Professional Report

service center with which the district has a service agreement. Boards may also employ such assistant attendance officers as they deem advisable. ESC governing boards may employ attendance officers, whose authority may extend to all school districts served by the ESC under the service agreements. With “consent and approval of the judge of the juvenile court,” a probation officer may be appointed as an attendance officer or assistant for the ESC. In such cases, the travel expenses of probation officers appointed as attendance officers or assistants shall be paid by the ESC for those expenses that would not be incurred as probation officers. By law, it is the ESC superintendent who is charged with “directing” the work of the attendance officer and assistants. If the Auditor of State declares that a school district is unauditable, the district is required to submit an audit completion plan. Until the Auditor of State or a public accountant has completed a financial audit, the treasurer must be suspended (with or without pay). If the district fails to make progress to bring its accounts into an auditable condition, the Ohio Department of Education is required to cease making payments until it receives notice that a financial audit was completed. If a student’s school district which the child us entitled to attend has identified the child as autistic and has developed an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for the child, the student is eligible for an autism scholarship. The diagnosis of autism for this scholarship also includes children who have been diagnosed as having a “pervasive development disorder – not otherwise specified (PPD-NOS). The scholarship is intended for parents who use the funds for the child to attend a special education program that implements the child’s IEP and that is operated by an alternative public provider or by a private provider. The alternative public provider can be another public school district so long as it does not have a contract, compact, or other bilateral agreement for the operation of the program with the school district which the child is entitled to attend. The scholarship is equal to the lesser of the tuition charged by the provider or $27,000. (Partial years of enrollment will result in a prorated amount for the scholarship.) A child who is awarded the scholarship is counted in the formula ADM and the category six ADM of the district in which the child is entitled to attend school. The district that the child is entitled to attend is also responsible for implementing the transportation requirement specified in the IEP. Each time a district completes an evaluation for a child with a disability or undertakes the development, review, or revision of the child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) the district must notify the parent by letter or electronic means of the possible availability of both the autism scholarship program and the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship. The notice must include the telephone number of the office within the department of education responsible for administering the scholarship and the specific location of information regarding the scholarships on the department’s web site. For a student participating in the autism scholarship program, a school district must submit the student identifier number (or assign one if a code has not yet been issued) to the department of education or to the parent “in a manner specified by the department” if so requested by the

3321.15

AUDITS

3313.30

AUTISM SCHOLARSHIP[

3310.41

AUTISM SCHOLARSJIP NOTICE

3323.052

AUTISM SCHOLARSHIP PARTICIPANT STUDENT NUMBER

3310.42