Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement
126 th General Assembly of Ohio
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LOCAL IMPACT
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STATE FUND |
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FY 2007 |
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General Revenue Fund –
State Institutions of Higher Education |
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Revenues |
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Expenditures |
Potential shifting of
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Note: The state fiscal year is July 1 through June
30. For example, FY 2006 is July 1,
2005 – June 30, 2006.
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The
bill requires institutions of higher education providing teacher preparation
programs to align their curricula with the state academic content standards and
minimum standards for primary and secondary schools by July 1, 2006. It also requires institutions of higher
education providing teacher preparation programs to align their curricula with
the value-added progress dimension within 180 days after the Department of
Education implements the value-added progress dimension.
· Some state institutions of higher education may have to do some shifting of their existing resources or incur minimal, one-time costs to align their curricula with the state academic content standards, the minimum standards for primary and secondary schools, and the value-added progress dimension. The shifting of existing resources or minimal one-time cost increase is likely to occur during the period from FY 2006 to mid-FY 2008. The bill states that each state institution of higher education must allocate funds from its existing appropriations to pay any cost of making the curricular changes required under the bill.
· The bill earmarks $247,000 in each fiscal year of GRF appropriation item 200-421, Alternative Education Programs, to be used to contract with the Center for Learning Excellence at The Ohio State University to provide technical support and evaluation of alternative education programs and reduces the earmark of the same item for rural and suburban school district alternative education grants by the same amount.
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No
direct fiscal effect on political subdivisions.
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Teacher Preparation Program Curriculum Alignment
The bill requires the State
Board of Education to adopt standards for teacher preparation programs that
require the curricula of those programs to be aligned with the state academic
content standards and minimum standards for primary and secondary schools and
with the value-added dimension being developed by the Department of
Education. First, the bill specifies
that the curricula of teacher preparation programs be aligned with the state
academic content standards and minimum standards for elementary and secondary
schools by July 1, 2006. Second, the
bill requires institutions of higher education providing teacher preparation
programs to align their curricula with the value-added progress dimension (a
system for measuring student achievement over time) within 180 days after the
Department of Education implements the value-added progress dimension. Current law requires the Department to
develop and implement the value-added progress dimension no earlier than July
1, 2005, but no later than July 1, 2007.
Therefore, any changes that need to be made by state institutions of
higher education in order to meet these two requirements would likely occur
during the period from FY 2006 to mid-FY 2008.
Some state institutions of
higher education may have to do some shifting of their existing resources or
incur minimal, one-time costs to align their curricula with the state academic
content standards, the minimum standards for primary and secondary schools, and
the value-added progress dimension. The
shifting of existing resources or the minimal one-time cost increase is likely
to occur during the period from FY 2006 to mid-FY 2008. The bill states that each state institution
of higher education must allocate funds from its existing appropriations to pay
any cost of making the curricular changes required under the bill.
Alternative Education
Programs
The bill earmarks $247,000
in each fiscal year of GRF appropriation item 200-421, Alternative Education
Programs, to be used to contract with the Center for Learning Excellence at the
Ohio State University to provide technical support and evaluation of
alternative education programs and reduces the earmark of the same item for
rural and suburban school district alternative education grants by the same
amount.
LSC fiscal staff: Ronnie Romito, Budget Analyst