2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [33] XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES
Chapter 3310: EDUCATIONAL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM
3310.56 Amount of scholarship.

(A) The amount of the scholarship awarded and paid to an eligible applicant for services for a qualified special education child under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program in each school year shall be the least of the amounts prescribed in divisions (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, as follows:

(1) The amount of fees charged for that school year by the alternative public provider or registered private provider;

(2) The sum of the amounts calculated under divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section:

(a) The sum of the formula amount plus the per pupil amount of the base funding supplements specified in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code for fiscal year 2009;

(b) An amount equal to $5,732 times the following multiple prescribed for the child’s disability:

(i) For a student in category one, 0.2892;

(ii) For a student in category two, 0.3691;

(iii) For a student in category three, 1.7695;

(iv) For a student in category four, 2.3646;

(v) For a student in category five, 3.1129;

(vi) For a student in category six, 4.7342.

Before applying the multiples specified in divisions (A)(2)(b)(i) to (vi) of this section, they first shall be adjusted by multiplying them by 0.90.

(3) Twenty thousand dollars.

(B) As used in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, a child with a disability is in:

(1) “Category one” if the child’s primary or only identified disability is a speech and language disability, as this term is defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code;

(2) “Category two” if the child is identified as specific learning disabled or developmentally disabled, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, or as having an other health impairment-minor, as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code;

(3) “Category three” if the child is identified as vision impaired, hearing disabled, or severe behavior disabled, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code;

(4) “Category four” if the child is identified as orthopedically disabled, as this term is defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, or as having an other health impairment-major, as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code;

(5) “Category five” if the child is identified as having multiple disabilities, as this term is defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code;

(6) “Category six” if the child is identified as autistic, having traumatic brain injuries, or both visually and hearing impaired, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 28, HB 153, § 101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.