Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3317.0213
(A) The department of education shall compute and pay in accordance with this section additional state aid for preschool special education children to each city, local, and exempted village school district and to each institution, as defined in section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. Funding shall be provided for children who are not enrolled in kindergarten and who are under age six on the thirtieth day of September of the academic year, or on the first day of August of the academic year if the school district in which the child is enrolled has adopted a resolution under division (A)(3) of section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, but not less than age three on the first day of December of the academic year. The additional state aid shall be calculated under the following formula: ($4,000 X the number of preschool special education children) + the sum of the following: