3306.11 Calculation of special education teachers and aides.

OHIO STATUTES AND CODES

3306.11 Calculation of special education teachers and aides.

(A) For the purpose of calculating a school district’s instructional services support under section 3306.05 of the Revised Code, the number of special education teacher positions used in calculating the special education teacher factor, and the number of special education teacher’s aide positions used in calculating the special education teacher’s aide factor shall be calculated as set forth in this section.

(B)(1) The number of special education teacher positions shall be calculated by multiplying the sum of the weighted number of children with disabilities calculated under division (C) of this section times nine-tenths, and then dividing that product by twenty.

(2) The number of special education teacher’s aide positions shall be calculated by dividing the number of special education teacher positions calculated under division (B)(1) of this section by two, and multiplying that quotient by 0.50 in fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

(1)0.2906 times the district’s category one special education ADM;

(2)0.7374 times the district’s category two special education ADM;

(3)1.7716 times the district’s category three special education ADM;

(4)2.3643 times the district’s category four special education ADM;

(5)3.2022 times the district’s category five special education ADM;

(6)4.7205 times the district’s category six special education ADM.

(D)Each school district shall account separately for expenditures of the amounts received for resources for children with disabilities under this section and section 3306.05 of the Revised Code and report that information to the department of education. Those amounts may be used to pay for providers of related services, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, for children with disabilities.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.