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...Revised Code, documents relative to the educational choice scholarship pilot program that the department holds in its files are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and may be released pursuant to that section subject to the provisions of section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as amended.

...ll annually report to the department of education and workforce in the manner prescribed by the department the following: (1) The number of students charged; (2) The average of the amounts charged to such students. (D) On and after July 1, 2024, the department shall not require the parent of a student to submit a complete copy of the parent's federal income tax return, or a return filed under section 5747.08...

...ction shall report to the department of education and workforce the results of each assessment administered to each scholarship student under this section. Nothing in this section requires a chartered nonpublic school to administer any achievement assessment, except for an Ohio graduation test prescribed by division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 or the college and work ready assessment system prescribed by division ...

...(A) The department of education and workforce annually shall compile the scores attained by scholarship students to whom an assessment is administered under section 3310.14 of the Revised Code. The scores shall be aggregated as follows: (1) By state, which shall include all students awarded a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program and who were required to take an assessment under sectio...

...hool year thereafter, the department of education and workforce shall accept, process, and award scholarships each year for the educational choice scholarship pilot program under sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code, as follows: (1) The application period shall open on the first day of February prior to the first day of July of the school year for which a scholarship is sought. Not later than forty-fi...

...(A) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures for the administration of the educational choice scholarship pilot program. (B) The department shall not require chartered nonpublic schools to comply with any education laws or rules or other requirements that are not specified in sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Cod...

...nroll a child in the provider's special education program to implement the child's individualized education program or an education plan developed by the school district under division (K) of this section and to which the child's parent owes fees for the services provided to the child: (a) A school district that is not the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; (b) A public entity othe...

...any records checks to the department of education and workforce. The department shall use the information submitted to enroll the individual for whom a records check is completed in the retained applicant fingerprint database, established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code, in the same manner as any teacher licensed under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code.

... scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any child who is seeking a scholarship under the program: (1) The school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; (2) If applicable, the community school in which the child is enrolled...

...uarter hours. (B) The state board of education may issue an instructional assistant permit to an individual, upon the request of a registered private provider, qualifying that individual to provide services to a child under the autism scholarship program under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code. The permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issue and shall be renewable. For an individual to qualify f...

... (B) of this section, the department of education and workforce annually shall pay a scholarship under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to an eligible applicant for services provided by an alternative public provider or a registered private provider for a qualified special education child. The scholarship shall be used only to pay all or part of the fees for the child to attend the special education program opera...

...made and submitted to the department of education and workforce in the form and manner as required by the department. (B) The alternative public provider or registered private provider that enrolls a qualified special education child shall submit in writing to the eligible applicant to whom a scholarship is awarded on behalf of that child a profile of the provider's special education program, in a form as prescrib...

...deral law, the student's individualized education program, or division (C)(1)(c)(i) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. (2) The student is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school that meets the conditions specified in division (K)(2) or (L)(4) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. (3) The student is enrolled in any of grades three to eight and takes an alternative standardized assessment under divisi...

...velopment of the child's individualized education program, as specified in division (B) of this section, the school district in which a qualified special education child is entitled to attend school and the child's school district of residence, if different, are not obligated to provide the child with a free appropriate public education under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code for as long as the child continues to att...

...A qualified special education child in any of grades kindergarten through twelve for whom a scholarship is awarded under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program shall be counted in the formula ADM of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school. A qualified special education child shall not be counted in the formula ADM of any other school district.

...ime scholarship for a qualified special education child while any administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to the content of the child's individualized education program are pending.

...nt for services for a qualified special education child under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program until the school or entity registers with the department of education and workforce. The department shall register and designate as a registered private provider any nonpublic school or entity that meets the following requirements: (A) The school or entity complies with the antidiscrimination provisions...

...rship shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the tuition rates charged by the provider for the following school year.

...any records checks to the department of education and workforce. The department shall use the information submitted to enroll the individual for whom a records check is completed in the retained applicant fingerprint database, established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code, in the same manner as any teacher licensed under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code.

...The department of education and workforce shall revoke the registration of any school or entity if, after a hearing, the department determines that the school or entity is in violation of any provision of section 3310.522 or 3310.58 of the Revised Code.

...A qualified special education child attending a special education program at an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship shall be entitled to transportation to and from that program in the manner prescribed by law.

...who currently attends a public special education program under a contract, compact, or other bilateral agreement, or on behalf of a child who currently attends a community school, shall not be prohibited from applying for and accepting a scholarship so that the applicant may withdraw the child from that program or community school and use the scholarship for the child to attend a special education program oper...

...licant on behalf of a qualified special education child while the child's individualized education program is being developed by the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, or by the child's school district of residence if different, or while any administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to the content of that individualized education program are pending. (B) Develop...

... scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any qualified special education child for whom a scholarship is sought under the program: (1) The school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; (2) If applicable, the community schoo...

...The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures necessary to implement sections 3310.51 to 3310.63 of the Revised Code including, but not limited to, procedures for parents to apply for scholarships, standards for registered private providers, and procedures for registration of private providers. The rules also shall specify that...

...(A) When the department of education and workforce is able to obtain free of charge computer software for assessing the nutritional value of foods that does all of the following, the department shall make that software available free of charge to each public and chartered nonpublic school: (1) Rates the healthiness of foods based on nutrient density; (2) Assesses the amount of calories, total fat, saturated fat...

...(A)(1) The department of education and workforce shall establish a program under which public schools that meet the conditions prescribed in this section shall offer breakfast to all students either before or during the school day. Each of the following shall apply: (a) In the 2020-2021 school year, the program shall apply to any public school in which seventy per cent or more of the students enrolled in the schoo...

...(A) As used in this section, "national school breakfast program," "national school lunch program," and "public school" all have the same meanings as in section 3301.91 of the Revised Code. (B) A public or chartered nonpublic school that participates in the national school breakfast program shall provide each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast a breakfast at no cost to the student. A public or charte...

...ision (D) of this section, the board of education of each school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall appoint a business advisory council, except that a school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center is not required to appoint a council if the school district and e...

...The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the governor's executive workforce board, shall establish standards for the operation of business advisory councils established by the board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center under section 3313.82 of the Revised Code. The standards adopted by the department shall include at least the following requi...

...may secure the benefits of knowledge of educational methods and practices in other school districts either inside or outside the United States and for the purpose of securing the educational benefits of international understanding and good will, boards of education may enter into contracts with boards of education or other educational authorities for the exchange of teaching services and in the performance of such co...

...The boards of education and governing boards of two or more city, local, joint vocational, or exempted village school districts or educational service centers may contract in accordance with the terms of this section for the sharing on a cooperative basis of the services of supervisory teachers, special instruction teachers, special education teachers, and other licensed personnel necessary to conduct approved ...

...(A) The boards of education or governing authorities of any two or more school districts or community schools may enter into an agreement for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program including any class, course, or program that may be included in a school district's or community school's graded course of study and staff development programs for teaching and nonteaching school employ...

...ction does not apply to any cooperative education school district. (B)(1) The board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district with an average daily student enrollment of sixteen thousand or less, reported for the district on the most recent report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, shall enter into an agreement with the governing board of an educational service cente...

...ised Code and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement, through adoption of identical resolutions, under which the service center board will provide services to the community school. Services provided under the agreement and the amount and manner in which the community school will pay for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the school's governing authority and the serv...

...The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement under which the educational service center will provide services to the school district. Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the district board of education and th...

...The governing board of an educational service center may enter into a contract with any political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, not including school districts, community schools, or STEM schools contracting for services under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code, under which the educational service center will provide services to the political subdivisi...

...(2) "Governing body" means the board of education of a school district, governing authority of a community school, governing body of a STEM school, or governing body of a political subdivision. (3) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as used in section 3313.846 of the Revised Code. (4) "Service agreement" means an agreement that a client has entered into with an educational service center under sectio...

...rvisory, curriculum, teaching, special education, professional development, or any other services offered by an educational service center and may pool their funding to pay the cost of receiving those services. Each of the governing bodies of the districts or schools participating in shared services pursuant to this section shall specify in its service agreement with the service center under section 3313.843, ...

...If the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district or the governing board of any educational service center fails to fill a vacancy in that board within a period of thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the probate court of the county in which the district or service center is located, upon being advised and satisfied of that failure, shall act as that board to fill any vacancy as...

...The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school periodically shall review its policies and procedures to ensure the safety of students, employees, and other persons using a school building from any known hazards in the building or on building grounds that, in the judgment of the board or governing ...

...majority vote of its members a board of education may join a school boards' association. Such board shall have the authority to appropriate from its general fund an amount sufficient to pay the annual dues established by the membership of the association. No funds received by a school boards' association from a board of education as membership dues may be used for any political activity.

...ajority vote of its members, a board of education may appropriate from the general fund an amount sufficient to pay annual membership dues and service fees to one or more accrediting associations that have the purpose of improving education. Such annual membership dues and service fees shall not exceed in the aggregate five hundred dollars per public school evaluated for accreditation in the district. (B) In additio...

... site, information regarding the online education and career planning tool developed under section 6301.15 of the Revised Code. The information shall include the internet web site address for the planning tool and a link to that web site. The information also shall include a link to the OhioMeansJobs web site. As used in this section, "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised...

... to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each city, local, and exempted village school district shall, by one of the following means, provide to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve career-technical education adequate to prepare a student enrolled therein for an occupation: (1) Establishing and maintaining a career-tec...

... (B) Upon approval by the department of education and workforce, any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district may contract with an Ohio technical center to serve students in any of grades seven to twelve who are enrolled in a career-technical education program at the district but cannot enroll in a course at the district for any of the following reasons: (1) The course is at capacity and ...

...is approved by the chancellor of higher education. (2) "Approved institution" means an eligible institution that has been approved to participate in the adult diploma pilot program under this section. (3) "Approved program of study" means a program of study offered by an approved institution that satisfies the requirements of division (B) of this section. (4) An eligible student's "career pathway training pr...

...ed under federal law, the department of education and workforce shall consider an industry-recognized credential, as approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code, or a license issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that requires an examination for issuance of that license as an acceptable measure of technical skill attainment and shall not require a student with such credential or licens...

...The department of education and workforce and the department of job and family services, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish an option for career-technical education students to participate in pre-apprenticeship training programs that impart the skills and knowledge needed for successful participation in a registered apprenticeship occupation course.

...the following: (a) The department of education and workforce; (b) Educators in grades kindergarten through twelve; (c) Career technical education staff; (d) Educational service center staff; (e) Representatives of post-secondary institutions in the areas in which the pilot program is operating; (f) Federally and state-funded research organizations, as determined by the southern state community colle...