Ohio Association of Career-Technical Superintendents

2013 Summer Conference

Terrence O’Donnell

Tuesday, June 24, 2013Salt Fork State Park10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

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2013 Budget Items

1. K-12 School Funding Formula

2. Adult Workforce Development

3. 75/25

4. Mobile Welding Labs

5. JVSD Board Composition

6. House Bill 168, Apprenticeships*

* Not in budget

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School Funding (K-12)

• HB 59 re-writes school funding formula (again!)

• Governor’s plan rolled into state budget and amended in House & Senate.

• Money follows students, but with caps and guarantees. Weighed funding preserved but modified.

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School Funding (K-12)

Formula

Basic Aid (ADM * $5745/$5800 * State Share)

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Special Ed

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CTE Weights (FTE * Amounts from “tiers” * State Share)

House: Weights as Percentage of Basic Aid

Senate: Weights as Dollar Amounts

Guarantee in place; Cap is 6.5% / 10.5%

Simulations

• Simulations not to be relied upon

• Inputs were not accurate at the start and some appear to continue to be incorrect

• Legislative staff and ODE assure the CTE community that the actual disbursements will be correct!

Adult Workforce Development

• Government to re-make workforce development

• Align training efforts to the workplace

• Created Executive Workforce Board to revamp system. CTE represented.

• Pushing industry to do forecasting of labor needs by region.

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Adult Workforce Development

• Unique opportunity for CTE to assert itself

• OACTS, Ohio ACTE, and PACE developed 2-point proposal

1) One-Year Option

2) Additional resources

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Adult Workforce Development

One-Year Option • Reform CT2 Process

• Ensure that adults completing 900-hour program + receive industry credential receive 1 year of credit upon enrollment in 2 or 4 year college

• ½ of an Associates degree

• Spearheaded by Representative Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clinton, Highland, Pike counties). Language added in House & revised in Senate. Worked closely with OBOR.

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Adult Workforce Development

• “Not later than June 30, 2014, the Chancellor shall establish a One-year option credit articulation system in which graduates of Ohio Technical Centers who complete a 900-hour program of study and obtain an industry-recognized credential approved by the Chancellor shall receive 30 college technical credit hours toward a technical degree upon enrollment in an institution of higher education.”

• “Chancellor shall submit report to General Assembly by June 30, 2014 for proposal to award proportional credit for completion of 600-899 hours and receipt of industry-recognized credential.”

Ohio House Bill 59 (Budget), ORC 363.20, Line 159417 (As Passed by the Senate)

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Adult Workforce Development

Funding Proposal•Our request is to restore funding to levels seen in past years. ($22M) and correspondingly re-write the formula to reward results, i.e., completion, credential, job.

•Governor’s budget flat-funded AWD ($15M).

•House budget flat-funded AWD ($15M)

•Senate added $1M over biennium (Sens. Widener and Beagle)

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Adult Workforce Development

• “The Chancellor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Office of Workforce Transformation shall hold a series of consultations with Ohio Technical Centers to develop an appropriate funding formula to distribute funds based on student outcomes beginning in fiscal year 2015.”

Ohio House Bill 59 (Budget) GRF 235444, Line 159242

(As Passed by the Senate)• This represents an opportunity to continue the dialogue surrounding

AWD funding.• Is there an opportunity to apply the One-Year Option at the high

school level?

75/25

• CCS had advocated elevating ODE’s 75/25 administrative rule to statute for comprehensives and compacts only. House obliged.

• Senate added language making the statute universal, including charters, STEM schools, and JVSDs.

• OACTS/Ohio ACTE seeking exemption and working closely with Senator Garnder (R-Bowling Green).

• ODE “OK either way but prefers the rule be applied across the board.”

• The Legislature continues to cite ODE’s “preference” as a reason to apply the policy to JVSDs.

Mobile Welding Labs

• House added $1M appropriation for “mobile wlding lab” in Lawrence County to be utilized at industrial park

• Senate added $1M for an additional welding lab at Lorain County Community College

• OACTS objects because (among other reasons) the labs appear totally unconnected to existing welding training. Seeking language requiring coordination with CTPD and access for CTE students.

• OWT shares concerns

Board Composition

• Senate added provision to replace JVSD Boards with appointees of local boards and ESCs with ties to local business community.

• Extensive meetings with sponsor indicate intent is to more closely align curriculum with demand and to avoid perceived “conflicts of interest.”

• OACTS testified and provided letter to General Assembly urging the provision be removed. Also made technical comment. Coordinating daily with OSBA.

• House members and many in Senate appear strongly opposed. Governor’s position not clear. Issue to be decided in conference committee.

HB 168, Apprenticeships

• Newly-introduced legislation (Rep. Christine Hagan, Stark County) would encourage apprenticeships by diverting some school funding resouces to businesses who operate Department of Labor-approved apprenticeships.

• Bill in House committee and not slated for committee vote before June 30 recess.

• Conversation with sponsor was productive and suggested openness to changes. Perhaps encourage tax credit as opposed to school funding.

Thank You

I want to thank you and your association leadership for your trust and confidence as I made a professional transition. We are doing good work and I pledge to continue to do whatever it takes to ensure your needs are met.