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opportunity to buy or lease the property. If one community school
notifies the district treasurer, in writing within 60 days after the
district board makes the offer, of its intention to purchase the
property, the district board must sell that property to the community
school for the appraised fair market value of the property. However,
if more than one community school notifies the district treasurer, in
writing within the 60-day period, of their intention to purchase, the
district board must conduct a public auction to sell the property. All
community schools within the school district, regardless of whether
they accepted the offer, may bid on the property at auction. The
district board is not required to accept any bid for the property that is
lower than the appraised fair market value of the property.
If two or more community schools located within the
district notify
the district treasurer, in writing, of their intention to lease the
property, the district board must conduct a lottery to
select the
community school to which the district board must lease
the
property. The lease price offered by a district board cannot be
higher than the fair market value of the leasehold. If no community
school governing authority accepts the offer to purchase or lease
the property within 60 days after the offer is made, the district board
may offer the property to any other entity.
At the time that the district offers the property for lease or sale, it
may offer the property for sale or lease to a community school with
plans either to relocate operations or add facilities within the
district’s territory.
However, notwithstanding any of the above, when a school district
board decides to dispose of its real property, it must first offer that
property for sale to the governing authorities of high-performing
community schools and newly established community schools with
a community school model that has a track record of high quality
academic performance, as determined by ODE, before offering it to
all start-up community schools and any college preparatory
boarding schools located in the district as required under current
law.
3313.413
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL SPECIAL
EDUCATION
SERVICES
Governing authority of a community school may negotiate with a board
of education of a school district, educational service center, or a non-
public school to provide services for a disabled student, but the board of
education or board of an educational service center “shall” negotiate
with the community school governing authority in the same manner as it
would with a board of education seeking such services.
The cost of special education or related services provided by a JVS to a
community school student will be reimbursed to the JVS by a deduction
from the state subsidy to the community school.
3314.022
3314.083
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL, START-UP
Start-up community schools can be located in “challenged school
districts,” defined as any district in the lowest 5% of all school districts as
ranked according to performance index scores, as well as the urban
eight and those districts in academic watch or academic emergency.
3314.02
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL STUDENT
AND
EXTRACURRICULAR
PARTICIPATION
A student enrolled in a community school or STEM school must be
afforded the opportunity to participate in any extracurricular activities
at the school of the student's resident school district to which the
student would have been assigned (regardless of whether the
community school or STEM school is sponsored or operated by the
3313.537