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service center with which the district has a service agreement. Boards
may also employ such assistant attendance officers as they deem
advisable.
ESC governing boards may employ attendance officers, whose
authority may extend to all school districts served by the ESC under the
service agreements. With “consent and approval of the judge of the
juvenile court,” a probation officer may be appointed as an attendance
officer or assistant for the ESC. In such cases, the travel expenses of
probation officers appointed as attendance officers or assistants shall be
paid by the ESC for those expenses that would not be incurred as
probation officers. By law, it is the ESC superintendent who is charged
with “directing” the work of the attendance officer and assistants.
3321.15
AUDITS
If the Auditor of State declares that a school district is unauditable, the
district is required to submit an audit completion plan. Until the Auditor of
State or a public accountant has completed a financial audit, the
treasurer must be suspended (with or without pay).
If the district fails to make progress to bring its accounts into an auditable
condition, the Ohio Department of Education is required to cease
making payments until it receives notice that a financial audit was
completed.
3313.30
AUTISM
SCHOLARSHIP[
If a student’s school district which the child us entitled to attend has
identified the child as autistic and has developed an Individualized
Education Program (IEP) for the child, the student is eligible for an
autism scholarship. The diagnosis of autism for this scholarship also
includes children who have been diagnosed as having a “pervasive
development disorder – not otherwise specified (PPD-NOS).
The scholarship is intended for parents who use the funds for the child
to attend a special education program that implements the child’s IEP
and that is operated by an alternative public provider or by a private
provider. The alternative public provider can be another public school
district so long as it does not have a contract, compact, or other bilateral
agreement for the operation of the program with the school district which
the child is entitled to attend.
The scholarship is equal to the lesser of the tuition charged by the
provider or $27,000. (Partial years of enrollment will result in a prorated
amount for the scholarship.) A child who is awarded the scholarship is
counted in the formula ADM and the category six ADM of the district in
which the child is entitled to attend school. The district that the child is
entitled to attend is also responsible for implementing the transportation
requirement specified in the IEP.
3310.41
AUTISM
SCHOLARSJIP
NOTICE
Each time a district completes an evaluation for a child with a disability
or undertakes the development, review, or revision of the child’s
Individualized Education Program (IEP) the district must notify the
parent by letter or electronic means of the possible availability of both
the autism scholarship program and the Jon Peterson Special Needs
Scholarship. The notice must include the telephone number of the office
within the department of education responsible for administering the
scholarship and the specific location of information regarding the
scholarships on the department’s web site.
3323.052
AUTISM
SCHOLARSHIP
PARTICIPANT
STUDENT NUMBER
For a student participating in the autism scholarship program, a school
district must submit the student identifier number (or assign one if a
code has not yet been issued) to the department of education or to the
parent “in a manner specified by the department” if so requested by the
3310.42