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... (A) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules under section 3310.17 of the Revised Code establishing procedures for granting educational choice scholarships to eligible students attending a nonpublic school at the time the director of education and workforce grants the school a charter under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code. The procedures shall include at least the following: (1) Provisions ...

... (A) A student is an "eligible student" for purposes of the expansion of the educational choice scholarship pilot program under this section if the student's resident district is not a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code and the student is entering any of grades kindergarten through twelve in the school year for which a sc...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Foster child" means a child placed with a foster caregiver, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying student" means a student who is not entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code in a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code....

...(A) Notwithstanding anything in section 3310.03 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a student who is the recipient of an autism scholarship under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code or a Jon Peterson special needs scholarship under section 3310.52 of the Revised Code but who is no longer in need of special education and related services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and, therefore, is no longer eligible to...

... (A) A student who is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under both sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code, and applies for a scholarship for the first time after the effective date of this amendment, shall select which scholarship to receive. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a student who is eligible under both sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code and rec...

... If a student is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code for a school year as of the first day of February prior to that school year, that student's eligibility for a scholarship for that school year shall not change solely because, after the first day of February, the department of education and workforce changes the internal retrieval number of the school building in...

... Any eligible student who is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school and for whom a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program has been awarded shall be entitled to transportation to and from the chartered nonpublic school by the student's resident district in the manner prescribed in section 3327.01 of the Revised Code.

... A scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program is not available for any student whose resident district is a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. The two pilot programs are separate and distinct, with differing eligibility criteria. The pilot project scholarship program operating under sections...

... It is the policy adopted by the general assembly that the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall be construed as one of several educational options available for students enrolled in persistently low-performing school buildings or for students from low-income families. Students may be enrolled in the schools of the student's resident district, in a community school established under Chapter 3314. o...

... (A) Any parent, or any student who is at least eighteen years of age, who is seeking a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall notify the department of education and workforce of the student's and parent's names and address, the chartered nonpublic school in which the student has been accepted for enrollment, and the tuition charged by the school. (B) Not later than February 1, 20...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Constant multiplier" means 0.50. (2) "Base amount" means the maximum educational choice scholarship amount for the student's grade level under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(I) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year. (3) "Federal poverty level multiplier" means a percentage equal to the student's family income percentage of the federal poverty guidelines for t...

...A scholarship awarded under section 3310.03 or 3310.032 of the Revised Code may be used only to pay tuition to any chartered nonpublic school.

... (A) Only for the purpose of administering the educational choice scholarship pilot 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 student who is seeking a scholarship under the program: (1) The student's resident district; (2) If applicable, the community ...

...Except as provided in division (D) of section 3310.11 of the 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 ...

... (A) No chartered nonpublic school shall charge any student whose family income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code, a tuition fee that is greater than the total amount paid for that student under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. (B) A chartered nonpublic school may charge any other student who is paid a scholarship under tha...

... (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each chartered nonpublic school that is not subject to division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and enrolls students awarded scholarships under sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code annually shall administer the assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710, 3301.0712, or 3313.619 of the Revised Code, as applicable, to each scholarship s...

... (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 secti...

... (A) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school 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 ...

... (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 Co...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative public provider" means either of the following providers that agrees to enroll 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 s...

... Any registered private provider approved to participate in the autism scholarship program and any of its employees shall be subject to a criminal records check as specified in sections 109.57 and 109.572 of the Revised Code. The registered private provider shall submit the results of any records checks to the department of education and workforce. The department shall use the information submitted to enroll the indi...

... (A) Only for the purpose of administering the autism 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...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Registered private provider" has the same meaning as in section 3310.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Two years of study" means the equivalent of forty-eight semester hours or seventy-two quarter 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 p...

... As used in sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative public provider" means either of the following providers that agrees to enroll a child in the provider's special education program to implement the child's individualized education program and to which the eligible applicant owes fees for the services provided to the child: (1) A school district that is not the school district in whic...

... (A) The Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program is hereby established. Under the program, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, subject to division (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 q...