Bill Text: OH HB205 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To permit the establishment of hybrid community schools that provide both remote technology-based and classroom-based instruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - To Education [HB205 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB205-Introduced.html
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Representative Derickson
Cosponsors:
Representatives Sears, Adams, J., Huffman
| To enact section 3314.019 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| permit the establishment of hybrid community | 2 |
| schools that provide both remote technology-based | 3 |
| and classroom-based instruction. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3314.019 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 3314.019. (A)(1) Any community school established on or | 7 |
| after the effective date of this section may function as a hybrid | 8 |
| community school in accordance with this section to provide | 9 |
| students with a combination of technology-based instruction, | 10 |
| including internet- or computer-based instruction, and | 11 |
| classroom-based instruction. The contract adopted under section | 12 |
| 3314.03 of the Revised Code shall describe the hybrid nature of | 13 |
| the school's instructional program and prescribe an academic | 14 |
| accountability plan. | 15 |
| (2) The governing authority of any community school | 16 |
| established prior to the effective date of this section, upon the | 17 |
| approval of the school's sponsor, may restructure the school as a | 18 |
| hybrid community school in accordance with this section to provide | 19 |
| students with a combination of technology-based instruction and | 20 |
| classroom-based instruction. Prior to the first day of July of the | 21 |
| school year in which the school will be restructured, the | 22 |
| governing authority and the school's sponsor shall amend the | 23 |
| contract adopted under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code to | 24 |
| describe the hybrid nature of the school's instructional program, | 25 |
| to prescribe an academic accountability plan, and to make any | 26 |
| other changes necessary to conform the contract to the | 27 |
| requirements of this section. | 28 |
| (3) A hybrid community school is not subject to the | 29 |
| prohibition prescribed by division (A)(6) of section 3314.013 of | 30 |
| the Revised Code. | 31 |
| (B)(1) The governing authority of each hybrid community | 32 |
| school shall require each student enrolled in the school to do | 33 |
| both of the following: | 34 |
| (a) Attend a designated site maintained by the governing | 35 |
| authority to receive traditional classroom-based instruction that | 36 |
| does not rely primarily on the use of computers or other | 37 |
| electronic, digital, or wireless technology for the percentage of | 38 |
| required instructional time determined under division (B)(2) of | 39 |
| this section; | 40 |
| (b) For the period of time the student does not attend the | 41 |
| site maintained by the governing authority, work primarily from | 42 |
| the student's residence on assignments in nonclassroom-based | 43 |
| learning opportunities provided via a technology-based | 44 |
| instructional method. | 45 |
| (2) Before the beginning of each school year, the education | 46 |
| team of each student enrolled in a community school established or | 47 |
| restructured under this section shall determine the percentage of | 48 |
| the required instructional time under the contract entered into | 49 |
| under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that should be devoted | 50 |
| to traditional classroom-based instruction and technology-based | 51 |
| instruction to best meet the student's educational needs. As used | 52 |
| in this division, "education team" includes, but is not limited | 53 |
| to, the chief administrative officer of the school, the student, | 54 |
| the student's parent or guardian, and any teacher requested by the | 55 |
| chief administrative officer, student, or parent or guardian. | 56 |
| (C) The designated site maintained by the school's governing | 57 |
| authority for the provision of classroom-based instruction shall | 58 |
| be located in a challenged school district or an adjacent school | 59 |
| district. However, the challenged school district shall be | 60 |
| considered the school district in which the school is located for | 61 |
| all purposes of this chapter, including adopting an admission | 62 |
| policy under division (A)(19) of section 3314.03 of the Revised | 63 |
| Code. | 64 |
| (D) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter or Chapter 3306. | 65 |
| or 3317. of the Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following | 66 |
| apply with respect to each student enrolled in a hybrid community | 67 |
| school: | 68 |
| (1) For purposes of the report required under division (B)(2) | 69 |
| of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the community school shall | 70 |
| report the number of hours each school week that the student is | 71 |
| required to attend the designated site described in division (C) | 72 |
| of this section. | 73 |
| (2) The department of education shall deduct from the school | 74 |
| district reported for the student under division (B)(2)(h) of | 75 |
| section 3314.08 of the Revised Code the amounts prescribed under | 76 |
| division (C) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code that would be | 77 |
| applicable if the student were enrolled in a community school | 78 |
| other than an internet- or computer-based community school. | 79 |
| (3) The department shall pay to the community school the sum | 80 |
| of the following: | 81 |
| (a) The amount calculated under divisions (D)(1) to (10) of | 82 |
| section 3314.08 of the Revised Code; | 83 |
| (b) Any amount prescribed by division (E) of section 3314.08 | 84 |
| of the Revised Code. | 85 |
| (E) Except as provided in section 3314.091 of the Revised | 86 |
| Code, the board of education of each city, local, and exempted | 87 |
| village school district shall provide for its district's native | 88 |
| students, in accordance with section 3327.01 of the Revised Code, | 89 |
| transportation to and from the site described in division (C) of | 90 |
| this section on each weekday the students are required to attend | 91 |
| school at that site. | 92 |
| As used in this division, "native student" has the same | 93 |
| meaning as in section 3314.09 of the Revised Code. | 94 |
| (F) A hybrid community school is not an internet- or | 95 |
| computer-based community school for purposes of this chapter. | 96 |
| Nevertheless, except as otherwise provided in this section, a | 97 |
| hybrid community school shall comply with all requirements of this | 98 |
| chapter, including any provisions that apply solely to an | 99 |
| internet- or computer-based community school. | 100 |
