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(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Client school district" means a city , exempted village, or local school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center.
(2) "Service center ADM" means the sum of the total student counts of all of an educational service center's client school districts.
(3) "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code.
(4) "Total student count" has the same meaning as in section 3301.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, this division shall not apply to any client school district that has elected not to receive supervisory services under this division, as specified in the district's agreement under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code, and the department of education shall not make any deductions for the district under this division.
(1) The governing board of each educational service center shall provide supervisory services to each of its client school districts. Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the supervisory services shall not exceed one supervisory teacher for the first fifty classroom teachers required to be employed in the districts, as calculated in the manner prescribed under former division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, as that division existed prior to June 30, 2011, and one for each additional one hundred required classroom teachers, as so calculated.
The supervisory services shall be financed annually through supervisory units. Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the number of supervisory units assigned to each district shall not exceed one unit for the first fifty classroom teachers required to be employed in the district, as calculated in the manner prescribed under former division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, as that division existed prior to June 30, 2011, and one for each additional one hundred required classroom teachers, as so calculated. The cost of each supervisory unit shall be the sum of:
(a) The minimum salary prescribed by section 3317.13 of the Revised Code for the licensed supervisory employee of the governing board;
(b) An amount equal to fifteen per cent of that salary;
(c) An allowance for necessary travel expenses, limited to the lesser of two hundred twenty-three dollars and sixteen cents per month or two thousand six hundred seventy-eight dollars per year.
(2) If a majority of the boards of education, or superintendents acting on behalf of the boards, of the client school districts receiving services from the educational service center agree to receive additional supervisory services and to pay the cost of a corresponding number of supervisory units in excess of the services and units specified in division (B)(1) of this section, the service center shall provide the additional services as agreed to by the majority of districts to, and the department shall apportion the cost of the corresponding number of additional supervisory units pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section among, all of the service center's client school districts.
(3) The department shall apportion the total cost for all supervisory units among the service center's client school districts based on each district's total student count. The department shall deduct each district's apportioned share pursuant to division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code and pay the apportioned share to the service center.
(C) The department annually shall deduct from each client school district of each educational service center, pursuant to division (B) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, and pay to the service center an amount equal to six dollars and fifty cents times the school district's total student count. The board of education, or the superintendent acting on behalf of the board, of any client school district may agree to pay an amount in excess of six dollars and fifty cents per student in total student count. If a majority of the boards of education, or superintendents acting on behalf of the boards, of the service center's client school districts approve an amount in excess of six dollars and fifty cents per student in total student count, the department shall deduct the approved excess per student amount from all of the service center's client school districts and pay the excess amount to the service center.
(D) The department shall pay each educational service center the amounts due to it from school districts pursuant to contracts, compacts, or agreements under which the service center furnishes services to the districts or their students. In order to receive payment under this division, an educational service center shall furnish either a copy of the contract, compact, or agreement clearly indicating the amounts of the payments, or a written statement that clearly indicates the payments owed and is signed by the superintendent or treasurer of the responsible school district. The amounts paid to service centers under this division shall be deducted from payments to school districts pursuant to division (H)(3) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code.
(E) Each school district's deduction under this section and divisions (B) and (H)(3) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code shall be made from the total payment computed for the district under this chapter, after making any other adjustments in that payment required by law.
(F)
(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, the department annually shall pay the governing board of each educational service center state funds equal to thirty-seven dollars times its service center ADM.
(2) The department annually shall pay state funds equal to forty dollars and fifty-two cents times the service center ADM to each educational service center comprising territory that was included in the territory of at least three former service centers or county school districts, which former centers or districts engaged in one or more mergers under section 3311.053 of the Revised Code to form the present center.
(G) Each city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district shall pay to the governing board of an educational service center any amounts agreed to for each child enrolled in the district who receives special education and related services or career-technical education from the educational service center, unless these educational services are provided pursuant to a contract, compact, or agreement for which the department deducts and transfers payments under division (D) of this section and division (H)(3) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code.
(H) The department annually shall pay the governing board of each educational service center that has entered into a contract with a STEM school for the provision of services described in division (B) of section 3326.45 of the Revised Code state funds equal to the per-pupil amount specified in the contract for the provision of those services times the number of students enrolled in the STEM school.
(I) An educational service center:
(1) May provide special education and career-technical education to students in its client school districts;
(2) Is eligible for transportation funding under division (C) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code;
(3) May apply for and receive gifted education units and provide gifted education services to students in its client school districts;
(4) May conduct driver education for high school students in accordance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.128,SB 316, §101.01, eff. 9/24/2012.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.58,HB 157, §1, eff. 12/21/2011.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28,HB 153, §101.01, eff. 6/30/2011.
Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 06-30-2006; 2008 HB562 06-24-2008
Related Legislative Provision: See 129th General AssemblyFile No.58,HB 157, §4
The amendment to this section by 129th General AssemblyFile No.10,SB 5, §1 was rejected by voters in the November, 2011 election.