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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-101 - Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program › Section 3301-101-12 - Dispute resolution and due process requests

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Although the district of residence is not
			 obligated to make FAPE available to a child with a
			 disability who resides in the district and is participating in the scholarship
			 program, the parent of a child participating in the scholarship program has the
			 right to file a written complaint or request for a due process hearing as
			 provided by rule
			 3301-51-05 of the Administrative
			 Code. A complaint or request for a due process hearing may allege that the
			 district of residence violated a provision
			 of IDEA but cannot allege a violation of any
			 provision involving the implementation of the IEP and
			 whether the child has received FAPE.
(B) Any dispute as to whether a student is a
			 child with a disability, under
			 20 U.S.C.
			 1401(3) and division (A) of
			 section 3323.01 of the Revised Code and
			 thus satisfies the eligibility criteria
			 set forth in paragraph (A)(2) of rule
			 3301-101-03 of the
			 Administrative Code, will be resolved through the dispute resolution
			 procedures set forth in IDEA and paragraph (K) of rule
			 3301-51-05 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(C) An applicant or other
			 aggrieved person has the right to file with the department scholarship office a
			 written complaint alleging that a violation of one of the
			 provisions set forth in sections
			 3310.51 to
			 3310.64 of the Revised Code
			 and/or the rules of this chapter. A complaint will be
			 forwarded, in writing, by the aggrieved party to the department. Attached to
			 the complaint will be any documentation supporting the position of
			 the aggrieved party. The department will review the
			 documents and make any further inquiry deemed necessary. The department
			 will be
			 the final authority in the resolution of the complaint.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-101 - Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program › Section 3301-101-13 - Program administration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The department will establish
			 procedures for satisfying the provisions of this chapter. Such procedures, which are
			 located on the department's website, will include,
			 but  not be limited to, the following:
(1) Addressing incomplete
			 applications;
(2) Conducting the
			 lottery specified in rule
			 3301-101-06 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(3) Resolving
			 questions of legal guardianship;
(4) Improving program administration and
			 client satisfaction ;
(5) Reissuing
			 lost or damaged warrants.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-02 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following terms are defined as they
				are used in this chapter:
(A)
								"Capacity" means possessing the leadership,
			 professional expertise, human capital management, financial resources,
			 strategic planning and commitment necessary to provide oversight, monitoring
			 and technical assistance, consistent with sponsor duties defined in division
			 (D) of section
			 3314.03
			 of the Revised Code.
(B)
								"Chief administrator" or chief administrative officer"
			 means the individual assigned the role of superintendent in the Ohio
			 educational directory system (OEDS) or its successor system.
(C)
								"Community
			 school" means a public school created under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code,
			 independent of any school district and part of the state's program of
			 education.
(D)
								"Community school contract" means a written agreement,
			 and any amendments or modifications thereto, between a sponsor and a governing
			 authority of a community school that outlines the duties, rights, and
			 responsibilities of both parties as required under section
			 3314.03
			 of the Revised Code.
(E)
								"Department" means the Ohio department of
			 education.
(F)
								"Education-oriented entity" means an organization
			 that:
(1)
									Has
			 been granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
			 Code. This will be demonstrated through evidence of tax-exemption status by the
			 applicant or a parent organization of the applicant; and
(2)
									Supports,
			 promotes or provides services and/or programs, associated with educational
			 systems demonstrated through submission of evidence as part of the application
			 outlined in rule 3301-102-03 of the Administrative
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-04 - Sponsorship agreement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The duties and
			 responsibilities of a sponsor shall be specified in a sponsorship agreement
			 with the department. In addition to duties of the sponsor specified in the Ohio
			 Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code, duties and responsibilities to meet
			 the criteria of the sponsorship agreement include the following:
(1)
									Attend required
			 training sessions as offered by the department,
(2)
									Make written
			 reports of information obtained related to the monitoring of the community
			 school's compliance with laws and rules applicable to the school, and provide
			 written reports to the department upon request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-05 - Monitoring and reporting requirements for all sponsors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								In addition to a sponsor's responsibilities under the
			 Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code, the monitoring and reporting
			 duties and responsibilities of all community school sponsors include the
			 following:
(1)
									Notify the department within three business days of a
			 sponsor's determination to declare a community school to be on probationary
			 status, to suspend the operation of the community school, or to terminate the
			 community school contract. Within ten business days of notification to the
			 department , the sponsor shall provide additional information specifying the
			 nature of the problem and a proposed plan for resolution.
(2)
									Specific to the
			 reporting requirements within section
			 3314.025
			 of the Revised Code, sponsors shall report all expenditures using the auditor
			 of state's uniform school account system (or successor system). The department
			 shall make available technical assistance on the specific codes to utilize for
			 reporting;
(3)
									Have in place a written plan of action to be undertaken
			 in the event that the sponsor sends written notification of intent to suspend
			 the community school or if the community school experiences financial
			 difficulties or closes prior to the end of a school year, consistent with
			 requirements of division (E) of section
			 3314.015 of
			 the Revised Code including the handling of facilities, equipment, materials,
			 supplies, employees, students, school records, which include student records
			 that are consistent with section
			 3314.44
			 of the Revised Code, and address any other obligations of the community school
			 and submit the written plan to the department upon
			 request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-06 - Payments, adjustments and deductions for community schools

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Instructions regarding the flow of
				state foundation funds for all new and continuing community schools shall be
				found in the manuals for SOES/EMIS (school options enrollment system/education
				management information system) or their successor systems, which shall be made
				available on the department's website (education.ohio.gov).
Effective:
				6/27/2013
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
				04/08/2013 and
				06/27/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3314.015, 3314.08,
				3317.02, Section 7 of Am Sub HB 364 of the 12rth General Assembly
Rule Amplifies: Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, 3317.02, Section
				7 of Am Sub HB 364 of the 124th General Assembly
Prior Effective
				Dates: 7/7/03, 4/19/08, 7/24/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-07 - Probation and revocation of sponsorship authority

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								In accordance
			 with the timelines established in division (F) of section
			 3314.015 of
			 the Revised Code, if the department finds that a sponsor is not in compliance
			 with applicable laws and administrative rules, the department shall declare in
			 a written notice to the sponsor the specific laws and/or rules, or both, for
			 which the sponsor is noncompliant. Indicators of noncompliance include:
(1)
									Failure of the
			 sponsor to meet the obligations established in section
			 3314.023
			 of the Revised Code resulting in a mid-year closure or a community school's
			 continued noncompliance with any state or federal rules and regulations and/ or
			 contractual obligations on the part of a community school identified by the
			 department or other state or federal regulatory agencies;
(2)
									Failure of the
			 sponsor to meet the obligations established in section
			 3314.023
			 of the Revised Code resulting in a community school's recurring financial
			 losses from either reporting of negative disbursements as actuals over multiple
			 years reported on the five-year forecasts or recurring losses from operations
			 identified on the most recent audit;
(3)
									Failure of the
			 sponsor to implement a quality improvement plan as required in section
			 3314.016
			 of the Revised Code; or
(4)
									Instances where sponsor action knowingly resulted in a
			 sponsor or community school's noncompliance with Revised Code, Administrative
			 Code, federal statute and/or terms of the contract.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-08 - Standards for measuring sponsor compliance with applicable laws and rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The department
			 of education and workforce
								will, in
			 accordance with section
			 3314.016 of the Revised Code,
			 evaluate each entity that sponsors a community school by measuring its
			 compliance with all laws and rules. Compliance is one of three equally weighted
			 components which comprise the overall sponsor evaluation.
(B) The department's review of sponsor
			 compliance will include reviewing the extent to which the sponsor
			 has complied with all laws and rules. This review will  also
			 include monitoring the extent to which the sponsor has monitored its schools'
			 compliance with all laws and rules.
(C) A list of all laws and rules subject to
			 review will be posted on the department's website
			 (education.ohio.gov), which will also include the list of laws and rules
			 applicable to a community school that the sponsor is monitoring pursuant to
			 section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. The
			 list will be annually updated to include any additional
			 changes to law and rule for the upcoming school year. Except as otherwise
			 described
			 in law by the General Assembly, any changes to law or rule that occur
			 after the updated list is published will be
			 incorporated into the review of sponsor compliance the following
			 year.
(D) Beginning with the
			 2018-2019 sponsor evaluation, the sponsor will certify to
			 the department, no later than the thirtieth of June, subject to change under
			 paragraph (F) of this rule that it fulfilled each of the
			  items  described in paragraph (C) of this rule, it did
			 not fulfill any  items
			  described in paragraph (C) of this rule
			 or the item did not apply with supporting information.
(E) The department or its designee
			 will
			 review the certification of the sponsor and establish an initial score for each
			 item. The department will randomly select items from the sponsor's
			 certification for validation.
(1) For most
			 items, sponsors may provide documentation electronically in the system
			 designated by the department; for some, validation may take place during an
			 onsite review at one or more of the sponsor's community schools. The department
			 may consider corrective action plans for validation of compliance. If an onsite
			 review is conducted, the following will apply:
(a) Schools will be randomly
			 selected for an onsite review; and
(b) Schools will be notified
			 in advance of the onsite review.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-09 - Approving applications for new internet-or computer-based community schools

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								An "internet-or
			 computer-based community school" is defined in section
			 3314.02 of the Revised Code.
			 "Online community school" and "eschool" have the same meaning as an internet-or
			 computer-based community school.
(B)
								The department of
			 education shall publish on its website the department's processes for
			 submitting and approving applications for new online community schools. The
			 department also shall maintain on its website a list of applications received
			 and their status.
(C)
								The application shall require an applicant to provide
			 the following:
(1)
									The sponsor's experience with online schools,
			 including:
(a)
										The number of years and number of online schools for which
			 the sponsor provided monitoring and technical assistance since the inception of
			 such activities;
(b)
										The degree to which the online schools met Ohio's
			 operating standards for online schools, which the department shall make
			 available on the department's website; and
(c)
										Any full-time
			 equivalency determinations issued by a state education agency for a school for
			 which the sponsor was responsible for oversight;
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-10 - Dropout prevention and recovery academic performance rating and report card system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A dropout prevention and recovery school
			 is one to which any of the following applies:
(1) Any community school that operates a drug
			 recovery program in cooperation with a court; or
(2) Any community school in which the
			 majority of students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program
			 operated by the school that meets the following criteria:
(a) The program serves only students not
			 younger than sixteen years of age and not older than twenty-one years of
			 age;
(b) The program enrolls
			 students who, at the time of their initial enrollment, either, or both, are at
			 least one grade level behind their cohort age groups or experience crises that
			 significantly interfere with their academic progress such that they are
			 prevented from continuing their traditional programs;
(c) The program requires students to attain
			 at least the applicable score designated for each of the assessments prescribed
			 under division (B)(1) of section
			 3301.0710
			 of the Revised Code or, to the extent prescribed by rule of the state board of
			 education under division (B)(2) or (D)(5) of section
			 3301.0712
			 of the Revised Code;
(d) The
			 program develops an individual career plan for the student that specifies the
			 student's matriculating to a two-year degree program, acquiring a business and
			 industry credential, or entering an apprenticeship;
(e) The program provides counseling and
			 support for the student related to the plan developed under division (A)(4) of
			  section 
											3314.36
			 of the Revised Code during the remainder of the student's high school
			 experience; and
(f) The program's
			 instructional plan demonstrates how the academic content standards adopted by
			 the state board of education under section
			 3301.079
			 of the Revised Code will be taught and assessed; or
(3) Any conversion community school whose
			 sponsoring district has received a waiver from having the school's academic
			 data rolled up into the district's local report card because the school
			 primarily enrolls students between sixteen and twenty-two years of age who
			 dropped out of high school or are at risk of dropping out of high school due to
			 poor attendance, disciplinary problems, or suspensions.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-11 - Dropout prevention and recovery schools' assessment of growth in student achievement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Pursuant to the
			 development of the dropout prevention and recovery academic performance rating
			 and report card system as required under section
			 3314.017 of the Revised Code and
			 described in rule
			 3301-102-10
			 of the Administrative Code, dropout prevention and recovery community schools
			 shall report assessment data to measure growth in student achievement in
			 reading and in mathematics.
(B)
								 The assessments
			 required to be used by dropout prevention and recovery community schools shall
			 be selected by the state board of education through a competitive bidding
			 process.
(1)
									
			 For the 2014-2015 school year, notice of the department's selection of the
			 assessment and test vendor, as well as information regarding the processes and
			 procedures to obtain, administer and report these assessments for reading and
			 mathematics shall be communicated to the schools and made available on the
			 department's website (education.ohio.gov);
(2)
									 For the
			 2015-2016 school year and beyond, any changes in the required assessments for
			 reading and mathematics shall be communicated to the schools and the
			 information made available on the department's website
			 (education.ohio.gov).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-102 - Community Schools › Section 3301-102-12 - Standards for awarding an overall report card designation to dropout prevention and recovery community schools

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year,
			 and annually thereafter, dropout prevention and recovery community schools
			 described in division (A)(4)(a) of section
			 3314.35 of the Revised Code
			 shall be awarded an overall designation on the report card.
(B) Standards for awarding
			 an overall report card designation to a dropout
			 prevention and recovery community school shall be calculated as follows:
(1) Thirty per cent of the score shall be
			 based on the graduation rates as described in division (C)(1) of section
			 3314.017 of the Revised Code
			 that are applicable to the school year for which the overall designation is
			 granted;
(2) Thirty per cent of the
			 score shall be based on the measures of growth in student achievement in
			 reading and mathematics as described in division (C)(4) of section
			 3314.017 of the Revised Code
			 that are applicable to the school year for which the overall designation is
			 granted;
(3) Twenty per cent of the
			 score shall be based the percentage of twelfth-grade students currently
			 enrolled in the school who have attained the designated passing score on all of
			 the applicable state high school achievement assessments required under
			 division (B)(1) or (B)(2) of section
			 3301.0710 of the Revised Code
			 and other students enrolled in the school, regardless of grade level, who are
			 within three months of their twenty-second birthday and have attained the
			 designated passing score on all of the applicable state high school achievement
			 assessments by their twenty-second birthday, as described in division (C)(2) of
			 section 3314.017 of the Revised
			 Code;
(4) Twenty per cent of the
			 score shall be based on the annual measurable objectives as defined in section
			 3302.01 of the Revised Code and
			 described in division (C)(3) of section
			 3314.017 of the Revised
			 Code;
(5) If both of the graduation
			 rate and assessment passage rate indicators described in divisions (B)(1) and
			 (B)(3) of this rule improve by ten per cent for two consecutive years, a school
			 shall be rated as not less than "meets standards."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-103 - Autism Scholarship Program › Section 3301-103-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following terms are defined as they are used in this
				chapter of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Administrative or judicial mediations or
			 proceedings" includes
								all pending written complaints,
			 mediations, or due process hearings with respect to the content of the
			 individualized education program (IEP) that an alternative public provider or
			 registered private provider would implement if an autism scholarship is awarded
			 to a child whose parent has applied for a scholarship for his or her child; or
			 is implementing if a child was awarded a scholarship and is participating in
			 the autism scholarship program.
(B)
			 "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 child's
			 parent owes fees for the services provided to the child:
(1) A school district that is not the school
			 district in which the child is entitled to attend school;
(2) A public entity other than a school
			 district.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-103 - Autism Scholarship Program › Section 3301-103-02 - Autism scholarship program established

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The purpose of the rules in Chapter
			 3301-103 of the Administrative Code is to prescribe procedures to implement the
			 autism scholarship program established in section
			 3310.41 of the Revised Code.
(B)
			 The purpose of the scholarship is to permit the parent of a qualified special
			 education child the choice to send the child to a special education program,
			 instead of the one operated by or for the school district in which the child is
			 entitled to attend school, to receive the services prescribed in the child's
			 IEP once the IEP is finalized. Upon written agreement
			 with the eligible applicant, the provider may modify services provided to the
			 child.
(C)
								Recipients of a scholarship through the autism
			 scholarship program must be in compliance with the state compulsory attendance
			 law established under Chapter 3321. of the Revised Code.
Effective: 6/23/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 04/07/2017 and
				06/23/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3301.07,
				3310.41
Rule
				Amplifies: 3310.41
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/8/2004, 7/1/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-103 - Autism Scholarship Program › Section 3301-103-03 - Procedures and deadlines for parents to apply for scholarship

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Application
The initial application process is used to determine whether a
				child meets the definition of a qualified special education child. The
				reapplication process for succeeding years is used primarily to identify
				continued eligibility and interest in the program.
(1) If the parent of a child who meets all of
			 the criteria in paragraphs (B)(1) to 
									(B)(2)) of this rule wishes to have the child
			 participate in the autism scholarship program, the parent must complete and
			 submit an annual application for the scholarship, along with all required
			 information, in accordance with rules of the state board of education and
			 guidelines established by the Ohio department of education.
(2) As part of the annual application
			 process, the parent shall provide a signed written consent that requires the
			 school district of residence to release the following records to the
			 alternative public provider or the registered private provider who will be
			 implementing the child's individualized education program (IEP):
(a) The current IEP;
(b) The evaluation team report of the current
			 evaluation;
(c) All progress
			 reports and interim reports from the previous school year;
(d) The previous year's IEP.
(3)
									
									The
			 deadline for receipt of applications for students older than age three
			  is
			 May thirty-first of each year.
(4)
			 Applications received after the deadlines stated in paragraph (A)(3) of this
			 rule shall be processed for the next fiscal year, beginning on July
			 first.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-103 - Autism Scholarship Program › Section 3301-103-05 - Program participation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The parent of a child participating in
			 the autism scholarship program shall assure that the Ohio department of
			 education has at all times current contact information for the parent and child
			 and providers who are implementing the child's individualized education program
			 and current information about the status of the child's participation in the
			 autism scholarship program,including names, current
			 addresses, and telephone numbers.
(1)
									
									Email addresses for the parent and providers should be
			 provided where available.
(2)
			 This information shall be provided to the current provider and the Ohio
			 department of education through the system determined by the Ohio department of
			 education.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-103 - Autism Scholarship Program › Section 3301-103-07 - Payment under the autism scholarship program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each scholarship
			 provided under the autism scholarship program is to be used for payment to a
			 school district other than the school district in which the child is entitled
			 to attend school or to another eligible public entity, or to a registered
			 private provider who is providing special education and related services as
			 identified on the child's current individualized education program (IEP). Each
			 scholarship is payable to the parent unless the parent authorizes the checks to
			 be issued directly to the provider.
(B)
								Each scholarship
			 shall be used only as payment for the child, on whose behalf the scholarship is
			 awarded, to receive special education and related services that implement the
			 child's current IEP and that is operated by a school district other than the
			 school district in which the child is entitled to attend school or by another
			 eligible public entity or by a registered private provider.
(C)
								Each scholarship
			 shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of the fee charged for the child
			 by the special education program or the maximum scholarship amount provided by
			 law.
(D)
								A child attending a special education program with a
			 scholarship under the autism scholarship program shall continue to be entitled
			 to transportation to and from that program in the manner prescribed by
			 law.
(E)
								The department of education will distribute payments
			 under this program in accordance with amounts authorized by the general
			 assembly.
(F)
								Once an award is made, payments will be made to the
			 parent of a qualified special education child participating in the autism
			 scholarship program in accordance with rules of the state board of
			 education.
(1)
									Invoices for payment for each scholarship shall indicate
			 whether it is for tuition for the child on whose behalf the scholarship is
			 awarded to attend a comprehensive special education program that implements the
			 child's individualized education program or to pay for itemized
			 services.
(2)
									The invoice for tuition for a comprehensive special
			 education program offered by a school must identify the primary credentialed
			 employee(s) providing the education component and services of covered by the
			 scholarship to the child.
(3)
									The invoice for education only or other services must
			 identify each credentialed employee providing the services.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-105 - Educational Service Centers › Section 3301-105-01 - Funding for educational service centers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this rule:
(1) "Client" means any city, exempted
			 village, local, or joint vocational school district or community school that
			 has entered into an agreement under section
			 3313.843
			 (primary contract),
			 3313.844
			 (community school contract), or
			 3313.845
			 (fee-for-service contract) of the Revised Code to receive services from an
			 educational service center.
(2)
			 "Primary services" means the five services provided by an educational service
			 center to its clients that the service center selects to demonstrate cost
			 savings for purposes of this rule. "Primary services" may include services
			 provided to clients by a regional council of government established under
			 Chapter 167. of the Revised Code, if the educational service center is a member
			 of the council and has contracted with the council for provision of those
			 services
(3) "Student count" means
			 the sum of the average daily student enrollment for each of an educational
			 service center's clients for the previous fiscal year.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-106 - Community Learning Center Elections › Section 3301-106-01 - Community learning center elections

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this rule:
(1) "Community learning center" has the same
			 meaning as in section
			 3302.16
			 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Eligible
			 parent" includes both of the following:
(a)
			 The parent or guardian of a student who is
			 enrolled in the school;
(b) The
			 parent or guardian of a student who is entitled
			 to attend the school but instead is enrolled in a school operated by a joint
			 vocational school district.
(3) "Eligible staff" means teachers and
			 nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school.
(4) "Parent" 
									has the same meaning as in section
			 3313.64
			 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-107 - Afterschool Child Enrichment Educational Savings Accounts › Section 3301-107-01 - Afterschool child enrichment educational savings accounts

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								As used in this rule, "parent" has the same meaning as
			 in section
			 3313.98
			 of the Revised Code.
(B)
								Requests to establish an afterschool child enrichment
			 educational savings account will be made through the online form created by the
			 department of education in accordance with section 3310.70 of the Revised Code.
			 A separate request is to be made for each fiscal year in which funds are
			 appropriated for such accounts.
(C)
								In creating an
			 online form for parents to request the establishment of an afterschool child
			 enrichment educational savings account, the department may request that parents
			 do the following:
(1)
									Establish a state OH|ID account;
(2)
									Provide
			 information to determine whether a student is an eligible student under section
			 3310.70 of the Revised Code;
(3)
									Submit
			 appropriate documents to verify that a student is an eligible student under
			 section 3310.70 of the Revised Code; and
(4)
									Provide contact
			 information for the parent submitting the online form.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-01 - Purpose of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency ("OOD")
				is the sole state agency designated to administer the plan under the
				Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 87 Stat. 355,
				29 U.S.C.
				701
								, as
				amended. Section 221(a) and 1633 of the Social Security Act as amended
				provides that disability determinations will be made by the state
				. OOD is composed, in part, of two bureaus and one
				division:
(A) The bureau of vocational
			 rehabilitation ("BVR") provides vocational rehabilitation services to persons
			 with disabilities other than visual.
(B) The bureau of services for the visually
			 impaired ("BSVI") provides vocational rehabilitation services to persons who
			 are legally blind, and to persons who are visually impaired.
(C) The division of disability determination
			 ("DDD") makes determinations on all claims for social security disability
			 insurance benefits and supplemental security income payments based on law,
			 regulations, and written guidelines issued by the social security
			 administration.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-04 - Duties of the OOD executive director

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The OOD executive director shall perform the following
				duties:
(A) Appoint, remove, or take
			 any other disciplinary action with an OOD employee that the executive director
			 deems necessary, without engaging in any unlawful discriminatory practices
			 based upon age (forty years or older), color, disability, national origin
			 (ancestry), race, genetic
			 information, religion, sexual orientation, gender/ sex (including sexual harassment),
			 
								gender identity or expression, military status, status as a
			 parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a
			 nursing mother, status as a parent of a young child, or status as a foster
			 parent as those terms are defined in applicable Ohio law, federal law, and any
			 effective executive order.
(B) Sign or authorize designees to sign all
			 grants and contract service agreements awarded by OOD to individuals, and to
			 public and other non-profit agencies and organizations.
(C) Ensure that every contract service
			 agreement and grant  awarded by OOD
			 
								that
			 is audited by OOD shall be audited on the
			 basis of the terms and conditions of the contract service plan or grant.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-08 - Method of notice for public hearings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) OOD shall conduct a public hearing for
			 all administrative rules filed in compliance with Chapter 119. of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) At least thirty days
			 before the public hearing, OOD shall prepare a notice of public hearing, which
			 includes all of the following:
(1) A statement
			 that it is OOD's intention to propose, amend, or rescind rules.
(2) The date, time, and location of the
			 public hearing.
(3) A general
			 statement of the subject matter to which the proposed rule(s), amendment(s), or
			 rescission(s) relate.
(4) The
			 reason for proposing, amending, or rescinding the rule(s).
(5) A statement that the rule(s) shall be
			 available for review on the OOD website.
(6) A
			 statement that the public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter
			 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-10 - Audits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) OOD shall audit
			 organizations or individuals receiving its funds as it deems necessary to
			 assure proper control of those funds.
(1)
			 After the OOD executive director
									or designee's determination of audit findings,
			 OOD shall release the following to the audited party:
(a) The audit report; and
(b) The appeal procedures; and if
			 applicable,
(c) A request for a
			 billing if OOD owes money to the audited party, or a bill if the audited party
			 owes money to OOD.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-11 - Accessibility to meetings, conferences, and seminars; and OOD offices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All meetings,
			 conferences, and seminars sponsored by OOD shall be held in buildings that are
			 in compliance with accessibility standards established by the Americans with
			 Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, and Ohio
			 law, rules and code.
(B) All
			 announcements and communications for meetings,
			 conferences, and seminars shall include a notice indicating that services shall
			 be made 
								accessible to 
								individuals with disabilities attending the meeting,
			 if requested within specified timeframes in the notice.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-1 - General Rules › Section 3304-1-13 - Deadline for submitting a bill to OOD for payment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When OOD purchases a good or service from any vendor or service
				provider, the vendor or service provider shall submit the bill to OOD within
				ninety days of OOD's acceptance of the good or service or within ninety days of
				the date OOD becomes aware of a bill being due. If the vendor or service
				provider cannot submit the bill within ninety days, the vendor or service
				provider may request an extension indicating the reason for needing an
				extension and the amount of time needed. The request for an extension must be
				made in writing to the OOD executive director or 
								their designee at
				least thirty days before the bill is due. If the bill is not submitted to OOD
				within ninety days of acceptance of the good or service or if a written
				extension is not requested, OOD may not pay the bill. When OOD asks a vendor
				or service provider to bill a third party before
				billing OOD, that vendor or service provider
				shall submit the bill within ninety days of receiving payment from the third
				party.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-21 - Third-party payments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Regardless of any contract provision to
			 the contrary, OOD shall pay for the costs of treatment, supportive
			 services accessories and their upkeep, and costs incurred as part of a
			 rehabilitation plan in excess of and secondary to payments of any third-party
			 payor and pursuant to rule
			 3304-2-52
			 of the Administrative Code. OOD payments for costs shall be made after all
			 third-party payment sources are exhausted.
(B) As used in this rule, "third-party payor"
			 means any insurer or other third-party payor licensed by the Ohio
			 superintendent of insurance and any payor under any individual or group
			 contract.
(C) This rule is designed
			 to implement "Title IV of the Workforce Investment Act," 29 U.S.C. 2801-2945,
			 which contains the 1998 amendments to "The Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 29
			 U.S.C. 701-797 and resulting regulations.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-51 - Vocational rehabilitation program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Definitions
(1)
									"Individual's
			 representative" means any representative chosen by an applicant or individual
			 with a disability, as appropriate. Includes a parent, guardian, other family
			 member, or advocate, unless a representative has been appointed by a court to
			 represent the individual, in which case the court-appointed representative is
			 the individual's representative.
(2)
									"Appropriate mode
			 of communication" means specialized aids and supports that enable the
			 individual with a disability to comprehend and respond to information provided.
			 Appropriate modes of communication include, but are not limited to the use of
			 interpreters, open and closed-captioned videos, specialized telecommunication
			 services and audio recordings, brailed and large print materials, materials in
			 electronic formats, augmentative communication devices, graphic presentations
			 and simple language materials.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-52 - Least cost, use of comparable benefits, participant contribution, and fees for services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definitions
(1) "Comparable benefits" means service and
  benefits, including accommodations and auxiliary aids and services, that are
  provided or paid for, in whole or in part, by other federal, state, or local
  public agencies, by health insurance, or by employee benefits; are available to
  the individual at the time needed to ensure the progress toward achieving the
  employment outcome in the individual's individualized plan for employment; and
  are commensurate to the services that the individual would otherwise receive
  from OOD.
(2) "Extreme medical risk" means a
  probability of substantially increasing functional impairment or a risk of
  death if medical services, including mental health services, are not provided
  expeditiously. Determination of such risk shall be based on medical evidence
  provided by an appropriate, licensed medical professional.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-53 - Qualifications and standards for service providers and vendors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Except for service providers who provide only
			 interpreting, rehabilitation technology, work incentive planning and
			 coordination, pre-employment transition services or transportation services,
			 vocational rehabilitation service providers must have preliminary or final
			 accreditation or certification by at least one of the following entities:
(1)
									The commission on
			 accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (CARF) so long as the accreditation
			 is for any one of the following categories of VR service:
(a)
										Community
			 employment services (CES);
(b)
										Comprehensive
			 vocational evaluation (CVE);
(c)
										Community
			 integration (COI);
(d)
										Employee development services (EDS);
(e)
										Employment skills
			 training (EST);
(f)
										Employment planning services (EPS);
(g)
										Organizational
			 employment services (OES);
(h)
										Vision
			 rehabilitation services (VRS); or
(i)
										Vocational
			 services (VS).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-54 - Eligibility determination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								OOD's
			 determination of an applicant's eligibility for vocational rehabilitation
			 services shall be conducted in a manner consistent with
			 34
			 CFR 361.42, in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule.
(1)
									OOD may use another agency's eligibility criteria to
			 determine whether an applicant has a physical or mental impairment if OOD
			 determines that the agency's criteria are consistent with the requirements in
			 paragraph (A) of this rule.
(2)
									OOD shall notify
			 applicants of eligibility decisions by regular U.S. mail or other electornic
			 means, and in the appropriate mode of communication as specified by the
			 individual pursuant to rule
			 3304-2-51
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-56 - The individualized plan for employment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								OOD shall conduct
			 an assessment for determining the vocational rehabilitation needs, if
			 appropriate, for each eligible individual, or, if OOD is operating under an
			 order of selection, for each eligible individual to whom OOD is able to provide
			 vocational rehabilitation services. The assessment(s) shall be conducted
			 consistent with
			 34 CFR
			 361.5(c)(5)(ii), in effect
			 on the effective date of this rule. The purpose of any assessment shall be to
			 determine the employment outcome, and the nature and scope of the vocational
			 rehabilitation services and training to be included in the individualized plan
			 for employment (IPE).
OOD shall provide
			 services and accommodations necessary to enable the individual to participate
			 in assessment(s) and/or vocational guidance and counseling necessary to develop
			 the IPE consistent with
			 34 CFR
			 361.45, in effect on the effective date of
			 this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-2 - Vocational Rehabilitation Program › Section 3304-2-57 - Restoration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Restoration
			 services are provided to correct or substantially modify within a reasonable
			 period of time, a physical or mental condition that constitutes a substantial
			 impediment to employment. Restoration services shall be provided only if the
			 condition is stable or slowly progressive; or if the condition is not stable or
			 slowly progressive, only when the restoration is provided under trial work
			 experiences.
(B)
								OOD shall
			 not provide the following restoration services:
(1) Abortion;
(2) Experimental surgery and/or medical
			 equipment;
(3)
			 Sterilization;
(4) Transplants of
			 vital organs other than kidneys; or
(5) Transsexual surgery or any ancillary
			 procedures associated with, or leading up to such surgery.