Title 33, Title 33. Education-Libraries

(A) A student is an "eligible student" for purposes of the expansion of the educational choice scholarship pilot program under this section if the student's resident district is not a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Foster child" means a child placed with a foster caregiver, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying student" means a student who is not entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code in a…

(A) Notwithstanding anything in section 3310.03 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a student who is the recipient of an autism scholarship under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code or a Jon Peterson special needs scholarship under section 3310.52 of the Revised Code but who is …

(A) A student who is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under both sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code, and applies for a scholarship for the first time after the effective date of this amendment, shall select which scholarship to receive. (B) Except as …

If a student is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code for a school year as of the first day of February prior to that school year, that student's eligibility for a scholarship for that school year shall not change solely because,…

Any eligible student who is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school and for whom a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program has been awarded shall be entitled to transportation to and from the chartered nonpublic school by the student's resident distric…

A scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program is not available for any student whose resident district is a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. The two pilot pr…

It is the policy adopted by the general assembly that the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall be construed as one of several educational options available for students enrolled in persistently low-performing school buildings or for students from low-income families…

(A) Any parent, or any student who is at least eighteen years of age, who is seeking a scholarship under the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall notify the department of education and workforce of the student's and parent's names and address, the chartered nonpubli…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Constant multiplier" means 0.50. (2) "Base amount" means the maximum educational choice scholarship amount for the student's grade level under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(I) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year. (3) "Federal po…

A scholarship awarded under section 3310.03 or 3310.032 of the Revised Code may be used only to pay tuition to any chartered nonpublic school. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 11:08 AM

(A) Only for the purpose of administering the educational choice scholarship pilot program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code …

Except as provided in division (D) of section 3310.11 of the Revised Code, documents relative to the educational choice scholarship pilot program that the department holds in its files are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and may be released pursuant to tha…

(A) No chartered nonpublic school shall charge any student whose family income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code, a tuition fee that is greater than the total amount paid for that student under…

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each chartered nonpublic school that is not subject to division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and enrolls students awarded scholarships under sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code annually shall a…

(A) The department of education and workforce annually shall compile the scores attained by scholarship students to whom an assessment is administered under section 3310.14 of the Revised Code. The scores shall be aggregated as follows: (1) By state, which shall include all stude…

(A) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, the department of education and workforce shall accept, process, and award scholarships each year for the educational choice scholarship pilot program under sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code, as fo…

(A) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures for the administration of the educational choice scholarship pilot program. (B) The department shall not require chartered nonpublic schools …

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative public provider" means either of the following providers that agrees to enroll a child in the provider's special education program to implement the child's individualized education program or an education plan developed by the school …

Any registered private provider approved to participate in the autism scholarship program and any of its employees shall be subject to a criminal records check as specified in sections 109.57 and 109.572 of the Revised Code. The registered private provider shall submit the result…

As used in this section, "junior reserve officer training corps program" means a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United States Code. A qualified special education child, as defined in sectio…

(A) Only for the purpose of administering the autism scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any child who i…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Registered private provider" has the same meaning as in section 3310.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Two years of study" means the equivalent of forty-eight semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours. (B) The state board of education may issue an i…

As used in sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative public provider" means either of the following providers that agrees to enroll a child in the provider's special education program to implement the child's individualized education program and to which t…

(A) The Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program is hereby established. Under the program, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, subject to division (B) of this section, the department of education and workforce annually shall pay a scholarship under section 3317.022 of…

(A) As a condition of receiving payments for a scholarship, each eligible applicant shall attest to receipt of the profile prescribed by division (B) of this section. Such attestation shall be made and submitted to the department of education and workforce in the form and manner …

(A) In order to maintain eligibility for a scholarship, a student shall take each assessment prescribed by section 3301.0710, 3301.0712, or 3313.619 of the Revised Code, as applicable, in accordance with section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, unless one of the following applies t…

As used in this section, "junior reserve officer training corps program" means a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United States Code. A qualified special education child receiving home educat…

(A) Except for development of the child's individualized education program, as specified in division (B) of this section, the school district in which a qualified special education child is entitled to attend school and the child's school district of residence, if different, are …

A qualified special education child in any of grades kindergarten through twelve for whom a scholarship is awarded under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program shall be counted in the formula ADM of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school. …

In accordance with division (A) of section 3310.62 of the Revised Code, the department shall make no payments under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to an applicant for a first-time scholarship for a qualified special education child while any administrative or judicial media…

No nonpublic school or entity shall receive payments from an eligible applicant for services for a qualified special education child under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program until the school or entity registers with the department of education and workforce. The d…

Not later than the thirtieth day of June each year, each alternative public provider and registered private provider enrolling students receiving a scholarship shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the tuitio…

Any registered private provider approved to participate in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program and any of its employees shall be subject to a criminal records check as specified in sections 109.57 and 109.572 of the Revised Code. The registered private provider sha…

The department of education and workforce shall revoke the registration of any school or entity if, after a hearing, the department determines that the school or entity is in violation of any provision of section 3310.522 or 3310.58 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 21, 20…

A qualified special education child attending a special education program at an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship shall be entitled to transportation to and from that program in the manner prescribed by law.

An eligible applicant on behalf of a child who currently attends a public special education program under a contract, compact, or other bilateral agreement, or on behalf of a child who currently attends a community school, shall not be prohibited from applying for and accepting a…

(A) A scholarship under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program shall not be awarded for the first time to an eligible applicant on behalf of a qualified special education child while the child's individualized education program is being developed by the school distric…

(A) Only for the purpose of administering the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Cod…

The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures necessary to implement sections 3310.51 to 3310.63 of the Revised Code including, but not limited to, procedures for parents to apply for scholar…

(A) A student is an "eligible student" for purposes of this section if the student is at least six but no more than eighteen years old and at least one of the following conditions is met: (1) The student's family adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised…