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1) Cost of background checks for volunteers and employees (HB 1 did reduce the number of BCI checks) 2) Cost of sunshine law meeting notices 3) Cost of professional extended service 4) Screening and identification of gifted students requirement 5) Post secondary enrollment option costs 6) Extracurricular activity costs (in particular related to non-enrolled students) 7) Immunization and record-keeping requirements 8) Increased (and extensive) costs for state audits 9) Growth freeze in local taxes by reduction factors 10) EMIS (Educational Management Information System) costs, including scheduled EMIS Redesign 11) Materials required for new curriculum models for achievement testing 12) Identification and notification of missing children 13) Required training of staff for prevention of child abuse, of substance abuse, and of violence and for positive youth development (ORC 3319.073) 14) STRS service credit purchase for leaves of absence 15) Requirement that parents be notified if a student is absent 16) Annual verification of student’s residency 17) Kindergarten and first grade screening 18) Free breakfast/lunch program requirements 19) Financial penalty for violating pupil-teacher ratio 20) Tuition for students in DYS or other “court assigned” special facilities 21) Increased cost for ESC facilities and other program excess costs 22) Expansion of required ORC 3319.073 to grades 7-12 23) Increased county auditor/ treasurer fees 24) School bus driver annual physical exams 25) Increased costs of instructional materials (required to provide “free” to students eligible for free lunches) – particularly an issue for career-technical centers 26) Underground storage tank corrective action programs 27) Universal handicapped access to all buildings (many buildings are very old and this cost is extensive if not impossible) 28) Well water testing and certified operator expenses 29) Boiler inspection fees (increased) 30) Cost for representation fees for collective bargaining process 31) State Worker’s Compensation fund increased costs 32) Increased costs of unemployment compensation (particularly for classified staff) 33) Loss of personal tangible valuation with no permanent measurable replacement 34) Cost of conversion of financial reports to state mandated GAAP 35) Local cost of the entry year and mentoring programs 36) Medicare coverage for school employees 37) Asbestos inspection, reporting, containment and removal costs 38) Grant application writing, reporting, and administering costs 39) Lead contamination control act requirements 40) Bus Driver Alcohol/Drug Testing requirements 41) Nonpublic and community school transportation
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43) Local share of special education costs (need for updated cost study and 100% funding) 44) Costs of unreimbursed instructional materials 45) Local cost of Limited English Learners (i.e., English as a Second Language) 46) School Employees Retirement System surcharge (for retiree health care) 47) School breakfast programs 48) Set-asides within the General Fund 49) Radon inspection and abatement 50) Increase in election expense 51) Local share of community school costs 52) Playground inspections 53) Master teacher program 54) Local professional development committees 55) Extensive steps on teacher salary schedule 56) Local cost of units funded by state minimum salary schedules (Early Childhood Education units for children with disabilities) 57) Sick leave 58) Calamity days
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60) NCLB 61) Addition of dating violence prevention training to ORC 3319.073 training requirements 62) Training that is required of all coaches @$55.00 with a trainer and $65.00 per person on line 63) Complying with Public Records 64) Financial Literacy requirement 65) Summer School requirements 66) Teachers in grades 7/8 who had to take additional classes to become highly qualified after teaching in those grades for years 67) Addition of prevention of dating violence to health curriculum TPA Revised by BASA Legislative Committee on 12/16/08 Revised by TPA on 12-16-09 |
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