.
(2) The difference obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (D)(2)(b) from the amount described in division (D)(2)(a) of this section.
(a) The three-year average for tax years 1996, 1997, and 1998 of the assessed value from nuclear fuel materials and assemblies assessed against a person under Chapter 5711. of the Revised Code from the leasing of them to an electric company for those respective tax years, as reflected in the preliminary assessments;
(b) The three-year average assessed value from nuclear fuel materials and assemblies assessed under division (D)(2)(a) of this section for tax years 1996, 1997, and 1998, as reflected in the preliminary assessments, using an assessment rate of twenty-five per cent.
(3) In the case of a taxing district having a nuclear power plant within its territory, any amount, resulting in an electric company tax value loss, obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (D)(1) of this section from the difference obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (D)(3)(b) of this section from the amount described in division (D)(3)(a) of this section.
(a) The value of electric company tangible personal property as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 2000 on a preliminary assessment, or an amended preliminary assessment if issued prior to March 1, 2001, and as apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 2000;
(b) The value of electric company tangible personal property as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 2001 on a preliminary assessment, or an amended preliminary assessment if issued prior to March 1, 2002, and as apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 2001.
(E) Not later than January 1, 2002, the tax commissioner shall determine for each taxing district its natural gas company tax value loss, which is the sum of the amounts described in divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section:
(1) The difference obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (E)(1)(b) from the amount described in division (E)(1)(a) of this section.
(a) The value of all natural gas company tangible personal property, other than property described in division (E)(2) of this section, as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 1999 on a preliminary assessment, or an amended preliminary assessment if issued prior to March 1, 2000, and apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 1999;
(b) The value of all natural gas company tangible personal property, other than property described in division (E)(2) of this section, as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax year 1999 had the property been apportioned to the taxing district for tax year 2001, and assessed at the rates in effect for tax year 2001.
(2) The difference in the value of current gas obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (E)(2)(b) from the amount described in division (E)(2)(a) of this section.
(a) The three-year average assessed value of current gas as assessed by the tax commissioner for tax years 1997, 1998, and 1999 on a preliminary assessment, or an amended preliminary assessment if issued prior to March 1, 2001, and as apportioned in the taxing district for those respective years;
(b) The three-year average assessed value from current gas under division (E)(2)(a) of this section for tax years 1997, 1998, and 1999, as reflected in the preliminary assessment, using an assessment rate of twenty-five per cent.
(F) The tax commissioner may request that natural gas companies, electric companies, and rural electric companies file a report to help determine the tax value loss under divisions (D) and (E) of this section. The report shall be filed within thirty days of the commissioner's request. A company that fails to file the report or does not timely file the report is subject to the penalty in section 5727.60 of the Revised Code.
(G) Not later than January 1, 2002, the tax commissioner shall determine for each school district, joint vocational school district, and local taxing unit its fixed-rate levy loss, which is the sum of its electric company tax value loss multiplied by the tax rate in effect in tax year 1998 for fixed-rate levies and its natural gas company tax value loss multiplied by the tax rate in effect in tax year 1999 for fixed-rate levies.
(H) Not later than January 1, 2002, the tax commissioner shall determine for each school district, joint vocational school district, and local taxing unit its fixed-sum levy loss, which is the amount obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (H)(2) of this section from the amount described in division (H)(1) of this section:
(1) The sum of the electric company tax value loss multiplied by the tax rate in effect in tax year 1998, and the natural gas company tax value loss multiplied by the tax rate in effect in tax year 1999, for fixed-sum levies for all taxing districts within each school district, joint vocational school district, and local taxing unit. For the years 2002 through 2006, this computation shall include school district emergency levies that existed in 1998 in the case of the electric company tax value loss, and 1999 in the case of the natural gas company tax value loss, and all other fixed-sum levies that existed in 1998 in the case of the electric company tax value loss and 1999 in the case of the natural gas company tax value loss and continue to be charged in the tax year preceding the distribution year. For the years 2007 through 2016 in the case of school district emergency levies, and for all years after 2006 in the case of all other fixed-sum levies, this computation shall exclude all fixed-sum levies that existed in 1998 in the case of the electric company tax value loss and 1999 in the case of the natural gas company tax value loss, but are no longer in effect in the tax year preceding the distribution year. For the purposes of this section, an emergency levy that existed in 1998 in the case of the electric company tax value loss, and 1999 in the case of the natural gas company tax value loss, continues to exist in a year beginning on or after January 1, 2007, but before January 1, 2017, if, in that year, the board of education levies a school district emergency levy for an annual sum at least equal to the annual sum levied by the board in tax year 1998 or 1999, respectively, less the amount of the payment certified under this division for 2002.
(2) The total taxable value in tax year 1999 less the tax value loss in each school district, joint vocational school district, and local taxing unit multiplied by one-fourth of one mill.
If the amount computed under division (H) of this section for any school district, joint vocational school district, or local taxing unit is greater than zero, that amount shall equal the fixed-sum levy loss reimbursed pursuant to division (E) of section 5727.85 of the Revised Code or division (A)(2) of section 5727.86 of the Revised Code, and the one-fourth of one mill that is subtracted under division (H)(2) of this section shall be apportioned among all contributing fixed-sum levies in the proportion of each levy to the sum of all fixed-sum levies within each school district, joint vocational school district, or local taxing unit.
(I) Notwithstanding divisions (D), (E), (G), and (H) of this section, in computing the tax value loss, fixed-rate levy loss, and fixed-sum levy loss, the tax commissioner shall use the greater of the 1998 tax rate or the 1999 tax rate in the case of levy losses associated with the electric company tax value loss, but the 1999 tax rate shall not include for this purpose any tax levy approved by the voters after June 30, 1999, and the tax commissioner shall use the greater of the 1999 or the 2000 tax rate in the case of levy losses associated with the natural gas company tax value loss.
(J) Not later than January 1, 2002, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education the tax value loss determined under divisions (D) and (E) of this section for each taxing district, the fixed-rate levy loss calculated under division (G) of this section, and the fixed-sum levy loss calculated under division (H) of this section. The calculations under divisions (G) and (H) of this section shall separately display the levy loss for each levy eligible for reimbursement.
(K) Not later than September 1, 2001, the tax commissioner shall certify the amount of the fixed-sum levy loss to the county auditor of each county in which a school district with a fixed-sum levy loss has territory.
Section 2. That existing sections 3314.08, 3314.084, 3317.016, 3317.017, 3317.02, 3317.029, 3317.03, and 5727.84 and section 3314.13 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect July 1, 2007.
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.
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