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certification of the state board’s resolution.
Those qualified to vote on the proposal are the electors residing in the
school districts, containing territory which the state board is proposing for
transfer.
If a majority of voters approve the transfer, the net indebtedness of the
previous district shall be assumed by the “new” district in the same ratio
that the assessed valuation of the transferred area bears to the
assessed valuation of the original district as of the effective date of the
creation of the new district. Not included in the net indebtedness is any
loan made to a district from the lottery profits education fund if the taxes
charged to one or more bankrupt taxpayers equals or exceeds ten per
cent of the total amount of the school district’s taxes charged on such tax
lists and duplicates.
The state board is also charged with apportioning “equitably” any
available funds and with determining to which ESC the “new” district will
be assigned.
If an entire district is transferred, the board of education of the
transferred district is abolished. If only part of a district is transferred, any
board member with a legal address in the transferred territory ceases to
be a board member.
With the approval of the governing board of the educational service
center and the recommendation of the state superintendent of public
instruction, the state board may by resolution transfer all or any part of a
school district with less than $4,000 of assessed value for each student
to a district which has more than 25,000 students in average daily
membership. However, such a resolution of transfer can be adopted
only if the receiving district has approved a resolution approving the
proposed transfer.
TEXTBOOKS
The board will furnish free all necessary required textbooks and
workbooks adopted by the board. The board “loans” the books to
students. A separate budget item is required for free textbooks.
Textbooks include electronic textbooks, defined as “computer software,
interactive videodisc, magnetic media, CD-ROM, computer courseware,
on-line service, electronic medium, or other means of conveying
information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning
process through electronic means.”
Selection of textbooks by board: adoption is by a majority vote of all
members at a regular meeting during which a new text is adopted.
There is no requirement that local school districts adopt their textbooks
or electronic textbooks from lists provided by an ESC.
See
TEXTBOOK SELECTION
below.
3329.06
3329.08
TEXTBOOK
SELECTION
While a district board of education is the sole authority in determining
and selecting textbooks, reading lists, instructional materials, and
academic curriculum for its schools, boards are also required to
establish a parental advisory committee (or another method of review)
for parents to review the selection of textbooks and reading lists,
instructional materials, and the “academic curriculum” used in the
district’s schools.
3313.21
3313.212
THIRD GRADE
READING
GUARANTEE
For students who enter third grade beginning with the 2013-2014 school
year, no school district shall promote a student to the fourth grade if the
student scores in a range designated by the state board of education
3313.608