Professional Report

However, a dropout is not a student who has left the country.

DYSLEXIA PILOT PROJECT

3323.25

The superintendent of public instruction shall establish a pilot project to provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk factors of dyslexia. Three projects are to be selected with one each coming from urban, suburban, and rural settings. Participating districts are to screen children aged 6 and under, provide appropriate reading intervention services, and administer approved assessments.

Teachers are to be trained in multisensory structured language programs.

The program will last for three years, beginning in 2012-13, at which time a report from the superintendent of public instruction on containing an evaluation of the results of the project and legislative recommendations. An ESC governing board may hire a dyslexia specialist to provide training to K-4 teachers on the indicators of dyslexia and on the types of instruction that “children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell.” Early College High School (ECHS) is a college credit granting program designed to serve students who are: underrepresented in completing post-secondary education; economically disadvantaged; and the children of parents who did not earn a college diploma. A school district or college may apply to the chancellor and Superintendent of Public Instruction for a waiver from the requirements of College Credit Plus for an ECHS program.

DYSLEXIA TRAINING

3319.80

EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

3365.10

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FUNDING

3317.25

Districts receiving funds for economically disadvantaged students must spend these special funds in one of the following initiatives:

(1) Extended school day and school year; (2) Reading improvement and intervention; (3) Instructional technology or blended learning; (4) Professional development in reading instruction for

teachers of students in kindergarten through third grade; (5) Dropout prevention; (6) School safety and security measures;

(7) Community learning centers that address barriers to

learning;

(8) Academic interventions for students in any of grades six

through twelve.

EDUCATIONAL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Chapter 3310

The educational choice scholarships (often called “vouchers” in other states) are to pay or offset the tuition at a chartered, nonpublic school.

3310.03

Students are eligible based on school performance as reported on two of the three most recent report cards issued prior to the first day of July of the school year for which a scholarship is sought if any or a combination of any of the following apply: 1 – The student is enrolled in a school building that is operated by the student’s resident district and the building has been designated in at least two of the three most recent ratings of school buildings to be in a state of academic emergency or academic watch and has not been declared to be excellent or effective in the most recent ratings. The