3317.062.
Use of appropriations to chartered nonpublic schools for auxiliary services
(A) |
Moneys paid
to chartered nonpublic schools under division (E)(2) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code
shall be used for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) |
To
purchase secular textbooks or digital texts, as defined in divisions (A)(1) and
(2) of section 3317.06 of the Revised Code, as
have been approved by the superintendent of public instruction for use in
public schools in the state; |
(2) |
To
provide the services described in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (Q) of section
3317.06 of the Revised
Code; |
(3) |
To provide
the services described in divisions (E), (F), (G), and (I) of section
3317.06 of the Revised Code. If
such services are provided in public schools or in public centers,
transportation to and from such facilities shall be provided by the nonpublic
school. |
(4) |
To supply
for use by pupils attending the school such standardized tests and scoring
services as are in use in the public schools of the state; |
(5) |
To
hire clerical personnel to assist in the administration of divisions (A)(2),
(3), and (4) of this section and to hire supervisory personnel to supervise the
providing of services and textbooks pursuant to this section. These personnel
shall perform their services in the public schools, in nonpublic schools,
public centers, or mobile units where the services are provided to the
nonpublic school pupil, except that such personnel may accompany pupils to and
from the service sites when necessary to ensure the safety of the children
receiving the services. All services provided pursuant to this section may be
provided under contract with school districts,
educational service centers, the department of health, city or general health
districts, or private agencies whose personnel are properly licensed by an
appropriate state board or agency. |
(6) |
To
purchase any of the materials described in division (K) of section
3317.06 of the Revised
Code; |
(7) |
To purchase
any of the equipment described in division (L) of section
3317.06 of the Revised
Code; |
(8) |
To purchase
mobile units to be used for the provision of services pursuant to division
(A)(3) of this section and to pay for necessary repairs and operating costs
associated with these units; |
(9) |
To
purchase the equipment described in division (O) of section
3317.06 of the Revised
Code; |
(10) |
To procure
and pay for security services described in division (P) of section
3317.06 of the Revised
Code. |
|
(B) |
Materials,
equipment, computer hardware and software, textbooks, digital texts, and health
and remedial services provided pursuant to this section and the admission of
pupils to nonpublic schools shall be provided without distinction as to race,
creed, color, or national origin of such pupils or of their teachers. |
(C) |
Any interest earned by a chartered nonpublic school on
moneys paid to it under division (E)(2) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code
shall be used by the school for the same purposes and in the same manner as the
payments may be used under this section. |
(D) |
The
department of education shall adopt guidelines and procedures regarding both of
the following:
(1) |
The
expenditure of moneys under this section; |
(2) |
The
audit of nonpublic schools receiving funds under this section to ensure the
appropriate use of funds. |
|
(E) |
The department shall adopt a rule specifying the party
that owns any property purchased by a chartered nonpublic school with moneys
paid under division (E)(2) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code.
The rule shall include procedures for disposal of the property by the
designated owner when appropriate. |
(F) |
Within thirty days after the end of each biennium,
each chartered nonpublic school shall remit to the department all moneys paid
to it under division (E)(2) of section
3317.024 of the Revised Code and
any interest earned on those moneys that are not required to pay expenses
incurred under this section during the biennium for which the moneys were
appropriated and during which the interest was earned. If a school subsequently
determines that the remittal of moneys leaves the school with insufficient
money to pay all valid expenses incurred under this section during the biennium
for which the remitted moneys were appropriated, the school may apply to the
department for a refund of money, not to exceed the amount of the
insufficiency. If the department determines the expenses were lawfully incurred
and would have been lawful expenditures of the refunded money, the department
shall make a refund in the necessary amount. |
Cite as (Casemaker) R.C. § 3317.062
History. Amended by
132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 170, §1,
eff. 3/23/2018.
Added by
132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff.
9/29/2017.