(A) The department of education and workforce shall establish a system of intensive, ongoing support for the improvement of school districts and school buildings. In accordance with the model of differentiated accountability described in section3302.041of the Revised Code, the system shall give priority to districts and buildings in the manner prescribed by any agreement currently in force between the department of education and workforce and the United States department of education. The department of education and workforce shall endeavor to include schools and buildings that receive grades or performance ratings under section3302.03of the Revised Code that the department considers to be low performing.
The system shall include services provided to districts and buildings through regional service providers, such as educational service centers. The system may include the appointment of an improvement coordinator for any of the lowest performing districts, as determined by the department of education and workforce, to coordinate the district's academic improvement efforts and to build support among the community for those efforts.
(B) A district or building that meets the conditions for intervention prescribed by the agreement described in division (A) of this section shall be subject to any rules establishing such intervention.
(C) The department of education and workforce may initiate a site evaluation of a building or school district that meets the conditions for a site evaluation prescribed by the agreement described in division (A) of this section.
(D) This division applies only to school districts that operate a school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for two or more consecutive school years. It does not apply to any such district after June 30, 2008, except as provided in division (D)(2) of section3313.97of the Revised Code.
(1) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive school years, the district shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide written notification of the academic issues that resulted in the building's failure to make adequate yearly progress to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the building. The notification shall also describe the actions being taken by the district or building to improve the academic performance of the building and any progress achieved toward that goal in the immediately preceding school year.
(b) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, in accordance with section3313.97of the Revised Code, offer all students enrolled in the building the opportunity to enroll in an alternative building within the district that is not in school improvement status as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the district shall spend an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under this division, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation with a lesser amount. If an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds the district receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, is insufficient to satisfy all demand for transportation, the district shall grant priority over all other students to the lowest achieving students among the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section3302.01of the Revised Code in providing transportation. Any district that does not receive funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, shall not be required to provide transportation to any student who enrolls in an alternative building under this division.
(2) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive school years, the district shall do both of the following:
(a) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, in accordance with section3313.97of the Revised Code, provide all students enrolled in the building the opportunity to enroll in an alternative building within the district that is not in school improvement status as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the district shall provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under this division to the extent required under division (D)(2) of this section.
(b) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, offer supplemental educational services to students who are enrolled in the building and who are in the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section3302.01of the Revised Code.
The district shall spend a combined total of an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2)(a) of this section and to pay the costs of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation and pay the costs of supplemental educational services for those students who request them with a lesser amount. In allocating funds between the requirements of divisions (D)(1)(b) and (D)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, the district shall spend at least an amount equal to five per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2)(a) of this section, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation with a lesser amount, and at least an amount equal to five per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to pay the costs of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, unless the district can pay the costs of such services for all students requesting them with a lesser amount. If an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds the district receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, is insufficient to satisfy all demand for transportation under divisions (D)(1)(b) and (D)(2)(a) of this section and to pay the costs of all of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, the district shall grant priority over all other students in providing transportation and in paying the costs of supplemental educational services to the lowest achieving students among the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section3302.01of the Revised Code.
Any district that does not receive funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, shall not be required to provide transportation to any student who enrolls in an alternative building under division (D)(2)(a) of this section or to pay the costs of supplemental educational services provided to any student under division (D)(2)(b) of this section.
No student who enrolls in an alternative building under division (D)(2)(a) of this section shall be eligible for supplemental educational services under division (D)(2)(b) of this section.
(3) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for four consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall implement at least one of the following options with respect to the building:
(a) Institute a new curriculum that is consistent with the statewide academic standards adopted pursuant to division (A) of section3301.079of the Revised Code;
(b) Decrease the degree of authority the building has to manage its internal operations;
(c) Appoint an outside expert to make recommendations for improving the academic performance of the building. The district may request the department to establish a state intervention team for this purpose pursuant to division (E) of this section.
(d) Extend the length of the school day or year;
(e) Replace the building principal or other key personnel;
(f) Reorganize the administrative structure of the building.
(4) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for five consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall develop a plan during the next succeeding school year to improve the academic performance of the building, which shall include at least one of the following options:
(a) Reopen the school as a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;
(b) Replace personnel;
(c) Contract with a nonprofit or for-profit entity to operate the building;
(d) Turn operation of the building over to the department;
(e) Other significant restructuring of the building's governance.
(5) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for six consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall implement the plan developed pursuant to division (D)(4) of this section.
(6) A district shall continue to comply with division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2) of this section, whichever was most recently applicable, with respect to any building formerly subject to one of those divisions until the building makes adequate yearly progress for two consecutive school years.
(E) The department may establish a state intervention team to evaluate all aspects of a school district or building, including management, curriculum, instructional methods, resource allocation, and scheduling. Any such intervention team shall be appointed by the department and shall include teachers and administrators recognized as outstanding in their fields. The intervention team shall make recommendations regarding methods for improving the performance of the district or building.
The department shall not approve a district's request for an intervention team under division (D)(3) of this section if the department cannot adequately fund the work of the team, unless the district agrees to pay for the expenses of the team.
(F) The department shall conduct individual audits of a sampling of community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to determine compliance with this section.
(G) A school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections3313.974to3313.979of the Revised Code shall report the use of funding for tutorial assistance grants under that program in the district's three-year continuous improvement plan under this section in a manner approved by the department.
(H) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules for implementing this section.
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