(A) Any eligible student may apply for admission to a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter in a grade level offered by the school that is appropriate for the student and shall be admitted to the school in that grade level to the extent the student’s admission is within the capacity of the school as established by the school’s board of trustees, subject to division (B) of this section. If more eligible students apply for admission than the number of students permitted by the capacity established by the board of trustees, admission shall be by lot.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3328.21

  • Board of trustees: means the board of trustees established for a college-preparatory boarding school in accordance with section 3328. See Ohio Code 3328.01
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Eligible student: means a student who is entitled to attend school in a participating school district; is at risk of academic failure; is from a family whose income is below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in section 5101. See Ohio Code 3328.01
  • Population: means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. See Ohio Code 1.59

(B) In the first year of operation, each school established under this chapter shall offer only grade six and shall not admit more than eighty students to the school. In each subsequent year of operation, the school may add additional grade levels as specified in the contract under section 3328.12 of the Revised Code, but at no time shall the school’s total student population exceed four hundred students.