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day of July of the school year for which admission is sought or the intra-
district open enrollment district designated as in academic emergency
for two of the last three years);
4 – Students whose family incomes are at or below 200% of the federal
poverty level and who would be assigned to a school ranked in the
bottom ten percent of all schools, according to the annual performance
index; and
5 – All other students who would be assigned to a school ranked in the
bottom ten percent of all schools, according to the annual performance
index, if the school had not been declared as excellent or effective in the
most recent ratings published prior to the first day of July of the school
year for which the scholarship is sought.
Once eligible for the educational choice scholarship, the student retains
the scholarship until the completion of grade twelve so long as the
student: does not become a resident of another school district with
schools which do not qualify; takes each state achievement assessment
appropriate for the assigned grade level; and is absent from school not
more than twenty school days (not including excused absences).
Students attending a chartered nonpublic school under this program are
entitled to transportation by the resident district in the same manner as
other district resident students attending a chartered nonpublic school
but not participating in the scholarship program.
The chartered nonpublic schools participating in the program may not
charge a tuition rate greater than the amount of the “scholarship” for any
student whose family income is less than 200% of the federal poverty
guideline. However, that school could charge all others the difference
between the amount of the scholarship and the actual tuition rate.
There are two application periods conducted for the program by the
department of education each year. The first begins not sooner than
February 1 and lasts for not less than 75 days. The second begins not
sooner than July 1 and lasts for not less than thirty days.
3310.04
3310.13
3310.16
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICE CENTERS
FOR SERVICES,
CHANGING
A board of education of a local school district may by resolution
formalize an agreement to receive services from an educational service
center other than the one in whose territory the district lies. The local per
pupil deduction for these services would then be paid to the ESC
providing the service.
In order to make this change, the district must adopt a resolution to
terminate its agreement with the ESC in an odd-numbered year and
issue notice prior notice before January 1 of that year.
3317.11
3313.843
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICE CENTERS,
DISSOLVING
I
f all of the local school districts “sever” from the territory of the
educational service center, the ESC governing board is abolished, and
the ESC will be dissolved by the order of the superintendent of public
instruction.
The superintendent of public instruction shall provide for the equitable
distribution of the assets of the dissolved ESC or for assessing the
previous client districts on the tax duplicate for any outstanding
indebtedness of the service center. The superintendent, whose order in
final and not appealable, shall appoint a qualified individual to
administer the dissolution of the ESC. A final audit will be performed by
the state auditor.
3311.0510