Professional Report

COMMUNITY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

3314.11

School districts are required on a monthly basis to report the community school in which their resident students are enrolled and to verify the student’s eligibility to attend that school. If the district’s determination of eligibility to attend the community school differs from that of the district, the community school will provide documentation and make a “good faith effort” to identify the correct residence of the student. The governing authority of the community school may adopt a policy to prescribe the number of documents required to verify residence from the following list: 1)Deed, mortgage, lease, current homeowner’s or renter’s insurance declaration page 2)Current real property bill 3)Utility bill or receipt of utility installation (issued within 90 days of enrollment) 4)Payroll check or stub which was issued within 90 days of enrollment and which includes the address 5)Most current available bank statement containing the address of the primary residence 6)Any other official document issued to the parent or student so long as it includes the address of the primary residence. (The state superintendent is authorized to determine what qualifies as an “official document.”) This community school policy will supersede any school district policy regarding the verification of district of residence for community school students. In the event that a disagreement still exists over the district of residence, the community school may refer the matter to the state superintendent of public instruction within 60 days of the deadline for reporting. Within 30 days after receiving the disagreement, the state superintendent, or designee, shall determine the district of residence and direct any necessary adjustments in payments. No mention is made of appeal rights. An educational service center can convert all or a portion of a building operated by the ESC to a community school. An ESC can also create a conversion school within its service territory or an contiguous county without receiving approval from or an agreement with the Ohio Department of Education. However, any conversion community school which the ESC sponsors outside its service territory (or a contiguous county) and any start-up school will require ODE approval and an agreement with ODE regarding the manner in which it will conduct its sponsorship. The agreement between the ESC governing board and the board of the sponsoring entity must occur by March 15, and the contract must be signed by May 15 prior to the school year in which the conversion community school will open. When a school district wishes to dispose of any real property, it must first offer the property for sale to any STEM school and then to a start-up community school located within district boundaries at a price not greater than the appraised fair market value of the property. The law requires school districts with real property that has been used for classroom operations since July 1, 1998, but has not been in use for two years, to offer to community schools or to college- preparatory boarding schools located within the district an

COMMUNITY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED BY ESC

3314.02 3314.03

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE- PREPARATORY BOARDING SCHOOL, SALE OF PROPERTY TO

3313.41 3313.412

3313.411