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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
S. B. No. 191
2025-2026
Senator Huffman
To
enact section 3317.251 of the Revised Code
regarding
disadvantaged pupil impact aid for scholarship students attending
chartered nonpublic schools and to make an appropriation.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
section 3317.251 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec.
3317.251.
(A)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Resident district" has the same meaning as in section
3310.01 of the Revised Code.
(2)
"State scholarship programs" has the same meaning as in
section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The department of education and workforce shall establish a program
to award disadvantaged pupil impact aid to chartered nonpublic
schools that participate in state scholarship programs. A chartered
nonpublic school that participates in state scholarship programs may
apply to participate in the program in a form and manner established
by the department. Each fiscal year the department shall pay each
participating school an amount of disadvantaged pupil impact aid that
is calculated as follows:
(1)
For each scholarship student enrolled in the school who is
economically disadvantaged as defined by the department, an amount
equal to $422 multiplied by the student's resident district's
economically disadvantaged index.
(2)
Calculate the sum of the amounts calculated under division (B)(1) of
this section.
(C)
Each participating school shall spend the disadvantaged pupil impact
aid it receives for any of the following initiatives or a combination
of any of the following initiatives:
(1)
Reading improvement and intervention that is aligned with the science
of reading and evidence-based strategies for effective literacy
instruction;
(2)
Professional development in the science of reading and evidence-based
strategies for effective literacy instruction for teachers of
students in kindergarten through third grade;
(3)
Mental health services, including telehealth services,
community-based behavioral health services, and recovery supports;
(4)
Physical health care services, including telehealth services and
community-based health services;
(5)
School safety and security measures.
(D)
Each participating school shall submit to the department, in a form
and manner prescribed by the department, any data the department
determines necessary to administer this section.
(E)
After the end of each fiscal year, each participating school shall
submit a report to the department describing the initiatives on which
the district's or school's disadvantaged pupil impact aid were spent
during that fiscal year. The report shall be submitted in a manner
prescribed by the department and shall also describe the amount of
money that was spent on each initiative.
(F)
The department shall submit a report of the information it receives
under division (E) of this section to the general assembly not later
than the first day of December of each odd-numbered year in
accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code.
(G)
The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this
section.
Section
2.
All
items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund.
For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first
column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are
for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act
are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these
fiscal years.
Section
3.
1
2
3
4
5
A
EDU
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
B
General
Revenue Fund
C
GRF
200550
Foundation
Funding - All Students
$40,000,000
$40,000,000
D
General
Revenue Fund Total
$40,000,000
$40,000,000
E
TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
$40,000,000
$40,000,000
FOUNDATION
FUNDING - ALL STUDENTS
The
foregoing appropriation item 200550, Foundation Funding - All
Students, shall be used by the Department of Education and Workforce
to provide disadvantaged pupil impact aid for chartered nonpublic
schools that participate in state scholarship programs in accordance
with section 3317.251 of the Revised Code.
Section
4.
Within
the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and
Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount
of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine
the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act
shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating budget of the 136th
General Assembly.