Ohio Admin. Code 3301-45-03 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Provider application
(A)
The department
shall develop procedures for educational institutions to apply to become
providers of educational services to participants.
(B)
No educational
institution or provider may apply that has a graduation rate lower than forty
per cent unless a corrective action plan is submitted to the
department.
(C)
Provider applicants apply to the department by July
first of the fiscal year in which they wish to be a provider. Provider
applicants will be notified within thirty days of the department receiving
their application of their application's status.
(D)
For all initial
applications, a provider is required to submit to the department detailed
information, including, but not be limited to:
(1)
How the provider
applicant intends to assess and award prior credit through the evaluation of
student transcripts, work experience, and other prior
experience;
(2)
How the provider applicant intends to assess the
mastery of competencies and award credit during participation in the
program;
(3)
Support services available to participants, including
academic and career counseling to address post-secondary and workforce training
options;
(4)
If the provider enrolls students in grades kindergarten
to twelve, how the institution will ensure that participants will not be
assigned to classes or settings with students younger than eighteen years of
age;
(5)
How the provider applicant will ensure the twenty-two
plus program is accessible to all students, including, but not limited to,
race, ethnicity, gender, individuals with disabilities, individuals from
economically disadvantaged families, single parents, including pregnant women,
out-of-workforce individuals, English learners, and homeless individuals,
pursuant to rule
3301-13-09 of the Administrative
Code; and
(6)
Assurances that the provider will comply with any
reviews, audits, and on-site visits conducted by the department of
education.
(E)
Approved providers shall update their applications and
provide written notice to the department if there are any changes made to their
program. Subject to paragraph (D) of this rule, approved providers will
continue to be approved as a provider each year for a maximum of five years
upon providing to the department evidence of meeting the requirements set forth
in paragraphs (E)(1) and (E)(2) of this rule. At the end of the fifth year,
providers will need to apply in accordance with paragraph (D) of this
rule.
(1)
Approved providers must maintain a graduation rate at forty
per cent or higher.
(2)
Approved providers must ensure that at least eighty per
cent of twenty-two plus participants complete a minimum of forty per cent of
the participant's outstanding graduation requirements during year one of the
program.
(F)
The department will monitor each provider's compliance
with the requirements of this chapter. Failure to comply may result in the
withdrawal of funding and the educational institution becoming ineligible to
provide services under this program. Providers that do not meet one or more of
the criteria in paragraph (E) of this rule, will be removed from the program
for a period of one fiscal year and may reapply the following fiscal
year.
(G)
Community schools providing services to participants
must provide assurances, in writing, that the governing authority for the
community school and the sponsor of the community school are aware of and
consent to participation in the program as a provider. Sponsors of community
schools providing services to participants under this chapter shall include
compliance and performance provisions in contracts executed under section
3314.03 of the Revised Code. In
addition to oversight by the department, sponsors are responsible for
monitoring compliance and performance of community schools providing services
to participants under this chapter.
Replaces: 3301-45-03
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: ORC 3301.07, 3317.231
Rule Amplifies: ORC 3314.38, 3317.23, 3317.24, 3345.86, 3317.231
Prior Effective Dates: 12/25/2014
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