3323.091 Superintendent of each institution to apply for unit funding.
3323.091 Superintendent of each institution to apply for unit funding.
(A) The department of mental health, the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, the department of youth services, and the department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and maintain special education programs for children with disabilities in institutions under their jurisdiction according to standards adopted by the state board of education.
(B) The superintendent of each state institution required to provide services under division (A) of this section, and each county DD board, providing special education for preschool children with disabilities under this chapter may apply to the state department of education for unit funding, which shall be paid in accordance with sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the Revised Code.
The superintendent of each state institution required to provide services under division (A) of this section may apply to the department of education for special education and related services weighted funding for children with disabilities other than preschool children with disabilities, calculated in accordance with section 3317.201 of the Revised Code.
Each county DD board providing special education for children with disabilities other than preschool children with disabilities may apply to the department of education for base cost and special education and related services weighted funding calculated in accordance with section 3317.20 of the Revised Code.
(C) In addition to the authorization to apply for state funding described in division (B) of this section, each state institution required to provide services under division (A) of this section is entitled to tuition payments calculated in the manner described in division (C) of this section.
On or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, the superintendent of each institution that during the school year provided special education pursuant to this section shall prepare a statement for each child with a disability under twenty-two years of age who has received special education. The statement shall contain the child’s data verification code assigned pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code and the name of the child’s school district of residence. Within sixty days after receipt of such statement, the department of education shall perform one of the following:
(1) For any child except a preschool child with a disability described in division (C)(2) of this section, pay to the institution submitting the statement an amount equal to the tuition calculated under division (A) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code for the period covered by the statement, and deduct the same from the amount of state funds, if any, payable under sections 3306.13 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code, to the child’s school district of residence or, if the amount of such state funds is insufficient, require the child’s school district of residence to pay the institution submitting the statement an amount equal to the amount determined under this division.
(2) For any preschool child with a disability not included in a unit approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, perform the following:
(a) Pay to the institution submitting the statement an amount equal to the tuition calculated under division (B) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code for the period covered by the statement, except that in calculating the tuition under that section the operating expenses of the institution submitting the statement under this section shall be used instead of the operating expenses of the school district of residence;
(b) Deduct from the amount of state funds, if any, payable under sections 3317.022or 3306.13 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code to the child’s school district of residence an amount equal to the amount paid under division (C)(2)(a) of this section.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.
Effective Date: 07-01-2001; 06-30-2005; 06-30-2006; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007