Professional Report

LICENSES AND SEALED RECORDS

3319.292

If a person applies for a new or renewed license, the state board of education may question an applicant with regard to criminal offenses. If the record of the disposition of that offense has been sealed or expunged, neither the state board nor department of education needs to assert or demonstrate that its investigation of the offense “bears a direct and substantial relationship” to the license or to the position which the person is seeking.

Neither the records which have been sealed or expunged nor the responses of the applicant to the investigation constitute a public record.

LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENT FUNDING

3317.016

Supplemental funding for students who have limited English proficiency is based on one of three categories. The categories and supplemental funding are: Category 1 ($1,515) – students enrolled in the U.S. for 180 days or less and not previously exempted from taking the spring administration of either of Ohio’s English language arts assessments (reading or writing) Category 2 ($1,136) – students enrolled in schools in the U.S. for more than 180 days or were previously exempted from taking the spring administration of either of Ohio’s English language arts assessments (reading or writing) A board of education may establish a teacher education loan program for the purpose of making loans to students who are residents of the school district or graduates of the school district, and who are enrolled in a teacher preparation program. The board may forgive the obligation to repay any or all of the principal and interest if the borrower teaches in the district. The board shall be responsible for rules regarding: eligibility criteria; procedures for submitting and reviewing applications; amounts, interest, and repayment schedules for loans; principles under which principal and interest may be forgiven; “and any other matter incidental to the operation of the program.” As a condition for accepting assistance from the school facilities commission, a district is required to “adhere” to a maintenance plan approved by the commission. School districts with an enrollment over 5,000 students must designate at least one school building to be operated by a site-based management council. Districts may apply rules adopted by the state board of education or file with the department of education an “alternative structure” for the operation of the site-based council. The provision does not apply to districts which receive an overall grade of “A” or “B” on the district’s report card. Category 3 ($758) – students not qualifying for either Categories 1 or 2 and are in a “trial-mainstream period,” as defined by ODE

LOAN PROGRAM, TEACHER EDUCATION

3315.37

MAINTENANCE OF OCFC ASSISTED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COUNCILS, SITE- BASED

3318.08

3313.473

REPEALED

MANDATES, FREEDOM FROM

3302.05

Districts are to be “freed” from statutes or rules pertaining to state education requirements (but not operating standards) under the following conditions.

For 2014-2015 and thereafter, the district received an overall grade of “A” (which will include all components).