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COMMUNITY
SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
School districts are required on a monthly basis to report the community
school in which their resident students are enrolled and to verify the
student’s eligibility to attend that school. If the district’s determination of
eligibility to attend the community school differs from that of the district,
the community school will provide documentation and make a “good
faith effort” to identify the correct residence of the student.
The governing authority of the community school may adopt a policy to
prescribe the number of documents required to verify residence from the
following list:
1)Deed, mortgage, lease, current homeowner’s or renter’s
insurance declaration page
2)Current real property bill
3)Utility bill or receipt of utility installation (issued within 90 days of
enrollment)
4)Payroll check or stub which was issued within 90 days of
enrollment and which includes the address
5)Most current available bank statement containing the address of
the primary residence
6)Any other official document issued to the parent or student so
long as it includes the address of the primary residence. (The
state superintendent is authorized to determine what qualifies
as an “official document.”)
This community school policy will supersede any school district policy
regarding the verification of district of residence for community school
students.
In the event that a disagreement still exists over the district of residence,
the community school may refer the matter to the state superintendent
of public instruction within 60 days of the deadline for reporting. Within
30 days after receiving the disagreement, the state superintendent, or
designee, shall determine the district of residence and direct any
necessary adjustments in payments. No mention is made of appeal
rights.
3314.11
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL
ESTABLISHED BY
ESC
An educational service center can convert all or a portion of a building
operated by the ESC to a community school. An ESC can also create a
conversion school within its service territory or an contiguous county
without receiving approval from or an agreement with the Ohio
Department of Education. However, any conversion community school
which the ESC sponsors outside its service territory (or a contiguous
county) and any start-up school will require ODE approval and an
agreement with ODE regarding the manner in which it will conduct its
sponsorship.
The agreement between the ESC governing board and the board of the
sponsoring entity must occur by March 15, and the contract must be
signed by May 15 prior to the school year in which the conversion
community school will open.
3314.02
3314.03
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE-
PREPARATORY
BOARDING
SCHOOL, SALE OF
PROPERTY TO
When a school district wishes to dispose of any real property, it must
first offer the property for sale to any STEM school and then to a start-up
community school located within district boundaries at a price not
greater than the appraised fair market value of the property.
The law requires school districts with real property that has been
used for classroom operations since July 1, 1998, but has not been
in use for two years, to offer to community schools or to college-
preparatory boarding schools located within the district an
3313.41
3313.412
3313.411