(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Base per pupil amount" has the same meaning as in section 3317.0219 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Eligible school district" has the same meaning as in division (C)(1) of section 3317.0219 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Resident district" means the city, local, or exempted village school district in which a student is entitled to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.

(B) Subject to division (D) of this section, for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the department of education shall calculate and pay to each joint vocational school district student wellness and success funds, on a full-time equivalency basis, for each student enrolled in the district in the immediately preceding fiscal year in an amount equal to the following: (The base per pupil amount of the student's resident district for that fiscal year the scaled amount of the student's resident district, if any, computed under division (B)(4) of section 3317.0219 of the Revised Code) However, each joint vocational school district shall receive a minimum payment of $25,000, for fiscal year 2020, or $36,000 for fiscal year 2021.

(C) Subject to division (D) of this section, for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the department shall pay to each joint vocational school district student wellness and success enhancement funds, on a full-time equivalency basis, for each student enrolled in the district in the immediately preceding fiscal year whose resident district is an eligible school district, in an amount equal to the following:

The amount paid to the student's resident district under division (C)(2) of section 3317.0219 of the Revised Code for that fiscal year / the enrolled ADM of the student's resident district for the immediately preceding fiscal year

(D) The department shall pay funds under divisions (B) and (C) of this section as follows:

(1) One-half of the amount shall be paid not later than the thirty-first day of October of the fiscal year for which the payment is calculated.

(2) One-half of the amount shall be paid not later than the twenty-eighth day of February of the fiscal year for which the payment is calculated.

Upon making a payment for a fiscal year under this section, the department shall not make any reconciliations or adjustments to that payment.

(E) A joint vocational school district that receives a payment under this section shall comply with section 3317.26 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 166, §101.01, eff. 10/17/2019.