It's wild they have no recourse, that Huber Heights can just come take land.
I wonder if the new school Bethel just built was thinking about additional students. Same thoughts I have about Miami East when I think about all of that new building on the North side of Troy. Can they handle the influx of students? They're kind of bursting at the seems as is...
That is the way the state laws are written - they are definitely written in favor of the municipalities for sure. Can Bethel handle the additional students? That is hard to say. If you haven't been down State Route 201 in Bethel Township in a while, you would be amazed by how big Bethel School currently is and the reports are they are already busting at the seems; from what I understand it is one of the 10 fastest growing school districts in the entire state.
A not-so-distant future topic of this newsletter will be talking about the current Type 2 annexation laws and some resonable fixes that should at least be considered by state representatives and state senators to reform the annexation laws currently on the books.
What I have difficulty understanding is why school district lines cannot be changed to allow for annexation. Clearly this is a dual pronged issue that needs fixing!
Ok, I had to look this up. It's not the state board of education that handles this, its the Educational Service Center. I assume it would have to be an agreement between Miami County ESC (David Larson is the Superintendent) and the Montgomery County ESC (Sharon Cox is that superintendent).
A governing board of an educational service center may propose, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its full membership, or qualified electors of the area affected equal in number to at least fifty-five per cent of the qualified electors voting at the last general election residing within that portion of a school district, or districts proposed to be transferred may propose, by petition, the transfer of a part or all of one or more local school districts to another local school district or districts within the territory of the educational service center. Such transfers may be made only to local school districts adjoining the school district that is proposed to be transferred, unless the board of education of the district proposed to be transferred has entered into an agreement pursuant to section 3313.42 of the Revised Code, in which case such transfers may be made to any local school district within the territory of the educational service center.
You are on the right track, but this isn't the right ORC section. Educational Service Centers are designed to help provide services between local school districts and the laws allow ESCs to mediate this district lines between local school districts. However, Huber Heights is not a local school district, it's a city school district. From what I understand, any attempts to change boundaries between a local school district and a city school district has to be done by the State Board of Education.
I don't know a heck of a lot about school law, but there are four types of school districts in Ohio; local school districts, exempted village school districts, city school districts and joint vocational school districts. Each type of school district has different responsibilites and services it must provide services. ESCs exist to help fill those gaps by providing services most common to larger school district to the smaller local school districts.
The school district lines can only be changed through an action of the State Board of Education and I don't think it has been a process that has succesfully been implemented in years.
It's wild they have no recourse, that Huber Heights can just come take land.
I wonder if the new school Bethel just built was thinking about additional students. Same thoughts I have about Miami East when I think about all of that new building on the North side of Troy. Can they handle the influx of students? They're kind of bursting at the seems as is...
That is the way the state laws are written - they are definitely written in favor of the municipalities for sure. Can Bethel handle the additional students? That is hard to say. If you haven't been down State Route 201 in Bethel Township in a while, you would be amazed by how big Bethel School currently is and the reports are they are already busting at the seems; from what I understand it is one of the 10 fastest growing school districts in the entire state.
Is there a "call to action" that can be asked of residence? Write or call state representatives maybe?
A not-so-distant future topic of this newsletter will be talking about the current Type 2 annexation laws and some resonable fixes that should at least be considered by state representatives and state senators to reform the annexation laws currently on the books.
Oh awesome! I work for Leib, so you know I need action items to follow through on :D
I hope he is doing well! He is quite the dyanmic leader!
He is! I've learned an incredible amount from him, I'm grateful. <3 Today is his birthday!
What I have difficulty understanding is why school district lines cannot be changed to allow for annexation. Clearly this is a dual pronged issue that needs fixing!
Ok, I had to look this up. It's not the state board of education that handles this, its the Educational Service Center. I assume it would have to be an agreement between Miami County ESC (David Larson is the Superintendent) and the Montgomery County ESC (Sharon Cox is that superintendent).
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3311.22#:~:text=A%20governing%20board%20of%20an,that%20portion%20of%20a%20school
A governing board of an educational service center may propose, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its full membership, or qualified electors of the area affected equal in number to at least fifty-five per cent of the qualified electors voting at the last general election residing within that portion of a school district, or districts proposed to be transferred may propose, by petition, the transfer of a part or all of one or more local school districts to another local school district or districts within the territory of the educational service center. Such transfers may be made only to local school districts adjoining the school district that is proposed to be transferred, unless the board of education of the district proposed to be transferred has entered into an agreement pursuant to section 3313.42 of the Revised Code, in which case such transfers may be made to any local school district within the territory of the educational service center.
You are on the right track, but this isn't the right ORC section. Educational Service Centers are designed to help provide services between local school districts and the laws allow ESCs to mediate this district lines between local school districts. However, Huber Heights is not a local school district, it's a city school district. From what I understand, any attempts to change boundaries between a local school district and a city school district has to be done by the State Board of Education.
I don't know a heck of a lot about school law, but there are four types of school districts in Ohio; local school districts, exempted village school districts, city school districts and joint vocational school districts. Each type of school district has different responsibilites and services it must provide services. ESCs exist to help fill those gaps by providing services most common to larger school district to the smaller local school districts.
The school district lines can only be changed through an action of the State Board of Education and I don't think it has been a process that has succesfully been implemented in years.
Thank you for sharing this!