Funding and Regulation

State Funding

State funding for open enrolled students is provided as follows:

  • Students are now funded in the educating district through the Fair School Funding Plan, first established in FY 22 through House Bill 110 (134th GA).
  • State dollars follow the student as directed by the EMIS data submitted. Students generate funding at their district of education for base cost and categorical funding. Resident districts are still responsible for the cost of education for students with disabilities. Educating districts may bill the resident school districts for these costs by following the excess cost procedures.

School districts not adopting an interdistrict open enrollment policy would be allowed to collect tuition from the parents of students enrolled from outside the district per district policy.

Legal Citations

Current Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) information can be found online at codes.ohio.gov

Key legal citations for intra-district open enrollment are ORC 3313.97 and OAC 3301-48-01.  Key legal citations for interdistrict open enrollment are ORC 3313.98 through 3313.983 and OAC 3301-48-02. 

Because of the interaction with many provisions of the Ohio Revised Code, the following represents a list of some of the significant provisions which may affect open enrollment: 

  • ORC 3311.19 –JVS Board of Education 
  • ORC 3311.52 – Establishes  Cooperative Ed. School Districts 
  • ORC 3313.64 – Tuition statute 
  • ORC 3313.65 – Tuition for students with incarcerated parents 
  • ORC 3313.662 – (Brief description) Order excluding pupils from school. 
  • ORC 3313.841 – (Brief description) Sharing of services. 
  • ORC 3313.90 – (Brief description) Vocational Education Programs 
  • ORC 3313.92 – (Brief description) Joint School Building Projects 
  • ORC 3313.98 – Interdistrict Open Enrollment  
  • ORC 3313.981 – Interdistrict Open enrollment calculations for funding 
  • ORC 3313.982 – (Brief description) Restricting admission to school. 
  • ORC 3313.983 – (Brief description) JVS to adopt policy for enrollment. 
  • ORC 3313.02 – (Brief description) Membership of City Boards 
  • ORC 3317.02 – (Brief description) Foundation Program 
  • ORC 3317.022 – (Brief description) Distribution of State Funds to Schools 
  • ORC 3317.03 – (Brief description) Certification of ADM 
  • ORC 3317.08 – (Brief description) Tuition for nonresident students 
  • ORC 3323.01 – Special Education Definitions and Tuition 
  • ORC 3327 et seq. – Pupil Transportation 

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