(A) Payment of scholarship amounts
shall
will
be made by warrant of the treasurer of state made
payable to the eligible applicant, unless the eligible applicant authorizes, in
writing, that the payment be made payable solely to the provider. Warrants
shall be mailed to the address
or made through
electronic funds transfer using the information provided by the provider.
Eligible applicants that authorize payment be made solely to the provider may
revoke their authorization at any time by notifying the department and the
provider in writing.
(B) The maximum amount awarded to an
eligible student shall be as set forth in section 3310.56 of the Revised
Code.
(C)(B) The actual amount
of each scholarship shall
will be the lesser of the applicable net fees or
tuition charged by the provider, or the maximum amount of the scholarship. The
net fees or tuition shall
will be the fees or tuition amount specified by the
provider minus all other financial aid, discounts and adjustments received for
the student. In cases where discounts are offered for multiple students from
the same family, and not all students in the same family are scholarship
recipients, the scholarship amount shall
will be the
lowest tuition to which the family is entitled.
(D)(C) The scholarship
amount shall
will be proportionately reduced in the case of any
scholarship recipient who is not enrolled in the scholarship program and/or
attending, participating and receiving special education and related services
from an alternative public provider or a registered private provider for the
entire school year.
(E)(D) In the case where a
child transfers during the course of the school year to another registered
provider or participating alternative provider with a different tuition, the
department shall
will prorate the amounts paid to each provider based
on the period of attendance at each provider.
(F)(E) In cases in which
an overpayment is made on behalf of a participating student, the department
shall
will
inform the provider of the amount of the overpayment, and the provider
shall
will
refund the amount to the department. In the event that payment has been made
for services that were not provided to a child by that provider, that portion
of the scholarship paid to that provider shall
will be
revoked.
(G)(F) In cases in which a
student withdraws or is expelled from a provider, or when a student's
eligibility to continue to receive a scholarship is terminated pursuant to
paragraph (A) of rule
3301-101-08 of the
Administrative Code, payment of the scholarship amount
shall
will be
prorated based on the number of days the student was enrolled with the provider
or the services actually provided. Funded enrollment would end as of the last
day of the student's attendance, or the effective date of the student's
termination, whichever is earlier.
(H)(G) Invoices for
payment for each scholarship shall
will identify each credentialed employee providing the
service(s), an itemized list of services provided by the credentialed employee,
and the amount of the service.
(I)(H) No scholarship
funds shall
will be expended for services the child received prior
to the start date of the scholarship,
and
services
prior to placement of the child with an alternative public provider or
registered provider,and service provided by a person
who does not hold a credential described in section
3310.58 of the Revised
Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
3301-101-10
Effective:
6/27/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
4/12/2024 and
06/27/2029
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3301.07,
3310.64
Rule
Amplifies: 3310.51,
3310.52,
3310.521,
3310.522,
3310.53,
3310.54,
3310.57,
3310.58,
3310.59,
3310.60,
3310.61,
3310.62,
3310.63
Prior
Effective Dates: 02/24/2012, 03/28/2019
