3317.051 Approval of funding for units in one school district - transfer of units. - Ohio Statutes

3317.051 Approval of funding for units in one school district - transfer of units.

(A)(1) Notwithstanding sections 3317.05 and 3317.11 of the Revised Code, a unit funded pursuant to division (L) of section 3317.024 or division (A)(2) of section 3317.052 of the Revised Code shall not be approved for state funding in one school district, including any cooperative education school district or any educational service center, to the extent that such unit provides programs in or services to another district which receives payment pursuant to section 3317.04 of the Revised Code.

(2) Any city, local, exempted village, or cooperative education school district or any educational service center may combine partial unit eligibility for programs for preschool children with disabilities pursuant to section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, and such combined partial units may be approved for state funding in one school district or service center.

(B) After units have been initially approved for any fiscal year under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, no unit shall be subsequently transferred from a school district or educational service center to another city, exempted village, local, or cooperative education school district or educational service center or to an institution or county DD board solely for the purpose of reducing the financial obligations of the school district in a fiscal year it receives payment pursuant to section 3317.04 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.

Effective Date: 07-01-2001; 06-30-2006; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007