Bill Text: OH HB603 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To permit the establishment of hybrid community schools that provide both online and classroom-based instruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-23 - To Education [HB603 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB603-Introduced.html
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Representative Morgan
Cosponsors:
Representatives Beck, Lehner, Adams, J., Derickson
| To enact section 3314.019 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| permit the establishment of hybrid community | 2 |
| schools that provide both online and | 3 |
| 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 internet- or computer-based | 10 |
| instruction and classroom-based instruction. The contract adopted | 11 |
| under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code shall describe the | 12 |
| hybrid nature of the school's instructional program. | 13 |
| (2) The governing authority of any community school | 14 |
| established prior to the effective date of this section, upon the | 15 |
| approval of the school's sponsor, may restructure the school as a | 16 |
| hybrid community school in accordance with this section to provide | 17 |
| students with a combination of internet- or computer-based | 18 |
| instruction and classroom-based instruction. Prior to the first | 19 |
| day of July of the school year in which the school will be | 20 |
| restructured, the governing authority and the school's sponsor | 21 |
| shall amend the contract adopted under section 3314.03 of the | 22 |
| Revised Code to describe the hybrid nature of the school's | 23 |
| instructional program and to make any other changes necessary to | 24 |
| conform the contract to the requirements of this section. | 25 |
| (3) A hybrid community school is not subject to the | 26 |
| prohibition prescribed by division (A)(6) of section 3314.013 of | 27 |
| the Revised Code. | 28 |
| (B) The governing authority of each hybrid community school | 29 |
| shall require each student enrolled in the school to do both of | 30 |
| the following: | 31 |
| (1) For at least one day each school week, attend a | 32 |
| centralized site maintained by the governing authority to receive | 33 |
| traditional classroom-based instruction that does not rely | 34 |
| primarily on the use of computers or other electronic, digital, or | 35 |
| wireless technology, except that no student shall be required to | 36 |
| attend such a site for two and one-half days or more each school | 37 |
| week; | 38 |
| (2) For the remainder of each school week, work | 39 |
| primarily from the student's residence on assignments in | 40 |
| nonclassroom-based learning opportunities provided via an | 41 |
| internet- or other computer-based instructional method. | 42 |
| (C) The centralized site maintained by the school's governing | 43 |
| authority for the provision of classroom-based instruction shall | 44 |
| be located in a challenged school district. That school district | 45 |
| shall be considered the school district in which the school is | 46 |
| located for all purposes of this chapter, including adopting an | 47 |
| admission policy under division (A)(19) of section 3314.03 of the | 48 |
| Revised Code. | 49 |
| (D) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter or Chapter 3306. | 50 |
| or 3317. of the Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following | 51 |
| apply with respect to each student enrolled in a hybrid community | 52 |
| school: | 53 |
| (1) For purposes of the report required under division (B)(2) | 54 |
| of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the community school shall | 55 |
| report the number of days each school week that the student is | 56 |
| required to attend the centralized site described in division (C) | 57 |
| of this section. If the student is required to attend that site | 58 |
| for less than a full day on any day of the school week, the number | 59 |
| reported under this division shall be the sum of the number of | 60 |
| full days each school week the student is required to attend plus | 61 |
| the percentage of the day the student is required to attend on | 62 |
| each of the other days of the school week. | 63 |
| (2) The department of education shall deduct from the school | 64 |
| district reported for the student under division (B)(2)(h) of | 65 |
| section 3314.08 of the Revised Code the sum of the following: | 66 |
| (a) The amounts prescribed under division (C) of section | 67 |
| 3314.08 of the Revised Code that would be applicable if the | 68 |
| student were enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 69 |
| school; | 70 |
| (b) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number | 71 |
| of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times | 72 |
| twenty per cent of the difference between (i) the sum of the | 73 |
| amounts prescribed under division (C) of section 3314.08 of the | 74 |
| Revised Code that would be applicable if the student were enrolled | 75 |
| in a community school other than an internet- or computer-based | 76 |
| community school and (ii) the sum of the amounts specified in | 77 |
| division (D)(2)(a) of this section; | 78 |
| (c) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number | 79 |
| of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times | 80 |
| twenty per cent of the amount prescribed by section 3314.13 of the | 81 |
| Revised Code, if the student meets the criteria described in | 82 |
| division (B) of that section, and if division (D) of that section | 83 |
| requires a deduction from the school district. | 84 |
| (3) The department shall pay to the community school the sum | 85 |
| of the following: | 86 |
| (a) The amount calculated under division (D)(2) of this | 87 |
| section; | 88 |
| (b) The amount obtained by multiplying the fractional number | 89 |
| of days reported under division (D)(1) of this section times | 90 |
| twenty per cent of the amount prescribed by section 3314.13 of the | 91 |
| Revised Code, if the student meets the criteria described in | 92 |
| division (B) of that section but a deduction was not made under | 93 |
| division (D)(2)(c) of this section; | 94 |
| (c) Any amount prescribed by division (E) of section 3314.08 | 95 |
| of the Revised Code. | 96 |
| (E) In accordance with section 3314.09 of the Revised Code, | 97 |
| each student enrolled in a hybrid community school shall be | 98 |
| entitled to transportation to the centralized site described in | 99 |
| division (C) of this section on each week day the student is | 100 |
| required to attend school at that site. | 101 |
| (F) A hybrid community school is not an internet- or | 102 |
| computer-based community school for purposes of this chapter. | 103 |
| Nevertheless, except as otherwise provided in this section, a | 104 |
| hybrid community school shall comply with all requirements of this | 105 |
| chapter, including any provisions that apply solely to an | 106 |
| internet- or computer-based community school. | 107 |
