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maintained the equivalent of a B average in completed high school
courses in the same subject area.
The student or parent is required to reimburse the state for any state
funds paid to a college or university for a course in which the student
was enrolled but did not secure a passing grade.
POST SECONDARY
ENROLLMENT
OPTIONS,
ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING FOR
The Post-Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) program was
replaced by College Credit Plus, beginning in the 2015-2016 school
year.
Under rules developed jointly by the superintendent of public instruction
and the chancellor, school districts (including JVSDs) can enter into an
agreement with a college or university to use an alternate funding
formula, or an alternate method to transmit, the amount the college or
university would be paid for participation in post secondary open
enrollment programs, including the seniors to sophomores initiative.
The rules may include direct payments, alternate funding formulas, and
even negotiated amounts.
3365.12
POWERS OF THE
BOARD,
CORPORATE
The board of education is a body politic and corporate and, as such, can
be sued and can sue, can enter into contracts and can be contracted
with, can acquire, hold, possess and dispose of real and personal
property, and take and hold in trust for the use and benefit of the school
district, any grant or devise of land, and any donation or bequest of
money or other personal property.
3313.17
POWERS OF THE
BOARD,
CONTRACTING
An Attorney General’s opinion suggests that a board is not empowered
to delegate to its superintendent the authority to enter into contracts on
behalf of the board. However, the board at a regular or special meeting
“may lawfully ratify and adopt any contract made in the name of the
governing board by its superintendent.”
Also addressed are conflicts of interest and exceptions to those conflicts.
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PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMS
A board of education may contract with a preschool provider to provide
preschool programs. The provider may be:
• Any organization receiving funds under the Head Start Act.
• Any nonsectarian eligible non-public school as defined in Division (H)
of Section 3301.52 ORC.
• Any non-profit childcare provider licensed under Chapter 5104 ORC.
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PRESCHOOL FOR
CHIDLREN WITH
DISABILITIES,
TUITION FOR
Preschool children with disabilities are also eligible for inter-district
open enrollment.
However, if a preschool child with a disability who is a resident of
one district receives special education from another district (not
through open enrollment but under an agreement between the
districts), the district providing the education may require the child's
district of residence to pay the tuition of the district providing the
education as calculated in accordance with existing law (rather than
half of that amount).
3323.13
PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS
Boards of education are required to adopt a policy on the authority of
employees to administer prescription drugs. Effective July 1, 2011, the
only persons authorized to administer a drug prescribed for a student will
be licensed health professionals and employees who have completed a
drug administration training program conducted by a licensed health
professional and considered appropriate by the board of education.
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