Program Funding for 2007-08

Secondary Funding: Download the EMIS Worksheet for 2007-08, complete and give it to your EMIS corrdinator by Friday, October 6, 2006.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Career-Technical funding

EMIS Coding for 8th Grade Agriculture classes: If you teach exploratory agriculture to 8th grade students, you should download this reference and share it with your local EMIS coordinator.

Career-Technical Education Weighted Funds Calulations and funding information . These funds must have been spent or encumbered by June 30 of the selected fiscal year.  Please refer to the State Auditor's Bulletin 2000-016 dated December 11, 2000 for acceptable Career-Tech expenditures. The official Rule 3301-61-16 in the Ohio Administrative Code can be found at the bottom of this Webpage.

Calculate your own funding. By using this worksheet, you can calculate your program's funding, determine how changing the length of your classes or increases/decreases in enrollment effects the CTAE Weighted Funds earned by your program.

Area Coordinator Offices for ODE's Center for School Finance and Accountablity. School finance experts who can answer questions about spending local CTAE dollars.

Adult Funding: To report your adult education classes, access the Adult Workforce Education site

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RULE PASSED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
3301-61-16 Use Of Career-Technical Education Additional Weighted Cost Funds And Career-Technical Associated Services Funds

A.    Career-Technical Education additional weighted cost funds and Career-Technical Education associated services costs, as set forth in Revised Code section 3317.014 and 3317.022, shall only be expended on
career-technical programs and services.

B.   Career-Technical Education additional weighted cost funds shall only be expended on costs associated with the delivery of career-technical programming to career-technical students for which the school district provides enrollment, performance and fiscal data to the state department of education.

1.    No more than twenty-five percent of such funds may be used for
personnel expenditures.

2.    At least seventy-five percent of such funds must be spent on
curriculum development, purchase and implementation; instructional resources
and supplies; industry-based program certification; student assessment,
credentialing and placement; curriculum specific equipment purchases and
leases; career-technical student organization fees and expenses; home and
agency linkages; work-based learning experiences; professional development;
and other costs directly associated with Career-Technical Education programs
including development of new programs (e.g. research, communication).

3.    Costs associated with career-technical extended programming, including
personnel expenditures, are allowable. Extended programming is defined as
instruction beyond the regular school year, that is based on locally
approved courses of study and provides graduation credit to enrolled
career-technical students.