Bill Text: OH HB362 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: To authorize the STEM Committee to grant a designation of STEM school equivalent to a community school or chartered nonpublic school, to make other revisions to the law regarding STEM schools, and to make changes to the law regarding educator performance evaluations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-11 - Effective Date [HB362 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB362-Introduced.html
As Introduced
A BILL
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To authorize the STEM Committee to grant a designation of STEM school equivalent to a community school or chartered nonpublic school, to make other revisions to the law regarding STEM schools, and to make changes to the law regarding educator performance evaluations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-11 - Effective Date [HB362 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB362-Introduced.html
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Representatives Scherer, Derickson
Cosponsors:
Representatives Anielski, Blessing, Butler, Roegner, Young
To amend sections 3301.162, 3314.03, 3326.02, | 1 |
3326.03, 3326.04, and 3326.09 and to enact section | 2 |
3326.032 of the Revised Code to authorize the STEM | 3 |
Committee to grant a designation of STEM school | 4 |
equivalent to a community school or chartered | 5 |
nonpublic school and to make other revisions to | 6 |
the law regarding STEM schools. | 7 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3301.162, 3314.03, 3326.02, | 8 |
3326.03, 3326.04, and 3326.09 be amended and section 3326.032 of | 9 |
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 10 |
Sec. 3301.162. (A) If the governing authority of a chartered | 11 |
nonpublic school intends to close the school, the governing | 12 |
authority shall notify all of the following of that intent prior | 13 |
to closing the school: | 14 |
(1) The department of education; | 15 |
(2) The school district that receives auxiliary services | 16 |
funding under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code | 17 |
on behalf of the students enrolled in the school; | 18 |
(3) The accrediting association that most recently accredited | 19 |
the school for purposes of chartering the school in accordance | 20 |
with the rules of the state board of education, if applicable; | 21 |
(4) If the school has been designated as a STEM school | 22 |
equivalent under section 3326.032 of the Revised Code, the STEM | 23 |
committee established under section 3326.02 of the Revised Code. | 24 |
The notice shall include the school year and, if possible, | 25 |
the actual date the school will close. | 26 |
(B) The chief administrator of each chartered nonpublic | 27 |
school that closes shall deposit the school's records with either: | 28 |
(1) The accrediting association that most recently accredited | 29 |
the school for purposes of chartering the school in accordance | 30 |
with the rules of the state board, if applicable; | 31 |
(2) The school district that received auxiliary services | 32 |
funding under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code | 33 |
on behalf of the students enrolled in the school. | 34 |
The school district that receives the records may charge for | 35 |
and receive a one-time reimbursement from auxiliary services | 36 |
funding under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code | 37 |
for costs the district incurred to store the records. | 38 |
Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under | 39 |
this section shall be filed with the superintendent of public | 40 |
instruction. The department of education shall make available on | 41 |
its web site a copy of every approved, executed contract filed | 42 |
with the superintendent under this section. | 43 |
(A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the | 44 |
governing authority of a community school shall specify the | 45 |
following: | 46 |
(1) That the school shall be established as either of the | 47 |
following: | 48 |
(a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702. | 49 |
of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8, 2003; | 50 |
(b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter | 51 |
1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003. | 52 |
(2) The education program of the school, including the | 53 |
school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school | 54 |
is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the | 55 |
focus of the curriculum; | 56 |
(3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of | 57 |
measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those | 58 |
goals, which shall include the statewide achievement assessments; | 59 |
(4) Performance standards by which the success of the school | 60 |
will be evaluated by the sponsor; | 61 |
(5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised | 62 |
Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised Code; | 63 |
(6)(a) Dismissal procedures; | 64 |
(b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an | 65 |
attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically | 66 |
withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a | 67 |
legitimate excuse fails to participate in one hundred five | 68 |
consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the | 69 |
student. | 70 |
(7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and | 71 |
ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves; | 72 |
(8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of | 73 |
state. The contract shall require financial records of the school | 74 |
to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of | 75 |
school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state. | 76 |
Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the | 77 |
Revised Code. | 78 |
(9) The facilities to be used and their locations; | 79 |
(10) Qualifications of teachers, including a requirement that | 80 |
the school's classroom teachers be licensed in accordance with | 81 |
sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, except that a | 82 |
community school may engage noncertificated persons to teach up to | 83 |
twelve hours per week pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised | 84 |
Code. | 85 |
(11) That the school will comply with the following | 86 |
requirements: | 87 |
(a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a | 88 |
minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred | 89 |
twenty hours per school year. | 90 |
(b) The governing authority will purchase liability | 91 |
insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the | 92 |
school. | 93 |
(c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs, | 94 |
admission policies, employment practices, and all other | 95 |
operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or | 96 |
religious institution. | 97 |
(d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, | 98 |
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, | 99 |
3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3313.472, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.539, | 100 |
3313.608, 3313.609, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6015, | 101 |
3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, | 102 |
3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, | 103 |
3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.814, | 104 |
3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.321, 3319.39, | 105 |
3319.391, 3319.41, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, | 106 |
3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and | 107 |
5705.391 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 3365., 3742., 4112., | 108 |
4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school | 109 |
district and will comply with section 3301.0714 of the Revised | 110 |
Code in the manner specified in section 3314.17 of the Revised | 111 |
Code. | 112 |
(e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section | 113 |
2921.42 of the Revised Code. | 114 |
(f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61, 3313.611, | 115 |
and 3313.614 of the Revised Code, except that for students who | 116 |
enter ninth grade for the first time before July 1, 2010, the | 117 |
requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code | 118 |
that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any | 119 |
high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by | 120 |
completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of | 121 |
the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title | 122 |
XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of | 123 |
education. Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the | 124 |
first time on or after July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections | 125 |
3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must | 126 |
successfully complete the curriculum of a high school prior to | 127 |
receiving a high school diploma shall be met by completing the | 128 |
Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of section | 129 |
3313.603 of the Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under | 130 |
division (D) or (F) of that section. Each school shall comply with | 131 |
the plan for awarding high school credit based on demonstration of | 132 |
subject area competency, adopted by the state board of education | 133 |
under division (J) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. | 134 |
(g) The school governing authority will submit within four | 135 |
months after the end of each school year a report of its | 136 |
activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of | 137 |
divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status | 138 |
to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled in the | 139 |
school. | 140 |
(h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-based | 141 |
community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the Revised | 142 |
Code as if it were a school district. | 143 |
(i) If the school is the recipient of moneys from a grant | 144 |
awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A), | 145 |
Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and | 146 |
Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, the | 147 |
school will pay teachers based upon performance in accordance with | 148 |
section 3317.141 and will comply with section 3319.111 of the | 149 |
Revised Code as if it were a school district. | 150 |
(12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to | 151 |
employees; | 152 |
(13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the | 153 |
beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five years | 154 |
unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division (E) of | 155 |
this section. | 156 |
(14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be | 157 |
responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract; | 158 |
(15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget | 159 |
for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the | 160 |
total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year. | 161 |
(16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of | 162 |
employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or | 163 |
not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code; | 164 |
(17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or | 165 |
part of an existing public school or educational service center | 166 |
building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a | 167 |
converted public school or service center building, specification | 168 |
of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of | 169 |
education or service center governing board that operated the | 170 |
school or building before conversion is delegating to the | 171 |
governing authority of the community school with respect to all or | 172 |
any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not | 173 |
prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such | 174 |
employees; | 175 |
(18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving | 176 |
disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the | 177 |
governing authority of the community school; | 178 |
(19) A provision requiring the governing authority to adopt a | 179 |
policy regarding the admission of students who reside outside the | 180 |
district in which the school is located. That policy shall comply | 181 |
with the admissions procedures specified in sections 3314.06 and | 182 |
3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the sole discretion of the | 183 |
authority, shall do one of the following: | 184 |
(a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside | 185 |
the district in which the school is located; | 186 |
(b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in districts | 187 |
adjacent to the district in which the school is located; | 188 |
(c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any other | 189 |
district in the state. | 190 |
(20) A provision recognizing the authority of the department | 191 |
of education to take over the sponsorship of the school in | 192 |
accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section 3314.015 | 193 |
of the Revised Code; | 194 |
(21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to | 195 |
assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified in | 196 |
division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code; | 197 |
(22) A provision recognizing both of the following: | 198 |
(a) The authority of public health and safety officials to | 199 |
inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities | 200 |
closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in | 201 |
compliance with health and safety laws and regulations; | 202 |
(b) The authority of the department of education as the | 203 |
community school oversight body to suspend the operation of the | 204 |
school under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the | 205 |
department has evidence of conditions or violations of law at the | 206 |
school that pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of | 207 |
the school's students and employees and the sponsor refuses to | 208 |
take such action. | 209 |
(23) A description of the learning opportunities that will be | 210 |
offered to students including both classroom-based and | 211 |
non-classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance | 212 |
with criteria for student participation established by the | 213 |
department under division (H)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised | 214 |
Code; | 215 |
(24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and | 216 |
3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to | 217 |
be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be | 218 |
taken by the sponsor of the school. However, the sponsor shall not | 219 |
be required to take any action described in division (F) of | 220 |
section 3302.04 of the Revised Code. | 221 |
(25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school will | 222 |
open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of September | 223 |
each school year, unless the mission of the school as specified | 224 |
under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to serve dropouts. | 225 |
In its initial year of operation, if the school fails to open by | 226 |
the thirtieth day of September, or within one year after the | 227 |
adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D) of section | 228 |
3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the school is solely | 229 |
to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void. | 230 |
(26) Whether the school's governing authority is planning to | 231 |
seek designation for the school as a STEM school equivalent under | 232 |
section 3326.032 of the Revised Code. | 233 |
(B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a | 234 |
comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the | 235 |
following: | 236 |
(1) The process by which the governing authority of the | 237 |
school will be selected in the future; | 238 |
(2) The management and administration of the school; | 239 |
(3) If the community school is a currently existing public | 240 |
school or educational service center building, alternative | 241 |
arrangements for current public school students who choose not to | 242 |
attend the converted school and for teachers who choose not to | 243 |
teach in the school or building after conversion; | 244 |
(4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of | 245 |
the school; | 246 |
(5) Internal financial controls. | 247 |
(C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the | 248 |
Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a | 249 |
community school may provide for the community school governing | 250 |
authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby | 251 |
authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract | 252 |
between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total amount | 253 |
of such payments for oversight and monitoring of the school shall | 254 |
not exceed three per cent of the total amount of payments for | 255 |
operating expenses that the school receives from the state. | 256 |
(D) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor | 257 |
which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered | 258 |
into with the department of education under division (B) of | 259 |
section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and shall include the | 260 |
following: | 261 |
(1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all laws | 262 |
applicable to the school and with the terms of the contract; | 263 |
(2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal performance | 264 |
and the organization and operation of the community school on at | 265 |
least an annual basis; | 266 |
(3) Report on an annual basis the results of the evaluation | 267 |
conducted under division (D)(2) of this section to the department | 268 |
of education and to the parents of students enrolled in the | 269 |
community school; | 270 |
(4) Provide technical assistance to the community school in | 271 |
complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the | 272 |
contract; | 273 |
(5) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to | 274 |
correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare the | 275 |
school to be on probationary status pursuant to section 3314.073 | 276 |
of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the school pursuant | 277 |
to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or terminate the contract | 278 |
of the school pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code as | 279 |
determined necessary by the sponsor; | 280 |
(6) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the | 281 |
event the community school experiences financial difficulties or | 282 |
closes prior to the end of a school year. | 283 |
(E) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under this | 284 |
section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the approval | 285 |
of the governing authority of the school, renew that contract for | 286 |
a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not ending earlier | 287 |
than the end of any school year, if the sponsor finds that the | 288 |
school's compliance with applicable laws and terms of the contract | 289 |
and the school's progress in meeting the academic goals prescribed | 290 |
in the contract have been satisfactory. Any contract that is | 291 |
renewed under this division remains subject to the provisions of | 292 |
sections 3314.07, 3314.072, and 3314.073 of the Revised Code. | 293 |
(F) If a community school fails to open for operation within | 294 |
one year after the contract entered into under this section is | 295 |
adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised | 296 |
Code or permanently closes prior to the expiration of the | 297 |
contract, the contract shall be void and the school shall not | 298 |
enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A school shall not | 299 |
be considered permanently closed because the operations of the | 300 |
school have been suspended pursuant to section 3314.072 of the | 301 |
Revised Code. | 302 |
Sec. 3326.02. There is hereby established | 303 |
committee of the department of education consisting of the | 304 |
following members: | 305 |
(A) The superintendent of public instruction; | 306 |
(B) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents; | 307 |
(C) The director of development; | 308 |
(D) Four members of the public, two of whom shall be | 309 |
appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the | 310 |
speaker of the house of representatives, and one of whom shall be | 311 |
appointed by the president of the senate. Members of the public | 312 |
shall be appointed based on their expertise in business or in STEM | 313 |
fields. The initial members of the committee shall be appointed | 314 |
under division (D) of this section not later than forty-five days | 315 |
after June 30, 2007. | 316 |
All members of the committee appointed under division (D) of | 317 |
this section shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing | 318 |
authority. | 319 |
Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for | 320 |
their services. The department of education shall provide | 321 |
administrative support for the committee. | 322 |
Sec. 3326.03. (A) The STEM committee shall authorize the | 323 |
establishment of and award grants to science, technology, | 324 |
engineering, and mathematics schools based on proposals submitted | 325 |
to the committee. | 326 |
The committee shall determine the criteria for proposals, | 327 |
establish procedures for the submission of proposals, accept and | 328 |
evaluate proposals, and choose which proposals to approve to | 329 |
become a STEM school. In approving proposals for STEM schools, the | 330 |
committee shall consider locating the schools in diverse | 331 |
geographic regions of the state so that all students have access | 332 |
to a STEM school. | 333 |
The committee may authorize the establishment of a group of | 334 |
multiple STEM schools to operate from multiple facilities located | 335 |
in one or more school districts under the direction of a single | 336 |
governing body in the manner prescribed by section 3326.031 of the | 337 |
Revised Code. The committee shall consider the merits of each of | 338 |
the proposed STEM schools within a group and shall authorize each | 339 |
school separately. Anytime after authorizing a group of STEM | 340 |
schools to be under the direction of a single governing body, upon | 341 |
a proposal from the governing body, the committee may authorize | 342 |
one or more additional schools to operate as part of that group. | 343 |
The STEM committee may approve one or more STEM schools to | 344 |
serve only students identified as gifted under Chapter 3324. of | 345 |
the Revised Code. | 346 |
(B) Proposals may be submitted only by a partnership of | 347 |
public and private entities consisting of at least all of the | 348 |
following: | 349 |
(1) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational | 350 |
school district or an educational service center; | 351 |
(2) Higher education entities; | 352 |
(3) Business organizations. | 353 |
A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the | 354 |
Revised Code, a chartered nonpublic school, or both may be part of | 355 |
the partnership. | 356 |
(C) Each proposal shall include at least the following: | 357 |
(1) Assurances that the STEM school or group of STEM schools | 358 |
will be under the oversight of a governing body and a description | 359 |
of the members of that governing body and how they will be | 360 |
selected; | 361 |
(2) Assurances that each STEM school will operate in | 362 |
compliance with this chapter and the provisions of the proposal as | 363 |
accepted by the committee; | 364 |
(3) Evidence that each school will offer a rigorous, diverse, | 365 |
integrated, and project-based curriculum to students in any of | 366 |
grades six through twelve, with the goal to prepare those students | 367 |
for college, the workforce, and citizenship, and that does all of | 368 |
the following: | 369 |
(a) Emphasizes the role of science, technology, engineering, | 370 |
and mathematics in promoting innovation and economic progress; | 371 |
(b) Incorporates scientific inquiry and technological design; | 372 |
(c) Includes the arts and humanities; | 373 |
(d) Emphasizes personalized learning and teamwork skills. | 374 |
(4) Evidence that each school will attract school leaders who | 375 |
support the curriculum principles of division (C)(3) of this | 376 |
section; | 377 |
(5) A description of how each school's curriculum will be | 378 |
developed and approved in accordance with section 3326.09 of the | 379 |
Revised Code; | 380 |
(6) Evidence that each school will utilize an established | 381 |
capacity to capture and share knowledge for best practices and | 382 |
innovative professional development; | 383 |
(7) Evidence that each school will operate in collaboration | 384 |
with a partnership that includes institutions of higher education | 385 |
and businesses; | 386 |
(8) Assurances that each school has received commitments of | 387 |
sustained and verifiable fiscal and in-kind support from regional | 388 |
education and business entities; | 389 |
(9) A description of how each school's assets will be | 390 |
distributed if the school closes for any reason. | 391 |
Sec. 3326.032. (A) The STEM committee may grant a | 392 |
designation of STEM school equivalent to a community school | 393 |
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or to a | 394 |
chartered nonpublic school. In order to be eligible for this | 395 |
designation, a community school or chartered nonpublic school | 396 |
shall submit a proposal that satisfies the requirements of this | 397 |
section. | 398 |
The committee shall determine the criteria for proposals, | 399 |
establish procedures for the submission of proposals, accept and | 400 |
evaluate proposals, and choose which proposals warrant a community | 401 |
school or chartered nonpublic school to be designated as a STEM | 402 |
school equivalent. | 403 |
(B) A proposal for designation as a STEM school equivalent | 404 |
shall include at least the following: | 405 |
(1) Assurances that the community school or chartered | 406 |
nonpublic school submitting the proposal has a working partnership | 407 |
with both public and private entities, including higher education | 408 |
entities and business organizations; | 409 |
(2) Assurances that the school submitting the proposal will | 410 |
operate in compliance with this section and the provisions of the | 411 |
proposal as accepted by the committee; | 412 |
(3) Evidence that the school submitting the proposal will | 413 |
offer a rigorous, diverse, integrated, and project-based | 414 |
curriculum to students in any of grades six through twelve, with | 415 |
the goal to prepare those students for college, the workforce, and | 416 |
citizenship, and that does all of the following: | 417 |
(a) Emphasizes the role of science, technology, engineering, | 418 |
and mathematics in promoting innovation and economic progress; | 419 |
(b) Incorporates scientific inquiry and technological design; | 420 |
(c) Includes the arts and humanities; | 421 |
(d) Emphasizes personalized learning and teamwork skills. | 422 |
(4) Evidence that the school submitting the proposal will | 423 |
attract school leaders who support the curriculum principles of | 424 |
division (B)(3) of this section; | 425 |
(5) A description of how each school's curriculum will be | 426 |
developed and approved in accordance with section 3326.09 of the | 427 |
Revised Code; | 428 |
(6) Evidence that the school submitting the proposal will | 429 |
utilize an established capacity to capture and share knowledge for | 430 |
best practices and innovative professional development; | 431 |
(7) Assurances that the school submitting the proposal has | 432 |
received commitments of sustained and verifiable fiscal and | 433 |
in-kind support from regional education and business entities. | 434 |
(C)(1) A community school or chartered nonpublic school that | 435 |
is designated as a STEM school equivalent under this section shall | 436 |
not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3326. of the Revised | 437 |
Code, except that the school shall be subject to the requirements | 438 |
of this section and to the curriculum requirements of section | 439 |
3326.09 of the Revised Code. | 440 |
Nothing in this section, however, shall relieve a community | 441 |
school of the applicable requirements of Chapter 3314. of the | 442 |
Revised Code. Nor shall anything in this section relieve a | 443 |
chartered nonpublic school of any provisions of law outside of | 444 |
this chapter that are applicable to chartered nonpublic schools. | 445 |
(2) A community school or chartered nonpublic school that is | 446 |
designated as a STEM school equivalent under this section shall | 447 |
not be eligible for operating funding under sections 3326.31 to | 448 |
3326.37, 3326.39 to 3326.40, and 3326.51 of the Revised Code. | 449 |
(3) A community school or chartered nonpublic school that is | 450 |
designated as a STEM school equivalent under this section may | 451 |
apply for any of the grants and additional funds described in | 452 |
section 3326.38 of the Revised Code for which the school is | 453 |
eligible. | 454 |
Sec. 3326.04. (A) The STEM committee shall award grants to | 455 |
support the operation of STEM programs of excellence to serve | 456 |
students in any of grades kindergarten through eight through a | 457 |
request for proposals. | 458 |
(B) Proposals may be submitted by any of the following: | 459 |
(1) The board of education of a city, exempted village, or | 460 |
local school district; | 461 |
(2) The governing authority of a community school established | 462 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; | 463 |
(3) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school. | 464 |
(C) Each proposal shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of | 465 |
the STEM committee that the program meets at least the following | 466 |
standards: | 467 |
(1) Unless the program is designed to serve only students | 468 |
identified as gifted under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code, the | 469 |
program will serve all students enrolled in the district or school | 470 |
in the grades for which the program is designed. | 471 |
(2) The program will offer a rigorous and diverse curriculum | 472 |
that is based on scientific inquiry and technological design, that | 473 |
emphasizes personalized learning and teamwork skills, and that | 474 |
will expose students to advanced scientific concepts within and | 475 |
outside the classroom. | 476 |
(3) Unless the program is designed to serve only students | 477 |
identified as gifted under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code, the | 478 |
program will not limit participation of students on the basis of | 479 |
intellectual ability, measures of achievement, or aptitude. | 480 |
(4) The program will utilize an established capacity to | 481 |
capture and share knowledge for best practices and innovative | 482 |
professional development. | 483 |
(5) The program will operate in collaboration with a | 484 |
partnership that includes institutions of higher education and | 485 |
businesses. | 486 |
(6) The program will include teacher professional development | 487 |
strategies that are augmented by community and business partners. | 488 |
(D) The STEM committee shall give priority to proposals for | 489 |
new or expanding innovative programs. | 490 |
Sec. 3326.09. Subject to approval by its governing body or | 491 |
governing authority, the curriculum of each science, technology, | 492 |
engineering, and mathematics school and of each community school | 493 |
or chartered nonpublic school that is designated as a STEM school | 494 |
equivalent under section 3326.032 of the Revised Code shall be | 495 |
developed by a team that consists of at least the school's chief | 496 |
administrative officer, a teacher, a representative of the higher | 497 |
education institution that is a collaborating partner in the STEM | 498 |
school or school designated as a STEM school equivalent, | 499 |
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member of the public with expertise in the application of science, | 502 |
technology, engineering, or mathematics. | 503 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.162, 3314.03, | 504 |
3326.02, 3326.03, 3326.04, and 3326.09 of the Revised Code are | 505 |
hereby repealed. | 506 |