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Will help come to fast-growing districts?
State Sen. Gary Cates (R-Butler County) gave sponsor testimony on two bills designed to address major challenges facing school districts in Butler County and across the state yesterday, Dec. 2.
In the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee, Cates urged colleagues to support Senate Bill 363, legislation to ease the financial impact on fast-growing school districts like Lakota, which is one of 19 districts across the state that see growth of 100 or more students per year.
The state school funding formula does not account for this jump in enrollment, so districts must scramble to find funds to pay for these extra students. SB 363 would help alleviate this funding gap by paying school districts, which experience growth of more than 100 students in a year, an additional transitional aid amount in fiscal year 2009.
Sen. Cates also gave sponsor testimony in the Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 360, a proposal which works to modify the state’s performance rating system for school districts and buildings. In the past year, several high-performing schools that were previously rated “Excellent” dropped to “Continuous Improvement” because they failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards for certain subgroups of students. SB 360 would revise these standards by preventing a school district or building from dropping by more than one classification based solely on AYP requirements.
A district or building would be declared “Excellent” if it met at least 94 percent of the applicable state performance indicators or had a performance index score established by the Ohio Department of Education. However, if two or more of the same subgroups do not make adequate yearly progress for three or more years, the school would be declared “Effective.” If a district or building meets at least 75 percent of the state performance marks, it would be rated “Effective” unless two or more of the same subgroups do not make adequate yearly progress for three or more years. Then, the school’s rating would drop to “Continuous Improvement.”
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