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reasons, but it must publicly communicate to the residents of the district
(in the manner the district determines to be appropriate) its decision not
to comply.
However, even if a board of education “opts out,” the state board of
education can require that districts provide breakfast and lunch
programs in any individual school building where at least one-third of
the students are eligible for free lunches.
If a school district cannot “for good cause” comply with the “one third”
requirement, the state board shall grant a reasonable extension of time
for compliance. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, “economic
impossibility of compliance” with the requirements at the time the state
board of determines that a district is subject to them.” It would appear
that nothing precludes the renewal of this “waiver.”
Districts may jointly provide food services to one or more districts and
may form cooperatives to purchase food supplies and equipment used
in food service operation.
Also, breakfast programs are required in any school where at least one-
half of the parents have requested the program. In this latter instance,
districts are not required to subsidize the program.
3313.812
FOUNDATION FUND,
NONPROFIT
EDUCATION
A board of education may establish an educational foundation fund and
deposit up to 0.5 percent of the district’s general fund into this fund.
3315.40
FULL-TIME STUDENT
A student in grades 9-12 is considered to be a full-time equivalent
student if the student is enrolled in at least five units of instruction per
school year.
3317.034
FREE EDUCATION
A board of education must provide for the free education of the youth of
school age within the district. The minimum school year requirements
are included in this section.
3313.48
FUNDING FORMULA,
SCHOOL
The foundation program is Ohio’s method of funding its schools and is
described in Chapter 3317 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Please see
Appendix N for a line by line explanation of the current
school funding formula.
Chapter 3317
GENERAL
EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
(GED) TEST
ELIGIBILITY
A person who is at least 19 years old may take the tests of general
educational development (GED) without additional administrative
requirements if the person is officially withdrawn from school and
has not received a high school diploma.
A person who is at least 16 but less than 18 and who applies to take the
GED is required to submit to the Department of Education: 1) written
approval only from the person's parent or guardian or a court official
(eliminating any need to obtain approval from the school district
superintendent where the student was last enrolled) and 2) the
person's official high school transcript, including the previous year
of enrollment in a diploma granting program.
While the Ohio department of education will approve or deny all
applications to take the GED, ODE can approve the application only
if the person has both:
1)Been continuously enrolled in a diploma granting program for
at least one semester and attained an attendance rate of
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