The Ohio House鈥檚 Education Committee will consider a bill in the new year to clear-up the state鈥檚 definition of a full-time equivalent student. The bill comes as the Ohio Supreme Court continues to consider .
The , or ECOT, filed an appeal with the court earlier this year after the state tried to recoup some of the school鈥檚 allotted funding. it overpaid ECOT for the schooling of 9,000 more children than it could document.
Education and Career Readiness Committee Chair says that鈥檚 why his committee will look at a bill to clearly define a full-time equivalent student.
鈥淚 think had there been a proper definition, there wouldn鈥檛 have been a lawsuit filed.
Brenner says confusion over how student hours are documented isn鈥檛 just a problem for online charters like ECOT, but traditional public schools because they also offer some online classes for their students.