2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [33] XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES
Chapter 3317: FOUNDATION PROGRAM
3317.02 Foundation program definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(A) Unless otherwise specified, “school district” means city, local, and exempted village school districts.

(B) “Formula amount” means $5,653 for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013.

(C) “FTE basis” means a count of students based on full-time equivalency, in accordance with rules adopted by the department of education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. In adopting its rules under this division, the department shall provide for counting any student in category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM or in category one or two vocational education ADM in the same proportion the student is counted in formula ADM.

(D)(1) “Formula ADM” means, for a city, local, or exempted village school district, the average daily membership described in division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, as verified by the superintendent of public instruction and adjusted if so ordered under division (K) of that section, and as further adjusted by the department of education, as follows:

(a) Count only twenty per cent of the number of joint vocational school district students counted under division (A)(3) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code;

(b) Add twenty per cent of the number of students who are entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code and are enrolled in another school district under a career-technical educational compact.

(2) “Formula ADM” means, for a joint vocational school district, the final number verified by the superintendent of public instruction, based on the number reported pursuant to division (D) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, as adjusted, if so ordered, under division (K) of that section.

(E) “Three-year average formula ADM” means the average of formula ADMs for the preceding three fiscal years.

(F)(1) “Category one special education ADM” means the average daily membership of children with disabilities receiving special education services for the disability specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(5) or (D)(2)(b) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Category two special education ADM” means the average daily membership of children with disabilities receiving special education services for those disabilities specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(6) or (D)(2)(c) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Category three special education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for those disabilities specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, and reported under division (B)(7) or (D)(2)(d) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(4) “Category four special education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for those disabilities specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(8) or (D)(2)(e) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(5) “Category five special education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for the disabilities specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(9) or (D)(2)(f) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(6) “Category six special education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving special education services for the disabilities specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(10) or (D)(2)(g) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(7) “Category one vocational education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving vocational education services described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(11) or (D)(2)(h) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(8) “Category two vocational education ADM” means the average daily membership of students receiving vocational education services described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(12) or (D)(2)(i) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(G) “Preschool child with a disability” means a child with a disability, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, who is at least age three but is not of compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not currently enrolled in kindergarten.

(H) “County DD board” means a county board of developmental disabilities.

(I) “Recognized valuation” means the amount calculated for a school district pursuant to section 3317.015 of the Revised Code.

(J)

“Taxes charged and payable” means the taxes charged and payable against real and public utility property after making the reduction required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code, plus the taxes levied against tangible personal property.

(K) “Total taxable value” means the sum of the amounts certified for a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(L) “Tax exempt value” of a school district means the amount certified for a school district under division (A)(4) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(M) “Potential value” of a school district means the recognized valuation of a school district plus the tax exempt value of the district.

(N) “District median income” means the median Ohio adjusted gross income certified for a school district. On or before the first day of July of each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education and the office of budget and management for each city, exempted village, and local school district the median Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents of the school district determined on the basis of tax returns filed for the second preceding tax year by the residents of the district.

(O) “Statewide median income” means the median district median income of all city, exempted village, and local school districts in the state.

(P) “Income factor” for a city, exempted village, or local school district means the quotient obtained by dividing that district’s median income by the statewide median income.

(Q) “Medically fragile child” means a child to whom all of the following apply:

(1) The child requires the services of a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine at least once a week due to the instability of the child’s medical condition.

(2) The child requires the services of a registered nurse on a daily basis.

(3) The child is at risk of institutionalization in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

(R) A child may be identified as having an “other health impairment-major” if the child’s condition meets the definition of “other health impaired” established in rules adopted by the state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, and if either of the following apply:

(1) The child is identified as having a medical condition that is among those listed by the superintendent of public instruction as conditions where a substantial majority of cases fall within the definition of “medically fragile child.” The superintendent of public instruction shall issue an initial list no later than September 1, 2001.

(2) The child is determined by the superintendent of public instruction to be a medically fragile child. A school district superintendent may petition the superintendent of public instruction for a determination that a child is a medically fragile child.

(S) A child may be identified as having an “other health impairment-minor” if the child’s condition meets the definition of “other health impaired” established in rules adopted by the state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, but the child’s condition does not meet either of the conditions specified in division (R)(1) or (2) of this section.

(T) “State education aid” has the same meaning as in section 5751.20 of the Revised Code.

(U) “Property exemption value” means zero in fiscal year 2006, and in fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount certified for a school district under divisions (A)(6) and (7) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.

(V) “Internet- or computer-based community school” has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code.

(W) “State share percentage,” for a city, exempted village, or local school district, for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, means the district’s state share percentage as computed for fiscal year 2011 under former section 3306.02 of the Revised Code. “State share percentage,” for a joint vocational school district, for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, means the district’s state share percentage as computed for fiscal year 2009 under section 3317.16 of the Revised Code as that section existed for that fiscal year.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 28, HB 153, § 101.01, eff. 6/30/2011.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 06-30-2005; 06-30-2006; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007