Ohio Admin. Code 3301-102-09 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Approving applications for new internet-or computer-based community schools
(A)
An "internet-or computer-based community school" is defined in section
3314.02 of the Revised Code.
"Online community school" and "eschool" have the same meaning as an internet-or
computer-based community school.
(B) The department of education
and workforce shall publish on its website the
department's
department of education and workforce's processes for
submitting and approving applications for new online community schools. The
department also shall maintain on its website a list of applications received
and their status.
(C) The
application shall require an applicant to provide the following:
(1) The sponsor's experience with online
schools, including:
(a) The number of years
and number of online schools for which the sponsor provided monitoring and
technical assistance since the inception of such activities;
(b) The degree to which the online schools
met Ohio's operating standards for online schools, which the department
of education and workforce shall make available
on the department's website; and
(c) Any full-time equivalency determinations
issued by a state education agency for a school for which the sponsor was
responsible for oversight;
(2) The operator's experience with online
schools, including:
(a) The operator's
experience in managing the daily operations of an online school or providing
programmatic oversight and support to an online school since the inception of
such activities;
(b) The degree to
which the online schools met Ohio's operating standards for online schools;
and
(c) Any full-time equivalency
determination issued by a state education agency for a school for which the
operator managed the daily operations;
(3) The sponsor's schools' records of
academic performance in all years under its sponsorship including:
(a) Assessment of the sponsor's schools'
student performance, as aligned with the evaluation system described in section
3314.016 of the Revised Code;
and
(b) Report cards and
performance ratings issued for the sponsor's community schools under section
3302.03 of the Revised
Code;
(4) The operator's
schools' records of academic performance in all years under its operation as
measured by the following:
(a) Report cards
and performance ratings issued for the sponsor's community schools under
section 3302.03 of the Revised Code;
and
(b) Comparable performance
ratings of out-of-state schools with which the operator has experience;
and
(5) The extent of
the operator's previous experience in Ohio.
(D) In determining the experience and quality
of applicants, the superintendent of public
instruction
director of the department of
education and workforce or the superintendent's
director's designee shall consider the measures
included in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(E) No later than the first of July of each
year, the department shall notify applicants as to the determination regarding
their applications.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3314.013
Rule Amplifies: 3314.013
Prior Effective Dates: 05/24/2013, 01/24/2020
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