SB67 Summary

• Establishes college-preparatory boarding schools operated by private nonprofit corporations as public schools for at-risk students in grades 5-12, targeting eligible students from low-income families who meet specific academic or social risk criteria.

• Creates regulatory framework including state board of education oversight, charter requirements, performance standards, board of trustees governance (with five governor-appointed members), and employment/labor relations rules for school employees.

• Provides funding mechanism by deducting 85% of participating school districts' per-pupil operating expenditures plus a $25,000 per-pupil boarding amount (adjusted annually for inflation) from districts losing eligible students to the schools.

• Requires compliance with state standards including Ohio's college-preparatory curriculum requirements, special education provisions, assessment requirements, background checks for contractors, and mandatory reporting of employee misconduct to the superintendent of public instruction.

• Allows employee organization and collective bargaining under Chapter 4117 and amends labor law definitions to recognize college-preparatory boarding schools and their operators as public employers.