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H. B. No. 603 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Beck, Lehner, Adams, J., Derickson
A BILL
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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
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.
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