state budget overview aaron rausch, director office of budget and school funding august 2015
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State Budget OverviewAaron Rausch, Director
Office of Budget and School Funding • August 2015
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Continued Investment in Ohio’s Education System
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Primary and Secondary Education Funding (FY09-17)
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Work within the existing framework
Make adjustments to the per-pupil amounts based on the needs of students
Goals of the Budget
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Direct additional resources to districts with lowest capacity
Make progress to eliminate short circuits in the formula – funding caps and guarantees
Goals of the Budget
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Foundation Program
HB 64 adds four new
components
HB 64 maintains
nine primary aid
categories
Centered on needs of students
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Current Funding Formula ElementsTraditional Districts
Opportunity grant Economically Disadvantaged
Transportation (traditional)
Targeted Assistance Limited English Proficiency
Special Education
K-3 Literacy Gifted Education Career Technical Education
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Opportunity Grant Per Pupil Funding Increase
Increase to $5,900 in FY2016
Increase to $6,000 in FY2017
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Tier Two Targeted Assistance
Additional Funds
Districts with more than 10% of
property on agricultural land
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Targeted Assistance – Tier 2
No longer connected to Tier 1
Agricultural property value less 10%
Multiplied by 40% of formula amount –$2,360 – FY 2016–$2,400 – FY 2017
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Special Education Per Pupil
2% increase in each fiscal year
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K-3 Literacy Per Pupil Funding
5% increase in each fiscal
year
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Focus
Ensure students are college and
career ready
Career Tech Per Pupil Funding
Increase 4 percent in each
fiscal year
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TransportationGreater of statewide cost per rider or cost per mile
Minimum state share percentage reduced from 60 percent to 50 percent
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State Share Index
Distinguishes between higher and lower wealth districts
Applied to per pupil amounts
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Change to State Share Index Calculation
Income Index
Valuation Index
Wealth Index
State Share Index
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Third Grade Reading
Proficiency Bonus
Capacity AidTransportation
Supplement
High School Grad Rate
Bonus
New Components
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Transitional Aid
Previous biennium: Guarantee prevented a district’s foundation funding
from falling below FY 2013 levels.
HB 64: Guarantees school districts at FY 2015 foundation funding levels
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Cap
FY 2014 cap amount was 6.25 percent and FY 2015 cap amount was 10.5 percent.
HB 64 limits growth to 7.5 percent each fiscal year.
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Cap
Exempt from the Cap: Capacity Aid, Transportation Supplement, Graduation Bonus and Third Grade Reading Bonus
Career-Technical Education funding removed from the guarantee base and exempt from the cap in FY 2017.
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Phase-Out
HB 64 Restarts Phase-out
Tangible Personal Property and Public Utility Tangible Property taxes
No more than 2% of state and local resources.
TPP PUTP
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FY 2016
Amount of foundation funding and TPP
reimbursement is less than the foundation
funding and TPP reimbursement levels in
FY 2015 – TPP Supplement holds harmless districts.
FY 2017
Foundation funding guarantee
and the TPP reimbursement
phase-out continues without
TPP Supplent.
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What factors influence if a
specific district will see
increased or decreased aid?
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What factors influence district aid?
Property Valuation
Student Population and Demographics
Income
Historical Funding – Caps and Guarantees
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Community and STEM Schools
Increased per pupil
amounts. New third grade and high
school bonus.
Community Schools
have 100% State Share
Index.
Students funded
based on district of residence
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Community and STEM Schools
E-schools receive $25
per pupil each fiscal
year
Increases per pupil in
FY 2016 ($150) and
FY 2017 ($200)
Facilities Funding
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Joint Vocational School Districts
Increase to per pupil amounts
Establishes 5 percent state share minimum.
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Educational Service Centers
Establishes $33 per pupil funding for each year of the biennium (subject to appropriation – estimated at $25 per pupil).
Establishes $35 per pupil funding for “high performing ESC” in FY 2017.
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Nonpublic School Funding
Proposed funding
increases in line with percent increases for
GRF foundation funding.
Includes set aside for College
Credit Plus participation
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Nonpublic School Funding
Includes set aside for College
Credit Plus participation
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Increases the amount of the EdChoice Scholarship from $4,250 to $4,650 for K-8 students.
Increases the amount of the EdChoice Scholarship from $5,000 in FY 2015 to $5,900 in FY 2016 and $6,000 in FY 2017 for high school students.
EdChoice
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Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Scholarships
Increases the maximum amount of scholarships awarded to $27,000.
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Early Childhood Education and Early Literacy
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$500,000 to establish regional literacy professional development teams
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$40 million in NEW funding for economically disadvantaged preschool students
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Increases funded half-day preschool slots from 11,000 to more than 17,000 in FY 2017.
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Collaboration - Alignment of Early Childhood Education and Publicly Funded Childcare
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Testing
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Testing
Makes changes per Senate Testing Advisory Committee recommendations
Prohibits department from using funds to purchase PARCC assessments
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Single testing window1
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Length of testing reduced 2
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Preference for single technology platform for online tests3
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Extends to the 2015-2016 school year the option to give tests online
4
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Scores returned within 45 days of administration.
No later than June 30.
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Safe Harbor
No overall letter grades on the report card for the 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 school years
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Safe HarborNo rankings for districts, community schools or STEM schools for the 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 school years
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Districts and Schools Exempt from Certain Provisions
Academic distress
commission provisions
Columbus City School parent
trigger provisions
Restructuring provisions
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Districts and Schools Exempt from Certain Provisions
Provisions prescribing
community school automatic closure
requirements
Provisions defining
“challenged school districts”
Provisions prescribing new buildings where
students are eligible for EdChoice scholarships
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Safe Harbor for Students
Prohibits districts and schools from using student scores on state tests given during the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years as a factor in any decision to promote or retain a student
Does not apply to the third grade English language arts test
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Safe Harbor for Teachers
Prohibits use of value-added progress dimension rating for purposes of assessing student growth for teacher and principal evaluations or in making employment decisions
During the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years
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Student Support and Education Options
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Competency Based Pilot Project
Creates a pilot for up to five schools and districts
Pilot sites will receive up to $200,000 each year
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College Credit Plus Incentives
$10 million in FY 2016 to credential teachers in economically disadvantaged high schools to teach College Credit Plus courses
Allows a student to take College Credit Plus classes in the summer.
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Adult Diploma Program
Establishes a funding formula for the current five pilot programs and provides $2.5 million in FY 2016 and $5 million in FY 2017.
Creates a second round of planning grants for up to five new pilot sites at community colleges or technical centers.
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Career Tech Reimbursements
Requires school districts to offer credentials to students that enroll in in-demand credential careers
Provides $1 million in each year to reimburse the cost of providing access to credentials for economically disadvantaged students.
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Ohio Career Counseling Pilot Program
Establishes pilot program
Four career centers and three comprehensive high schools/compacts
$1 million to participate in the pilot
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Curriculum and Assessment
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Career-based Pathway Math
CourseFor students pursuing a career-technical instruction track
Alternative to Algebra II
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Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Reinstates Sept. 30 deadline for reading skills assessments for students in grades 1-3
Maintains Nov. 1 as the deadline for the reading skills assessment for kindergarten students
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Changes GED Requirementsfor Students Ages 16 and 17
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Diplomas: Homeschooled Students
Permits parent to grant a diploma after completion of the final year of home instruction and applicable high school curriculum
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Diplomas: Nonchartered Nonpublic School
Permits school to grant a diploma to a student who graduated after fulfilling the school’s high school curriculum
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Extends Innovative Waiver Pilot
Up to 10 additional waivers may be granted in FY 2016
All school districts, community schools and STEM schools are eligible to apply
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Accountability and Continuous Improvement
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Deadlines to Establish Proficiency Indicators
Dec. 31, 2015: For tests given in 2014-2015
July 1, 2016: For tests given in 2015-2016
July 1, 2017: For tests given in 2016-2017 and each following year
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Teaching Profession
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Standards for School Counselors
Requires the Educator Standards Board to develop standards for school counselors
Before May 31, 2016: Requires State Board to develop a standards-based state framework to evaluate school counselors
By Sept. 30, 2016: Districts and schools must adopt policies for evaluations.
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Changes Alternative Teacher Evaluation Framework
50% Teacher Performance
15% One, or Combination of Student Surveys, Self-Evaluation, Peer Review, Student Portfolios, other component.
35% Student Academic Growth
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High-Performing Teachers
Exempt from the requirement to complete additional coursework for purposes of license renewal
By July 1, 2016: New rules from State Board defining “consistently high-performing teacher”
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Reduces requirements to the first two years of program
Determined locally by the district or school
Teaching under an alternative resident educator license – exempt from mentoring requirements
Changes to four-year Resident Educator program
Mentoring
Counseling and PD
Career Tech
Teachers
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Community Schools
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Access Local Levy Dollars
Opportunity for a community school sponsored by an “exemplary” sponsor to access local levy dollars
If advanced by a local school board and approved by voters
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ESC Sponsors
Requires ESCs that sponsor conversion community schools to be approved by and enter into a written agreement with the department
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Other Budget Initiatives
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Straight A Fund
Continues through the next biennium
$15 million in each fiscal year
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Community Connectors
Maintains program
$10 million in each fiscal year
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Partnership with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
Transition services and coordination of services for students with disabilities
$5 million in each fiscal year
Transition from school to work
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Regulatory Relief
Permits a school to contract with a hospital or licensed health care provider to provide authorized health care services to students.
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Credit FlexibilityExtends to grades 7 and 8
State superintendent to partner with business community
Department to rebrand credit flexibility and reduce barriers to participation
State Board to revise statewide plans
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School Transportation
Joint Task Force
Members appointed by the Speaker of the House and the
Senate President
By Feb. 1, 2016
Recommendations on changes to the
transportation funding formula
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Joint Education Oversight Committee
Committee will select, review and evaluate education programs that receive state financial assistance in any form.
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education.ohio.gov
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