OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
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H.B. 583 Final Analysis
134th General Assembly
Click here for H.B. 583’s Fiscal Note
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Bird and Jones
Effective date: September 23, 2022; appropriations effective June 24, 2022
Effective Date:
Dylan McDonough, Attorney
Mike Niemi, Research Analyst
SUMMARY
Substitute teachers
 Extends to the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, the authorization for public or
chartered nonpublic schools to employ substitute teachers according to their own
education requirements.
 Establishes the Substitute Teacher Shortages Study Committee to examine the
substitute teacher shortage and consider ways to address its causes.
School financing system
 Makes technical and corrective changes to the school financing system.
State scholarship and educational savings programs
Ed Choice Scholarship Program
Correction payments
 Permits a chartered nonpublic school, through December 22, 2022 (90 days after the
act’s effective date), to request the Department of Education to review for errors any Ed
Choice scholarship payments made for students attending that school during the
2020-2021 school year.
 Requires the Department, if it finds that scholarship payments for a student were less
than they should have been based on the student’s attendance, to pay the school the
balance.
Ed Choice Expansion scholarships
 Eliminates the progressive proration of an Ed Choice Expansion scholarship amount, and
the disqualification of a scholarship recipient to renew that scholarship, based on a
rising family income.
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 Qualifies for an Ed Choice Expansion scholarship any student whose sibling received
such a scholarship for either the school year for which the student is seeking a
scholarship or the prior school year.
Private school participation in Cleveland Scholarship Program
 Qualifies a private elementary school located outside Cleveland to enroll students
receiving scholarships under the Pilot Project (Cleveland) Scholarship Program if the
school meets certain conditions.
Rollover of ACE Education Savings Account funds
 Requires that, if a parent or guardian had an Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE)
educational savings account (ESA) established for FY 2022, any funds disbursed for
FY 2023 must be credited and disbursed to that account.
 Requires any funds in an ACE ESA at the end of a fiscal year to remain in that account for
the next fiscal year, until the full amount in the account is spent or the student
graduates from high school.
 Extends the Department’s authority to pay the program’s vendor up to 3% of the
amount appropriated for a fiscal year from only FY 2022 and FY 2023 to each fiscal year
in which the program operates.
Community schools
Quality Community Schools Support Program
 Specifies that a community school first designated as a Community School of Quality for
the 2019-2020 school year for the Quality Community Schools Support Program
maintains that designation through the 2022-2023 school year.
Funding for new remote learning community schools
 Qualifies for state funding for the 2021-2022 school year a newly opened remote
learning community school that meets prescribed requirements.
Rating for sponsor that succeeded University of Toledo
 Requires the Department to consider the Ohio Council of Community Schools to have
received the same sponsor rating as the University of Toledo for the 2016-2017 school
year.
Sponsor ratings for 2021-2022 school year
 Establishes a safe harbor from penalties and sanctions for community school sponsors
based on sponsor ratings issued for the 2021-2022 school year.
 Requires that a sponsor’s overall rating for the 2021-2022 school year be either the
rating the sponsor received for the 2018-2019 school year or the rating calculated using
data from the 2021-2022 school year, whichever is higher.
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Low-performing community school sponsorship changes
 Permits a low-performing community school, for the 2022-2023 school year only, to
enter into a contract with a new sponsor without regard to the sponsor’s ratings or the
Department’s approval.
Sponsor evaluations
 Prohibits the Department, under the community school sponsor evaluation system,
from assigning an overall rating of “ineffective” or lower to a sponsor solely because the
sponsor received no points on one of the components of that evaluation.
Tutoring and remedial education program
 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and administer a program
to provide tutoring and remedial education services to students in participating public
and chartered nonpublic schools.
 Specifies that a participating tutor may be either a retired teacher or substitute teacher
or an individual who meets eligibility standards established by the state Superintendent.
 Requires the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Central Ohio, as the “Coordinating
Service Center,” to employ, or engage as volunteers, tutors and, with other participating
ESCs, coordinate placement of tutors in participating schools.
 Includes employed tutors registered under the act in the State Teachers Retirement
System and excludes them from the School Employees Retirement System.
 Requires the Department to serve as a fiscal agent for the program, to provide for
administrative, implementation, and training costs, to provide technical assistance to
the Coordinating Service Center, and to issue prescribed reports.
 Appropriates $2.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds for the program in
FY 2022, and reappropriates the unexpended, unencumbered balance for FY 2023.
List of high-quality tutoring programs
 Requires the Department, by October 1, 2022, to compile and post on its website a list
of high-quality tutoring programs provided by public and private entities.
Career-technical tax credit administration
 Permits the Department to request a student’s data verification code for the purpose of
awarding tax credits under continuing law to employers who provide work-based
learning experiences for career-technical students.
Dyslexia screening and intervention
 Delays from the 2022-2023 school year to 2023-2024 the requirement for annual tier
one dyslexia screenings of students in grades K-6, but expressly permits a district or
school administer the screening prior to that school year.
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 Makes other changes regarding dyslexia screening and intervention for K-6 students.
Alternative resident educator licenses
 Until July 1, 2028, prohibits the State Board of Education and the Department from
limiting the subject areas in which an individual may receive an alternative resident
educator license.
Ohio School Safety Month
 Designates October as “Ohio School Safety Month.”
Prelicensure education programs for licensed practical nurses
 Until February 1, 2028, authorizes a prelicensure education program for licensed
practical nurses to use as a member of its faculty any individual who holds a
baccalaureate degree in nursing or will receive one within 12 months of the date the
program first uses the individual as a faculty member.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Substitute teachers ......................................................................................................................... 5
Educational requirements ........................................................................................................... 5
Legislative study committee ....................................................................................................... 5
School financing system – technical and corrective changes ......................................................... 6
Ed Choice Scholarship Program ...................................................................................................... 8
Correction payments ................................................................................................................... 8
Eliminate Ed Choice Expansion proration ................................................................................... 9
Ed Choice Expansion for siblings ................................................................................................. 9
Private school participation in Cleveland Scholarship Program ..................................................... 9
Rollover of ACE Education Savings Account funds ....................................................................... 10
Community schools....................................................................................................................... 10
Quality Community Schools Support Program ......................................................................... 10
Funding for certain new remote learning community schools ................................................. 11
Rating for sponsor that succeeded University of Toledo .......................................................... 11
Sponsor ratings for 2021-2022 school year .............................................................................. 12
Low-performing community school sponsorship changes ....................................................... 12
Sponsor evaluations .................................................................................................................. 12
Tutoring and remedial education program .................................................................................. 13
Tutors ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Eligibility and application...................................................................................................... 13
Registration .......................................................................................................................... 13
Training ................................................................................................................................. 14
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Compensation....................................................................................................................... 14
State Teachers Retirement System membership ................................................................. 14
Participating schools ................................................................................................................. 15
Other ESCs ................................................................................................................................. 15
Department responsibilities ...................................................................................................... 16
Reports ................................................................................................................................. 16
Appropriation ............................................................................................................................ 16
List of high-quality tutoring programs .......................................................................................... 16
Career-technical tax credit administration ................................................................................... 17
Dyslexia screening and intervention ............................................................................................. 17
Alternative resident educator licenses ......................................................................................... 18
Ohio School Safety Month ............................................................................................................ 18
Prelicensure education programs for licensed practical nurses................................................... 18
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Substitute teachers
Educational requirements
The act extends to the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years a temporary provision of
S.B. 1 of the 134th General Assembly that provides flexibility regarding the educational
requirements to be a substitute teacher. Under the provision, a school district, community
school, STEM school, chartered nonpublic school, educational service center (ESC), or regional
council of governments consisting of one or more ESCs may employ an individual as a substitute
teacher if the individual:
1. Meets the district’s or school’s own education requirements;
2. Is deemed to be of good moral character; and
3. Successfully completes a criminal records check.
The State Board of Education must issue a nonrenewable temporary substitute teaching
license to an individual who meets those requirements, even if the individual does not hold a
post-secondary degree.1
Legislative study committee
The act establishes in the General Assembly the Substitute Teacher Shortages Study
Committee to examine the shortage of substitute teachers and consider ways to address its
causes. The committee also must review the temporary substitute licensing provisions
1 Section 4 of S.B. 1 of the 134th General Assembly, amended in Sections 7 and 8.
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prescribed in H.B. 409 of the 133rd General Assembly and S.B. 1 of the 134th General Assembly.
It must produce a report of its findings by December 31, 2022.
The study committee is comprised of three members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker and three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate President.
Of the three members from each chamber, two must be from the majority party and one from
the minority party. The Speaker and the Senate President must consult with the minority leader
of their respective chambers in appointing the minority party members.2
School financing system – technical and corrective changes
The act makes a number of technical and corrective changes to the school financing
system established by H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly. The act:
1. Eliminates a redundant statutory requirement that each school district use the
Education Management Information System (EMIS) to submit annual reports regarding
disadvantaged pupil impact aid (DPIA) spending for FY 2022 and FY 2023.3
2. Eliminates the codified requirement that each school district use EMIS to report the
average number of community, STEM, and nonpublic school students riding on school
buses for FY 2022 and FY 2023 and, instead, requires in uncodified law that similar data
be reported in a manner determined by the Department of Education.4
3. Requires that any funds remaining after a community school permanently closes be paid
to the Department and deposited in the General Revenue Fund.5
4. Changes the definitions of educator salary data used to calculate certain elements of the
base cost from “the most recent fiscal year for which data is available” to FY 2018 data,
to conform with the language used in other base cost calculations.6
5. Requires that a student’s English Learner category for funding purposes be determined
using the state standardized identification process and the student’s score on the
English language proficiency assessments, rather than the English language arts
achievement assessments as under former law.7
6. Requires that a city, local, or exempted village school district’s state share percentage
be computed by subtracting the district’s per pupil local capacity amount from t