Bill Text: OH SB241 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: To amend Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly to modify the membership structure of the Straight A Program Governing Board.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-11-19 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB241 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SB241-Engrossed.html
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Senator Sawyer
Cosponsors:
Senators Seitz, Lehner, Kearney, Skindell, Tavares, Turner, Schiavoni, Brown, Balderson, Beagle, Gardner, Gentile, Hite, LaRose, Manning, Obhof, Smith, Uecker, Widener
| To amend Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the | 1 |
| 130th General Assembly to modify the membership | 2 |
| structure of the Straight A Program Governing | 3 |
| Board. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the | 5 |
| 130th General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 263.325. (A) The Straight A Program is hereby created | 7 |
| for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to provide grants to city, local, | 8 |
| exempted village, and joint vocational school districts, | 9 |
| educational service centers, community schools established under | 10 |
| Chapter 3314., STEM schools established under Chapter 3326., | 11 |
| college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter | 12 |
| 3328. of the Revised Code, individual school buildings, education | 13 |
| consortia (which may represent a partnership among school | 14 |
| districts, school buildings, community schools, or STEM schools), | 15 |
| institutions of higher education, and private entities partnering | 16 |
| with one or more of the educational entities identified in this | 17 |
| division for projects that aim to achieve significant advancement | 18 |
| in one or more of the following goals: | 19 |
| (1) Student achievement; | 20 |
| (2) Spending reduction in the five-year fiscal forecast | 21 |
| required under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code; | 22 |
| (3) Utilization of a greater share of resources in the | 23 |
| classroom. | 24 |
| (B)(1) Grants shall be awarded by a | 25 |
| thirteen-member governing board consisting of the Superintendent | 26 |
| of Public Instruction, or the Superintendent's designee, four | 27 |
| members appointed by the Governor, two members appointed by the | 28 |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, | 29 |
| by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, two | 30 |
| members appointed by the President of the Senate, and two members | 31 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. The Department of | 32 |
| Education shall provide administrative support to the board. No | 33 |
| member shall be compensated for the member's service on the board. | 34 |
| (2) The board shall select grant advisors with fiscal | 35 |
| expertise and education expertise. These advisors shall evaluate | 36 |
| proposals from grant applicants and advise the staff administering | 37 |
| the program. No advisor shall be compensated for this service. | 38 |
| (3) The board shall issue an annual report to the Governor, | 39 |
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the | 40 |
| Senate, and the chairpersons of the House and Senate committees | 41 |
| that primarily deal with education regarding the types of grants | 42 |
| awarded, the grant recipients, and the effectiveness of the grant | 43 |
| program. | 44 |
| (4) The board shall create a grant application and publish on | 45 |
| the Department's web site the application and timeline for the | 46 |
| submission, review, notification, and awarding of grant proposals. | 47 |
| (5) With the approval of the board, the Department shall | 48 |
| establish a system for evaluating and scoring the grant | 49 |
| applications received under this section. | 50 |
| (C) Each grant applicant shall submit a proposal that | 51 |
| includes all of the following: | 52 |
| (1) A description of the project for which the applicant is | 53 |
| seeking a grant, including a description of how the project will | 54 |
| have substantial value and lasting impact; | 55 |
| (2) An explanation of how the project will be | 56 |
| self-sustaining. If the project will result in increased ongoing | 57 |
| spending, the applicant shall show how the spending will be offset | 58 |
| by verifiable, credible, permanent spending reductions. | 59 |
| (3) A description of quantifiable results of the project that | 60 |
| can be benchmarked. | 61 |
| If an education consortia described in division (A) of this | 62 |
| section applies for a grant, the lead applicant shall be the | 63 |
| school district, school building, community school, or STEM school | 64 |
| that is a member of the consortia and shall so indicate on the | 65 |
| grant application. | 66 |
| (D)(1) Within seventy-five days after receiving a grant | 67 |
| application, the board shall issue a decision on the application | 68 |
| of "yes," "no," "hold," or "edit." In making its decision, the | 69 |
| board shall consider whether the project has the capability of | 70 |
| being replicated in other school districts and schools or creates | 71 |
| something that can be used in other districts and schools. A grant | 72 |
| awarded under this section to a school district, educational | 73 |
| service center, community school, STEM school, college-preparatory | 74 |
| boarding school, individual school building, institution of higher | 75 |
| education, or private entity partnering with one or more of the | 76 |
| educational entities identified in division (A) of this section | 77 |
| shall not exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year. A grant awarded | 78 |
| to an education consortia shall not exceed $15,000,000 in each | 79 |
| fiscal year. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may make | 80 |
| recommendations to the Controlling Board that these maximum | 81 |
| amounts be exceeded. Upon Controlling Board approval, grants may | 82 |
| be awarded in excess of these amounts. | 83 |
| (2) If the board issues a "hold" or "edit" decision for an | 84 |
| application, it shall, upon returning the application to the | 85 |
| applicant, specify the process for reconsideration of the | 86 |
| application. An applicant may work with the grant advisors and | 87 |
| staff to modify or improve a grant application. | 88 |
| (E) Upon deciding to award a grant to an applicant, the board | 89 |
| shall enter into a grant agreement with the applicant that | 90 |
| includes all of the following: | 91 |
| (1) The content of the applicant's proposal as outlined under | 92 |
| division (C) of this section; | 93 |
| (2) The project's deliverables and a timetable for their | 94 |
| completion; | 95 |
| (3) Conditions for receiving grant funding; | 96 |
| (4) Conditions for receiving funding in future years if the | 97 |
| contract is a multi-year contract; | 98 |
| (5) A provision specifying that funding will be returned to | 99 |
| the board if the applicant fails to implement the agreement, as | 100 |
| determined by the Auditor of State. | 101 |
| (6) A provision specifying that the agreement may be amended | 102 |
| by mutual agreement between the board and the applicant. | 103 |
| (F) An advisory committee for the Straight A Program is | 104 |
| hereby established. The committee shall consist of not more than | 105 |
| eleven members appointed by the Governor that represent all areas | 106 |
| of the state and different interests. The committee shall annually | 107 |
| review the Straight A Program and provide strategic advice to the | 108 |
| governing board and the Director of the Governor's Office of 21st | 109 |
| Century Education. | 110 |
| (G) Each grant awarded under this section shall be subject to | 111 |
| approval by the Controlling Board prior to execution of the grant | 112 |
| agreement. | 113 |
| Section 2. That existing Section 263.325 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 | 114 |
| of the 130th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 115 |
