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As used in this chapter, “STEM” is an abbreviation of “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
There is hereby established a STEM subcommittee of the partnership for continued learning consisting of the following members:
(A) The superintendent of public instruction;
(B) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents;
(C) The director of development;
(D) Four members of the public, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate. Members of the public shall be appointed based on their expertise in business or in STEM fields and shall not be at-large members of the partnership for continued learning. The initial members of the subcommittee shall be appointed under division (D) of this section not later than forty-five days after the effective date of this section.
All members of the subcommittee appointed under division (D) of this section shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
Members of the subcommittee shall receive no compensation for their services.
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(A) The STEM subcommittee shall authorize the establishment of and award grants to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools through a request for proposals.
The STEM subcommittee may approve up to five STEM schools to operate under this chapter in the school year that begins July 1, 2008. The limit prescribed in this paragraph does not affect the number of schools that may be approved for operation in subsequent school years.
No STEM school established under this chapter may open for instruction earlier than July 1, 2008.
The subcommittee shall determine the criteria for the proposals, accept and evaluate the proposals, and choose which proposals to approve to become a STEM school and to receive grants. In approving proposals for STEM schools, the subcommittee shall consider locating the schools in diverse geographic regions of the state so that all students have access to a STEM school.
(B) Proposals may be submitted only by a partnership of public and private entities consisting of at least all of the following:
(1) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district;
(2) Higher education entities;
(3) Business organizations.
(C) Each proposal shall include at least the following:
(1) Assurances that the STEM school will be under the oversight of a governing body and a description of the members of that governing body and how they will be selected;
(2) Assurances that the STEM school will operate in compliance with this chapter and the provisions of the proposal as accepted by the subcommittee;
(3) Evidence that the school will offer a rigorous, diverse, integrated, and project-based curriculum to students in any of grades six through twelve, with the goal to prepare those students for college, the workforce, and citizenship, and that does all of the following:
(a) Emphasizes the role of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in promoting innovation and economic progress;
(b) Incorporates scientific inquiry and technological design;
(c) Includes the arts and humanities;
(d) Emphasizes personalized learning and teamwork skills.
(4) Evidence that the school will attract school leaders who support the curriculum principles of division (C)(3) of this section;
(5) A description of how the school’s curriculum will be developed and approved in accordance with section 3326.09 of the Revised Code;
(6) Evidence that the school will utilize an established capacity to capture and share knowledge for best practices and innovative professional development;
(7) Evidence that the school will operate in collaboration with a partnership that includes institutions of higher education and businesses;
(8) Assurances that the school has received commitments of sustained and verifiable fiscal and in-kind support from regional education and business entities;
(9) A description of how the school’s assets will be distributed if the school closes for any reason.
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
(A) The STEM subcommittee shall award grants to support the operation of STEM programs of excellence to serve students in any of grades kindergarten through eight through a request for proposals.
(B) Proposals may be submitted by any of the following:
(1) The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district;
(2) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code.
(C) Each proposal shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the STEM subcommittee that the program meets at least the following standards:
(1) The program will serve all students enrolled in the district or school in the grades for which the program is designed.
(2) The program will offer a rigorous and diverse curriculum that is based on scientific inquiry and technological design, that emphasizes personalized learning and teamwork skills, and that will expose students to advanced scientific concepts within and outside the classroom.
(3) The program will not limit participation of students on the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement, or aptitude.
(4) The program will utilize an established capacity to capture and share knowledge for best practices and innovative professional development.
(5) The program will operate in collaboration with a partnership that includes institutions of higher education and businesses.
(6) The program will include teacher professional development strategies that are augmented by community and business partners.
(D) The STEM subcommittee shall give priority to proposals for new or expanding innovative programs.
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The partnership for continued learning, through the STEM subcommittee, may make recommendations to the general assembly and the governor for the training of STEM educators.
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
The partnership for continued learning, through the STEM subcommittee, shall work with an Ohio-based nonprofit enterprise selected by the subcommittee to support the strategic and operational coordination of public and private STEM education initiatives and resources focused on curriculum development, instruction, assessment, teacher quality enhancement, leadership recruitment and training, and community engagement. The nonprofit enterprise selected by the STEM subcommittee shall have the proven ability to accumulate resources to enhance education quality across the educational continuum, from preschool to college, shall have experience in large-scale management of science and technology resources, and shall have a documented institutional mission to advance STEM education.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter is a public school, is part of the state’s program of education, and may continue in operation for as long as the school is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and with the proposal for its establishment as approved by the STEM subcommittee. If the school closes for any reason, its assets shall be distributed in the manner provided in the proposal for its establishment as required by division (C)(9) of section 3326.03 of the Revised Code.
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(A) The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall employ and fix the compensation for the administrative officers, teachers, and nonteaching employees of the STEM school necessary for the school to carry out its mission and shall oversee the operations of the school. The governing body of each STEM school shall employ a chief administrative officer to serve as the school’s instructional and administrative leader. The chief administrative officer shall be granted the authority to oversee the recruitment, retention, and employment of teachers and nonteaching employees.
(B) The department of education shall monitor the oversight of each STEM school exercised by the school’s governing body and shall monitor the school’s compliance with this chapter and with the proposal for the establishment of the school as it was approved by the STEM subcommittee of the partnership for continued learning under section 3326.04 of the Revised Code. If the department finds that the school is not in compliance with this chapter or with the proposal, the department shall consult with the STEM subcommittee, and the subcommittee may order the school to close on the last day of the school year in which the subcommittee issues its order.
(C) The governing body of each STEM school shall comply with sections 121.22 and 149.43 of the Revised Code.
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Subject to approval by its governing body, the curriculum of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall be developed by a team that consists of at least the school’s chief administrative officer, a teacher, a representative of the higher education institution that is a collaborating partner in the school, described in the proposal for establishment of the school as required by division (C)(7) of section 3326.03 of the Revised Code, and a member of the public with expertise in the application of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall adopt admission procedures that specify the following:
(A)(1) Admission shall be open to individuals entitled and eligible to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code in a school district in the state.
(2) Students who are not residents of Ohio shall not be permitted to enroll in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school.
(B) There will be no discrimination in the admission of students to the school on the basis of race, creed, color, disability, or sex.
(C) The school will comply with all federal and state laws regarding the education of students with disabilities.
(D) The school will not limit admission to students on the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic or artistic ability; the school will assert its best effort to attract a diverse student body that reflects the community; and the school will recruit students from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter and its governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, 121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.18, 2921.42, 2921.43, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18, 3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.21, 3319.313, 3319.314, 3319.315, 3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.45, 3321.01, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters 102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112., 4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district.
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007; 2007 HB190 11-14-2007
Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall comply with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. The school district in which a STEM school student is entitled to attend school and the student’s school district of residence, if different, are not obligated to provide the student with a free appropriate public education under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code for as long as the student attends a STEM school.
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Teachers employed by a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall be highly qualified teachers, as defined in section 3319.074 of the Revised Code, and shall be licensed under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code and rules of the state board of education implementing those sections.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall administer the tests required by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, as if it were a school district, except that, notwithstanding any provision of those sections to the contrary, any student enrolled in a grade lower than the tenth grade in a STEM school may take one or more of the Ohio graduation tests prescribed under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on any of the dates prescribed in division (C)(3) of that section.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall comply with section 3313.603 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. However, a STEM school may permit a student to earn units of high school credit based on a demonstration of subject area competency instead of or in combination with completing hours of classroom instruction prior to the adoption by the state board of education of the plan for granting high school credit based on competency, as required by division (J) of that section. Upon adoption of the plan, each STEM school shall comply with that plan and award units of high school credit in accordance with the plan.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and it governing body shall comply with all health and safety provisions of law applicable to school buildings.
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(A) The department of education shall issue an annual report card for each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that includes all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) For each student enrolled in a STEM school, the department shall combine data regarding the academic performance of that student with comparable data from the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code for the purpose of calculating the performance of the district as a whole on the report card issued for the district under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each STEM school and its governing body shall comply with section 3302.04 of the Revised Code, including division (E) of that section to the extent possible, except that any action required to be taken by a school district pursuant to that section shall be taken by the school. However, the school shall not be required to take any action described in division (F) of that section.
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(A) Except as provided under division (B) of this section, employees of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may organize and collectively bargain pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (D)(1) of section 4117.06 of the Revised Code, a unit containing teaching and nonteaching employees employed under this section shall be considered an appropriate unit.
(B) If a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school is created by converting all or part of an existing school operated by a school district or an existing conversion community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, at the time of conversion, the employees assigned to the STEM school shall remain part of any collective bargaining unit in which they were included immediately prior to the conversion and shall remain subject to any collective bargaining agreement for that unit in effect on the first day of July of the year in which the STEM school initially begins operation and shall be subject to any subsequent collective bargaining agreement for that unit, unless a petition is certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees. Any new employees assigned to the STEM school also shall be included in the unit to which they would have been assigned had the conversion not taken place and shall be subject to the collective bargaining agreement for that unit unless a petition is certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees.
Notwithstanding division (B) of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, the board of education of the school district that operated or sponsored the STEM school prior to conversion and not the STEM school shall be regarded, for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, as the “public employer” of the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to this division unless a petition is certified under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees. Only on and after the effective date of a petition certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section shall division (A) of this section apply to those employees and only on and after the effective date of that petition shall Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code apply to the school with regard to those employees.
(C) Notwithstanding sections 4117.03 to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly, the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to division (B) of this section shall cease to be subject to that agreement and all subsequent agreements pursuant to that division and shall cease to be part of the collective bargaining unit that is subject to that and all subsequent agreements, if a majority of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that collective bargaining agreement sign and submit to the state employment relations board a petition requesting all of the following:
(1) That all the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement be removed from the bargaining unit that is subject to that agreement and be designated by the state employment relations board as a new and separate bargaining unit for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code;
(2) That the employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of the employees of the bargaining unit from which the employees are to be removed be certified as the exclusive representative of the new and separate bargaining unit for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code;
(3) That the STEM school be regarded as the “public employer” of those employees for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.
(D) Notwithstanding sections 4117.03 to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly, the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to division (B) of this section shall cease to be subject to that agreement and all subsequent agreements pursuant to that division, shall cease to be part of the collective bargaining unit that is subject to that and all subsequent agreements, and shall cease to be represented by any exclusive representative of that collective bargaining unit, if a majority of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that collective bargaining agreement sign and submit to the state employment relations board a petition requesting all of the following:
(1) That all the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement be removed from the bargaining unit that is subject to that agreement;
(2) That any employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of the employees of that bargaining unit be decertified as the exclusive representative of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement;
(3) That the STEM school be regarded as the “public employer” of those employees for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.
(E) Upon receipt of a petition under division (C) or (D) of this section, the state employment relations board shall check the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. If the signatures are found sufficient, the board shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and so notify the parties involved, including the board of education of the school district that operated or sponsored the STEM school prior to conversion, the STEM school, and any exclusive representative of the bargaining unit. The changes requested in a certified petition shall take effect on the first day of the month immediately following the date on which the sufficiency of the petition is certified under this division.
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The provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code shall not apply to the employment of nonteaching employees by a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school.
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(A) As used in this section, “native student” means a student entitled to attend school in the school district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(B) Unless the proposal for the establishment of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, as it was approved by the STEM subcommittee of the partnership for continued learning under section 3326.03 of the Revised Code, otherwise provides for the transportation of students to and from the STEM school, the board of education of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall provide transportation to and from school for its district’s native students enrolled in the STEM school in the same manner that section 3327.01 of the Revised Code requires for its native students enrolled in nonpublic schools.
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(A) Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall have a treasurer who is licensed under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. The governing body of the school and the treasurer shall comply with sections 3301.072, 3313.22 to 3313.32, 3313.51, and 3315.08 of the Revised Code in the same manner as a school district board of education and a district treasurer.
(B) Financial records of each STEM school shall be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall enforce sections 3321.13, 3321.19, and 3321.191 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district with regard to students who are truant or otherwise absent from the school without legitimate excuse.
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The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school annually shall provide the following assurances in writing to the department of education not later than ten business days prior to the opening of the school:
(A) That the school has a plan for providing special education and related services to students with disabilities and has demonstrated the capacity to provide those services in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and federal law;
(B) That the school has a plan and procedures for administering the achievement tests and diagnostic assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0715 of the Revised Code;
(C) That school personnel have the necessary training, knowledge, and resources to properly use and submit information to all databases maintained by the department for the collection of education data, including the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code;
(D) That all required information about the school has been submitted to the Ohio education directory system or any successor system;
(E) That all classroom teachers are licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code or are engaged to teach pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code;
(F) That the school’s treasurer is in compliance with section 3326.21 of the Revised Code;
(G) That the school has complied with section 3319.39 of the Revised Code with respect to all employees and that the school has conducted a criminal records check of each of its governing body members;
(H) That the school holds all of the following:
(1) Proof of property ownership or a lease for the facilities used by the school;
(2) A certificate of occupancy;
(3) Liability insurance for the school, as required by section 3326.11 of the Revised Code;
(4) A satisfactory health and safety inspection;
(5) A satisfactory fire inspection;
(6) A valid food permit, if applicable.
(I) That the governing body has conducted a pre-opening site visit to the school for the school year for which the assurances are provided;
(J) That the school has designated a date it will open for the school year for which the assurances are provided;
(K) That the school has met all of the governing body’s requirements for opening and any other requirements of the governing body.
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007; 2007 HB190 11-14-2007
As used in sections 3326.31 to 3326.50 of the Revised Code:
(A) “Applicable special education weight” means the multiple specified in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code for a disability described in that section.
(B) “Applicable vocational education weight” means the multiple specified in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code for vocational education programs or classes described in that section.
(C) “Formula amount” has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) “IEP” means an individualized education program as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) A student is “included in the poverty student count of the student’s resident district” if the student’s family receives assistance under the Ohio works first program.
(F) “Resident district” means the school district in which a student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(G) “State education aid” has the same meaning as in section 5751.20 of the Revised Code.
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Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall report to the department of education, in the form and manner required by the department, all of the following information:
(A) The total number of students enrolled in the school;
(B) The number of students who are receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP;
(C) For each student reported under division (B) of this section, which category specified in divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code applies to the student;
(D) The full-time equivalent number of students who are enrolled in vocational education programs or classes described in each of divisions (A) and (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code that are provided by the STEM school;
(E) The resident district of each student;
(F) Any additional information the department determines necessary to make payments under this chapter.
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For each student enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter, the department of education annually shall deduct from the state education aid of a student’s resident school district and, if necessary, from the payment made to the district under sections 321.24 and 323.156 of the Revised Code and pay to the school the sum of the following:
(A) The sum of the formula amount plus the per pupil amount of the base funding supplements specified in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the student is receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP, the product of the applicable special education weight times the formula amount;
(C) If the student is enrolled in vocational education programs or classes that are described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, are provided by the school, and are comparable as determined by the superintendent of public instruction to school district vocational education programs and classes eligible for state weighted funding under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, the product of the applicable vocational education weight times the formula amount times the percentage of time the student spends in the vocational education programs or classes;
(D) If the student is included in the poverty student count of the student’s resident district, the per pupil amount of the district’s payment under division (C) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code;
(E) If the student is identified as limited English proficient and the student’s resident district receives a payment for services to limited English proficient students under division (F) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, the per pupil amount of the district’s payment under that division, calculated in the same manner as per pupil payments are calculated under division (C)(6) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code;
(F) If the student’s resident district receives a payment under division (G), (H), or (I) of section 3317.029 of the Revised Code, the per pupil amount of the district’s payments under each division, calculated in the same manner as per pupil payments are calculated under divisions (C)(7) and (8) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code;
(G) If the student’s resident district receives a parity aid payment under section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code, the per pupil amount calculated for the district under division (C) or (D) of that section.
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If a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter incurs costs for a fiscal year for a student receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP for a disability described in divisions (B) to (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code that exceed the threshold catastrophic cost for serving the student as specified in division (C)(3)(b) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, the STEM school may submit to the superintendent of public instruction documentation, as prescribed by the superintendent, of all its costs for that student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the type and in the manner prescribed, the department of education shall pay to the school an amount equal to the school’s costs for the student in excess of the threshold catastrophic costs.
The school shall only report under this section, and the department shall only pay for, the costs of educational expenses and the related services provided to the student in accordance with the student’s IEP. Any legal fees, court costs, or other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the student may not be included in the amount.
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The department of education shall adjust the amounts paid under section 3326.33 of the Revised Code to reflect any enrollment of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools for less than the equivalent of a full school year.
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The department of education shall reduce the amounts paid to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school under section 3326.33 of the Revised Code to reflect payments made to colleges under division (B) of section 3365.07 of the Revised Code. A student shall be considered enrolled in the school for any portion of the school year the student is attending a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code.
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The department of education shall not pay to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school any amount for any of the following:
(A) Any student who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a public or nonpublic school;
(B) Any student who is not a resident of the state;
(C) Any student who was enrolled in a STEM school during the previous school year when tests were administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one or more of the tests required by that section and was not excused pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of that section, unless the superintendent of public instruction grants the student a waiver from the requirement to take the test. The superintendent may grant a waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.
(D) Any student who has attained the age of twenty-two years, except for veterans of the armed services whose attendance was interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the armed forces and who apply for enrollment in a STEM school not later than four years after termination of war or their honorable discharge. If, however, any such veteran elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans for whom tuition is paid under federal law, or otherwise, the department shall not pay to the school any amount for that veteran.
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A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may do all of the following:
(A) Apply to the department of education for gifted unit funding;
(B) Apply to any state or federal agency for grants that a school district or public school may receive under federal or state law or any appropriations act of the general assembly;
(C) Apply to any private entity or foundation for additional funds.
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A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may not levy taxes or issue bonds secured by tax revenues.
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A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall not charge tuition for any student enrolled in the school.
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