Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.231
§ 3311.231. Transferring local school district territory to adjoining service center or city or exempted village school district
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A governing board of an educational service center may propose, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its full membership, or qualified electors of the area affected equal in number to not less than fifty-five per cent of the qualified electors voting at the last general election residing within that portion of a school district proposed to be transferred may propose, by petition, the transfer of a part or all of one or more local school districts within the territory of the center to an adjoining educational service center or to an adjoining city or exempted village school district. A governing board of an educational service center adopting a resolution proposing a transfer of school territory under this section shall file a copy of such resolution together with an accurate map of the territory described in the resolution, with the board of education of each school district whose boundaries would be altered by such proposal. Where a transfer of territory is proposed by a governing board of an educational service center under this section, the governing board shall, at its next regular meeting that occurs not earlier than the thirtieth day after the adoption by the governing board of the resolution proposing such transfer, adopt a resolution making the transfer as originally proposed, effective at any time prior to the next succeeding first day of July, unless, prior to the expiration of such thirty-day period, qualified electors residing in the area proposed to be transferred, equal in number to a majority of the qualified electors voting at the last general election, file a petition of referendum against such transfer. Any petition of transfer or petition of referendum under the provisions of this section shall be filed at the office of the educational service center superintendent. The person presenting the petition shall be given a receipt containing thereon the time of day, the date, and the purpose of the petition. The educational service center superintendent shall cause the board of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on any such petition, and, if found to be sufficient, the superintendent shall present the petition to the educational service center governing board at a meeting of said governing board which shall occur not later than thirty days following the filing of said petition. The educational service center governing board shall promptly certify the proposal to the board of elections of such counties in which school districts whose boundaries would be altered by such proposal are located for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next general or primary election which occurs not less than ninety days after the date of such certification or at a special election, the date of which shall be specified in the certification, which date shall not be less than ninety days after the date of such certification. Signatures on a petition of transfer or petition of referendum may be withdrawn up to and including the above mentioned meeting of the educational service center governing board only by order of the governing board upon testimony of the petitioner concerned under oath before the board that the petitioner's signature was obtained by fraud, duress, or misrepresentation. If a petition is filed with the educational service center governing board which proposes the transfer of a part or all of the territory included either in a petition previously filed by electors or in a resolution of transfer previously adopted by the educational service center governing board, no action shall be taken on such new petition as long as the previously initiated proposal is pending before the governing board or is subject to an election. Upon certification of a proposal to the board or boards of elections pursuant to this section, the board or boards of elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such question to the electors of the county or counties qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be conducted and canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as in regular elections for the election of members of a board of education. The persons qualified to vote upon a proposal are the electors residing in the district or districts containing territory that is proposed to be transferred. If the proposed transfer is approved by at least a majority of the electors voting on the proposal, the educational service center governing board shall make such transfer at any time prior to the next succeeding first day of July, subject to the approval of the receiving board of education in case of a transfer to a city or exempted village school district, and subject to the approval of the educational service center governing board of the receiving center, in case of a transfer to an educational service center. If the proposed transfer is not approved by at least a majority of the electors voting on the proposal, the question of transferring any property included in the territory covered by the proposal shall not be submitted to electors at any election prior to the first general election the date of which is at least two years after the date of the original election, or the first primary election held in an even-numbered year the date of which is at least two years after the date of the original election. Where a territory is transferred under this section to a city or exempted village school district, the board of education of such district shall, and where territory is transferred to an educational service center the governing board of such educational service center shall, within thirty days following receipt of the proposal, either accept or reject the transfer. Where a governing board of an educational service center adopts a resolution accepting territory transferred to the educational service center under the provisions of sections 3311.231 and 3311.24 of the Revised Code, the governing board shall, at the time of the adoption of the resolution accepting the territory, designate the school district to which the accepted territory shall be annexed. When an entire school district is proposed to be transferred to two or more adjoining school districts and the offer is rejected by any one of the receiving boards of education, none of the territory included in the proposal shall be transferred. Upon the acceptance of territory by the receiving board or boards of education the educational service center governing board offering the territory shall file with the county auditor of each county affected by the transfer and with the state board of education an accurate map showing the boundaries of the territory transferred. Upon the making of such transfer, the net indebtedness of the former district from which territory was transferred shall be apportioned between the acquiring school district and the portion of the former school district remaining after the transfer in the ratio which the assessed valuation of the territory transferred to the acquiring school district bears to the assessed valuation of the original school district as of the effective date of the transfer. As used in this section "net indebtedness" means the difference between the par value of the outstanding and unpaid bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held in the sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for their redemption. Upon the making of any transfer under this section, the funds of the district from which territory was transferred shall be divided equitably by the educational service center governing board, between the acquiring district and any part of the original district remaining after the transfer. If an entire district is transferred the board of education of such district is thereby abolished or if a member of the board of education lives in that part of a school district transferred the member becomes a nonresident of the school district from which the territory was transferred and such member ceases to be a member of the board of education of such district. The legal title of all property of the board of education in the territory transferred shall become vested in the board of education of the school district to which such territory is transferred. If an entire district is transferred, foundation program moneys accruing to a district receiving school territory under the provisions of this section shall not be less, in any year during the next succeeding three years following the transfer, than the sum of the amounts received by the districts separately in the year in which the transfer was consummated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.022
§ 3323.022. Staffing for programs with preschool children with disabilities
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The rules of the department of education and workforce adopted in consultation with the department of children and youth for staffing ratios for programs with preschool children with disabilities shall require the following: (A) A full-time staff member shall be provided when there are eight full-day or sixteen half-day preschool children eligible for special education enrolled in a center-based preschool special education program. (B) Staff ratios of one teacher for every eight children shall be maintained at all times for a program with a center-based teacher, and a second adult shall be present when there are nine or more children, including nondisabled children enrolled in a class session. (C) Unless otherwise specified in the individualized education program, a minimum of ten hours of services per week shall be provided for each child served by a center-based teacher. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.52
§ 3307.52. Service credited at retirement
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly At the time of retirement under the STRS defined benefit plan, the total service credited a teacher shall consist of all the teacher's service as a teacher since the teacher last became a member and, if the teacher has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, all service certified on such prior service certificate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6413 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6413
§ 3313.6413. Free feminine hygiene products in schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Feminine hygiene products" has the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Other public school" has the same meaning as in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. (3) "School building" means any facility that is owned, leased, or under the care, custody, and control of a school district board of education or other public school. (4) "Chartered nonpublic school" has the same meaning as in section 3310.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Each school district, other public school, and chartered nonpublic school that enrolls girls in any of grades six through twelve shall provide free feminine hygiene products to those students. All such products shall be for use on school premises. (2) Each school district, other public school, and chartered nonpublic school shall determine where feminine hygiene products are to be kept in the school. (3) Each school district, other public school, and chartered nonpublic school may choose to provide free feminine hygiene products to students below grade six. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.50
§ 3301.50. Preschool educator license
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided under division (B) of section 3301.54 of the Revised Code, the issuing of any educator license designated for teaching in a preschool setting pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as requiring any person who does not hold such a license to obtain one in order to be employed as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten program. However, a person hired after July 1, 1988, to direct a preschool program regulated by the department of children and youth under sections 3301.52 to 3301.57 of the Revised Code, other than a program operated by a nontax-supported eligible nonpublic school, shall hold a valid educator license designated as appropriate for teaching or being an administrator in a preschool setting issued pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code plus the four courses required by division (A)(1) of section 3301.54 of the Revised Code, unless division (A)(4) of that section applies to the person. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.018 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.018
§ 3327.018. Transportation contracts for bus use by outside entities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of each city, local, or exempted village school district that owns and operates buses for transporting students may contract, in writing, with a public or private not-for-profit agency, group, or organization, with a municipal corporation or other political subdivision or agency of the state, or with an agency of the federal government to operate its buses to assist the agency, group, organization, or political subdivision in the fulfillment of its legitimate activities and in times of emergency. These contracts shall be entered into under the authority of the school district as a political subdivision and shall not be considered commerce. When buses are made available to other agencies, groups, organizations, or political subdivisions under this section, the buses must be operated by individuals holding certificates issued by either the educational service center governing board that has entered into an agreement with the school district under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code or the superintendent of the school district certifying that the individuals satisfy the requirements of section 3327.10 of the Revised Code. All department of education and workforce regulations governing the operation of school buses when transporting students shall apply when buses are used in accordance with this section. Any board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district that makes one or more of its vehicles available under this section shall procure liability and property damage insurance, as provided in section 3327.09 of the Revised Code, covering all vehicles used and passengers transported under this section. The board of education may recover expenses from contracting entities, not to exceed the costs of operation and insurance coverage. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.342 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.342
§ 3333.342. Certificates of value
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education may designate a "certificate of value" for a certificate program at any adult career-technical education institution or state institution of higher education, as defined under section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, based on the standards adopted under division (B) of this section. (B) The chancellor shall develop standards for designation of the certificates of value for certificate programs at adult career-technical education institutions and state institutions of higher education. The standards shall include at least the following considerations: (1) The quality of the certificate program; (2) The ability to transfer agreed-upon technical courses completed through an adult career-technical education institution to a state institution of higher education without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers; (3) The extent to which the certificate program encourages a student to obtain an associate's or bachelor's degree; (4) The extent to which the certificate program increases a student's likelihood to complete other certificate programs or an associate's or bachelor's degree; (5) The ability of the certificate program to meet the expectations of the workplace and higher education; (6) The extent to which the certificate program is aligned with the strengths of the regional economy; (7) The extent to which the certificate program increases the amount of individuals who remain in or enter the state's workforce; (8) The extent of a certificate program's relationship with private companies in the state to fill potential job growth. (C) The designation of a certificate of value under this section shall expire six years after its designation date. (D) The chancellor may revoke a designation prior to its expiration date if the chancellor determines that the program no longer complies with the standards developed under division (B) of this section. (E) Any revocation of a certificate of value under this section shall become effective one hundred eighty days after the date the revocation was declared by the chancellor. (F) Any adult career-technical education institution or state institution of higher education that desires to be eligible to receive a designation of certificate of value for one or more of its certificate programs shall comply with all records and data requests required by the chancellor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.21
§ 3333.21. Academic scholarship program - basis of award
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 3333.21 to 3333.23 of the Revised Code, "term" and "academic year" mean "term" and "academic year" as defined by the chancellor of higher education. The chancellor shall establish and administer an academic scholarship program. Under the program, a total of one thousand new scholarships shall be awarded annually in the amount of not less than two thousand dollars per award. At least one such new scholarship shall be awarded annually to a student in each public high school and joint vocational school and each nonpublic high school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards in accordance with section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. To be eligible for the award of a scholarship, a student shall be a resident of Ohio and shall be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in an Ohio institution of higher education that meets the requirements of Title VI of the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" and is state-assisted, is nonprofit and holds a certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code, is a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, or holds a certificate of registration and program authorization issued under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code and awards an associate or bachelor's degree. Students who attend an institution holding a certificate of registration shall be enrolled in a program leading to an associate or bachelor's degree for which associate or bachelor's degree program the institution has program authorization to offer the program issued under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. "Resident" and "full-time student" shall be defined in rules adopted by the chancellor. The chancellor shall award the scholarships on the basis of a formula designed by the chancellor to identify students with the highest capability for successful college study. The formula shall weigh the factor of achievement, as measured by grade point average, and the factor of ability, as measured by performance on a competitive examination specified by the chancellor. Students receiving scholarships shall be known as "Ohio academic scholars." Last updated August 24, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.063
§ 3315.063. School district budget administrative expense limit
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly No board of education of any city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall expend more than fifteen per cent of the board's annual operating budget on administrative salaries and benefits and other costs associated with the district's administrative offices. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.15
§ 3327.15. Use of vehicles outside state
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 437 - 129th General Assembly The board of education of any school district that owns and operates motor vehicles for transporting pupils may permit such vehicles to be used outside this state for any lawful purpose provided the entire distance traveled outside this state on any trip does not exceed one thousand miles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.261
§ 3313.261. Treasurer to notify board of elections of changes in boundaries
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly The treasurer of an educational service center governing board or a city, exempted village, or local board of education shall notify the board of elections of all changes in the boundaries of the school district or educational service center territory. Such notification shall be made in writing and contain a plat clearly showing all boundary changes and shall be filed not later than ten days after the change of boundaries becomes effective with the board of election of the county or counties in which the school district or educational service center territory is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.022
§ 3317.022. Formulas for state operating funds to school districts, schools, and scholarships
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall compute and distribute state core foundation funding to each eligible funding unit that is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the community and STEM school unit, the educational choice scholarship unit, the pilot project scholarship unit, the autism scholarship unit, and the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship unit for the fiscal year, using the information obtained under section 3317.021 of the Revised Code in the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins in accordance with the following: For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, for a funding unit that is a city, local, or exempted village school district: The district's funding base + [(the district's state core foundation funding components for that fiscal year calculated under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of this section - the district's general funding base calculated in accordance with division (N)(1) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code) X the district's general phase-in percentage for that fiscal year] + [(the district's disadvantaged pupil impact aid for that fiscal year calculated under division (A)(4) of this section - the district's disadvantaged pupil impact aid funding base calculated in accordance with division (N)(2) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code) X the district's phase-in percentage for disadvantaged pupil impact aid for that fiscal year] For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, for a funding unit that is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the sum of the district's state core foundation funding components for that fiscal year calculated under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of this section, if the general assembly authorizes such payments to these funding units. For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, for the community and STEM school unit, an amount calculated in accordance with section 3317.026 of the Revised Code. For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, for the community and STEM school unit, an amount calculated in accordance with divisions (A)(1), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), and (14) of this section, if the general assembly authorizes such payments to these funding units. For the educational choice scholarship unit, the amount calculated under division (A)(10) of this section. For the pilot project scholarship unit, the amount calculated under division (A)(11) of this section. For the autism scholarship unit, the amount calculated under division (A)(12) of this section. For the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship unit, the amount calculated under division (A)(13) of this section. (A) A funding unit's state core foundation funding components shall be the following: (1)(a) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share, which is equal to the following: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the amount calculated under division (B) of section 3317.017 of the Revised Code; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (b) If the funding unit is the community and STEM school unit, the aggregate base cost for all schools in that unit, which is equal to the following: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the amount calculated under section 3317.0110 of the Revised Code; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (2) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, targeted assistance funds equal to the following: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount calculated under section 3317.0217 of the Revised Code; (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (3) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district or the community and STEM school unit, additional state aid for special education and related services provided under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the sum of the following: (i) The funding unit's category one special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (ii) The funding unit's category two special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (iii) The funding unit's category three special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (iv) The funding unit's category four special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (v) The funding unit's category five special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (vi) The funding unit's category six special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage. (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the following: (i) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category one special education ADM; (ii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category two special education ADM; (iii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category three special education ADM; (iv) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category four special education ADM; (v) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category five special education ADM; (vi) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category six special education ADM. (4) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district or the community and STEM school unit, disadvantaged pupil impact aid calculated according to the following formula: (a) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, an amount equal to the following: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the following product: $422 X (the district's economically disadvantaged index) X the number of students who are economically disadvantaged as certified under division (B)(21) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (b) If the funding unit is the community and STEM school unit, an amount equal to the following: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount calculated as follows: (I) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM who is economically disadvantaged and is not enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school, multiply $422 by the economically disadvantaged index of the school in which the student is enrolled; (II) Compute the funding unit's disadvantaged pupil impact aid by calculating the sum of the amounts determined under division (A)(4)(b)(i)(I) of this section. (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated as follows: (I) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM who is economically disadvantaged and is not enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school, calculate an amount in the manner determined by the general assembly; (II) Compute the funding unit's disadvantaged pupil impact aid by calculating the sum of the amounts determined under division (A)(4)(b)(ii)(I) of this section. (5) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district or the community and STEM school unit, English learner funds calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the sum of the following: (i) The funding unit's category one English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (ii) The funding unit's category two English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage; (iii) The funding unit's category three English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, the district's state share percentage. (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the following: (i) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category one English learner ADM; (ii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category two English learner ADM; (iii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category three English learner ADM. (6)(a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, if the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district, all of the following: (i) Gifted identification funds calculated according to the following formula: $24 X the district's enrolled ADM for grades kindergarten through six X the district's state share percentage (ii) Gifted referral funds calculated according to the following formula: $2.50 X the district's enrolled ADM X the district's state share percentage (iii) Gifted unit funding calculated under section 3317.051 of the Revised Code. (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, all of the following: (i) Gifted identification funds calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly; (ii) Gifted referral funds calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly, if the general assembly authorizes such a payment; (iii) Gifted unit funding calculated in an amount determined by the general assembly. (7) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district or the community and STEM school unit, career-technical education funds calculated under division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (8) If the funding unit is a city, local, or exempted village school district or the community and STEM school unit, career-technical education associated services funds calculated under division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (9) If the funding unit is the community and STEM school unit, an amount calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount equal to the following: [The number of students in the funding unit's enrolled ADM who are reported under division (B)(5) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code X (the aggregate base cost calculated for all schools in the funding unit for that fiscal year under section 3317.0110 of the Revised Code / the funding unit's enrolled ADM) X.20] (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (10) If the funding unit is the educational choice scholarship unit, an amount calculated as follows: (a) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM, determine the lesser of the following: (i) The base tuition of the chartered nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled minus the total amount of any applicable tuition discounts for which the student qualifies; (ii)(I) If the student receives a scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code, or received a scholarship for the first time under section 3310.032 of the Revised Code prior to October 3, 2023, and the student's parent does not elect to receive a scholarship amount under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(II) of this section, $5,500, if the student is in grades kindergarten through eight, or $7,500, if the student is in grades nine through twelve. (II) If the student receives a scholarship for the first time under section 3310.032 of the Revised Code on and after October 3, 2023, or if a student who received a scholarship for the first time under that section prior to that date and the student's parent elects to receive a scholarship amount under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(II) of this section, an amount calculated in accordance with section 3310.08 of the Revised Code. The department shall provide an opportunity each fiscal year for a parent to elect to receive a scholarship amount under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(II) of this section. The amounts specified in division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(I) of this section shall increase in future fiscal years by the same percentage that the statewide average base cost per pupil increases in future fiscal years. (b) Compute the sum of the amounts calculated under division (A)(10)(a) of this section. (11) If the funding unit is the pilot project scholarship unit, an amount calculated as follows: (a) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM, determine the lesser of the following: (i) The net tuition charges of the student's alternative school; (ii) $5,500, if the student is in grades kindergarten through eight, or $7,500, if the student is in grades nine through twelve. The amounts specified in division (A)(11)(a)(ii) of this section shall increase in future fiscal years by the same percentage that the statewide average base cost per pupil increases in future fiscal years. For purposes of division (A)(11)(a) of this section, the net tuition and fees charged to a student shall be the tuition amount specified by the alternative school minus all other financial aid, discounts, and adjustments received for the student. In cases where discounts are offered for multiple students from the same family, and not all students in the same family are scholarship recipients, the net tuition amount attributable to the scholarship recipient shall be the lowest net tuition to which the family is entitled. The department shall provide for an increase in the amount determined for any student who is an LRE student with a disability and shall further increase such amount in the case of any separately educated student with a disability, as that term is defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code. Such increases shall take into account the instruction, related services, and transportation costs of educating such students. (b) Compute the sum of the amounts calculated under division (A)(17)(a) of this section. (12) If the funding unit is the autism scholarship unit, an amount calculated as follows: (a) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM, determine the lesser of the following: (i) The tuition charged for the student's special education program, as that term is defined in section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; (ii) $34,000. (b) Compute the sum of the amounts calculated under division (A)(12)(a) of this section. (13) If the funding unit is the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship unit, an amount calculated as follows: (a) For each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM, determine the least of the following: (i) The amount of fees charged for that school year by the student's alternative public provider or registered private provider, as those terms are defined in section 3310.51 of the Revised Code; (ii) $7,190 plus an amount determined as follows: (I) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $2,855; (II) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $5,879; (III) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $12,879; (IV) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $16,890; (V) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $22,560; (VI) If the student is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, $31,932. (iii) $34,000. The amount specified in division (A)(13)(a)(ii) of this section shall increase in future fiscal years by the same percentage that the statewide average base cost per pupil increases in future fiscal years. The amounts specified in divisions (A)(13)(a)(ii)(I) to (VI) of this section shall increase in future fiscal years by the same percentage that the amounts calculated by the general assembly for those categories of special education services under division (A)(3) of this section increase in future fiscal years. (b) Compute the sum of the amounts calculated under division (A)(13)(a) of this section. (14) If the funding unit is the community and STEM school unit, an equity supplement calculated as follows: $500 in fiscal year 2026 and $400 in fiscal year 2027 X each student in the funding unit's enrolled ADM who is enrolled in a community school that is not an internet- or computer-based community school. (B) In any fiscal year, a funding unit that is a city, local, or exempted village school district shall spend for purposes that the department designates as approved for special education and related services expenses at least the amount calculated as follows: (The base cost per pupil calculated for the district for that fiscal year X the total special education ADM) + (the district's category one special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) + (the district's category two special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) + (the district's category three special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) + (the district's category four special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) + (the district's category five special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) + (the district's category six special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil) The purposes approved by the department for special education expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, identification of children with disabilities, compliance with state rules governing the education of children with disabilities and prescribing the continuum of program options for children with disabilities, provision of speech language pathology services, and the portion of the school district's overall administrative and overhead costs that are attributable to the district's special education student population. (C) A funding unit that is a city, local, or exempted village school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(4) of this section in accordance with section 3317.25 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of section 3317.026 of the Revised Code, the department shall distribute to each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and to each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, from the funds paid to the community and STEM school unit under this section, an amount for each student enrolled in the school equal to the sum of the following: (a) The school's base cost per pupil for that fiscal year, calculated as follows: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027: The aggregate base cost calculated for the school for that fiscal year under section 3317.0110 of the Revised Code / the number of students enrolled in the school for that fiscal year (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount determined by the general assembly under division (A)(1)(b)(ii) of this section divided by the number of students enrolled in the school for that fiscal year. (b) If the student is a special education student: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the multiple specified for the student's special education category under section 3317.013 of the Revised Code times the statewide average base cost per pupil; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount calculated for the student's special education category in a manner determined by the general assembly under division (A)(3)(b) of this section. (c) If the school is not an internet- or computer-based community school and the student is economically disadvantaged: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the amount calculated for the student under division (A)(4)(b)(i)(I) of this section; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated for the student in the manner determined by the general assembly under division (A)(4)(b)(ii)(I) of this section. (d) If the student is an English learner: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the multiple specified for the student's English learner category under section 3317.016 of the Revised Code times the statewide average base cost per pupil; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount calculated for the student's special education category in a manner determined by the general assembly under division (A)(5)(b) of this section. (e) If the student is a career-technical education student: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the multiple specified for the student's career-technical education category under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code times the statewide average career-technical base cost per pupil; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount calculated for the student's career-technical education category in a manner determined by the general assembly under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (f) If the student is a career-technical education student: (i) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the multiple for career-technical associated services specified under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code times the statewide average career-technical base cost per pupil; (ii) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount calculated for career-technical associated services in a manner determined by the general assembly under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (g) If the school is a community school that is not an internet- or computer-based community school, an equity supplement equal to $500 for fiscal year 2026 and $400 for fiscal year 2027 for each student enrolled in the school. (2) The department shall distribute to each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and to each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, from the funds paid to the community and STEM school unit under this section, an amount equal to the amount calculated for the school under division (A)(9) of this section. (E) The department shall distribute to the parent of each student for whom an educational choice scholarship is awarded under section 3310.03 or 3310.032 of the Revised Code, or to the student if at least eighteen years of age, from the funds paid to the educational choice scholarship unit under this section, a scholarship equal to the amount calculated for the student under division (A)(10)(a) of this section. The scholarship shall be distributed in monthly partial payments, and the department shall proportionately reduce or terminate the payments for any student who withdraws from a chartered nonpublic school prior to the end of the school year. For purposes of divisions (E) and (F) of this section, in the case of a student who is not living with the student's parent, the department shall distribute the scholarship payments to the student's guardian, legal custodian, kinship caregiver, foster caregiver, or caretaker. For the purposes of this division, "caretaker" has the same meaning as in section 3310.033 of the Revised Code, "kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code, and "foster caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (F) If a student is awarded a pilot project scholarship under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, the department shall distribute to the parent of the student, if the student is attending a registered private school as defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code, or the student's school district of attendance, if the scholarship is to be used for payments to a public school in a school district adjacent to the pilot project school district pursuant to section 3327.06 of the Revised Code, a scholarship from the funds paid to the pilot project scholarship unit under this section that is equal to the amount calculated for the student under division (A)(11)(a) of this section. In the case of a scholarship distributed to a student's parent, the scholarship shall be distributed in monthly partial payments. The scholarship amount shall be proportionately reduced in the case of any such student who is not enrolled in a registered private school, as that term is defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code, for the entire school year. In the case of a scholarship distributed to a student's school district of attendance, the department shall, on behalf of the student's parents, use the scholarship to make the tuition payments required by section 3327.06 of the Revised Code to the student's school district of attendance, except that, notwithstanding sections 3323.13 , 3323.14 , and 3327.06 of the Revised Code, the total payments in any school year shall not exceed the scholarship amount calculated for the student under division (A)(11)(a) of this section. (G) The department shall distribute to the parent of each student for whom an autism scholarship is awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code, from the funds paid to the autism scholarship unit under this section, a scholarship equal to the amount calculated for the student under division (A)(12)(a) of this section. The scholarship shall be distributed from time to time in partial payments. The scholarship amount shall be proportionately reduced in the case of any student who is not enrolled in the special education program for which a scholarship was awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code for the entire school year. The department shall make no payments to the parent of a student while any administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to the content of the student's individualized education program are pending. (H) The department shall distribute to the parent of each student for whom a Jon Peterson special needs scholarship is awarded under sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code, from the funds paid to the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship unit under this section, a scholarship equal to the amount calculated for the student under division (A)(13)(a) of this section. The scholarship shall be distributed in periodic payments, and the department shall proportionately reduce or terminate the payments for any student who is not enrolled in the special education program of an alternative public provider or a registered private provider, as those terms are defined in section 3310.51 of the Revised Code, for the entire school year. (I) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, a school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(5) of this section only for services for English learners. (J) For each fiscal year, a school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(6) of this section only for the identification of gifted students, gifted coordinator services, and gifted intervention specialist services. For each fiscal year, if the department determines that a district is not in compliance with this division, it shall reduce the district's payments for that fiscal year under this chapter by an amount equal to the amount paid to the district for that fiscal year under division (A)(6) of this section that was not spent in accordance with this division. The department shall reduce the payment within ninety days of data finalization. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.063
§ 3345.063. Advanced computer science as unit for admission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, each state university shall recognize the successful completion of a course in advanced computer science in high school, as described in the standards adopted pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, as a unit for admission to the university, as follows: (1) The state university shall recognize one unit of advanced computer science as one unit toward meeting a general mathematics requirement, as determined by the university, if the student used that advanced computer science unit to meet the mathematics curriculum requirement under division (C)(3) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. (2) The state university shall recognize one unit of advanced computer science as one unit toward meeting a general science requirement, as determined by the university, if the student used that advanced computer science unit to meet the science curriculum requirement under division (C)(5) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. (3) The state university shall recognize one unit of advanced computer science as one unit toward meeting a general elective requirement, as determined by the university, if the student used the advanced computer science unit to meet the curriculum requirement under division (C)(8) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. (4) The state university shall recognize one unit of computer coding as one unit toward meeting a general foreign language requirement, as determined by the university, if the student used the computer coding unit to meet a school district's or school's foreign language curriculum requirement as described in division (E) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. (C) Each state university shall post a description of the university's recognition of advanced computer science as a core unit for admission to the university, as described in division (B) of this section, in a prominent location on the university's web site. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.043
§ 3302.043. Career promise academy pilot program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "eligible district" means a city school district to which both of the following apply: (1) The district has persistently low performance ratings, as determined by the department of education and workforce, under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The district is not subject to an academic distress commission under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall establish the career promise academy summer demonstration pilot program. Under the pilot program, which shall operate in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, the department shall solicit proposals from eligible districts to establish and operate a career promise academy during the summer to provide students entering ninth grade with intensive literacy instruction, internship or mentoring experiences, and instruction regarding academic preparedness skills, life skills, and financial literacy. The department shall approve one proposal based on the criteria prescribed under division (C) of this section. The department shall award a grant to the eligible district with an approved proposal. (C) The department shall adopt criteria under which to approve a proposal for a career promise academy, which shall include all of the following: (1) A requirement that the career promise academy operate as follows: (a) For four consecutive weeks in the summer of 2021; (b) For five consecutive weeks in the summer of 2022. (2) A requirement that not more than seventy-five students participate in the career promise academy in one summer; (3) A requirement for the eligible district to submit to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, any data that the department and district jointly determine is necessary to evaluate the pilot program; (4) A method to determine student eligibility to participate in the career promise academy. The method shall identify students entering ninth grade who are at risk of not qualifying for a high school diploma based on the student's scores on the English language arts and mathematics assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(f) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code and other academic or social-emotional factors. (5) A description of the instruction and internship or mentoring experiences that participating students will receive; (6) An agreement with the district's business advisory council established under section 3313.82 of the Revised Code and other organizations or businesses to identify or provide internship and mentoring experiences to participating students; (7) An agreement with at least one institution of higher education to identify and engage with prospective teachers to serve as mentors and academic coaches to participating students. (D) The department shall adopt guidelines and procedures to operate the pilot program established under this section. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.02
§ 3305.02. Alternative retirement program
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly An alternative retirement program is hereby established in accordance with this chapter for the purpose of providing to eligible employees the opportunity of participating in an alternative retirement plan as an alternative to participating in a state retirement system. The employer is the sponsor of each alternative retirement plan offered under this chapter. Each alternative retirement plan offered under this program shall be a defined contribution plan qualified under section 401 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code that provides retirement and, to the extent applicable, death benefits through investment options. The options shall be offered to electing employees pursuant to trust or custodial accounts or pursuant to group or individual annuity contracts and certificates issued under group contracts. The options may include life insurance, annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, pooled investment funds, or other forms of investment, at the option of each electing employee. Notwithstanding this chapter, any retirement plan established by a public institution of higher education prior to March 31, 1997, as an alternative to participating in any state retirement system may continue in effect and be modified without regard to this chapter for all employees at the public institution eligible to participate in the plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.372 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.372
§ 3333.372. Outstanding scholarship and priority needs fellowship programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) There are hereby authorized the "Ohio outstanding scholarship" and the "Ohio priority needs fellowship" programs, which shall be established and administered by the chancellor of higher education for eligible students. The programs shall provide scholarships to eligible undergraduate students and fellowships to eligible graduate students, equal to the annual cost of attendance at eligible institutions, to pursue baccalaureate degrees and post-baccalaureate degrees in priority needs field of study consistent with section 3333.371 of the Revised Code. (B) The scholarship and fellowship programs created under sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of the Revised Code and any necessary administrative expenses shall be funded solely from the Ohio outstanding scholarship and the Ohio priority needs fellowship programs payment funds established pursuant to section 3333.375 of the Revised Code. (C) The scholarships shall be renewable for each of three additional years for undergraduate study, and the fellowships shall be renewable for each of two additional years for graduate study, provided the Ohio outstanding scholar or priority needs fellow remains an eligible student at an eligible institution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.29
§ 3315.29. Payment when county line divides township
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If parts of an original surveyed township or fractional township are situated in two or more counties, the amount of interest on common school fund due to such township shall be paid in the manner provided in sections 3315.27 and 3315.28 of the Revised Code to the county treasurer of the county wherein the greatest relative portion of such township is situated. If it is uncertain in which county such portion is situated, the amount of interest due to such township shall be paid to the county treasurer of the oldest county in which any part of the township is situated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.612
§ 3319.612. Subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly The subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district treasurer or business manager appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee; (B) Three additional school district treasurers or business managers appointed by the state board of education for terms of two years. The Ohio association of school business officials shall submit a list of six nominees for appointments under this section. (C) Three additional members of the educator standards board, appointed by the chairperson of the educator standards board; (D) The superintendent of public instruction and the chancellor of higher education, or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the subcommittee. Members of the subcommittee shall receive no compensation for their services. The members appointed under divisions (B) and (C) of this section may be reappointed. The subcommittee shall assist the educator standards board in developing the standards for school treasurers and business managers and with any additional matters the educator standards board directs the subcommittee to examine. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.52
§ 3310.52. Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program is hereby established. Under the program, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, subject to division (B) of this section, the department of education and workforce annually shall pay a scholarship under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to an eligible applicant for services provided by an alternative public provider or a registered private provider for a qualified special education child. The scholarship shall be used only to pay all or part of the fees for the child to attend the special education program or programs operated by the alternative public provider or registered private provider to implement the child's individualized education program or programs, in lieu of the child's attending the special education program operated by the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, and other services agreed to by the provider and eligible applicant that are not included in the individualized education program but are associated with educating the child. At the discretion of an eligible applicant, multiple alternative public providers or registered private providers may be contracted to provide services to implement the individualized education program as the eligible applicant and providers determine are necessary and associated with educating the qualified special education child. A qualified special education child is not limited to receiving services from a single provider for any services as identified in the individualized education program, including a single type of service. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, if the child is receiving special education services for a disability specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, the scholarship shall be used only to pay for related services that are included in the child's individualized education program. Upon agreement with the eligible applicant, the alternative public provider or registered private provider may modify the services provided to the child. Services, including intervention services, educational services, academic services, tutoring services, aide services, and other related special education services, provided through the program established under this section may be provided virtually by any of the following: (1) An educational aide or assistant who holds a valid permit issued under section 3319.088 of the Revised Code; (2) An instructional assistant who holds a valid permit issued under section 3310.43 of the Revised Code; (3) A qualified, credentialed provider in accordance with standards established by the department; (4) A teacher or substitute teacher licensed by the state board of education. (B) The number of scholarships awarded under the program in any fiscal year shall not exceed five per cent of the total number of students residing in the state identified as children with disabilities during the previous fiscal year. (C) The department shall pay a scholarship under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to the eligible applicant, unless the eligible applicant authorizes a direct payment to the child's provider, upon application in the manner prescribed by the department. However, the department shall not adopt specific dates for application deadlines for scholarships under the program. (D) The department shall not require an eligible applicant who applies for or receives a scholarship under this section to complete any kind of income verification regarding the student's family income. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.29
§ 3326.29. Liability related to sudden cardiac arrest
Status: in_force

March 14, 2017 Senate Bill 252 - 131st General Assembly (A) A STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school employee or volunteer, including a coach, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.5310 of the Revised Code, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any o ther immunity or defense that a STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school employee or volunteer, including a coach, may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.60
§ 3311.60. Creation of position of independent auditors in certain school districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly This section applies to any school district that has an average daily membership, as reported under division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, greater than sixty thousand and of which the majority of the district's territory is located in a city with a population greater than seven hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census. (A) Subject to approval by the electors under section 3311.61 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district to which this section applies shall create the position of independent auditor to be responsible for all internal auditing functions of the district. The independent auditor shall be selected by the selection committee prescribed by division (B) of this section. Upon selection of the independent auditor, the district board shall execute a written contract of employment with the independent auditor. The district board shall appropriate funds to support the operations and functions of the independent auditor and shall grant the independent auditor access to all district personnel, equipment, and records necessary to perform the duties prescribed by divisions (C) and (D) of this section. The term of office for the independent auditor shall be for five years and may be renewed for additional terms by the selection committee. (B)(1) The independent auditor selection committee shall consist of the mayor, council president, and auditor of the city in which a majority of the territory of the district is located; the president of the school district board of education; and the probate court judge of the county in which a majority of the territory of the district is located. Members of the selection committee shall serve without compensation. (2) The selection committee shall do the following: (a) Establish qualifications for the position of independent auditor; (b) Select, by majority vote, an individual to serve as the independent auditor; (c) Recommend to the district board of education the compensation for the position of independent auditor and the necessary additional funds to finance operations and functions of the independent auditor; (d) Reappoint the independent auditor for an additional term, by a majority vote of the selection committee members; (e) Appoint a successor, if the current independent auditor is not reappointed, by a majority vote of the committee members; (f) In the event of a vacancy in the office of independent auditor, appoint a successor to the balance of the unexpired term, by a majority vote of the selection committee members; (g) Remove the independent auditor from office, by a two-thirds vote of the selection committee members. (C) The independent auditor shall do the following: (1) Recommend to the district board of education the employment of personnel necessary to carry out the activities of the independent auditor; (2) Prescribe duties and qualifications for staff of the independent auditor; (3) Serve as the district's public records officer and oversee the maintenance and availability of the school district's public documents; (4) Prior to certification by the school district superintendent, review reports and data that must be submitted to the department of education and workforce; (5) Receive any complaints of alleged wrongful or illegal acts regarding the district's operations, finances, and data reported under the education management information system prescribed under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code and supervise the internal investigation of those complaints. At the independent auditor's discretion, the independent auditor may initiate investigations. (6) Report the results of investigations of such wrongful or illegal acts, whether criminal in nature or otherwise, to the appropriate authorities or agencies, including the school district board of education, the city attorney of the city in which a majority of the territory of the district is located, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a majority of the territory of the district is located, the auditor of state, the department of education and workforce, and the Ohio ethics commission; (7) Propose to the selection committee a budget to support the independent auditor's operations and functions; (8) Audit funds a partnering community school receives from the district's partnering community schools fund established under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code; (9) Submit, not later than the first day of September of each year, a report on the activities of the independent auditor to the selection committee, the board of education of the school district, and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report required under division (C)(9) of this section is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. If sufficient funds are available, the independent auditor may obtain the services of certified public accountants, qualified management consultants, or other professional experts necessary to perform the duties prescribed under divisions (C) and (D) of this section. (D) In cooperation with the school district board of education and in coordination with the auditor of state, the independent auditor may conduct or initiate financial and performance audits and analyses of the school district to ensure the following: (1) School district activities and programs comply with all applicable laws and district policies, procedures, and appropriations; (2) Student performance and enrollment data are accurately and clearly reported; (3) Ballot requests to levy a tax are based on accurate analysis and the needs of the district; (4) Individual contracts of the district are consistent with the policies, procedures, budgets, and financial plans adopted by the district board; (5) Incentive-based distributions and plans are consistent with the objectives adopted by the district board; (6) District operations are executed in a cost-effective and efficient manner consistent with the objectives of and appropriations made by the district board; (7) Accuracy of district financial statements and reports; (8) Recommendations for improvement that have been adopted by the district board are implemented; (9) Operating units or departments have necessary and appropriate operating and administrative policies, procedures, internal controls, and data quality protocols; (10) Proper evaluation of district programs and activities, including a full accounting of all funds. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.42
§ 3310.42. Autism scholarship program - data verification code request
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Only for the purpose of administering the autism scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any child who is seeking a scholarship under the program: (1) The school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; (2) If applicable, the community school in which the child is enrolled; (3) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain data verification codes. (B) Upon a request by the department under division (A) of this section for the data verification code of a child seeking a scholarship or a request by the child's parent for that code, the school district or community school shall submit that code to the department or parent in the manner specified by the department. If the child has not been assigned a code, because the child will be entering preschool or kindergarten during the school year for which the scholarship is sought, the district shall assign a code to that child and submit the code to the department or parent by a date specified by the department. If the district does not assign a code to the child by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to the child. The department annually shall submit to each school district the name and data verification code of each child residing in the district who is entering preschool or kindergarten, who has been awarded a scholarship under the program, and for whom the department has assigned a code under this division. (C) The department shall not release any data verification code that it receives under this section to any person except as provided by law. (D) Any document relative to the autism scholarship program that the department holds in its files that contains both a child's name or other personally identifiable information and the child's data verification code shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.87
§ 3333.87. Clearinghouse implementation rules
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The chancellor of higher education and the department of education and workforce jointly shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures for the implementation of sections 3333.81 to 3333.86 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.11
§ 3310.11. Request for data verification code of applicant
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Only for the purpose of administering the educational choice scholarship pilot program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any student who is seeking a scholarship under the program: (1) The student's resident district; (2) If applicable, the community school in which that student is enrolled; (3) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain student data verification codes. (B) Upon a request by the department under division (A) of this section for the data verification code of a student seeking a scholarship or a request by the student's parent for that code, the school district or community school shall submit that code to the department or parent in the manner specified by the department. If the student has not been assigned a code, because the student will be entering kindergarten during the school year for which the scholarship is sought, the district shall assign a code to that student and submit the code to the department or parent by a date specified by the department. If the district does not assign a code to the student by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to that student. The department annually shall submit to each school district the name and data verification code of each student residing in the district who is entering kindergarten, who has been awarded a scholarship under the program, and for whom the department has assigned a code under this division. (C) For the purpose of administering the applicable assessments prescribed under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, as required by section 3310.14 of the Revised Code, the department shall provide to each chartered nonpublic school that enrolls a scholarship student the data verification code for that student. (D) The department and each chartered nonpublic school that receives a data verification code under this section shall not release that code to any person except as provided by law. Any document relative to this program that the department holds in its files that contains both a student's name or other personally identifiable information and the student's data verification code shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.75
§ 3333.75. Agreement governing use of program award
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall require each state institution of higher education that the controlling board approves to receive an award under the Ohio co-op/internship program to enter into an agreement governing the use of the award. The agreement shall contain terms the chancellor determines to be necessary, which shall include performance measures, reporting requirements, and an obligation to fulfill pledges of other institutional, public, or nonpublic resources for the proposal. The chancellor may require a state institution of higher education that violates the terms of its agreement to repay the award plus interest at the rate required by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code to the chancellor. If the chancellor makes an award to a program or initiative that is intended to be implemented by a state institution of higher education in collaboration with other state institutions of higher education or nonpublic Ohio universities or colleges, the chancellor may enter into an agreement with the collaborating universities or colleges that permits awards to be received directly by the collaborating universities or colleges consistent with the terms of the program or initiative. In that case, the chancellor shall incorporate into the agreement terms consistent with the requirements of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3343.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3343 / § 3343.10
§ 3343.10. General assembly to support university
Status: in_force

November 5, 1965 Senate Bill 395 - 106th General Assembly The Central state university shall be supported by such sums and in such manner as the general assembly provides. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.70
§ 3345.70. Powers and duties of board where fiscal exigency declared
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Whenever the board of trustees of a state university, as defined under section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, declares that the university is in a state of fiscal exigency, the board shall do all of the following until it declares that the university is no longer in such a state: (1) File quarterly reports on an annualized budget, comparing the budget to actual spending with projected expenses for the remainder of the year. Such reports shall include narrative explanations as appropriate. (2) Place all residence hall and meal fees in a rotary account dedicated to the upkeep and maintenance of the dormitory buildings and to fund meal programs; (3) Place moneys for the operation of residence hall and meal programs in separately maintained auxiliary funds in the university accounting system; (4) File the minutes from their board of trustees meetings with the chancellor of higher education within thirty days of their meetings. (B) No state university described under division (A) of this section shall do any of the following: (1) Use state funds for the purpose of providing grants or scholarships to out-of-state students; (2) Use state funds to subsidize off-campus housing or subsidize transportation to and from off-campus housing. (C) The requirements of divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section are subject to the provisions of any applicable bond proceedings as defined under division (A)(9) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code and to any applicable pledge made as authorized by division (R) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.051
§ 3323.051. Assignment of surrogate parent
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No individual shall be assigned to act as a surrogate for the parents of a child with a disability under division (B) of section 3323.05 of the Revised Code if the individual is an employee of the department of education and workforce or the school district or any other agency involved in the education or care of the child or if the individual has any interest that conflicts with the interests of the child. If a conflict of interest arises subsequent to the assignment of a surrogate, the authority that made the assignment shall terminate it and assign another surrogate. Neither the surrogate nor the authority that assigned the surrogate shall be liable in civil damages for acts of the surrogate unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct. Last updated September 13, 2023 at 1:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3321.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3321 / § 3321.043
§ 3321.043. Excused absences for driver education
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "driver education course" means a private driver training course approved by the director of public safety in accordance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code. (B) If a high school student enrolled in a school district is absent from school for the sole purpose of attending a driver education course, the district shall count that absence as an excused absence, up to a maximum of eight hours for that student. The student shall only be absent for up to two hours per day for not more than four days in meeting the maximum eight hours authorized by this section. The days may be nonconsecutive. No student may be released from a core curriculum subject course to attend a driver education course. (C) The district shall require any student absent from school in accordance with this section to complete any classroom assignments that the student misses because of the absence. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.51
§ 3307.51. Actuarial valuation of pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The state teachers retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the STRS defined benefit plan. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards board of the American academy of actuaries and prepare a report of the valuation. The report shall include all of the following: (1) A summary of the benefit provisions evaluated; (2) A summary of the census data and financial information used in the valuation; (3) A description of the actuarial assumptions, actuarial cost method, and asset valuation method used in the valuation, including a statement of the assumed rate of payroll growth and assumed rate of growth or decline in the number of members contributing to the retirement system; (4) A summary of findings that includes a statement of the actuarial accrued pension liabilities and unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities; (5) A schedule showing the effect of any changes in the benefit provisions, actuarial assumptions, or cost methods since the last annual actuarial valuation; (6) A statement of whether contributions to the retirement system are expected to be sufficient to satisfy the funding objectives established by the board. The board shall submit the report to the Ohio retirement study council, the director of budget and management, and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation immediately upon its availability and not later than the first day of January following the year for which the valuation was made. (B) At such times as the state teachers retirement board determines, and at least once in each quinquennial period, the board shall have prepared by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial investigation of the mortality, service, and other experience of the members, retirants, and beneficiaries of the system, and other system retirants as defined in section 3307.35 of the Revised Code to update the actuarial assumptions used in the actuarial valuation required by division (A) of this section. The actuary shall prepare a report of the actuarial investigation. The report shall be prepared and any recommended changes in actuarial assumptions shall be made in accordance with the actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards board of the American academy of actuaries. The report shall include all of the following: (1) A summary of relevant decrement and economic assumption experience observed over the period of the investigation; (2) Recommended changes in actuarial assumptions to be used in subsequent actuarial valuations required by division (A) of this section; (3) A measurement of the financial effect of the recommended changes in actuarial assumptions. The board shall submit the report to the Ohio retirement study council and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation not later than the first day of May following the last fiscal year of the period the report covers. (C) The board may at any time request the actuary to make any other studies or actuarial valuations to determine the adequacy of the normal and deficiency rates of contribution provided by section 3307.28 of the Revised Code, and those rates may be adjusted by the board, as recommended by the actuary, effective as of the first of any year thereafter. (D) The board shall have prepared by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial analysis of any introduced legislation expected to have a measurable financial impact on the retirement system. The actuarial analysis shall be completed in accordance with the actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards board of the American academy of actuaries. The actuary shall prepare a report of the actuarial analysis, which shall include all of the following: (1) A summary of the statutory changes that are being evaluated; (2) A description of or reference to the actuarial assumptions and actuarial cost method used in the report; (3) A description of the participant group or groups included in the report; (4) A statement of the financial impact of the legislation, including the resulting increase, if any, in the employer normal cost percentage; the increase, if any, in actuarial accrued liabilities; and the per cent of payroll that would be required to amortize the increase in actuarial accrued liabilities as a level per cent of covered payroll for all active members over a period not to exceed thirty years; (5) A statement of whether the scheduled contributions to the system after the proposed change is enacted are expected to be sufficient to satisfy the funding objectives established by the board. Not later than sixty days from the date of introduction of the legislation, the board shall submit a copy of the actuarial analysis to the legislative service commission, the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation, and the Ohio retirement study council. (E) The board shall have prepared annually a report giving a full accounting of the revenues and costs relating to the provision of benefits under section 3307.39 of the Revised Code. The report shall be made as of June 30, 1997, and the thirtieth day of June of each year thereafter. The report shall include the following: (1) A description of the statutory authority for the benefits provided; (2) A summary of the benefits; (3) A summary of the eligibility requirements for the benefits; (4) A statement of the number of participants eligible for the benefits; (5) A description of the accounting, asset valuation, and funding method used to provide the benefits; (6) A statement of the net assets available for the provisions of benefits as of the last day of the fiscal year; (7) A statement of any changes in the net assets available for the provision of benefits, including participant and employer contributions, net investment income, administrative expenses, and benefits provided to participants, as of the last day of the fiscal year; (8) For the last six consecutive fiscal years, a schedule of the net assets available for the benefits, the annual cost of benefits, administrative expenses incurred, and annual employer contributions allocated for the provision of benefits; (9) A description of any significant changes that affect the comparability of the report required under this division; (10) A statement of the amount paid under division (B) of section 3307.39 of the Revised Code. The board shall submit the report to the Ohio retirement study council, the director of budget and management, and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation immediately upon its availability and not later than the thirty-first day of December following the year for which the report was made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.102
§ 3314.102. Removal of conversion community school employees from collective bargaining unit
Status: in_force

October 15, 2015 House Bill 70 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Chief executive officer" means a chief executive officer appointed by an academic distress commission pursuant to section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Municipal school district" and "mayor" have the same meanings as in section 3311.71 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3314.10 and sections 4117.03 to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly, the employees of a conversion community school that is sponsored by the board of education of a municipal school district or a school district for which an academic distress commission has been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall cease to be subject to any future collective bargaining agreement, if the mayor or chief executive officer submits to the board of education sponsoring the school and to the state employment relations board a statement requesting that all employees of the community school be removed from a collective bargaining unit. The employees of the community school who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the date the mayor or chief executive officer submits the statement shall remain subject to that collective bargaining agreement until the collective bargaining agreement expires on its terms. Upon expiration of that collective bargaining agreement, the employees of that school are not subject to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and may not organize or collectively bargain pursuant to that chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.242 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.242
§ 3326.242. Application of collective bargaining agreement
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3326.24 and 3326.241 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after March 30, 2007.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.19
§ 3309.19. Trustee or employee of board shall have no interest in profits nor borrow funds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No trustee and no employee of the school employees retirement board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such, directly or indirectly, receive any pay or emolument for his services. No trustee or employee of the said board, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds or deposits or use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board; nor shall any member or employee of said board become an indorser or surety or become in any manner an obligor for moneys loaned by or borrowed from the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.41
§ 3313.41. Disposal of real or personal property - acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section and in sections 3313.412 and 3313.413 of the Revised Code, when a board of education decides to dispose of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity and that exceeds in value ten thousand dollars, it shall sell the property at public auction, after giving at least thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district, by publication as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, or by posting notices in five of the most public places in the school district in which the property, if it is real property, is situated, or, if it is personal property, in the school district of the board of education that owns the property. The board may offer real property for sale as an entire tract or in parcels. (B) When the board of education has offered real or personal property for sale at public auction at least once pursuant to division (A) of this section, and the property has not been sold, the board may sell it at a private sale. Regardless of how it was offered at public auction, at a private sale, the board shall, as it considers best, sell real property as an entire tract or in parcels, and personal property in a single lot or in several lots. (C) If a board of education decides to dispose of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity and that exceeds in value ten thousand dollars, it may sell the property to the adjutant general; to any subdivision or taxing authority as respectively defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, township park district, board of park commissioners established under Chapter 755. of the Revised Code, or park district established under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code; to a wholly or partially tax-supported university, university branch, or college; to a nonprofit institution of higher education that has a certificate of authorization under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code; to the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school; or to the board of trustees of a school district library, upon such terms as are agreed upon. The sale of real or personal property to the board of trustees of a school district library is limited, in the case of real property, to a school district library within whose boundaries the real property is situated, or, in the case of personal property, to a school district library whose boundaries lie in whole or in part within the school district of the selling board of education. (D) When a board of education decides to trade as a part or an entire consideration, an item of personal property on the purchase price of an item of similar personal property, it may trade the same upon such terms as are agreed upon by the parties to the trade. (E) The president and the treasurer of the board of education shall execute and deliver deeds or other necessary instruments of conveyance to complete any sale or trade under this section. (F) When a board of education has identified a parcel of real property that it determines is needed for school purposes, the board may, upon a majority vote of the members of the board, acquire that property by exchanging real property that the board owns in its corporate capacity for the identified real property or by using real property that the board owns in its corporate capacity as part or an entire consideration for the purchase price of the identified real property. Any exchange or acquisition made pursuant to this division shall be made by a conveyance executed by the president and the treasurer of the board. (G) When a school district board of education has property that the board, by resolution, finds is not needed for school district use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board may donate that property in accordance with this division if the fair market value of the property is, in the opinion of the board, two thousand five hundred dollars or less. The property may be donated to an eligible nonprofit organization that is located in this state and is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3). Before donating any property under this division, the board shall adopt a resolution expressing its intent to make unneeded, obsolete, or unfit-for-use school district property available to these organizations. The resolution shall include guidelines and procedures the board considers to be necessary to implement the donation program and shall indicate whether the school district will conduct the donation program or the board will contract with a representative to conduct it. If a representative is known when the resolution is adopted, the resolution shall provide contact information such as the representative's name, address, and telephone number. The resolution shall include within its procedures a requirement that any nonprofit organization desiring to obtain donated property under this division shall submit a written notice to the board or its representative. The written notice shall include evidence that the organization is a nonprofit organization that is located in this state and is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3); a description of the organization's primary purpose; a description of the type or types of property the organization needs; and the name, address, and telephone number of a person designated by the organization's governing board to receive donated property and to serve as its agent. The written notice may be submitted electronically to the board or its representative. After adoption of the resolution, the board shall continually post in the board's office notice of its intent to donate school district property that is unneeded, obsolete, or unfit for use to eligible nonprofit organizations. If the school district maintains a web site on the internet, the notice shall be posted continually at that web site. The board or its representatives shall maintain a list of all nonprofit organizations that notify the board or its representative of their desire to obtain donated property under this division and that the board or its representative determines to be eligible, in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section and in the donation program's guidelines and procedures, to receive donated property. The board or its representative also shall maintain a list of all school district property the board finds to be unneeded, obsolete, or unfit for use and to be available for donation under this division. The list shall be posted continually in a conspicuous location in the board's office, and, if the school district maintains a web site on the internet, the list shall be posted continually at that web site. An item of property on the list shall be donated to the eligible nonprofit organization that first declares to the board or its representative its desire to obtain the item unless the board previously has established, by resolution, a list of eligible nonprofit organizations that shall be given priority with respect to the item's donation. Priority may be given on the basis that the purposes of a nonprofit organization have a direct relationship to specific school district purposes of programs provided or administered by the board. A resolution giving priority to certain nonprofit organizations with respect to the donation of an item of property shall specify the reasons why the organizations are given that priority. Members of the board shall consult with the Ohio ethics commission, and comply with Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code, with respect to any donation under this division to a nonprofit organization of which a board member, any member of a board member's family, or any business associate of a board member is a trustee, officer, board member, or employee. Last updated August 16, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.71
§ 3301.71. Effect of child support default on license or certificate
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of education shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.033
§ 3345.033. Publication of rules
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Rule" includes the enactment of a new rule or the amendment or rescission of an existing rule. "State institution of higher education" means a state university identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeast Ohio medical university, or a community college, state community college, or technical college. (B) When a state institution of higher education adopts a rule, the state institution of higher education shall post the rule on its web site, and the director of the legislative service commission shall publish or cause publication of the rule in the register of Ohio and in any electronic Administrative Code published by or under contract with the director. The state institution of higher education also electronically shall file a copy of the rule with the joint committee on agency rule review. The rule is not subject to review by the joint committee. But the joint committee shall accommodate the rule to the rule watch system. (C) A state institution of higher education shall maintain the posting of its rules on its web site, and periodically shall verify the posting. A state institution of higher education is not entitled to rely on a rule that is not currently posted on its web site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.05
§ 3302.05. Adoption of rules freeing district from certain state mandates
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules freeing school districts from specified state mandates if one of the following applies: (A) For the 2011-2012 school year, the school district was declared to be excellent under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, as that section existed prior to March 22, 2013, and had above expected growth in the overall value-added measure. (B) For the 2012-2013 school year, the school district received a grade of "A" for the number of performance indicators met under division (A)(1)(c) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and for the value-added dimension under division (A)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (C) For the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or 2015-2016 school year, the school district received a grade of "A" for the number of performance indicators met under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and for the value-added dimension under division (B)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (D) For the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, or 2020-2021 school year, the school district received an overall grade of "A" under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (E) For the 2021-2022 school year and for each school year thereafter, the school district received an overall performance rating of five stars under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. Any mandates included in the rules shall be only those statutes or rules pertaining to state education requirements. The rules shall not exempt districts from any operating standard adopted under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.69
§ 3345.69. Committee to develop guidelines for energy efficiency
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (2) "Board of trustees of a state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.61 of the Revised Code. (B) The chairperson of the interuniversity council of Ohio and the secretary of the Ohio association of community colleges shall assist in coordinating the organization and operation of a committee to carry out this section. The committee shall be comprised of the presidents of the state institutions of higher education or their designees. The committee, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission, shall develop guidelines for the board of trustees of each state institution of higher education to use in ensuring energy efficiency and conservation in on- and off-campus buildings. At a minimum, guidelines under this section shall do all of the following: (1) Include a goal to reduce on- and off-campus building energy consumption by at least twenty per cent by 2014, using calendar year 2004 as the benchmark year, while recognizing the diverse nature and different energy demands and uses of such buildings and measures already taken to increase building energy efficiency and conservation; (2) Prescribe minimum energy efficiency and conservation standards for any new, on- or off-campus capital improvement project with a construction cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more, which standards shall be based on general building type and cost-effectiveness; (3) Prescribe minimum energy efficiency and conservation standards for the leasing of an off-campus space of at least twenty-thousand square feet; (4) Incorporate best practices into energy efficiency and conservation standards and plans; (5) Provide that each board develop its own fifteen-year plan for phasing in energy efficiency and conservation projects; (6) Provide that project impact assessments include the fiscal effects of energy efficiency and conservation recommendations and plans; (7) Establish mechanisms for each board to report periodically to the committee on its progress relative to the guidelines. (C) The board of trustees of a state institution of higher education shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code to carry out the guidelines established pursuant to division (B) of this section, including in the execution of the board's authority under sections 3345.62 to 3345.66 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.11
§ 3323.11. Employment and qualifications of necessary personnel
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 436 - 133rd General Assembly Each school district shall employ, as necessary, the personnel to meet the needs of the children with disabilities enrolled in its schools. Personnel shall possess appropriate qualifications and certificates or licenses as prescribed in section 3319.077 of the Revised Code and in rules of the state board of education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.30
§ 3307.30. Levying additional taxes
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly Employers who obtain funds directly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter, and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all other items except for sinking fund or interest purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.382
§ 3314.382. Rules for dropout recovery community schools
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall only adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for any requirement to be imposed on a dropout prevention and recovery community school. The department shall not develop guidelines that impose requirements on the general and uniform operation of a dropout prevention and recovery community school. (B) Pursuant to section 119.035 of the Revised Code, prior to adoption, the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council established under section 3314.381 of the Revised Code shall review any proposed rule described in division (A) of this section. (C) Any guidance document previously developed by the department that establishes general and uniform operations regarding a dropout recovery community school in effect on October 3, 2023, is void after that date. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.11
§ 3357.11. Determination by board of trustees to issue and sell bonds or necessity of tax levy
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly For the purposes of purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, and for the erection and equipment of buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging, improving, or rebuilding existing facilities, the board of trustees of a technical college district shall determine the amount of bonds to be issued and such other matters as pertain thereto, and may when authorized by the vote of the electors of the district, issue and sell such bonds as provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such board of trustees shall have the same authority and be subject to the same procedure as provided in such chapter in the case where the board of education proposes a bond issue for the purposes noted in this section. At any time the board of trustees of a technical college district by a vote of two-thirds of all its members may declare by resolution the necessity of a tax outside the ten-mill limitation for a period of years not to exceed ten years, to provide funds for one or more of the following purposes: for operation and maintenance, for purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, for the erection and construction or equipment of buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging or improving or rebuilding thereon. A copy of such resolution shall be certified to the board of elections of the county or counties in which such technical college district is situated, for the purpose of placing the proposal on the ballot at an election to be held at a date designated by such board of trustees, which date shall be consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, but shall not be earlier than ninety days after the adoption and certification of such resolution. If a majority of the electors in such district voting on such question vote in favor of such levy, the resolution shall go into immediate effect. The trustees shall certify their action to the auditors of the county or counties in which such technical college district is situated, who shall annually thereafter place such levy on the tax duplicate in such district in the amount set forth in the proposition approved by the voters. After the approval of such levy by vote the board of trustees of a technical college district may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such levy and from time to time, during the life of such levy, issue anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the estimated proceeds of such levy to be collected in each year over a period of five years after the date of the issuance of such notes, less an amount equal to the proceeds of such levy previously obligated for each year by the issuance of anticipation notes, provided, that the total amount maturing in any one year shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the anticipated proceeds of such levy for that year. Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code and shall mature serially in substantially equal amounts, during each remaining year of the levy, not to exceed five, after their issuance. All necessary expenses for the operation of such technical college may be paid from any gifts, from grants of the state or federal government, from student fees and tuition collected pursuant to division (G) of section 3357.09 of the Revised Code, or from unencumbered funds from any other source of the technical college income, not prohibited by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.02
§ 3365.02. College Credit Plus program; creation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established the college credit plus program under which, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, a secondary grade student who is a resident of this state may enroll at a college, on a full- or part-time basis, and complete nonsectarian, nonremedial courses for high school and college credit. The program shall govern arrangements in which a secondary grade student enrolls in a college and, upon successful completion of coursework taken under the program, receives transcripted credit from the college. The following are not governed by the college credit plus program: (1) An agreement governing an early college high school program, provided the program meets the definition set forth in division (F)(2) of section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code and is approved by the department of education and workforce and the chancellor of higher education; (2) An advanced placement course or international baccalaureate diploma course, as described in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code; (3) A career-technical education program that is approved by the department under section 3317.161 of the Revised Code and grants articulated credit to students participating in that program. However, any portion of an approved program that results in the conferral of transcripted credit upon the completion of the course shall be governed by the college credit plus program. (B) Any student enrolled in a public or nonpublic secondary school in the student's ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade; any student enrolled in a nonchartered nonpublic secondary school in the student's ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade; and any student who is exempt from the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home education under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code and is the equivalent of a ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade student, may participate in the program, if the student meets the applicable eligibility criteria in section 3365.03 of the Revised Code. If a nonchartered nonpublic secondary school student chooses to participate in the program, that student shall be subject to the same requirements as a home-educated student who chooses to participate in the program under this chapter. (C) All public secondary schools and all public colleges shall participate in the program and are subject to the requirements of this chapter. Any nonpublic secondary school or private college that chooses to participate in the program shall also be subject to the requirements of this chapter. (D) The chancellor, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with the department, shall adopt rules governing the program. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.50
§ 3326.50. Schools shall not charge tuition
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Except as provided in division (A)(2) of section 3326.10 of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall not charge tuition for any student enrolled in the school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3347.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3347 / § 3347.091
§ 3347.091. Location of University housing, dining, and recreation facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Real property or buildings a university housing commission identifies as a property site for development or redevelopment under section 3347.09 of the Revised Code may be situated within or outside of the political subdivision in which the administrative offices of the university identified with the commission are principally located. (B) If located entirely outside of the political subdivision, but not less than thirty-three per cent of the property site's boundary is contiguous, continuously or otherwise, to other university-owned or leased property, then all of the following apply: (1) The uses specified in section 3347.09 of the Revised Code are unconditionally permitted on the property site. (2) The property site may be developed to accommodate population and structural densities exhibited in any other developed real property and buildings owned or leased by the university or commission for the purposes provided in section 3347.09 of the Revised Code. (3) None of the following may be enforced, to the extent they prohibit, condition, limit, or impair either the development of a property site in accordance with this section or the housing or structural types or dimensions proposed for such purposes: (a) Land use laws enacted by a municipality, township, city, or county; (b) Subdivision regulations; (c) Any other similar lawfully binding provision. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or prohibit a commission or university from acquiring title to real property or buildings leased or proposed to be leased in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.51
§ 3313.51. Disbursement and deposit of school funds
Status: in_force

July 31, 1980 House Bill 694 - 113th General Assembly In every school district the treasurer of the board of education shall be the treasurer of the school funds. No moneys of a school district shall be paid out except on a check signed by the treasurer. If the treasurer is incapacitated in such manner that he is unable to sign such checks, the board may appoint an officer of the school district to sign such checks in the capacity of the treasurer. Payroll disbursements constitute an exception to this requirement if otherwise provided by law. All moneys received by a treasurer of a school district from any source whatsoever shall be immediately placed by him in a depository designated by the board of education of such school district, as provided by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.39
§ 3309.39. Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement system shall provide disability coverage to each member who has at least five years of total service credit. Not later than October 16, 1992, the school employees retirement board shall give each person who is a member on July 29, 1992, the opportunity to elect disability coverage either under section 3309.40 of the Revised Code or under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code. The board shall mail notice of the election, accompanied by an explanation of the coverage under each of the Revised Code sections and a form on which the election is to be made, to each member at the member's last known address. The board shall also provide the explanation and form to any member at the member's request. Regardless of whether the member actually receives notice of the right to make an election, a member who fails to file a valid election under this section shall be considered to have elected disability coverage under section 3309.40 of the Revised Code. To be valid, an election must be made on the form provided by the board, signed by the member, and filed with the board not later than one hundred eighty days after the date the notice was mailed, or, in the case of a form provided at the request of a member, a date specified by rule of the board. Once made, an election is irrevocable, but if the member ceases to be a member of the system, the election is void. If a person who makes an election under this section also makes an election under section 145.35 or 3307.62 of the Revised Code, the election made for the system that pays a disability benefit to that person shall govern the benefit. Disability coverage shall be provided under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code for persons who become members after July 29, 1992, and for members who elect under this division to be covered under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code. The board may adopt rules governing elections made under this division. (B)(1) Application for a disability benefit may be made by a member, by a person acting in the member's behalf, or by the member's employer, if the member meets all of the following conditions: (a) Has at least five years of total service credit; (b) Has disability coverage under section 3309.40 or 3309.401 of the Revised Code; (c) Is not receiving a disability benefit under this chapter or Chapter 145., 742., 3305., 3307., or 5505. of the Revised Code, or the Cincinnati retirement system; (d) Is not applying for the disability benefit based on a disabling condition that the system determines was caused by commission of either of the following: (i) A felony the member was convicted of, pled guilty to, or was found not guilty of by reason of insanity; (ii) An act for which the member was adjudicated a delinquent child, that if committed by an adult, would be a felony. (2) The application for a disability benefit shall be made on a form provided by the board. The benefit payable to any member who is approved for a disability benefit shall become effective on the first day of the month next following the later of the following: (a) The last day for which compensation was paid; (b) The date on which the member's most recent application for a disability benefit was filed. (C) Medical examination of a member who has applied for a disability benefit shall be conducted by a competent disinterested physician or physicians selected by the board to determine whether the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of the member's last assigned primary duty as an employee by a disabling condition either permanent or presumed to be permanent for twelve continuous months following the filing of an application. Such disability must have occurred before termination of the member's contributing service and since last becoming a member or have increased since last becoming a member to such extent as to make the disability permanent or presumed to be permanent for twelve continuous months following the filing of an application. (D) Application for a disability benefit must be made within two years from the date the member's contributing service terminated, unless the board determines that the member's medical records demonstrate conclusively that at the time the two-year period expired, the member was physically or mentally incapacitated for duty as an employee and unable to make application. Application may not be made by any person receiving a service retirement allowance or commuted service retirement allowance under section 3309.36 or 3309.381 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code or any person who, pursuant to section 3309.42 of the Revised Code, has been paid the accumulated contributions standing to the credit of the person's individual account in the employees' savings fund. (E) If the physician or physicians determine that the member qualifies for a disability benefit, the board concurs with the determination, and the member agrees to any recommended medical treatment and vocational rehabilitation as specified in divisions (F) and (G) of this section, the member shall receive a disability benefit under section 3309.40 or 3309.401 of the Revised Code. The action of the board shall be final. (F) The board shall adopt rules requiring a disability benefit recipient, as a condition of continuing to receive a disability benefit, to agree in writing to obtain any medical treatment recommended by the board's physician and submit medical reports regarding the treatment. If the board determines that a disability benefit recipient is not obtaining the medical treatment or the board does not receive a required medical report, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the treatment is obtained, the report is received by the board, or the board's physician certifies that the treatment is no longer helpful or advisable. Should the recipient's failure to obtain treatment or submit a medical report continue for one year, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (G)(1) A disability benefit recipient shall obtain any vocational rehabilitation recommended by the board's physician or other consultant and submit reports regarding the rehabilitation. If the board determines that a recipient is not obtaining the rehabilitation or the board does not receive a required report, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the rehabilitation is obtained, the report is received by the board, or the board's physician or consultant certifies that rehabilitation is no longer helpful or advisable. If the recipient's failure to obtain rehabilitation or submit a required report continues for one year, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (2) The board shall adopt rules to implement this division. (H) In the event an employer files an application for a disability benefit as a result of a member having been separated from service because the member is considered to be mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of the member's last assigned primary duty as an employee, and the physician or physicians selected by the board report to the board that the member is physically and mentally capable of performing service similar to that from which the member was separated, and the board concurs in such report, then the board shall so certify to the employer and the employer shall restore the member to the member's previous position and salary or to a similar position and salary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.104
§ 3314.104. Prohibition of employment of person with permanently revoked or denied educator license
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No community school shall employ an individual in any position if the state board of education permanently revoked or permanently denied the individual a license under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code or if the individual entered into a consent agreement under division (E) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code in which the individual agreed never to apply for a license after the date on which the agreement was entered into. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.18
§ 3313.18. Quorum - recording of votes - adoption of annual appropriation resolution
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly A majority of the members of a board of education shall constitute a quorum. Upon a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, or to employ a superintendent or teacher, janitor or other employee, or to elect or appoint an officer, or to pay any debt or claim, or to adopt any textbook, the treasurer of the board shall publicly call the roll of the members composing the board and enter on the records the names of those voting "aye" and the names of those voting "no." If a majority of all the members of the board vote aye, the president shall declare the motion carried. Upon any motion or resolution, a member of the board may demand the yeas and nays, and thereupon the treasurer shall call the roll and record the names of those voting "aye" and those voting "no." Each board may provide for the payment of superintendents, teachers, and other employees by payroll, but in all cases such roll call and record shall be complied with. Whenever a board of a city, exempted village, or local school district or a governing board of an educational service center by a majority vote of its members has adopted an annual appropriation resolution, then such board may, by general resolution, dispense with the adoption of resolutions authorizing the purchase or sale of property, except real estate, the employment, appointment, or confirmation of officers and employees, except as otherwise provided for by law, the payment of debts or claims, the salaries of superintendents, teachers or other employees, if provision therefor is made in such annual appropriation resolution, or approving warrants for the payment of any claim from school funds, if the expenditure for which such warrant is issued, is provided for in such annual appropriation resolution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.07
§ 3311.07. Change of classification upon advancement
Status: in_force

November 21, 1973 House Bill 336 - 110th General Assembly When a local or exempted village school district contains within its territorial boundaries the major portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village advanced to a city, such school district may be BY a majority vote of the full membership of such board of education, declare that such local or exempted village school district shall become a city school district, such change to become effective the next succeeding first day of July. In the event a minor portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village advanced to a city is contained within the territorial boundaries of a local or exempted village school district other than the school district containing the major portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of such village, such territory shall remain a part of such local or exempted village school district until transferred to another school district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.37
§ 3319.37. Appointment of persons to make reports for treasurer or executive head - compensation
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly Upon the neglect or failure of a treasurer or executive head of the schools of any district within the educational service center to make the required reports, by the time specified, the superintendent of the service center must appoint some suitable person to make such reports, who shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor to be paid from the service center's general fund. The amount of such compensation shall be withheld by the county auditor from the funds due such district at the time of the next tax settlement and be credited to the service center's general fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0216 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0216
§ 3345.0216. Statements of commitment
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall incorporate all of the following statements into a statement of commitment: (1) The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth. (2) The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions. (3) The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly. (4) The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community. (5) The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. (B) Each state institution of higher education shall prominently post the statement of commitment developed under this section on its publicly accessible web site and alongside the state institution's mission statement in any place in which the mission statement appears, including when it is published or posted. Each institution shall include the statement of commitment in any solicitations and offers of admission to students and any offers of employment to faculty. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.14
§ 3309.14. Technical and administrative employees - retirement applications
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The school employees retirement board shall secure the service of such technical and administrative employees as are necessary for the transaction of the business of the school employees retirement system. Effective ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the department of commerce. The compensation of all persons engaged by the board and all other expenses of the board necessary for the proper operation of the system shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board approves. Every expense voucher of an employee, officer, or board member of the school employees retirement system shall itemize all purchases and expenditures. The board shall receive and act upon all applications for retirement under Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code, and shall provide for the payment of all retirement allowances and other benefits and shall make other expenditures required or authorized by this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.87
§ 3345.87. Information on declarations for mental health
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 234 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.19 of the Revised Code, shall provide new students and the parents or guardians of the new students information about declarations for mental health treatment, as described in Chapter 2135. of the Revised Code, including how to access and execute a declaration and considerations to determine whether a declaration would be beneficial to a student. The information shall be provided as part of the institution's orientation, onboarding, or transfer materials and programs. (B) The chancellor of higher education, in collaboration with the director of mental health and addiction services, shall create a standard information sheet that may be used by institutions of higher education to convey the information described in division (A) of this section. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.44
§ 3375.44. Payment of interest - retirement of bonds - annual levy
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After the issue of any notes or bonds under section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the public library board of trustees on behalf of which said bonds are issued shall certify, on or before the first day of July in each year, to the taxing authority of the political subdivision to the jurisdiction of which such board is subject, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on and to retire at maturity such bonds or notes, and such taxing authority shall annually include in its budget the amount certified and required to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds or notes at maturity, and shall levy the necessary tax therefor. Such board may appropriate and apply any moneys in its possession and control, which are available and unappropriated for other purposes, to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds or notes. Any moneys so to be applied shall be appropriated by resolution of the library board and transferred to the board or officers having charge of the retirement fund for such bonds to be applied to the payment of such bonds and for no other purposes. The interest and retirement charges to be levied in each year shall then be reduced by such amounts of money as are otherwise made available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.36
§ 3333.36. Allocation of funds for certain scholarships
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If the chancellor of higher education determines that sufficient funds are available from general revenue fund appropriations made to the department of higher education or to the chancellor, the chancellor shall allocate the following: (A) Up to seventy thousand dollars in each fiscal year to make payments to the Columbus program in intergovernmental issues, an Ohio internship program at Kent state university, for scholarships of up to two thousand dollars for each student enrolled in the program; (B) Up to one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars in each fiscal year to make payments to the Washington center for scholarships provided to undergraduates of Ohio's four-year public and private institutions of higher education selected to participate in the Washington center internship program. The amount of a student's scholarship shall not exceed the amount specified for such scholarships in the biennial operating appropriations act. The chancellor may utilize any general revenue funds appropriated to the department or to the chancellor that the chancellor determines to be available for purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.29
§ 3328.29. Procurement of epinephrine autoinjectors for college-preparatory boarding schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) With the approval of its board of trustees, a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter may procure epinephrine autoinjectors in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7110 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. (B)(1) The following are 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 epinephrine autoinjector under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: (a) A college-preparatory boarding school; (b) A member of a college-preparatory boarding school board of trustees; (c) A college-preparatory boarding school employee or contractor; (d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes epinephrine autoinjectors, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) 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, college-preparatory boarding school employee or contractor, or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (C) A college-preparatory boarding school may accept donations of epinephrine autoinjectors 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 epinephrine autoinjectors. (D) A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to procure epinephrine autoinjectors under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and occurrence in which an epinephrine autoinjector is used from a school's supply of epinephrine autoinjectors. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6024
§ 3313.6024. Reporting on prevention-focused programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Annually each school district shall report to the department of education and workforce, in the manner prescribed by the department, the types of prevention-focused programs, services, and supports used to assist students in developing the knowledge and skills to engage in healthy behaviors and decision-making and to increase their awareness of the dangers and consequences of risky behaviors, including substance abuse, suicide, bullying, and other harmful behaviors. The district shall report the following information regarding such programs, services, and supports for each building operated by the district and for each of grades kindergarten through twelve served by the building: (1) Curriculum and instruction provided during the school day; (2) Programs and supports provided outside of the classroom or outside of the school day; (3) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and other staff; (4) Partnerships with community coalitions and organizations to provide prevention services and resources to students and their families; (5) School efforts to engage parents and the community; (6) Activities designed to communicate with and learn from other schools or professionals with expertise in prevention education. (B) The department may use information reported under this section, and any other information collected by the department pursuant to law, as a factor in the distribution of any funding available for prevention-focused programs, services, and supports. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.48
§ 3309.48. Employer failing to deduct employee contribution
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any employee who left the service of an employer after attaining age sixty-five or over and such employer had failed or refused to deduct and transmit to the school employees retirement system the employee contributions as required by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code during any year for which membership was compulsory as determined by the school employees retirement board, shall be granted service credit without cost, which shall be considered as total service credit for the purposes of meeting the qualifications for service retirement provided by the law in effect on and retroactive to the first eligible retirement date following the date such employment terminated, but shall not be paid until formal application for such allowance on a form provided by the retirement board is received in the office of the retirement system. The total service credit granted under this section shall not exceed ten years for any such employee. The liability incurred by the retirement board because of the service credit granted under this section shall be determined by the retirement board, the cost of which shall be equal to an amount that is determined by applying the combined employee and employer rates of contribution against the compensation of such employee at the rates of contribution and maximum salary provisions in effect during such employment for each year for which credit is granted, together with interest at the rate to be credited accumulated contributions at retirement, compounded annually from the first day of the month payment was due the retirement system to and including the month of deposit, the total amount of which shall be collected from the employer. Such amounts shall be certified by the retirement board to the department of education and workforce, which shall deduct the amount due the system from any funds due the affected school district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code. The department shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount due the system for payment. The total amount paid shall be deposited into the employers' trust fund, and shall not be considered as accumulated contributions of the employee in the event of the employee's death or withdrawal of funds. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.37
§ 3311.37. State board may propose creation of new district
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The state board of education may conduct studies where there is evidence of need for consolidation of contiguous local, exempted village, or city school districts or parts of such districts. The possibility of making improvements in school district organization as well as the desires of the residents of the affected districts shall be given consideration in such studies and in any recommendations growing out of such studies. After the adoption of recommendations growing out of any such study, the state board may proceed as follows: Propose by resolution the creation of a new school district which may consist of all or a part of the territory of two or more contiguous local, exempted village, or city school districts, or any combination of such districts. The state board shall thereupon file a copy of such proposal with the board of education of each school district whose boundaries would be altered by the proposal and with the governing board of any educational service center in which such school district is located. The state board may, not less than thirty days following the adoption of the resolution proposing the creation of a new school district certify the proposal to the board of elections of the county or counties in which any of the territory of the proposed district is located, for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next general or primary election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of such resolution. If any proposal has been previously initiated pursuant to section 3311.22 , 3311.231 , or 3311.26 of the Revised Code which affects any of the territory affected by the proposal of the state board, the proposal of the state board shall not be placed on the ballot while the previously initiated proposal is subject to an election. Upon certification of a proposal to the board of elections of any county pursuant to this section, the board of elections of such county shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such question to the electors of the county qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be counted and canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as in regular elections for the election of members of a board of education. The electors qualified to vote upon a proposal are the electors residing in the local, exempted village, or city school districts, or parts thereof included in the proposed new school district. If a majority of those voting on the proposal vote in favor thereof, the state board shall create the proposed school district prior to the next succeeding July 1. Upon the creation of such district, the indebtedness of each former district becoming in its entirety a part of the new district shall be assumed in full by the new district. Upon the creation of such district, the net indebtedness of each original district of which only a part is taken by the new district shall be apportioned between the new district and the original district in the ratio which the assessed valuation of the part taken by the new district bears to the assessed valuation of the original district as of the effective date of the creation of the new district. As used in this section "net indebtedness" means the difference between the par value of the outstanding and unpaid bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held in the sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for their redemption. Upon the creation of such district, the funds of each former district becoming in its entirety a part of the new district shall be paid over in full to the new district. Upon the creation of such district the funds of each former district of which only a part is taken by the new district shall be apportioned equitably by the state board between the new district and that part of the original district not included in the new district as such funds existed on the effective date of the creation of the new district. When the new district consists of territory lying in two or more counties, the state board shall determine to which educational service center the new district shall be assigned. When a new local school district is so created, the state board shall appoint five electors residing in the district to be the members of the board of education of such district, and such members shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. A board of education of such district shall be elected by the electors of the district at the next general election held in an odd numbered year which occurs not less than one hundred five days after the appointment of the initial members of the board. At such election two members shall be elected for a term of two years and three members shall be elected for a term of four years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected in the same manner and for the same terms as members of the board of education of a local school district. When a new city school district is created, the state board shall determine the number of members which will comprise the board of education of the school district, which number shall not conflict with the number set forth in section 3313.02 of the Revised Code. The state board shall then appoint a like number of persons to be members of the board of education of such district, and said members shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. A board of education of such district shall be elected by the electors of the district at the next general election held in an odd numbered year which occurs not less than one hundred five days after the appointment of the initial members of the board. At such election if the number of members of the board is even, one-half of the number shall be elected for two years and one-half for four years. If the number of members of the board is odd, one-half the number less one-half shall be elected for two years and the remaining number shall be elected for four years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected in the manner provided in section 3313.08 of the Revised Code. Foundation program moneys accruing to a district created under this section shall not be less, in any year during the next succeeding three years following the creation, than the sum of the amounts received by the districts separately in the year in which the creation of the district became effective.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.37
§ 3307.37. Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit payable under this chapter, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, and the state teacher's retirement board shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation of section 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment of those contributions, of any other amounts to be paid under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter, or of any amount to be paid as a lump sum or single payment under section 3307.35 of the Revised Code shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which final disposition of the charge is made; (2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion; (3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which final disposition of the charge is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.0210 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.0210
§ 3314.0210. Property purchased by operator or management company
Status: in_force

February 1, 2016 House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly When an operator or management company purchases furniture, computers, software, equipment, or other personal property for use in the operation of a community school under this chapter with state funds that were paid to the operator or management company by the community school as payment for services rendered, such property is property of that school and is not property of the operator or management company. When a community school permanently closes and ceases its operation as a community school, any property that was acquired by the operator or management company of the school in the manner described in this section shall be distributed in accordance with division (E) of section 3314.015 and section 3314.074 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.18
§ 3307.18. Trustee or employee of board shall have no interest in profits nor borrow funds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No trustee and no employee of the state teachers retirement board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such, directly or indirectly, receive any pay or emolument for his services. No trustee or employee of the said board, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds or deposits or use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board; nor shall any member or employee of said board become an indorser or surety or become in any manner an obligor for moneys loaned by or borrowed from the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.161
§ 3301.161. Petition of referendum against transfer of school district
Status: in_force

December 1, 1967 Senate Bill 350 - 107th General Assembly Within thirty days following the issuance of an order to dissolve a school district pursuant to section 3301.16 of the Revised Code, qualified electors residing in the area to be transferred and equal in number to a majority of the qualified electors voting at the last general election may file a petition of referendum against the transfer. A petition of referendum filed pursuant to this section shall be filed, processed, and voted upon as provided in section 3311.231 of the Revised Code. If a petition of referendum has been filed pursuant to this section, a transfer order issued pursuant to section 3301.16 of the Revised Code shall take effect thirty days after the election on the petition of referendum if a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote in favor thereof. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question do not vote in favor thereof, the order shall become void.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.80
§ 3313.80. Display of the national flag
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All boards of education, all proprietors or principals of private schools, and all authorities in control of parochial schools or other educational institutions shall display the United States flag, not less than five feet in length, over, near, or within all schoolhouses under their control, during each day such schools are in session. No person, having control of any schoolhouse or other educational institution either as an individual or in connection with any person, shall neglect or refuse to carry out this section. Each day of such refusal or neglect constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.08
§ 3305.08. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Any payment, benefit, or other right accruing to any electing employee under a contract entered into for purposes of an alternative retirement plan and all moneys, investments, and income of those contracts are exempt from any state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, are exempt from any county, municipal, or other local tax, except income taxes imposed pursuant to section 5748.02 , 5748.08 , or 5748.09 of the Revised Code, and, except as provided in sections 3105.171 , 3105.65 , 3115.501 , 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , 3123.06 , 3305.09 , and 3305.12 of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency law, or other process of law, and shall be unassignable except as specifically provided in this section and sections 3105.171 , 3105.65 , 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , 3115.501 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code or in any contract the electing employee has entered into for purposes of an alternative retirement plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.45
§ 3328.45. Termination
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the department of education and workforce determines that a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter is not in compliance with any provision of this chapter or the terms of the contract entered into under section 3328.12 of the Revised Code, or that the school has failed to meet the academic goals or performance standards specified in that contract, the department may initiate the termination procedures specified in the contract. No termination shall take effect prior to the end of a school year. Upon the effective date of a termination, the school shall close. (B) If a college-preparatory boarding school is required to close under division (A) of this section or closes for any other reason, the school's board of trustees shall execute the closing as provided in the contract under section 3328.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3366.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3366 / § 3366.03
§ 3366.03. Policy guidelines - duties of designated administrator
Status: in_force

June 8, 2000 Senate Bill 161 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In furtherance of the public policy and purpose set forth in section 3366.02 of the Revised Code and to implement that purpose, the director of development, with the approval of the issuing authority, shall adopt, amend, or rescind rules, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establishing such policy guidelines as the director considers necessary or appropriate to provide for creating a secondary market for education loans as authorized by this chapter. The policy guidelines shall include such provisions as the director considers appropriate to further the public policy and purpose set forth in section 3366.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of development or the issuing authority or both may: (1) Enter into agreements with any designated administrator to provide for the proceeds loan for the purchase of education loans on the secondary market; (2) Enter into agreements with any designated administrator to provide for stimulating the making of education loans through the the acquisition of such loans, in accordance with the policy guidelines; and (3) Do all other acts and enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (C) All expenses and obligations incurred by the issuing authority or the director of development in carrying out duties and in exercising powers under this chapter shall be payable solely from, as appropriate, pledged receipts, moneys from the sale of obligations, or any amounts contributed by the designated administrator. This chapter does not authorize the issuing authority to incur debt or bonded indebtedness of the state, or to obligate or pledge any moneys other than pledged receipts for the payment of any obligations. (D) The designated administrator, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter, shall purchase education loans from eligible lenders directly or indirectly, with moneys loaned or otherwise provided to it under this chapter from the proceeds of obligations, which education loans are used by and for students for paying costs of attendance at eligible institutions. (E) In accordance with the policy guidelines, the designated administrator shall do all of the following: (1) Specify the terms of and procedures for making, selling, purchasing, servicing, and collecting those education loans eligible for purchase under the guidelines; (2) Take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to establish the terms of, purchase, service or otherwise administer, and collect any education loan; (3) With respect to those loans acquired pursuant to this chapter, establish the fees including, without limitation, origination and loan fees; charges; rates of interest; times of payment of interest and principal; late charges; aggregate amounts of education loans to be issued per year and in total; eligibility and credit criteria of eligible borrowers; refinancing or consolidation provisions; criteria for participation by eligible lenders; criteria for allocating the distribution of education loans among students attending or planning to attend different eligible institutions; terms of sales and purchases of education loans; and other terms, conditions, and provisions of and security for education loans. The designated administrator shall not purchase any education loan unless the loan conforms to the policy guidelines. (F) If the director of development determines that education loans are not being made in the amount or manner anticipated, the designated administrator, with the consent of the director, may enter into special arrangements with certain eligible lenders pursuant to guidelines adopted under this chapter to stimulate the provision of education loans. (G) The designated administrator may establish additional procedures and set other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the policy guidelines as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the program authorized under this chapter. (H) At least annually by a date specified by the director of development, the designated administrator shall provide to the issuing authority and the director of development reports on the use of the proceeds of obligations. (I) For purposes of this chapter, any designated administrator other than the nonprofit corporation designated under division (D) of section 3351.07 of the Revised Code shall be a person that maintains its principal place of business in the state and that has as its principal business the making, purchasing, holding, or selling of loans made to finance individuals' cost of post-secondary education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.28
§ 3304.28. Bureau of services for visually impaired definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 3304.28 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Suitable vending facility" means automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snack bars, cart service shelters, counters, and other appropriate auxiliary food service equipment determined to be necessary by the bureau of services for the visually impaired for the automatic or manual dispensing of foods, beverages, and other such commodities for sale by individuals, no fewer than one-half of whom are blind, under the supervision of a licensed vendor who is blind or an employee of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. (B) "Blind" means either of the following: (1) Vision twenty/two hundred or less in the better eye with proper correction; (2) Field defect in the better eye with proper correction that contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees. (C) "Governmental property" means any real property, building, or facility owned, leased, or rented by the state or any board, commission, department, division, or other unit or agency thereof, but does not include any institution under the management of the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.05 of the Revised Code, or under the management of the department of youth services created pursuant to section 5139.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.013
§ 3327.013. Transportation for preschoolers
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly (A) A board of education, other than a board of a cooperative education school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, that operates a preschool program under section 3313.646 of the Revised Code may provide transportation for children participating in the program. (B) If the board of education of any cooperative education school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code operates a preschool program under section 3313.646 of the Revised Code, the boards of education of the city, local, or exempted village school districts with territory in the cooperative education school district may provide transportation for children participating in such a preschool program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.16
§ 3328.16. Designated fiscal officer
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. The department of education and workforce may require by rule that the fiscal officer of any college-preparatory boarding school, before entering upon duties as fiscal officer, execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the school's board of trustees, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the fiscal officer. Any such bond shall be deposited with the school's board of trustees, and a copy of the bond shall be certified by the board and filed with the county auditor. (B) Before assuming the duties of fiscal officer, the fiscal officer designated under this section shall be licensed as a treasurer under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. No college-preparatory boarding school shall allow a person to serve as fiscal officer who is not licensed as required by this division. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.051
§ 3309.051. Orientation program required for new members - continuing education
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly Each member of the school employees retirement board shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more programs that are part of the continuing education component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.043
§ 3309.043. Chief investment officer - supervision duties - monitoring of securities transactions
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement board shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the school employees retirement system. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or change. (B) The chief investment officer shall reasonably supervise the licensed state retirement system investment officers and other persons employed by the school employees retirement system with a view toward preventing violations of Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code, the "Commodity Exchange Act," 42 Stat. 998, 7 U.S.C. and following, the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C. and following, and the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. 78a, and following, and the rules and regulations promulgated under those statutes. This duty of reasonable supervision shall include the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent persons employed by the school employees retirement system from misusing material, nonpublic information in violation of those laws, rules, and regulations. For purposes of this division, no chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty of reasonable supervision if the officer has done all of the following: (1) Adopted and implemented written procedures, and a system for applying the procedures, that would reasonably be expected to prevent and detect, insofar as practicable, any violation by its licensed investment officers and other persons employed by the school employees retirement system; (2) Reasonably discharged the duties and obligations incumbent on the chief investment officer by reason of the established procedures and the system for applying the procedures when the officer had no reasonable cause to believe that there was a failure to comply with the procedures and systems; (3) Reviewed, at least annually, the adequacy of the policies and procedures established pursuant to this section and the effectiveness of their implementation. (C) The chief investment officer shall establish and maintain a policy to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of securities transactions executed on behalf of the board. No chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty under this division if the officer has done both of the following: (1) Implemented the policy adopted by the board under section 3309.157 of the Revised Code that outlines the criteria used to select agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the school employees retirement system. (2) Reviewed, at least annually, the performance of agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the school employees retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.19
§ 3357.19. Powers and duties of chancellor
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall: (A) Promulgate rules, regulations, and standards in conformity with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code relative to the qualifications of teaching personnel in technical colleges, and require conformity to all such rules, regulations, and standards as a condition upon the issuance of a charter to any technical college and upon the continued operation of such colleges; (B) Promulgate rules, regulations, and standards relative to the quality and content of instructional courses in technical colleges, and relative to the awarding of certificates of achievement or degrees to students in such colleges, and require conformity to all such rules, regulations, and standards as a condition upon the issuance of a charter to any technical college and upon the continued operation of such college; (C) Conduct studies and examinations of the operation and facilities of technical colleges, and require reports from such colleges, from time to time as the chancellor deems necessary, and revoke or suspend pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the charter of any technical college found to be in substantial violation of law, of rules, regulations, or standards of the chancellor, or of the approved official plan of such college; (D) Employ such professional, administrative, clerical, or secretarial personnel as may be found necessary to assist the chancellor in the performance of the chancellor's duties; (E) Perform biennial examinations of the budget requirements of the technical colleges in the state, and present recommendations to the governor with respect to such budget requirements; (F) Perform research studies relative to technical college education. Last updated May 26, 2021 at 1:57 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.48
§ 3307.48. Disability benefit recipients
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "disability benefit recipient" means a recipient of a disability benefit under any of the following: (1) Section 3307.63 of the Revised Code; (2) Section 3307.631 of the Revised Code; (3) The STRS combined plan. (B) A disability benefit recipient, notwithstanding section 3319.13 of the Revised Code, shall retain membership in the state teachers retirement system and shall be considered on leave of absence during the first five years following the effective date of a disability benefit. (C) The state teachers retirement board may require any disability benefit recipient to submit to an annual medical examination by a physician selected by the board or may require additional examinations if the board's physician determines that additional information should be obtained. If a disability benefit recipient fails to submit to a medical examination, the recipient's disability benefit shall be suspended until the examination has occurred. If the failure continues for one year or the disability benefit is terminated for any reason during the one-year period, all the recipient's rights under and to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the suspension. After the examination, the examiner shall report to the board whether the disability benefit recipient is no longer incapable of resuming the service from which the recipient was found disabled. If the examiner determines that the disability benefit recipient is no longer incapable of resuming the service from which the recipient was found disabled, the retirement board shall appoint a medical review board composed of at least three disinterested physicians to evaluate the examiner's report. The medical review board shall report its finding to the retirement board. If the retirement board concurs in a finding by the medical review board that the disability benefit recipient is no longer incapable, the board shall order termination of payment of a disability benefit as follows: (1) Immediately upon employment as a teacher; (2) If the leave of absence has not expired and the recipient is not employed as a teacher, the later of the last day of the third month following the board's termination or the following thirty-first day of August; (3) If the leave of absence has expired and the recipient is not employed as a teacher, the last day of the third month following the board's termination. The board shall provide notice to the recipient of the board's order. At the request of the recipient, a hearing on the order shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established by the board. If the leave of absence has not expired, the board shall so certify to the disability benefit recipient's last employer before being found disabled that the recipient is no longer incapable of resuming service that is the same or similar to that from which the recipient was found disabled. If the recipient was under contract at the time the recipient was found disabled, the employer by the first day of the next succeeding year shall restore the recipient to the recipient's previous position and salary or to a position and salary similar thereto, unless the recipient was dismissed or resigned in lieu of dismissal for dishonesty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony. (D) An individual receiving a disability benefit from the system shall be ineligible to perform any teaching service, as defined by the board. A disability benefit shall immediately terminate if the disability benefit recipient performs any teaching service in this state or elsewhere. The board shall notify the recipient that the benefit is terminated. The recipient may submit, not later than thirty days after the date the notice is sent, to the board information specifying that the disability recipient did not perform teaching services while receiving disability benefits along with any supporting evidence available to the recipient. The board shall review the information and any accompanying evidence to determine whether the individual performed teaching services. The board may designate an individual to review the information and submit a recommendation to the board. The board shall determine whether the benefit was correctly terminated. If not, the benefit shall be reinstated and any missed payments paid to the recipient. The board's decision is final. (E) If any employer should employ or reemploy a disability benefit recipient prior to the termination of a disability benefit, the employer shall submit a notice of employment with the board designating the date of the employment. If the disability benefit recipient received a disability benefit and performed teaching services for all or any part of the same month, the recipient shall repay to the annuity and pension reserve fund the amount of the disability benefit received by the recipient from the beginning of employment. (F) Each disability benefit recipient shall submit to the board an annual statement of earnings, current medical information on the recipient's condition, and any other information required in rules adopted by the board. The board may waive the requirement that a disability benefit recipient submit an annual statement of earnings or current medical information if the board's physician certifies that the recipient's disability is ongoing. The board shall annually examine the information submitted by the recipient. If a disability benefit recipient fails to submit the statement or information, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the statement and information are submitted. If the failure continues for one year or the disability benefit is terminated for any reason during the one-year period, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the suspension. (G) A disability benefit may be terminated by the board at the request of the disability benefit recipient. (H) If disability retirement under section 3307.63 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the annuity and pension reserves at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred to the teachers' savings fund and the employers' trust fund, respectively. If the total disability benefit paid was less than the amount of the accumulated contributions of the member transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund at the time of the member's disability retirement, then the difference shall be transferred from the annuity and pension reserve fund to another fund as required. In determining the amount of a member's account following the termination of disability retirement for any reason, the total amount paid shall be charged against the member's refundable account. (I) If a disability allowance paid under section 3307.631 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the reserve on the allowance at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred from that fund to the employers' trust fund. (J) A former disability benefit recipient shall receive credit for the period as a disability benefit recipient if either of the following occurs: (1) The former disability recipient again becomes a contributor, other than as an other system retirant under section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, to this retirement system in the STRS defined benefit plan or to the school employees retirement system, or the public employees retirement system in the PERS defined benefit plan, and completes at least two additional years of service credit; (2) The former disability benefit recipient again becomes a contributor, other than as an other system retirant under section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, to this retirement system in the STRS defined contribution plan and completes at least two additional years of service credit. Credit may be received for more than one period of leave as a disability benefit recipient, except that for credit received on or after July 1, 2013, the total number of years received shall not exceed the lesser of the years of contributing service following the termination of disability benefits or five years of total service credit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.081
§ 3332.081. Student tuition recovery authority
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The student tuition recovery authority is created as a body corporate and politic of this state. The purpose of the authority is to protect students of any school registered by the state board of career colleges and schools from prepaid tuition loss for the academic term due to a school closure. The authority shall consist of five members as follows: the executive director of the state board of career colleges and schools, the executive director of the Ohio association of career colleges and schools, the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's designee, a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, and a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The general assembly members shall be nonvoting members. Each voting member of the authority, before entering upon the member's official duties, shall take an oath as provided by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution. The authority shall elect one of its voting members as chairperson and another as vice-chairperson, and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer who need not be a member of the authority. All meetings of the authority shall be public. All final actions of the authority shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.042
§ 3307.042. Ethics policy - commission approval - ethics training
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The state teachers retirement board shall, in consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, develop an ethics policy to govern board members and employees in the performance of their official duties. The board shall submit this policy to the commission for approval. The commission shall review the policy and, if the commission determines that the policy is adequate, approve the policy. If the commission determines that the policy is inadequate, it shall specify the revisions to be made and the board shall submit a revised policy. If the commission approves the revised policy, the board shall adopt it. If not, the board shall make any further revisions required by the commission and adopt the policy. Not less than sixty days before adopting the policy, the board shall submit it to the Ohio retirement study council for review. The board periodically shall provide ethics training to members and employees of the board. The training shall include training regarding the requirements and prohibitions of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code and sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code and any other training the board considers appropriate. The board shall establish a procedure to ensure that each employee of the board is informed of the procedure for filing a complaint alleging violation of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code with the Ohio ethics commission or the appropriate prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3381.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3381 / § 3381.04
§ 3381.04. District created in county containing city with population of 500,000 or more
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) In lieu of the procedure set forth in section 3381.03 of the Revised Code, any county with a population of five hundred thousand or more, at any time before the creation of a regional arts and cultural district under that section, may create a regional arts and cultural district by adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. The resolution shall state all of the following: (1) The purposes for the creation of the district; (2) That the territory of the district shall be coextensive with the territory of the county; (3) The official name by which the district shall be known; (4) The location of the principal office of the district or the manner in which the location shall be selected. (B) The district provided for in the resolution shall be created upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of county commissioners of that county. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the county and the municipal corporations and townships contained in the county shall not thereafter be a part of any other regional arts and cultural district. (C) The board of trustees of any regional arts and cultural district formed in accordance with this section shall be comprised of five members appointed by the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.051
§ 3305.051. Elections made prior to effective date
Status: in_force

August 1, 2005 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to elections made prior to the effective date of this amendment. (B) A person whose employment as an academic or administrative employee of a public institution of higher education commenced after the initial date on which the board of trustees of the public institution adopted an alternative retirement plan may, not later than one hundred twenty days after the starting date of employment, make an election to participate in an alternative retirement plan available at the public institution. If no election to participate in an alternative retirement plan is made by the end of one hundred twenty days after the person's starting date of employment, the person shall be deemed to have elected participation in the state retirement system that applies to the person's employment. An election made under this division or division (C) of this section shall be irrevocable while the electing employee is employed by that public institution. A person who makes an election to participate in an alternative retirement plan shall be forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit under any state retirement system for the period of that person's employment during which the election is in effect. If a person terminates employment at one public institution of higher education and subsequently is employed by another public institution of higher education in a position for which an alternative retirement plan is available under this chapter, the person may make another election under this division. Each public institution of higher education employing a person eligible to make an election under this division shall notify, within ten days of the person's employment, the state retirement system that applies to that person's employment in the manner specified by that state retirement system, which notice shall include the new employee's name and address. (C)(1) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the date on which the board of trustees of a public institution of higher education adopts an alternative retirement plan for that public institution, each eligible academic or administrative employee of the public institution may make an election to participate in an alternative retirement plan available at the public institution. If a person to whom this division applies fails to make an election, the person shall be deemed to have elected continued participation in the state retirement system in which the person is a member. (2)(a) A member of the public employees retirement system or school employees retirement system who is an academic or administrative employee of the public institution is eligible to make an election if, on April 1, 1998, the member had less than five years of service credit in the retirement system in which the member is making contributions and the public institution of higher education at which the member is employed adopted an alternative retirement plan after December 8, 1998, but before April 1, 1999. (b) A member of the state teachers retirement system who is an academic or administrative employee of a public institution that establishes an alternative retirement plan is eligible to make an election if the member has less than five years of service credit in the state teachers retirement system on the thirtieth day of June immediately preceding the date the plan is adopted. (D) An election under division (B) or (C) of this section shall be in writing submitted to the designated officer of the employee's employing public institution of higher education. Not later than ten days after the election becomes irrevocable, the officer shall file a certified copy of the election with the state retirement system to which, apart from this election, the employee's employment would be subject. (E)(1) Each election made under division (B) of this section shall be effective as of the electing employee's starting date of employment. (2) In the case of a member of the public employees retirement system or school employees retirement system, an election made under division (C) of this section shall be effective as of April 1, 1998. In the case of a member of the state teachers retirement system, an election shall be effective as of the date described in division (C)(2)(b) of this section. (F) If an individual makes an election under division (B) or (C) of this section, the election shall apply to the individual's employment in all positions at a public institution of higher education, unless the individual terminates employment at the public institution and does not return to employment in any position at that public institution prior to one year after the date of termination. If an individual is eligible to make an election under division (B) or (C) of this section for employment at a public institution and does not make the election, the individual shall not be permitted to make an election for employment in any other position at the public institution while employed at that public institution, unless the individual terminates employment at the public institution and does not return to employment in any position at the public institution prior to one year after the date of termination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.02
§ 3301.02. Elected and appointed state board members - terms of office
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Members of the board shall serve four-year terms beginning the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December. (B) No person shall hold the office of member of the state board of education for a period of longer than two successive terms of four years. Terms shall be considered successive unless separated by a period of four or more years. Only terms beginning on or after January 1, 1996, shall be considered in determining an individual's eligibility to hold office. (C) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, members who were elected or appointed under this section as it existed prior to the effective date of this amendment shall remain in office until the expiration of their current terms. Upon the expiration of the current term of elected members, all eleven elected offices shall be abolished and no successor shall be elected after the effective date of this amendment. If such elected member vacates the office prior to the expiration of the member's term, no individual shall be appointed or elected to fill that vacancy, and that office is abolished. The offices of the first three appointed members to reach the expiration of their current terms or vacate the office prior to the expiration of their current terms shall be abolished. Thereafter, the state board consists of five appointed members as prescribed under section 3301.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM