2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [33] XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES
Chapter 3317: FOUNDATION PROGRAM
3317.022 Formulas for computing and distributing state funds to school districts.

(A)(1) The department of education shall compute and distribute state base cost funding to each eligible school district for the fiscal year, using the information obtained under section 3317.021 of the Revised Code in the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins, according to the following formula:

{[the formula amount X (formula ADM + preschool scholarship ADM)] + the sum of the base funding supplements prescribed in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised Code} – [.023 x (the sum of recognized valuation and property exemption value)] + the amounts calculated for the district under sections 3317.029 and 3317.0217 of the Revised Code

If the difference obtained is a negative number, the district’s computation shall be zero.

(2)(a) For each school district for which the tax exempt value of the district equals or exceeds twenty-five per cent of the potential value of the district, the department of education shall calculate the difference between the district’s tax exempt value and twenty-five per cent of the district’s potential value.

(b) For each school district to which division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies, the department shall adjust the recognized valuation used in the calculation under division (A)(1) of this section by subtracting from it the amount calculated under division (A)(2)(a) of this section.

(B) As used in this section:

(1) The “total special education weight” for a district means the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The district’s category one special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(b) The district’s category two special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(c) The district’s category three special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(d) The district’s category four special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(e) The district’s category five special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(f) The district’s category six special education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Related services” includes:

(a) Child study, special education supervisors and coordinators, speech and hearing services, adaptive physical development services, occupational or physical therapy, teacher assistants for children with disabilities whose disabilities are described in division (B) of section 3317.013 or division (F)(3) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, behavioral intervention, interpreter services, work study, nursing services, and specialized integrative services as those terms are defined by the department;

(b) Speech and language services provided to any student with a disability, including any student whose primary or only disability is a speech and language disability;

(c) Any related service not specifically covered by other state funds but specified in federal law, including but not limited to, audiology and school psychological services;

(d) Any service included in units funded under former division (O)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code;

(e) Any other related service needed by children with disabilities in accordance with their individualized education programs.(3) The “total vocational education weight” for a district means the sum of the following amounts:(a) The district’s category one vocational education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code;

(b) The district’s category two vocational education ADM multiplied by the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code.

(4) “Preschool scholarship ADM” means the number of preschool children with disabilities reported under division (B)(3)(h) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) The department shall compute and distribute state special education and related services additional weighted costs funds to each school district in accordance with the following formula:

The district’s state share percentage X the formula amount for the year for which the aid is calculated X the district’s total special education weight

(2) The attributed local share of special education and related services additional weighted costs equals:

(1 – the district’s state share percentage) X the district’s total special education weight X the formula amount

(3)(a) The department shall compute and pay in accordance with this division additional state aid to school districts for students in categories two through six special education ADM. If a district’s costs for the fiscal year for a student in its categories two through six special education ADM exceed the threshold catastrophic cost for serving the student, the district may submit to the superintendent of public instruction documentation, as prescribed by the superintendent, of all its costs for that student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the type and in the manner prescribed, the department shall pay to the district an amount equal to the sum of the following:

(i) One-half of the district’s costs for the student in excess of the threshold catastrophic cost;

(ii) The product of one-half of the district’s costs for the student in excess of the threshold catastrophic cost multiplied by the district’s state share percentage.

(b) For purposes of division (C)(3)(a) of this section, the threshold catastrophic cost for serving a student equals:

(i) For a student in the school district’s category two, three, four, or five special education ADM, twenty-seven thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars;

(ii) For a student in the district’s category six special education ADM, thirty-two thousand eight hundred fifty dollars.

(c) The district shall only report under division (C)(3)(a) of this section, and the department shall only pay for, the costs of educational expenses and the related services provided to the student in accordance with the student’s individualized education program. Any legal fees, court costs, or other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the student may not be included in the amount.

(4)(a) As used in this division, the “personnel allowance” means thirty thousand dollars in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

(b) For the provision of speech language pathology services to students, including students who do not have individualized education programs prepared for them under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, and for no other purpose, the department of education shall pay each school district an amount calculated under the following formula:

(formula ADM divided by 2000) X the personnel allowance X the state share percentage

(5) In any fiscal year, a school district shall spend for purposes that the department designates as approved for special education and related services expenses at least the amount calculated as follows:

(formula amount X the sum of categories one through six special education ADM) + (total special education weight X formula amount)

The purposes approved by the department for special education expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, identification of children with disabilities, compliance with state rules governing the education of children with disabilities and prescribing the continuum of program options for children with disabilities, provision of speech language pathology services, and the portion of the school district’s overall administrative and overhead costs that are attributable to the district’s special education student population.

The scholarships deducted from the school district’s account under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code shall be considered to be an approved special education and related services expense for the purpose of the school district’s compliance with division (C)(5) of this section.

The department shall require school districts to report data annually to allow for monitoring compliance with division (C)(5) of this section. The department shall annually report to the governor and the general assembly the amount of money spent by each school district for special education and related services.

(6) In any fiscal year, a school district shall spend for the provision of speech language pathology services not less than the sum of the amount calculated under division (C)(1) of this section for the students in the district’s category one special education ADM and the amount calculated under division (C)(4) of this section.

(D)(1)

FISCAL YEAR PERCENTAGE 2000 52.5% 2001 55% 2002 57.5% 2003 and thereafter The greater of 60% or the district’s state share percentage

The department shall compute and distribute state vocational education additional weighted costs funds to each school district in accordance with the following formula:

state share percentage X the formula amount X total vocational education weight

In any fiscal year, a school district receiving funds under division (D)(1) of this section shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for vocational education expenses. Vocational educational expenses approved by the department shall include only expenses connected to the delivery of career-technical programming to career-technical students. The department shall require the school district to report data annually so that the department may monitor the district’s compliance with the requirements regarding the manner in which funding received under division (D)(1) of this section may be spent.

(2) The department shall compute for each school district state funds for vocational education associated services in accordance with the following formula:

state share percentage X .05 X the formula amount X the sum of categories one and two vocational education ADM

In any fiscal year, a school district receiving funds under division (D)(2) of this section, or through a transfer of funds pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for vocational education associated services expenses, which may include such purposes as apprenticeship coordinators, coordinators for other vocational education services, vocational evaluation, and other purposes designated by the department. The department may deny payment under division (D)(2) of this section to any district that the department determines is not operating those services or is using funds paid under division (D)(2) of this section, or through a transfer of funds pursuant to division (I) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, for other purposes.

(E) The actual local share in any fiscal year for the combination of special education and related services additional weighted costs funding calculated under division (C)(1) of this section, transportation base payment calculated under divisions division (E) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code, and vocational education and associated services additional weighted costs funding calculated under divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section shall not exceed for any school district the product of three and three-tenths mills times the district’s recognized valuation. The department annually shall pay each school district as an excess cost supplement any amount by which the sum of the district’s attributed local shares for that funding exceeds that product. For purposes of calculating the excess cost supplement:

(1) The attributed local share for special education and related services additional weighted costs funding is the amount specified in division (C)(2) of this section.

(2) The attributed local share of the district’s transportation base payment equals the difference of the total amount calculated for the district under division (E) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code minus the actual amount paid to the district after applying the percentage specified in division (E)(3) of that section.

(3) The attributed local share of vocational education and associated services additional weighted costs funding is the amount determined as follows:

(1 – state share percentage) X [(total vocational education weight X the formula amount) + the payment under division (D)(2) of this section]

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.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 06-30-2005; 06-30-2006; 2006 HB699 03-29-2007; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007