Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.58
§ 3301.58. Licensing of preschool programs and school child programs - enforcement of rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth is responsible for the licensing of preschool programs and school child programs and for the enforcement of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and of any rules adopted under those sections. No school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a preschool program without a license issued under this section. A school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, authorized private before and after school care program, or eligible nonpublic school may obtain a license under this section for a school child program. The school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school shall post the license for each preschool program and licensed school child program it operates, establishes, manages, conducts, or maintains in a conspicuous place in the preschool program or licensed school child program that is accessible to parents, custodians, or guardians and employees and staff members of the program at all times when the program is in operation. (B) Any school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school that desires to operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a preschool program shall apply to the department of children and youth for a license on a form that the department shall prescribe by rule. Any school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, authorized private before and after school care program, or eligible nonpublic school that desires to obtain a license for a school child program shall apply to the department for a license on a form that the department shall prescribe by rule. The department shall provide at no charge to each applicant for a license under this section a copy of the requirements under sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections. The department may establish application fees by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and all applicants for a license shall pay any fee established by the department at the time of making an application for a license. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (C) Upon the filing of an application for a license, the department of children and youth shall investigate and inspect the preschool program or school child program to determine the license capacity for each age category of children of the program and to determine whether the program complies with sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections. When, after investigation and inspection, the department is satisfied that sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections are complied with by the applicant, the department shall issue the program a provisional license as soon as practicable in the form and manner prescribed by the rules of the department. The provisional license shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance unless revoked. (D) The department of children and youth shall investigate and inspect a preschool program or school child program that has been issued a provisional license at least once during operation under the provisional license. If, after the investigation and inspection, the department determines that the requirements of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections are met by the provisional licensee, the department shall issue the program a license. The license shall remain valid unless revoked or the program ceases operations. (E) The department of children and youth annually shall investigate and inspect each preschool program or school child program licensed under division (D) of this section to determine if the requirements of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections are met by the program, and shall notify the program of the results. (F) The license or provisional license shall state the name of the school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, authorized private before and after school care program, or eligible nonpublic school that operates the preschool program or school child program and the license capacity of the program. (G) The department of children and youth may revoke the license of any preschool program or school child program that is not in compliance with the requirements of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections. (H) If the department of children and youth revokes a license, the department shall not issue a license to the program within two years from the date of the revocation. All actions of the department with respect to licensing preschool programs and school child programs shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.166 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.166
§ 3333.166. Transfer of credits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "For-profit private college" means a career college in this state that holds a certificate of registration from the chancellor of higher education under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code or a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. (2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor shall prepare a transferability strategy plan that defines criteria, policies, procedures, and timelines that would enable students to transfer agreed upon courses completed through a for-profit private college to a state institution of higher education without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers. Where applicable, the policies and procedures in the strategy plan shall build upon the articulation agreement and transfer initiative course equivalency system required by section 3333.16 of the Revised Code. (C) The chancellor shall convene the necessary stakeholders to assist in the preparation of the strategy plan. The chancellor shall complete and deliver to the governor, president and minority leader of the senate, and speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives an interim strategy plan on or before July 1, 2018, and the final strategy plan on or before January 1, 2019.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.76
§ 3307.76. Credit for time served in other state retirement systems
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for time served in the public employees retirement system under Chapter 145. of the Revised Code or in the school employees retirement system under Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code if the member purchases the credit in accordance with section 3307.70 of the Revised Code. A member is ineligible to purchase credit described in this section if credit for the service may be obtained from the public employees retirement system or school employees retirement system or if the credit is for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit that has been paid, is currently being paid, or is payable in the future to the member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.033
§ 3318.033. Recalculation of district percentile ranking
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Open enrollment net gain" has the same meaning as in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. (B) This section applies to each school district that meets the following criteria: (1) The Ohio facilities construction commission certified its conditional approval of the district's project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code after July 1, 2006, and prior to September 29, 2007, and the project had not been completed as of September 29, 2007. (2) Within one year after the date of the commission's certification of its conditional approval, the district's electors approved a bond issue to pay the district's portion of the basic project cost or the district board of education complied with section 3318.052 of the Revised Code. (3) In the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the district's project was conditionally approved, the district had an open enrollment net gain that was ten per cent or more of its formula ADM. (C) For each school district to which this section applies, the department of education and workforce shall recalculate the district's percentile ranking under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the district's project was conditionally approved and shall report the recalculated percentile ranking to the commission. For this purpose, the department shall recalculate every school district's percentile ranking for that fiscal year using the district's "valuation per pupil" as that term is defined in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code on and after September 29, 2007. (D) For each school district to which this section applies, the commission shall use the recalculated percentile ranking reported under division (C) of this section to determine the district's portion of the basic project cost under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code. The commission shall not use the recalculated percentile ranking for any other purpose, and the recalculated ranking shall not affect any other district's portion of the basic project cost under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code or any district's eligibility for assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code. The commission shall revise the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code to reflect the district's new portion of the basic project cost as determined under this division. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.31
§ 3317.31. Community and STEM school facilities payments
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall pay each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code an amount equal to twenty-five dollars in each fiscal year for each full-time equivalent student in an internet- or computer-based community school and one thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each full-time equivalent student in all other community or STEM schools for assistance with the cost associated with facilities. Last updated August 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.01
§ 3377.01. Ohio higher educational facility commission definitions
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly As used in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code: (A) "Educational institution" or "institution" means an educational institution organized not for profit and holding an effective certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code. It does not include any institution created by or in accordance with Title XXXIII of the Revised Code nor any institution whose principal educational activity is preparing students for or granting degrees, diplomas, and other marks of deficiency which have value only in religious and ecclesiastical fields. (B) "Educational facility" or "facility" means any building, structure, facility, equipment, machinery, utility, or improvement, site, or other interest in real estate therefor or pertinent thereto, and equipment and furnishings to be used therein or in connection therewith, together with any appurtenances necessary or convenient to the uses thereof, to be used for or in connection with the conduct or operation of an educational institution, including but not limited to, classrooms and other instructional facilities, laboratories, research facilities, libraries, study facilities, administrative and office facilities, museums, gymnasiums, campus walks, drives and site improvements, dormitories and other suitable living quarters or accommodations, dining halls and other food service and preparation facilities, student services or activity facilities, physical education, athletic and recreational facilities, theatres, auditoriums, assembly and exhibition halls, greenhouses, agricultural buildings and facilities, parking, storage and maintenance facilities, infirmary, hospital, medical, and health facilities, continuing education facilities, communications, fire prevention, and fire fighting facilities, and any one, or any combination of the foregoing, whether or not comprising part of one building, structure, or facility. It does not include any facility used exclusively as a place for devotional activities. (C) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution or resolutions, the trust agreement, the indenture of mortgage, or combination thereof authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to bonds issued under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code. (D) "Pledged facilities" means the project or other property that is mortgaged or the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys from which are pledged, or both, for the payment of or the security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the authority of section 3377.05 or 3377.06 of the Revised Code. (E) "Project" means real or personal property, or both, acquired by gift or purchase, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, remodeled, renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, by or financed by the Ohio higher educational facility commission, or by funds that are refinanced or reimbursed by the commission for use by an educational institution as an educational facility located within the state. (F) "Project costs" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, reconstructing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, and improving educational facilities comprising one or more project, including costs connected with or incidental thereto, provision of capitalized interest prior to and during construction and for a period after the completion of the construction, appropriate reserves, architectural, engineering, financial, and legal services, and all other costs of financing, and the repayment or restoration of moneys borrowed or advanced for such purposes or temporarily used therefor from other sources, and means the costs of refinancing obligations issued or loans incurred by, or reimbursement of money advanced, invested or expended by, educational institutions or others the proceeds of which obligations or loans or the amounts advanced, invested or expended were used at any time for the payment of project costs, if the Ohio higher educational facility commission determines that the refinancing or reimbursement advances the purposes of this chapter, whether or not the refinancing or reimbursement is in conjunction with the acquisition or construction of additional educational facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.11
§ 3316.11. Board, officers and employees to provide commission with fiscal information
Status: in_force

June 20, 1996 Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly A school district board and all its officers and employees having possession of fiscal information or having the responsibility for developing that information, shall at all times cooperate in assisting the functions of the school district financial planning and supervision commission by providing to the commission, on a continuing basis, all fiscal information requested, ordered, or needed by the commission to formulate judgments regarding revenue and expenditure estimates, the financial recovery plan or any modification of it, the monitoring of the implementation of the plan, and consideration of any amendments of the financial recovery plan. All information and reports by the school district board and its officers and employees shall be in such form and detail as requested from time to time by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.051
§ 3355.051. Secretary to be fiscal officer - appointment, bond
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 349 - 107th General Assembly The university branch district board of trustees shall appoint, from its membership or otherwise, a secretary who shall be the fiscal officer of the university branch district. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall, before entering upon his duties, execute a bond in an amount to be determined by the board. Such bond shall be payable to the university branch district and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the official duties required of him as secretary and fiscal officer. Upon his ceasing to hold such office, he, or his legal representatives, shall deliver to the board of trustees or to his successor all moneys, books, papers, and other property of the district in his possession as secretary and fiscal officer. In case of the death or incapacity of the secretary, his legal representative shall, in like manner, deliver all moneys, books, papers, and other property of the district to the board of trustees or the person named as his successor. The secretary shall, at the direction of the board, receive and disburse all funds of the district and shall certify to the board the estimated useful life of all property included in division (D) of section 3355.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.031
§ 3316.031. Identifying unsafe fiscal practices and budgetary conditions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of education and workforce, in consultation with the auditor of state, shall develop guidelines for identifying fiscal practices and budgetary conditions that, if uncorrected, could result in a future declaration of a fiscal watch or fiscal emergency within a school district. The guidelines shall not include a requirement that a school district submit financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles. (B)(1) If the director determines from a school district's current budget information and three-year forecast submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code that a district is engaging in any of those practices or that any of those conditions exist within the district, after consulting with the district board of education concerning the practices or conditions, the director may declare the district to be under a fiscal caution. (2) If the auditor of state finds that a district is engaging in any of those practices or that any of those conditions exist within the district, the auditor of state shall report that finding to the director and, after consulting with the district board of education concerning the practices or conditions, the director may declare the district to be under a fiscal caution. (3) Unless the auditor of state has elected to declare a state of fiscal watch under division (A)(4) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall declare a school district to be under a fiscal caution if the conditions described in divisions (A)(4)(a) and (b) of that section are both satisfied with respect to the school district. (C) When the director declares a district to be under fiscal caution, the director shall promptly notify the district board of education of that declaration and shall request the board to provide written proposals for discontinuing or correcting the fiscal practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration and for preventing the district from experiencing further fiscal difficulties that could result in the district being declared to be in a state of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency. (D) The director, or a designee, may visit and inspect any district that is declared to be under a fiscal caution. The department of education and workforce shall provide technical assistance to the district board in implementing proposals to eliminate the practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration of fiscal caution and may make recommendations concerning the board's proposals. (E) If the director finds that a school district declared to be under a fiscal caution has not made reasonable proposals or otherwise taken action to discontinue or correct the fiscal practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration of fiscal caution, and if the director considers it necessary to prevent further fiscal decline, the director may determine that the district should be in a state of fiscal watch. As provided in division (A)(3) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall declare the district to be in a state of fiscal watch if the auditor of state finds the director's determination to be reasonable. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.904 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.904
§ 3313.904. Pre-apprenticeship training programs for career-technical education students
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce and the department of job and family services, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish an option for career-technical education students to participate in pre-apprenticeship training programs that impart the skills and knowledge needed for successful participation in a registered apprenticeship occupation course. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.13
§ 3335.13. Title to lands and investment properties
Status: in_force

August 17, 1961 House Bill 1046 - 104th General Assembly The title for all lands for the use of the Ohio state university shall be made in fee simple to the state, with covenants of seizin and warranty, and no title shall be taken by the state for the use of the university until the attorney general is satisfied that it is free from all defects and encumbrances. The title in properties, real and personal, purchased by the board of trustees as an investment, and held in the university's endowment portfolio shall not be vested in the state, but shall be held in trust by the said board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.32
§ 3328.32. Inclusion of college-preparatory boarding school students in ADM
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Each child enrolled in a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall be included in the formula ADM and total ADM of the district in which the child is entitled to attend school, as reported under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 2, 2021 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.612
§ 3313.612. Graduation test requirements or alternative conditions for nonpublic schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) No nonpublic school chartered by the director of education and workforce shall grant a high school diploma to any person unless, subject to section 3313.614 of the Revised Code, the person has met the assessment requirements of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable. (1) If the person entered the ninth grade prior to July 1, 2014, the person has attained at least the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments required by that division, or has satisfied the alternative conditions prescribed in section 3313.615 of the Revised Code. (2) If the person entered the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2014, the person has met the requirement prescribed by section 3313.618 or 3313.619 of the Revised Code. (B) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any person with regard to any assessment from which the person was excused pursuant to division (C)(1)(c) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code; (2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, any person who attends a nonpublic school accredited through the independent schools association of the central states, except for a student attending the school under a state scholarship program as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code; (3) Any person with regard to the social studies assessment under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, any American history end-of-course examination and any American government end-of-course examination required under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code if such an exemption is prescribed by rule of the department of education and workforce under division (D)(3) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, or the citizenship test under former division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 11, 2001, if all of the following apply: (a) The person is not a citizen of the United States; (b) The person is not a permanent resident of the United States; (c) The person indicates no intention to reside in the United States after completion of high school. (4) Any person who attends a chartered nonpublic school that satisfies the requirements of division (L)(4) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. In the case of such a student, the student's chartered nonpublic school shall determine the student's eligibility for graduation based on the standards of the school's accrediting body. (C) As used in this division, "English learner" has the same meaning as in section 3301.0731 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (C)(3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, no English learner who has not either attained the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments required by that division, or met the requirement prescribed by section 3313.618 or 3313.619 of the Revised Code, shall be awarded a diploma under this section. (D) The department shall not impose additional requirements or assessments for the granting of a high school diploma under this section that are not prescribed by this section. (E) The department shall furnish the assessment administered by a nonpublic school pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.06
§ 3317.06. Providing materials to nonpublic schools
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Moneys paid to school districts under division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code shall be used for the following independent and fully severable purposes: (A) To purchase such secular textbooks or digital texts as have been approved by the department of education and workforce for use in public schools in the state and to loan such textbooks or digital texts to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code or to their parents and to hire clerical personnel to administer such lending program. Such loans shall be based upon individual requests submitted by such nonpublic school pupils or parents. Such requests shall be submitted to the school district in which the nonpublic school is located. Such individual requests for the loan of textbooks or digital texts shall, for administrative convenience, be submitted by the nonpublic school pupil or the pupil's parent to the nonpublic school, which shall prepare and submit collective summaries of the individual requests to the school district. As used in this section: (1) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute that a pupil uses as a consumable or nonconsumable text, text substitute, or text supplement in a particular class or program in the school the pupil regularly attends. (2) "Digital text" means a consumable book or book substitute that a student accesses through the use of a computer or other electronic medium or that is available through an internet-based provider of course content, or any other material that contributes to the learning process through electronic means. (B) To provide speech and hearing diagnostic services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such service shall be provided in the nonpublic school attended by the pupil receiving the service. (C) To provide physician, nursing, dental, and optometric services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such services shall be provided in the school attended by the nonpublic school pupil receiving the service. (D) To provide diagnostic mental health or psychological services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such services shall be provided in the school attended by the pupil receiving the service. (E) To provide therapeutic mental health, psychological, and speech and hearing services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such services shall be provided in the public school, in nonpublic schools, in public centers, or in mobile units located on or off of the nonpublic premises. If such services are provided in the public school or in public centers, transportation to and from such facilities shall be provided by the school district in which the nonpublic school is located. (F) To provide guidance, counseling, and social work services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such services shall be provided in the public school, in nonpublic schools, in public centers, or in mobile units located on or off of the nonpublic premises. If such services are provided in the public school or in public centers, transportation to and from such facilities shall be provided by the school district in which the nonpublic school is located. (G) To provide remedial services to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Such services shall be provided in the public school, in nonpublic schools, in public centers, or in mobile units located on or off of the nonpublic premises. If such services are provided in the public school or in public centers, transportation to and from such facilities shall be provided by the school district in which the nonpublic school is located. (H) To supply for use by pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code such standardized tests and scoring services as are in use in the public schools of the state; (I) To provide programs for children who attend nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and are children with disabilities as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code or gifted children. Such programs shall be provided in the public school, in nonpublic schools, in public centers, or in mobile units located on or off of the nonpublic premises. If such programs are provided in the public school or in public centers, transportation to and from such facilities shall be provided by the school district in which the nonpublic school is located. (J) To hire clerical personnel to assist in the administration of programs pursuant to divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (I) of this section and to hire supervisory personnel to supervise the providing of services and textbooks pursuant to this section. (K) To purchase or lease any secular, neutral, and nonideological computer application software designed to assist students in performing a single task or multiple related tasks, device management software, learning management software, site-licensing, digital video on demand (DVD), wide area connectivity and related technology as it relates to internet access, mathematics or science equipment and materials, instructional materials, and school library materials that are in general use in the public schools of the state and loan such items to pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code or to their parents, and to hire clerical personnel to administer the lending program. Only such items that are incapable of diversion to religious use and that are susceptible of loan to individual pupils and are furnished for the use of individual pupils shall be purchased and loaned under this division. As used in this section, "instructional materials" means prepared learning materials that are secular, neutral, and nonideological in character and are of benefit to the instruction of school children. "Instructional materials" includes media content that a student may access through the use of a computer or electronic device. Mobile applications that are secular, neutral, and nonideological in character and that are purchased for less than twenty dollars for instructional use shall be considered to be consumable and shall be distributed to students without the expectation that the applications must be returned. (L) To purchase or lease instructional equipment, including computer hardware and related equipment in general use in the public schools of the state, for use by pupils attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and to loan such items to pupils attending such nonpublic schools within the district or to their parents, and to hire clerical personnel to administer the lending program. "Computer hardware and related equipment" includes desktop computers and workstations; laptop computers, computer tablets, and other mobile handheld devices; their operating systems and accessories; and any equipment designed to make accessible the environment of a classroom to a student, who is physically unable to attend classroom activities due to hospitalization or other circumstances, by allowing real-time interaction with other students both one-on-one and in group discussion. (M) To purchase mobile units to be used for the provision of services pursuant to divisions (E), (F), (G), and (I) of this section and to pay for necessary repairs and operating costs associated with these units. (N) To reimburse costs the district incurred to store the records of a chartered nonpublic school that closes. Reimbursements under this division shall be made one time only for each chartered nonpublic school described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code that closes. (O) To purchase life-saving medical or other emergency equipment for placement in nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code or to maintain such equipment. (P) To procure and pay for security services from a county sheriff or a township or municipal police force, from a retired Ohio peace officer, or from a person certified through the Ohio peace officer training commission, in accordance with section 109.78 of the Revised Code, as a special police, security guard, or as a privately employed person serving in a police capacity for nonpublic schools in the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. (Q) To provide language and academic support services and other accommodations for English learners attending nonpublic schools within the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Clerical and supervisory personnel hired pursuant to division (J) of this section shall perform their services in the public schools, in nonpublic schools, public centers, or mobile units where the services are provided to the nonpublic school pupil, except that such personnel may accompany pupils to and from the service sites when necessary to ensure the safety of the children receiving the services. All services provided pursuant to this section may be provided under contract with educational service centers, the department of health, city or general health districts, or private agencies whose personnel are properly licensed by an appropriate state board or agency. School districts shall not deny a nonpublic school's request for personnel who are properly licensed by a state board or agency. Transportation of pupils provided pursuant to divisions (E), (F), (G), and (I) of this section shall be provided by the school district from its general funds and not from moneys paid to it under division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code unless a special transportation request is submitted by the parent of the child receiving service pursuant to such divisions. If such an application is presented to the school district, it may pay for the transportation from moneys paid to it under division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. No school district shall provide health or remedial services to nonpublic school pupils as authorized by this section unless such services are available to pupils attending the public schools within the district. Materials, equipment, computer hardware or software, textbooks, digital texts, and health and remedial services provided for the benefit of nonpublic school pupils pursuant to this section and the admission of pupils to such nonpublic schools shall be provided without distinction as to race, creed, color, or national origin of such pupils or of their teachers. No school district shall provide services, materials, or equipment that contain religious content for use in religious courses, devotional exercises, religious training, or any other religious activity. As used in this section, "parent" includes a person standing in loco parentis to a child. Notwithstanding section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, payments shall be made under this section to any city, local, or exempted village school district within which is located one or more nonpublic elementary or high schools described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and any payments made to school districts under division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code for purposes of this section may be disbursed without submission to and approval of the controlling board. The allocation of payments for materials, equipment, textbooks, digital texts, health services, and remedial services to city, local, and exempted village school districts shall be on the basis of the department's estimated annual average daily membership in nonpublic elementary and high schools located in the district described in division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. Payments made to city, local, and exempted village school districts under this section shall be equal to specific appropriations made for the purpose. All interest earned by a school district on such payments shall be used by the district for the same purposes and in the same manner as the payments may be used. The department shall adopt guidelines and procedures under which such programs and services shall be provided, under which districts and educational service centers with which districts contract to provide auxiliary services shall be reimbursed for administrative costs incurred in providing such programs and services, and under which any unexpended balance of the amounts appropriated by the general assembly to implement this section may be transferred to the auxiliary services personnel unemployment compensation fund established pursuant to section 4141.47 of the Revised Code. If a district contracts with an educational service center to provide auxiliary services, only the service center shall be reimbursed for administrative costs. The department shall also adopt guidelines and procedures limiting the purchase and loan of the items described in division (K) of this section to items that are in general use in the public schools of the state, that are incapable of diversion to religious use, and that are susceptible to individual use rather than classroom use. Within thirty days after the end of each biennium, each board of education shall remit to the department all moneys paid to it under division (E)(1) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code and any interest earned on those moneys that are not required to pay expenses incurred under this section during the biennium for which the money was appropriated and during which the interest was earned. If a board of education subsequently determines that the remittal of moneys leaves the board with insufficient money to pay all valid expenses incurred under this section during the biennium for which the remitted money was appropriated, the board may apply to the department for a refund of money, not to exceed the amount of the insufficiency. If the department determines the expenses were lawfully incurred and would have been lawful expenditures of the refunded money, it shall certify its determination and the amount of the refund to be made to the director of job and family services who shall make a refund as provided in section 4141.47 of the Revised Code. Each school district shall label materials, equipment, computer hardware or software, textbooks, and digital texts purchased or leased for loan to a nonpublic school under this section, acknowledging that they were purchased or leased with state funds under this section. However, a district need not label materials, equipment, computer hardware or software, textbooks, or digital texts that the district determines are consumable in nature or have a value of less than two hundred dollars. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.261
§ 3319.261. Alternative resident educator license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall issue an alternative resident educator license under division (C) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code to each applicant who meets the following conditions: (1) Holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education; (2) Has successfully completed a teacher education program offered by one of the following entities: (a) The American Montessori society; (b) The association Montessori internationale; (c) An institution accredited by the Montessori accreditation council for teacher education. (3) Is employed in a school that operates a program that uses the Montessori method endorsed by the American Montessori society, the Montessori accreditation council for teacher education, or the association Montessori internationale as its primary method of instruction. (B) The holder of an alternative resident educator license issued under this section shall be subject to divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code and shall be granted a professional educator license upon successful completion of the requirements described in division (F) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code. (C) The state board shall issue an alternative resident educator license under this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an educator providing instruction in a Montessori-method school in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.091
§ 3365.091. Underperforming participants
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, shall adopt rules specifying the conditions under which an underperforming participant may continue to participate in the college credit plus program. The rules shall address at least the following: (1) The definition of an "underperforming participant"; (2) Any additional conditions that participants with repeated underperformance must satisfy; (3) The timeframe for notifying an underperforming participant who is determined to be ineligible for participation of such ineligibility; (4) Mechanisms available to assist underperforming participants; (5) The role of school guidance counselors and college academic advisers in assisting underperforming participants; (6) If an underperforming participant is determined to be ineligible for participation, any consequences that such ineligibility may have on the student's ability to complete the secondary school's graduation requirements. The rules also shall specify the school year for which implementation of the rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of this section shall first apply. (B) In developing the rules pursuant to division (A) of this section, the chancellor, in consultation with the department, shall establish a process to receive input from public and nonpublic secondary schools, public and private colleges, and other interested parties. Last updated September 5, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.07
§ 3319.07. Employment of teachers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall employ the teachers of the public schools of their respective districts. The governing board of each educational service center may employ special instruction teachers, special education teachers, and teachers of academic courses in which there are too few students in each of the school districts entering into agreements pursuant to section 3313.843 of the Revised Code to warrant each district's employing teachers for those courses. When any board makes appointments of teachers, the teachers in the employ of the board shall be considered before new teachers are chosen in their stead. In all school districts and in service centers, no teacher shall be employed unless such person is nominated by the superintendent of such district or center, or by another individual designated by the board in the event that the superintendent's nomination would be a violation of section 2921.42 of the Revised Code. Such board, by a three-fourths vote of its full membership, may re-employ any teacher whom the superintendent refuses to appoint. (B) The board of education of any school district may contract with the governing board of the educational service center from which it otherwise receives services to conduct searches and recruitment of candidates for teacher positions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.83
§ 3307.83. Member rights governed by plan selected
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly The right of each member participating in an STRS defined contribution plan to a retirement, disability, or survivor benefit, to health care insurance coverage, or to a withdrawal of contributions shall be governed by the plan selected by the member under section 3307.25 or 3307.251 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.318 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.318
§ 3319.318. Illegally assisting a sex offender in attaining school employment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "School representative" includes all of the following: (a) An employee of a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities; (b) An employee of an entity with which a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities contracts for the provision of services; (c) A member of a school district board of education, chartered nonpublic school governing body, or county board of developmental disabilities. (2) "Student" means a child who is enrolled in a school district or chartered nonpublic school or who is receiving services from a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no school representative shall knowingly engage in any activity intended to assist another individual in obtaining employment with a school district or chartered nonpublic school, or in obtaining employment with a county board of developmental disabilities in a position responsible for providing educational services to children from six through twenty-one years of age, other than transmitting administrative and personnel files to the prospective employer, if the school representative knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the individual has committed an offense listed in Chapter 2907. of the Revised Code, or a substantially comparable offense, involving a student. (C) Division (B) of this section shall not apply if the information on which the knowledge or reasonable cause is based has been reported to appropriate law enforcement authorities or, if applicable, to the appropriate public children services agency under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and one of the following conditions is met: (1) Law enforcement authorities have investigated the alleged offense and determined that there is insufficient information to indict the individual for the alleged offense. (2) The individual has not been indicted for the alleged offense within four years after the date the alleged offense was reported to law enforcement authorities or a public children services agency. (3) The individual has been acquitted or otherwise exonerated of the offense. Last updated September 13, 2021 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.011
§ 3318.011. Ranking districts in order of adjusted valuation per pupil from district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly For purposes of providing assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall annually do all of the following: (A) Calculate the adjusted valuation per pupil of each city, local, and exempted village school district according to the following formula: The district's valuation per pupil - [$30,000 X (1 - the district's income factor)]. For purposes of this calculation: (1) Except for a district with an open enrollment net gain that is ten per cent or more of its formula ADM, "valuation per pupil" for a district means its average taxable value, divided by its formula ADM for the previous fiscal year. "Valuation per pupil," for a district with an open enrollment net gain that is ten per cent or more of its formula ADM, means its average taxable value, divided by the sum of its formula ADM for the previous fiscal year plus its open enrollment net gain for the previous fiscal year. (2) "Average taxable value" means the average of the sum of the amounts certified for a district under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code in the second, third, and fourth preceding fiscal years. (3) "Entitled to attend school" means entitled to attend school in a city, local, or exempted village school district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. (4) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. (5) "Native student" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. (6) "Open enrollment net gain" for a district means (a) the number of the students entitled to attend school in another district but who are enrolled in the schools of the district under its open enrollment policy minus (b) the number of the district's native students who are enrolled in the schools of another district under the other district's open enrollment policy, both numbers as certified to the department under section 3313.981 of the Revised Code. If the difference is a negative number, the district's "open enrollment net gain" is zero. (7) "Open enrollment policy" means an interdistrict open enrollment policy adopted under section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. (8) "District median income" means the median Ohio adjusted gross income certified for a school district under section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. (9) "Statewide median income" means the median district median income of all city, exempted village, and local school districts in the state. (10) "Income factor" for a city, exempted village, or local school district means the quotient obtained by dividing that district's median income by the statewide median income. (B) Calculate for each district the three-year average of the adjusted valuations per pupil calculated for the district for the current and two preceding fiscal years; (C) Rank all such districts in order of adjusted valuation per pupil from the district with the lowest three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil to the district with the highest three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil; (D) Divide such ranking into percentiles with the first percentile containing the one per cent of school districts having the lowest three-year average adjusted valuations per pupil and the one-hundredth percentile containing the one per cent of school districts having the highest three-year average adjusted valuations per pupil; (E) Determine the school districts that have three-year average adjusted valuations per pupil that are greater than the median three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil for all school districts in the state; (F) On or before the first day of September, certify the information described in divisions (A) to (E) of this section to the Ohio facilities construction commission. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3352.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3352 / § 3352.02
§ 3352.02. Election and appointment of officers of board - bond of treasurer
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly The board of trustees of Wright state university shall annually elect from their members a chairperson and vice-chairperson; and they may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interest of the university requires, who may be members of the board. The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state or be insured for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into the treasurer's care. The amount of said bond or insurance shall be determined by the board, but shall not be for a sum less than the estimated amount which may come into the treasurer's control at any time, less any reasonable deductible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.35
§ 3323.35. Clearinghouse for autism and low incidence information
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly In developing a clearinghouse for information about autism spectrum disorders and low incidence disabilities, as required under section 3323.34 of the Revised Code, the entity selected under section 3323.32 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Maintain a collection of resources for public distribution; (B) Monitor information on resources, trends, policies, services, and current educational interventions; (C) Respond to requests for information from parents and educators of children with autism and low incidence disabilities. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.236 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.236
§ 3319.236. Qualifications to teach computer science
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in section 3313.6033 of the Revised Code or in division (B) or (E) of this section, a school district shall require an individual to hold a valid educator license in computer science, or have a license endorsement in computer technology and a passing score on a content examination in the area of computer science, to teach computer science courses. (B) A school district may employ an individual, for the purpose of teaching computer science courses, who holds a valid educator license, provided the individual meets the requirements established by rules of the state board of education to qualify for a supplemental teaching license for teaching computer science. The rules shall require an applicant for a supplemental teaching license to pass a content examination in the area of computer science. The rules also shall permit an individual, after at least two years of successfully teaching computer science courses under the supplemental teaching license, to advance to a standard educator license in computer science by completing a pedagogy course applicable to the grade levels in which the individual is teaching. However, the rules may exempt an individual teaching computer science from the requirement to complete a pedagogy course if the individual previously completed a pedagogy course applicable to the grade levels in which the individual is teaching. (C) In order for an individual to teach advanced placement computer science courses, a school district shall require the individual to also complete a professional development program endorsed or provided by the organization that creates and administers national advanced placement examinations. For this purpose, the individual may complete the program at any time during the calendar year. (D) Notwithstanding section 3301.012 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "computer science courses" means any courses that are reported in the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code as computer science courses and which are aligned to computer science standards adopted by the department of education and workforce. (E) The state board of education shall adopt rules to create a computer science teaching license for industry professionals to teach computer science to specific grades. The holder of a computer science teaching license for industry professionals shall be limited to teaching forty hours in a week in the subject area of computer science. The superintendent of public instruction shall consult with the chancellor of higher education in creating and revising the requirements for computer science teacher licensure. (F) Licenses issued under this section shall specify whether the educator is licensed to teach grades kindergarten through twelve, pre-kindergarten through five, grades four through nine, or grades seven through twelve. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.25
§ 3313.25. Bond of treasurer of board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the duties of office, the treasurer of each board of education shall execute a bond, in an amount and with surety to be approved by the board, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the treasurer. Such bond must be deposited with the president of the board, and a copy thereof, certified by the president, shall be filed with the county auditor. (B)(1) A treasurer shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act. (2) The department of education and workforce shall not consider the loss of public funds not resulting from the treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act a violation of the treasurer's professional duties, provided the treasurer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer with reasonable care. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.60
§ 3335.60. Brain injury program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the Ohio state university college of medicine a brain injury program consisting of a program director and at least one support staff person. (B) To the extent that funds are available, the brain injury program may do the following: (1) Identify existing services in this state to assist survivors and families of survivors of brain injury; (2) Promote the coordination of services for survivors and families of survivors of brain injury; (3) Explore options for delivery of services to survivors and families of survivors of brain injury; (4) Explore the establishment of a traumatic brain injury incidence reporting system to collect information on the incidence and character of traumatic brain injury in this state; (5) Promote practices that will reduce the incidence of brain injury; (6) Develop training programs on dealing with brain injury and the special needs of survivors of brain injury; (7) Identify sources of available funds for services for survivors and families of survivors of brain injury; (8) Explore options for the delivery of case management services to residents of this state who are survivors of brain injury; (9) Provide assistance to assure that services for survivors and families of survivors of brain injury are all of the following: (a) Designed to enhance the survivor's ability to lead an independent and productive life; (b) Available within close proximity of the survivor's home; (c) Provided in the least restrictive environment; (d) Appropriate to the unique needs of the survivor. (C) The staff of the brain injury program shall prepare a biennial report on the incidence of brain injury in this state. The report shall be completed not later than two years after the effective date of this amendment and every two years thereafter and submitted to the brain injury advisory committee created under section 3335.61 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.163 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.163
§ 3333.163. Standards for college credit based on advanced placement test scores
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than April 15, 2008, the articulation and transfer advisory council of the chancellor of higher education shall recommend to the chancellor standards for awarding course credit toward degree requirements at state institutions of higher education based on scores attained on advanced placement examinations. The recommended standards shall include a score on each advanced placement examination that the council considers to be a passing score for which course credit may be awarded. Upon adoption of the standards by the chancellor, each state institution of higher education shall comply with the standards in awarding course credit to any student enrolled in the institution who has attained a passing score on an advanced placement examination. (C) Not later than April 15, 2025, the articulation and transfer advisory council of the chancellor of higher education shall recommend to the chancellor standards for awarding course credit toward degree requirements at state institutions of higher education based on scores attained on international baccalaureate examinations. The recommended standards shall include a score on each international baccalaureate examination that the council considers to be a passing score for which course credit may be awarded. Upon adoption of the standards by the chancellor, each state institution of higher education shall comply with the standards in awarding course credit to any student enrolled in the institution who has attained a passing score on an international baccalaureate examination. (D) Each state institution of higher education shall make available to the public in an electronic format the standards and policies adopted and implemented under divisions (B) and (C) of this section and section 3345.38 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.50
§ 3311.50. County school financing district
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "County school financing district" means a taxing district consisting of the following territory: (a) The territory that constitutes the educational service center on the date that the governing board of that educational service center adopts a resolution under division (B) of this section declaring that the territory of the educational service center is a county school financing district, exclusive of any territory subsequently withdrawn from the district under division (D) of this section; (b) Any territory that has been added to the county school financing district under this section. A county school financing district may include the territory of a city, local, or exempted village school district whose territory also is included in the territory of one or more other county school financing districts. (2) "The county auditor's market value" and "effective rate" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The governing board of any educational service center may, by resolution, declare that the territory of the educational service center is a county school financing district. The resolution shall state the purpose for which the county school financing district is created, which may be for any one or more of the following purposes: (1) To levy taxes for the provision of special education by the school districts that are a part of the district, including taxes for permanent improvements for special education; (2) To levy taxes for the provision of specified educational programs and services by the school districts that are a part of the district, as identified in the resolution creating the district, including the levying of taxes for permanent improvements for those programs and services. Services financed by the levy may include school safety and security and mental health services, including training and employment of or contracting for the services of safety personnel, mental health personnel, social workers, and counselors. (3) To levy taxes for permanent improvements of school districts that are a part of the district. The governing board of the educational service center that creates a county school financing district shall serve as the taxing authority of the district and may use educational service center governing board employees to perform any of the functions necessary in the performance of its duties as a taxing authority. A county school financing district shall not employ any personnel. With the approval of a majority of the members of the board of education of each school district within the territory of the county school financing district, the taxing authority of the financing district may amend the resolution creating the district to broaden or narrow the purposes for which it was created. A governing board of an educational service center may create more than one county school financing district. If a governing board of an educational service center creates more than one such district, it shall clearly distinguish among the districts it creates by including a designation of each district's purpose in the district's name. (C) A majority of the members of a board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a resolution requesting that its territory be joined with the territory of any county school financing district. Copies of the resolution shall be filed with the state board of education and the taxing authority of the county school financing district. Within sixty days of its receipt of such a resolution, the county school financing district's taxing authority shall vote on the question of whether to accept the school district's territory as part of the county school financing district. If a majority of the members of the taxing authority vote to accept the territory, the school district's territory shall thereupon become a part of the county school financing district unless the county school financing district has in effect a tax imposed under section 5705.215 of the Revised Code. If the county school financing district has such a tax in effect, the taxing authority shall certify a copy of its resolution accepting the school district's territory to the school district's board of education. The board of education and the county auditor shall proceed in the same manner as required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, except that the levy's annual collections shall be estimated assuming that the school district's territory has been added to the county school financing district. After receipt of the auditor's certification under that section, the board may adopt a resolution, with the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, proposing the submission to the electors of the question of whether the district's territory shall become a part of the county school financing district and subject to the taxes imposed by the financing district. The resolution shall set forth the date on which the question shall be submitted to the electors, which shall be at a special election held on a date specified in the resolution, which shall not be earlier than ninety days after the adoption and certification of the resolution. A copy of the resolution shall immediately be certified to the board of elections of the proper county, which shall make arrangements for the submission of the proposal to the electors of the school district. The board of the joining district shall publish notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the election. Additionally, if the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the election. The question appearing on the ballot shall read: "Shall the territory within __________ (name of the school district proposing to join the county school financing district) __________ be added to __________ (name) __________ county school financing district, and a property tax for the purposes of _________ (here insert purposes), that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, __________ at a rate not exceeding __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $__________ (effective rate) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, ___________ be in effect for __________ (here insert the number of years the tax is to be in effect or "a continuing period of time," as applicable) __________?" If the proposal is approved by a majority of the electors voting on it, the joinder shall take effect on the first day of July following the date of the election, and the county board of elections shall notify the county auditor of each county in which the school district joining its territory to the county school financing district is located. (D) The board of any city, local, or exempted village school district whose territory is part of a county school financing district may withdraw its territory from the county school financing district thirty days after submitting to the governing board that is the taxing authority of the district and the state board a resolution proclaiming such withdrawal, adopted by a majority vote of its members, but any county school financing district tax levied in such territory on the effective date of the withdrawal shall remain in effect in such territory until such tax expires or is renewed. No board may adopt a resolution withdrawing from a county school financing district that would take effect during the forty-five days preceding the date of an election at which a levy proposed under section 5705.215 of the Revised Code is to be voted upon. (E) A city, local, or exempted village school district does not lose its separate identity or legal existence by reason of joining its territory to a county school financing district under this section and an educational service center does not lose its separate identity or legal existence by reason of creating a county school financing district that accepts or loses territory under this section. Last updated October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.212
§ 3313.212. Parental review of instructional materials, etc
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly The board of education of each school district shall provide an opportunity for parents to review the selection of textbooks and reading lists, instructional materials, and the academic curriculum used by schools in the district. The board shall establish a parental advisory committee or another method for review, as determined appropriate by the board, to meet this requirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.58
§ 3345.58. Ohio civics board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Academic civics centers" means the following institutes or centers: (a) The center at the Ohio state university established under section 3335.39 of the Revised Code; (b) The center at Miami university established under section 3339.06 of the Revised Code; (c) The center at Cleveland state university established under section 3344.07 of the Revised Code; (d) The center at Wright state university established under section 3352.16 of the Revised Code; (e) The institute at the university of Toledo established under section 3364.07 of the Revised Code. (2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio civics board is established. The board shall consist of the directors of the academic civics centers, who shall serve as ex officio members. If an academic civics center does not have a director, then the center's acting or interim director shall serve on behalf of that center until a director is selected. No additional appointment or confirmation by any authority is required for membership. (C) The board shall do all of the following: (1) Support the academic civics centers to more effectively pursue their mission of teaching and research in the historical ideas, traditions, and texts that have shaped the American and Ohio constitutional order and society; (2) Aid voluntary cooperation and coordination between the academic civics centers, including coordinating intercollegiate efforts and initiatives among the centers to promote collaboration and serve the entire state of Ohio; (3) Advise the general assembly and chancellor of higher education on matters pertaining to civic education, including best practices, program development, and statewide initiatives to enhance civic literacy and engagement; (4) Advise the general assembly and chancellor on curriculum development and standards in state institutions of higher education and primary and secondary public education providers, and on the operations of the academic civics centers; (5) Assist the academic councils of the academic civics centers in fulfilling their statutory duties, including facilitating the selection process for directors of each center. (D) The board shall annually elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members. The chairperson shall preside over meetings and serve as the primary liaison to the chancellor and the general assembly. The vice-chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. The board shall meet as necessary at the call of the chairperson or on the written request of three or more members of the board. The board shall meet at least twice annually. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum, and the votes of a majority of the quorum present are required to validate any action of the board, including recommendations. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but each member shall be reimbursed for the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties on the board. (E) The board shall submit an annual report to the general assembly and the chancellor not later than the first day of December each year. The report shall detail the board's activities, recommendations, and findings related to civic education, higher education curricula, primary and secondary public education curricula, and the operations of the academic civics centers. (F) The board, in consultation with the chancellor, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.168 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.168
§ 3333.168. Guaranteed transfer pathways; joint academic programming; dual enrollment
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" means a community college established under Chapter 3354., a technical college established under Chapter 3357., or a state community college established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code. (2) "Dual enrollment" means concurrent enrollment by an individual at both a state university and a community college. (3) "Guaranteed pathway" means an articulation or transfer agreement included in the initiative established under this section that a state university and community college enter into in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted under section 3333.16 of the Revised Code. (4) "Joint academic programming" means a structured pathway curriculum agreement that permits an individual to attain a specific degree that has been jointly developed by at least one community college and at least one state university. (5) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Pursuant to section 3333.16 of the Revised Code, the chancellor of higher education shall establish the Ohio guaranteed transfer pathways initiative. Each state university shall participate in the initiative. Under the initiative, a student shall be permitted to do both of the following: (1) Complete an associate's degree at a community college and transfer those credits to a state university to continue making progress toward a bachelor's degree; (2) Transfer credits from a community college to a state university, regardless of the geographic proximity between the college and university. (C) Each state university shall enter into agreements with multiple community colleges to establish both joint academic programming and dual enrollment opportunities to assist students in completing their degrees in a timely and cost-effective manner. (D) Each community college and state university annually shall report to the Ohio articulation and transfer network oversight board established by the chancellor the number of guaranteed pathways and joint academic programming or dual enrollment opportunities the college or university offers. The oversight board shall compile that reported information and provide a summary of it to the chancellor. That summary shall include both of the following: (1) Confirmation that each community college and state university is in compliance with the requirements prescribed under this section; (2) Any recommendations necessary to enhance and strengthen the guaranteed pathways and joint academic programming or dual enrollment opportunities offered by community colleges and state universities. (E) The chancellor shall adopt rules to implement this section. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.19
§ 3316.19. Prohibited acts during fiscal emergency
Status: in_force

June 20, 1996 Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly (A) During a fiscal emergency period for a school district, no school board member, officer, or employee of the school district shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly enter into any contract, financial obligation, or other liability of the school district involving an expenditure, or make any expenditure in excess of the amount permitted by the commission pursuant to this chapter; (2) Knowingly enter into any contract, financial obligation, or other liability of the school district, or knowingly execute or deliver debt obligations, or transfer, advance, or borrow moneys from one fund of the school district to or for any other fund of the school district where any of such actions are required to be approved by the school district financial planning and supervision commission unless such actions have been so approved as provided in or pursuant to this chapter; (3) Knowingly fail or refuse to take any of the actions required by this chapter for the preparation or amendment of the financial recovery plan, or knowingly prepare, present, or certify any information or report for the commission or any of its employees, advisory committees, task forces, or agents that is false or misleading or that is recklessly prepared or presented without due care for its accuracy, or, upon learning that any such information is false or misleading, or was recklessly prepared or presented, knowingly fail promptly to advise the commission, or the employee, advisory committee, task force, or agent to whom such information was given, of that fact; (4) Knowingly use or cause to be used moneys of a fund for purposes other than the lawful purposes of the fund, or knowingly use or cause to be used moneys of a fund created for the payment of principal and interest on debt obligations, or a bond retirement fund, or sinking fund for other than the payment of the principal of and interest on debt obligations or other authorized costs or payments from such funds, or knowingly fail to perform the duty of such officer or employee to cause the prompt deposit of moneys to any fund. (B) The prohibitions set forth in division (A) of this section are in addition to any other prohibitions provided by law for a school district officer or employee. (C) In addition to any other penalty or liability provided by law for a school district board member, officer, or employee, a violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Upon conviction of any officer or employee of a school district for any violation under division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, such officer or employee shall forfeit office or employment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.82
§ 3313.82. Business advisory councils
Status: in_force

March 2, 2021 Senate Bill 89 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, the board of education of each school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall appoint a business advisory council, except that a school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center is not required to appoint a council if the school district and educational service center agree that the educational service center's council will represent the business of the district. (B) The council shall advise and provide recommendations to the board on matters specified by the board including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following: (1) The delineation of employment skills and the development of curriculum to instill these skills; (2) Changes in the economy and in the job market, and the types of employment in which future jobs are most likely to be available; (3) Suggestions for developing a working relationship among businesses, labor organizations, and educational personnel. (C) Each board shall determine the membership and organization of its council. (D) A school district shall not be required to appoint a council under division (A) of this section if the school district has entered into an agreement with the business advisory committee of a joint vocational school district that allows the business advisory committee to represent the business of the school district in accordance with this section. (E) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section shall not apply to the board of education of any joint vocational school district or any cooperative education school district created pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.011
§ 3323.011. Individualized education program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter, "individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with this definition and that includes: (A) A statement of the child's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance, including: (1) How the child's disability affects the child's involvement and progress in the general education curriculum; (2) For a preschool child with a disability, as appropriate, how the disability affects the child's participation in appropriate activities; (3) For a child with a disability who is not a preschool child and who will take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, a description of benchmarks or short-term objectives. (B) A statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals and, at the discretion of the department of education and workforce, short-term instructional objectives that are designed to: (1) Meet the child's needs that result from the child's disability so as to enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum; (2) Meet each of the child's other educational needs that result from the child's disability. (C) A description of how the child's progress toward meeting the annual goals described pursuant to division (B) of this section will be measured and when periodic reports on the progress the child is making toward meeting the annual goals will be provided. Such reports may be quarterly or other periodic reports that are issued concurrent with the issuance of regular report cards. (D) A statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids and services, based on peer-reviewed research to the extent practicable, to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child, and a statement of the program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided for the child so that the child may: (1) Advance appropriately toward attaining the annual goals described pursuant to division (B) of this section; (2) Be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum and participate in extracurricular and other nonacademic activities; (3) Be educated with and participate with both other children with disabilities and nondisabled children in the specific activities described pursuant to division (D) of this section. (E) An explanation of the extent, if any, to which the child will not participate with nondisabled children in the regular class, including an early childhood education setting, and in the activities described pursuant to division (D) of this section; (F) A statement of any individual appropriate accommodations that are necessary to measure the academic achievement and functional performance of the child on state and districtwide assessments consistent with section 612(a)(16) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(16). If the IEP team determines that the child shall take an alternate assessment on a particular state or districtwide assessment of student achievement, the IEP shall contain a statement of why the child cannot participate in the regular assessment and why the particular alternate assessment selected is appropriate for the child. (G) The projected date for the beginning of the services and modifications described pursuant to division (D) of this section and the anticipated frequency, location, and duration of those services and modifications; (H) Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the child is fourteen years of age, and updated annually thereafter, a statement describing: (1) Appropriate measurable post-secondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, and independent living skills; (2) Appropriate measurable post-secondary goals based on age-appropriate transition assessments related to employment in a competitive environment in which workers are integrated regardless of disability; (3) The transition services, including courses of study, needed to assist the child in reaching the goals described in divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section. (I) Beginning not later than one year before the child reaches eighteen years of age, a statement that the child has been informed of the child's rights under Title XX of the United States Code that will transfer to the child on reaching eighteen years of age in accordance with section 615(m) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1415(m). Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that additional information be included in a child's IEP beyond the items explicitly required by this section and that the IEP team include information under one component of a child's IEP that is already contained under another component of the IEP. Last updated September 13, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.60
§ 3309.60. Creation of funds - trustees
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 270 - 123rd General Assembly The school employees retirement board shall be the trustee of certain funds hereby created as follows: (A) The "employees' savings fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of contributors as provided by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code, together with the interest credited thereon. Such accumulated contributions refunded upon withdrawal or payable to a beneficiary as provided in this chapter, shall be paid from this fund. Any accumulated contributions forfeited by the failure of a contributor or a beneficiary to claim the same shall be transferred from this fund to the guarantee fund. The accumulated contributions of a contributor shall be transferred at retirement from the employee's savings fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund. The accumulated contributions of a member who dies prior to service retirement and which are forfeited by the qualified beneficiary in exchange for monthly survivor benefits, as provided by section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, shall be transferred to the survivors' benefit fund. The accumulated contributions of an SERS retirant or other system retirant as defined in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, who dies prior to retirement, shall be transferred to the survivors' benefit fund for payment of a lump sum benefit to a beneficiary as provided in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code. (B) The "employers' trust fund" is the fund to which the employer contribution shall be credited and in which shall be accumulated the reserves held in trust for the payment of all pensions, disability benefits, or other benefits provided by this chapter, to contributors retiring or receiving disability benefits in the future or to their qualified beneficiaries, and from which the reserves for such pensions, disability benefits, and other benefits shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund and to the survivors' benefit fund. The balances in the employers' accumulation fund shall be transferred to this fund. As of June 30, 1958, an additional amount shall be transferred from the employers' trust fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund in the amount required to complete the funding of the prior service and military service pensions then payable. (C) The "annuity and pension reserve fund" is the fund from which shall be paid all annuities, pensions, and disability benefits for which reserves have been transferred from the employees' savings fund and the employers' trust fund. (D) The "survivors' benefit fund" is the fund from which shall be paid the survivors' benefits provided by section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, and the lump sum payment to beneficiaries as provided in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code and to which shall be transferred from the employers' trust fund the amount required to fund all liabilities as of the end of each year. (E) The "guarantee fund" is the fund from which interest is transferred and credited on the amounts in the funds described in divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this section, and is a contingent fund from which the special requirements of said funds may be paid by transfer from this fund. All income derived from the investment of funds by the school employees retirement board as trustees under section 3309.15 of the Revised Code, together with all gifts and bequests, or the income therefrom, shall be paid into this fund. Any deficit occurring in any other fund that will not be covered by payments to that fund, as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be paid by transfers of amounts from the guarantee fund to such fund or funds. Should the amount in the guarantee fund be insufficient at any time to meet the amounts payable to the funds described in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the amount of such deficiency, with regular interest, shall be paid by an additional employer rate of contribution as determined by the actuary, not to exceed fourteen per cent, and shall be approved by the school employees retirement board, and the amount of such additional employer contribution shall be credited to the guarantee fund. The school employees retirement system may accept gifts and bequests. Any gifts, bequests, or funds may be transferred from the employees' savings fund by reason of lack of a claimant, or any surplus in any fund created by this section, or any other funds whose disposition is not otherwise provided for, shall be credited to the guarantee fund. (F) The "expense fund" is the fund from which shall be paid the expenses for the administration and management of the school employees retirement system as provided by this chapter, and to which shall be credited the fees paid by members as provided by sections 3309.47 and 3309.62 of the Revised Code. (G) The defined contribution fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of members participating in a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, as provided in section 3309.85 of the Revised Code, together with any earnings and employer contributions, as provided in section 3309.86 of the Revised Code, credited thereon. The defined contribution fund is the fund from which shall be paid all benefits provided under a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.37
§ 3313.37. Powers regarding school buildings and facilities; educational service centers; acquisition of property and equipment
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 208 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may build, enlarge, repair, and furnish the necessary schoolhouses, purchase or lease sites therefor, or rights-of-way thereto, or purchase or lease real estate to be used as playgrounds for children or rent suitable schoolrooms, either within or without the district, and provide the necessary apparatus and make all other necessary provisions for the schools under its control. (2) A governing board of an educational service center may acquire, lease or lease-purchase, or enter into a contract to purchase, lease or lease-purchase, or sell real and personal property and may construct, enlarge, repair, renovate, furnish, or equip facilities, buildings, or structures for the educational service center's purposes. The board may enter into loan agreements, including mortgages, for the acquisition of such property. (3) A board of county commissioners may issue securities of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the acquisition of real and personal property or for the construction, enlargement, repair, or renovation of facilities, buildings, or structures by an educational service center, but only if the county has a contract with the educational service center whereby the educational service center agrees to pay the county an amount equal to the debt charges on the issued securities on or before the date those charges fall due. For the purposes of this section, "debt charges" and "securities" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Boards of education of city, local, and exempted village school districts may acquire land by gift or devise, by purchase, or by appropriation. Lands purchased may be purchased for cash, by installment payments, with or without a mortgage, by entering into lease-purchase agreements, or by lease with an option to purchase, provided that if the purchase price is to be paid over a period of time, such payments shall not extend for a period of more than five years. A special tax levy may be authorized by the voters of the school district in accordance with section 5705.21 of the Revised Code to provide a special fund to meet the future time payments. (2) For the purposes of section 5705.21 of the Revised Code, acquisition of land under the provisions of this division shall be considered a necessary requirement of the school district. (3) Boards of education of city, local, and exempted village school districts may acquire federal land at a discount by a lease-purchase agreement for use as a site for the construction of educational facilities or for other related purposes. External administrative and other costs pertaining to the acquisition of federal land at a discount may be paid from funds available to the school district for operating purposes. Such boards of education may also acquire federal land by lease-purchase agreements, by negotiation, or otherwise. (4)(a) As used in division (B)(4) of this section: (i) "Office equipment" includes but is not limited to typewriters, copying and duplicating equipment, and computer and data processing equipment. (ii) "Software for instructional purposes" includes computer programs usable for computer assisted instruction, computer managed instruction, drill and practice, and problem simulations. (b) A board of education or governing board of an educational service center may acquire the necessary office equipment, and computer hardware and software for instructional purposes, for the schools under its control by purchase, by lease, by installment payments, by entering into lease-purchase agreements, or by lease with an option to purchase. In the case of a city, exempted village, or local school district, if the purchase price is to be paid over a period of time, the contract setting forth the terms of such purchase shall be considered a continuing contract pursuant to section 5705.41 of the Revised Code. Payments shall not extend for a period of more than five years. Costs relating to the acquisition of necessary apparatus may be paid from funds available to the school district or educational service center for operating purposes. (c) In acquiring technological equipment and computer hardware and software under division (B)(4)(b) of this section, the board of education or governing board shall seek to meet the varying and unique needs of students and teachers in the schools under its control, and shall consider all of the following: (i) The long-term cost of ownership; (ii) Flexibility for innovation; (iii) Any anticipated residual or salvage value at the end of the target life cycle. (5) A board of education or governing board of an educational service center may acquire the necessary equipment for the maintenance or physical upkeep of facilities and land under its control by entering into lease-purchase agreements. If payments under the lease-purchase agreement are to be made over a period of time, the agreement shall be considered a continuing contract pursuant to section 5705.41 of the Revised Code, and such payments shall not extend for a period of more than five years. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.13
§ 3319.13. Leave of absence - request - employment of replacement
Status: in_force

October 1, 2012 House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly Upon the written request of a teacher or a regular nonteaching school employee, a board of education may grant a leave of absence for a period of not more than two consecutive school years for educational, professional, or other purposes, and shall grant such leave where illness or other disability is the reason for the request. Upon subsequent request, such leave may be renewed by the board. Without request, a board may grant similar leave of absence and renewals thereof to any teacher or regular nonteaching school employee because of physical or mental disability, but such teacher may have a hearing on such unrequested leave of absence or its renewals in accordance with section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code, and such nonteaching school employee may have a hearing on such unrequested leave of absence or its renewals in accordance with division (C) of section 3319.081 of the Revised Code. Upon the return to service of a teacher or a nonteaching school employee at the expiration of a leave of absence, the teacher or nonteaching school employee shall resume the contract status that the teacher or nonteaching school employee held prior to the leave of absence. Any teacher who leaves a teaching position for service in the uniformed services and who returns from service in the uniformed services that is terminated in a manner other than as described in section 4304 of Title 38 of the United States Code, "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4304, shall resume the contract status held prior to entering the uniformed services, subject to passing a physical examination by an individual authorized by the Revised Code to conduct physical examinations, including a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the physical examination shall be completed by the individual who conducted the examination. Such contract status shall be resumed at the first of the school semester or the beginning of the school year following return from the uniformed services. For purposes of this section and section 3319.14 of the Revised Code, "uniformed services" and "service in the uniformed services" have the same meanings as defined in section 5923.05 of the Revised Code. Upon the return of a nonteaching school employee from a leave of absence, the board may terminate the employment of a person hired exclusively for the purpose of replacing the returning employee while the returning employee was on leave. If, after the return of a nonteaching employee from leave, the person employed exclusively for the purpose of replacing an employee while the employee was on leave is continued in employment as a regular nonteaching school employee or if the person is hired by the board as a regular nonteaching school employee within a year after employment as a replacement is terminated, the person shall, for purposes of section 3319.081 of the Revised Code, receive credit for the person's length of service with the school district during such replacement period in the following manner: (A) If employed as a replacement for less than twelve months, the person shall be employed under a contract valid for a period equal to twelve months less the number of months employed as a replacement. At the end of such contract period, if the person is reemployed it shall be under a two-year contract. Subsequent reemployment shall be pursuant to division (B) of section 3319.081 of the Revised Code. (B) If employed as a replacement for twelve months or more but less than twenty-four months, the person shall be employed under a contract valid for a period equal to twenty-four months less the number of months employed as a replacement. Subsequent reemployment shall be pursuant to division (B) of section 3319.081 of the Revised Code. (C) If employed as a replacement for more than twenty-four months, the person shall be employed pursuant to division (B) of section 3319.081 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, employment during any part of a month shall count as employment during the entire month.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.36
§ 3345.36. Establishment and development of entrepreneurial projects
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Entrepreneurial project" means an effort to develop or commercialize technology through research or technology transfer or investment of real or personal property, or both, including undivided and other interests therein, acquired by gift or purchase, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, by an institution of higher education or by others. (2) "Governmental agency" has the same meaning as in section 166.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Person" means individuals or entities engaged in industry, commerce, distribution, or research. (4) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (5) "Stock or other ownership" means equity or other ownership rights held or received in return for the grant of rights to intellectual property developed by an institution of higher education. "Stock or other ownership" excludes equity or other ownership rights held or received in return for the investment of money. (B) To create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state for institutions of higher education to facilitate and assist with establishing and developing entrepreneurial projects or to assist and cooperate with any governmental agency in achieving such purpose. An entrepreneurial project is hereby determined to qualify as property, structures, equipment, and facilities described in Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. In furtherance of such public policy, and pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, a board of trustees of an institution of higher education may do any of the following by resolution: (1) Enter into an agreement with persons and with governmental agencies to induce such persons to acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, renovate, enlarge, improve, equip, furnish, or otherwise develop entrepreneurial projects; (2) Acquire stock or other ownership in an entrepreneurial project or a legal entity formed in connection with an entrepreneurial project; (3) Make or guarantee loans and borrow money and issue bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness to provide moneys for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, equipment, maintenance, repair, or operation of entrepreneurial projects, provided that such bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness shall not constitute debt for which the full faith and credit of the state or an instrumentality or political subdivision of the state may be pledged and moneys raised by taxation shall not be obligated or pledged for their repayment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.813
§ 3309.813. Maintaining individual account for each participant
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 270 - 123rd General Assembly Each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall require the school employees retirement board, or the entity administering the plan pursuant to a contract with the board, to cause an individual account to be maintained for each member participating in the plan. A plan may include deposits to the defined contribution fund created under section 3309.60 of the Revised Code or additional deposits made under section 3309.47 of the Revised Code to the employees' savings fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3358.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3358 / § 3358.02
§ 3358.02. State community college district
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A state community college district may be created to take the place of a technical college or a university branch with the approval of the chancellor of higher education upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a technical college district, or upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a state university, or upon the joint proposal of both such boards, and pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 3358.05 of the Revised Code. A state community college district may not be created to take the place of both a technical college district and a university branch without the consent of both boards of trustees. The attorney general shall be the attorney for each state community college district and shall provide legal advice in all matters relating to its powers and duties. (B)(1) Qualified electors residing in a county, or in two or more contiguous counties, with a total population of at least one hundred fifty thousand may, in the manner prescribed in division (C) of section 3354.02 of the Revised Code, execute a petition proposing the creation of a state community college district within the territory of the county or counties. Upon the certification to the chancellor that a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in the territory in which the proposed college is to be located voted in favor thereof, the chancellor may create a state community college district comprising the territory included in the petition. (2) The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is no university branch or technical college and which has a population of not less than one hundred fifty thousand may, by resolution approved by two-thirds of its members, propose the creation of a state community college district within the county. Upon certification to the chancellor of a copy of such resolution, the chancellor may create a state community college district comprising a county. (3) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more contiguous counties in which there is no university branch or technical college and which have a combined population of not less than one hundred fifty thousand may, by a resolution approved by two-thirds of the members of each such board, jointly propose the creation of a state community college district within the territory of the counties. Upon certification to the chancellor of a copy of the resolution, the chancellor may create a state community college district comprising the counties. (C) A state community college district may be expanded to include one or more counties, by a majority vote of the board of trustees and upon approval by the chancellor. (D) Upon a proposal of the board of trustees of a state community college district, the chancellor may amend the charter of a state community college to change it into a community college as defined in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code, in order to permit the college to seek a local levy. Such amendment of the charter is effective immediately upon its acceptance by the chancellor, and the state community college district shall thereupon become a community college district. If a levy is defeated by the voters or if no levy is approved by the electors within one year after the date the amendment takes effect, such amendment becomes void, and the college shall thereupon become a state community college, and the district operating such college shall become a state community college district. On the effective date of a charter amendment the board of trustees of the state community college district shall become the initial board of trustees for the community college district to serve for the balance of their existing terms, and the board or boards of county commissioners from the counties involved shall fill the first six vacancies occurring on the community college board, and thereafter board members shall be appointed under section 3354.05 of the Revised Code. If such an amendment takes effect and is subsequently voided under this section, any persons appointed to the board during the period the amendment was in effect shall be considered members of the state community college district board, and thereafter trustees shall be appointed in accordance with section 3358.03 of the Revised Code. Within thirty days after approval by the chancellor of a state community college district proposed under this section, the chancellor shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the chancellor's certification creating the district. This copy shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, who shall then declare the district to be established. In addition to the process described in this division, a state community college may seek a local levy in accordance with section 3358.11 of the Revised Code for the purposes prescribed in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.391
§ 3309.391. Annual report disability retirement experience of each employer
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly Not later than September 1, 2000, and each first day of September thereafter, the school employees retirement board shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last day of the fiscal year, total applications granted or denied, and the percentage of disability benefit recipients to the total number of the employer's employees who are members of the school employees retirement system. The report shall be submitted to the governor, the Ohio retirement study council, and the chairpersons of the standing committees and subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for retirement legislation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.20
§ 3354.20. Cuyahoga community college district to establish multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers
Status: in_force

July 6, 1984 House Bill 794 - 115th General Assembly The Cuyahoga community college district shall establish and operate, as a pilot program, a multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers to provide such individuals with the education, training, employment services, health care, and counseling needed to enable them to become gainfully employed and capable of maintaining their independence. The board of trustees of the district shall appoint a director to administer the program. To the greatest extent possible, the multipurpose center shall be staffed by displaced homemakers. Staff members may be provided with on-the-job training by independent contractors or nonprofit agencies. A plan to inform displaced homemakers in the community of the services offered shall be developed and implemented by the center. The director and staff of the center shall evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement, and other components of the program. Such evaluations shall include the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in emploment, follow-up data on persons placed in employment, the number of persons served by the various service programs, and estimates of the cost-effectiveness of the various components of the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.674 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.674
§ 3313.674. Body mass index and weight screening
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school may require each student enrolled in kindergarten, third grade, fifth grade, and ninth grade to undergo a screening for body mass index and weight status category. (B) The board or governing authority may provide any screenings authorized by this section itself, contract with another entity for provision of the screenings, or request the parent or guardian of each student subject to the screening to obtain the screening from a provider selected by the parent or guardian and to submit the results to the board or governing authority. If the board or governing authority provides the screenings itself or contracts with another entity for provision of the screenings, the board or governing authority shall protect student privacy by ensuring that each student is screened alone and not in the presence of other students or staff. (C) Each school year, each board or governing authority electing to require the screening shall provide the parent or guardian of each student subject to the screening with information about the screening program. If the board or governing authority requests parents and guardians to obtain a screening from a provider of their choosing, the board or governing authority shall provide them with a list of providers and information about screening services available in the community to parents and guardians who cannot afford a private provider. (D) If the parent or guardian of a student subject to the screening signs and submits to the board or governing authority a written statement indicating that the parent or guardian does not wish to have the student undergo the screening, the board or governing authority shall not require the student to be screened. (E) The board or governing authority shall notify the parent or guardian of each student screened under this section of any health risks associated with the student's results and shall provide the parent or guardian with information about appropriately addressing the risks. For this purpose, the department of health, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, shall develop a list of documents, pamphlets, or other resources that may be distributed to parents and guardians under this division. (F) The board or governing authority shall maintain the confidentiality of each student's individual screening results at all times. No board or governing authority shall report a student's individual screening results to any person other than the student's parent or guardian. (G) In a manner prescribed by rule of the director of health, each board or governing authority electing to require the screening shall report aggregated body mass index and weight status category data collected under this section, and any other demographic data required by the director, to the department of health. In the case of a school district, data shall be aggregated for the district as a whole and not for individual schools within the district, unless the district operates only one school. In the case of a chartered nonpublic school, data shall be aggregated for the school as a whole. The department annually may publish the data reported under this division, aggregated by county. For each county in which a district, community school, STEM school, or chartered nonpublic school has elected not to require the screening for a school year for which data is published, the department shall note that the data for the county in which the district or school is located is incomplete. The department may share data reported under this division with other governmental entities for the purpose of monitoring population health, making reports, or public health promotional activities. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3303.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3303 / § 3303.07
§ 3303.07. Student pathways for career success grants
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 166 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Lead district" has the same meaning as in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code; (2) "Ohio technical center" has the same meaning as in section 3333.94 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of education shall establish the student pathways for career success grant program to provide grants to lead districts and Ohio technical centers for the purpose of improving or expanding upon career-technical education programming that meets state or regional workforce needs. (C) The state board of education shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer the program that address all of the following: (1) Grant eligibility requirements; (2) Grant application forms and procedures, including reapplication procedures; (3) Any other rules the state board considers necessary for the operation of the program. (D) When adopting rules under division (C) of this section, the state board may prioritize the awarding of grants for career-technical education programs that prepare students for occupations included in the list of in-demand jobs created under section 6301.11 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 20, 2022 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.04
§ 3314.04. Exemption from state laws and rules
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly Except as otherwise specified in this chapter and in the contract between a community school and a sponsor, such school is exempt from all state laws and rules pertaining to schools, school districts, and boards of education, except those laws and rules that grant certain rights to parents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.01
§ 3327.01. Transportation of pupils
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section and sections 3327.011 , 3327.012 , and 3327.02 of the Revised Code do not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. In all city, local, and exempted village school districts where resident school pupils in grades kindergarten through eight live more than two miles from the school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and to which they are assigned by the board of education of the district of residence or to and from the nonpublic or community school which they attend, the board of education shall provide transportation for such pupils to and from that school except as provided in section 3327.02 of the Revised Code. In all city, local, and exempted village school districts where pupil transportation is required under a career-technical plan approved by the department of education and workforce under section 3313.90 of the Revised Code, for any student attending a career-technical program operated by another school district, including a joint vocational school district, as prescribed under that section, the board of education of the student's district of residence shall provide transportation from the public high school operated by that district to which the student is assigned to the career-technical program. In all city, local, and exempted village school districts, the board may provide transportation for resident school pupils in grades nine through twelve to and from the high school to which they are assigned by the board of education of the district of residence or to and from the nonpublic or community high school which they attend for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. A board of education shall not be required to transport elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or community school where such transportation would require more than thirty minutes of direct travel time as measured by school bus from the public school building to which the pupils would be assigned if attending the public school designated by the district of residence. Where it is impractical to transport a pupil by school conveyance, a board of education may offer payment, in lieu of providing such transportation in accordance with section 3327.02 of the Revised Code. A board of education shall provide transportation to students enrolled in a community school or nonpublic school in accordance with this section on each day in which that school is open for operation with students in attendance, regardless of whether the district's own schools are open for operation with students in attendance on that day. However, a board of education shall not be required to transport elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or community school on Saturday or Sunday, unless a board of education and a nonpublic or community school have an agreement in place to do so before the first day of July of the school year in which the agreement takes effect. In all city, local, and exempted village school districts, the board shall provide transportation for all children who are so disabled that they are unable to walk to and from the school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and which they attend. In case of dispute whether the child is able to walk to and from the school, the health commissioner shall be the judge of such ability. In all city, exempted village, and local school districts, the board shall provide transportation to and from school or special education classes for mentally disabled children in accordance with standards adopted by the department of education and workforce. When transportation of pupils is provided the conveyance shall be run on a time schedule that shall be adopted and put in force by the board not later than ten days after the beginning of the school term. The operator of every school bus or motor van owned and operated by any school district or educational service center or privately owned and operated under contract with any school district or service center in this state shall deliver students enrolled in preschool through twelfth grades to their respective public and nonpublic schools not sooner than thirty minutes prior to the beginning of school and to be available to pick them up not later than thirty minutes after the close of their respective schools each day. Further, operators shall not deliver students late to school. The cost of any transportation service authorized by this section shall be paid first out of federal funds, if any, available for the purpose of pupil transportation, and secondly out of state appropriations, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. No transportation of any pupils shall be provided by any board of education to or from any school which in the selection of pupils, faculty members, or employees, practices discrimination against any person on the grounds of race, color, religion, or national origin. A board of education shall provide transportation as a related service for all children with disabilities living in the school district who are enrolled in a nonpublic school if the school district is provided with supporting documentation from the child's individual education program developed pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code or an individual service plan developed pursuant to section 5126.41 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.30
§ 3315.30. Apportionment when county line divides an original surveyed township
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When an original surveyed township or fractional township is situated in two or more counties, and the land granted thereto by congress for the support of public schools has been sold, the county auditor of the county to whose treasurer the interest on the proceeds of such sale is paid must apportion such interest to the counties in which such township is situated in proportion to the youth of the township enumerated in each. Such auditor shall certify to the auditor of each of the other counties the amount so ascertained to belong to the part of the township situated in his county, and transmit to the county treasurer of each such county an order on the treasurer of his own county for such amount. The auditor of each county shall apportion the amount of such interest belonging to the part of the township in his county, to the districts or parts of districts entitled thereto as is provided for the apportionment of the state common school funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.04
§ 3318.04. Conditional approval; encumbering funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If the Ohio facilities construction commission makes a determination under section 3318.03 of the Revised Code in favor of constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, or making additions to a classroom facility, the project shall be conditionally approved. Such conditional approval shall be submitted to the controlling board for approval thereof. The controlling board shall forthwith approve or reject the commission's determination, conditional approval, the amount of the state's portion of the basic project cost, and, the amount of the state's portion to be encumbered in the current fiscal year. In the event of approval thereof by the controlling board, the commission shall certify such conditional approval to the school district board and shall encumber from the total funds appropriated for the purpose of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code the amount approved under this section to be encumbered in the current fiscal year. The basic project cost for a project approved under this section shall not exceed the cost that would otherwise have to be incurred if the classroom facilities to be constructed, acquired, or reconstructed, or the additions to be made to classroom facilities, under such project meet, but do not exceed, the specifications for plans and materials for classroom facilities adopted by the commission. (B)(1) No school district shall have a project conditionally approved pursuant to this section if the school district has already received any assistance for a project funded under any version of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, and the prior project was one for which the electors of such district approved a levy within the last twenty years pursuant to any version of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code for purposes of qualifying for the funding of that project, unless the district demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that the district has experienced since approval of its prior project an exceptional increase in enrollment significantly above the district's design capacity under that prior project as determined by rule of the commission. (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, any school district that received assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, as those sections existed prior to May 20, 1997, may receive additional assistance under those sections, as they exist on and after May 20, 1997, prior to the expiration of the period of time required under division (B)(1) of this section, if the percentile in which the school district is located, as determined under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code, is eligible for assistance as prescribed in section 3318.02 of the Revised Code. The commission may provide assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code pursuant to this division to no more than five school districts per fiscal year until all eligible school districts have received the additional assistance authorized under this division. The commission shall establish application procedures, deadlines, and priorities for funding projects under this division. The commission at its discretion may waive current design specifications it has adopted for projects under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code when assessing an application for additional assistance under this division for the renovation of classroom facilities constructed or renovated under a school district's previous project. If the commission finds that a school district's existing classroom facilities are adequate to meet all of the school district's needs, the commission may determine that no additional state assistance be awarded to a school district under this division. In order for a school district to be eligible to receive any additional assistance under this division, the school district electors shall extend the school district's existing levy dedicated for maintenance of classroom facilities under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, pursuant to section 3318.061 of the Revised Code or shall provide equivalent alternative maintenance funds as specified in division (A)(2) of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code. (3) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, any school district that has received assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code after May 20, 1997, may receive additional assistance if the commission decides in favor of providing such assistance pursuant to section 3318.042 of the Revised Code. (4) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, any school district that has opted to divide its entire classroom facilities needs into segments to be completed separately, as authorized by section 3318.034 of the Revised Code, and that has received assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code for one of those segments may receive assistance under those sections for a subsequent segment. Assistance for any subsequent segment shall not include any additional work on a building included in a prior segment unless the district demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that the district has experienced since the completion of the prior segment an exceptional increase in enrollment in the grade levels housed in that building.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.13
§ 3307.13. Legal adviser
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the state teachers retirement board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.75
§ 3307.75. Credit for military service
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 154 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "armed forces" includes both: (1) Army, navy, air force, marine corps, space force, coast guard, auxiliary corps as established by congress, army nurse corps, navy nurse corps, red cross nurse serving with the army, navy, air force, or hospital service of the United States, full-time service with the American red cross in a combat zone, and such other service as is designated by the congress as included therein; (2) Personnel of the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, and the reserve components of the armed forces enumerated in division (A)(1) of this section who are called to active duty pursuant to an executive order issued by the president of the United States or an act of congress. (B) Upon presentation of an honorable discharge or certificate of service, and subject to rules adopted by the state teachers retirement board, any member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who was or is out of active service as a teacher by reason of having become a member of the armed forces on active duty or service shall be considered as on indefinite leave of absence and shall have such service not in excess of ten years considered as the equivalent of prior service, provided the member returns to service as a teacher within two years after the effective date of discharge and establishes one year of service credit, or becomes a member of either the public employees retirement system or the school employees retirement system within such two-year period and establishes at least one year of service credit. The retirement board shall extend such two-year period an additional year if failure to return is due to continuous professional training as determined by said board. If such member, otherwise qualified for such credit, canceled membership by the withdrawal of the member's accumulated account, such military service credit shall be granted following the restoration of the member's canceled service credit as provided by section 3307.71 of the Revised Code. Any member of the state teachers retirement system or anyone who becomes a new entrant who is assigned or called to take charge of special training for essential national defense work or veterans' training courses in any of the public schools or universities of the state may make regular contributions to the state teachers retirement system even though the member's or new entrant's salary is paid from federal funds, provided the member's or new entrant's salary is disbursed by an employer. (C) A member of the state teachers retirement system is ineligible to receive service credit under this section for any year of military service credit used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid to the member or payable in the future under any other retirement program, except social security, or used to obtain service credit pursuant to section 3307.751 or 3307.752 of the Revised Code. At the time such credit is requested, the member shall certify on a form supplied by the board that the member does and will conform to this requirement. This division does not cancel any military service credit earned prior to March 15, 1979. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.27
§ 3309.27. Payroll deduction plans
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement board may establish by rule payroll deduction plans for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 3309.26 or 3309.261 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the school employees retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 3309.691 of the Revised Code; (3) Deposits under section 3309.692 of the Revised Code and any charges for participating in the program established under that section. (B) In addition to any other matter considered relevant by the board, the rules adopted under this section shall specify all of the following: (1) The types of service credit that may be paid for through payroll deduction, including the section of the Revised Code that authorizes the purchase of each type of service credit for which payment may be made by payroll deduction; (2) The procedure for informing the member's employer and the system that the member wishes to use payroll deduction to purchase service credit or pay for participation in programs established under section 3309.691 of the Revised Code; (3) The procedure to be followed by the system and employers to determine for each request the amount to be deducted, the number of deductions to be made, and the interval at which deductions will be made. The rules may provide for a minimum amount for each deduction or a maximum number of deductions for the purchase of any type of service credit. (4) The procedure to be followed by employers in transmitting amounts deducted from the compensation of their employees to the system; (5) The procedure to be followed by the system in crediting service credit to members who choose to purchase it through payroll deduction. (C) If the board establishes a payroll deduction plan under this section, it shall certify to the member's employer, for each member for whom deductions are to be made, the amount of each deduction and the payrolls from which deductions are to be made. The employer shall make the deductions as certified and transmit the amounts deducted in accordance with the rules established by the board under this section. (D) Rules adopted under this section shall not affect any right to purchase service credit conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, including the right of a member under any such section to purchase only part of the service credit the member is eligible to purchase. (E) No payroll deduction made pursuant to this section may exceed the amount of a member's net compensation after all other deductions and withholdings required by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.084
§ 3332.084. Student tuition recovery authority - powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 2003 Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly The student tuition recovery authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Maintain a principal office at such place within the state as is designated by the authority; (C) Direct moneys to be paid by the surety on the bond required by section 3332.08 of the Revised Code and distribute moneys from the student tuition recovery fund to or on behalf of students who are determined eligible by the authority; (D) Reduce contributions to or utilize excess money in the fund, as provided in division (C) of section 3332.085 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0211
§ 3345.0211. Expressive activities on campus -  definitions, supersession
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 Senate Bill 40 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 3345.0212 to 3345.0214 of the Revised Code: (1) "Benefits" has the same meaning as in section 3345.023 of the Revised Code. (2) "Campus community" means students, student groups, faculty, staff, and employees of a state institution of higher education and their invited guests. (3) "Expressive activities" means any lawful verbal, written, audiovisual, or electronic means by which individuals may communicate ideas, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speeches, distribution of literature, carrying and displaying signs, and circulating petitions. (4) "Harassment" means unwelcome conduct that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies an individual equal access to the individual's education program or activity. (5) "Materially and substantially disrupts" means when a person, with the intent to, or with knowledge of doing so, significantly hinders another person's or group's expressive activity, prevents communication of their message, or prevents the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering, or procession by either: (a) Engaging in violent or otherwise unlawful behavior; or (b) Physically blocking or using threats of violence to prevent any person from attending, listening to, viewing, or otherwise participating in an expressive activity. This shall not include conduct that is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Section 3 of Article I of the Ohio Constitution. (6) "Outdoor areas of campus" means the generally accessible outside areas of campus where members of the campus community are commonly allowed, such as grassy areas, walkways, and other similar common areas. This does not include outdoor areas where access is restricted to a majority of the campus community. (7) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (8) "Student" means any person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in a state institution of higher education. (9) "Student group" means an officially recognized group at a state institution of higher education, or a group seeking official recognition, comprised of admitted students that receive, or are seeking to receive, benefits through the institution of higher education. (B) The provisions and requirements of sections 3345.0212 to 3345.0214 of the Revised Code supersede any rule, policy, action, communication, or requirement of any state institution of higher education. No rule, policy, action, communication, or requirement shall contradict or diminish the effect of those sections of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.202 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.202
§ 3313.202. Insurance and fringe benefits
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may be covered, at the option of the member, under any health care plan authorized under section 9.90 of the Revised Code. The member shall pay all premiums for that coverage. The member's exercise of an option to be covered under this section shall be in writing, announced at a regular public meeting of the board of education, and recorded as a public record in the minutes of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.975 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.975
§ 3313.975. Pilot project scholarship program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section and in sections 3313.976 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, "the pilot project school district" or "the district" means any school district included in the pilot project scholarship program pursuant to this section. (A) The director of education and workforce shall implement the pilot project scholarship program and shall include in such program any school districts that are or have ever been under federal court order requiring supervision and operational management of the district by the state superintendent or director. The program shall provide for a number of students residing in any such district to receive scholarships to attend alternative schools, and for an equal number of students to receive tutorial assistance grants while attending public school in any such district. (B) The director shall establish an application process and deadline for accepting applications from students residing in the district to participate in the scholarship program. In the initial year of the program students may only use a scholarship to attend school in grades kindergarten through third. The director shall award as many scholarships and tutorial assistance grants as can be funded given the amount appropriated for the program. (C)(1) The pilot project program shall continue in effect each year that the general assembly has appropriated sufficient money to fund scholarships and tutorial assistance grants. In each year the program continues, new students may receive scholarships in grades kindergarten to twelve. A student who has received a scholarship may continue to receive one until the student has completed grade twelve. (2) If the general assembly discontinues the scholarship program, all students who are attending an alternative school under the pilot project shall be entitled to continued admittance to that specific school through all grades that are provided in such school, under the same conditions as when they were participating in the pilot project. The director shall continue to make scholarship payments in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for students who remain enrolled in an alternative school under this provision in any year that funds have been appropriated for this purpose. If funds are not appropriated, the tuition charged to the parents of a student who remains enrolled in an alternative school under this provision shall not be increased beyond the amount equal to the amount of the scholarship plus any additional amount charged that student's parent in the most recent year of attendance as a participant in the pilot project, except that tuition for all the students enrolled in such school may be increased by the same percentage. (D) Notwithstanding sections 124.39 and 3311.83 of the Revised Code, if the pilot project school district experiences a decrease in enrollment due to participation in a state-sponsored scholarship program pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, the district board of education may enter into an agreement with any teacher it employs to provide to that teacher severance pay or early retirement incentives, or both, if the teacher agrees to terminate the employment contract with the district board, provided any collective bargaining agreement in force pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code does not prohibit such an agreement for termination of a teacher's employment contract. (E) Except as provided for in division (C)(2) of section 3365.07 of the Revised Code, the director shall not require the parent of a student who applies for or receives a scholarship under the pilot project program to complete any kind of income verification regarding the student's family income. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3353.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3353 / § 3353.07
§ 3353.07. Ohio government telecommunications service - programming committee
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio government telecommunications service shall provide the state government and affiliated organizations with multimedia support including audio, visual, and internet services, multimedia streaming, and hosting multimedia programs. Services relating to the official activities of the general assembly and the executive offices provided by the Ohio government telecommunications service shall be funded through grants to an educational television broadcasting station that will manage the staff and provide the services of the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio educational television stations shall select a member station to manage the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio government telecommunications service shall receive grants from, or contract with, any of the three branches of Ohio government, and their affiliates, to provide additional services. Services provided by the Ohio government telecommunications service shall not be used for political purposes included in campaign materials, or otherwise used to influence an election, legislation, issue, judicial decision, or other policy of state government. (B)(1) There is hereby created the legislative programming committee of the Ohio government telecommunications service that shall consist of the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, and minority leader of the house of representatives, or their designees, and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives as nonvoting, ex officio members. By a vote of a majority of its members, the program committee may add additional members to the committee. (2) The legislative programming committee shall adopt rules that govern the operation of the Ohio government telecommunications service relating to the general assembly and any affiliated organizations. (C) The Ohio government telecommunications service is authorized to broadcast and record any committee meeting of the senate or house of representatives as directed by the presiding officer of the senate or house of representatives. As used in this division, "committee" and "meeting" have the same meanings as in section 101.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.61
§ 3335.61. Brain injury advisory committee
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created a brain injury advisory committee, which shall advise the brain injury program with regard to unmet needs of survivors of brain injury, development of programs for survivors and their families, establishment of training programs for health care professionals, and any other matter within the province of the brain injury program. The committee shall consist of not fewer than nineteen and not more than twenty-one members as follows: (A) Not fewer than ten and not more than twelve members appointed by the dean of the college of medicine of the Ohio state university, including all of the following: a survivor of brain injury, a relative of a survivor of brain injury, a licensed physician recommended by the Ohio chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, a licensed physician recommended by the Ohio state medical association, one other health care professional, a rehabilitation professional, an individual who represents the brain injury association of Ohio, and not fewer than three nor more than five individuals who shall represent the public; (B) The directors of the departments of health, mental health and drug addiction services, developmental disabilities, aging, and public safety; the medicaid director; the administrator of workers' compensation; the director of education and workforce; and the executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. Any of the officials specified in this division may designate an individual to serve in the official's place as a member of the committee. Terms of office of the appointed members shall be two years. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.12
§ 3357.12. Technical college ownership vested in board of trustees
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The ownership of a technical college, created and established pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code, including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall be vested in the board of trustees of the technical college district in which such college is situated. The board may acquire by appropriation any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility of the technical college district, pursuant to the procedure provided in section 5537.06 of the Revised Code, with respect to the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission, and insofar as such procedure is applicable. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.085 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.085
§ 3332.085. Mandatory payments into student tuition recovery fund - special assessment
Status: in_force

April 3, 2003 Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly (A) Not later than the thirty-first day of August in each year, each school registered by the state board of career colleges and schools shall pay into the student tuition recovery fund in the following amounts: (1) Schools initially registered or sold on or after July 28, 1989, for the first five payments $500; (2) Any other school, according to its prior year's tuition receipts: Up to $400,000 $ 200 $400,001 to $700,000 400 $700,001 to $1,000,000 800 Over $1,000,000 1,000 Checks shall be made payable to the student tuition recovery fund and sent to the executive director of the state board, who shall promptly forward all such receipts to the treasurer of state. Failure of a school to make a payment is cause for cancellation of its certificate of registration. (B) The student tuition recovery authority may impose a special assessment on the schools in an amount up to the amount of an annual contribution if the draw on the money exceeds the money on hand. (C) Once the fund has assets in excess of liabilities of approximately one million dollars, the authority may: (1) Reduce or eliminate the annual contributions, except on institutions that are required to contribute to the fund for at least a five-year period. The reduction in contributions to the fund will be at the discretion of the authority but they will be guided by the objective to maintain assets in excess of liabilities of approximately one million dollars. (2) Utilize moneys in excess of the assets required to be maintained in the fund by division (C)(1) of this section for the purposes of disseminating consumer information about private career schools and maintaining student records from closed schools.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.112
§ 3319.112. Revision of standards-based state framework for the evaluation of teachers
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly (A) The state board of education shall revise the standards-based state framework for the evaluation of teachers based on the recommendations of the educator standards board established under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code. The state board shall hold at least one public hearing on the revised framework and shall make the full text of the revised framework available at each hearing it holds on the revised framework. The state board shall adopt the revised framework. The state board may update the framework periodically by adoption of a resolution. The framework shall establish an evaluation system that does the following: (1) Provides for multiple evaluation factors; (2) Is aligned with the standards for teachers adopted under section 3319.61 of the Revised Code; (3) Requires observation of the teacher being evaluated, including at least two formal observations by the evaluator of at least thirty minutes each and classroom walk-throughs; (4) Assigns a rating on each evaluation in accordance with division (B) of this section; (5) Requires each teacher to be provided with a written report of the results of the teacher's evaluation; (6) Uses at least two measures of high-quality student data to provide evidence of student learning attributable to the teacher being evaluated. The state board shall define "high-quality student data" for this purpose. When applicable to the grade level or subject area taught by a teacher, high-quality student data shall include the value-added progress dimension established under section 3302.021 of the Revised Code, but the teacher or evaluator shall use at least one other measure of high-quality student data to demonstrate student learning. In accordance with the guidance described in division (D)(3) of this section, high-quality student data may be used as evidence in any component of the evaluation related to the following: (a) Knowledge of the students to whom the teacher provides instruction; (b) The teacher's use of differentiated instructional practices based on the needs or abilities of individual students; (c) Assessment of student learning; (d) The teacher's use of assessment data; (e) Professional responsibility and growth. (7) Prohibits the shared attribution of student performance data among all teachers in a district, building, grade, content area, or other group; (8) Includes development of a professional growth plan or improvement plan for the teacher that is based on the results of the evaluation and is aligned to any school district or building improvement plan required for the teacher's district or building under the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," as amended by the "Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015," Pub. L. No. 114-95, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.; (9) Provides for professional development to accelerate and continue teacher growth and provide support to poorly performing teachers; (10) Provides for the allocation of financial resources to support professional development; (11) Prohibits the use of student learning objectives. (B) For purposes of the framework adopted under this section, the state board also shall do the following: (1) Revise, as necessary, specific standards and criteria that distinguish between the following levels of performance for teachers and principals for the purpose of assigning ratings on any evaluations conducted under sections 3311.80 , 3311.84 , 3319.02 , and 3319.111 of the Revised Code using the framework prescribed by this section: (a) Accomplished; (b) Skilled; (c) Developing; (d) Ineffective. (2) Develop a list of student assessments that measure mastery of the course content for the appropriate grade level, which may include nationally normed standardized assessments, industry certification examinations, or end-of-course examinations. The data from these assessments may be considered high-quality student data. (C) The state board shall consult with experts, teachers and principals employed in public schools, the educator standards board, and representatives of stakeholder groups in revising the standards and criteria required by division (B)(1) of this section. (D) To assist school districts in developing evaluation policies under sections 3311.80 , 3311.84 , 3319.02 , and 3319.111 of the Revised Code, the state board shall do all of the following: (1) Serve as a clearinghouse of promising evaluation procedures and evaluation models that districts may use; (2) Provide technical assistance to districts in creating evaluation policies; (3) Provide guidance to districts on how high-quality student data may be used as evidence of student learning attributable to a particular teacher, including examples of appropriate use of that data within the framework adopted under this section; (4) Provide guidance to districts on how information from student surveys, student portfolios, peer review evaluations, teacher self-evaluations, and other components determined appropriate by the district may be used as part of the evaluation process. (E) Not later than July 1, 2020, the state board, in consultation with state agencies that employ teachers, shall update its standards-based framework for the evaluation of teachers employed by those agencies. Each state agency that employs teachers shall adopt a standards-based teacher evaluation policy to conform with the framework. The policy shall become operative at the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement covering teachers employed by the agency that is in effect on November 2, 2018, and shall be included in any renewal or extension of such an agreement. However, this division does not apply to any person who is employed as a substitute teacher or as an instructor of adult education. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.07
§ 3355.07. Investment, deposit of funds
Status: in_force

June 11, 1968 Senate Bill 321 - 107th General Assembly The board of trustees of a university branch district may, by resolution, provide that moneys of such district be invested in obligations of such district, in bonds or other obligations of the United States or those for which the payment of principal and interest of which the faith of the United States is pledged, bonds issued by the home owners' loan corporation, pursuant to "Home Owners Loan Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 128, 12 U.S.C. 1461, and any amendments thereto, bonds of the state, and bonds of any municipal corporation, village, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state as to which there is no default of principal, interest, or coupons. Such investments shall not be made at a price in excess of the current market value of such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations. The board of trustees may, by resolution, sell such bonds or other interest-bearing obligations for cash and for a sum not less than their current market price. The managing authority of the university branch district may select a depository for the funds of a district, in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon the adoption of a resolution declaring such intent, which resolution shall be certified to the board of county commissioners and to the treasurer in the counties in which such district is located. In such event the board of trustees shall thereupon become the governing board for such district with respect to the deposit of funds of such district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.7118 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.7118
§ 3313.7118. Distribution of informational materials on Type 1 diabetes
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each public school, as defined in section 3301.28 of the Revised Code, and chartered nonpublic school that serves elementary school students shall provide either an electronic or paper copy of the informational materials described in section 3707.61 of the Revised Code to each student's parent or guardian on the student's enrollment in elementary school. Last updated August 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.0217 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.0217
§ 3317.0217. Targeted assistance funding
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly This section shall apply only for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Payment of the amount calculated for a school district under this section shall be made under division (A) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. (A) For each fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall compute targeted assistance funds for city, local, and exempted village school districts, in accordance with the following formula: A district's capacity amount for that fiscal year calculated under division (B) of this section + a district's wealth amount for that fiscal year calculated under division (C) of this section (B) The department shall calculate each district's capacity amount for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate each district's weighted wealth for that fiscal year, which equals the following sum: (The amount determined for the district for that fiscal year under division (A)(1)(a) of section 3317.017 of the Revised Code X 0.6) + (the amount determined for the district for that fiscal year under division (A)(2)(a) of section 3317.017 of the Revised Code X 0.4) (2) Determine the median weighted wealth of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year; (3) Compute each district's capacity index for that fiscal year by dividing the median weighted wealth of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year by the district's weighted wealth for that fiscal year; (4) Compute each district's capacity amount for that fiscal year as follows: (a) The district's capacity amount shall be zero if the district satisfies either of the following criteria for that fiscal year: (i) The district's capacity index is less than 1. (ii) The district's enrolled ADM is less than 200. (b) If the district does not satisfy either of the criteria specified in division (B)(4)(a) of this section for that fiscal year, the district's capacity amount for that fiscal year shall be calculated as follows: (i) Compute the following amount for the district: (The median weighted wealth of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year X 0.008) - (the district's weighted wealth for that fiscal year X 0.008) (ii) If the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is greater than or equal to 200 but less than or equal to 400, the district's capacity amount for that fiscal year shall be equal to 0.05 X the amount computed under division (B)(4)(b)(i) of this section. (iii) If the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is greater than 400 and less than 600, the district's capacity amount for that fiscal year shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: {[0.95 X (the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year - 400)/200] + 0.05} X the amount computed under division (B)(4)(b)(i) of this section (iv) If the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is greater than or equal to 600, the district's capacity amount for that fiscal year shall be equal to the amount computed under division (B)(4)(b)(i) of this section. (C) The department shall calculate each district's wealth amount for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate each district's weighted wealth per pupil for that fiscal year, which equals the following quotient: The district's weighted wealth for that fiscal year calculated under division (B)(1) of this section/ (the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year - the students described in division (A)(1)(b) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code + the students described in division (A)(2)(d) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code) (2) Determine the median weighted wealth per pupil of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year; (3) Compute each district's wealth index for that fiscal year by dividing the median weighted wealth per pupil of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year by the district's weighted wealth per pupil for that fiscal year; (4) Compute each district's wealth amount for that fiscal year, as follows: (a) If the district's wealth index computed under division (C)(3) of this section for that fiscal year is less than 0.8, the district's wealth amount for that fiscal year shall be zero. (b) If the district's wealth index computed under division (C)(3) of this section for that fiscal year is greater than or equal to 0.8, the district's wealth amount for that fiscal year shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: [(The median weighted wealth per pupil of all school districts in this state for that fiscal year X 0.014) - (the district's weighted wealth per pupil for that fiscal year X 0.0112)] X the district's enrolled ADM for that fiscal year Last updated July 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.291 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.291
§ 3313.291. Petty cash account
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly The board of education of a school district may adopt a resolution establishing a petty cash account from which a designated district official may draw moneys by check signed by that official for purchases made within the district. The resolution establishing the account shall specify the maximum amount of money that may be placed in the account; designate the district officials who may draw moneys from the account, or require the treasurer of such board to designate such officials; and specify the requirements and procedures for replenishing the account.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.56
§ 3335.56. Ohio agricultural research and development center
Status: in_force

March 16, 1982 House Bill 583 - 114th General Assembly There is hereby created the Ohio agricultural research and development center, for the pursuit of basic and applied research in agriculture, natural resources, and related subjects essential to the continued development of the state's agricultural industry and natural resources. It shall be a part of the Ohio state university, under the control, management, and supervision of the board of trustees of the university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.01
§ 3317.01. School foundation program; eligibility; administration of funds
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 309 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "school district," unless otherwise specified, means any city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district and any educational service center. This chapter shall be administered by the department of education and workforce. The department of education and workforce shall calculate the amounts payable to each school district and shall certify the amounts payable to each eligible district to the treasurer of the district as provided by this chapter. Certification of moneys pursuant to this section shall include the amounts payable to each school building, at a frequency determined by the department, for each subgroup of students, as defined in section 3317.40 of the Revised Code, receiving services, provided for by state funding, from the district or school. No moneys shall be distributed pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the controlling board. The department shall, in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly, meet the financial obligations of this chapter. Moneys distributed to school districts pursuant to this chapter shall be calculated based on the annual enrollment calculated from the three reports required under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code and paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning with the first day of July and extending through the thirtieth day of June. In any given fiscal year, prior to school districts submitting the first report required under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, enrollment for the districts shall be calculated based on the third report submitted by the districts for the previous fiscal year. The moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed periodically to each school district unless otherwise provided for. The department, in June of each year, shall submit to the controlling board the department's year-end distributions pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided, payments under this chapter shall be made only to those school districts in which: (A) The school district, except for any educational service center and any joint vocational or cooperative education school district, levies for current operating expenses at least twenty mills, unless the school district is levying less than that amount due to a reduction in collections made under division (D) of section 5705.31 of the Revised Code or division (A) of section 5705.32 of the Revised Code relating to a declaration made by the board under division (E) of section 5705.29 of the Revised Code. Levies for joint vocational or cooperative education school districts or county school financing districts, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement. School district income tax levies under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, limited to or to the extent apportioned to current operating expenses, shall be included in this qualification requirement to the extent determined by the tax commissioner under division (C) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. (B) The school year next preceding the fiscal year for which such payments are authorized meets the requirement of section 3313.48 of the Revised Code, with regard to the minimum number of hours school must be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, for individualized parent-teacher conference and reporting periods, and for professional meetings of teachers. A school district shall not be considered to have failed to comply with this division because schools were open for instruction but either twelfth grade students were excused from attendance for up to the equivalent of three school days or only a portion of the kindergarten students were in attendance for up to the equivalent of three school days in order to allow for the gradual orientation to school of such students. A board of education or governing board of an educational service center which has not conformed with other law and the rules pursuant thereto, shall not participate in the distribution of funds authorized by this chapter, except for good and sufficient reason established to the satisfaction of the department and the state controlling board. All funds allocated to school districts under this chapter, except those specifically allocated for other purposes, shall be used to pay current operating expenses only. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.99
§ 3313.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly Whoever violates section 3313.80 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense and shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3379.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3379 / § 3379.06
§ 3379.06. Meetings
Status: in_force

August 24, 1965 House Bill 7 - 106th General Assembly The Ohio arts council shall meet at least once during any calendar year and may meet more frequently if its workload demands. Council members, however, may not receive expenses for attendance at more than four meetings each year. The council may meet anywhere in the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.12
§ 3301.12. Director of education and workforce - additional duties
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of education and workforce, in addition to the authority otherwise imposed on the director, shall perform the following duties: (1) Provide technical and professional assistance and advice to all school districts in reference to all aspects of education, including finance, buildings and equipment, administration, organization of school districts, curriculum and instruction, transportation of pupils, personnel problems, and the interpretation of school laws and state regulations; (2) Prescribe and require the preparation and filing of such financial and other reports from school districts, officers, and employees as are necessary or proper. The director shall prescribe and require the installation by school districts of such standardized reporting forms and accounting procedures as are essential to the businesslike operations of the public schools of the state. (3) Conduct such studies and research projects as are necessary or desirable for the improvement of public school education in Ohio. Such studies and projects may include analysis of data contained in the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. For any study or project that requires the analysis of individual student data, the department of education and workforce or any entity with which the director or department contracts to conduct the study or project shall maintain the confidentiality of student data at all times. For this purpose, the department or contracting entity shall use the data verification code assigned pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code for each student whose data is analyzed. Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(1) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, at no time shall the director, the department, the state board of education, or any entity conducting a study or research project on the director's behalf have access to a student's name, address, or social security number while analyzing individual student data. (4) Prepare and submit annually a report of the activities of the department and the status, problems, and needs of education in the state; (5) Supervise all agencies over which the department exercises administrative control, including schools for education of persons with disabilities; (6) In accordance with section 3333.048 of the Revised Code, the director, jointly with the chancellor of higher education, shall establish metrics and courses of study for institutions of higher education that prepare educators and other school personnel and shall provide for inspection of those institutions. (B) The director may annually inspect and analyze the expenditures of each school district and make a determination as to the efficiency of each district's costs, relative to other school districts in the state, for instructional, administrative, and student support services. The director shall notify each school district as to the nature of, and reasons for, the determination. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth the procedures and standards for the performance of the inspection and analysis. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 10:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.362
§ 3318.362. Term of bonds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly This section applies only to a school district that participates in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. A school district board that enters into an agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under division (B) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code may propose for issuance any bonds necessary for its participation in the program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code for any number of years not exceeding the term calculated pursuant to section 133.20 of the Revised Code. Any moneys received from the state under division (E)(2) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be applied, as agreed in writing by the school district board and the commission, to pay debt service on outstanding bonds or bond anticipation notes issued by the school district board for its participation in the expedited local partnership program, including by placing those moneys in an applicable escrow fund under division (D) of section 133.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.53
§ 3335.53. Board of trustees to manage center
Status: in_force

September 14, 1961 House Bill 996 - 104th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall manage the Ohio rehabilitation center using the same criteria and regulations as those applying to the university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3350.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3350 / § 3350.10
§ 3350.10. Northeast Ohio medical university
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the northeast Ohio medical university. The government of northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section. (1) Until December 22, 2008, the government of the northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a nine-member board of trustees consisting of the presidents of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university; one member each of the boards of trustees of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university, to be appointed by their respective boards of trustees for a term of six years ending on the first day of May or until the trustee's term on the respective university board of trustees expires, whichever occurs first; and one person each to be appointed by the boards of trustees of the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university, for a term of nine years ending on the first day of May; except that the term of those first appointed by the several boards of trustees shall expire on the first day of May next following their appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for original appointment. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. (2) Beginning December 22, 2008, the government of the northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be current students of the medical university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section and except for the student members, terms of office shall be for nine years. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the student members, terms of office shall be for six years. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. (3) Not later than December 22, 2008, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the two student trustees and successors for the trustees serving under division (A)(1) of this section. Except for the student trustees, who shall serve terms pursuant to division (B) of this section, the initial terms of office for trustees appointed under division (A)(2) of this section shall be as follows: one term ending September 23, 2009; one term ending September 23, 2010; one term ending September 23, 2011; one term ending September 23, 2012; one term ending September 23, 2013; one term ending September 23, 2014; one term ending September 23, 2015; one term ending September 23, 2016; one term ending September 23, 2017. Thereafter, for trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, terms of office shall be for nine years, as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, terms of office shall be for six years, as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. (B) The student members of the board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2009, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2010. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. Last updated April 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.50
§ 3309.50. Payment of death benefit
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Upon the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient, who at the time of death is receiving a service retirement allowance or disability benefit from the school employees retirement system, a lump-sum payment of one thousand dollars shall be paid, following completion of an application on a form approved by the school employees retirement board, in the following order of precedence to: (a) The retirant or recipient's designated beneficiary; (b) The retirant or recipient's surviving spouse; (c) The retirant or recipient's children, share and share alike; (d) The retirant or recipient's parents, share and share alike; (e) The person responsible for the retirant or recipient's burial expenses; (f) The retirant or recipient's estate. (2) If a person listed in division (A)(1) of this section is deceased or is not located within one hundred eighty days, the person ceases to qualify for the payment. The payment shall be made to the person next in order of precedence. (B) A benefit paid under this section shall be treated as life insurance for purposes of this chapter and shall be funded solely from contributions made under section 3309.49 of the Revised Code and any earnings attributable to those contributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.0723 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.0723
§ 3301.0723. Data verification code for younger children receiving state services
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) All of the following apply to the independent contractor engaged by the department of education and workforce to create and maintain for school districts and community schools the student data verification codes required by division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code: (1) Upon request of the director of any state agency that administers a publicly funded program providing services to children who are younger than compulsory school age, including the directors of health, children and youth, mental health and addiction services, and developmental disabilities, the contractor shall assign a data verification code to a child who is receiving such services and shall provide that code to the director. (2) Upon request of the director of developmental disabilities, director of health, director of job and family services, director of children and youth, director of mental health and addiction services, medicaid director, executive director of the commission on minority health, executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, or director of education and workforce and on behalf of a program that receives public funds and provides services to children younger than compulsory school age, the contractor shall assign a data verification code to a child who is receiving such services from the program and shall provide that code to the director. (3) The contractor also shall provide the codes requested under division (A) of this section to the department of education and workforce. For purposes of division (A) of this section, "compulsory school age" has the same meaning as in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of a state agency that receives a child's data verification code under division (A)(1) of this section shall use that code to submit information for that child to the department of education and workforce in accordance with section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. The director of a state agency that receives a child's data verification code under division (A)(2) of this section shall provide that code to the publicly or privately funded program providing services to the child. The program shall use that code to submit information for that child to the department of education and workforce in accordance with section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, but only to the extent permitted by federal law. (C) A public school that receives from the independent contractor the data verification code for a child assigned under division (A) of this section shall not request or assign to that child another data verification code under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. That school and any other public school in which the child subsequently enrolls shall use the data verification code assigned under division (A) of this section to report data relative to that student required under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.089 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.089
§ 3319.089. Using work experience program participants
Status: in_force

November 14, 2007 House Bill 190 - 127th General Assembly The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a resolution approving a contract with a county department of job and family services under section 5107.541 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a child enrolled in a public school in that district to fulfill the work requirements of the work experience program by volunteering or working in that public school in accordance with section 5107.541 of the Revised Code. Such recipients are not employees of such board of education. Before a school district places a participant in a public school under this section, the appointing officer or hiring officer of the board of education of a school district shall request a criminal records check of the participant to be conducted in the same manner as required for a person under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. The records check shall be conducted even though the participant, if subsequently hired, would not be considered an employee of the school district for purposes of working at the school. A participant shall not be placed in a school if the participant previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.34
§ 3311.34. No exempted village school districts to be created
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly After June 1, 1954 no exempted village school districts shall be created under section 3311.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.042
§ 3316.042. Performance audits of school district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The auditor of state, on the auditor of state's initiative, may conduct a performance audit of a school district that is under a fiscal caution under section 3316.031 of the Revised Code, in a state of fiscal watch, or in a state of fiscal emergency, in which the auditor of state reviews any programs or areas of operation in which the auditor of state believes that greater operational efficiencies or enhanced program results can be achieved. The auditor of state, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, may conduct a performance audit of a school district in fiscal distress, including districts employing fiscal practices or experiencing budgetary conditions that could produce a state of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency, as determined by the auditor of state. The cost of a performance audit conducted under this section shall be paid by the auditor of state with funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose. A performance audit under this section shall not include review or evaluation of school district academic performance. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 9:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.63
§ 3375.63. Eligibility for membership on board of public library trustees
Status: in_force

September 14, 1959 Senate Bill 68 - 103rd General Assembly No person shall be ineligible for membership on a board of public library trustees because of his employment by a school district or other political subdivision, provided that a majority of the members of each board of public library trustees shall be persons not employed by school districts or other political subdivisions.