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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.01 | Definitions for the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Chartered nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that holds a valid charter issued by the director of education and workforce under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code and meets the standards established for such schools in rules adopted by the director.
(B) An "eligible student" is a student who satisfies the conditions specified in section 3310.03 or 3310.032 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code.
(D) "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.
(E) "School year" has the same meaning as in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code.
Last updated November 7, 2023 at 3:54 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.02 | Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program Established.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The educational choice scholarship pilot program is hereby established. Under the program, the department of education and workforce annually shall pay scholarships to attend chartered nonpublic schools in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 7, 2023 at 1:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.031 | Procedures for Granting Educational Choice Scholarships.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 for extending the application period for scholarships for the following school year, if necessary due to the timing of the award of the nonpublic school's charter, in order for students enrolled in the school at the time the charter is granted to apply for scholarships for the following school year;
(2) Provisions for notifying the resident districts of the nonpublic school's students that the nonpublic school has been granted a charter and that educational choice scholarships may be awarded to the school's students for the following school year.
(B) A student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school at the time the school's charter is granted is an eligible student if the student satisfies any of the following conditions:
(1) At the end of the last school year before the student enrolled in the nonpublic school, the student was enrolled in a school building operated by the student's resident district or in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and, for the current or following school year, the student otherwise would be assigned under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a school building described in division (A)(1) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) The student was not enrolled in any public or other nonpublic school before the student enrolled in the nonpublic school and, for the current or following school year, otherwise would be assigned under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a school building described in division (A)(1) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
(3) At the end of the last school year before the student enrolled in the nonpublic school, the student was enrolled in a school building operated by the student's resident district and, during that school year, the building met the conditions described in division (A)(1) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
(4) At the end of the last school year before the student enrolled in the nonpublic school, the student was enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code but otherwise would have been assigned under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a school building that, during that school year, met the conditions described in division (A)(1) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 7, 2023 at 1:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.032 | Expansion of Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program; Income-Based Eligibility.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 scholarship is sought. A student's parent or guardian may certify income eligibility to the department of education and workforce by submitting, in a manner determined by the department, an affidavit affirming the student's family income meets the requirement, proof of income eligibility under another state or federal program, or other evidence determined appropriate by the department. Any individual who is not required to file a tax return under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code shall not be required to certify income eligibility under this section.
(B) In each fiscal year for which the general assembly appropriates funds for purposes of this section, the department of education and workforce shall pay scholarships to attend chartered nonpublic schools in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. The number of scholarships awarded under this section shall not exceed the number that can be funded for that school year as authorized by the general assembly.
(C) Scholarships under this section shall be awarded as follows:
(1) For the 2013-2014 school year, to eligible students who are entering kindergarten in that school year for the first time;
(2) For each subsequent school year through the 2019-2020 school year, scholarships shall be awarded to eligible students in the next grade level above the highest grade level awarded in the preceding school year, in addition to the grade levels for which students received scholarships in the preceding school year;
(3) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to eligible students who are entering any of grades kindergarten through twelve in that school year for the first time.
(D) A student who receives a scholarship under this section remains an eligible student and may continue to receive scholarships under this section in subsequent school years until the student completes grade twelve, so long as the student satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
Once a scholarship is awarded under this section, the student shall remain eligible for that scholarship for the current school year and subsequent school years even if the student's family income rises above the amount specified in division (A) of this section, provided the student remains enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school.
Last updated September 7, 2023 at 1:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.034 | Eligibility for Former Jon Peterson Special Needs or Autism Scholarship Recipients.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(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 receive that scholarship may be considered an "eligible student" for purposes of the educational choice scholarship pilot program under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the student is enrolled in a school building described in division (A)(1) or (C) of that section.
(B) A student described in division (A) of this section who receives a scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code remains an eligible student and may continue to receive that scholarship in subsequent school years until the student completes grade twelve, so long as the student satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 9:39 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.035 | Students Qualifying Under More Than One Category.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 received a scholarship in the previous school year shall continue to receive the scholarship under the section from which the student received the scholarship in the previous school year, so long as a student who receives a scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code satisfies with the conditions specified in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of that section, and a student who receives a scholarship under section 3310.032 satisfies with the conditions specified in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) A student may change which scholarship the student receives as described in division (A) of this section. A student who chooses to change which scholarship the student receives shall continue to receive that scholarship so long as a student who receives a scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of that section, and a student who receives a scholarship under section 3310.032 of the Revised Code satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 14, 2023 at 1:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.036 | Eligibility Regardless of School Internal Retrieval Number Change.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
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 which the student is enrolled or would otherwise be assigned.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:41 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.04 | Transportation of Eligible Students.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.05 | Program Not Available in District With Existing Pilot Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
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 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code is a district-wide program that may award scholarships to students who do not attend district schools that face academic challenges, whereas the educational choice scholarship pilot program established under sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code is limited to students of individual district school buildings that face academic challenges and to students from low-income families.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.06 | Program Nonexclusive for Students in Eligible Schools.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
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. of the Revised Code, in the schools of another school district pursuant to an open enrollment policy adopted under section 3313.98 of the Revised Code, in a chartered nonpublic school with or without a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program, or in other schools as the law may provide.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.07 | Notice of Applicant; System to Determine Eligibility.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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, 2022, the department shall establish a system under which any parent, or any student who is at least eighteen years of age, may provide the department with a student's address and, not later than ten days after receiving the address, the department shall notify the parent, or student, using regular mail or electronic mail whether the student is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code. The student's resident district shall not be permitted to object to a student's eligibility for an educational choice scholarship under that section if the department's system determines the student is eligible.
For the purposes of division (B) of this section, not later than the first day of January of each year, each school district that has a school building described in division (A)(1) or (C) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code shall submit to the department, in the manner prescribed by the department, the attendance zone for students assigned to that building.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:43 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.08 | Educational Choice Scholarship Amount Calculation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 the fiscal year.
(4) "Federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Power equation" means the following formula:
The federal poverty level multiplier X ln(constant multiplier)
(6) "Minimum amount" means an amount equal to the student's base amount multiplied by ten per cent.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall determine the educational choice scholarship amount for a student described in division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(II) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for a fiscal year, as follows:
(1) For a student with a family adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code, at or below four hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines for the fiscal year, the base amount;
(2) For a student with a family adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code, above four hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, an amount calculated according to the following formula:
The base amount X (1 / the constant multiplier)^4.5 X e^power equation
If the amount calculated for a student under division (B)(2) of this division is less than the minimum amount, the student's scholarship amount shall be the minimum amount.
(C) For the purposes of calculating a scholarship amount for a student under this section, the department shall require a student's parent to submit documentation regarding the student's family income. The department shall use the documentation submitted for the first school year that the student has a scholarship amount calculated under this section to calculate the amount for that school year and each subsequent school year, unless, for a subsequent school year, the parent requests the department recalculate the student's scholarship amount based on updated documentation.
A parent shall submit documentation, or a request for a recalculation, to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
Last updated September 15, 2023 at 6:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.10 | Tuition Sole Use of Scholarship Award.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
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.
Last updated August 12, 2021 at 11:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.11 | Request for Data Verification Code of Applicant.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 school in which that student is enrolled;
(3) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain student data verification codes.
(B) Upon a request by the department under division (A) of this section for the data verification code of a student seeking a scholarship or a request by the student's parent for that code, the school district or community school shall submit that code to the department or parent in the manner specified by the department. If the student has not been assigned a code, because the student will be entering kindergarten during the school year for which the scholarship is sought, the district shall assign a code to that student and submit the code to the department or parent by a date specified by the department. If the district does not assign a code to the student by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to that student.
The department annually shall submit to each school district the name and data verification code of each student residing in the district who is entering kindergarten, who has been awarded a scholarship under the program, and for whom the department has assigned a code under this division.
(C) For the purpose of administering the applicable assessments prescribed under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, as required by section 3310.14 of the Revised Code, the department shall provide to each chartered nonpublic school that enrolls a scholarship student the data verification code for that student.
(D) The department and each chartered nonpublic school that receives a data verification code under this section shall not release that code to any person except as provided by law.
Any document relative to this program that the department holds in its files that contains both a student's name or other personally identifiable information and the student's data verification code shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:45 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.12 | Program Documents as Public Records.

Effective:
March 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
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 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.13 | Tuition Charged by Chartered Nonpublic Schools.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 that section up to the difference between the amount of the scholarship and the regular tuition charge of the school. Each chartered nonpublic school may permit such an eligible student's family to provide volunteer services in lieu of cash payment to pay all or part of the amount of the school's tuition not covered by the scholarship paid under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each chartered nonpublic school that charges a scholarship student an additional amount as authorized under division (B) of this section shall 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 of the Revised Code, to determine a student's family income for the purposes of the educational choice scholarship pilot program. Rather, the department may require a parent to submit a partial federal income tax return, or a return filed under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, that only contains the minimum amount of information necessary to determine a student's family income.
(E) No chartered nonpublic school participating in the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall require the parent of a student to disclose, as part of the school's admission procedure, whether the student's family income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines.
(F) A chartered nonpublic school may accept scholarships issued by a scholarship granting organization authorized under section 5747.73 of the Revised Code as payment for the difference between the amount of the scholarship paid under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code and the regular tuition charge of the school, as well as for any fees regularly charged by the school.
(G) Not later than the thirtieth day of June of each year, each chartered nonpublic school that enrolls students who receive educational choice scholarships shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the tuition rates charged by the school for the following school year.
Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:27 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.14 | Chartered Nonpublic Schools With Enrolled Students to Administer Tests.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 student enrolled in the school in accordance with section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. Each chartered nonpublic school that is subject to this section 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 (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code to any student enrolled in the school who is not a scholarship student.
(B) A chartered nonpublic school that meets the conditions specified in division (K)(2) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code shall not be required to administer the elementary assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 4:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.16 | Application Periods for the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 scholarship is sought. Not later than forty-five days after an applicant submits to the department of education and workforce a completed application, the department shall determine whether that applicant is eligible for a scholarship and notify the applicant whether or not the applicant is eligible. The department shall award a scholarship to each student with an approved application. However, for any application submitted on or after the fifteenth day of October of the school year for which a scholarship is sought, the department shall prorate the amount of the awarded scholarship based on how much of the school year remains after the date of the student's enrollment in the chartered nonpublic school.
(2) In each school year, the department shall accept applications for conditional approval of a scholarship sought for that year or the next school year. Not later than five days after receiving an application under this division, the department shall grant conditional approval to an applicant who is eligible for a scholarship and notify the applicant whether or not conditional approval is granted.
(B) If the department determines an application submitted under this section contains an error or deficiency, the department shall notify the applicant who submitted that application not later than fourteen days after the application is submitted.
(C) The departments of education and workforce, job and family services, and taxation shall enter into a data sharing agreement so that, in administering this section, the department of education and workforce shall be able to determine, based on the address provided in a student's application, whether that student is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code and whether the student meets the residency requirements for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.032 of the Revised Code.
(D) No city, local, or exempted village school district shall have access to an application submitted under this section.
Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:01 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.17 | Board to Adopt Rules for Administration of Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 Code or in rules necessary for the administration of the program, adopted under division (A) of this section, and that otherwise would not apply to a chartered nonpublic school.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:46 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.411 | Criminal Records Check for Autism Scholarship Providers.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
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 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.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:47 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.42 | Autism Scholarship Program - Data Verification Code Request.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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, the community school in which the child is enrolled;
(3) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain data verification codes.
(B) Upon a request by the department under division (A) of this section for the data verification code of a child seeking a scholarship or a request by the child's parent for that code, the school district or community school shall submit that code to the department or parent in the manner specified by the department. If the child has not been assigned a code, because the child will be entering preschool or kindergarten during the school year for which the scholarship is sought, the district shall assign a code to that child and submit the code to the department or parent by a date specified by the department. If the district does not assign a code to the child by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to the child.
The department annually shall submit to each school district the name and data verification code of each child residing in the district who is entering preschool or kindergarten, who has been awarded a scholarship under the program, and for whom the department has assigned a code under this division.
(C) The department shall not release any data verification code that it receives under this section to any person except as provided by law.
(D) Any document relative to the autism scholarship program that the department holds in its files that contains both a child's name or other personally identifiable information and the child's data verification code shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.43 | Instructional Assistant Permit.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 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 for a permit under this section, the registered private provider shall assure to the state board all of the following:
(1) The individual possesses the appropriate skills necessary to perform the duties of an instructional assistant, including the supervision of children and assistance with instructional tasks.
(2) The individual demonstrates the potential to benefit from and consents to participating in in-service training, as required by the registered private provider.
(3) The individual either:
(a) Has an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education;
(b) Has completed at least two years of study at an accredited institution of higher education.
(C) An individual issued a permit under this section may provide instructional services in the home of a child so long as the individual is subject to adequate training and supervision. The state board shall adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, regarding how providers will demonstrate this supervision.
(D) An individual issued a permit under this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections 3319.291, 3319.31, 3319.311, and 3319.313 of the Revised Code.
(E) The state board shall not require any of the following providers to receive a permit under this section to qualify to provide services to a child, including in-home services, under the autism scholarship program:
(1) A registered behavior technician as described under rule 5123-9-41 of the Administrative Code;
(2) A certified Ohio behavior analyst under Chapter 4783. of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.52 | Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 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 operated by the alternative public provider or registered private provider to implement the child's individualized education program, in lieu of the child's attending the special education program operated by the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, and other services agreed to by the provider and eligible applicant that are not included in the individualized education program but are associated with educating the child. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, if the child is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, the scholarship shall be used only to pay for related services that are included in the child's individualized education program. Upon agreement with the eligible applicant, the alternative public provider or registered private provider may modify the services provided to the child.
(B) The number of scholarships awarded under the program in any fiscal year shall not exceed five per cent of the total number of students residing in the state identified as children with disabilities during the previous fiscal year.
(C) The department shall pay a scholarship under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to the parent of each qualified special education child, unless the parent authorizes a direct payment to the child's provider, upon application of that parent in the manner prescribed by the department. However, the department shall not adopt specific dates for application deadlines for scholarships under the program.
(D) The department shall not require the parent of a student who applies for or receives a scholarship under this section to complete any kind of income verification regarding the student's family income.
Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.521 | Profiles for Special Application Programs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As a condition of receiving payments for a scholarship, each eligible applicant shall attest to receipt of the profile prescribed by division (B) of this section. Such attestation shall be 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 prescribed by the department, that shall contain the following:
(1) Methods of instruction that will be utilized by the provider to provide services to the qualified special education child;
(2) Qualifications of teachers, instructors, and other persons who will be engaged by the provider to provide services to the qualified special education child.
The form required under division (B) of this section may be submitted electronically.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 12:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.522 | Maintaining Eligibility.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In order to maintain eligibility for a scholarship, a student shall take each assessment prescribed by section 3301.0710, 3301.0712, or 3313.619 of the Revised Code, as applicable, in accordance with section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, unless one of the following applies to the student:
(1) The student is excused from taking that assessment under federal 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 division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code or division (B)(3) of this section.
(4) The student is excused from taking the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (C)(1)(c)(ii) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each registered private provider that is not subject to division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and enrolls a student who is awarded a scholarship shall administer each assessment prescribed by section 3301.0710, 3301.0712, or 3313.619 of the Revised Code, as applicable, to that student in accordance with section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, unless one of the following applies to the student:
(1) The student is excused from taking that assessment under division (A)(1) of this section.
(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 the registered private provider administers an alternative standardized assessment determined by the department of education and workforce under division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code to the student.
(4) The student is excused from taking the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (C)(1)(c)(ii) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.
The registered private provider shall report to the department the results of each assessment so administered under division (B) of this section.
(C) Nothing in this section requires any chartered nonpublic school that is a registered private provider 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 (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code to any student enrolled in the school who is not a scholarship student.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 4:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.53 | Availability of Free Public Education; Development of Individualized Education Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except for development 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 attend the special education program operated by either an alternative public provider or a registered private provider for which a scholarship is awarded under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program. If at any time, the eligible applicant for the child decides no longer to accept scholarship payments and enrolls the child in the special education program of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, that district shall provide the child with a free appropriate public education under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code.
(B) Each eligible applicant and each qualified special education child have a continuing right to the development of an individualized education program for the child that complies with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., and administrative rules or guidelines adopted by the department of education and workforce or the United States department of education. The school district in which a qualified special education child is entitled to attend school, or the child's school district of residence if different, shall develop each individualized education program for the child in accordance with those provisions.
(C) Each school district shall notify an eligible applicant of the applicant's and qualified special education child's rights under sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code by providing to each eligible applicant the comparison document prescribed in section 3323.052 of the Revised Code. An eligible applicant's receipt of that document, as acknowledged in a format prescribed by the department of education and workforce, shall constitute notice that the eligible applicant has been informed of those rights. Upon receipt of that document, subsequent acceptance of a scholarship constitutes the eligible applicant's informed consent to the provisions of sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 28, 2023 at 10:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.54 | Inclusion of Students in Formula Adm.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
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.
Last updated October 1, 2021 at 4:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.57 | Payments.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
In accordance with division (A) of section 3310.62 of the Revised Code, the department shall make no payments under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to an applicant for a first-time 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.
Last updated August 13, 2021 at 11:20 AM