As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
H. B. No. 275


Representative Huffman 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Ruhl, Burke, Stebelton, Domenick, Lehner, Adams, R., Grossman, Boose 



A BILL
To amend section 3318.011 of the Revised Code to 1
revise the method for calculating the annual 2
school district equity rankings for classroom 3
facilities assistance and to declare an emergency.4


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That section 3318.011 of the Revised Code be 5
amended to read as follows:6

       Sec. 3318.011.  For purposes of providing assistance under7
sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the department of 8
education shall annually do all of the following:9

       (A) Calculate the adjusted valuation per pupil of each city, 10
local, and exempted village school district according to the 11
following formula:12

The district's valuation per pupil -
13

[$30,000 X (1 - the district's income factor)].
14

       For purposes of this calculation:15

       (1) Except for a district with an open enrollment net gain 16
that is ten per cent or more of its formula ADM, "valuation per 17
pupil" for a district means its average taxable value, divided by 18
its formula ADM for the previous fiscal year. "Valuation per 19
pupil," for a district with an open enrollment net gain that is 20
ten per cent or more of its formula ADM, means its average taxable 21
value, divided by the sum of its formula ADM for the previous 22
fiscal year plus its open enrollment net gain for the previous 23
fiscal year. 24

       (2) "AverageExcept for a tangible personal property 25
phase-out impacted district, "average taxable value" means the 26
average of the sum of the amounts certified for a district under 27
divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code28
in the second, third, and fourth preceding fiscal years under 29
divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised 30
Code. For a tangible personal property phase-out impacted 31
district, "average taxable value" means the average of the sum of 32
the amounts certified for the district under division (A)(1) and 33
as public utility personal property under division (A)(2) of 34
section 3317.021 of the Revised Code in the second, third, and 35
fourth preceding fiscal years.36

       (3) "Entitled to attend school" means entitled to attend 37
school in a city, local, or exempted village school district 38
under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.39

        (4) "Formula ADM" and "income factor" have the same meanings 40
as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.41

       (5) "Native student" has the same meaning as in section 42
3313.98 of the Revised Code.43

        (6) "Open enrollment net gain" for a district means (a) the 44
number of the students entitled to attend school in another 45
district but who are enrolled in the schools of the district under 46
its open enrollment policy minus (b) the number of the district's 47
native students who are enrolled in the schools of another 48
district under the other district's open enrollment policy, both 49
numbers as certified to the department under section 3313.981 of 50
the Revised Code. If the difference is a negative number, the 51
district's "open enrollment net gain" is zero.52

        (7) "Open enrollment policy" means an interdistrict open 53
enrollment policy adopted under section 3313.98 of the Revised 54
Code.55

       (8) "Tangible personal property phase-out impacted district" 56
means a school district for which the taxable value of its 57
tangible personal property certified under division (A)(2) of 58
section 3317.021 of the Revised Code for tax year 2005, excluding 59
the taxable value of public utility personal property, made up 60
twenty per cent or more of its total taxable value for tax year 61
2005 as certified under that section.62

       (B) Calculate for each district the three-year average of the63
adjusted valuations per pupil calculated for the district for the 64
current and two preceding fiscal years;65

       (C) Rank all such districts in order of adjusted valuation66
per pupil from the district with the lowest three-year average 67
adjusted valuation per pupil to the district with the highest 68
three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil;69

       (D) Divide such ranking into percentiles with the first 70
percentile containing the one per cent of school districts having 71
the lowest three-year average adjusted valuations per pupil and 72
the one-hundredth percentile containing the one per cent of school 73
districts having the highest three-year average adjusted74
valuations per pupil;75

       (E) Determine the school districts that have three-year 76
average adjusted valuations per pupil that are greater than the 77
median three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil for all 78
school districts in the state;79

       (F) On or before the first day of September, certify the 80
information described in divisions (A) to (E) of this section to 81
the Ohio school facilities commission.82

       Section 2.  That existing section 3318.011 of the Revised 83
Code is hereby repealed.84

       Section 3. (A) As used in this section, "equity list" means 85
the school district percentile rankings calculated under section 86
3318.011 of the Revised Code. 87

       (B) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of 88
this section, the Department of Education shall create an 89
alternate equity list for fiscal year 2010, for use in funding 90
projects for fiscal year 2011, by recalculating each school 91
district's percentile ranking under section 3318.011 of the 92
Revised Code and shall certify the alternate equity list to the 93
Ohio School Facilities Commission. For this purpose, the 94
Department shall recalculate each school district's percentile 95
ranking using the district's "average taxable value" as that term 96
is defined in the version of section 3318.011 of the Revised Code, 97
as it results from the amendments to that section enacted by this 98
act. 99

       (C) The Commission shall use the alternate equity list 100
certified under division (B) of this section to determine the 101
priority for assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the 102
Revised Code for fiscal year 2011 for each school district that 103
has not previously been offered funding under those sections. 104
However, no district that already has been offered assistance 105
under those sections for fiscal year 2011 prior to the 106
Commission's receipt of the alternate equity list shall be denied 107
the opportunity for assistance under those sections for that 108
fiscal year. 109

       (D) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 3318. of the 110
Revised Code to the contrary, for each school district that 111
receives the Commission's conditional approval of the district's 112
project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code for 113
fiscal year 2011, the district's portion of the basic project cost 114
shall be the lesser of the following: 115

       (1) The amount required under section 3318.032 of the Revised 116
Code calculated using the percentile in which the district ranks 117
on the alternate equity list certified under division (B) of this 118
section; 119

       (2) The amount required under section 3318.032 of the Revised 120
Code calculated using the percentile in which the district ranks 121
on the original equity list for fiscal year 2010.122

       Section 4. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency 123
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public 124
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to 125
prevent delays in classroom construction projects by school 126
districts that have substantial amounts of declining tangible 127
personal property valuation. Therefore, this act shall go into 128
immediate effect.129