Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program
Section 3317.161 | Approval of Career-Technical Education Programs.

Effective: September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "lead district" has the same meaning as in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) A career-technical education program of a city, local, or exempted village school district, community school, or STEM school shall be subject to approval under this section in order for the district or school to qualify for state funding for the program. Approval granted under this section shall be valid for the five fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the program is approved and may be renewed. Approval shall be subject to annual review under division (E) of this section.
(2) If a district or school becomes a new member of a career-technical planning district, its career-technical education programs shall be approved or disapproved by the lead district of the career-technical planning district during the fiscal year in which the district or school becomes a member of the career-technical planning district. Any program of the district or school that was approved by the department of education for an approval period that includes the fiscal year in which the district or school becomes a new member of the career-technical planning district shall retain its approved status during that fiscal year.
(3) If an existing member of a career-technical planning district develops a new career-technical education program, that program shall be approved or disapproved by the lead district of the career-technical planning district prior to the first fiscal year for which the district or school is seeking funding for the program.
(4) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, if a career-technical education program was approved by the department prior to September 29, 2013, that approval remains valid for the unexpired remainder of the approval period specified by the department. Approval of that program may then be renewed in accordance with this section on a date prior to the expiration of the approval period.
(C)(1) The lead district of a career-technical planning district shall approve or disapprove for a five-year period each career-technical education program of the city, local, and exempted village school districts, community schools, and STEM schools that are assigned by the department to the career-technical planning district. The lead district's decision to approve or disapprove a program shall be based on requirements for career-technical education programs that are specified in rules adopted by the department. These requirements shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Demand for the career-technical education program by industries in the state;
(b) Quality of the program;
(c) Potential for a student enrolled in the program to receive the training that will qualify the student for industry credentials or post-secondary education;
(d) Admission requirements of the lead district;
(e) Past performance of the district or school that is offering the program;
(f) Traveling distance;
(g) Sustainability;
(h) Capacity;
(i) Availability of the program within the career-technical planning district;
(j) In the case of a new program, the cost to begin the program.
(2) The lead district shall approve or disapprove each program not later than the first day of March prior to the first fiscal year for which the district or school is seeking funding for the program. If a program is approved, the lead district shall notify the department of its decision. If a program is disapproved, the lead district shall notify the district or school of its decision.
If the lead district disapproves the program or does not take any action to approve or disapprove the program by the first day of March, the district or school may appeal the lead district's decision or failure to take action to the department by the fifteenth day of March.
(D)(1) Upon receiving notification of a lead district's approval of a district's or school's career-technical education program, the department shall review the lead district's decision and determine whether to approve or disapprove the program not later than the fifteenth day of May prior to the first fiscal year for which the district or school is seeking funding for the program. The department shall notify the district or school and the lead district of the district's or school's career-technical planning district of its determination.
(2) Upon receiving an appeal from a district or school of a lead district's disapproval of a career-technical education program or failure to take action to approve or disapprove the program, the department shall review the lead district's disapproval or failure to take action. The department shall decide whether to approve or disapprove the program as a result of this review not later than the fifteenth day of May prior to the first fiscal year for which the district or school is seeking funding for the program. The department shall notify the lead district and the appealing district or school of its determination.
(3) In conducting a review under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, the department shall consider the criteria prescribed under division (C)(1) of this section.
(4) If the department approves a program under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, it shall authorize the payment to the district or school of the funds attributed to the career-technical students enrolled in that program in the next fiscal year according to a payment schedule prescribed by the department.
(5) The department's decisions under divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section shall be final and not appealable.
(6) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt guidelines identifying circumstances in which the department may, after consulting with a lead district, approve or disapprove a program that has been approved or disapproved by the lead district after the deadline prescribed in division (D)(1) or (2) of this section has passed.
(E) The department and the lead district of each career-technical planning district shall conduct an annual review of each career-technical education program in the lead district's career-technical planning district that receives approval under this section. Continued funding of the program during the five-year approval period shall be subject to the school's compliance with any directives for performance improvement that are issued by the department or the lead district as a result of any review conducted under this section.
Last updated August 11, 2021 at 12:44 PM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 33 | Education-Libraries

Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program

Section 3317.01 | School Foundation Program; Eligibility; Administration of Funds.

Section 3317.011 | City, Local, and Exempted Village School District Base Cost.

Section 3317.012 | Joint Vocational School District Base Cost.

Section 3317.013 | Special Education Program Multiples.

Section 3317.014 | Career-Tech Education Program Funding.

Section 3317.015 | Certification of Additional Information.

Section 3317.016 | Amounts for English Learners.

Section 3317.017 | City, Local, and Exempted Village School District Per-Pupil Local Capacity Amount.

Section 3317.018 | Statewide Average Base Cost per Pupil.

Section 3317.019 | Temporary Transitional Aid.

Section 3317.0110 | Community and Stem School Base Cost.

Section 3317.02 | Definitions.

Section 3317.021 | Tax Commissioner Information for School Funding Computations.

Section 3317.022 | Formulas for State Operating Funds to School Districts, Schools, and Scholarships.

Section 3317.023 | Adjustments to Amount Paid to District.

Section 3317.024 | Amounts Paid to School Districts and Schools for Certain Purposes.

Section 3317.025 | Recomputation Excluding Certain Property Where Value Is Disputed.

Section 3317.026 | Community or Stem School Unit Payment Amount.

Section 3317.028 | Recomputing Where Change in Taxable Value.

Section 3317.0210 | Adjusting for Taxes Uncollectable Due to Bankruptcy.

Section 3317.0211 | Adjusting for Uncollected Port Authority Taxes.

Section 3317.0212 | Transportation Payment.

Section 3317.0213 | Additional State Aid for Preschool Special Education Children.

Section 3317.0214 | Additional State Aid to School Districts for Students in Categories Two Through Six Special Education Adm.

Section 3317.0215 | Catastrophic Cost Pool.

Section 3317.0217 | Targeted Assistance Funding.

Section 3317.0218 | Supplemental Targeted Assistance Funding.

Section 3317.03 | Report of Average Daily Membership Figures and Additional Data.

Section 3317.031 | Membership Record for Each Pupil - Mandatory Compliance.

Section 3317.032 | Membership Record of Preschool Children With Disabilities.

Section 3317.033 | Joint Vocational District to Maintain Record of Persons Not Eligible for Inclusion in Average Daily Membership.

Section 3317.034 | Enrollment Status.

Section 3317.035 | Annual Audits of Certified Membership - Other Information.

Section 3317.036 | Enrollment Reports.

Section 3317.037 | Attendance Records for Career-Technical Planning District.

Section 3317.05 | Calculating Payments of Approved Career-Technical Education Units.

Section 3317.051 | Calculation of Gifted Funding Units.

Section 3317.06 | Providing Materials to Nonpublic Schools.

Section 3317.061 | Annual Report on Teaching Staff.

Section 3317.062 | Use of Appropriations to Chartered Nonpublic Schools for Auxiliary Services.

Section 3317.063 | Reimbursing Nonpublic School for Mandated Service Costs.

Section 3317.064 | Auxiliary Services Mobile Unit Replacement and Repair Fund.

Section 3317.07 | Reassignment of School Buses.

Section 3317.071 | Bus Purchasing Grants.

Section 3317.072 | Transportation Collaboration Grants.

Section 3317.08 | Tuition for Nonresident Pupils.

Section 3317.081 | Computing Tuition.

Section 3317.082 | Tuition for Children in Care of Department of Youth Services.

Section 3317.09 | State and Federal Moneys to Account for and Coded - Annual Statistical Report.

Section 3317.10 | Certifying Number of Ohio Works First Children in District.

Section 3317.11 | Educational Service Center Funding.

Section 3317.12 | Salary Schedule and List of Job Classifications for Nonteaching School Employees.

Section 3317.13 | Minimum Salary Schedule for Teachers.

Section 3317.14 | Boards to Annually Adopt Teachers' Salary Schedule.

Section 3317.141 | Recipients of Race to the Top Program Grants.

Section 3317.15 | Children With Disabilities; Speech-Language Pathology and Psychological Services.

Section 3317.16 | Computation and Distribution of State Core Foundation Funding to Joint Vocational School Districts.

Section 3317.161 | Approval of Career-Technical Education Programs.

Section 3317.162 | Temporary Transitional Aid for Joint Vocational School Districts.

Section 3317.164 | Business Work-Based Learning Financial Incentives.

Section 3317.18 | Withholding Payments in Order to Pay Debt Charges on Securities.

Section 3317.19 | Computation and Distribution of Payments to Cooperative Education School Districts.

Section 3317.20 | Calculation of Payment to County Dd Board.

Section 3317.201 | Payment to Institutions Providing Special Education Services.

Section 3317.23 | Enrollment in Dropout Prevention Recovery Program.

Section 3317.231 | Adoption of Rules.

Section 3317.24 | Enrollment in Program to Earn High School Diploma.

Section 3317.25 | Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid Spending.

Section 3317.30 | Payment for Services for Child in Juvenile Facility.

Section 3317.40 | Accountability for Funding.

Section 3317.50 | Telecommunity Education Fund.

Section 3317.51 | Distance Learning Fund.