1	Ohio Regional Educational Delivery System Andrew Tompkins, CTO MCOECN
2	Origin of this Issue Initial concerns raised during: Governor’s Commission on Teaching Success CELT Study Both of these pointed to deficiencies in Ohio’s “system” 150+ RSC’s with a lot of overlap, limited cooperation, no state-wide coordination
3	OREDS Ohio Regional Education Delivery System HB 95 – budget bill for FY 04-05 Directed ODE to devise a plan to realign regional service providers Plan presented to Legislature on March 30^th
4	HB 95 and OREDS Department had to make recommendation by March 31,2004 Had to get input from stakeholders Plan must address provide minimum core services and technical assistance System Must provide state-funded core services currently provided by RSA’s Provide same support to Charter Schools
5	HB 95 and OREDS Limited to 19 regions Regions must be geographically distributed across the state Regional fiscal agent selected by majority vote of schools in region Fiscal agent approved by ODE
6	OREDS Plan – Regions ODE initially recommended 10-12 regions Lower cost (to ODE) “Manageable” number Can have multiple service delivery points in each region Finally settled on 19 Regions
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8	OREDS Plan – Governance Recommending a local General Assembly Initially comprised of local superintendents 10% Community school representation GA picks administrator, fiscal agent, develops regional structure
9	OREDS Plan – Governance Recommending a statewide “Coordinating Council” CC made up of the administrator of each region CC will Create standards Coordinate between regions Communicate with ODE
10	OREDS Plan – Transition Transition dependent on legislative action School Improvement, RPDC, SERRC, Ed Tech, and AMC all transition within two years DA Sites work with CC to plan the transition, ending date targeted for 2010 ESC’s remain intact, coordinate with RSC for services
11	OREDS Plan – Core Services Statewide Coordinating Council will work with ODE to define core services Each RSC will determine how to deliver core services RSC can create additional services
12	OREDS Bones of Contention ESC Superintendents on the Governing Boards $ 6.50 for ESC’s DA Site Timeframe for Transition Number of Regions Map
13	OREDS Plan – Funding Plan does not anticipate any additional funding Plan calls for RSC funding out of existing set asides (RPDC, SIF, DA Site funding) Anticipates cost savings from reduced overhead
14	OREDS vs. Legislative Reality Goal to move this through legislature this term, but there are issues such as: Term limits Election year Presidential election year All Ohio House seats 50% of Ohio Senate seats Economy and budget
15	Report to Senate Education Committee on March 30th Sen. Robert Gardner (chair) is very interested in seeing this through Sen. Harris expressed need to reduce statewide costs Sen. Fedor expressed concerns about lack of teacher participation
16	Report to the House Committee on April 20^th House was not as receptive as the Senate Asked a lot of questions: Parental and community participation Costs Impact on Districts for reporting and special needs Core services
17	Legislative Activity Senator Robert Gardner introduced SB232 on April 21^st. Held first hearing yesterday (April 27^th) for sponsor and ODE testimony Slated for Senate Education Subcommittee hearings on May 4^th and May 11^th Possible vote out of committee on May 11^th
18	OREDS – What’s Next? Bill moving in Senate, but not as fast in the House ODE – More regional meetings, beginning to draft rules May and June will be interesting…
19	Thank You Questions and Comments