Legislative Updates for Community School Sponsors August 23, 2013 Sponsor Workshop, Panel Presentation

Topics for Panel Discussion Understanding Ohio’s New Local Report Card (LRC) System Am. Sub. HB 59 (Budget Bill) Updates ODE Office of Community School Updates Answer Your Questions!

Panel Participants Jessica Voltolini, ODE Office of Legal Counsel Marianne Mottley, ODE Office of Accountability Dayna Baird-Payne, Government Edge Peggy Young, Buckeye Community Hope Foundation and OACSA Ted Frissora, Reynoldsburg City School District

Purpose of Panel Discussion Identify recent legislative changes to Ohio’s laws governing community schools and sponsors Discuss practical implications of the legislative changes and how the changes affect community school governing boards and sponsors Identify potential areas for future legislative change

Understanding Ohio’s New LRC Local Report Card Components and Measures A-F Rating Dropout Recovery Community School Report Card

Am. Sub. HB 59 Updates Changes to school closure criteria Sponsor agreement terms and probationary status Early entrance to kindergarten and first grade

Am. Sub. HB 59 Updates Suspension of community school contracts Other HB 59 Issues What’s coming from the ODE Office of Community Schools

RC Closure Criteria School Year If a school does not offer a grade level higher than grade 3, school required to close if: –Rated Academic Emergency in school year AND –Graded F on improving K-3 literacy in

RC Closure Criteria School Year If a school offers any grades 4-8, but no grade higher than 9, school required to close if: –Rated Academic Emergency AND showed less than one year growth in reading/math in school year AND –Graded F on PI Score and on Value- Added Progress Dimension in school year

RC Closure Criteria OR –Graded F on PI Score and F on Value- Added Progress Dimension in both school years and

RC Closure Criteria School Year If a school offers any of grades 10 to 12, school required to close if: –Rated Academic Emergency in school year AND –Graded F on PI Score in school year AND –Failed to meet AMOs in school year

RC Closure Criteria OR –Graded F on PI Score in both of school years and AND –Failed to meet AMOs in both of school years and

RC Sponsor Agreement Term and Probationary Status Initial term of a sponsor’s agreement with ODE shall be for up to seven years The Department shall add one year to the term of a sponsor’s agreement for every year the sponsor is: – Prior to 1/1/2015, not in the lowest 20% of sponsors statewide –After 1/1/2015, rated “exemplary” or “effective” on Sponsor Performance Review (SPR)

RC Sponsor Agreement Term and Probationary Status If ODE finds that a sponsor is not in compliance with rule and law, ODE may, in lieu of sponsor revocation, place the sponsor on “probation” ODE shall provide written notice to the sponsor identifying areas of noncompliance with rule and law –ODE and SBOE shall adopt rules for notifying a sponsor of noncompliance with rule and law –Applies to both conversion and new start up schools

RC Sponsor Agreement Term and Probationary Status Sponsor has 14 days to respond with proposed corrective action plan to remedy areas of noncompliance ODE has 14 days to approve/disapprove submitted plan If disapproved, process for submitting revised plan If approved, sponsor required to implement plan not later than 60 days after initial notification of noncompliance or 30 days after plan is approved

RC Sponsor Agreement Term and Probationary Status If sponsor does not implement an approved plan, ODE shall notify the sponsor in writing that the sponsor is in probationary status ODE may limit sponsor’s ability to sponsor additional community schools when a sponsor is placed on probation Probationary status will not be lifted until the sponsor applies to ODE and provides evidence that the sponsor is in compliance with rule and law

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade Community schools are subject to RC (early entrance) via RC RC (acceleration) requirements are included in RC HB 59 changes are effective September 29, 2013 –Amended RC –Added Section

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade Students who do not meet the date for regular admission into kindergarten or first grade may be considered for early entrance Community schools, via governing authority- adopted policy, sets the date for regular admission (August 1 or September 30) SB 316 (effective September 24, 2012) changed the law to require early entrance ONLY via acceleration in accordance with RC

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade HB 59 changed the law AGAIN A student who is not 5 or 6 by Aug 1/Sept 30, but will turn 5 or 6 by January 1, may be referred for early entrance –Must be referred by parent, school educator, pediatrician, psychologist or preschool teacher –Must be evaluated in accordance with governing authority’s adopted Early Entrance policy –Policy dictates assessment tool(s) and criteria for early entrance

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade A student who is not 5 or 6 by Aug 1/Sept 30, but will turn 5 or 6 on or after January 1, may be referred and considered for acceleration –Must be evaluated in accordance with governing authority’s adopted Acceleration policy, which must comply with RC –Assessment tool = Iowa Acceleration Scale (IAS)

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade After a student has been properly admitted to kindergarten in a school district or chartered nonpublic school under RC , no board of education of a school district to which the student transfers shall deny admission based on the student’s age. –For purposes of RC , a community school = a school district

RC Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade HB 59 Section –For the school year only, any student who was admitted to and successfully completed kindergarten in the school year shall be admitted to first grade regardless of age –“Successfully completed kindergarten” means that the student attended kindergarten for not less than three-fourths of the school year

RC Suspension of Community School Contracts Beginning with the school year, a community school contract shall be become void if a sponsor suspends the contract and required corrective action is not taken –If sponsors suspends contract per statute, the governing authority must provide a proposal to remedy the conditions cited by the sponsor as reasons for suspension –Deadline = September 30 of the school year immediately proceeding the school year in which the school was suspended

RC Suspension of Community School Contracts If a sponsor has suspended the operation of a school prior to September 29, 2013, the community school contract shall become void if the governing authority fails to provide by September 30, 2014, a proposal to remedy the conditions cited by the sponsor as reasons for the suspension All proposals submitted per RC must meet the satisfaction of the sponsor

Other HB 59 Issues RC regarding changes to ODE sponsorship law RC and regarding Extracurricular Activities Section regarding Community School Facilities appropriation Section and regarding Straight A Fund

What’s Coming from the ODE Office of Community Schools? Revised Guidance Documents that have been updated per HB 59 changes will be posted online –Early Entrance –Multiple Facilities –Career-technical Education –Physical Education Requirements Site visits to new community schools Communications and resources regarding Sponsor Performance Review

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