Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.077 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.077
§ 3319.077. Teacher professional development in dyslexia
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Dyslexia" has the same meaning as in section 3323.25 of the Revised Code. (2) "Ohio dyslexia committee" means the committee established under section 3325.25 of the Revised Code. (3) "Special education" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Teacher" does not include any teacher who provides instruction in fine arts, music, or physical education. (B)(1) The department of education and workforce, in collaboration with the Ohio dyslexia committee, shall maintain a list of training that fulfills the professional development requirements prescribed in division (C) of this section. The list may consist of online or classroom learning models. (2) Each approved training shall align with the guidebook developed under section 3323.25 of the Revised Code, be evidence-based, and require instruction and training for identifying characteristics of dyslexia and understanding the pedagogy for instructing students with dyslexia. (3) The Ohio dyslexia committee shall prescribe a total number of clock hours of instruction in training approved under this section for a teacher to complete to satisfy the professional development requirements prescribed in division (C) of this section. The Ohio dyslexia committee shall prescribe a total number of clock hours that is not less than six clock hours and not more than eighteen clock hours. (C)(1) Division (C)(1) of this section applies to any teacher who was employed by a local, city, or exempted village school district on April 12, 2021, and is still employed by that district on the dates specified under division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section as follows: (a) Not later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, each district teacher employed by a local, city, or exempted village school district who provides instruction for students in kindergarten and first grade, including those providing special education instruction, shall complete the number of instructional hours in approved professional development training required by the committee under this section. (b) Not later than September 15, 2024, each district teacher employed by a school district who provides instruction for students in grades two and three, including those providing special education instruction, shall complete the number of instructional hours in approved professional development training required by the committee under this section. (c) Not later than September 15, 2025, each district teacher employed by a school district who provides special education instruction for students in grades four through twelve shall complete a professional development training approved under division (B) of this section. (2) Any teacher hired by a local, city, or exempted village school district after April 12, 2021, who provides instruction for students in any of grades kindergarten through three, including a teacher providing special education instruction, or who provides special education instruction for students in any of grades four through twelve shall complete professional development training in accordance with division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section by the later of two years after the date of hire or the date specified under division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, unless the teacher completed the training while employed by a different district under division (C)(1) of this section. (D) Any professional development training completed by a teacher prior to April 12, 2021, that is then included on the list of training approved under division (B)(1) of this section shall count toward the number of instructional hours in approved professional development training required under division (C) of this section. (E) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a school district from requiring employees who are not subject to this section from completing professional development training approved under division (B) of this section. Last updated August 17, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.905 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.905
§ 3313.905. Ohio code-scholar program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Southern state community college shall establish and maintain the Ohio code-scholar program, a hands-on educational initiative designed for students in grades four through twelve, with an emphasis on experiential learning in computer science, coding, and digital literacy. (B) Southern state community college shall use any funds appropriated by the general assembly for the Ohio-code scholar program for the following purposes: (1) All of the following: (a) Curriculum development and alignment; (b) Teacher training and resource creation; (c) Coordination with K-12 schools statewide; (d) Partnership development with other educational institutions, workforce agencies, and regional employers ; (2) To implement and scale the program statewide, prioritizing outreach to underserved and rural areas, particularly within Ohio's Appalachian region. (3) To provide ongoing institutional support for southern state community college, including all of the following: (a) Operational needs that enhance its educational mission; (b) Technology and infrastructure upgrades; (c) Community outreach; (d) Services that strengthen the college's regional impact in the Appalachian corridor. (C) The director of development shall oversee the allocation and use of these funds. The director of education and workforce may establish guidelines to ensure compliance with this section. (D) Southern state community college shall submit an annual report to the director of education and workforce and the general assembly by the thirtieth day of June that includes all of the following: (1) The number of students and districts served by the Ohio code-scholar program; (2) Progress toward statewide implementation; (3) Regional economic and educational impact; (4) Use of funds for both programmatic and general operational support. Last updated September 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.377 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.377
§ 3309.377. Additional monthly payment where member died prior to 7-1-68
Status: in_force

December 30, 1972 House Bill 377 - 109th General Assembly Each person receiving benefits under section 3309.45 of the Revised Code who became eligible to receive such benefits under section 3309.44 of the Revised Code by virtue of the death of a member prior to July 1, 1968, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the date of such member's death and December 31, 1972, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.99
§ 3333.99. Governing boards of state colleges and universities retain former powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 20, 1963 House Bill 214 - 105th General Assembly Except as expressly provided in Chapter 3333. nothing in such Chapter shall be construed to deprive the governing boards of the state colleges and universities of the duties and powers conferred upon them by law in the government of the institutions under their control. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.08
§ 3377.08. Bonds may be secured by pledge, trust agreement or indenture of mortgage
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly In the discretion of the Ohio higher educational facility commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the commission and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such indenture shall be filed and recorded in accordance with, and shall be governed by, section 1701.66 of the Revised Code. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to: (A) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds are payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The rents charged and other revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof and create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto. (B) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made for the security of any of the bonds until the commission has fully paid the principal of and interest on the bonds, or provision therefor has been made, for the security of which the pledge has been made and the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage has been given; (C) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the commission made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or if a mortgage has been given, the foreclosure of such mortgage, or any combination of the foregoing; (D) The rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual bondholders; (E) Such other provisions as the trustee, the original purchaser of the bonds, and the commission agree upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.146 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.146
§ 3314.146. Civil immunity, decisions not to provide mental health services
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 477 - 132nd General Assembly A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a school employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which a community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. Last updated November 7, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.19
§ 3349.19. Trusteeship to vest in municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the transfer and the acceptance of any estate, property, or funds under section 3349.18 of the Revised Code the municipal corporation and its successors, as trustees, shall become and be perpetually obligated and held to observe and execute such trust in all respects according to any other or further terms agreed upon at the time of such transfer and acceptance. Any court having jurisdiction of the appointment of trustees of such trust for educational purposes, in a proceeding therefor, duly instituted and had, may, with the consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, appoint and constitute such municipal corporation trustee of the estate, property, and funds so transferred to it, and dispense with bond and surety upon the part of the municipal corporation for the performance of such trust, unless that is required by the original terms thereof, and upon the due transfer and acceptance of such trust shall release and fully discharge the trustees so transferring it. Any acceptance by such municipal corporation of any property, funds, rights, trust estate, or trusts given, granted, assigned, or otherwise conveyed or transferred to or bestowed upon such a municipal corporation or to or upon such a university, college, or other educational institution in good faith prior to September 16, 1943, and which are still held and retained by such municipal corporation or institution, shall be valid and binding as to all parties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.016
§ 3327.016. Community and nonpublic school transportation plans
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "eligible student" means a student entitled to transportation services from the city, local, or exempted village school district pursuant to section 3327.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or chartered nonpublic school shall establish the school's start and end times for a particular school year not later than the first day of April prior to that school year. Each community or chartered nonpublic school shall provide such start and end times to each city, local, or exempted village school district that the school expects will be responsible for providing transportation services to eligible students enrolled in the school for that school year. (C) Each city, local, or exempted village school district that receives start and end times as prescribed under division (B) of this section shall use those start and end times to develop a transportation plan, including transportation routes and schedules, for eligible students who enrolled in a community or chartered nonpublic school shall provide such transportation plan to the community or chartered nonpublic school within sixty days after receiving the information described in that division. If a school provides the start and end times to the school district after the first day of April but before the first day of July, the district shall attempt to provide a transportation plan to the school by the first day of August of that school year. For any eligible student who enrolls in a community or chartered nonpublic school after the first day of July prior to that school year, a district shall develop a transportation plan, including transportation routes and schedules, for that student within fourteen business days of receiving a request for transportation services from the student's parent or guardian. Last updated October 12, 2021 at 3:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.64
§ 3310.64. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures necessary to implement sections 3310.51 to 3310.63 of the Revised Code including, but not limited to, procedures for parents to apply for scholarships, standards for registered private providers, and procedures for registration of private providers. The rules also shall specify that intervention services, including virtual services, under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program may be provided by a qualified, credentialed provider, including an educator or substitute teacher licensed by the state board of education, and shall additionally include, but not be limited to, the credentialed professionals listed in division (C) of section 3310.58 of the Revised Code. The rules also shall specify that supervision of a qualified, credentialed provider may be conducted virtually. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.041
§ 3301.041. Audio and video recordings of board of education meetings
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The state board of education shall make available via the internet an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting of the state board conducted on or after the effective date of this section. The state board shall make the audio recording available not later than five business days after the conclusion of each such meeting. The state board shall not make available audio recordings of executive sessions conducted in accordance with division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The state board may contract or consult with the Ohio government telecommunications service, and the Ohio government telecommunications service may provide technical assistance, in implementing and complying with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.081
§ 3326.081. Suspension of employee pending criminal action
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is employed by a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, if the person holds a license, or an offense listed in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, if the person does not hold a license, the chief administrative officer of the school shall suspend that person from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child during the pendency of the criminal action against the person. If the person who is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code is the chief administrative officer of the school, the governing body of the school shall suspend the chief administrative officer from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child. (C) When a person who holds a license is suspended in accordance with this section, the chief administrative officer or governing body that imposed the suspension promptly shall report the person's suspension to the department of education and workforce and to the state board of education. The report shall include the offense for which the person was arrested, summoned, or indicted. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.075 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.075
§ 3309.075. Adoption of election rules - certification of nominating petitions and election results
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement board, after consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 3309.06 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board; (2) Nominating petitions for the elections; (3) Certification of the validity of nominating petitions for the elections; (4) Certification of the results of the elections. (B) The board may contract with the secretary of state or an independent firm to administer the elections, certify the validity of nominating petitions, and certify the results of the elections. The secretary of state and the independent firm shall perform these services in accordance with the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding section 3309.22 of the Revised Code, the board shall provide information necessary for the secretary of state or the independent firm to certify the election. If the board contracts with an independent firm to administer an election, the secretary of state may audit the election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.133 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.133
§ 3333.133. Eligibility and application
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) An individual who meets all of the following requirements may apply for participation in the rural practice incentive program: (1) The individual is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United States, or a permanent resident of the United States. (2) The individual either: (a) Is a student enrolled in the final year of law school; or (b) Has been admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court for less than twelve years and remains in good standing. (3) The individual is not enrolled in the public service loan forgiveness program, 34 C.F.R. 685.219, or the "John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008," 34 U.S.C. 10671 et seq. (B) An application for participation in the rural practice incentive program shall be submitted to the chancellor of higher education on a form that the chancellor shall prescribe. The individual shall submit the following information with an application: (1) The individual's name, permanent address or address at which the individual is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number; (2) The law school the individual is attending or attended, the dates of attendance, and verification of attendance; (3) The individual's employer, as applicable; (4) A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the individual seeks reimbursement under the program; (5) Verification that the individual has been admitted to the practice of law in this state for less than twelve years by the Ohio supreme court and remains in good standing, unless the individual is a student; (6) Verification the individual is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United States, or a permanent resident of the United States. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.85
§ 3333.85. Assignment of course grade; credit
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The grade for a student enrolled in a school operated by a school district or in a community school or STEM school for a course provided through the clearinghouse by another school district, community school, or STEM school shall be assigned by the course provider and shall be transmitted to the student's school district, community school, or STEM school. (B) The district or school enrolling the student shall award the student credit for successful completion of the course. The credit awarded shall be equivalent to any credit that would be granted for successful completion of a similar course offered by the district or school. (C) No district or school shall prohibit or otherwise limit any student's access to or participation in courses offered through the clearinghouse, or refuse to recognize such courses as fulfilling curriculum requirements, including the requirements for a high school diploma under section 3313.603 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.44
§ 3309.44. Designation or qualification of beneficiaries
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 3309.45 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was the subject of the hearing notwithstanding the fact that the final decree of adoption, adjudging the surviving spouse as the adoptive parent, is made subsequent to the member's death. (2) "Parent" is a parent or legally adoptive parent of a deceased member. (3) "Dependent" means a beneficiary who receives one-half of the beneficiary's support from a member during the twelve months prior to the member's death. (4) "Surviving spouse" means an individual who establishes a valid marriage to a member at the time of the member's death by marriage certificate or pursuant to division (F) of this section. (5) "Survivor" means a surviving spouse, child, or parent. (B) Except as provided in division (C)(1) of section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, should a member die before service or commuted service retirement, the member's accumulated contributions and any amounts owed and unpaid to a disability benefit recipient shall be paid to such beneficiaries as the member has designated in writing on a form provided by the school employees retirement board, signed by the member and filed with the board prior to death. The last designation of any beneficiary revokes all previous designations. The member's marriage, divorce, legal dissolution, legal separation, or withdrawal of account, or the birth of the member's child, or the member's adoption of a child, constitutes an automatic revocation of the member's last designation. If a deceased member was also a member of the public employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system, the beneficiary last established among the systems shall be the sole beneficiary in all the systems. If the accumulated contributions of a deceased member are not claimed by a beneficiary, or by the estate of the deceased member, within ten years, they shall be transferred to the guarantee fund and thereafter paid to such beneficiary or to the member's estate upon application to the board. The board shall formulate and adopt rules governing all designations of beneficiaries. (C) Except as provided in division (C)(1) of section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, if a member dies before service or commuted service retirement and is not survived by a designated beneficiary, the following shall qualify, in the following order of precedence, with all attendant rights and privileges, the member's: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children share and share alike; (3) A dependent parent who is age sixty-five or older, if that parent takes survivor benefits under division (B) of section 3309.45 of the Revised Code; (4) Parents, share and share alike; (5) Estate. If a person listed in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of this section is deceased or is not located within one hundred eighty days, the person ceases to qualify for any benefit and the person next in order of precedence shall qualify. (D) Any amount due any person, as an annuitant receiving a monthly service or commuted service retirement allowance or benefit, and unpaid to the annuitant at death, shall be paid to the beneficiary designated in writing on a form provided by the retirement board, signed by the annuitant and filed with the board. If no such designation has been filed, such amount shall be paid, except as otherwise provided in section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, in the following order of precedence to the annuitant's: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children, share and share alike; (3) Parents, share and share alike; (4) Estate. If a person listed in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section is deceased or is not located within one hundred eighty days, the person ceases to qualify for any benefit and the person next in order of precedence shall qualify. For the purpose of this division, an "annuitant" is the last person who received a monthly allowance or benefit pursuant to the plan of payment selected by the retirant or designated by this chapter. (E) Any payment made under this section as determined by the board shall be a full discharge and release to the board from any future claim for payment. (F) If the validity of marriage cannot be established to the satisfaction of the retirement board for the purpose of disbursing any amount due under this section or section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, the retirement board may accept a decision rendered by a court having jurisdiction in the state in which the member was domiciled at the time of death that the relationship constituted a valid marriage at the time of death, or the "spouse" would have the same status as a widow or widower for purposes of sharing in the distribution of the member's intestate personal property. (G) As used in this division, "recipient" means an individual who is receiving or may be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter based on the individual's service to an employer. If the death of a member, a recipient, or any individual who would be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter by virtue of the death of a member or recipient is caused by one of the following beneficiaries, no amount due under this chapter to the beneficiary shall be paid to the beneficiary in the absence of a court order to the contrary filed with the retirement board: (1) A beneficiary who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violation of or complicity in the violation of either of the following: (a) Section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code; (b) An existing or former law of any other state, the United States, or a foreign nation that is substantially equivalent to section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code; (2) A beneficiary who is indicted for a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (G)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and is adjudicated incompetent to stand trial; (3) A beneficiary who is a juvenile found to be a delinquent child by reason of committing an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (G)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.036
§ 3365.036. Withdrawal of children of military families
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 554 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "children of military families" has the same meaning as in section 3301.60 of the Revised Code. (B) Any secondary school or college that participates in the college credit plus program under this chapter shall permit children of military families participating in the program who must withdraw from that school because of a permanent change of station order out of the state to transition from one military installation to another to do either of the following: (1) Complete participation in the course the student is taking through the program for the duration of the semester in which the student is enrolled in an online format, if possible; (2) Withdraw from the course the student is taking through the program without academic or financial penalty. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.7114 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.7114
§ 3313.7114. Procurement of inhalers by nonpublic school
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. (B) With the approval of its governing authority, a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (C) A chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school, a member of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school governing authority, or an employee or contractor of the school is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using an inhaler under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (D) A chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school may accept donations of inhalers from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase inhalers. (E) A chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that elects to procure inhalers under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from the school's supply of inhalers. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.77
§ 3307.77. Purchasing service credit for period of approved absence or leave
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "employer" means the employer employing a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the member commences an absence, or is granted a leave described in this section. (B) Any member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan or the STRS combined plan who is, or has been, prevented from making contributions under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code because of an absence due to the member's own illness or injury, or who is, or has been, granted a leave for educational, professional, or other purposes pursuant to section 3319.13 , 3319.131 , or 3345.28 of the Revised Code or for any other reason approved by the state teachers retirement board, may purchase service credit, not to exceed two years for each such period of absence or leave, either by having deductions made in accordance with division (C) of this section or by making the payment required by division (D) of this section. (C) If the absence or leave begins and ends in the same year, the member may purchase credit for the absence or leave by having the employer deduct and transmit to the system from payrolls in that year employee contributions on the amount certified by the employer as the compensation the member would have received had the member remained employed in the position held when the absence or leave commenced. The deductions may be made even though the minimum compensation provided by law for the member is reduced thereby, unless the amount to be deducted exceeds the compensation to be paid the member from the time deductions begin until the end of the year, in which case credit may not be purchased under this division. The employer shall pay the system the employer contributions on the compensation amount certified under this division. Employee and employer contributions shall be made at the rates in effect at the time the absence or leave occurred. If the employee or employer rates in effect change during the absence or leave, the contributions for each month of the absence or leave shall be made at the rate in effect for that month. (D) If the absence or leave does not begin and end in the same year or the member does not purchase the credit under division (C) of this section, a member may purchase credit for the absence or leave by paying to the system the sum of the following for each year of credit purchased: (1) An amount determined by multiplying the employee rate of contribution in effect at the time the absence or leave commenced by the member's annual compensation for the member's last full year of service prior to the commencement of the absence or leave, or, if the member has not had a full year of service, the compensation the member would have received for the year the absence or leave commenced had the member continued in service for a full year; (2) Interest compounded annually, at a rate determined by the board, on the amount determined under division (D)(1) of this section from the day following the last day of the year in which the absence or leave terminated to the date of payment; (3) Interest compounded annually, at a rate determined by the board, on an amount equal to the employer's contribution required by this division from the day following the last day of the year in which the absence or leave terminated to the date of payment. The employer shall pay to the system for each year of credit purchased under this division an amount determined by multiplying the employer contribution rate in effect at the time the absence or leave commenced by the member's annual compensation for the member's last full year of service prior to the commencement of the absence or leave, or, if the member has not had a full year of service, the compensation the member would have received for the year the absence or leave commenced had the member continued in service for a full year. (E) A member who chooses to purchase service credit under division (D) of this section may choose to purchase only part of the credit for which the member is eligible in any one payment. (F) The state teachers retirement board may adopt rules to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.77
§ 3333.77. Proposal preference to institution for future years
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly When making an award under the Ohio co-op/internship program, the chancellor of higher education, subject to approval by the controlling board, may commit to giving a state institution of higher education's proposal preference for future awards after the current fiscal year or fiscal biennium. A proposal's eligibility for future awards remains conditional on all of the following: (A) Future appropriations of the general assembly; (B) The institution's adherence to the agreement entered into under section 3333.75 of the Revised Code, including its fulfillment of pledges of other institutional, public, or nonpublic resources; (C) A demonstration that the students participating in the programs and initiatives or receiving scholarships financed by the awards are satisfied with the institutions selected by the chancellor to offer the programs, initiatives, or scholarships financed by the awards. The chancellor and the controlling board shall not commit to awarding any proposal for a period that exceeds five fiscal years. However, when an award, or the commitment for an award, expires, a state institution of higher education may apply for a new award.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.691 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.691
§ 3307.691. Annual lifetime benefit
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly On and after August 20, 1976, the allowances of retirants receiving benefits based upon an award from the state teachers retirement system made before July 1, 1971, shall have the benefit recalculated by the state teachers retirement system so that each such person shall receive an annual lifetime benefit or its actuarial equivalent of not less than one hundred forty dollars for each year of the member's total service credit, multiplied by the total number of years of service credit, except that service credit exceeding thirty-two years shall not be used in the recalculation, and a final average salary limitation shall not be applied. If the amount of the benefit recalculated under this section is less than the amount that is payable on August 20, 1976, then the greater benefit shall be continued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3364.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3364 / § 3364.05
§ 3364.05. General assembly to support university - other sources
Status: in_force

July 1, 2006 House Bill 478 - 126th General Assembly The general assembly shall support the university of Toledo by such sums and in such manner as it may provide, but support may also come from other sources.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.111
§ 3302.111. Dissolution of certain academic distress commissions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies to a school district that meets both of the following conditions: (1) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2013 by the superintendent of public instruction under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015; (2) A new academic distress commission was established for the district by the state superintendent under division (A)(2) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, any academic distress commission established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code and academic improvement plan established under section 3302.103 of the Revised Code for a school district to which this section applies shall be dissolved immediately on the effective date of this section, and the chief executive officer shall relinquish management and control of the school district to the district board of education and the district superintendent. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.30
§ 3328.30. Procurement of inhalers by college-preparatory boarding school
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. (B) With the approval of its board of trustees, a college-preparatory boarding school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (C) A college-preparatory boarding school, a member of a college-preparatory boarding school board of trustees, or a college-preparatory boarding school employee or contractor is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using an inhaler under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a college-preparatory boarding school or board of trustees, member of a college-preparatory boarding school board of trustees, or college-preparatory boarding school employee or contractor may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (D) A college-preparatory boarding school may accept donations of inhalers from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase inhalers. (E) A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to procure inhalers under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from a school's supply of inhalers. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.037
§ 3318.037. Retention of percentile ranking upon reapplication for expedited local partnership program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Basic project cost," "percentile," and "school district's portion of the basic project cost" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Eligible school district" is a city, local, or exempted village school district that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) The district intends to build new classroom facilities on land originally owned by a state community college, as that term is defined in section 3358.01 of the Revised Code, with the intention of collaboratively working with the state community college on workforce development programs and curriculum. (b) The district has previously participated in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program established under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code but did not construct any new facilities as part of that program. (c) The district reapplies for the expedited local partnership program between January 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, if an eligible school district reapplies for the expedited local partnership program between January 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020, and subsequently enters into a new agreement for that program, both of the following shall occur: (1) The district shall retain its percentile ranking that was determined at the time the district entered into its initial agreement under the expedited local partnership program. (2) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall give that district first priority for funding for a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code as such funds become available, regardless of the district's percentile rank under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code, and the district's portion of the basic project cost under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code shall be the same percentage of the basic project cost as under its initial agreement under the expedited local partnership program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.65
§ 3319.65. Credential review board
Status: in_force

June 9, 2004 Senate Bill 2 - 125th General Assembly The state board of education shall establish a credential review board. The credential review board shall carry out any functions assigned to it by the state board with respect to assessing individuals pursuing alternative routes to educator licensure and out of state educators seeking licensure in Ohio. The credential review board may also carry out any other duties the state board considers appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.011
§ 3375.011. Free photocopy of driver's license or identification card
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Any library organized under Chapter 3375. of the Revised Code shall provide free of charge to any individual a photocopy of that individual's driver's license, temporary driver's permit, or state identification card, if the individual requests one. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.39
§ 3313.39. Appropriation of land
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly When it is necessary, in the opinion of any board of education, to procure or enlarge: (A) any site for a building to be used for public school purposes whether as classrooms, auditorium, or for technical training, administrative, storage, or other educational purposes; (B) grounds to be used for agricultural purposes, athletic field, or playground for children; (C) any site for the purpose of erecting and maintaining buildings to be used as homes or houses for public school teachers when the cost of such erection has been contributed by private donations; (D) any site for the purpose of providing an outlet to dispose of sewage for a school building or grounds, the board may proceed to appropriate such property in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.314
§ 3319.314. Report of improper conduct investigation kept in personnel file
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly The board of education of each school district, the governing board of each educational service center, and the chief administrator of each chartered nonpublic school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the district board of education, service center governing board, or nonpublic school chief administrator of an employee regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the district or service center superintendent or board president or nonpublic school chief administrator or governing authority president or chairperson is required to make a report to the superintendent of public instruction under section 3319.313 of the Revised Code be kept in the employee's personnel file. If, after an investigation under division (A) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the results of that investigation do not warrant initiating action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the board of education, governing board, or chief administrator shall require the reports of the board's or chief administrator's investigation to be moved from the employee's personnel file to a separate public file.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.451
§ 3345.451. Student and peer faculty evaluations
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall develop a minimum set of standard questions for use by state institutions of higher education in student evaluations of faculty members. The questions shall include the following: "Does the faculty member create a classroom atmosphere free of political, racial, gender, and religious bias?" (C) Each state institution of higher education shall establish a written system of faculty evaluations completed by students with a focus on teaching effectiveness and student learning. Each state institution shall include in its student evaluations of faculty the minimum set of standard questions developed by the chancellor in division (B) of this section. (D) Each state institution of higher education shall establish a written system of peer evaluations for faculty members with emphasis placed on the faculty member's professional development regarding the faculty member's teaching responsibilities. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.22
§ 3332.22. Online program manager contracts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Online program manager" means an entity that is not an institution of higher education as defined under "The Higher Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 1001 that enters into an agreement with a career college or school to provide marketing and recruitment services and at least one additional service, including course design, technology, or faculty training, to support an accredited online degree program. (2) "Career college or school" means a school subject to this chapter and a private institution exempt from regulation under this chapter as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, if the institution has a program with a certificate of authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. (B) If a career college or school enters into a contract with an online program manager, the career college or school shall ensure the contract is in compliance with relevant program standards and requirements. (C) A career college or school that enters into a contract with an online program manager shall post on each online degree program web site it maintains that it utilizes an online program manager for services. The career college or school shall require the online program manager to identify itself when providing services to students. (D) A career college or school shall not permit an online program manager to control, make decisions regarding, administer, or disburse student financial aid. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.054 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.054
§ 3311.054. Membership of governing board of joint service center
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The initial members of any new governing board of an educational service center established in accordance with this section shall be all of the members of the governing boards of the former educational service centers whose territory comprises the new educational service center. The initial members of any such governing board shall serve until the first Monday of January immediately following the first election of governing board members conducted under division (C) of this section. Notwithstanding section 3313.11 of the Revised Code, that section shall not apply to the filling of any vacancy among the initial members of any governing board established in accordance with this section. Any such vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by a majority vote of all the remaining members of the governing board. (B) Prior to the next first day of April in an odd-numbered year that occurs at least ninety days after the date on which any new governing board of an educational service center is initially established in accordance with this section, the governing board or, at the governing board's option, an executive committee of the governing board appointed by the governing board shall do both of the following: (1) Designate the number of elected members comprising all subsequent governing boards of the educational service center, which number shall be an odd number not to exceed nine. (2) Divide the educational service center into a number of subdistricts equal to the number of governing board members designated under division (B)(1) of this section and number the subdistricts. Each subdistrict shall be as nearly equal in population as possible and shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory. To the extent possible, each subdistrict shall be composed only of territory located in one county. In addition, the subdistricts shall be bounded as far as possible by corporation lines, streets, alleys, avenues, public grounds, canals, watercourses, ward boundaries, voting precinct boundaries, or school district boundaries. If the new governing board fails to divide the territory of the educational service center in accordance with this division, the director of education and workforce shall establish the subdistricts within thirty days. (C) At the next regular municipal election following the deadline for creation of the subdistricts of an educational service center under division (B) of this section, an entire new governing board shall be elected. All members of such governing board shall be elected from those subdistricts. (D) Within ninety days after the official announcement of the results of each successive federal decennial census, each governing board of an educational service center established in accordance with this section shall redistrict the educational service center's territory into a number of subdistricts equal to the number of board members designated under division (B)(1) of this section and number the subdistricts. Each such redistricting shall be done in accordance with the standards for subdistricts in division (B)(2) of this section. At the next regular municipal election following the announcement of the results of each such successive census, all elected governing board members shall again be elected from the subdistricts most recently created under this division. If a governing board fails to redistrict the territory of its educational service center in accordance with this division, the director of education and workforce shall redistrict the service center within thirty days. (E) All members elected pursuant to this section shall take office on the first Monday of January immediately following the election. Whenever all elected governing board members are elected at one election under division (C) or (D) of this section, the terms of each of the members elected from even-numbered subdistricts shall be for two years and the terms of each of the members elected from odd-numbered subdistricts shall be for four years. Thereafter, successors shall be elected for four-year terms in the same manner as is provided by law for the election of members of school boards except that any successor elected at a regular municipal election immediately preceding any election at which an entire new governing board is elected shall be elected for a two-year term. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.69
§ 3309.69. Group health care coverage for eligible individuals or dependents
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement board may establish a program to provide medical, hospital, surgical, prescription, or other health care coverage, benefits, reimbursement, or any combination thereof, to eligible individuals or dependents. Any program established under this section shall be designed and administered by the board. In establishing a program, the board may do any of the following: (1) Enter into an agreement with persons or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, prescription, surgical, or other health care benefits, or any combination thereof; (2) Provide for self-insurance of risk or level of risk and provide through the self-insurance method specific benefits as authorized by the rules of the board; (3) Provide reimbursements or subsidies to eligible participants; (4) Make disbursements; (5) Determine levels of coverage and costs for the program; (6) Take any other action it considers necessary to establish and administer the program. (B) If it establishes a health care program, the board shall establish eligibility criteria and any other requirements for participation. To be eligible, an individual must meet the criteria established by the board and be one or more of the following: (1) A former member receiving benefits pursuant to section 3309.34 , 3309.35 , 3309.36 , or 3309.381 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code; (2) A disability benefit recipient receiving a disability benefit pursuant to section 3309.35 , 3309.39 , 3309.40 , or 3309.401 of the Revised Code; (3) A beneficiary receiving monthly benefits pursuant to section 3309.45 of the Revised Code; (4) The beneficiary of a former member who is receiving monthly benefits pursuant to section 3309.46 of the Revised Code; (5) A dependent, as determined under rules adopted by the board, of an individual described in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section. (C) The cost paid from the funds of the system for coverage under this section shall be included in the employer contribution under sections 3309.49 and 3309.491 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The board may require payment of a premium for participation in the health care program. Participation is deemed consent for the deduction of premiums from any pension, benefit, or annuity provided under this chapter to an eligible participant. (2) An individual who fails to pay any required premium or receives any coverage or payment to which the individual is not entitled shall pay or repay any amount due the system. If an individual fails to pay or repay an amount due, the system may withhold the amount from any pension, benefit, annuity, or payment due the individual or the individual's beneficiary under this chapter or collect the amount in any other manner provided by law. (E) A health care program participant who is eligible for coverage under medicare part B, "Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled," 42 U.S.C. 1395j, as amended, shall enroll for that coverage. The board shall, beginning the month following receipt of satisfactory evidence of the payment for coverage, make a monthly payment to the participant in an amount determined by the board for such coverage that is not less than forty-five dollars and fifty cents, except that the board shall make no payment to a participant who is not eligible for coverage under medicare part B or pay an amount that exceeds the amount paid by the recipient for the coverage. (F) The board shall establish by rule requirements for the coordination of any coverage, payment, or benefit provided under this section or section 3309.375 of the Revised Code with any similar coverage, payment, or benefit made available to the same individual by the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system. (G) The board shall make all other necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section. (H) This section does not require the board to establish, maintain, offer, or continue any health care program. This section does not require the board to provide or continue access to any health care program, or any level of coverage or costs provided under the program, if the board establishes or maintains a program under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3344.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3344 / § 3344.06
§ 3344.06. Acquisition of Cleveland-Marshall law school by Cleveland state university
Status: in_force

June 24, 1969 House Bill 20 - 108th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Cleveland state university shall acquire all the property and assets of the Cleveland-Marshall law school and shall operate such law school as part of the Cleveland state university. The board of trustees of the Cleveland state university shall enter into a contract with the Cleveland-Marshall law school setting forth the terms and conditions of the transfer of the law school to the university. The contract and all arrangements for the transfer of the law school to the university are subject to the approval of the Ohio board of regents. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.11
§ 3355.11. Exemption from taxes or assessments
Status: in_force

October 20, 1961 Senate Bill 519 - 104th General Assembly A university branch district shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any real or personal property acquired, owned, or used by it pursuant to sections 3355.01 to 3355.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued pursuant to such sections and the transfer of the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.042
§ 3302.042. Pilot program for Columbus city school district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section shall operate as a pilot project that applies to any school that has been ranked according to performance index score under section 3302.21 of the Revised Code in the lowest five per cent of all public school buildings statewide for three or more consecutive school years and is operated by the Columbus city school district. The pilot project shall commence once the department of education and workforce establishes implementation guidelines for the pilot project in consultation with the Columbus city school district. (B) Except as provided in division (D), (E), or (F) of this section, if the parents or guardians of at least fifty per cent of the students enrolled in a school to which this section applies, or if the parents or guardians of at least fifty per cent of the total number of students enrolled in that school and the schools of lower grade levels whose students typically matriculate into that school, by the thirty-first day of December of any school year in which the school is subject to this section, sign and file with the school district treasurer a petition requesting the district board of education to implement one of the following reforms in the school, and if the validity and sufficiency of the petition is certified in accordance with division (C) of this section, the board shall implement the requested reform in the next school year: (1) Reopen the school as a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (2) Replace at least seventy per cent of the school's personnel who are related to the school's poor academic performance or, at the request of the petitioners, retain not more than thirty per cent of the personnel; (3) Contract with another school district or a nonprofit or for-profit entity with a demonstrated record of effectiveness to operate the school; (4) Turn operation of the school over to the department; (5) Any other major restructuring of the school that makes fundamental reforms in the school's staffing or governance. (C) Not later than thirty days after receipt of a petition under division (B) of this section, the district treasurer shall verify the validity and sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and certify to the district board whether the petition contains the necessary number of valid signatures to require the board to implement the reform requested by the petitioners. If the treasurer certifies to the district board that the petition does not contain the necessary number of valid signatures, any person who signed the petition may file an appeal with the county auditor within ten days after the certification. Not later than thirty days after the filing of an appeal, the county auditor shall conduct an independent verification of the validity and sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and certify to the district board whether the petition contains the necessary number of valid signatures to require the board to implement the requested reform. If the treasurer or county auditor certifies that the petition contains the necessary number of valid signatures, the district board shall notify the department of the certification. (D) The district board shall not implement the reform requested by the petitioners in any of the following circumstances: (1) The district board has determined that the request is for reasons other than improving student academic achievement or student safety. (2) The department has determined that implementation of the requested reform would not comply with the model of differentiated accountability described in section 3302.041 of the Revised Code. (3) The petitioners have requested the district board to implement the reform described in division (B)(4) of this section and the department has not agreed to take over the school's operation. (4) When all of the following have occurred: (a) After a public hearing on the matter, the district board issued a written statement explaining the reasons that it is unable to implement the requested reform and agreeing to implement one of the other reforms described in division (B) of this section. (b) The district board submitted its written statement to the department along with evidence showing how the alternative reform the district board has agreed to implement will enable the school to improve its academic performance. (c) The department has approved implementation of the alternative reform. (E) If the provisions of this section conflict in any way with the requirements of federal law, federal law shall prevail over the provisions of this section. (F) If a school is restructured under this section, section 3302.10 or 3302.12 of the Revised Code, or federal law, the school shall not be required to restructure again under state law for three consecutive years after the implementation of that prior restructuring. (G) Beginning not later than six months after the first petition under this section has been resolved, the department shall annually evaluate the pilot program and submit a report to the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code. Such reports shall contain its recommendations to the general assembly with respect to the continuation of the pilot program, its expansion to other school districts, or the enactment of further legislation establishing the program statewide under permanent law. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.31
§ 3333.31. Rules for determining student residency
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) For state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes, status as a resident of Ohio shall be defined by the chancellor of higher education by rule promulgated pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. No adjudication as to the status of any person under such rule, however, shall be required to be made pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The term "resident" for these purposes shall not be equated with the definition of that term as it is employed elsewhere under the laws of this state and other states, and shall not carry with it any of the legal connotations appurtenant thereto. Rather, except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (F), and (G) of this section, for such purposes, the rule promulgated under this section shall have the objective of excluding from treatment as residents those who are present in the state primarily for the purpose of attending a state-supported or state-assisted institution of higher education, and may prescribe presumptive rules, rebuttable or conclusive, as to such purpose based upon the source or sources of support of the student, residence prior to first enrollment, evidence of intention to remain in the state after completion of studies, or such other factors as the chancellor deems relevant. (B) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall grant residency status to a veteran and to the veteran's spouse and any dependent of the veteran, if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The veteran either: (a) Served one or more years on active military duty and was honorably discharged or received a medical discharge that was related to the military service; (b) Was killed while serving on active military duty or has been declared to be missing in action or a prisoner of war. (2) If the veteran seeks residency status for tuition surcharge purposes, the veteran has established domicile in this state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in an institution of higher education. If the spouse or a dependent of the veteran seeks residency status for tuition surcharge purposes, the veteran and the spouse or dependent seeking residency status have established domicile in this state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in an institution of higher education, except that if the veteran was killed while serving on active military duty, has been declared to be missing in action or a prisoner of war, or is deceased after discharge, only the spouse or dependent seeking residency status shall be required to have established domicile in accordance with this division. (C) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall grant residency status to both of the following: (1) A veteran who is the recipient of federal veterans' benefits under the "All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program," 38 U.S.C. 3001 et seq., or "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program," 38 U.S.C. 3301 et seq., or any successor program, if the veteran meets all of the following criteria: (a) The veteran served at least ninety days on active duty. (b) The veteran enrolls in a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (c) The veteran lives in the state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in the state institution of higher education. (2) A person who is the recipient of the federal Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship or transferred federal veterans' benefits under any of the programs described in division (C)(1) of this section, if the person meets both of the following criteria: (a) The person enrolls in a state institution of higher education. (b) The person lives in the state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in the state institution of higher education. In order for a person using transferred federal veterans' benefits to qualify under division (C)(2) of this section, the veteran who transferred the benefits must have served at least ninety days on active duty or the service member who transferred the benefits must be on active duty. (D) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall grant residency status to a service member who is on active duty and to the service member's spouse and any dependent of the service member while the service member is on active duty. In order to qualify under division (D) of this section, the rules shall require the student seeking in-state tuition rates to live in the state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in the state institution of higher education, but shall not require the service member or the service member's spouse or dependent to establish domicile in this state as of the first day of a term of enrollment in an institution of higher education. (E) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall not deny residency status to a student who is either a dependent child of a parent, or the spouse of a person who, as of the first day of a term of enrollment in an institution of higher education, has accepted full-time employment and established domicile in this state for reasons other than gaining the benefit of favorable tuition rates. Documentation of full-time employment and domicile shall include both of the following documents: (1) A sworn statement from the employer or the employer's representative on the letterhead of the employer or the employer's representative certifying that the parent or spouse of the student is employed full-time in Ohio; (2) A copy of the lease under which the parent or spouse is the lessee and occupant of rented residential property in the state, a copy of the closing statement on residential real property of which the parent or spouse is the owner and occupant in this state or, if the parent or spouse is not the lessee or owner of the residence in which the parent or spouse has established domicile, a letter from the owner of the residence certifying that the parent or spouse resides at that residence. Residency officers may also evaluate, in accordance with the chancellor's rule, requests for immediate residency status from dependent students whose parents are not living and whose domicile follows that of a legal guardian who has accepted full-time employment and established domicile in the state for reasons other than gaining the benefit of favorable tuition rates. (F)(1) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall grant residency status to a person who enrolls in an institution of higher education and establishes domicile in this state, regardless of the student's residence prior to that enrollment and satisfies either of the following conditions: (a) The person, while a resident of this state for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes, graduated from a high school in this state or completed the final year of education at home as authorized under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code. (b) The person meets all of the following criteria: (i) The person officially withdrew from a school in this state while the person was a resident of this state for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. (ii) The person has not received a high school diploma or honors diploma awarded under section 3313.61 , 3313.611 , 3313.612 , or 3325.08 of the Revised Code or a high school diploma awarded by a school located in another state or country. (iii) The person, while a resident of this state for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes, both took a high school equivalency test and was awarded a certificate of high school equivalence. (2) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency shall not grant residency status to an alien if the alien is not also an immigrant or a nonimmigrant. (G) The rules of the chancellor for determining student residency status shall grant residency status to a person to whom all of the following apply: (1) The person, while not a resident of this state for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes, lives in this state and completes a bachelor's degree program at an institution of higher education in this state. (2) The person, upon completing that bachelor's degree program, immediately enrolls in a graduate degree program, as determined appropriate by the chancellor, offered at any state institution of higher education. (3) The person, while enrolled in the graduate degree program, resides in this state. The chancellor's rules adopted under this section shall define "immediately" for the purposes of division (G) of this section. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Dependent," "domicile," "institution of higher education," and "residency officer" have the meanings ascribed in the chancellor's rules adopted under this section. (2) "Alien" means a person who is not a United States citizen or a United States national. (3) "Immigrant" means an alien who has been granted the right by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services to reside permanently in the United States and to work without restrictions in the United States. (4) "Nonimmigrant" means an alien who has been granted the right by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services to reside temporarily in the United States. (5) "Veteran" means any person who has completed service in the uniformed services, as defined in section 3511.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Service member" has the same meaning as in section 5903.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Certificate of high school equivalence" means either of the following: (a) A certificate of high school equivalence awarded by the department of education and workforce under division (A) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code; (b) The equivalent of a certificate of high school equivalence awarded by the state board of education under former law, as defined in division (C)(1) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 24, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0215 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0215
§ 3345.0215. Campus free speech policy
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions" means restrictions on the time, place, and manner of free speech that do not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution that are reasonable, content- and viewpoint-neutral, narrowly tailored to satisfy a significant institutional interest, and leave open ample alternative channels for the communication of the information or message to its intended audience. (2) "Faculty" or "faculty member" means any person, whether or not the person is compensated by a state institution of higher education, and regardless of political affiliation, who is tasked with providing scholarship, academic research, or teaching. For purposes of this part, the term "faculty" includes tenured and nontenured professors, adjunct professors, visiting professors, lecturers, graduate student instructors, and those in comparable positions, however titled. For purposes of this section, the term "faculty" does not include persons whose primary responsibilities are administrative or managerial. (3) "Free speech" means speech, expression, or assemblies protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution, verbal or written, including, but not limited to, all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, demonstrations, rallies, vigils, marches, public speaking, distribution of printed materials, carrying signs, displays, or circulating petitions. "Free speech" does not include the promotion, sale, or distribution of any product or service. (4) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (5) "Student" has the same meaning as in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code, except that "student" also includes "student group." (6) "Student group" has the same meaning as in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to complying with sections 3345.0212 to 3345.0214 of the Revised Code, each state institution of higher education board of trustees shall adopt a policy that affirms the following principles, which are the public policy of this state: (1) Students have a fundamental constitutional right to free speech. (2) A state institution of higher education shall be committed to giving students broad latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, learn, and discuss any issue, subject to division (E) of this section. (3) A state institution of higher education shall be committed to maintaining a campus as a marketplace of ideas for all students and all faculty in which the free exchange of ideas is not to be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought by some or even by most members of the institution's community to be offensive, unwise, immoral, indecent, disagreeable, conservative, liberal, traditional, radical, or wrong-headed. (4) It is for a state institution of higher education's individual students and faculty to make judgments about ideas for themselves, and to act on those judgments not by seeking to suppress free speech, but by openly and vigorously contesting the ideas that they oppose. (5) It is not the proper role of a state institution of higher education to attempt to shield individuals from free speech, including ideas and opinions they find offensive, unwise, immoral, indecent, disagreeable, conservative, liberal, traditional, radical, or wrong-headed. (6) Although a state institution of higher education should greatly value civility and mutual respect, concerns about civility and mutual respect shall never be used by an institution as a justification for closing off the discussion of ideas, however offensive, unwise, immoral, indecent, disagreeable, conservative, liberal, traditional, radical, or wrong-headed those ideas may be to some students or faculty. (7) Although all students and all faculty are free to state their own views about and contest the views expressed on campus, and to state their own views about and contest speakers who are invited to express their views on the campus of a state institution of higher education, they may not substantially obstruct or otherwise substantially interfere with the freedom of others to express views they reject or even loathe. To this end, a state institution of higher education has a responsibility to promote a lively and fearless freedom of debate and deliberation and protect that freedom. (8) A state institution of higher education shall be committed to providing an atmosphere that is most conducive to speculation, experimentation, and creation by all students and all faculty, who shall always remain free to inquire, to study and to evaluate, and to gain new understanding. (9) The primary responsibility of faculty is to engage an honest, courageous, and persistent effort to search out and communicate the truth that lies in the areas of their competence. (C) Each board of trustees shall establish a process under which a student, student group, or faculty member may submit a complaint about an alleged violation by an employee of the state institution of higher education of the policy established under this section, including any penalty imposed on a student's grade for an assignment or coursework that is unrelated to ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and is instead based on the contents of student's free speech. The process shall comply with standards adopted by the chancellor of higher education. Under the process, the state institution of higher education shall investigate the alleged violation and conduct a fair and impartial hearing regarding the alleged violation. If the hearing determines the state institution of higher education's policy was violated, the board of trustees shall determine a resolution to address the violation and prevent any further violation of the state institution of higher education's policy. (D) Each state institution of higher education annually shall report to the chancellor, in a form and manner prescribed by the chancellor, both of the following regarding complaints submitted in the academic year under the process prescribed under division (C) of this section: (1) The total number of submitted complaints; (2) For each submitted complaint, a description of all of the following: (a) The state institution's investigation regarding the complaint; (b) The outcome of the hearing conducted by the state institution regarding the complaint; (c) If the hearing determines the state institution's policy was violated, the resolution determined by the board of trustees to address that violation. (E) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a state institution of higher education from imposing measures that do not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution such as: (1) Constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions; (2) Reasonable and viewpoint-neutral restrictions in nonpublic forums; (3) Restricting the use of the state institution's property to protect the free speech rights of students and teachers and preserve the use of the property for the advancement of the institution's mission; (4) Prohibiting or limiting speech, expression, or assemblies that are not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution; (5) Content restrictions on speech that are reasonably related to a legitimate pedagogical purpose, such as classroom rules enacted by teachers. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant students the right to disrupt previously scheduled or reserved activities occurring in a traditional public forum. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 5:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.141
§ 3307.141. Each fund is separate legal entity
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly Wherever in this chapter, reference is made to the teachers' savings fund, the employers' trust fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the expense fund, or the defined contribution fund, such reference shall be construed to have been made to each as a separate legal entity. This section does not prevent the deposit or investment of all such moneys intermingled for such purpose but such funds shall be separate and distinct legal entities for all other purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6017 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6017
§ 3313.6017. Alternative methods of delivering content
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 Senate Bill 165 - 129th General Assembly Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the ability of a school district or public or nonpublic school to offer academic content based on the standards adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the academic content required under division (M) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code through summer school, online, or any other method of education offered by the district or school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.662 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.662
§ 3313.662. Adjudication order permanently excluding pupil from public schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of education and workforce, pursuant to this section and the adjudication procedures of section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, may issue an adjudication order that permanently excludes a pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state if the pupil is convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent child for, committing, when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older, an act that would be a criminal offense if committed by an adult and if the act is any of the following: (1) A violation of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code; (2) A violation of section 2923.12 of the Revised Code, of a substantially similar municipal ordinance, or of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code that was committed on property owned or controlled by, or at an activity held under the auspices of, a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (3) A violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code, other than a violation of that section that would be a minor drug possession offense, that was committed on property owned or controlled by, or at an activity held under the auspices of, the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (4) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2903.04 , 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2907.02 , or 2907.05 or of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code that was committed on property owned or controlled by, or at an activity held under the auspices of, a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, if the victim at the time of the commission of the act was an employee of that board of education; (5) Complicity in any violation described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section that was alleged to have been committed in the manner described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, regardless of whether the act of complicity was committed on property owned or controlled by, or at an activity held under the auspices of, a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (B) A pupil may be suspended or expelled in accordance with section 3313.66 of the Revised Code prior to being permanently excluded from public school attendance under this section and section 3301.121 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If the superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district in which a pupil attends school obtains or receives proof that the pupil has been convicted of committing when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older a violation listed in division (A) of this section or adjudicated a delinquent child for the commission when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older of a violation listed in division (A) of this section, the superintendent may issue to the board of education of the school district a request that the pupil be permanently excluded from public school attendance, if both of the following apply: (a) After obtaining or receiving proof of the conviction or adjudication, the superintendent or the superintendent's designee determines that the pupil's continued attendance in school may endanger the health and safety of other pupils or school employees and gives the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian written notice that the superintendent intends to recommend to the board of education that the board adopt a resolution requesting the director of education and workforce to permanently exclude the pupil from public school attendance. (b) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee forwards to the board of education the superintendent's written recommendation that includes the determinations the superintendent or designee made pursuant to division (C)(1)(a) of this section and a copy of the proof the superintendent received showing that the pupil has been convicted of or adjudicated a delinquent child for a violation listed in division (A) of this section that was committed when the pupil was sixteen years of age or older. (2) Within fourteen days after receipt of a recommendation from the superintendent pursuant to division (C)(1)(b) of this section that a pupil be permanently excluded from public school attendance, the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, after review and consideration of all of the following available information, may adopt a resolution requesting the director of education and workforce to permanently exclude the pupil who is the subject of the recommendation from public school attendance: (a) The academic record of the pupil and a record of any extracurricular activities in which the pupil previously was involved; (b) The disciplinary record of the pupil and any available records of the pupil's prior behavioral problems other than the behavioral problems contained in the disciplinary record; (c) The social history of the pupil; (d) The pupil's response to the imposition of prior discipline and sanctions imposed for behavioral problems; (e) Evidence regarding the seriousness of and any aggravating factors related to the offense that is the basis of the resolution seeking permanent exclusion; (f) Any mitigating circumstances surrounding the offense that gave rise to the request for permanent exclusion; (g) Evidence regarding the probable danger posed to the health and safety of other pupils or of school employees by the continued presence of the pupil in a public school setting; (h) Evidence regarding the probable disruption of the teaching of any school district's graded course of study by the continued presence of the pupil in a public school setting; (i) Evidence regarding the availability of alternative sanctions of a less serious nature than permanent exclusion that would enable the pupil to remain in a public school setting without posing a significant danger to the health and safety of other pupils or of school employees and without posing a threat of the disruption of the teaching of any district's graded course of study. (3) If the board does not adopt a resolution requesting the director to permanently exclude the pupil, it immediately shall send written notice of that fact to the district superintendent who sought the resolution, to the pupil who was the subject of the proposed resolution, and to that pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian. (D)(1) Upon adoption of a resolution under division (C) of this section, the board of education immediately shall forward to the director of education and workforce the written resolution, proof of the conviction or adjudication that is the basis of the resolution, a copy of the pupil's entire school record, and any other relevant information and shall forward a copy of the resolution to the pupil who is the subject of the recommendation and to that pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian. (2) The board of education that adopted and forwarded the resolution requesting the permanent exclusion of the pupil to the director promptly shall designate a representative of the school district to present the case for permanent exclusion to the superintendent or the referee appointed by the superintendent. The representative of the school district may be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state. At the adjudication hearing held pursuant to section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, the representative of the school district shall present evidence in support of the requested permanent exclusion. (3) Upon receipt of a board of education's resolution requesting the permanent exclusion of a pupil from public school attendance, the director, in accordance with the adjudication procedures of section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, promptly shall issue an adjudication order that either permanently excludes the pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state or that rejects the resolution of the board of education. (E) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code or an order of any court of this state that otherwise requires the admission of the pupil to a school, no school official in a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district knowingly shall admit to any school in the school district a pupil who has been permanently excluded from public school attendance by the director of education and workforce. (F)(1)(a) Upon determining that the school attendance of a pupil who has been permanently excluded from public school attendance no longer will endanger the health and safety of other students or school employees, the superintendent of any city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district in which the pupil desires to attend school may issue to the board of education of the school district a recommendation, including the reasons for the recommendation, that the permanent exclusion of a pupil be revoked and the pupil be allowed to return to the public schools of the state. If any violation which in whole or in part gave rise to the permanent exclusion of any pupil involved the pupil's bringing a firearm to a school operated by the board of education of a school district or onto any other property owned or operated by such a board, no superintendent shall recommend under this division an effective date for the revocation of the pupil's permanent exclusion that is less than one year after the date on which the last such firearm incident occurred. However, on a case-by-case basis, a superintendent may recommend an earlier effective date for such a revocation for any of the reasons for which the superintendent may reduce the one-year expulsion requirement in division (B)(2) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (b) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the superintendent that a permanent exclusion of a pupil be revoked, the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may adopt a resolution by a majority vote of its members requesting the director of education and workforce to revoke the permanent exclusion of the pupil. Upon adoption of the resolution, the board of education shall forward a copy of the resolution, the reasons for the resolution, and any other relevant information to the director. (c) Upon receipt of a resolution of a board of education requesting the revocation of a permanent exclusion of a pupil, the director, in accordance with the adjudication procedures of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall issue an adjudication order that revokes the permanent exclusion of the pupil from public school attendance or that rejects the resolution of the board of education. (2)(a) A pupil who has been permanently excluded pursuant to this section and section 3301.121 of the Revised Code may request the superintendent of any city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district in which the pupil desires to attend school to admit the pupil on a probationary basis for a period not to exceed ninety school days. Upon receiving the request, the superintendent may enter into discussions with the pupil and with the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian or a person designated by the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian to develop a probationary admission plan designed to assist the pupil's probationary admission to the school. The plan may include a treatment program, a behavioral modification program, or any other program reasonably designed to meet the educational needs of the child and the disciplinary requirements of the school. If any violation which in whole or in part gave rise to the permanent exclusion of the pupil involved the pupil's bringing a firearm to a school operated by the board of education of any school district or onto any other property owned or operated by such a board, no plan developed under this division for the pupil shall include an effective date for the probationary admission of the pupil that is less than one year after the date on which the last such firearm incident occurred except that on a case-by-case basis, a plan may include an earlier effective date for such an admission for any of the reasons for which the superintendent of the district may reduce the one-year expulsion requirement in division (B)(2) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (b) If the superintendent of a school district, a pupil, and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian or a person designated by the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian agree upon a probationary admission plan prepared pursuant to division (F)(2)(a) of this section, the superintendent of the school district shall issue to the board of education of the school district a recommendation that the pupil be allowed to attend school within the school district under probationary admission, the reasons for the recommendation, and a copy of the agreed upon probationary admission plan. Within fourteen days after the board of education receives the recommendation, reasons, and plan, the board may adopt the recommendation by a majority vote of its members. If the board adopts the recommendation, the pupil may attend school under probationary admission within that school district for a period not to exceed ninety days or any additional probationary period permitted under divisions (F)(2)(d) and (e) of this section in accordance with the probationary admission plan prepared pursuant to division (F)(2)(a) of this section. (c) If a pupil who is permitted to attend school under probationary admission pursuant to division (F)(2)(b) of this section fails to comply with the probationary admission plan prepared pursuant to division (F)(2)(a) of this section, the superintendent of the school district immediately may remove the pupil from the school and issue to the board of education of the school district a recommendation that the probationary admission be revoked. Within five days after the board of education receives the recommendation, the board may adopt the recommendation to revoke the pupil's probationary admission by a majority vote of its members. If a majority of the board does not adopt the recommendation to revoke the pupil's probationary admission, the pupil shall continue to attend school in compliance with the pupil's probationary admission plan. (d) If a pupil who is permitted to attend school under probationary admission pursuant to division (F)(2)(b) of this section complies with the probationary admission plan prepared pursuant to division (F)(2)(a) of this section, the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian, at any time before the expiration of the ninety-day probationary admission period, may request the superintendent of the school district to extend the terms and period of the pupil's probationary admission for a period not to exceed ninety days or to issue a recommendation pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section that the pupil's permanent exclusion be revoked and the pupil be allowed to return to the public schools of this state. (e) If a pupil is granted an extension of the pupil's probationary admission pursuant to division (F)(2)(d) of this section, the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian, in the manner described in that division, may request, and the superintendent and board, in the manner described in that division, may recommend and grant, subsequent probationary admission periods not to exceed ninety days each. If a pupil who is permitted to attend school under an extension of a probationary admission plan complies with the probationary admission plan prepared pursuant to the extension, the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian may request a revocation of the pupil's permanent exclusion in the manner described in division (F)(2)(d) of this section. (f) Any extension of a probationary admission requested by a pupil or a pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian pursuant to divisions (F)(2)(d) or (e) of this section shall be subject to the adoption and approval of a probationary admission plan in the manner described in divisions (F)(2)(a) and (b) of this section and may be terminated as provided in division (F)(2)(c) of this section. (g) If the pupil has complied with any probationary admission plan and the superintendent issues a recommendation that seeks revocation of the pupil's permanent exclusion pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section, the pupil's compliance with any probationary admission plan may be considered along with other relevant factors in any determination or adjudication conducted pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section. (G)(1) Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, any information regarding the permanent exclusion of a pupil shall be included in the pupil's official records and shall be included in any records sent to any school district that requests the pupil's records. (2) When a pupil who has been permanently excluded from public school attendance reaches the age of twenty-two or when the permanent exclusion of a pupil has been revoked, all school districts that maintain records regarding the pupil's permanent exclusion shall remove all references to the exclusion from the pupil's file and shall destroy them. A pupil who has reached the age of twenty-two or whose permanent exclusion has been revoked may send a written notice to the superintendent of any school district maintaining records of the pupil's permanent exclusion requesting the superintendent to ensure that the records are removed from the pupil's file and destroyed. Upon receipt of the request and a determination that the pupil is twenty-two years of age or older or that the pupil's permanent exclusion has been revoked, the superintendent shall ensure that the records are removed from the pupil's file and destroyed. (H)(1) This section does not apply to any of the following: (a) An institution that is a residential facility, that receives and cares for children, that is maintained by the department of youth services, and that operates a school chartered by the director of education and workforce under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code; (b) Any on-premises school operated by an out-of-home care entity, other than a school district, that is chartered by the director of education and workforce under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code; (c) Any school operated in connection with an out-of-home care entity or a nonresidential youth treatment program that enters into a contract or agreement with a school district for the provision of educational services in a setting other than a setting that is a building or structure owned or controlled by the board of education of the school district during normal school hours. (2) This section does not prohibit any person who has been permanently excluded pursuant to this section and section 3301.121 of the Revised Code from seeking a certificate of high school equivalence. A person who has been permanently excluded may be permitted to participate in a course of study in preparation for a high school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code, except that the person shall not participate during normal school hours in that course of study in any building or structure owned or controlled by the board of education of a school district. (3) This section does not relieve any school district from any requirement under section 2151.362 or 3313.64 of the Revised Code to pay for the cost of educating any child who has been permanently excluded pursuant to this section and section 3301.121 of the Revised Code. (I) As used in this section: (1) "Permanently exclude" means to forever prohibit an individual from attending any public school in this state that is operated by a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (2) "Permanent exclusion" means the prohibition of a pupil forever from attending any public school in this state that is operated by a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (3) "Out-of-home care" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (4) "Certificate of high school equivalence" has the same meaning as in section 4109.06 of the Revised Code. (5) "Nonresidential youth treatment program" means a program designed to provide services to persons under the age of eighteen in a setting that does not regularly provide long-term overnight care, including settlement houses, diversion and prevention programs, run-away centers, and alternative education programs. (6) "Firearm" has the same meaning as provided pursuant to the "Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 270, 20 U.S.C. 8001(a)(2). (7) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.08
§ 3315.08. Salaries of employees and officers of board of education - payroll account - deposits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly In any school district the salaries of all employees and officers of the board of education and all payrolls may be paid in such manner as the board may authorize. To provide money for such payment if made in cash, the president and the treasurer of the board shall, upon receipt of the proper payroll and warrant, issue checks upon the depositories payable to the treasurer of the board for the aggregate amounts stated in such payrolls. The treasurer may thereupon make payments to employees and officers in cash, or the board may provide that the sums called for by such checks, instead of being paid to the treasurer, shall be transferred to special payroll accounts established in depositories by the board upon such terms with the respective banks as to interest upon daily cash balances in said special payroll accounts, and under such other conditions as the board prescribes. In the event such special payroll accounts are established by a board, such accounts may be drawn against by check of the treasurer of the board according to such procedure as the board may prescribe. In the event a board creates a payroll account, any bond given by the depository, under section 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code, shall also be for the protection of such special payroll account as may be deposited in said bank. The aggregate of all board deposits in a bank, including special payroll accounts as authorized in this section, must not exceed the aggregate of the bond given by the bank. The aggregate of all deposits in a bank, including special payroll accounts, shall be subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.18
§ 3357.18. Approval of official plans
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly The Ohio board of regents shall approve or disapprove proposed official plans of technical college districts, prepared and submitted pursuant to sections 3357.01 to 3357.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and issue or decline to issue charters for operation of technical colleges, pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code. The board shall approve an official plan, and issue a charter, only upon the following findings: (A) That the official plan and all past and proposed actions of the technical college district are in conformity to law; (B) That the proposed technical college will not unreasonably and wastefully duplicate existing educational services available to students and prospective students residing in the technical college district; (C) That there is reasonable prospect of adequate current operating revenue for the proposed technical college from its proposed opening date of operation; (D) That the proposed lands and facilities of the technical college will be adequate and efficient for the purposes of the proposed technical college; (E) That the particular proposed curricular programs, being one or more of the programs defined in section 3357.01 of the Revised Code, as "technical college," and "adult-education technical programs," are the programs for which there is substantial need in the territory of the district. The employment and separation of individual personnel in a technical college and the establishment or abolition of individual courses of instruction shall not be subject to the specific and individual approval or disapproval of the Ohio board of regents, but shall occur in the discretion of the local management of such college within the limitations of law, the official plan, and the charter of such college. The Ohio board of regents may make such study as it deems advisable or contract for such study to be made relative to the application of divisions (A) to (E), inclusive, of this section in its approval or disapproval of official plans of the technical college districts or the issuance of charters for the operation of technical colleges. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.34
§ 3313.34. Process against boards
Status: in_force

May 16, 1979 House Bill 1 - 113th General Assembly Process in all suits against a board of education shall be by summons which shall be served by leaving a copy thereof with the treasurer or president of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.18
§ 3318.18. Statewide average valuation per pupil - half-mill equalization fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Valuation" of a school district means the sum of the amounts described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code as most recently certified for the district before the annual computation is made under division (B) of this section. (2) "Valuation per pupil" of a school district means the district's valuation divided by the district's formula ADM as most recently calculated under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code before the annual computation is made under division (B) of this section. (3) "Statewide average valuation per pupil" means the total of the valuations of all school districts divided by the total of the formula ADMs of all school districts as most recently calculated under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code before the annual computation is made under division (C) of this section. (4) "Maintenance levy requirement" means the tax required to be levied pursuant to division (C)(2)(a) of section 3318.08 and division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or the application of proceeds of another levy to paying the costs of maintaining classroom facilities pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3318.052 , division (C)(1) or (C)(2)(b) of section 3318.08 , or division (D)(2) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code, or a combination thereof. (5) "Project agreement" means an agreement between a school district and the Ohio facilities construction commission under section 3318.08 or division (B)(1) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. (B) On or before the first day of July each year beginning in 2007, the department of education and workforce shall compute the statewide average valuation per pupil and the valuation per pupil of each school district that has not already entered into a project agreement, and provide the results of those computations to the commission. (C)(1) At the time the Ohio facilities construction commission enters into a project agreement with a school district, the commission shall compute the difference between the district's valuation per pupil and the statewide average valuation per pupil as most recently provided to the commission under division (B) of this section. If the school district's valuation per pupil is less than the average statewide valuation per pupil, the commission shall multiply the difference between those amounts by one-half mill times the formula ADM of the district as most recently reported to the department for October under division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. The commission shall certify the resulting product to the department, along with the date on which the maintenance levy requirement terminates as provided in the project agreement between the school district board and the commission. (2) In the case of a school district that entered into a project agreement after July 1, 1997, but before July 1, 2006, the commission shall make the computation described in division (C)(1) of this section on the basis of the district's valuation per pupil and the statewide average valuation per pupil computed as of September 1, 2006, and the district's formula ADM reported for October 2005. (3) The amount computed for a school district under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section shall not change for the period during which payments are made to the district under division (D) of this section. (4) A computation need not be made under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section for a school district that certified a resolution to the commission under division (D)(3) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code until the district becomes eligible for state assistance as provided in that division. (D) In the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, for each school district for which a computation has been made under division (C) of this section, the department shall pay the amount computed to each such school district. Payments shall be made to a school district each year until and including the tax year in which the district's maintenance levy requirement terminates. Payments shall be paid from the half-mill equalization fund, subject to appropriation by the general assembly. However, the department shall make no payments under this section to any district that elects the procedure authorized by section 3318.051 of the Revised Code. (E) Payments made to a school district under this section shall be credited to the district's classroom facilities maintenance fund and shall be used only for the purpose of maintaining facilities constructed or renovated under the project agreement. (F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the half-mill equalization fund. The fund shall receive transfers pursuant to section 5727.85 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used first to make annual payments under division (D) of this section. If a balance remains in the fund after such payments are made in full for a year, the Ohio facilities construction commission may request the controlling board to transfer a reasonable amount from such remaining balance to the public school building fund created under section 3318.15 of the Revised Code for the purposes of this chapter. All investment earnings arising from investment of money in the half-mill equalization fund shall be credited to the fund. Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.325 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.325
§ 3319.325. Student data and technology provider definitions
Status: in_force

December 9, 2024 House Bill 432 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 3319.325 , 3319.326 , and 3319.327 of the Revised Code: (A) "Education records" has the same meaning as in the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and does not include any of the following: (1) Records of instructional, supervisory, and administrative personnel and educational personnel that are in the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a substitute teacher; (2) In the case of persons who are employed by a school district, records made and maintained in the normal course of business that relate exclusively to such person in that person's capacity as an employee and are not available for use for any other purpose; (3) Records on a student who is eighteen years of age or older, which are made or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other recognized professional or paraprofessional acting in the person's professional or paraprofessional capacity, or assisting in that capacity, and that are made, maintained, or used only in connection with the provision of treatment to the student and are not available to anyone other than persons providing such treatment, except that such records can be personally reviewed by a physician or other appropriate professional of the student's choice. (B) "Educational support services data" means data on individuals collected, created, maintained, used, or disseminated relating to programs administered by a school district board of education or an entity under contract with a school district designed to eliminate disparities and advance equities in educational achievement for youth by coordinating services available to participants, regardless of the youth's involvement with other government services. (C) "Information technology center" means an information technology center established under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code. (D) "School-issued device" means hardware, software, devices, and accounts that a school district, acting independently or with a technology provider, provides to an individual student for dedicated student use. (E) "Student" means an individual currently enrolled in a school district in any of grades kindergarten through twelve. (F) "Technology provider" means a person who contracts with a school district to provide a school-issued device for student use and creates, receives, or maintains education records pursuant or incidental to its contract with the district. Except as used in division (G) of section 3319.326 of the Revised Code, "technology provider" does not include a county board of developmental disabilities, educational service center, information technology center, assessment provider, curriculum provider, or city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district that enters into a service contract with a school district that includes issuing school-issued devices to students. Last updated January 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.22
§ 3309.22. Annual statement of funds
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) As used in this division, "personal history record" means information maintained in any format by the board on an individual who is a member, former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, or beneficiary that includes the address, electronic mail address, telephone number, social security number, record of contributions, correspondence with the system, and other information the board determines to be confidential. (2) The records of the board shall be open to public inspection and may be made available in printed or electronic format, except for the following, which shall be excluded, except with the written authorization of the individual concerned: (a) The individual's statement of previous service and other information as provided for in section 3309.28 of the Revised Code; (b) Any information identifying by name and address the amount of a monthly allowance or benefit paid to the individual; (c) The individual's personal history record. (B) All medical reports and recommendations required by the system are privileged except as follows: (1) Copies of medical reports or recommendations shall be made available to the following: (a) The individual concerned, on written request; (b) The personal physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, attorney, or authorized agent of the individual concerned on written release received from the individual or the individual's agent; (c) The board assigned physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner. (2) Documentation required by section 2929.193 of the Revised Code shall be provided to a court holding a hearing under that section. (C) Any person who is a contributor of the system shall be furnished, on written request, with a statement of the amount to the credit of the person's account. The board need not answer more than one such request of a person in any one year. (D) Notwithstanding the exceptions to public inspection in division (A)(2) of this section, the board may furnish the following information: (1) If a member, former member, contributor, former contributor, or retirant is subject to an order issued under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code or is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, on written request of a prosecutor as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to the prosecutor the information requested from the individual's personal history record. (2) Pursuant to a court or administrative order issued under section 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , or 3123.06 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to a court or child support enforcement agency the information required under that section. (3) At the written request of any person, the board shall provide to the person a list of the names and addresses of members, former members, retirants, contributors, former contributors, or beneficiaries. The costs of compiling, copying, and mailing the list shall be paid by such person. (4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of job and family services a list of the names and social security numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section 5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and social security number of each contributor whose name and social security number are the same as that of a person whose name or social security number was submitted by the director. The board and its employees shall, except for purposes of furnishing the auditor of state with information required by this section, preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. (5) The system shall comply with orders issued under section 3105.87 of the Revised Code. On the written request of an alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, the system shall furnish to the alternate payee information on the amount and status of any amounts payable to the alternate payee under an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code. (6) At the request of any person, the board shall make available to the person copies of all documents, including resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of an employee member or retirant member of the board. The person who made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, copying, and mailing the documents. The information described in this division is a public record. (7) The system shall provide the notice required by section 3309.673 of the Revised Code to the prosecutor assigned to the case. (8) The system may provide information requested by the United States social security administration, United States centers for medicare and medicaid services, Ohio public employees deferred compensation program, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, public employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, Cincinnati retirement system, or a third party that the school employees retirement board has contracted with for the purpose of administering any part of this chapter. (E) A statement that contains information obtained from the system's records that is signed by an officer of the retirement system and to which the system's official seal is affixed, or copies of the system's records to which the signature and seal are attached, shall be received as true copies of the system's records in any court or before any officer of this state. Last updated February 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.41
§ 3335.41. College of medicine - neuropsychiatric service
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall operate and manage a neuropsychiatric service of the college of medicine which shall be a center for teaching and research in the fields of neurology and psychiatry and a center for the treatment and care of persons having mental, nervous, or allied diseases. The university shall conduct graduate training programs in neurology and psychiatry, with a view towards securing and maintaining academic and professional accreditation of such programs. The board of trustees, on the recommendation of the president and other administrative officers of the university, shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the neuropsychiatric service. The board of trustees may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies for cooperative efforts in teaching and research in the fields of neurology and psychiatry and for the treatment of persons having mental, nervous, or allied diseases. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3334.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3334 / § 3334.12
§ 3334.12. Evaluation of actuarial soundness of tuition trust fund - termination - annual financial report
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3334.07 and 3334.09 of the Revised Code: (A) Annually, the Ohio tuition trust authority shall have the actuarial soundness of the Ohio tuition trust fund evaluated by a nationally recognized actuary and shall determine whether additional assets are necessary to defray the obligations of the authority. If, after the authority sets the price for tuition units, circumstances arise that the executive director determines necessitate an additional evaluation of the actuarial soundness of the fund, the executive director shall have a nationally recognized actuary conduct the necessary evaluation. If the assets of the fund are insufficient to ensure the actuarial soundness of the fund, the authority shall adjust the price of subsequent purchases of tuition units to the extent necessary to help restore the actuarial soundness of the fund. If, at any time, the adjustment is likely, in the opinion of the authority, to diminish the marketability of tuition units to an extent that the continued sale of the units likely would not restore the actuarial soundness of the fund and external economic factors continue to negatively impact the soundness of the program, the authority may suspend sales, either permanently or temporarily, of tuition units. During any suspension, the authority shall continue to service existing college savings program accounts. (B) Upon termination of all programs or liquidation of the Ohio tuition trust fund, the Ohio tuition trust reserve fund, and the Ohio tuition trust operating fund, any remaining assets of the funds after all obligations of the funds have been satisfied pursuant to division (B) of section 3334.11 of the Revised Code shall be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state. (C) The authority shall prepare and cause to have audited an annual financial report on all financial activity of the Ohio tuition trust authority within ninety days of the end of the fiscal year. The authority shall transmit a copy of the audited financial report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives. Copies of the audited financial report also shall be made available, upon request, to the persons entering into contracts with the authority and to prospective purchasers of tuition units and prospective contributors to variable college savings program accounts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.102
§ 3319.102. [Former Section 4 of S.B. 1, 134th General Assembly, as amended by H.B. 583, 134th General Assembly, and amended and codified as R.C. 3319.102 by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly] Temporary substitute teaching license
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "school governing body" means any of the following: (1) The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (2) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (3) The governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (4) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school; (5) The governing board of an educational service center or a regional council of governments, established under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code, consisting of one or more educational service centers that provide substitute teaching services. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3301.071 , 3319.226 , 3319.30 , and 3319.36 and Chapters 3314. and 3326. of the Revised Code, or the administrative rules of the state board of education, a school governing body may employ an individual who does not hold a post-secondary degree as a substitute teacher provided that the individual also meets the following requirements: (1) The individual meets the district's or school's own set of educational requirements. (2) The individual is deemed to be of good moral character. (3) The individual successfully completes a criminal records check as prescribed in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, the state board shall issue a one-year temporary substitute teaching license to an individual who does not hold a post-secondary degree but meets the requirements prescribed in division (B) of this section. (2) The state board shall establish procedures and criteria under which the one-year temporary substitute teaching license may be renewed. Last updated October 12, 2023 at 1:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.11
§ 3377.11. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly Bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund and also are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.024
§ 3345.024. Higher education costs and postgraduate outcomes report
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly (A) Beginning in the academic year that follows the effective date of this section, each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, annually shall prepare and post on its publicly accessible web site a report that includes at least all of the following information, to the extent practicable: (1) An itemized list of the estimated or actual charges of the instructional fees, general fees, special purpose fees, service charges, fines, and other fees or surcharges applicable to enrolled students; (2) The estimated or actual average cost of attendance; (3) Student degree completion rates; (4) Post-graduation student debt rates; (5) Post-graduation student loan default rates; (6) Post-graduation employment rates of students. (B) Each state institution of higher education annually shall submit to the chancellor of higher education, in a form and manner prescribed by the chancellor, the report prescribed under division (A) of this section. The chancellor shall post each report on the chancellor's web site. (C) The chancellor may adopt rules to implement this section. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 5:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.134 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.134
§ 3333.134. Program acceptance and placement
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly If funds are available in the rural practice incentive fund created under section 3333.136 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated funds for the rural practice incentive program, the chancellor of higher education shall approve an individual for participation in the program, for reimbursement up to fifty thousand dollars, if the chancellor finds that the individual is eligible for participation in the program. Upon approval, the chancellor shall notify and enter into discussions with the individual. The object of the discussions is to facilitate the recruitment of the individual to become or remain employed as a service attorney within an underserved community. If the chancellor and individual agree on the individual's employment as a service attorney within an underserved community, the individual shall prepare, sign, and deliver to the chancellor a letter of intent agreeing to that placement. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3334.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3334 / § 3334.07
§ 3334.07. Plan for sale of tuition credits - price of credit - incentive programs
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The Ohio tuition trust authority shall develop a plan for the sale of tuition units. Not later than December 31, 2009, the authority shall conduct a study of guaranteed tuition program plans and submit a report that contains recommendations for a new guaranteed tuition plan to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor. The authority shall include in the report consideration of a guaranteed tuition program plan in which the risks of the plan are shared equitably among institutions of higher education, the state, the Ohio tuition trust authority, and the investors in the program. (B) Annually, the authority shall determine the weighted average tuition of four-year state universities in the academic year that begins on or after the first day of August of the current calendar year, and shall establish the price of a tuition unit in the ensuing sales period. Such price shall be based on sound actuarial principles, and shall, to the extent actuarially possible, reasonably approximate one per cent of the weighted average tuition for that academic year plus the costs of administering the program that are in excess of general revenue fund appropriations for administrative costs. The sales period to which such price applies shall consist of twelve months, and the authority by rule shall establish the date on which the sales period begins. If circumstances arise during a sales period that the authority determines causes the price of tuition units to be insufficient to ensure the actuarial soundness of the Ohio tuition trust fund, the authority may adjust the price of tuition units purchased during the remainder of the sales period. To promote the purchase of tuition units and in accordance with actuarially sound principles, the authority may adjust the sales price as part of incentive programs, such as discounting for lump sum purchases and multi-year installment plans at a fixed rate of purchase. (C) The authority may establish and administer more than one plan for the sale of tuition units within the Ohio tuition trust fund using similar principles specified in division (B) of this section or modeled after a plan that was included in the study that was conducted under division (A) of this section. If the authority establishes and administers more than one plan for the sale of tuition units, the money received under each plan shall be segregated and identified within the Ohio tuition trust fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.157 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.157
§ 3309.157. Designation of Ohio-qualified agents - selection policy - utilization - annual report
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 312 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 3309.159 of the Revised Code: (1) "Agent" means a dealer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who is licensed under sections 1707.01 to 1707.50 of the Revised Code or under comparable laws of another state or of the United States. (2) "Minority business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (3) "Ohio-qualified agent" means an agent designated as such by the school employees retirement board. (4) "Ohio-qualified investment manager" means an investment manager designated as such by the school employees retirement board. (5) "Principal place of business" means an office in which the agent regularly provides securities or investment advisory services and solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients. (B) The school employees retirement board shall, for the purposes of this section, designate an agent as an Ohio-qualified agent if the agent meets all of the following requirements: (1) The agent is subject to taxation under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5733., 5747., or 5751. of the Revised Code. (2) The agent is authorized to conduct business in this state. (3) The agent maintains a principal place of business in this state and employs at least five residents of this state. (C) The school employees retirement board shall adopt and implement a written policy to establish criteria and procedures used to select agents to execute securities transactions on behalf of the retirement system. The policy shall address each of the following: (1) Commissions charged by the agent, both in the aggregate and on a per share basis; (2) The execution speed and trade settlement capabilities of the agent; (3) The responsiveness, reliability, and integrity of the agent; (4) The nature and value of research provided by the agent; (5) Any special capabilities of the agent. (D)(1) The board shall, at least annually, establish a policy with the goal to increase utilization by the board of Ohio-qualified agents for the execution of domestic equity and fixed income trades on behalf of the retirement system, when an Ohio-qualified agent offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other agents otherwise available to the board and meets the criteria established under division (C) of this section. (2) The board shall review, at least annually, the performance of the agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the board. (3) The board shall determine whether an agent is an Ohio-qualified agent, meets the criteria established by the board pursuant to division (C) of this section, and offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other agents otherwise available to the board. The board's determination shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.14
§ 3307.14. Creation of funds - trustees
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly The state teachers retirement board shall be the trustee of certain funds hereby created as follows: (A) The "teachers' savings fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of teachers participating in the STRS defined benefit plan, as provided by section 3307.26 of the Revised Code, together with the interest credited thereon. Such accumulated contributions refunded upon withdrawal, or payable to an estate or beneficiary as provided in this chapter, shall be paid from this fund. Any accumulated contributions forfeited by the failure of a contributor, an estate, or a beneficiary to claim the same shall be transferred from this fund to the guarantee fund. The accumulated contributions of a member or of a teacher who qualifies for a benefit under section 3307.35 of the Revised Code shall be transferred at the member's or teacher's retirement from the teachers' savings fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund. The accumulated contributions of a member who dies prior to superannuation retirement that are forfeited by the qualified beneficiary in exchange for monthly survivor benefits, as provided by section 3307.66 of the Revised Code, shall be transferred to the survivors' benefit fund. The accumulated contributions of a superannuate or other system retirant as defined in section 3307.35 of the Revised Code shall be transferred to the survivors' benefit fund for payment of a lump-sum benefit to a beneficiary as provided in that section. As used in this division, "accumulated contributions" has the same meaning as in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code. (B) The "employers' trust fund" is the fund to which the employer contribution made on behalf of a teacher participating in the STRS defined benefit plan shall be credited and in which shall be accumulated the reserves held in trust for the payment of all pensions or other benefits provided by sections 3307.35 , 3307.58 , 3307.59 , 3307.60 , 3307.63 , 3307.631 , 3307.66 , and 3307.6912 of the Revised Code, to teachers retiring or receiving disability benefits in the future or to their qualified beneficiaries, and from which the reserves for such pensions and other benefits shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund and to the survivors' benefit fund. The balances as of August 31, 1957, in the employers accumulation fund shall be transferred to this fund. As of September 1, 1957, an additional amount shall be transferred from the employers' trust fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund in the amount required to complete the funding of the prior service, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, and military service pensions then payable. (C) The "annuity and pension reserve fund" is the fund from which shall be paid all annuities, pensions, and disability benefits under the STRS defined benefit plan and annuities payable under section 3307.352 of the Revised Code for which reserves have been transferred from the teachers' savings fund and the employers' trust fund. (D) The "survivors' benefit fund" is the fund from which shall be paid the survivors' benefits provided by section 3307.66 of the Revised Code and the lump sum payment to beneficiaries as provided in section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, and to which shall be transferred from the employers' trust fund the amount required to fund all liabilities as of the end of each year. (E) The "guarantee fund" is the fund from which interest is transferred and credited on the amounts in the funds described in divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this section, and is a contingent fund from which the special requirements of said funds may be paid by transfer from this fund. All income derived from the investment of funds by the state teachers retirement board as trustee under section 3307.15 of the Revised Code, together with all gifts and bequests, or the income therefrom, shall be paid into this fund. Any deficit occurring in any other fund that will not be covered by payments to that fund, as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be paid by transfers of amounts from the guarantee fund to such fund or funds. Should the amount in the guarantee fund be insufficient at any time to meet the amounts payable therefrom, the amount of such deficiency, with regular interest, shall be paid by an additional employer rate of contribution as determined by the actuary and shall be approved by the board, and the amount of such additional employer contribution shall be credited to the guarantee fund. The board may accept gifts and bequests. Any funds that may come into the possession of the board in this manner or that may be transferred from the teachers' savings fund by reason of lack of a claimant, or any surplus in any fund created in divisions (A) to (F) of this section, or any other funds whose disposition is not otherwise provided for, shall be credited to the guarantee fund. (F) The expense fund is the fund from which shall be paid the expenses for the administration and management of the state teachers retirement system as provided by this chapter. (G) The "defined contribution fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of teachers participating in an STRS defined contribution plan, as provided in section 3307.26 of the Revised Code, together with any earnings and employer contributions credited thereon. (H) The "health care fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated any amounts allocated by the board for health care coverage described in section 3307.39 of the Revised Code, together with any earnings credited thereon. The fund shall be established under 26 U.S.C. 401(h) as a separate account. It is the fund from which shall be paid health care coverage made available under section 3307.39 of the Revised Code, except that payments from the fund shall be limited as provided by 26 U.S.C. 401(h).
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.21
§ 3332.21. Annual reporting requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each school that holds a certificate of registration from or is authorized to offer a certificate, diploma, or degree under a certificate of authorization issued by the state board of career colleges under this chapter annually shall provide to the state board and the chancellor of higher education all of the following: (1) Verification of current accreditation status and a copy of the most recent institutional report from the school's accrediting organization; (2) A plan to preserve student records indefinitely in the event of closure of the school or discontinuation of service. The plan shall include a method by which students and alumni of the school may retrieve student records by request. The plan also shall include a designation and signed confirmation of an official custodian of student records. Student records preserved under the plan shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Academic transcripts; (b) Financial aid documents; (c) International student forms; (d) Tax information. (3) The following program information: (a) A list of current degree programs offered by the school in this state; (b) The results of any external degree program evaluations conducted in the last year; (c) A list of any degree programs that have been eliminated in the last year; (4) The latest financial statement for the most recent fiscal year compiled and audited by an independent certified public accountant, including any management letters provided by the independent auditor; (5) Any other information requested by the state board or the chancellor. (B) If a school fails to submit the information required under division (A) of this section or if the state board or the chancellor finds that the information submitted under that division is insufficient, the state board may suspend, withdraw, or revoke a school's certificate of registration or program authorization. (C) Each school subject to this chapter that is authorized to offer courses or degrees under a certificate of authorization shall immediately notify the state board and the chancellor if the school does any of the following: (1) Receives notice from the federal government or an institutional accrediting organization that the school is subject to heightened reporting standards or special monitoring status, such as the United States department of education's heightened cash monitoring process; (2) Receives preliminary or final accreditation findings; (3) Becomes the subject of an investigation by a government agency related to the school's academic quality, financial stability, or student consumer protection; (4) Fails to make any payments to applicable retirement systems; (5) Fails to make any scheduled payroll payments; (6) Fails to make any payments to vendors when due as a result of a cash deficiency or a substantial deficiency in the payment processing system of the school; (7) Fails to make any scheduled payment of principal or interest for short- or long-term debt; (8) Makes budget revisions resulting in a substantially reduced ending fund balance or larger deficit; (9) Becomes aware of significant negative variance between the most recently adopted annual budget and actual revenues or expenses as projected at the end of the fiscal year. (D) A document received by the state board or the chancellor under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section that is confidential under federal law is not subject to release under a public records request until such time as the document is released publicly by the appropriate entity. Further, financial documentation of the school received by the state board or the chancellor under this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.063
§ 3302.063. Waiver of laws or rules specified in plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon designation of a school district of innovation under section 3302.062 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall waive any laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department that are specified in the innovation plan submitted by the district board of education as needing to be waived to implement the plan. The waiver shall apply only to the school or schools participating in the innovation plan and shall not apply to the district as a whole, unless each of the district's schools is a participating school. The waiver shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its designation revoked under section 3302.065 of the Revised Code, or if the school is removed from an innovation school zone under that section or section 3302.064 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall not waive any law or rule regarding the following: (1) Funding for school districts under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code; (2) The requirements of Chapters 3323. and 3324. of the Revised Code for the provision of services to students with disabilities and gifted students; (3) Requirements related to the provision of career-technical education that are necessary to comply with federal law or maintenance of effort provisions; (4) Administration of the assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 , 3301.0712 , and 3301.0715 of the Revised Code; (5) Requirements related to the issuance of report cards and the assignment of performance ratings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (6) Implementation of the model of differentiated accountability under section 3302.041 of the Revised Code; (7) Requirements for the reporting of data to the department of education and workforce; (8) Criminal records checks of school employees; (9) The requirements of Chapters 3307. and 3309. regarding the retirement systems for teachers and school employees; (10) The requirements of section 3302.41 or 3302.42 of the Revised Code related to implementation of a blended learning model or online learning model in a school. (C) If a district board's revisions to an innovation plan under section 3302.066 of the Revised Code require a waiver of additional laws or department rules, the department shall grant a waiver from those laws or rules upon evidence that administrators and teachers have consented to the revisions as required by that section. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3353.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3353 / § 3353.01
§ 3353.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Educational television or radio" means television or radio programs which serve the educational needs of the community and which meet the requirements of the federal communications commission for noncommercial educational television or radio. (B) "Educational telecommunications network" means a system of connected educational television, radio, or radio reading service facilities and coordinated programs established and operated or controlled by the broadcast educational media commission, pursuant to this chapter. (C) "Transmission" means the sending out of television, radio, or radio reading service programs, either directly to the public, or to broadcasting stations or services for simultaneous broadcast or rebroadcast. (D) "Transmission facilities" means structures, equipment, material, and services used in the transmission of educational television, radio, or radio reading service programs. (E) "Interconnection facilities" means the equipment, material, and services used to link one location to another location or to several locations by means of telephone line, coaxial cable, microwave relays, or other available technologies. (F) "Broadcasting station" means a properly licensed noncommercial educational television or radio station, appropriately staffed and equipped to produce programs or lessons and to broadcast programs. (G) "Radio reading service" means a nonprofit organization that disseminates news and other information to persons who are blind and persons with other print disabilities. (H) "Affiliate" means an educational telecommunication entity, including a television or radio broadcasting station or radio reading service. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.14
§ 3365.14. College credit plus participation and audit
Status: in_force

February 25, 2025 Senate Bill 104 - 135th General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, shall undertake any action as necessary to ensure that public colleges and public secondary schools are fully engaging and participating in the college credit plus program as required under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. Such actions may include publicly displaying program participation data by college and secondary schools. (B) The chancellor and the department shall collect data relative to the actual cost of programming under the college credit plus program and submit that data to the auditor of state. The auditor of state shall review and audit that data. The auditor of state shall submit to the general assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, a one-time report regarding the findings of that review and audit. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3359.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3359 / § 3359.02
§ 3359.02. Election and appointment of officers of board - bond of treasurer
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly The board of trustees of the university of Akron shall annually elect from their members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson; and they may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interest of the university requires, who may be members of the board. The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state or be insured for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into the treasurer's care. The amount of said bonds or insurance shall be determined by the board, but shall not be for a sum less than the estimated amount which may come into the treasurer's control at any time, less any reasonable deductible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.08
§ 3316.08. Annual determination of operating deficit - tax levy proposal
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly During a school district's fiscal emergency period, the auditor of state shall determine annually, or at any other time upon request of the financial planning and supervision commission, whether the school district will incur an operating deficit. If the auditor of state determines that a school district will incur an operating deficit, the auditor of state shall certify that determination to the director of education and workforce, the financial planning and supervision commission, and the board of education of the school district. Upon receiving the auditor of state's certification, the commission shall adopt a resolution requesting that the board of education work with the county auditor or tax commissioner to estimate the amount and rate of a tax levy that is needed under section 5705.194 , 5705.199 , or 5705.21 or Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code to produce a positive fund balance not later than the third year of the three-year forecast submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code. The board of education shall recommend to the commission whether the board supports or opposes a tax levy under section 5705.194 , 5705.199 , or 5705.21 or Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code and shall provide supporting documentation to the commission of its recommendation. After considering the board of education's recommendation and supporting documentation, the commission shall adopt a resolution to either submit a ballot question proposing a tax levy or not to submit such a question. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the tax shall be levied in the manner prescribed for a tax levied under section 5705.194 , 5705.199 , or 5705.21 or under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code. If the commission decides that a tax should be levied, the tax shall be levied for the purpose of paying current operating expenses of the school district. The rate of a property tax levied under section 5705.194 , 5705.199 , 5705.21 , or 5748.09 of the Revised Code shall be determined by the county auditor, and the rate of an income tax levied under section 5748.02 , 5748.08 , or 5748.09 of the Revised Code shall be determined by the tax commissioner, upon the request of the commission. The commission, in consultation with the board of education, shall determine the election at which the question of the tax shall appear on the ballot, and the commission shall submit a copy of its resolution to the board of elections not later than ninety days prior to the day of that election. The board of elections conducting the election shall certify the results of the election to the board of education and to the financial planning and supervision commission. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3379.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3379 / § 3379.10
§ 3379.10. Per cent for arts program - definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) Recognizing this state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and to encourage the development of artists and craftspersons, the general assembly declares it a policy of this state that a portion of the money to be spent by state agencies on the construction or renovation of public buildings be spent on the acquisition of works of art to be placed in or on such buildings. In pursuit of this policy, there is hereby established the per cent for arts program, under which quality works of art are to be sold to such agencies by the Ohio arts council and, in the process, qualified professional artists are to be recognized. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Appropriation" does not include a reappropriation. (2) "Proceeds" does not include the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued in anticipation of the issuance of, or to refund, other bonds, notes, or other obligations. (3) "Public building" means any building, facility, structure, or park built or renovated using state money, including any publicly owned lands or space surrounding or integral to the building, facility, structure, or park but not including: (a) Parking lots, sidewalks, maintenance sheds, bridges, tunnels, sewers, trails, fishponds and fishways, or warehouses, unless such structures are adjuncts of the principal element of the project; (b) Buildings of a temporary nature; (c) Projects to correct any deficiencies or violations of a building or housing code enacted by law; (d) Highway construction. (4) "Renovation" does not include a project of which the principal purpose is the rehabilitation of plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or electrical systems. (5) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code and includes a state university or college, a community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, or a technical college established under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code. (6) "Work of art" includes all forms of original creations of visual art, including, but not limited to: (a) Paintings, including all media and both portable and permanently affixed works of art such as murals; (b) Sculpture, including bas-relief, high relief, mobile, fountain, kinetic, environmental, electronic, and in-the-round sculpture; (c) Prints, calligraphy, clay, drawings, stained glass, mosaics, photographs, fiber and textiles, wood, metal, plastics, and other materials or combination of materials; (d) Mixed media, including any combination of forms of media. (C)(1) Beginning on the effective date of this amendment, except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, whenever more than four million dollars of state money, whether obtained from the sale of bonds or otherwise, is to be spent by a state agency on the construction or renovation of a public building, the agency that contracts for the construction or renovation, consistent with division (H) of this section, shall contract with the council to purchase works of art from the council for display in or on the public building and to make related outlays under division (F) of this section using the lesser of the following: (a) One per cent of the state money appropriated for the project or, if applicable, one per cent of the nonappropriated state proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold for the project; (b) Two hundred thousand dollars. (2) The calculation of whether more than four million dollars is to be spent shall not be cumulative but shall be based on the amount of each appropriation or each designation of nonappropriated state proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be sold for a project. (D) The council, subject to the approval of the director of budget and management, shall fix the prices at which it sells works of art for the project to the state agency contracting for construction or renovation. (E)(1) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the director of budget and management, after consulting with the council about the matter, may determine that no state money, or a percentage less than one per cent of the amount specified in that division, shall be spent to purchase works of art from the council and to make related outlays under division (F) of this section if the director of budget and management feels that works of art would be out of place in or on the public building, that there will be little opportunity for public appreciation of works of art in or on the public building, that the value of some features or characteristics inherent in the architectural design of the public building should apply toward the one per cent requirement, or that the public building is or will be amply supplied with works of art even without works of art purchased from the council under division (C) of this section. The director shall make all final decisions with regard to whether and to what extent a construction or renovation project is subject to division (C) or (E) of this section. (2) Not later than forty-five days after the effective date of a section of an act providing that more than four million dollars of state money is to be spent by a state agency on the construction or renovation of a public building, the director of budget and management shall prepare a preliminary report listing each appropriation and each designation of nonappropriated state proceeds of more than four million dollars for the construction or renovation of a public building, and indicating the amount of the appropriation or designation that shall be spent for the per cent for arts program. The amount specified to be spent for the per cent for arts program amount shall take into account any determination made by the director under division (E)(1) of this section. The director shall send a copy of the preliminary report to the council and to each state agency that received an appropriation or nonappropriated state proceeds of more than four million dollars for the construction or renovation of a public building under the act. (3) Not later than thirty days after the director sends the preliminary report required under division (E)(2) of this section, a state agency may deliver to the director of budget and management a request for the director to make a determination under division (E)(1) of this section or to reconsider a determination made under that division. If the director approves the request, the director shall revise the preliminary report consistent with the approved request. Not later than forty-five days after sending a preliminary report, the director shall send a final report to the council and to each state agency referred to in division (E)(2) of this section. (F)(1) Where appropriated state money will be used to purchase works of art from the council under division (C) or (E) of this section, the state agency that has contracted to purchase the works of art shall make payment to the council for the works of art and related costs as follows: (a) The state agency shall encumber sufficient money to pay for the purchase and installation of the works of art and shall authorize the council to make payments against those encumbrances for the purchase and installation of the works of art. The council shall use the encumbered money to acquire and install the works of art. (b) If the council expects to make expenditures in connection with the selection of artists for a specific project, including expenditures for printing or for jurors, the council shall estimate the amount of such expenditures it expects to make and certify that amount to the state agency and to the director of budget and management. Upon determining that there is an unobligated balance in an appropriation for the state agency that may be used for the purpose, the director of budget and management shall transfer the amount certified from the appropriation to the per cent for art acquisitions fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, on an intrastate transfer voucher. The fund shall be used by the council to pay costs it incurs in connection with the selection of artists for specific projects, including costs for printing and for jurors. All amounts encumbered or transferred under division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section shall be applied toward the percentage requirement of division (C) or (E) of this section. (2) Where nonappropriated state proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations will be used to purchase works of art from the council under division (C) or (E) of this section, the state agency that has contracted to purchase the works of art shall make payment to the council for the works of art and related costs as follows: (a) The council shall submit to the state agency invoices requesting payment for the purchase and installation of the works of art. (b) If the council expects to make expenditures in connection with the selection of artists for a specific project, including expenditures for printing or for jurors, the council shall estimate the amount of such expenditures it expects to make and submit to the state agency invoices requesting payment in that amount. The state agency shall promptly remit payment to the council in the amounts of all such invoices. Such remittances shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the per cent for art acquisitions fund. All amounts remitted under this division shall be applied toward the percentage requirement of division (C) or (E) of this section. (G) The council shall consult with the chief executive officer, or the officer's designee, of either the state agency spending state money on the construction or renovation or the state agency or agencies occupying or to occupy a public building for which the council will supply a work of art, or both, before making decisions about the following: (1) Which works of art will be purchased and on which sites they will be placed; (2) Which artists, if any, will be commissioned to create a work of art; (3) The sale, exchange, and disposition of works of art used in the program. (H) The council shall make all final decisions in regard to the matters described in divisions (G)(1) to (3) of this section. (I) Each state agency that has purchased works of art from the council under division (C) or (E) of this section shall maintain the works of art and pay the costs of maintenance. Money spent by the agency for maintenance of the works of art shall not be applied toward the percentage requirement of division (C) or (E) of this section. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.12
§ 3314.12. Sponsor to submit annual report of services and expenditures
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly On or before the first day of November each year, the sponsor of each community school established under this chapter shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in accordance with guidelines adopted by the department for purposes of this section, a report that describes the special education and related services provided by that school to enrolled students during the previous fiscal year and the school's expenditures for those services. Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.362
§ 3314.362. Dropout prevention and recovery community schools
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, a community school that primarily serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program may continue to operate in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years without complying with that division and shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery community school for the purposes of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code for those school years. Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2027, any community school that primarily serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program is a dropout prevention and recovery community school, as defined in division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. Prior to that date, the school, upon approval of the school's sponsor, shall do one or both of the following with any grades that do not comply with division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code: (A) Transfer those grades to a separate community school. The department of education and workforce shall assign the separate community school its own internal retrieval number. (B) Cease offering those grades. The school shall assist students who are not eligible to enroll in the dropout prevention and recovery community school to transfer to a separate community school or enroll in a different school, as applicable. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.42
§ 3302.42. Online learning model
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "online learning" has the same meaning as in section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. (A) Any local, city, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, with approval of the department of education and workforce, may operate a school using an online learning model. If a school is operated using an online learning model or is to cease operating using an online learning model, the superintendent of the district shall notify the department of that fact not later than the first day of July of the school year for which the change is effective. If any school district school is currently operated using an online learning model on September 30, 2021, the superintendent of the district shall notify the department within sixty days after September 30, 2021, of that fact and request that the school be classified as an online learning school. (1) Districts shall assign all students engaged in online learning to a single school which the department shall designate as a district online school. (2) Districts shall provide all students engaged in online learning a computer, at no cost, for instructional use. Districts shall provide a filtering device or install filtering software that protects against internet access to materials that are obscene or harmful to juveniles on each computer provided to students for instructional use. (3) Districts shall provide all students engaged in online learning access to the internet, at no cost, for instructional use. (4) Districts that operate an online learning school shall provide a comprehensive orientation for students and their parents or guardians prior to enrollment or within thirty days for students enrolled as of September 30, 2021. (5) Online learning schools operated by a district shall implement a learning management system that tracks the time students participate in online learning activities. All student learning activities completed while off-line shall be documented with all participation records checked and approved by the teacher of record. (6) Districts may employ teachers and nonteaching employees necessary to carry out its duties and fulfill its responsibilities under this section or may contract with a nonprofit or for-profit entity to operate the online learning school, including the provision of personnel, related services, curriculum, supplies, equipment, or facilities. (B) The department shall revise any operating standards for school districts adopted under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code to include standards for the operation of online learning under this section. The online learning operation standards shall provide for all of the following: (1) Student-to-teacher ratios whereby no school or classroom is required to have more than one teacher for every one hundred twenty-five students in online learning classrooms; (2) The ability of all students, at any grade level, to earn credits or advance grade levels upon demonstrating mastery of knowledge or skills through competency-based learning models. Credits or grade level advancement shall not be based on a minimum number of days or hours in a classroom. (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3313.48 of the Revised Code, a requirement that schools operating using an online learning model have an annual instructional calendar of not less than nine hundred ten hours. (a) For funding purposes, the department shall reduce the full-time equivalence proportionally for any student in an online learning school who participates in less than nine hundred ten hours per school year. The department shall reduce state funding for students assigned to an online learning school operated by a district commensurate with such adjustments to enrollment. (b) The department shall develop a review process and make all adjustments of state funding to districts to reflect any participation of students in online learning schools for less than the equivalent of a full school year. (4) Adequate provisions for: the licensing of teachers, administrators, and other professional personnel and their assignment according to training and qualifications; efficient and effective instructional materials and equipment, including library facilities; the proper organization, administration, and supervision of each school, including regulations for preparing all necessary records and reports and the preparation of a statement of policies and objectives for each school; buildings, grounds, and health and sanitary facilities and services; admission of pupils, and such requirements for their promotion from grade to grade as will ensure that they are capable and prepared for the level of study to which they are certified; requirements for graduation; and such other factors as the board finds necessary. (C) This section does not affect any provisions for the operation of and payments to an internet- or computer-based community school prescribed in Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.26
§ 3314.26. Withdrawal of computer-based school student not taking tests
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each internet- or computer-based community school shall withdraw from the school any student who, for two consecutive school years of enrollment in the school, has failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level and was not excused from the assessment pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver was granted for the student under division (L)(3) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. The school shall report any such student's data verification code, as assigned pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, to the department of education and workforce. The department shall maintain a list of all data verification codes reported under this division and section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code and provide that list to each internet- or computer-based community school and to each school to which section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code applies. (B) No internet- or computer-based community school shall receive any state funds under this chapter for any enrolled student whose data verification code appears on the list maintained by the department under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the parent of any such student shall pay tuition to the internet- or computer-based community school in an amount equal to the state funds the school otherwise would receive for that student, as determined by the department. An internet- or computer-based community school may withdraw any student for whom the parent does not pay tuition as required by this division. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.21
§ 3354.21. Agreement with agencies to provide services
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The multipurpose center established under section 3354.20 of the Revised Code may provide and may enter into an agreement with a public or private nonprofit agency or person to provide displaced homemakers with services. These services may include, but not be limited to, the following: (A) Job counseling, specifically designed for a person reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker, and utilizing peer counseling; (B) Job training developed cooperatively with the director of job and family services, local government agencies, and private employers, for available employment in the public and private sectors. The job training program shall provide a stipend for trainees. As opportunities for the employment of such skills in the community are identified or developed, the center's program shall include training for: (1) Employment counselors in social service agencies; (2) Home health technicians with skills in nutrition, basic health care, and nursing for the disabled and elderly; (3) Health care counselors, for employment in hospital outpatient and community clinics, especially in the counseling of middle-aged patients. (C) Assistance in finding employment. In its job-finding program, the staff shall work with the director of job and family services, and any other appropriate public or private agency in the area where the center is located. (D) Health service programs, including a clinic based on principles of preventive health care and consumer health education. The clinic shall provide basic physical and gynecological examinations, information and referral to physicians and clinics, discussion and activity groups on common health problems of older persons, and alcohol and drug addiction programs. (E) Money management courses; (F) Information concerning government assistance programs; (G) Educational programs, including courses offering credit through community colleges or leading to a high school equivalency diploma; (H) Counseling for the purpose of lessening or resolving emotional problems, temporary stress, or impaired social functioning.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3362.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3362 / § 3362.06
§ 3362.06. Transfer of assets and liabilities from state community college to state university trustees
Status: in_force

July 2, 1986 House Bill 739 - 116th General Assembly Shawnee state community college shall cease to exist when the board of trustees of Shawnee state university commences the exercise of its powers. Thereupon, the board of trustees of Shawnee state university shall have control of all lands, buildings, property, and equipment held by the board of trustees of Shawnee state community college for the institution or in trust for the institution, whether for the general or special use of the institution or for some purpose otherwise directed by the terms of a donation or bequest. On the date the board of trustees of Shawnee state university commences to exercise its powers, all contractual and other obligations, liabilities, trusts, and commitments of the board of trustees of Shawnee state community college shall become the responsibility of the board of trustees of Shawnee state university. The abolishment of Shawnee state community college shall not affect the rights of holders or owners of bonds or notes issued by Shawnee state community college. Such notes and bonds shall become the obligations of Shawnee state university on the date the board of trustees of the university commences to exercise its powers. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.34
§ 3345.34. Student trustee not to receive special treatment or benefits
Status: in_force

April 29, 2011 House Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly (A) No student trustee of a state university or the northeast Ohio medical university shall use the trusteeship to influence any grade or other evaluation of the student trustee's performance made by a member of the faculty or other employee of the university. (B) No member of the faculty or other employee of a state university or the northeast Ohio medical university shall confer any favor, advantage, preference, or other benefit on a student trustee because of the student's trusteeship.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.13
§ 3357.13. Baccalaureate-oriented associate degree program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. A technical college regardless of its co-location with another state institution of higher education may offer any baccalaureate-oriented associate degree program, provided however that any new or expanded programs at co-located campuses must be approved by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents. In reviewing such programs, the chancellor shall determine whether the proposed program would promote cooperation and collaboration between co-located institutions while minimizing duplication. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.09
§ 3335.09. Powers of board of trustees regarding president, professors, other employees, and course of instruction
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall elect, fix the compensation of, and remove, the president and such number of professors, teachers, and other employees as are necessary. No trustee, or relative of a trustee by blood or marriage, shall be eligible to a professorship or position in the university, the compensation for which is payable out of the state treasury or a university fund. The board shall fix and regulate the course of instruction and prescribe the extent and character of experiments to be made at the university. Last updated June 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.673 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.673
§ 3313.673. Screening of beginning pupils for special learning needs
Status: in_force

April 26, 1990 House Bill 777 - 118th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, prior to the first day of November of the school year in which a pupil is enrolled for the first time in either kindergarten or first grade, the pupil shall be screened for hearing, vision, speech and communications, and health or medical problems and for any developmental disorders. If the results of any screening reveal the possibility of special learning needs, the board of education of the school district shall conduct further assessment in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. The board may provide any of the elements of the screening program itself, contract with any person or governmental entity to provide any such elements, or request the parent to obtain any such elements from a provider selected by the parent. If the board conducts hearing and vision screening itself or contracts for hearing and vision screening, such screening shall be conducted pursuant to sections 3313.50 , 3313.69 , and 3313.73 of the Revised Code. (B) Prior to the first day of August of the school year in which a pupil is required to be screened under this section, the board shall provide parents with information about the district's screening program. If the board chooses to request parents to obtain any screening services, it shall provide lists of providers to parents together with information about such screening services available in the community to parents who cannot afford them. Any parent requested to obtain any screening services under this division may sign a written statement to the effect that he does not wish to have his child receive such screening.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.25
§ 3349.25. Municipal university taxing district
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 753 - 103rd General Assembly For the purpose of levying any tax which may be found necessary to meet fiscal obligations under any agreement authorized by section 3349.23 or section 3349.241 of the Revised Code, that portion of said county lying outside of the corporate limits of such municipality in which the university is situated, when the county enters into such an agreement, or any township, municipal corporation, or school district which enters into such an agreement shall be a taxing district to be known as a municipal university taxing district. The areas composing such a district need not be contiguous. After the establishment of such a taxing district, when the county or any township, municipal corporation, or school district not already constituting a municipal university taxing district enters into such an agreement, for the purpose of levying any tax which may be found necessary to meet the fiscal obligations under any agreement authorized by section 3349.23 or section 3349.241 of the Revised Code, that portion of the county lying outside the limits of an already established municipal university taxing district, or those townships, municipal corporations, or school districts which enter into such agreements, shall be a taxing district to be known as an additional municipal university taxing district. The board of county commissioners of a county, the board of trustees of a township, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the board of education of a school district entering into an agreement pursuant to sections 3349.23 or 3349.241 of the Revised Code, shall be the taxing authority and shall submit to the electors of said taxing district, in the manner provided by sections 5705.01 to 5705.26 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the question of authorizing the taxing authority to levy a tax for such purpose, within the constitutional ten mill limitation. In the event such issue is approved by the percentage of vote required in section 5705.26 of the Revised Code the taxing authority of the district shall levy such tax upon all lands within such district, and it shall order from time to time the transfer to the board of directors of the municipal university, by warrant of the auditor, such sums of tax moneys collected as are necessary to meet its obligations under such contract. The taxing authority for the purposes of the agreement authorized by section 3349.23 or section 3349.241 of the Revised Code may also submit to the electors of such taxing district in the manner provided for by sections 5705.01 to 5705.26 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, a proposal to levy a tax outside the ten mill limitation at a specified rate and for a specified period not to exceed five years, but to terminate upon termination of the agreement authorized by section 3349.23 or section 3349.241 of the Revised Code under which the taxing district was established.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.80
§ 3345.80. Five-year institutional cost summaries
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" and "state university" have the same meanings as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) For each biennial main operating appropriations bill and capital appropriations bill, each state institution of higher education shall prepare, in accordance with guidelines established under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code, a rolling five-year summary of its institutional costs to be considered by the general assembly when evaluating operating and capital project funding. The chancellor shall submit a report including each state institution's five-year institutional cost summaries to the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code. (C) Each state institution of higher education's five-year institutional cost summary shall consist of the following categories: (1) All costs related to student instruction, including instructor salaries, benefits, and related operating costs; (2) All general staff costs related to maintenance, grounds, utilities, food service, and other areas as determined by the institution; (3) All other costs for staff, including academic administrators, counseling, financial aid assistance, healthcare services, and housing management. (D) Each of the categories presented in the five-year institutional cost summary shall include all of the following: (1) A detailed breakdown of annual costs and employee headcounts; (2) A complete accounting of all spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, or related subjects; (3) An annual count of all faculty, administration, and employees. (E) The chancellor shall consult with state institutions of higher education to develop a standardized reporting format for the institutional cost summaries and a uniform approach to completing the categories required in division (C) of this section. (F) During the general assembly's consideration of the main operating appropriations and capital appropriations bills, if requested by the chairperson of the senate or house committee that considers higher education legislation, the president of each state university and the chancellor of higher education shall present in the appropriate hearings conducted by that committee to provide commentary on trends, potential justifications, or other explanations regarding the university's five-year summary of institutional costs. (G) Prior to the enactment of the main operating appropriations and capital appropriations bills, the chancellor shall create and present to the general assembly an aggregation report summarizing the total institutional costs for state universities and community colleges separately. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.471 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.471
§ 3309.471. Contributions during disability leave
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, any contributor who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by his employer, whereby the contributor receives a percentage of his salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to make contributions for time off while on disability leave. Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, each employer described in division (A) of section 3309.01 of the Revised Code who sponsors a disability leave program shall make the periodic employee and employer contributions, in the amounts set pursuant to sections 3309.47 and 3309.49 of the Revised Code, for contributors granted disability leave, based on the contributor's compensation in effect at the time disability leave was granted.