Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-03 - Initial approval of sponsors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The department
			 shall establish an application and approval process, including cycles and
			 deadlines during the fiscal year, for eligible entities seeking to become
			 sponsors of conversion or new start-up community schools and post that
			 information on the department's website (education.ohio.gov) by July fifteenth
			 of each year with a defined cut score and rubric.
(B)
								An eligible
			 entity shall obtain a written application from the department to become a
			 sponsor and shall complete it and submit it to the department no later than
			 December thirty-first of each year.
(C)
								Confirmation of
			 applications received shall be posted on the department's
			 website.
(D)
								The department shall provide written notice to each
			 applicant of the department's approval or rationale for disapproval of each
			 application after completion of the department's review process by March
			 thirty-first of each year.
(E)
								An applicant
			 shall provide as part of its initial written application, as well as during the
			 application review process, evidence requested and deemed necessary by the
			 department, including, but not limited to, evidence of its willingness to do
			 all of the following:
(1)
									Demonstrate that the applicant is an eligible entity
			 capable of sponsoring a conversion or new start-up school(s) ;
(2)
									Demonstrate that
			 if the applicant sponsors or operates schools in another state, at least one of
			 the schools sponsored or operated by the applicant is comparable to a "C" or
			 better on the Ohio school's report card its successor equivalent rating under
			 section
			 3302.03
			 of the Revised Code;
(a)
										Applicants must provide performance on a state
			 accountability system of at least one of the schools sponsored or operated
			 equivalent of the Ohio school's report card. The department will analyze the
			 data provided and determine if a comparable scale can be developed for
			 comparison using the accountability system from another state. If the
			 department can develop a comparable scale, the department will analyze the
			 performance data provided and determine if the school meets the criteria
			 established in paragraph (E)(2) of this rule.
(b)
										If the department
			 determines a comparable system cannot be developed using the accountability
			 system from another state or the applicant does not meet the criteria
			 established in paragraph (E)(2) of this rule, the application will be
			 denied.
(3)
									Demonstrate, in its application that the applicant or
			 its representative(s) possess the requisite skills, professional knowledge and
			 expertise to provide technical assistance and monitor, oversee, and hold
			 accountable for compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and terms of the
			 community school contract for each community school that it proposes to
			 sponsor;
(4)
									Demonstrate the applicant's specific willingness to
			 comply with all other sections of the Revised Code and all rules of the
			 Administrative Code which are applicable to sponsors and community
			 schools;
(5)
									Demonstrate the applicant's understanding and
			 commitment to meet the criteria for adherence to quality practices as defined
			 by the sponsor evaluation required under section
			 3314.016
			 of the Revised Code;
(6)
									Demonstrate the applicant has a record of financial
			 responsibility through submission of audited financial statements without
			 findings or going-concerns;
(7)
									If the applicant
			 is an education-oriented entity, demonstrate the applicant has successfully
			 implemented educational programs through the submission of outcome data related
			 to the goals of the applicant's educational program and may include progress
			 measures, financial measures and other indicators of added value to the program
			 participants and others;
(8)
									Indication of the entity's ability and willingness to
			 comply with provisions of division (D) of section
			 3314.03
			 of the Revised Code through assurances; and
(9)
									Applicants
			 intending to sponsor schools within an alliance municipal school district, as
			 defined in section
			 3311.86
			 of the Revised Code, must demonstrate they have sought recommendation from the
			 Cleveland transformation alliance to sponsor community schools.