Professional Report

from this requirement will be issued by ODE if a board of education files a resolution requesting the waiver before September 30 of each school year.

CAREER TECHNICAL FUNDING

3317.014

Career technical education programs in comprehensive and compact vocational programs receive, in addition to the per pupil amount of $6,000 in FY 2016, the following amounts based on the program categories defined by the Ohio Department of Education: Category 1: $4,992 in FY 2016 and $5,192 in Fiscal Year 2017 Category 2: $4,732 in FY 2016 and $4,921 in Fiscal Year 2017 Category 3: $1,726 in FY 2016 and $1,795 in Fiscal Year 2017 Category 4: $1,466 in FY 2016 and $1,525 in Fiscal Year 2017 Category 1: $1,258 in FY 2016 and $1,308 in Fiscal Year 2017 The career tech programs also receive $236 per student in FY 2016 and $245 in FY 2017 for career-technical education associated services, as defined by the department of education. The amounts are subject to the state share index (except for joint vocational school districts [JVSDs], which use the state share percentage). JVSDs receive an opportunity grant which is calculated by multiplying the formula ADM times the formula amount and then subtracting 0.0005 times the three-year average property valuation. The above category amounts and associated services funding are then added to the opportunity grants. A school district in a county or counties comprising a career-technical planning district (CTPD), or in a county adjacent to a county or counties comprising that CTPD, may adopt a resolution to join the CTPD with the approval of the board of education governing the CTPD. The resolution will take effect on the sixty-first day following its adoption unless a petition proposing a referendum vote on the joining is filed by electors numbering at least 20% of the voters who voted in the previous General Election. If such a petition is successfully filed, the resolution is stayed pending the outcome of the referendum which must occur at a General, Primary, or Special Election held at least 90 days but no later than six months after the petition has been verified. “Lead district" means a school district, including a joint vocational school district, designated by the department as a career-technical planning district CTPD, or designated to provide primary career-technical education leadership within a CTPD composed of a group of districts, community schools assigned to the CTPD, and STEM schools assigned to the CTPD. The lead district is charged with the responsibility of approving or disapproving each career-technical education program within the CTPD based on requirements that are specified in rules adopted by the department. Any disapproval is appealable to the department. The approvals generally are for a period of five years, and any such approvals must be completed by March 1 in the year prior to the operation of the program in order to permit ODE to issue its approval by May 15.

3317.16

CAREER- TECHNICAL PLANNING DISTRICT, JOINING A

3311.213

CAREER- TECHNICAL LEAD DISTRICT

3317.161

The State Superintendent may approve or disapprove a program submitted after the deadline but only after consulting with the lead