To enact section 3314.019 of the Revised Code to permit the establishment of hybrid community schools that provide both online and classroom-based instruction.

Section 1.  That section 3314.019 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3314.019.  (A)(1) Any community school established on or after the effective date of this section may function as a hybrid community school in accordance with this section to provide students with a combination of internet- or computer-based instruction and classroom-based instruction. The contract adopted under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code shall describe the hybrid nature of the school's instructional program.

(2) The governing authority of any community school established prior to the effective date of this section, upon the approval of the school's sponsor, may restructure the school as a hybrid community school in accordance with this section to provide students with a combination of internet- or computer-based instruction and classroom-based instruction. Prior to the first day of July of the school year in which the school will be restructured, the governing authority and the school's sponsor shall amend the contract adopted under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code to describe the hybrid nature of the school's instructional program and to make any other changes necessary to conform the contract to the requirements of this section.

(3) A hybrid community school is not subject to the prohibition prescribed by division (A)(6) of section 3314.013 of the Revised Code.

(B) The governing authority of each hybrid community school shall require each student enrolled in the school to do both of the following:

(1) For at least one day each school week, attend a centralized site maintained by the governing authority to receive traditional classroom-based instruction that does not rely primarily on the use of computers or other electronic, digital, or wireless technology, except that no student shall be required to attend such a site for two and one-half days or more each school week;

(2) For the remainder of each school week, work primarily from the student's residence on assignments in nonclassroom-based learning opportunities provided via an internet- or other computer-based instructional method.

(C) The centralized site maintained by the school's governing authority for the provision of classroom-based instruction shall be located in a challenged school district. That school district shall be considered the school district in which the school is located for all purposes of this chapter, including adopting an admission policy under division (A)(19) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.

(D) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter or Chapter 3306. or 3317. of the Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following apply with respect to each student enrolled in a hybrid community school:

(1) For purposes of the report required under division (B)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the community school shall report the number of days each school week that the student is required to attend the centralized site described in division (C) of this section. If the student is required to attend that site for less than a full day on any day of the school week, the number reported under this division shall be the sum of the number of full days each school week the student is required to attend plus the percentage of the day the student is required to attend on each of the other days of the school week.

(2) The department of education shall deduct from the school district reported for the student under division (B)(2)(h) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code the sum of the following:

(a) The amounts prescribed under division (C) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code that would be applicable if the student were enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school;

(b) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times twenty per cent of the difference between (i) the sum of the amounts prescribed under division (C) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code that would be applicable if the student were enrolled in a community school other than an internet- or computer-based community school and (ii) the sum of the amounts specified in division (D)(2)(a) of this section;

(c) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times twenty per cent of the amount prescribed by section 3314.13 of the Revised Code, if the student meets the criteria described in division (B) of that section, and if division (D) of that section requires a deduction from the school district.

(3) The department shall pay to the community school the sum of the following:

(a) The amount calculated under division (D)(2) of this section;

(b) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times twenty per cent of the amount prescribed by section 3314.13 of the Revised Code, if the student meets the criteria described in division (B) of that section but a deduction was not made under division (D)(2)(c) of this section;

(c) Any amount prescribed by division (E) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code.

(E) In accordance with section 3314.09 of the Revised Code, each student enrolled in a hybrid community school shall be entitled to transportation to the centralized site described in division (C) of this section on each week day the student is required to attend school at that site.

(F) A hybrid community school is not an internet- or computer-based community school for purposes of this chapter. Nevertheless, except as otherwise provided in this section, a hybrid community school shall comply with all requirements of this chapter, including any provisions that apply solely to an internet- or computer-based community school.