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BUTLER COUNTY Edgewood City Schools

Fairfield City Schools

Hamilton City Schools

Lakota Local Schools

Madison Local Schools

Middletown City Schools

Monroe Local Schools

Little Miami Local Schools

Ross Local Schools

Talawanda Local School

WARREN COUNTY Kings Local Schools

Little Miami Local Schools

Mason City Schools

Springboro Community Schools

HAMILTON COUNTY Cincinnati Public Schools

Deer Park Community City Schools

Finneytown Local Schools

Forest Hills Schools

Indian Hill Schools

Lockland Local Schools

Loveland City Schools

Madeira City Schools

Mariemont City Schools

Mt. Healthy City Schools

North College Hill City Schools

Northwest Local Schools

Norwood City Schools

Oak Hills Local Schools

Princeton City Schools

Reading Community Schools

St. Bernard/Elmwood Place Schools

Southwest Local Schools

Sycamore Community Schools

Three Rivers Local Schools

Wyoming City Schools

Winton Woods Schools

CLERMONT COUNTY

Batavia Local Schools

Bethel-Tate Local Schools

Goshen Local Schools

Milford Exempted Village

New Richmond Exempted

West Clermont Local Schools

Williamsburg Local Schools

Educational Service Centers in all four counties

(2014 FISCAL YEAR)

School

Performance Index

Total Transferred

MILFORD EVSD B $739,346

Ohio Virtual Academy C $229,707

ECOT D $205,657

Ohio Connections Academy C $134,191

Summit Academy – Cincinnati D $9,307

Summit Academy Transition High School D $30,168

Summit Academy Secondary Youngstown F $15,006

Greater Ohio Virtual School F $13,558

Virtual Community School D $13,443

Summit Academy – Youngstown F $12,305

Source: knowyourcharter.com

(2014 FISCAL YEAR – CONTINUED)

School

Performance Index

Total Transferred

Alternative Education Academy D $9,307

Insight School of Ohio C $8,560

Alliance Academy – Cincinnati D $5,972

Buckeye On-Line School C $5,745

Treca Digital Academy D $2,700

Mosaica Online of Ohio Not Rated $575

STATE FUNDS $230,475

LOCAL MILFORD SCHOOL TAX MONIES (Transferred to Community/Charter Schools by ODE)

$508,871

TOTAL FUNDS TRANSFERRED $739,346

Source: knowyourcharter.com

Total school funds beyond state funds

transferred to

community schools in 2014

Average amount transferred to a community school for one student = $7,571

Amount from the Milford Exempted Village School District

for each student = $5,211

Total amount of local Milford funds transferred to community schools

“Ohio has long had problems with its charters, but these problems are disproportionately based in the for-profit charter operators of online and dropout recovery schools. That industry is dominated by two companies: White Hat Management, owned by David Brennan, and Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), owned by William Lager.”

“Brennan and Lager have donated more than $6 million since 1998, and during that same 17-year period, their companies have received $1.76 billion from Ohio taxpayers.”

“According to Stephen Dyer, an education policy fellow at Innovation Ohio, one out of every four charter dollars ever spent by Ohio taxpayers go to Lager or Brennan.”

Inside Politics, July 2015

“Charter school operators have pumped a lot of cash into lawmakers’ re-election committees – more than $90,000 in the past two months from one operator alone – forcing questions about what exactly they’re getting for their money.”

– Enquirer Editorial Board 8/23/2015

of respondents that privately-operated charter schools that receive public tax dollars should be held to the same standards for transparency and accountability as public schools.

of respondents or that a portion of local tax levy funds

approved by voters for public schools should be shared with for-profit charter and online schools.

Southwest Ohio Public Education Survey Fallon Research and Associates, May 2015

Fall 2015 Administrations:

Ohio Department of Education, September 2015

Spring 2016 Grades 3 through 8 Administrations:


Spring 2016 End-of-Course Administrations:


Thinking about academic testing and the current amount that is required by the State to measure performance . . . Would you say it helps students, has no effect or hurts students?

27% 24%

42%

8% 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

HelpsNo EffectHurtsUnsure


Thinking about academic testing and the current amount that is required by the State to measure performance . . . Would you say it helps students, has no effect or hurts students?

24% 22%

49%

5% 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

HelpsNo EffectHurtsUnsure


Percentage of respondents that feel the most innovative program ideas

that create the greatest opportunities for student success

come from teachers….


Jamie Vollmer, 2013

Buckeye Association of School Administrators

Costs of background checks for volunteers and employees (HB 1 did reduce the number of BCI checks) Cost of Sunshine Law meeting notices Cost of professional extended service Screening and identification of gifted students requirement Post secondary enrollment option costs Extracurricular activity costs (in particular related to non-enrolled students) Immunization and record-keeping requirements Increased (and extensive) costs for state audits Growth freeze in local taxes by reduction factors


EMIS (Educational Management Information System) costs, including scheduled EMIS Redesign Materials required for new curriculum models for achievement testing Identification and notification of missing children Required training of staff for prevention of child abuse, of substance

abuse, and of violence and positive youth development (ORC 3319.073) STRS service credit purchase for leaves of absence Requirement that parents be notified if a student is absent Annual verification of student’s residency Kindergarten and first grade screening Free breakfast/lunch program requirements


Financial penalty for violating pupil-teacher ratio Tuition for students in DYS or other “court assigned” special facilities Increased cost for ESC facilities and other program excess costs Expansion of required ORC 3319.073 to grades 7-12 Increased county auditor/treasurer fees School bus driver annual physical exams Increased costs of instructional materials (required to provide “free”

to students eligible for free lunches) – particularly an issue for career-technical centers

Underground storage tank corrective action programs Universal handicapped access to all buildings (many buildings are very

old and this cost is extensive if not impossible)


Well water testing and certified operator expenses Boiler inspection fees (increased) Cost for representative fees for collective bargaining process State Worker’s Compensation fund increased costs Increased costs of unemployment compensation (particularly for

classified staff) Loss of personal tangible valuation with no permanent measurable

replacement Cost of conversion of financial reports to state mandated GAAP Local cost of the entry year and mentoring programs Medicare coverage for school employees


Asbestos inspection, reporting, containment and removal costs Grant application writing, reporting, and administering costs Lead contamination control act requirements Bus Driver Alcohol/Drug Testing requirements Nonpublic and community school transportation Local share of special education costs (need for updated cost study

and 100% funding) Costs of unreimbursed instructional materials Local cost of Limited English Learners (i.e., English as a Second

Language) School Employees Retirement System surcharge (for retiree health

care)


School breakfast programs Set asides within the General Fund Radon inspection and abatement Increase in election expense Local share of community school costs Playground inspections Master teacher program Local professional development committees Extensive steps on teacher salary schedule

Local cost of units funded by state minimum salary schedules (Early

Childhood Education units for children with disabilities)


Sick leave Calamity days Jarod’s Law (eliminated under HB 1); however, Ohio Department of

Health has issued guidelines as recommendations

NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Addition of dating violence prevention training to ORC 3319.073

training requirements Training that is required of all coaches at $55.00 with a trainer and

$65.00 per person on line Complying with Public Records Financial Literacy requirement


Summer school requirements Teachers in grades 7-8 who had to take additional classes to become

highly qualified after teaching in those grades for years Addition of prevention of dating violence to health curriculum

of respondents that the State Legislature should reduce the amount of mandates and demands it places on public schools, and give more control to communities and local school boards.

of the respondents that increased mandates and demands placed on public schools by the State Legislature have excessively burdened local taxpayers.

of respondents that increased mandates and demands placed on public schools by the State Legislature have been helpful to increase student achievement and improve academic performance.


Do you agree or disagree that the policy decisions made at the state level

are in the best interests of our students?

37%

55%

8% 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Strongly/SomewhatAgreeSomewhat/StronglyDisagreeUnsure


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