Budget Webinar (as passed by the Ohio House)

Budget Webinar(as passed by the Ohio House) May 23, 2011 OSBA: Michelle Francis, Jay Smith, Damon Asbury OASBO: Barbara Shaner

Am. Sub. HB 153 - Biennial Budget Bill • FY 12-13 Budget • The Budget Process/Timeline Executive proposal - March 15 House version - May 5 Senate version - June? Conference Committee - June? Signed by Governor?

Key Changes“As Introduced”vs. “House Version” • Increase in State Aid Funding* • TPP phase-out freeze • Charter School expansion • Senate Bill 5 like provisions • Removes parental takeover and implements pilot program • Removes pension language • ODE reporting • Calamity day provisions • Increased funding for ESCs • Inserts Gifted funding at 09 level

HB 153K-12 Education Funding • $3 Billion Loss for Schools over Biennium • Repeals the OEBM. • Creates “Bridge Formula” for FY12. • New formula to be developed for FY13.

K-12 Education Funding • Tangible Personal Property (TPP) Tax Reimbursement - Reduced 37.2% in FY12 - Reduced additional 34.3% in FY13 • Accelerates phase-out of the TPP and PUTPP replacement payments just during the biennium. • Reductions for both done separately but uses same methodology for both.

HB 153 - Other Funding • Supplemental transportation funding is folded into basic aid line item. Not funded as additional payment to qualifying districts. • Gifted education funding is moved to basic aid line item. Spending requirements based on FY 2009 levels.

HB 153 - Other Funding • The career-tech foundation funding line item is flat-funded in both years of the budget. • ESC funding reduced by 10% in FY 12 and 15% in FY 13.

HB 153 - “Reform” • Sets new requirements for data collection and district rankings to be performed by ODE. • Creates a pilot program in Columbus City Schools for parental take-over. - Allows parents and teachers to take over school buildings ranked in the bottom 5% for three consecutive years and ranked in AW or AE.

HB 153 - “Reform” Expands shared services through regional support centers. Creates new opportunities for districts to select a different ESC to be affiliated with. Establishes a timeline for districts to notify ESC's that they plan to transfer to another ESC.

HB 153 - “Reform” Two Ohio Education Matters (KnowledgeWorks) studies were cited by the administration as providing ways for school districts to weather the funding reductions. - OSBA, OASBO and BASA issue ETPI analysis and challenge findings.

HB 153 - Personnel • Governor’s proposal changed contribution levels for the two school related state retirement systems to 12% for both employees and employers. - House removed - Senate considering adding back in • Several “SB 5 like” provisions in HB 153. - Handout

HB 153 - Personnel Reductions in force for teachers would focus on evaluation, rather than the current last-in, first-out practice. Evaluations for teachers would be required every year. - 50% of evaluation must be from student performance.

HB 153 - Personnel Requires each school district and ESC board to annually adopt a teachers' salary schedule, based on: - Teacher’s level of licensure; - Whether “highly qualified”; - Evaluation ratings. Must determine each teacher’s salary within the appropriate salary schedule range.

HB 153 - School Choice • Doubles the number of EdChoice Vouchers in FY12. Quadruples the number to 60,000 in FY13. • Eliminates cap on the number of charter schools. • Extends right of first refusal on buildings to include leasing.

HB 153 - School Choice • House Changes - Handout • House added many provisions favorable to certain operators. - Students up to age 29 w/o diploma or GED could enroll. - No sponsor needed for community schools. - Repeal current law restricting poor performing charters from opening new schools.

HB 153 - School Choice The increase in the number of students taking vouchers or attending charter schools would continue to be funded through deductions from school district state funding. Authorizes “entities” and “groups of individuals” to form community schools and authorizes a community school to be established as a for-profit corporation or LLC.

HB 153 - School Choice Removes the governor’s proposal that prohibited a community school sponsor with one or more schools in AW or AE from expanding. Eliminates caps on the total number of community schools a sponsor can operate. Give for-profit companies the ability to use tax dollars to open unlimited numbers of community schools without disclosing how public funds are spent and without oversight from sponsors as now required.

HB 153 - Current Status • House - Primary & Secondary Education Subcommittee - Full House Finance Committee - Sub. Bill accepted 4/28 - House Finance Committee vote 5/3 - Full House vote 5/5 • Senate - Full Senate Finance Committee - Amendments Due Thursday - Sub Bill next week/first week of June - Senate Finance Committee vote & Full Senate vote second week of June

Questions? dasbury@ohioschoolboards.org mfrancis@ohioschoolboards.org jaysmith@ohioschoolboards.org barbara@oasbo-ohio.org

Budget Webinar (as passed by the Ohio House)