Senate Sub HB59

7/28/2019 Senate Sub HB59

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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceMain Operating Appropriations Billepartment of Education

review and approval of the school's career-technical program

by the lead district of the career-technical planning district towhich the school is affiliated (see EDUCD88).

report data annually in order to monitor the

compliance with this provision (these provipresent in the As Introduced version of theEDUCD88) and (2) requires a community sleast 75% of the state career-technical edureceives on costs directly associated with ceducation programs and not more than 25%expenditures (an existing rule prescribes thpercentages for the expenditure of career-t

education funds by all types of providers).No provision. No provision. Provides an additional state payment that g

2014 and FY 2015, a community school thbe excellent or higher on the local report ca2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012 school yleast the amount of the community school'2013.

No provision. No provision. Clarifies that a student enrolled in a comm

simultaneously enroll in the career-technicaoperated by the CTPD to which the studenbelongs, rather than the career-technical pby the student's resident district as under c

No provision. No provision. Clarifies that the resident district of a studecommunity school that is simultaneously encareer-technical program of the CTPD to wresident district belongs must count the stu

category one through five career-technical for the proportion of the time that the studetechnical program of the CTPD, and requircalculate funds for the resident district base(under current law, the resident district is rethe student for the proportion of time the stin the district's career-technical program).

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Fiscal effect: Alters the per pupil amount deducted from

school dist rict state funding allocations compared tocurrent law, which is based on a formula amount of$5,653 plus addi tional amounts based on FY 2009 levelsfor special education , career-technical education ,poverty-based assistance, and parity aid. In FY 2012,transfers of state aid to community schools amounted to$774.4 million . In addition to the transfers describedhere, community schools, other than e-schools, are

provided $100 per ADM for facilities costs (seeEDUCD78).

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, wit

guarantee payments funded by the stateearmark of GRF appropriation i tem 2005Funding (see EDUCD23).

Capital and Maintenance Fund Set AsideDUCD93

3315.18.C.Revises the capital and maintenance fund set aside

requirement for school districts to specify they set aside 3%of their opportunity grant, rather than 3% of the formulaamount as under current law.

No provision. No provision.

Fiscal effect: All else being equal, decreases the amountrequired to be set aside in a dist rict's capital andmaintenance fund.

Career-Technical Education FundingDUCD88

3317.162, 3317.014, 3317.023, 3317.05,3317.163, 3314.085R.C. 3317.014, 3317.161, 3317.022, 3317.023,3317.05, 3317.16R.C. 3317.014, 3317.161, 3317.0223317.05, 3317.16, 3314.08, 33R.C.Removes career-technical additional funding from the mainfunding formula, so that is it no longer part of the mainformula's guarantee or cap. Pays this funding to career-technical planning districts (CTPDs) based on the ADM oftheir member districts and schools.




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Fiscal effect: Al locates to CTPDs, from GRF

appropr iation i tem 200550, Foundation Funding, anestimated $118.1 mill ion per year in career-technicaleducation funds and $8.8 million per year in funding forassociated services, for a total of $126.9 million per year.

Fiscal effect: Eliminates the earmark allocating funding

to CTPDs and instead allocates career-technicaleducation funds in the main formulas for traditional and

jo int vocational school d is tr ic ts.

Fiscal effect: Same as the House.

Reporting Requirements Associated with Certain Tax Exempt PropertyDUCD96

3317.021.C. 3317.021.C. 3317.021.C.Eliminates data reporting requirements of the Department of

Taxation (TAX) and the Development Services Agency(DEV) concerning certain property values exempt fromtaxation (these values were used in prior funding models toreflect the revenue base of school districts from payments inlieu of taxes attributable to property exempted from taxationpursuant to tax incentive financing (TIF) arrangements).

Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive.

Fiscal effect: Decrease in administrative burden for TAXand DEV. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.

Pupil Transportation FundingDUCD89

3317.0212, Section 263.170.C. 3317.0212.C. 3317.0212.C.Modifies the pupil transportation formula to use the stateshare index from the new formula (see EDUCD83) instead of

the state share percentage. Requires ODE to prorate thecalculated amount for each district to fit within theappropriation. Removes pupil transportation funding from themain funding formula, so that it is no longer part of the mainformula's guarantee or cap.

Same as the Executive, but (1) removes the followingadjustments from the pupil transportation formula so that

funding is based only on the greater of per rider or per milecosts for each district: (a) nontraditional ridership, (b) highschool ridership, (c) distance adjustment to school districtsthat transport K-8 students who live between one and twomiles from school, (d) efficiency; and (2) includes the formulapayments and payments for students transported by meansother than school bus service in the main formula.

Same as the House.



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No provision. Provides a transportation supplement for low-wealth and low

density school districts equal to the difference between thedistrict's unrestricted pupil transportation formula amountand the prorated amount.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires school districts to report transportation funding datathrough the Education Management Information System.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Allocates $375.8 million each year for thisfunding f rom GRF appropriation item 200502, Pupil

Transportation.

Fiscal effect: Increases funding for pupil transportationformula payments by $37.6 million in FY 2014 and by

$58.3 mil lion in FY 2015. Provides an additional $25.3mill ion in FY 2014 and $23.1 million in FY 2015 for thelow wealth/low density supplement.


Preschool Special Education FundingDUCD90

3317.0213, 3323.13, 3317.03, 3317.05,3317.19, 3323.08, 3323.09, 3323.091, 3323.13,3323.14, 3323.141, 3323.142, Repealed:3317.051 - 3317.053, 3323.16

R.C. 3317.0213, 3323.13, 3317.013, 3317.03,3317.05, 3317.19, 3323.08, 3323.09,3323.091, 3323.13, 3323.14, 3323.141,3323.142, Repealed: 3317.051 - 3317.053,3323.16

R.C. 3317.0213, 3323.13, 3317.0133317.05, 3317.19, 3323.08, 333323.091, 3323.13, 3323.14, 33323.142, Repealed: 3317.0513323.16

R.C.

Replaces the unit funding formula for preschool specialeducation funding for school districts and institutions.Specifies the formula as the sum of the following:

Same as the Executive, but makes the following changes: Same as the House, but makes the followi

(1) $4,000 x the number of pre-school special educationstudents; and

(1) Same as the Executive. (1) Same as the Executive.

(2) The sum of (the number of preschool students in eachspecial education category x the amount specified for eachspecial education category x state share index x 0.5), wherethe state share index for a state institution is the state shareindex of the student's resident district and the amount foreach special education category is the same as that for K-12students (see EDUCD83).

(2) Same as the Executive, but state share index and specialeducation amounts are calculated according to the Houseproposal.

(2) Same as the House.



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Multiplies the tuition paid from one school district to another

for preschool special education students by 0.5.


Permits a school district for which an educational servicecenter or county DD board is providing preschool specialeducation services for resident children to authorize ODE totransfer the district's additional aid for preschool specialeducation to the educational service center or county DDboard providing those services.

Same as the Executive, but requires ODE to deduct from aschool district's additional state aid for preschool specialeducation children the funds that are attributable to studentsreceiving services from a county DD board and pay thosefunds to the county DD board, rather than to transfer thosefunds to the county DD board upon the district's request.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires ODE to ensure that a county DD board receives atleast the same amount of state funding for preschool specialeducation services it received for the previous fiscal year, asdetermined by ODE. Permits ODE to increase the statepayment to a county DD board, if necessary, to comply withthis requirement.

No provision.

Fiscal effect: Allocates $103.0 million in FY 2014 and$104.0 million in FY 2015 for preschool special

education funding from GRF appropriation item 200540,Special Education Enhancements.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.

Special Education Exceptional Cost FundDUCD91

3317.0214, 3317.0215, 3314.08, 3317.16,3326.34R.C. 3317.0214, 3314.08, 3317.16, 3326.34.C. 3317.0214, 3314.08, 3317.16, .C.Creates the Special Education Exceptional Cost Fund andrequires the transfer of 15% of the additional specialeducation aid for traditional school districts, joint vocationalschool districts (J VSDs), community schools, and STEMschools to the Fund.


Renames "catastrophic" cost to "exceptional" cost. No provision. No provision.



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J oint Vocational School District FundingDUCD84

3317.16, 3317.161, Section 263.250.C. 3317.16, Section 263.250.C. 3317.16, Section 263.250.C.Replaces the J VSD school funding formula in the RevisedCode, which hasn't been used since FY 2009, with a newformula for core foundation funding that mirrors the formulafor traditional school districts (see EDUCD83) with thefollowing modifications:

Same as the Executive, but makes the following changes: Same as the House, but makes the followi

(1) Calculates the opportunity grant as: [$10 million - (J VSD'sthree-year average valuation / formula ADM)] x 0.0005 xformula ADM (if the result is negative, then "0");

(1) Replaces the Executive calculation with (formula amountx formula ADM) - (0.0005 x three year average propertyvaluation), where formula amount equals $5,732 in FY 2014and $5,789 in FY 2015 (as under the Executive proposal, ifthe result is negative, then "0").


(2) Calculates targeted assistance funds for the 39 JVSDswith lowest wealth per pupil, as: {[threshold J VSD wealth perpupil J VSD wealth per pupil] x target millage x J VSD

wealth index x formula ADM, where the threshold J VSD hasthe 39th lowest wealth per pupil and target millage equals0.00025.

(2) No provision. (2) No provision.

(3) Provides no early childhood access funds. (3) Same as the Executive. (3) Same as the Executive.

(4) Calculates special education additional aid, economicallydisadvantaged funds, LEP funds, and gifted funds as they

are calculated for traditional districts. As with traditionaldistricts, transfers 15% of special education additional aid tothe Special Education Exceptional Cost Fund (seeEDUCD91).

(4) Same as the Executive, but (a) calculates specialeducation additional aid, economically disadvantaged funds,

and LEP funds as they are calculated for traditional schooldistricts under the House proposal, (b) provides no giftedfunds, (c) calculates the state share of special educationadditional aid and LEP funds according to the state sharepercentage, where this percentage equals opportunity grantamount/(formula amount x formula ADM), and (d) eliminatesthe transfer of 15% to the Exceptional Cost Fund.




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resident district's state share index in recognition of the new

school funding formula (under the House proposal, theformula amount used to determine these paymentsincreases from $5,653 in FY 2013 to $5,732 in FY 2014 and$5,789 in FY 2015).

with disabilities other than preschool childr

(1) (Opportunity per pupil amount of child's resident district +special education category amount) x state share index ofchild's resident district, and


(2) Targeted assistance per pupil for the child's resident

district.


Replaces the funding formula for K-12 students educated atinstitutions with a new formula that adds:


(1) Sum of (ADM in each special education category x theamount specified for each category); and


(2) Sum of (targeted assistance per pupil amounts for eachstudent's resident district x the total number of each residentdistrict's students enrolled at the institution.


Fiscal effect: Earmarks up to $50 mill ion per year fromGRF appropriation item 200540, Special EducationEnhancements, to make these payments to countyboards and state institutions.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but also requi resODE, if necessary, to proport ionately reduce theamounts calculated for each county DD board and stateinstitution for special education and related services soas not to exceed the amount appropr iated in each fiscal

year.




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Accountability for SubgroupsDUCD56

3317.40.C. 3317.40.C. 3317.40.C.(1) Specifies the General Assembly's intent that stateoperating funds provided to school districts be used toprovide all students the opportunity to master a commonknowledge base to graduate from high school prepared for acareer or post-secondary education. Requires that districts

and schools be held accountable for those funds.


(2) Expresses the General Assembly's intent that fundsprovided for specific subgroups of students be used to allowthese students to master the knowledge required for highschool graduation.

(2) Replaces the Executive provision with a provision thatrequires school districts and schools to account for theexpenditure of state education funds provided for services tothese subgroups of students.

(2) Same as the Executive.

(3) Requires school districts and schools that fail to show"consistent progress," as determined by ODE, for a studentsubgroup for which funds are allocated (special education,

economically disadvantaged, LEP, and gifted) to partnerwith, and pay these funds to, an organization that has ademonstrated ability to improve the educational outcome ofstudents within that subgroup.

(3) Replaces the Executive provision with provisions that (a)require a district or school to submit an improvement plan toODE if ODE determines that a district or school has not

reached satisfactory achievement and progress for asubgroup, (b) permit ODE to require that the plan includepartnering with another entity for services to that subgroup,(c) require the State Board of Education to establishmeasures of satisfactory achievement and progress not laterthan December 31, 2014, and (d) require ODE to use themeasures established by the State Board to determine if adistrict or school has made satisfactory achievement and

progress for certain subgroups by September 1, 2015, andannually thereafter.


(4) Requires ODE to publish a list of schools, districts, andproviders that have a demonstrated ability to serve eachsubgroup of students.




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Fiscal effect: Potential increase in administrative burden

for ODE to determine the specific measures used todetermine if sufficient progress is being made. Mayrestrict the use of a portion of state aid for somedistricts and schools.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but the State Board

instead of ODE is tasked with determining the measures.


STEM School Funding FormulaDUCD86

3326.33, 3326.31, 3326.32, 3326.34 (repealedand re-enacted), 3326.38, 3326.39 (repealed)

R.C. 3326.33, 3326.31, 3326.32, 3326.34, 3326.38,3326.39 (repealed)

R.C. 3326.33, 3326.31, 3326.32, 333326.39 (repealed and re-enac

R.C.Replaces the formula used to calculate deductions fromschool districts and transfers to STEM schools with a formulathat is the same as that for community schools (seeEDUCD85) except that it does not provide funds for earlychildhood access.

Replaces the Executive calculations with a formula that is thesame as that for community schools under the Houseproposal.

Same as the House, but also (1) specifies school that receives funds for career-technmust spend those funds only for the purpodesignates as approved for career-technicaexpenses, and specifies that ODE must rereport data annually in order to monitor thecompliance with this provision (these provi

present in the As Introduced version of theEDUCD88) and (2) requires a STEM schooleast 75% of the state career-technical edureceives on costs directly associated with ceducation programs and not more than 25%expenditures (an existing rule prescribes thpercentages for the expenditure of career-teducation funds by all types of providers).



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Fiscal effect: Alters the per pupil amount deducted from

school dist rict state funding allocations compared tocurrent law, which is based on a formula amount of$5,653 plus addi tional amounts based on FY 2009 levelsfor special education , career-technical education ,poverty-based assistance, and parity aid. In FY 2012,transfers of s tate aid to STEM schools (specifically,Greater Dayton Regional STEM) amounted to $2.2million.


Parental School Transportation SubsidyDUCD1043327.01, 3327.02, Sections 263.170 and263.463R.C. 3327.01, 3327.02, Sections 263263.463R.C.

No provision. Eliminates provisions from current law that provide for apayment in lieu of transportation to a student's parent when aschool district board determines it is impractical to transport

the student by school vehicle. (Under current law, thepayment is no more than the average cost of pupiltransportation in the previous year.)

Same as the House.

No provision. If a student meets certain requirements, permits a student'sparent, or the student if at least 18 years old, to apply for andreceive a transportation subsidy in an amount equal to thelesser of (1) the statewide average cost of pupiltransportation for the preceding school year or (2) the

average cost of pupil transportation for the previous schoolyear for the student's resident school district.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires ODE to deduct the amount of each subsidyawarded to a student's parent or student from the state aidaccount of the student's resident school district.

Same as the House.

No provision. Prescribes that the implementation of the transportationsubsidy provisions take effect on J uly 1, 2014.

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No provision. Requires ODE to prescribe procedures and deadlines for the

application and notice process for parents or students whochoose to apply for the transportation subsidy.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Eliminates a FY 2015 earmark o f $5 mill ionfor payments in lieu of transportation from GRFappropr iation i tem 200502, Pupil Transportation.Subsidies provided to parents in FY 2015 wil l bededucted from school districts' state aid. It is likely thatmore students will qualify for subsidies than qualify for

payments in lieu of transportation. In addition, theamount of the subsidies will li kely be more than theamount of the payments in lieu of transportation.


Property Tax Levy for School Safety and SecurityDUCD145

5705.21.C.No provision. No provision. Authorizes school districts to levy a proper

for school safety and security purposes. Recomply with the same requirements that apschool district levies in excess of the 10-mi

Fiscal effect: Provides a new option fo r to use in raising local revenues. School to put a school safety and security levy incur some election-related costs.



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Education.

Fiscal effect: The bill appropr iates $100 mill ion in FY2014 and $200 mil lion in FY 2015 from LPE Fund 7017appropr iation i tem 200648, Straight A Fund, for thegrants. May increase ODE's administ rative burden toprovide support to the program's governing board.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but reducesappropriations for the grant program to $50 million in FY2014 and to $100 mill ion in FY 2015.


Educational Service Center FundingDUCD60

263.360, R.C. 3317.11 (Repealed)ections: 263.360, 263.230, R.C. 3317.11 (Repealed),3313.843Sections: 263.360, 263.230, R.C. 3317.13313.843Sections:Repeals the requirement that ESCs provide supervisoryservices to client districts, the unit funding provided for thoseservices, and the $6.50 per pupil transfer to the ESC fromthe client district's state aid.

Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive, but reinstates the transfer and reinstates current law that pereducation of any client school district to payexcess of $6.50 per student and that speciof a service center's districts approve the hODE must deduct the approved excess fro

service center's client school districts.

Repeals the per pupil state payment for ESCs of $37.00 or$40.52.

Same as the Executive, but includes a temporary lawprovision that sets the per pupil state payment amounts forESCs at $37.00 per pupil in FY 2014 and $35.00 per pupil inFY 2015.

Same as the House.

Specifies that state funding for ESCs in FY 2014 is 77.5% ofthe funding provided in FY 2013 and that funding in FY 2015is 72.3% of the funding provided in FY 2014.

Replaces the Executive provision with a provision thatprovides for a per pupil payment (see above) and, ifnecessary, prorates the per pupil payments to fit the earmarkfor state reimbursement of ESCs.

Same as the House.

No provision. Specifies that the student count for purposes of calculatingany state subsidy to be paid to an ESC for services providedto a school district is the sum of the average daily studentenrollments reported on the most recent report cards issuedby ODE for all of the school districts with agreements withthe ESC.

Same as the House.



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No provision. Requires the governing board of any ESC that has received

all moneys owed to it by a school district on the effectivedate of the termination of the district's agreement forservices with the ESC to submit an affidavit certifying thatfact not later than 15 days after the termination's effectivedate.

Same as the House.

No provision. Prohibits ODE from making any payments to any other ESCswith which the district enters into an agreement for servicesthat the ESC provides to the district until ODE receives the

affidavit.

Same as the House.

No provision. States that an ESC may apply for federal, state, and privategrants.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires each ESC, not later than J anuary 1, 2014, to poston its web site a list of all of the services that it provides andthe corresponding cost for each of those services.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires ODE to ensure that, when a district enters into an

agreement with a new ESC, the state subsidy for servicesprovided to the school district is paid to the new ESC ratherthan the prior one.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Limits funding of ESCs by school districtsto contractual agreements entered into between ESCgoverning boards and client districts. The bill earmarks$27.5 mill ion in FY 2014 and $20.0 mil lion in FY 2015 forstate funding of ESCs.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but increases theearmark for ESC funding to $43.5 milli on in FY 2014 and$40.0 million in FY 2015, in addi tion to a $3.8 millionearmark for ESC gifted funding (see EDUCD23). Mayincrease ESCs' administrative burden for posting

services and corresponding costs to their web sites.

Fiscal effect: Same as the House, but exof ESCs to include the $6.50 per pupi l decurrent law, thereby increasing deductiodistr icts and revenues to ESCs.



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Foundation and Transitional Aid Funding ReimbursementDUCD40

263.410ection: 263.410ection: 263.410ection:Specifies that no school district for which a reduction wasmade in its reported formula ADM for FY 2005 based oncommunity school enrollment reports and, accordingly, forwhich a reduction was made in its foundation or transitionalaid funding for FY 2005, FY 2006, or FY 2007, has a legal

right to reimbursement for that reduction in funding except asexpressly provided in a final court judgment or a settlementagreement executed on or before June 1, 2009.


Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.

Study on Funding for Gifted StudentsDUCD127

263.433ection: 263.433ection:No provision. Requires ODE to conduct a study to determine the amounts

of funding, method of funding, and the costs of statewidesupport for gifted students, including costs for effective andappropriate identification, staffing, professional development,technology, materials and supplies at the district level.Requires ODE to issue a report of its findings to the GeneralAssembly not later than March 31, 2014.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Possib le increase in administrative costsfor ODE to conduct the study.




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School Choice Programs

Physical Education Exemption for E-schoolsDUCD1353302.032, 3313.603, 3313.601.C.

No provision. No provision. Exempts students enrolled in e-schools froeducation requirement to graduate from hi

No provision. No provision. Specifies that students that are enrolled in

included in the measure established by theEducation to gauge certain physical educaactivities.

No provision. No provision. Exempts students that are enrolled in e-screquirements for students currently attendischools that chose to participate in the phyproject.

Fiscal effect: None.

EdChoice EligibilityDUCD64

3310.03, 3310.02.C. 3310.03, 3310.02.C. 3310.03, 3310.02.C.Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, qualifies for theEdChoice scholarship students in kindergarten through thirdgrade who are enrolled in a district-operated school that has

received a grade of "D" or "F" in "making progress inimproving K-3 literacy" in two of the three most recent statereport cards and has not received an "A" in "makingprogress in improving K-3 literacy" in the most recent reportcard issued prior to the first day of J uly of the school year forwhich the scholarship is sought.


No provision. No provision. Qualifies for an EdChoice scholarship a stuenrolling in school in Ohio for the first time



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assigned to a qualifying school, regardless

Fiscal effect: May qualify more students for EdChoice. Ifthe expansion attracts incoming kindergarten s tudentswho would have attended nonpublic schoo ls usingprivate funds without the scholarship, statewideenrollment may increase, thereby increasing costs to thestate. If more scholarsh ips are awarded, deductionsfrom school d istricts will i ncrease to fund thescholarships. Distr icts may also experience a decrease

in expenditures due to educating fewer students.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, buincrease the number of scholarship app

EdChoice Expansion (Low-Income Students)DUCD65

3310.032, Section 263.320.C. 3310.032, 3310.035, Section 263.320.C. 3310.032, 3310.035, Section 2.C.Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, expands theEdChoice scholarship program to qualify students with familyincomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines,regardless of the academic rating of the school theyotherwise would attend.


Specifies that scholarships for students from low-incomefamilies are to be funded through an appropriation made bythe General Assembly, rather than through deductions fromtheir resident school districts' state education aid.

Same as the Executive, but specifies that scholarships areavailable through the appropriation only for students fromlow-income families who do not already qualify for EdChoicebased on the performance of the student's public school.

Same as the House.

Limits the number of scholarships awarded to students from

low-income families to the amount appropriated for thatpurpose.


Phases in this EdChoice expansion by qualifying onlykindergartners for the scholarship in the 2013-2014 schoolyear, with the next grade higher added in each subsequentyear.




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Prioritizes the awarding of scholarships if applications

exceed the number of scholarships that can be funded bythe appropriation, as follows:


(1) First, to students who received scholarships in theprevious year;


(2) Second, to students with family incomes at or below100% of the federal poverty guidelines;


(3) Third, to students with family incomes between 100% and200% of the federal poverty guidelines. (3) Same as the Executive. (3) Same as the Executive.

Qualifies a scholarship recipient under the new incomecriteria for scholarships in subsequent school years, throughgrade 12, even if the student's family income exceeds 200%of the federal poverty guidelines.


No provision. Specifies that if a student is eligible for the EdChoice

scholarship based on the student's public schoolperformance and the bill's new EdChoice scholarshipexpansion based solely on family income, the student,applying for the scholarship for the first time, must receivethe scholarship based on public school performance and notfamily income.

Same as the House.

No provision. Specifies that once a student receives an EdChoicescholarship, the student will continue to receive the

scholarship under the provision for which the studentreceived the scholarship in the previous year.

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Fiscal effect: The bill appropr iates $8.5 mill ion in FY

2014 and $17.0 mil lion in FY 2015 in LPE Fund 7017,appropr iation item 200666, EdChoice Expansion, tofinance the scholarships. Assuming every student usesthe maximum scholarsh ip amount ($4,250 for grades K-8; $5,000 for grades 9-12), there wi ll be 2,000scholarships available in FY 2014 and 4,000scholarships available in FY 2015. Districts may realize adecrease in expenditures due to educating fewer

students.


Cleveland Scholarship Maximum AmountDUCD108

3313.978.C. 3313.978.C.No provision. Increases from $5,000 to $5,700 the maximum scholarship

amount awarded to students in grades 9 through 12 underthe Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program (CSTP).

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: As a result of the higher scholarshipamount, the number of scholarships available maydecrease. Scholarships are funded through twoearmarks in GRF appropriation i tem 200550, FoundationFunding; one uses funds deducted directly from theCleveland Municipal School District's state foundationaid (about $11.9 million in each fiscal year) and the other(about $18.7 million in each fiscal year) may be used for

any school choice program. Spending on CSTP hashisto rically exceeded the $11.9 million earmark takenfrom the district . Funding for CSTP, along w ith otherschool cho ice programs, will likely depend on howspending is allocated within the earmark for schoolchoice programs.




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Dual Enrollment/Advanced StandingDUCD76

3313.6013, 3328.24.C. 3313.6013, 3328.24.C. 3313.6013, 3328.24.C.Renames "dual-enrollment program" as "advanced standingprogram."


Adds college-preparatory boarding schools to the publicschools required to offer an advanced standing program.


Modifies programs that qualify as advanced standing tospecifically include the International Baccalaureate Program.


Eliminates from the list of advanced standing programs anysimilar program established under an agreement between adistrict or chartered nonpublic high school and an institutionof higher education.


No provision. Specifies that early college high schools are a type of dualenrollment program. Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.



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"effective" under the new sponsor rating sy

either case continues to meet all the statutopertaining to community school sponsors.

Fiscal effect: If ODE revokes a sponsor's authority, ittakes over temporary sponsorship of the sponsor 'sschools, so this provis ion may decrease ODE'ssponsorship duties if sponsors are able to come intocompliance before having sponsorship authorityrevoked.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, buincrease ODE's administrative burden.

Dropout Prevention and Recovery Community SchoolsDUCD1173314.017.C. 3314.017.C.

No provision. Includes the rating of "exceeds standards," in addition to"meets standards" under current law, as a rating acommunity school that primarily serves students enrolled in adropout prevention and recovery program can attain if the

program improves by 10% both its graduation rates andpercentage of twelfth-grade students and other studentspassing the graduation assessments.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires the State Board of Education, not later thanDecember 31, 2014, to review the performance levels andbenchmarks for report cards issued for dropout recoverycommunity schools.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Possible administrative burden for theState Board of Education to review report card cri teria.



Main Operating Appropriations Billepartment of Education


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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceLicensing Requirements for Physical Education Instructors at Community SchoolsDUCD114

3314.03.C.No provision. Removes a provision of current law that requires any

classroom teacher initially hired by a community school afterJ uly 1, 2013 to provide physical education instruction, to holda valid license from the State Board of Education forteaching physical education.

No provision.

Fiscal effect: None.Community School Operating in Multiple FacilitiesDUCD107

3314.05.C. 3314.05.C.No provision. Removes from a list of requirements that community schools

must meet to operate in multiple facilities that their contractswere filed by May 15, 2008, and they were not open prior to

J uly 1, 2008.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.

Tuition for Out-of-State Community School StudentsDUCD129

3314.06, 3314.08.C. 3314.06, 3314.08.C.No provision. Permits a community school to charge tuition for the

enrollment of any student who is not an Ohio resident.

Same as the House.

No provision. Specifies that the current law prohibition on charging tuitionfor enrollment in a community school applies to theenrollment of students who are Ohio residents.

Same as the House.

No provision. Prohibits the governing authority of a community school fromincluding any student for whom tuition is charged in itsannual report of enrolled students, which is used to calculate

Same as the House.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Financestate education aid deductions from school districts andpayments to the community school.

No provision. Provides that admission to a community school may be openon a tuition basis to any individual age five to twenty-two whois not an Ohio resident, subject to other enrollmentrestrictions that a community school may establish undercurrent law.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Community schools that enroll and chargetuition to out-of-state students will experience increased

revenues.


Community School ContractsDUCD118

3314.072.C. 3314.072, 3314.027.C.No provision. Specifies that a community school's contract that has been

suspended is void, if the school's governing authority fails toprovide a proposal to remedy issues for which the school'scontract was suspended by September 30.

Same as the House, but clarifies that this pwith the 2013-2014 school year.

No provision. No provision. Specifies that, if a community school sponssuspended the operation of a school prior teffective date, the contract with the sponsoschool's governing authority fails to provide30, 2014, a proposal to remedy issues for wcontract was suspended.

No provision. No provision. Clarifies that community school sponsors napproval by ODE may continue to sponsor schools and enter into new contracts to sposchools as long as the contracts conform wcommunity school laws.

Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: None.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceEquipment ReturnDUCD81

3314.074.C. 3314.074.C. 3314.074.C.Requires any closing community school that has receivedhardware or software from the former Ohio SchoolNet oreTech to turn over the equipment to ODE, rather than eTech.



Community Schools and Vocational EducationDUCD115

3314.086.C. 3314.086.C.No provision. Specifically authorizes community schools, including e-

schools, to provide career-technical education in the samemanner as school districts.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: E-schools will receive additional funding

for students participating in career-technical education(see EDUCD88).


Community School TransportationDUCD119

3314.091.C. 3314.091.C.No provision. Allows a new community school, beginning with the 2014-

2015 school year, to accept responsibility for providing or

arranging for the transportation of the district's nativestudents before it is open for its first year of operation.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires community schools that are scheduled to open inthe 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter,to notify districts of the assumption of responsibility totransport students not later than April 15 of the previousschool year.

Same as the House.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceNo provision. Requires the community school to follow current law once

the school has been open for one year for renewing orrelinquishing transportation responsibility.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Generally, a school district is responsiblefor transporting students to communi ty schools. If acommunity schoo l accepts this responsibility, statetransportation funding may be transferred to the school.


Division of Existing E-Schools into Separate SchoolsDUCD122

3314.29.C. 3314.29.C.No provision. Allows an Internet- or computer-based community school (e-

school) that is in operation on the bill's effective date andthat serves at least grades one through eight to divide intotwo schools by grade level, as long as the school's sponsorapproves the division and the school exercises that optionduring the 2013-2014 or 2014-2015 school year.

Same as the House, but requires the followqualifications for an e-school to divide into for a school that wishes to divide in the 201year, the original school must have been raimprovement or higher on the report card foschool year and received a "C" or higher fo

index score on the report card for the 2012year, and (2) for a school that wishes to se2014-2015 school year, the original school received a "C" or higher for its performancethe report cards for the 2012-2013 and 201years.

No provision. Specifies that the authority to operate as two schoolscontinues through the life of the schools.

Same as the House.

No provision. Specifies that a school created by a division of an existing e-school, under the amendment, does not count toward theannual cap on new e-schools prescribed by current law.(That law permits up to five new e-schools each year.)

Same as the House.

No provision. No provision. Requires that accountability data, includingfollow the applicable grades within the newwhich a school divides.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceFiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: None.

Community School ClosureDUCD1343314.35.C.

No provision. No provision. Specifies that in order to trigger permanentcommunity school after J uly 1, 2013, a schof grades 4 to 8 and does not offer a gradegrade 9, in at least two of the three most re

years, must have been both, (1) in a state oemergency and (2) showed less than one sacademic growth in either reading or mathedetermined by ODE. (Both criteria apply fobefore J uly 1, 2013. Current law requires oschools be in academic emergency for 2 ofto trigger permanent closure after J uly 1, 2

Fiscal effect: May be more difficult to clo

schoo ls after July 1, 2013 (compared wi tafter that date).

Re-Testing of Teachers in Schools Primarily Comprised of Students with DisabilitiesDUCD139

3319.58.C.No provision. No provision. Exempts a community school primarily com

students with disabilities from the current lathat each teacher teaching a core subject aranked in the lowest 10% of all public schoaccording to performance index score, takeexaminations of content knowledge selecte





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceSTEM School PersonnelDUCD138

3326.07, 3326.08.C.No provision. No provision. Expressly permits a STEM school to contra

services necessary for the operation of the

No provision. No provision. Specifies that the governing body of each Smust "engage the services of" administrativteachers, and nonteaching employees, instand fix the compensation" of such individucurrent law.

No provision. No provision. Specifies that the governing body of each Smust "engage the services of" a chief adminstead of "employ" such an individual as u

Fiscal effect: May provide STEM schoolsflexibility in allocating resources.

Community School Operation from Residential FacilitiesDUCD38263.390ection: 263.390ection: 263.390ection:

Permits a community school that was open for operation asof May 1, 2005, to operate from certain homes, institutions,foster homes, group homes, or other residential facilities.


Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.Unauditable Community SchoolsDUCD41

263.420ection: 263.420ection: 263.420ection:Prescribes procedures for the Auditor of State, communityschool sponsors, and ODE, with regard to communityschools that are declared unauditable.





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceFiscal effect: None. Continues current law. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive. Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive.

J on Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program EvaluationDUCD43263.440ection: 263.440ection: 263.440ection:

Requires ODE to conduct an evaluation of the J on PetersonSpecial Needs Scholarship Program by December 31, 2014.


Requires the study to include an assessment of the level of

student and parent satisfaction with the program and thefiscal impact to the state and resident school districtsaffected by the program.


Requires ODE to gather comments from parents, schoolofficials, representatives of registered private providers,educators, and representatives of educational organizationsfor the purposes of the study.


Permits ODE to contract with qualified researchers who have

previous experience evaluating school choice programs andpermits ODE to accept grants for funding the study.

No provision. Same as the Executive.

Fiscal effect: None, continues a requirement establishedunder current law.

Fiscal effect: May reduce costs related to conducting theevaluation.


Other Education Provisions

Detention and J uvenile FacilitiesDUCD71

2151.362, 3313.64, 3317.30.C. 2151.362, 3313.64, 3317.30.C. 2151.362, 3313.64, 3317.30.C.Prescribes that a county or joint-county juvenile or detentionfacility that cares for a child is responsible for coordinatingthe education of that child and provides that the facility,under certain circumstances, may provide the child with in-house education.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Financeseparated into a greater number of more specific categoriesfor reporting purposes.)

improvements, pupil transportation, extracurricular athletics,and other extracurricular activities; and (3) per pupilexpenditures.

Requires public school and district governing bodies toreport annually to ODE all financial information required bythe standards for financial reporting. Requires ODE to postthese financial reports in a prominent location on its web siteand to notify each school when the reports are madeavailable.


Requires currently-required ODE certifications to schooldistrict treasurers of the various amounts payable to schooldistricts under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code to alsoinclude the amount payable to each school building, at afrequency determined by the Superintendent of PublicInstruction, for certain categories of students receivingservices, provided for by state funding, from the district orschool.


Fiscal effect: Potential increase in administrative burdenfor the State Board and publi c schools and dis tricts tocomply with the new reporting requirements.





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceSchool District and Building Operating StandardsDUCD62

3301.07, Section 263.460.C. 3301.07.C. 3301.07.C.Makes changes to the requirements for minimum operatingstandards for all elementary and secondary schools,including the (a) removal of language regarding assignmentof personnel "according to training and qualifications," (b)removal of instructional materials standards, (c) removal ofpolicy statements, (d) addition of standards for promotionand graduation based on mastery and competency-basedlearning models, (e) addition of staff assignment standardsbased on an "appropriate level of interaction to meet eachstudent's personal learning goals."

Same as the Executive, but (1) adds that the minimumstandards should provide access to a high quality education"according to the learning needs of each individual, includingstudents with disabilities, economically disadvantagedstudents, limited English proficient students, and studentsidentified as gifted" and (2) restores current law in regard toitems (a), (b), and (c).

Same as the House.

Removes a requirement that instructional materialsstandards be aligned with academic content standards.


Removes descriptive language of permissive schoolstandards for school districts and buildings.

Same as the Executive, but clarifies existing law with respectto the permissive standards including a commitment to highexpectations and a commitment to closing the achievementgap so that the expectations are based on the learningneeds of each individual, including students with disabilities,economically disadvantaged students, limited Englishproficient students, and students identified as gifted and thatthe commitment to closing the achievement gap must notsuppress the achievement levels of higher achieving

students.

Same as the House.

Removes the required use of phonics as a technique forteaching reading in grades kindergarten through three and inin-service training.


Requires the State Board of Education to review and reviseschool operating standards by December 31, 2013 such thatthe standards are limited to the requirements to ensure thehealth and safety of students and to ensure each student





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Financehas mastered a common knowledge base in order tograduate from high school. Requires, as much as possible,that the State Board provide schools with flexibility inmeeting the revised operating standards.

Fiscal effect: Possible increase in ODE's administrativeburden to evaluate and revise school district andbuilding operating standards, which were last updatedin January 2011. May provide school dis tric ts withadditional flexibility to deliver instructional programs.

Fiscal effect: Minimal. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.

Kindergarten Readiness AssessmentsDUCD513301.0715.C. 3301.0715.C. 3301.0715.C.

Modifies the timeline for administering kindergartenreadiness assessments, beginning July 1, 2014, to notearlier than the first day of the school year and not later thanNovember 1 (except for the language and reading skills

portions of the assessment, which still must be administeredby September 30 pursuant to requirements associated withthe third grade reading guarantee), from not earlier than fourweeks prior to the first day of the school year and not laterthan October 1, as under current law.


Fiscal effect: Provides an extended time frame, once theschool year begins, for administration of a newexpanded kindergarten readiness assessment that will

begin to be admin istered in the 2014-2015 school yearand provides public districts and schools the option ofusing the language and literacy portion of the expandedassessment to meet two assessment requirements incurrent law, rather than having to administer twoseparate assessments.





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceExtended Programming for Career-Technical Education StudentsDUCD140

3301.0725, 3313.6018, 3313.63319.0811, 3319.0812R.C.No provision. No provision. Requires that extended programming for c

education students offered by school distriactivities that involve direct contact with studirectly related to student programs and acprovided for at least one hour on any given

provided. Provides that extended programmbe used for teacher professional developm

No provision. No provision. Permits a school district to employ certificapersonnel for hours outside of the normal sthan for more days during a school year thnormally employs its regular classroom teain current law).

No provision. No provision. Requires that a school district board pay eaeducator providing extended programmingbasis at the regular per diem rate determineducator's employment contract or collectivagreement and the educator not provide mhours of extended programming in a twent

No provision. No provision. Requires ODE to issue a report, not later th2013, with recommendations for quality ageducation programs based on certain specPermits ODE to periodically review and upit considers necessary.

No provision. No provision. Requires all agricultural education instructothree-part model of agricultural education ifocusing on classroom instruction, FFA actextended programming projects. Requires education instructors to submit a monthly ti




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Financeprincipal of the school at which the extendeoffered, or the principal's designee, for revi

Fiscal effect: Minimal.

Preparing Students for Education SuccessDUCD106

3301.80.C.No provision. Establishes the Preparing Students for Education Success

Grant program. Requires the Superintendent of Public

Instruction to award grants to nonprofit charitablecorporations that meet certain requirements. Specifies thatgrant recipients must plan to use the funds to establish newafter-school programs that serve youth and generally aim toimprove educational outcomes.

No provision.

Fiscal effect: Funds are not appropr iated for the grantprogram.

No Child Left Behind Waiver ApprovalDUCD120

3302.01, 3302.043 (repealed).C. 3302.01, 3302.043 (repealed).C.No provision. Repeals a provision that permitted implementation of

changes in the No Child Left Behind waiver application oncethe application is approved by the U.S. Department ofEducation (the application has been approved and thechanges have been implemented).

Same as the House.

No provision. Modifies the Revised Code definition of the No Child LeftBehind Act to include any waiver approved by the U.S.Department of Education.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceReport Card Rating System BenchmarksDUCD121

3302.03.C. 3302.03.C.No provision. Specifies that the State Board of Education, beginning with

the 2015-2016 school year and at least once every threeyears thereafter, must review and may adjust thebenchmarks for assigning letter grades to the 18performance measures and six components that comprisethe composition of the report cards for school districts and

schools.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Possib le increase in administrative burdenfor the State Board to perform the periodic reviews.


Parent Triggered Reforms for Low Performing SchoolsDUCD58

3302.042.C.Modifies the parent triggered reform mechanism, establishedunder the Columbus City School District Pilot Project, tobecome a permanent provision applicable to any school of acity, exempted village, or local school district in the state (theprovision allows the parents of students enrolled in a schoolto petition for school reforms if that school has been rankedin the lowest 5% of all public schools by performance indexscore for three or more consecutive years).


Eliminates the requirement that ODE annually report itsrecommendations to the General Assembly on theexpansion of the Columbus City School District Pilot Projectto other school districts in the state or to apply the project asa statewide program (ODE is still required to annuallyevaluate the parent triggered reform mechanism and toannually report its recommendations on the continuation ofthis mechanism to the General Assembly).





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceFiscal effect: Implementation of one of the reform plansspecified under current law would likely increaseadministrative costs for the affected school district. Noschool would be eligible for the reform mechanism untilafter the 2013-2014 school year, as the mechanismrequires at least three years of performance index scoredata.

School Operating Expenditure RankingsDUCD141

3302.20, 3302.21.C.No provision. No provision. In regard to the current statutory system fo

districts, community schools, and STEM scoperating expenditures, adds a definition p"operating expenditures per pupil" has the "expenditure per equivalent pupils," as prefor other performance measure reporting pEDUCD63).


Governors Effective and Efficient Schools Recognition ProgramDUCD50

3302.22.C. 3302.22.C. 3302.22.C.Modifies the Governor's Effective and Efficient SchoolsRecognition Program to allow the standards for recognition

to vary based on types of public schools.


Specifies that the standards established by ODE todetermine the top schools must be made in consultation withthe Governor's Office for 21st Century Education.






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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinancePerformance Management InformationDUCD63

3302.26.C. 3302.26.C. 3302.26.C.Requires ODE to create a performance management sectionon its website that includes academic and performancemetrics for each school district, based on performance indexscore and the expenditure per equivalent pupils, and graphswith comparisons of the performance of like districts. PermitsODE to contract with an independent organization to develop

and host the performance management section of itswebsite.


Fiscal effect: Likely minimal. Accord ing to ODE, thiswork w ill be considered an extension o f current projectsassociated with the revised report card system. Much ofthe information needed for the web site is alreadyavailable to ODE or is in development.


Educational Service Center Definition and Governing BoardsDUCD613311.05, 3311.051, 3311.053, 3311.0510,3313.01, 3313.11, 3313.35, 3513.04, 3513.041,3513.052, 3513.10, 3513.251, 3513.253,3513.254, 3513.256, 3513,257, 3513.261,Repealed: 3311.054, 3311.056, 3311.057,3513.255

R.C.

Removes the current law definition of an educational servicecenter (ESC) based on the territorial lines of the local schooldistricts served by the ESC and, instead, defines an ESC asa regional public entity that provides services to public andnonpublic schools and local governments with whom theyenter into an agreement for those services.





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceDefines "client" as any local government; local, city, orexempted village school district; STEM school; community

school; or chartered nonpublic school that receives servicesfrom an ESC.


Eliminates all future elections for governing board membersof ESCs, but permits elected members serving unexpiredterms on the bill's effective date to continue to serve untiltheir terms expire.


Requires that the governing board of an ESC consist of one

or more persons who are appointed by the governingauthority of the clients that receive services from the ESC.


Prescribes that representation on an ESC board for everyclient that receives services from the ESC is not required.


Fiscal effect: Possib le decrease in administrative costsrelated to elections .

School Districts and Educational Service CentersDUCD74

3311.19, 3313.60, 3313.82, 3315.06, 3315.07,3315.33, 3317.03, 3317.14, 3321.04, 3321.13-3321.15, 3327.02, 3327.10R.C.

Removes references to differentiated treatment byeducational service centers (ESCs) to client districts andmakes the following changes regarding the relationship

between school districts and ESCs:


(1) Requires each local school district board to prescribe acurriculum for all schools under its control, and removes thisrequirement for ESCs with respect to local districts.


(2) Removes a requirement that each ESC annually certifythe ADM of students receiving services from schools underthe ESC superintendent's supervision.





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Finance(3) Permits a local district superintendent to excuse a childthat resides in the district from attendance for any part of the

remainder of the current school year upon satisfyingconditions specified in law and in accordance with districtboard and State Board rules, and removes this authority foran ESC superintendent acting on behalf of a local district.


(4) Requires the superintendent of a local district in which achild withdraws from school to immediately receive notice ofthe withdrawal from the child's teacher, and removes thisrequirement as it applies to ESC superintendents acting on

behalf of local districts.


(5) Permits a city or exempted village district board to obtainservices from an ESC attendance officer instead ofemploying its own attendance officer.


(6) Permits, rather than requires, every ESC governing boardto employ an ESC attendance officer, and requires an ESCto make the decision regarding employment of anattendance officer based on consultation with the districtsthat have agreements with the ESC.


(7) Removes a requirement that a local district board submita copy of a resolution declaring the impracticality oftransportation for certain students to an ESC for itsconcurrence.


(8) Permits a local district to provide an instructional programfor the employees of the district, in the same manner as

currently authorized for city and exempted village districts.


(9) Specifies that any school district board that has anagreement with an ESC to receive services may authorizethe ESC to purchase or accept upon donation supplies andequipment for the district. (Current law specifies that a city orexempted village district may make this authorization,subject to approval by the ESC, and a local district maymake this authorization without any approval from the ESC.)





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Finance(10) Permits the superintendent of a local district to certifythe qualifications of the school bus drivers employed or

contracted by the district.


(11) Requires a local district board to appoint a businessadvisory council unless the district and an ESC have anagreement providing that the ESC's business advisorycouncil will represent the district's business.


(12) Applies the above exception to the requirement toappoint a business advisory council to city and exempted

village districts, which are already required to appoint acouncil under existing law.


(13) With respect to an ESC that has members of itsgoverning board serving on a J VSD board, does both of thefollowing:


(a) Provides that the ESC may request that one or moreboard members of city, exempted village, and local districtswithin the J VSD that have agreements with the ESC, rather

than only members of local district boards within the J VSDthat are also within the territory of the ESC's territory, servein place of or in addition to its board members;


(b) Provides that a majority of all of the district boards withinthe J VSD that have agreements with the ESC must approverevisions to a J VSD's plan regarding the J VSD's boardmembership, rather than a majority of the local districtswithin the J VSD that are within the territory of the ESC's

service district.


(14) Provides that each ESC governing board may call andpay the expenses of conducting a meeting of the membersof all district boards served by the ESC, rather than only themembers of all local district boards within the ESC's territory.


(15) Permits ESCs to appoint a high school principal orclassroom teacher from a local district to the committee forselecting and recommending high school graduates for the





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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate FinanceOhio Scholarship Fund for Teacher Trainees. (Current lawallows only principals and teachers from exempted village

and city districts to serve on the committee.)

Fiscal effect: Possib le increase in administrative costsfor local district boards for prescribing curricula andappointing bus iness advisory councils. May reduceESCs' administrative burden. Potential increase inflexibility for ESCs and city and exempted village districtboards in allocating resources.

J VSD Board of EducationDUCD1463311.19, 3313.911.C.

No provision. No provision. Replaces the current method of appointingJ VSD board of education with a system whdistricts that belong to a JVSD each appoina J VSD board. Specifies that the appointed

not be members of the appointing board.No provision. No provision. Requires the appointing board to select me

represent regional employers and who are consider a region's workforce needs.

No provision. No provision. Limits a J VSD board to the number of memdistricts.

No provision. No provision. Specifies that a term of office for a J VSD b

three years and limits members to two con

No provision. No provision. Specifies that no more than three membersaffiliated with or a member of a labor organ

No provision. No provision. Requires two members of the board to be stheir experience in career development andcounseling for grades K-12 and career cou




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Executive As Passed by the House In Senate Financeeducation.

Fiscal effect: None.Cleveland Transformation AllianceDUCD147

3311.86.C.No provision. No provision. Authorizes the board of directors of a muni

district (Cleveland) transformation alliance executive session, as if it were a public bod

employees, for any of the reasons for whicsession may be held under the Open Meet


Minimum School YearDUCD72

3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.533,3313.62, 3313.88, 3314.092, 3317.01, 3317.03,3321.05, 3326.11, Sections 733.10, 803.50

R.C. 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.533,3313.62, 3313.88, 3314.092, 3317.01,3317.03, 3321.05, 3326.11, 3327.01, Sections733.10, 803.50

R.C. 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.62, 3313.88, 3314.092, 33317.03, 3321.05, 3326.11, 33733.10, 803.50

R.C.

Changes, beginning with school year 2014-2015, theminimum school year for school districts,STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools from 182days to (a) 455 hours for half-day kindergarten; (b) 910hours for all-day kindergarten and grades 1 to 6; and (c)1,001 hours for grades 7 to 12.


Eliminates excused calamity days for schools generally, aswell as the requirement for a contingency plan to make upcalamity days, but retains (a) a recently enacted allowance ofcalamity days for community schools and (b) a recentlyenacted option for districts and schools to make up somecalamity days via online lessons or paper "blizzard bags."





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No provision. Requires school district boards to hold a public hearing onthe school calendar 30 days prior to adopting the school

calendar. Requires each board to publish notice of thehearing in a newspaper no later than 30 days prior to thehearing.

Same as the House, but removes the requiboard publish notice of the hearing in a new

than 30 days prior to the hearing.

No provision. Prohibits a school district from reducing the total number of hours of instruction from the previous school year, unless thereduction is approved by the district board.

Same as the House.

Requires school districts, prior to changing the hours or daysin which a school is open to: (1) consider the compatibility ofthe proposed change on the scheduling needs of J VSDs inwhich any of the school's students are enrolled and anycommunity school to which the district must transportstudents; (2) provide a J VSD or community school withadvance notice of the proposed change and enter into awritten agreement prescribing reasonable accommodationsto meet the J VSD or community school's scheduling needs;and, (3) consult with chartered nonpublic schools to which

the district must transport students, and to consider theimpact on the schedule for transportation of the charterednonpublic school's students.


Requires the governing authority of a community school toconsult with each school district that transports students tothe school prior to making any change in the hours or days inwhich the school is open.

Same as the Executive, but extends the requirement tooperators as well as governing authorities.

Same as the House.

Removes the requirements that a school week consist of fivedays and a school month consist of four weeks. Specifiesthat a chartered nonpublic school may be open forinstruction on any day of the week, including Saturday andSunday.

Same as the Executive. Same as the Executive, but restores to curschool week consist of five days.

No provision. Exempts school districts from transporting students to andfrom chartered nonpublic and community schools onSaturday or Sunday, unless an agreement to do so has been

Same as the House.




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made prior to J uly 1, 2014.

Provides that the restructuring of the minimum school yeardoes not apply to any collective bargaining agreementexecuted prior to J uly 1, 2014, but that any collectivebargaining agreement or renewal executed after that datemust comply with those changes.


Fiscal effect: This provision wil l likely provide moreflexibility in scheduling for most schools and districts.The elimination of excused time for public calamities

may result in schools just meeting the current minimumnumber of days and hours to incur additional operatingcosts to make up any time lost.

Fiscal effect: Same as the Executive, but theadministrative costs for school districts may increasefor holding a public hearing and for publish ing notice of

the hearing. These additional costs are unlikely toexceed minimal.

Fiscal effect: Same as the House, but scwould no longer incur costs for publishihearing.

Chiropractors Authorized to Assess and Clear Concussed AthletesDUCD116

3313.539, 3707.511.C. 3313.539, 3707.511.C.No provision. Authorizes chiropractors to assess and clear for return

athletes removed from play for exhibiting concussion andhead injury symptoms.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: None. H.B. 143 of the 129th G.A. enactedcertain requirements related to youth concussions andhead injur ies that apply to schools and youth spor tsorganizations.


Exemption from End-of-Course EvaluationsDUCD144

3313.612, 3301.0712, 3313.61.C.No provision. No provision. Exempts students of chartered nonpublic s

through the Independent School AssociatioStates from passing the end-of-course exaprerequisite for graduation from high schoo




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ESC Fee-for-service AgreementsDUCD142

3313.844, 3313.845.C.No provision. No provision. Permits a joint vocational school district to

for-service agreement with an ESC in the scity, exempted village, or local school distri

No provision. No provision. Permits a school district or community scho

entered into a fee-for-service agreement wdirect ODE to make deductions and transfecover the payments owed under the agreem

Fiscal effect: Possible min imal increaseadministrative burden if a school choosto deduct or t ransfer funds covered by a

Unexpended Funds Paid to an Educational Service CenterDUCD124

3313.848.C. 3313.848.C.No provision. Permits the board of education of a school district, governing

authority of a community school, governing body of a STEMschool, or governing body of a municipal or other politicalsubdivision (client) to elect, at the end of a fiscal year, tohave unexpended funds that were paid to an ESC duringthat fiscal year applied toward any payment owed to the ESC

in the next fiscal year.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires the client's treasurer or fiscal officer to indicate thisdecision and the amount of funds retained by the ESC on theclient's end-of-year financial report.

Same as the House.

No provision. Requires the treasurer of an ESC, upon fulfilling the requestof a client's chief administrator to spend a portion of theclient's retained funds for a purpose other than services

Same as the House.




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specifically set forth under a service agreement, to keep arecord of the expenditure and its purpose and to notify the

client's treasurer or fiscal officer of the recordedexpenditures on at least an annual basis or upon request.

No provision. Requires the treasurer or fiscal officer of the client to includethe information received from the ESC's treasurer in thefinancial report made at the next meeting of the client'sgoverning body.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: Possible adminis trative burden to ESCs forrecord keeping.


Shared ESC ServicesDUCD136

3313.849.C.No provision. No provision. Authorizes school districts, community sch

schools to agree to share any services offewith one another, provided that each partic

shared services specifies in its service agramount of funds it will be contributing towathe shared services, (2) the services that w(3) the other participating districts or schoo

No provision. No provision. Provides that a participant's funding contribpaid in a manner that is statutorily permitte

No provision. No provision. Specifies that the authority described abov

the authority to share the services of superspecial instruction teachers, special educaother licensed personnel granted to schooleducation under continuing law.

Fiscal effect: May reduce costs for distrschoo ls, or STEM schools that choose tservices with one another.




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Participation by Home-schooled and Private School Students in School District Extracurricular ActivityDUCD102

3313.5311, 3313.5312.C.No provision. Permits students enrolled in chartered or nonchartered

nonpublic schools and students receiving home instruction toparticipate in an extracurricular activity at the school of thestudent's resident school district to which the student wouldotherwise be assigned.

No provision.

No provision. Permits the superintendent of a school district to allow anystudent who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and is notentitled to attend school in that district to participate in aschool's extracurricular activities if: (1) the nonpublic schoolin which the student is enrolled does not offer theextracurricular activity, and (2) the extracurricular activity isnot interscholastic athletics or interscholastic contests orcompetition in music, drama, or forensics.

No provision.

No provision. Authorizes, but does not require, the superintendent of aschool district to allow a student receiving home instructionwho is not entitled to attend school in that district toparticipate in a school's extracurricular activities, if theactivity is not offered by the student's resident district.

No provision.

No provision. Prohibits a school district, interscholastic conference, ororganization that regulates interscholastic conferences orevents from imposing eligibility requirements on nonpublicschool or homeschooled students that conflict with the

provisions above.

No provision.

Fiscal effect: May increase expenses related toextracurricular activities in any district that enrollsnonpublic or home-schooled students in its schools'extracurricular activities.




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Physical Activity Pilot ProgramDUCD109

3313.6016.C. 3313.6016.C.No provision. Requires a school district participating in the Physical Activity

Pilot Program to select one or more, instead of all, schoolbuildings to participate in the program.

Same as the House.

No provision. Modifies the Program's requirement for a participatingschool's students to engage in at least 30 minutes ofphysical activity daily by allowing the students, alternatively,to satisfy the requirement with at least 150 minutes ofphysic

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