Transcript Ohio Budget
Ohio Budget
FY 2014 and 2015
(House Bill 59)
Stephanie Klupinski,
VP of Legal and Legislative Affairs
[email protected] 614-744-2266, ext. 203
Where things stand today
• This past Tuesday evening, the Conference
Committee accepted provisions and made several
amendments to H.B. 59
• Conference Committee occurs when the House and
Senate pass different versions of the same bill
• Conference Committee was comprised of three
Senators (2 R's and 1 D) and three representatives (2
R's and 1 D)
Next Steps
• Each chamber must vote on the bill that has
come from the Conf. Committee
(the vote will happen today!)
• The bill then goes to Governor Kasich, who
must sign it by 11:59 p.m. on June 30
• Kasich may use a line-item veto
School Funding
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Community school funding is sum of opportunity
grant, per-pupil amount of targeted assistance for
each student’s resident district times 0.25, special
ed., k-3 funds, economically disadvantaged funds,
LEP, and career tech (e-schools do not get ED or
TA)
Opportunity grant : $5,745 for FY14 and $5,800
for FY15
School Funding—Changes from
Conference Committee
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K-3 funding slightly decreased
Economically Disadvantaged slightly increased
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increased by $19 per pupil
for students eligible for free and reduced lunch, the amount
of $269 (FY 14) and $272 (FY 15) will be multiplied by the
student's resident economically disadvantaged index to
calculate E.D. aid
Note that these funds are restricted and must be for
specific purposes (extended school day or week, reading
improvement or intervention, instructional technology or
blended learning, prof dev. for k-3 teachers, dropout
prevention, safety/security)
All schools must submit reports detailing ED to ODE
Facility Funding
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Brick-and-mortar community schools and
STEM schools will receive $100 per pupil for
facilities funding.
Note that this will be prorated if there are not
sufficient funds to give $100 per pupil.
Straight A - Funding Changes
•New program awarding $100 million (FY 2014) and $150 million
(FY 15)
•Provides grants to districts, community schools, STEM schools,
individual buildings, education consortia, higher ed. institutions,
and private entities partnering with one or more of the above
•Granted to projects aiming to achieve significant advancement of
one or more of the following goals:
oStudent achievement
oSpending reduction in the five year fiscal forecast
oUtilization of a greater share of resources in the classroom
Straight A: Changes from
Conference Committee
Earmarked:
$6 million – implementation of the Cleveland Plan
$5 million – improving efficiency in rural school district
transportation
Removed:
$375,000 - Get Ready for Kindergarten
$5 million - College Credit Plus Funding
Moved:
$500,000 for New Leaders for Ohio Schools
Straight A Program Administration
Grants
Single entities: no more than $5 million (unless State
Superintendent makes a recommendation for more that
is approved by Controlling Board)
Education consortia: no more than $15 million
Advisory Committee
- no more than 11 individuals
- annually review grant program
- provides advice to the governing board and Director of
Governor's Office of 21st Century Education.
Tuition for Out-of-State Students
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Community schools may charge tuition to a
student who is not an Ohio resident.
These students cannot be included in the
school's annual report of enrolled students.
Career Tech Changes
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Changes amounts in five CT categories (categories 1
and 2 are increased, others decreased)
Arts and communications programs are now category 2
programs.
Creates public administration programs in category 4.
Each career tech program must be defined by the ODE
and the Office of Workforce Development.
Each school offering career tech programs will be
assigned to a career tech district. These districts and
ODE must approve the career tech programs.
Teacher Evaluation Changes
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Applies to community schools receiving
Race to the Top (and all local districts)
Student academic growth will account for
50% of a teacher evaluation (changed from
35 percent in Senate version)
Students will be excluded from teacher
evaluations if they have missed 45 days or
more of school, rather than 60.
School Closure
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Automatic closure provision for schools
serving 4-8 has been fixed
To trigger automatic closure, the school
must be both in academic emergency AND
show less than one year of growth for two
out of three years
E-School Enrollment Caps
No internet- or computer-based community school shall
enroll more students than the number permitted by its
enrollment limit.
Enrollment Limit :
Base enrollment + allowed annual rate of growth
Base Enrollment :
For currently operating schools, number enrolled by the
end of 2012-13
For new schools, base enrollment is 1,000
Allowed Annual
Rate of Growth:
Over 3,000 - no more than 15%
Under 3,000 - no more than 25%
E-School Enrollment Caps
If a school enrolls more students than
permitted...
- ODE will deduct the amount of state funds given to the
school as a result of the excess enrollments, and
- distribute them to the school districts the students were
entitled to attend on a pro rata basis according to each
district's share of total enrollment in the community
school.
Physical Education
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E-school students are not exempt from the
physical education requirements (in other
words, statues quo)
Physical education teachers are not required
to have a license by the state to teach
physical education
Dropout Prevention/Recovery
Schools
Ratings
- Adds "exceeds standards" for schools that improve by
10% their graduation rates and percentage of 12th
grade graduation assessment passage
- Requires State Board of Education to review
performance levels and benchmarks for report cards
issued to dropout recovery schools
Kindergarten Early Enrollment
• Individuals younger than five who are
admitted to community schools shall be fully
funded
Sponsors
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Initial term between ODE and sponsor is 7 years, and if
certain conditions are satisfied, ODE must add one year
to agreement (with sponsor approval)
ODE can place temporary limits on any sponsor if they
are in noncompliance and do not implement a plan to
remedy compliance problems
ODE can approve or disapprove of a compliance plan
Terminated schools
• ODE can deny an application if the
schools' contract was terminated
• Previously, ODE did not have the ability to
deny an application from a school whose
sponsor had terminated the agreement
Questions? Comments?
Contact Stephanie Klupinski
[email protected]
614-744-2266, ext. 203
Special thanks to OAPCS legal interns—
Natasha Szalacinski, James Mee, and Nikki
Baszynski—for helping with the fast
turnaround!