130th Ohio General Assembly
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H. B. No. 343  As Introduced
As Introduced

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
H. B. No. 343


Representative Stebelton 



A BILL
To amend section 3313.617 of the Revised Code, to amend the versions of sections 3317.01 and 3317.022 that are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2014, and to amend section 3314.08 and to enact sections 3314.362, 3314.38, 3317.036, and 3317.24 of the Revised Code on July 1, 2014, regarding educational programs for certain students and individuals who have not received a high school diploma.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3313.617 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.617. (A) A person who meets all of the following criteria shall be permitted to take the tests of general educational development:
(1) The person is at least eighteen years of age;
(2) The person is officially withdrawn from school;
(3) The person has not received a high school diploma or honors diploma awarded under section 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, or 3325.08 of the Revised Code.
(B) When a person who is at least sixteen years of age but less than nineteen eighteen years of age applies to the department of education to take the tests of general educational development, the person shall submit with the application written approval from the superintendent of the school district in which the person was last enrolled, or the superintendent's designee, except that if the person was last enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, the approval shall be from the principal of the school, or the principal's designee. The department may require the person also to submit written approval from the person's parent or guardian or a court official, if the person is younger than eighteen years of age.
(B)(C) For the purpose of calculating graduation rates for the school district and building report cards under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the department shall count any person for whom approval is obtained from the superintendent or principal, or a designee, person's parent or guardian or a court official under division (A)(B) of this section as a dropout from the district or school in which the person was last enrolled prior to obtaining the approval.
Section 2. That existing section 3313.617 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the versions of sections 3317.01 and 3317.022 that are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2014, and section 3314.08 be amended and sections 3314.362, 3314.38, 3317.036, and 3317.24 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3314.08.  (A) As used in this section:
(1)(a) "Category one career-technical education student" means a student who is receiving the career-technical education services described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Category two career-technical student" means a student who is receiving the career-technical education services described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
(c) "Category three career-technical student" means a student who is receiving the career-technical education services described in division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
(d) "Category four career-technical student" means a student who is receiving the career-technical education services described in division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
(e) "Category five career-technical education student" means a student who is receiving the career-technical education services described in division (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
(2)(a) "Category one limited English proficient student" means a limited English proficient student described in division (A) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Category two limited English proficient student" means a limited English proficient student described in division (B) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code.
(c) "Category three limited English proficient student" means a limited English proficient student described in division (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code.
(3)(a) "Category one special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Category two special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(c) "Category three special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(d) "Category four special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(e) "Category five special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(f) "Category six special education student" means a student who is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Formula amount" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(5) "IEP" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.
(6) "Resident district" means the school district in which a student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(7) "State education aid" has the same meaning as in section 5751.20 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 each grade kindergarten through twelve in a community school established under this chapter, 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 full-time equivalent 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 full-time equivalent 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 disability described in each of divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(d) The full-time equivalent number of students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section who are enrolled in career-technical education programs or classes described in each of divisions (A) to (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code that are provided by the community school;
(e) 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) of this section but who are enrolled in career-technical education programs or classes described in each of divisions (A) to (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code at a joint vocational school district or another district in the career-technical planning district to which the school is assigned;
(f) The number of students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section who are category one to three limited English proficient students described in each of divisions (A) to (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code;
(g) The number of students reported under divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) who are economically disadvantaged, as defined by the department. A student shall not be categorically excluded from the number reported under division (B)(2)(g) of this section based on anything other than family income.
(h) For each student, the city, exempted village, or local school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code;
(i) If the school offers a dropout prevention and recovery program, the number of individuals enrolled in the program under division (A) of section 3314.38 of the Revised Code, if any, and the school district in which each individual resides.
A school district board and a community school governing authority shall include in their respective reports under division (B) of this section any child admitted in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 3321.01 of the Revised Code.
A governing authority of a community school shall not include in its report under division (B)(2) of this section any student for whom tuition is charged under division (F) of this section.
(C)(1) Except as provided in division divisions (C)(2) and (8) of this section, and subject to divisions (C)(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section, on a full-time equivalency basis, for each student enrolled in a community school established under this chapter, the department of education annually shall deduct from the state education aid of a student's resident district and, if necessary, from the payment made to the district under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code and pay to the community school the sum of the following:
(a) An opportunity grant in an amount equal to the formula amount;
(b) The per pupil amount of targeted assistance funds calculated under division (A) of section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code for the student's resident district, as determined by the department, X 0.25;
(c) Additional state aid for special education and related services provided under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code as follows:
(i) If the student is a category one special education student, the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(ii) If the student is a category two special education student, the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(iii) If the student is a category three special education student, the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(iv) If the student is a category four special education student, the amount specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(v) If the student is a category five special education student, the amount specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;
(vi) If the student is a category six special education student, the amount specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.
(d) If the student is in kindergarten through third grade, an additional amount of $211, in fiscal year 2014, and $290, in fiscal year 2015;
(e) If the student is economically disadvantaged, an additional amount equal to the following:
($269, in fiscal year 2014, or $272, in fiscal year 2015) X (the resident district's economically disadvantaged index)
(f) Limited English proficiency funds as follows:
(i) If the student is a category one limited English proficient student, the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code;
(ii) If the student is a category two limited English proficient student, the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code;
(iii) If the student is a category three limited English proficient student, the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code.
(g) Career-technical education funds as follows:
(i) If the student is a category one career-technical education student, the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;
(ii) If the student is a category two career-technical education student, the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;
(iii) If the student is a category three career-technical education student, the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;
(iv) If the student is a category four career-technical education student, the amount specified in division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;
(v) If the student is a category five career-technical education student, the amount specified in division (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.
Deduction and payment of funds under division (C)(1)(g) of this section is subject to approval by the lead district of a career-technical planning district or the department of education under section 3317.161 of the Revised Code.
(2) When deducting from the state education aid of a student's resident district for students enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school and making payments to such school under this section, the department shall make the deductions and payments described in only divisions (C)(1)(a), (c), and (g) of this section.
No deductions or payments shall be made for a student enrolled in such school under division (C)(1)(b), (d), (e), or (f) of this section.
(3)(a) 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 disability 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 (B) of section 3317.0214 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.
(b) The community school shall report under division (C)(3)(a) of this section, and the department shall pay for, only 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.
(4) In any fiscal year, a community school receiving funds under division (C)(1)(g) of this section shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for career-technical education expenses. Career-technical educational education expenses approved by the department shall include only expenses connected to the delivery of career-technical programming to career-technical students. The department shall require the school to report data annually so that the department may monitor the school's compliance with the requirements regarding the manner in which funding received under division (C)(1)(g) of this section may be spent.
(5) All funds received under division (C)(1)(g) of this section shall be spent in the following manner:
(a) At least seventy-five per cent of the funds shall be spent on curriculum development, purchase, and implementation; instructional resources and supplies; industry-based program certification; student assessment, credentialing, and placement; curriculum specific equipment purchases and leases; career-technical student organization fees and expenses; home and agency linkages; work-based learning experiences; professional development; and other costs directly associated with career-technical education programs including development of new programs.
(b) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the funds shall be used for personnel expenditures.
(6) A community school shall spend the funds it receives under division (C)(1)(e) of this section in accordance with section 3317.25 of the Revised Code.
(7) If the sum of the payments computed under division (C)(1) of this section for the students entitled to attend school in a particular school district under sections 3313.64 and 3313.65 of the Revised Code and the sum of payments computed under division (C)(8) of this section for individuals enrolled under section 3314.38 of the Revised Code, combined, exceeds the sum of that district's state education aid 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 that division those divisions for the those students entitled to attend school in that district and individuals.
(8) For each individual who is at least twenty-two but less than thirty years of age enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program operated by a community school under division (A) of section 3314.38 of the Revised Code, the department shall deduct from the state education aid of the school district in which the individual resides and pay to the community school an additional payment equal to the amount described in division (C)(1)(a) of this section.
No deductions or payments shall be made for such an individual for the purposes specified in division (C)(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section.
(D) 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.
(E) A community school may not levy taxes or issue bonds secured by tax revenues.
(F) No community school shall charge tuition for the enrollment of any student who is a resident of this state. A community school may charge tuition for the enrollment of any student who is not a resident of this state.
(G)(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 (C) 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.
(H) The department of education shall adjust the amounts subtracted and paid under division (C) 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 division (C) 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 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 and divisions (H)(3) and (4) of this section 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.
Except as otherwise specified in this paragraph, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior school year in an internet- or computer-based community school shall be considered to be enrolled in the same school in the subsequent school year until the student's enrollment has ceased as specified in division (H)(2) of this section. The department shall continue subtracting and paying amounts for the student under division (C) of this section without interruption at the start of the subsequent school year. However, if the student without a legitimate excuse fails to participate in the first one hundred five consecutive hours of learning opportunities offered to the student in that subsequent school year, the student shall be considered not to have re-enrolled in the school for that school year and the department shall recalculate the payments to the school for that school year to account for the fact that the student is not enrolled.
(3) The department shall determine each community school student's percentage of full-time equivalency based on the percentage of learning opportunities offered by the community school to that student, reported either as number of hours or number of days, is of the total learning opportunities offered by the community school to a student who attends for the school's entire school year. 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. Whether it reports hours or days of learning opportunities, each community school shall offer not less than nine hundred twenty hours of learning opportunities during the school year.
(4) With respect to the calculation of full-time equivalency under division (H)(3) of this section, the department shall waive the number of hours or days of learning opportunities not offered to a student because the community school was closed during the school year due to disease epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, law enforcement emergencies, inoperability of school buses or other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility failure rendering the school building unfit for school use, so long as the school was actually open for instruction with students in attendance during that school year for not less than the minimum number of hours required by this chapter. The department shall treat the school as if it were open for instruction with students in attendance during the hours or days waived under this division.
(I) The department of education shall reduce the amounts paid under this section to reflect payments made to colleges under division (B) of section 3365.07 of the Revised Code or through alternative funding agreements entered into under rules adopted under section 3365.12 of the Revised Code.
(J)(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 (C) 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.
(K)(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.
(L) The department shall not subtract from a school district's state aid account and shall not pay to a community school under division (C) 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 assessments were administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one or more of the assessments 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 assessment 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 and shall not pay to a community school under division (C) of this section any amount for that veteran.
Sec. 3314.362. (A) For the purposes of this section:
(1) A community school shall be considered a local educational agency, as defined in section 9202 of title 20 of the United States Code.
(2) An "ABLE program" is an adult basic and literacy education program that offers courses of instruction in basic skills such as reading, writing, math, problem-solving, and English as a second language, as well as preparation for the tests of general educational development.
(B) Beginning on July 1, 2014, any community school established under this chapter that serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program operated by the school, as described in division (A)(4)(a) of section 3314.35 of the Revised Code, is hereby authorized to operate an ABLE program. For the 2014-2015 school year, and for each school year thereafter, the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall consider such a community school to be eligible for federal or state grants administered by the chancellor to support the school's ABLE program.
Sec. 3314.38.  (A) An individual who is at least twenty-two but younger than thirty years of age and who has not been awarded a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence, as defined in section 4109.06 of the Revised Code, may enroll for up to two cumulative school years in a dropout prevention and recovery program operated by a community school that is designed to allow enrollees to earn a high school diploma. The community school shall report that individual's enrollment under division (B)(2)(i) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code and shall receive the amount attributable to the individual's enrollment prescribed by division (C)(8) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code.
(B) A community school that enrolls individuals under division (A) of this section shall be subject to the reporting and measurement standards developed by the state board of education under division (C) of section 3317.24 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3317.01.  As used in this section, "school district," unless otherwise specified, means any city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district and any educational service center.
This chapter shall be administered by the state board of education. The superintendent of public instruction shall calculate the amounts payable to each school district and shall certify the amounts payable to each eligible district to the treasurer of the district as provided by this chapter. As soon as possible after such amounts are calculated, the superintendent shall certify to the treasurer of each school district the district's adjusted charge-off increase, as defined in section 5705.211 of the Revised Code. Certification of moneys pursuant to this section shall include the amounts payable to each school building, at a frequency determined by the superintendent, for each subgroup of students, as defined in section 3317.40 of the Revised Code, receiving services, provided for by state funding, from the district or school. No moneys shall be distributed pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the controlling board.
The state board of education shall, in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly, meet the financial obligations of this chapter.
Moneys distributed to school districts pursuant to this chapter shall be calculated based on the annual enrollment calculated from the three reports required under section sections 3317.03 and 3317.036 of the Revised Code and paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning with the first day of July and extending through the thirtieth day of June. The moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed periodically to each school district unless otherwise provided for. The state board, in June of each year, shall submit to the controlling board the state board's year-end distributions pursuant to this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided, payments under this chapter shall be made only to those school districts in which:
(A) The school district, except for any educational service center and any joint vocational or cooperative education school district, levies for current operating expenses at least twenty mills. Levies for joint vocational or cooperative education school districts or county school financing districts, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement. School district income tax levies under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current operating expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement to the extent determined by the tax commissioner under division (D) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.
(B) The school year next preceding the fiscal year for which such payments are authorized meets the requirement of section 3313.48 of the Revised Code, with regard to the minimum number of hours school must be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, for individualized parent-teacher conference and reporting periods, and for professional meetings of teachers.
A school district shall not be considered to have failed to comply with this division because schools were open for instruction but either twelfth grade students were excused from attendance for up to the equivalent of three school days or only a portion of the kindergarten students were in attendance for up to the equivalent of three school days in order to allow for the gradual orientation to school of such students.
A board of education or governing board of an educational service center which has not conformed with other law and the rules pursuant thereto, shall not participate in the distribution of funds authorized by this chapter, except for good and sufficient reason established to the satisfaction of the state board of education and the state controlling board.
All funds allocated to school districts under this chapter, except those specifically allocated for other purposes, shall be used to pay current operating expenses only.
Sec. 3317.022. (A) The department of education shall compute and distribute state core foundation funding to each eligible school district for the fiscal year, using the information obtained under section 3317.021 of the Revised Code in the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins, as prescribed in the following divisions:
(1) An opportunity grant calculated according to the following formula:
The formula amount X (formula ADM + preschool scholarship ADM + the number of individuals who are at least twenty-two but less than thirty years of age enrolled in diploma programs as calculated under division (B) of section 3317.036 of the Revised Code) X the district's state share index
(2) Targeted assistance funds calculated under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code;
(3) Additional state aid for special education and related services provided under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code calculated as the sum of the following:
(a) The district's category one special education ADM X the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(b) The district's category two special education ADM X the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(c) The district's category three special education ADM X the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(d) The district's category four special education ADM X the amount specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(e) The district's category five special education ADM X the amount specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(f) The district's category six special education ADM X the amount specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index.
(4) Kindergarten through third grade literacy funds calculated according to the following formula:
[($125, in fiscal year 2014, or $175, in fiscal year 2015) X formula ADM for grades kindergarten through three X the district's state share index] + [($100, in fiscal year 2014, or $160, in fiscal year 2015) X formula ADM for grades kindergarten through three]
For purposes of this calculation, the department shall subtract from a district's formula ADM for grades kindergarten through three the number of students reported under division (B)(3)(e) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school who are in grades kindergarten through three.
(5) Economically disadvantaged funds calculated according to the following formula:
($250, in fiscal year 2014, or $253, in fiscal year 2015) X (the district's economically disadvantaged index) X the number of students who are economically disadvantaged as certified under division (B)(21) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code
(6) Limited English proficiency funds calculated as the sum of the following:
(a) The district's category one limited English proficient ADM X the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(b) The district's category two limited English proficient ADM X the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(c) The district's category three limited English proficient ADM X the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index.
(7)(a) Gifted identification funds calculated according to the following formula:
($5, in fiscal year 2014, or $5.05, in fiscal year 2015) X the
district's formula ADM
(b) Gifted unit funding calculated under section 3317.051 of the Revised Code.
(8) Career-technical education funds calculated as the sum of the following:
(a) The district's category one career-technical education ADM X the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(b) The district's category two career-technical education ADM X the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(c) The district's category three career-technical education ADM X the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(d) The district's category four career-technical education ADM X the amount specified in division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index;
(e) The district's category five career-technical education ADM X the amount specified in division (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the district's state share index.
Payment of funds under division (A)(8) of this section is subject to approval under section 3317.161 of the Revised Code.
(9) Career-technical education associated services funds calculated according to the following formula:
The district's state share index X the amount for career-technical education associated services specified in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code X the sum of categories one through five career-technical education ADM
(B) In any fiscal year, a school district shall spend for purposes that the department designates as approved for special education and related services expenses at least the amount calculated as follows:
(The formula amount X the total special education ADM) + (the district's category one special education ADM X the amount specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code) + (the district's category two special education ADM X the amount specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code) + (the district's category three special education ADM X the amount specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code) + (the district's category four special education ADM X the amount specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code) + (the district's category five special education ADM X the amount specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code) + (the district's category six special education ADM X the amount specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code)
The purposes approved by the department for special education expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, identification of children with disabilities, compliance with state rules governing the education of children with disabilities and prescribing the continuum of program options for children with disabilities, provision of speech language pathology services, and the portion of the school district's overall administrative and overhead costs that are attributable to the district's special education student population.
The scholarships deducted from the school district's account under sections 3310.41 and 3310.55 of the Revised Code shall be considered to be an approved special education and related services expense for the purpose of the school district's compliance with this division.
(C) In any fiscal year, a school district receiving funds under division (A)(8) of this section shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for career-technical education expenses. Career-technical educational education expenses approved by the department shall include only expenses connected to the delivery of career-technical programming to career-technical students. The department shall require the school district to report data annually so that the department may monitor the district's compliance with the requirements regarding the manner in which funding received under division (A)(8) of this section may be spent.
(D) In any fiscal year, a school district receiving funds under division (A)(9) of this section, or through a transfer of funds pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for career-technical education associated services expenses, which may include such purposes as apprenticeship coordinators, coordinators for other career-technical education services, career-technical evaluation, and other purposes designated by the department. The department may deny payment under division (A)(9) of this section to any district that the department determines is not operating those services or is using funds paid under division (A)(9) of this section, or through a transfer of funds pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, for other purposes.
(E) All funds received under division (A)(8) of this section shall be spent in the following manner:
(1) At least seventy-five per cent of the funds shall be spent on curriculum development, purchase, and implementation; instructional resources and supplies; industry-based program certification; student assessment, credentialing, and placement; curriculum specific equipment purchases and leases; career-technical student organization fees and expenses; home and agency linkages; work-based learning experiences; professional development; and other costs directly associated with career-technical education programs including development of new programs.
(2) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the funds shall be used for personnel expenditures.
(F) A school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(5) of this section in accordance with section 3317.25 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3317.036.  (A) The superintendent of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall report to the state board of education as of the last day of October, March, and June of each year the enrollment in the district of individuals who are at least twenty-two but less than thirty years of age under section 3317.24 of the Revised Code. This report shall be in addition to the district's report of the enrollment of students entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code that is required under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of education shall calculate the sum of the following for each city, local, and exempted village school district:
(1) All individuals reported to be enrolled in the district under division (A) of this section;
(2) All individuals residing in the district that are reported under division (B)(2)(i) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code as enrolled in a community school dropout prevention and recovery program under section 3314.38 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3317.24.  (A) For purposes of this section, "challenged school district" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) If an individual who is at least twenty-two but younger than thirty years of age and who has not been awarded a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence, as defined in section 4109.06 of the Revised Code, resides in a challenged school district, that individual may enroll in that district for up to two cumulative school years for the purpose of earning a high school diploma. The district shall report that individual's enrollment under division (A) of section 3317.036 of the Revised Code and shall not report that individual's enrollment under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) The state board of education shall develop standards for the reporting and measurement of the academic performance of individuals enrolled in a district under division (B) of this section and of individuals enrolled in a community school dropout prevention and recovery program under division (A) of section 3314.38 of the Revised Code. Each district that enrolls individuals under division (B) of this section and each community school that enrolls individuals under division (A) of section 3314.38 of the Revised Code shall be subject to the standards developed under this division.
Section 4. That existing section 3314.08 and the existing versions of sections 3317.01 and 3317.022 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2014, are hereby repealed.
Section 5.  For fiscal year 2015, the combined enrollment in challenged school districts under division (B) of section 3317.24 of the Revised Code and in community school dropout prevention and recovery programs under division (A) of section 3314.38 of the Revised Code of individuals who are at least twenty-two but younger than thirty years of age shall be limited to 1,500 individuals on a first-come, first-serve basis as determined by the Department of Education.
Section 6. Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
Section 7. The Department of Education shall prescribe procedures and deadlines necessary to begin implementing the enrollment limit prescribed by Section 5 of this act when that section takes effect.
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