Aspectos metodológicos en el diseño de cuestionarios de afrontamiento

contracting with a nongovernmental agency whose board includes a county commissioner of any of the counties served by the board.

Same as the House.

Fiscal effect: None. Fiscal effect: Same as the House.

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Executive As Passed by the House

Department of Developmental Disabilities

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

Fiscal year 2015 Medicaid rates for ICFs/IID DDDCD20

610.20, 610.21;

Amends Section 259.210 of H.B. 59

Sections:

No provision. No provision. Revises the law governing the maximum cost per case-mix unit that is used in determining the fiscal year 2015

Medicaid payment rates for intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs/IID) by: (1) No provision. (1) No provision. (1) Requiring the ODODD Director, jointly with certain

entities, to determine the amount of the maximum cost per case-mix unit and

(2) No provision. (2) No provision. (2) Requiring that the amount so determined, to the extent possible, (a) avoid necessitating a rate adjustment due to a $282.77 restriction on the mean total per diem Medicaid payment rate for ICFs/IID and (b) result in payment of direct care costs for the same percentage of Medicaid days for ICFs/IID with more than eight beds as for ICFs/IID with eight or fewer beds as of July 1, 2014, based on May 2014 Medicaid days.

Fiscal effect: Potential rate increase to ICFs/IID if the maximum costs per case-mix unit determined by the ODODD Director and certain entities are higher than $114.37 for ICFs/IID in peer group 1, or $109.09 for ICFs/IID in peer group 2.

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Executive As Passed by the House

Department of Education

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

School Funding

Career technical education - apprenticeship program EDUCD3

3313.90, 3313.91, 3317.162

R.C.

Permits the lead district of a career-technical planning district offering a pre-apprenticeship program to enter into an

agreement with a private entity to provide students with the opportunity to begin an apprenticeship program prior to graduating from high school.

No provision. No provision.

Specifies that the lead district is eligible to apply to ODE for additional funds to assist with paying for the cost of the apprenticeship program provided by the private entity if its agreement with the private entity specifies both of the following:

(1) A process for students to receive at least one year of credit toward completion of the private entity's apprenticeship program;

(2) The amount that the district will pay the private entity for each student that participates in the private entity's

apprenticeship program.

No provision. No provision.

Specifies that, upon submission of an application for the funds and a copy of the contract with the required provisions, the lead district is eligible to receive, and ODE is required to pay, an additional payment for each FTE student

participating in the private entity's program that is equal to the lesser of (1) the amount specified in the contract or (2) the appropriate career-technical education amount.

No provision. No provision.

Fiscal effect: Potential increase in state funding to school districts offering pre-apprenticeship programs with private entities.

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Executive As Passed by the House

Department of Education

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

Auxiliary Service Funds EDUCD25

3317.06

R.C.

No provision. No provision. Permits auxiliary services funds to be used for emergency communication systems and school entrance security systems in nonpublic schools.

Fiscal effect: None. Other Education Provisions

Conditional waiver from achievement assessments, teacher evaluations, and report card ratings for STEM schools and certain innovative school districts EDUCD26

3302.15, 3326.29

R.C.

No provision. No provision. Authorizes STEM schools and eligible school districts to request a waiver from the Superintendent of Public

Instruction for up to five school years from any or all of the following requirements:

No provision. No provision. (1) Administration of the elementary and secondary achievement assessments, in favor of alternative

assessments as proposed in the request for the waiver and as approved by the state Superintendent.

No provision. No provision. (2) Teacher evaluations.

No provision. No provision. (3) Reporting of student achievement data for the purpose of the report card ratings.

No provision. No provision. Specifies, for purposes of this provision, an eligible school district is one that is a member of the Ohio Innovation Lab Network.

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Department of Education

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

No provision. No provision. Specifies that a STEM school is presumptively eligible to request a waiver.

No provision. No provision. Stipulates a number of requirements for the waiver application.

No provision. No provision. Prohibits the state Superintendent from granting a waiver to more than ten school districts.

No provision. No provision. Specifies that a waiver granted to a school district or STEM school is contingent on an ongoing review and evaluation by the state Superintendent.

No provision. No provision. Requires the state Superintendent to approve or deny a request for a waiver or request additional information within 30 days after receiving a request.

No provision. No provision. Requires ODE to seek a waiver from the testing

requirements prescribed under the federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," and to create a mechanism for the comparison of the proposed alternative assessments and the state assessments as it relates to the evaluation of teachers and student achievement data for the purpose of state report card rating.

Fiscal effect: The development and ongoing administration of this waiver program will have an additional administrative burden on participating schools and ODE. ODE could see an increase or decrease in the costs to administer state achievement assessments depending on the choices made by schools. If ODE is not able to obtain a waiver under federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" then schools participating in this waiver program may see a reduction in federal funding.

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Executive As Passed by the House

Department of Education

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

Eligibility for GED tests EDUCD19

3313.617

R.C.

No provision. Specifies that a person who is at least 18 years old (rather than 19 as under current law) may take the tests of general educational development (GED) without additional

administrative requirements if the person is officially withdrawn from high school and has not received a high school diploma.

No provision.

No provision. Requires a person who is at least 16 but less than 18 years old and who applies to take the GED to submit to ODE written approval only from the person's parent or guardian or a court official (eliminating the current requirement to obtain approval from the school district superintendent or

community school or STEM school principal where the person was last enrolled).

No provision.

Fiscal effect: Minimal.

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Executive As Passed by the House

Department of Education

As Passed by the Senate

H. B. 483

Adult Career Opportunity Pilot Program EDUCD23

3313.902

R.C. _{R.C. 3313.902}