Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement
127 th General Assembly of Ohio
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Waives the requirement for certain school districts to make up
days schools are closed due to flooding |
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No
direct fiscal effect on the state.
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The
bill waives the requirement, under certain conditions, for a school district to
make up days it was closed due to flooding during the 2007-2008 school
year. According to the Department of
Education, Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in Tuscarawas County meets
the bill's conditions. Under the bill,
this district will save the cost of making up the days schools were closed due
to flooding and will avoid any potential state funding penalties if it does not
make up these days.
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Continuing law generally
requires that school districts provide 182 days of instruction during each
school year,[1] except that districts are permitted to close schools for up to five
days per year for public calamities without making up these days. If districts close schools for more than
five days in a school year, they must make up that lost instructional
time. If they do not make up the time,
districts forfeit state aid for the next school year. The bill waives the requirement to make up days schools were
closed due to flooding during the 2007-2008 school year if a district meets
certain conditions.[2]
According to the Department
of Education, Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in Tuscarawas County is
the only district that meets the bill's conditions. Under the bill, this district will save the cost of making up the
days schools were closed due to flooding.
If, on the other hand, the district is not able to make up the days,
even without the bill's passage, the bill prevents the district from losing
state aid in FY 2009. Tuscarawas
Valley receives approximately $5.8 million in state aid for FY 2008.
LSC fiscal staff: Edward Millane, Budget Analyst