Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.39
§ 3335.39. Salmon P. Chase center for civics, culture, and society
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The Salmon P. Chase center for civics, culture, and society is established as an independent academic unit within the Ohio state university. The center shall conduct teaching and research in the historical ideas, traditions, and texts that have shaped the American constitutional order and society. (2) The center shall establish bylaws requiring the center to do all of the following: (a) Educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; (b) Affirm its duty to equip students with the skills, habits, and dispositions of mind they need to reach their own informed conclusions on matters of social and political importance; (c) Affirm the value of intellectual diversity in higher education and aspire to enhance the intellectual diversity of the university; (d) Affirm a commitment to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the intellectual freedom of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and welcomes the differences of opinion that shall naturally exist in a public university community. The requirements prescribed under divisions (A)(2)(a) to (d) of this section shall take priority over any other bylaws adopted by the center. (3) The board of trustees of the university may change the name of the center in accordance with the philanthropic naming policies and practices of the university. (B)(1) The center shall be an independent academic unit with the authority to house tenure-track faculty who hold their appointments within the center. Faculty appointed to the center shall not be required, but may, hold joint appointments within any other division of the university. Not fewer than fifteen tenure-track faculty positions shall be allotted to teach under the center. No faculty outside of the center shall have the authority to block faculty hires into the center. (2) The university shall provide adequate and appropriate space for the center as jointly determined by the director and either the president or provost of the university. The university shall not charge or assess overhead or indirect fees, costs, expenses, or charges to the center. (C)(1) The center shall offer instruction in all of the following: (a) The books and major debates which form the intellectual foundation of free societies, especially that of the United States; (b) The principles, ideals, and institutions of the American constitutional order; (c) The foundations of responsible leadership and informed citizenship. (2) The center also shall focus on both of the following: (a) Offering university-wide programming related to the values of free speech and civil discourse; (b) Expanding the intellectual diversity of the university's academic community. (D)(1) The board of trustees of the university shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a seven-member Chase center academic council. An initial member shall not begin service until confirmed by the senate. Four members shall form a quorum. (2) The academic council shall be comprised of scholars with relevant expertise and experience. Not more than one member of the council may be an employee of the university. Best efforts shall be made to have not fewer than three members of the advisory board be from Ohio. (3) Three members of the academic council shall serve initial terms of two years and four members shall serve initial terms of four years, which the members shall determine at their first meeting, and select replacements for vacant seats. (E)(1) The academic council established under division (D) of this section shall conduct a nationwide search for candidates for the director of the center and shall strictly adhere to all relevant state and federal laws. The academic council shall submit to the president of the university a list of finalists from which the president shall select and appoint a director, subject to approval by the board of trustees. Future directors shall be chosen in the same manner. (2) The director shall have the protection of tenure or tenure eligibility. The director shall report directly to the provost or the president of the university. (3) The director shall have the sole and exclusive authority to manage the recruitment and hiring process and to extend offers for employment for all faculty and staff, and to terminate employment of all staff. The director shall oversee, develop, and approve the center's curriculum, including approval of the center's courses that meet the university's general education requirements. The center shall be granted the authority to offer courses and develop certificate, minor, and major programs as well as graduate programs, and offer degrees. (F) The director of the center shall submit an annual report to the board of trustees of the university and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report shall provide a full account of the center's achievements, opportunities, challenges, and obstacles in the development of this academic unit. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.211
§ 3309.211. Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability
Status: in_force

March 7, 1997 Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly The school employees retirement board shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the school employees retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability. The board shall adopt a plan that specifies how it proposes to meet the thirty-year amortization period not later than June 30, 2007. If in any year the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability exceeds thirty years, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation required by section 3309.21 of the Revised Code, the board, not later than ninety days after receipt of the valuation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study commission and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information: (A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the annual actuarial valuation; (B) A plan approved by the board that indicates how the board will reduce the amortization period of the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability to not more than thirty years; (C) Whether the board has made any progress in meeting the thirty-year amortization period.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.12
§ 3305.12. Benefits subject to termination
Status: in_force

July 29, 2011 House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provision of an alternative retirement plan provided under this chapter, a disability benefit granted under the alternative retirement plan is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The entity providing the alternative retirement plan shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that an alternative retirement plan participant is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the entity shall determine whether the participant has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the entity shall send written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the participant has been granted a disability benefit under an alternative retirement plan and may be subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.68
§ 3301.68. Consolidated school mandate report for school districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish a consolidated school mandate report for school districts. The report shall be distributed and monitored by the department. Each district or school shall complete and file the report not later than the thirtieth day of November each year. The report shall require each district or school to denote "yes" to indicate compliance or "no" to indicate noncompliance with the items prescribed under division (B) of this section, and to provide any other information that the department requests regarding those items. If a district or school denotes "no" on any item, it shall provide, within thirty days, to its board of education a written explanation for why that item was not completed and a written plan of action for accurately and efficiently addressing the problem. (B) The report shall contain the following items: (1) Training on the use of physical restraint or seclusion on students pursuant to section 3319.46 of the Revised Code; (2) Training on harassment, intimidation, or bullying pursuant to sections 3313.666 , 3313.667 , and 3319.073 of the Revised Code; (3) Training on the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and an automated external defibrillator under sections 3313.60 , 3313.6023 , 3313.717 , and 3314.16 of the Revised Code; (4) The reporting of a district's or school's compliance with nutritional standards prescribed under section 3313.814 of the Revised Code; (5) Screening of pupils for hearing, vision, speech and communications, and health or medical problems and for any developmental disorders pursuant to section 3313.673 of the Revised Code; (6) Compliance with intradistrict and interdistrict open enrollment provisions in sections 3313.97 and 3313.98 of the Revised Code. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of section 3313.814 of the Revised Code, the department shall not require a separate report for any of the items listed in division (B) of this section. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.93
§ 3313.93. Occupational work adjustment laboratory - student wages
Status: in_force

June 23, 1970 Senate Bill 357 - 108th General Assembly A board of education operating an occupational work adjustment laboratory in which students work to produce items on a contract basis for public agencies, private individuals, or firms may pay wages to such students as may be determined by the board. Such students shall not be considered employees of the board for the purposes of Chapters 3309., 3319., 4123., and 4141. of the Revised Code, or for any other purpose under state or federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.103
§ 3302.103. Academic improvement plans for academic distress commission districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies to any school district that meets one of the following conditions: (1) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2013 under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015, and a new academic distress commission was established for the district under division (A)(2) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (2) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2010 under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015, and a new academic distress commission was established for the district under division (A)(2) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (3) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2018 under division (A)(1) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (B) The auditor of state shall complete a performance audit of a school district to which this section applies one time during the three-year period of the plan implemented under division (D)(2) of this section and submit the results of the audit to the board of education of the school district and the academic distress commission established for the district. The performance audit shall be conducted in the same manner as prescribed by section 3316.042 of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, the district board of a school district to which this section applies, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, the academic distress commission, and the chief executive officer appointed by that commission under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, shall develop and submit an academic improvement plan for the district to the department of education and workforce. The plan developed under division (C) of this section shall operate for a period of three school years and shall include annual and overall academic improvement benchmarks for the district and strategies for achieving those benchmarks. (D)(1) The department shall review the plan submitted under division (C) of this section. Not later than thirty days after receiving the plan for review, the department shall approve the plan or suggest modifications to the plan. If the department suggests modifications, the district board shall revise the plan and resubmit it within fifteen days after receiving the suggested modifications. The department shall review and approve the plan within thirty days after receiving it. (2) Upon approval of the plan by the department, the district board may begin to prepare to implement the plan, which shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025. The district's academic distress commission and chief executive officer shall work with the district in preparing to implement the plan. (3) If the district board determines it necessary, it may submit a request to the department to modify the improvement plan during the period of time specified in division (D)(2) of this section. The improvement plan shall not be modified without the department's approval. (E) During the school years that the district is implementing the plan approved by the department, the following apply: (1) The district shall not be subject to section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. (2) The district board shall reassume all powers granted to it under the Revised Code. (3) The district's academic distress commission shall continue to exist and provide assistance to the district but shall not have any operational or managerial control of the district. (4) The chief executive officer appointed by the academic distress commission shall relinquish all operational, managerial, and instructional control of the district and be removed from that position. The district board may employ as district superintendent the individual who previously served as chief executive officer. If the district board enters into a contract for district superintendent with that individual while the district is implementing the improvement plan, the department shall continue compensating the individual under the terms of the individual's chief executive officer contract until the district meets either of the conditions prescribed in division (F)(1)(b) or (F)(2) of this section. In either event, the district board shall begin compensating the individual under the terms of the district board's employment contract with the individual for district superintendent. (5) The district board shall provide annual reports to the department on the district's progress toward achieving the academic benchmarks established in the district's improvement plan. (F) At the end of three school years under the plan, the district shall be evaluated by the department based on the academic improvement benchmarks established in the plan. (1)(a) If the district improves but does not meet at least a majority of the academic improvement benchmarks established in the improvement plan, the district board may apply to the department for an extension of one school year to continue implementing the plan, pending approval by the department. If the district does not meet at least a majority of the established benchmarks at the end of the extension, the district again may apply to the department for an extension of one school year to continue implementing the plan. The district shall not apply for an extension more than twice. (b) If the district does not meet at least a majority of the academic improvement benchmarks at the end of five school years under the plan or if the department does not approve a district's application for an extension submitted under division (F)(1)(a) of this section, the district shall be subject to section 3302.10 of the Revised Code. The academic distress commission shall appoint a new chief executive officer for the district as prescribed in division (C) of that section, and the chief executive officer shall reassume the powers that were being exercised under that section prior to July 1, 2022. (2) If the district meets at least a majority of the academic improvement benchmarks established in its improvement plan at the end of the initial evaluation or, if applicable, after an extension granted by the department under division (F)(1)(a) of this section, the academic distress commission shall be dissolved, and the district board shall continue exercising all powers granted to it under the Revised Code. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.13
§ 3310.13. Tuition charged by chartered nonpublic schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) No chartered nonpublic school shall charge any student whose family income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as defined in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code, a tuition fee that is greater than the total amount paid for that student under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. (B) A chartered nonpublic school may charge any other student who is paid a scholarship under that section up to the difference between the amount of the scholarship and the regular tuition charge of the school. Each chartered nonpublic school may permit such an eligible student's family to provide volunteer services in lieu of cash payment to pay all or part of the amount of the school's tuition not covered by the scholarship paid under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. (C) Each chartered nonpublic school that charges a scholarship student an additional amount as authorized under division (B) of this section shall annually report to the department of education and workforce in the manner prescribed by the department the following: (1) The number of students charged; (2) The average of the amounts charged to such students. (D) On and after July 1, 2024, the department shall not require the parent of a student to submit a complete copy of the parent's federal income tax return, or a return filed under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, to determine a student's family income for the purposes of the educational choice scholarship pilot program. Rather, the department may require a parent to submit a partial federal income tax return, or a return filed under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, that only contains the minimum amount of information necessary to determine a student's family income. (E) No chartered nonpublic school participating in the educational choice scholarship pilot program shall require the parent of a student to disclose, as part of the school's admission procedure, whether the student's family income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines. (F) A chartered nonpublic school may accept scholarships issued by a scholarship granting organization authorized under section 5747.73 of the Revised Code as payment for the difference between the amount of the scholarship paid under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code and the regular tuition charge of the school, as well as for any fees regularly charged by the school. (G) Not later than the thirtieth day of June of each year, each chartered nonpublic school that enrolls students who receive educational choice scholarships shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the tuition rates charged by the school for the following school year. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6414 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6414
§ 3313.6414. Services and intervention assessments for foster child
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly A school district in which a foster child is enrolled after being placed in a residential facility, as defined in section 2151.46 of the Revised Code, shall assess the needs of the child for appropriate services and interventions. To avoid duplicative assessments and minimize any negative impact on the child, the school district shall utilize all available existing assessments regarding the child. The school district shall use the results of its assessment to make recommendations to the public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of the child. The school district shall make recommendations for services and interventions for the child based on its assessment and, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, share the recommendations with the public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of the child and the residential facility. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3321.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3321 / § 3321.02
§ 3321.02. Children amenable to compulsory education laws
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every child actually resident in the state shall be amenable to the laws relating to compulsory education, and neither he nor the person in charge of him shall be excused from the operation of said sections or the penalties under them on the ground that the child's residence is seasonal, that the parent of the child is a resident of another state, or that the child has attended school for the legal period in another state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.364 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.364
§ 3318.364. Assistance for schools that have entered into an expedited local partnership agreement
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly In any fiscal year, the Ohio facilities construction commission may, at its discretion, provide assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code to a school district that has entered into an expedited local partnership agreement under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code before the district is otherwise eligible for that assistance based on its percentile rank, if the commission determines all of the following: (A) The district has made an expenditure of local resources under its expedited local partnership agreement on a discrete part of its district-wide project. (B) The district is ready to complete its district-wide project or a segment of the project, in accordance with section 3318.034 of the Revised Code. (C) The district is in compliance with division (D)(2) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. (D) Sufficient state funds have been appropriated for classroom facilities projects for the fiscal year to pay the state share of the district's project or segment after paying the state share of projects for all of the following: (1) Districts that previously had their conditional approval lapse pursuant to section 3318.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Districts eligible for assistance under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code; (3) Districts participating in the exceptional needs school facilities assistance program under section 3318.37 or 3318.371 of the Revised Code; (4) Districts participating in the accelerated urban school building assistance program under section 3318.38 of the Revised Code. Assistance under this section shall be offered to eligible districts in the order of their percentile rankings at the time they entered into their expedited local partnership agreements, from lowest to highest percentile. In the event that more than one district has the same percentile ranking, those districts shall be offered assistance in the order of the date they entered into their expedited local partnership agreements, from earliest to latest date. As used in this section, "local resources" and "percentile" have the same meanings as in section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.051
§ 3333.051. Applied bachelor's and nursing bachelor's degree programs at two-year institutions
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education shall establish a program under which a community college established under Chapter 3354., technical college established under Chapter 3357., or state community college established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code may apply to the chancellor for authorization to offer applied bachelor's, nursing bachelor's, and prelicensure nursing bachelor's degree programs. The chancellor may approve programs under this section that demonstrate all of the following: (1) Evidence of an agreement between the college and a regional business or industry to train students in an in-demand field and to employ students upon their successful completion of the program; (2) That the workforce need of the regional business or industry is in an in-demand field with long-term sustainability based upon data provided by the governor's office of workforce transformation; (3) Supporting data that identifies the specific workforce need the program will address; (4) The absence of a bachelor's degree program that meets the workforce need addressed by the proposed program that is offered by a state university or private college or university; (5) Willingness of an industry partner to offer workplace-based learning and employment opportunities to students enrolled in the proposed program. (B)(1) The chancellor shall approve the creation of any nursing bachelor's degree program proposed by a community, state community, or technical college that meet the requirements prescribed in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section and the standards and procedures for academic program approval pursuant to section 3333.04 of the Revised Code. Upon the approval of the chancellor the institution shall establish an accredited nursing bachelor's degree program. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chancellor shall approve any proposal for a prelicensure nursing bachelor's degree program submitted by a community, state community, or technical college prior to September 30, 2022. The chancellor promptly shall transmit that proposal along with the chancellor's approval to the appropriate accreditation bodies. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Applied bachelor's degree" means a bachelor's degree that is both of the following: (a) Specifically designed for an individual who holds an associate of applied science degree, or its equivalent, in order to maximize application of the individual's technical course credits toward the bachelor's degree; (b) Based on curriculum that incorporates both theoretical and applied knowledge and skills in a specific technical field. (2) "Private college or university" means a nonprofit institution that holds a certificate of authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. (3) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 28, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.04
§ 3315.04. Report of commissioners of sinking fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall make an annual report to the board of education giving a detailed statement of the sinking fund for each year ending with the thirty-first day of December.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.061
§ 3318.061. Resolution proposing extension of existing tax levy
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly This section applies only to school districts eligible to receive additional assistance under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The board of education of a school district in which a tax described by division (B) of section 3318.05 and levied under section 3318.06 of the Revised Code is in effect, may adopt a resolution by vote of a majority of its members to extend the term of that tax beyond the expiration of that tax as originally approved under that section. The school district board may include in the resolution a proposal to extend the term of that tax at the rate of not less than one-half mill for each dollar of taxable value for a period of twenty-three years from the year in which the school district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission enter into an agreement under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code or in the following year, as specified in the resolution. Such a resolution may be adopted at any time before such an agreement is entered into and before the tax levied pursuant to section 3318.06 of the Revised Code expires. If the resolution is combined with a resolution to issue bonds to pay the school district's portion of the basic project cost, it shall conform with the requirements of divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, except that the resolution also shall state that the tax levy proposed in the resolution is an extension of an existing tax levied under that section. A resolution proposing an extension adopted under this section does not take effect until it is approved by a majority of electors voting in favor of the resolution at a general, primary, or special election as provided in this section. A tax levy extended under this section is subject to the same terms and limitations to which the original tax levied under section 3318.06 of the Revised Code is subject under that section, except the term of the extension shall be as specified in this section. The school district board and the county auditor shall proceed in the same manner as required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code. The board shall certify a copy of the resolution adopted under this section and the auditor's certification to the proper county board of elections not later than ninety days before the date set in the resolution as the date of the election at which the question will be submitted to electors. The notice of the election shall conform with the requirements of division (A)(3) of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, except that the notice also shall state that the maintenance tax levy is an extension of an existing tax levy, the levy's estimated annual collections, and the levy's effective rate, expressed in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's market value. The form of the ballot shall be as follows: "Shall the existing tax levied to pay the cost of maintaining (or upgrading if approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission) classroom facilities constructed with the proceeds of the previously issued bonds, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at the rate of __________ (here insert the number of mills, which shall not be less than one-half mill) mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $________ (effective rate) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, be extended until ________ (here insert the year that is twenty-three years after the year in which the district and commission will enter into an agreement under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code or the following year)? FOR EXTENDING THE EXISTING TAX LEVY AGAINST EXTENDING THE EXISTING TAX LEVY " Section 3318.07 of the Revised Code applies to ballot questions under this section. Last updated October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3358.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3358 / § 3358.061
§ 3358.061. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly The treasurer or other fiscal officer of a state community college district shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer or officer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer or officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's or officer's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3329.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3329 / § 3329.01
§ 3329.01. Adoption and purchase of textbooks or electronic textbooks - filing of price statement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any publisher of textbooks or electronic textbooks in the United States desiring to offer such textbooks or electronic textbooks for use by pupils in the public schools of Ohio, before such textbooks or electronic textbooks may be adopted and purchased by any school board, must, on or before the first day of January of each year, file with the department of education and workforce, a statement that the list wholesale price to school districts in Ohio will be no more than the lowest list wholesale price available to school districts in any other state. No publisher of a textbook shall file a statement under this section unless the publisher complies with all of the following: (A) At the same time as filing the statement, the publisher also files: (1) For textbooks published before August 18, 2006, the wholesale price of an electronic file that contains the text of the textbook in rich text format, or another electronic format approved by the department, for translating the text of the textbook into braille; (2) For textbooks published on or after August 18, 2006, the wholesale price of an electronic file that contains the text of the textbook, and of all instructional materials the publisher offers with the textbook, in the national instructional materials accessibility standard (NIMAS) code for translating the text of the entire textbook into NIMAS-approved formats, including braille, audio, digital text, or large print. (B) The list wholesale price filed for any specified number of electronic files described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for the textbook and instructional materials the publisher offers with the textbook does not exceed the list wholesale price for the same number of the printed version of the textbook and materials. (C) For textbooks published on or after August 18, 2006, the publisher sends one copy of the electronic file described in division (A)(2) of this section for the entire textbook and all instructional materials the publisher offers with the textbook in NIMAS code, at no cost, to the national instructional materials access center. As used in this section and in sections 3329.03 to 3329.10 of the Revised Code, "electronic textbook" means computer software, interactive videodisc, magnetic media, optical media, computer courseware, on-line service, electronic medium, or other means of conveying information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process through electronic means. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.074 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.074
§ 3314.074. Distributing assets of school permanently closed
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Divisions (A) and (B) of this section apply only to the extent permitted under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. (A) If any community school established under this chapter permanently closes and ceases its operation as a community school, the assets of that school shall be distributed first to the retirement funds of employees of the school, employees of the school, and private creditors who are owed compensation, and then any remaining funds shall be paid to the department of education and workforce for redistribution to the school districts in which the students who were enrolled in the school at the time it ceased operation were entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. The amount distributed to each school district shall be proportional to the district's share of the total enrollment in the community school. For any community school that closes after fiscal year 2021, any remaining funds shall be paid to the department and deposited into the state general revenue fund. (B) If a community school closes and ceases to operate as a community school and the school has received computer hardware or software from the former Ohio SchoolNet commission or the former eTech Ohio commission, such hardware or software shall be turned over to the department, which shall redistribute the hardware and software, to the extent such redistribution is possible, to school districts in conformance with the provisions of the programs as they were operated and administered by the former eTech Ohio commission. (C) If the assets of the school are insufficient to pay all persons or entities to whom compensation is owed, the prioritization of the distribution of the assets to individual persons or entities within each class of payees may be determined by decree of a court in accordance with this section and Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. (D) A community school that engages in a merger or consolidation pursuant to division (B) of section 1702.41 of the Revised Code and becomes a single public benefit corporation shall not be required to distribute assets pursuant to divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, provided that the governing authority of the community school created by the merger or consolidation enters into a contract for sponsorship under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code with an entity rated "effective" or higher by the department pursuant to section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.326 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.326
§ 3319.326. Technology provider student data and educational records use
Status: in_force

December 9, 2024 House Bill 432 - 135th General Assembly A technology provider shall comply with Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code with regard to the collection, use, and protection of data as if it were a school district. (A) Education records created, received, maintained, or disseminated by a technology provider pursuant or incidental to a contract with a school district are solely the property of the school district. (B) If education records maintained by the technology provider are subject to a breach of the security of the data, as described in section 1347.12 of the Revised Code, the technology provider shall, following discovery of the breach, disclose to the school district all information necessary to fulfill the requirements of that section. (C) Unless renewal of the contract is reasonably anticipated, within ninety days of the expiration of the contract, a technology provider shall destroy or return to the appropriate school district all education records created, received, or maintained pursuant or incidental to the contract. (D) A technology provider shall not sell, share, or disseminate education records, except as provided by this section or as part of a valid delegation or assignment of its contract with a school district. (E) A technology provider shall not use education records for any commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, marketing or advertising to a student or parent. A commercial purpose does not include providing the specific services contracted for by a school district. Nothing in this division prohibits the technology provider from using aggregate information removed of any personally identifiable information for improving, maintaining, developing, supporting, or diagnosing the provider's site, service, or operation. (F) A contract between a technology provider and a school district shall ensure appropriate security safeguards for education records and include both of the following: (1) A restriction on unauthorized access by the technology provider's employees or contractors; (2) A requirement that the technology provider's employees or contractors may be authorized to access education records only as necessary to fulfill the official duties of the employee or contractor. (G) Not later than the first day of August of each school year, each school district shall provide parents and students direct and timely notice, by mail, electronic mail, or other direct form of communication, of any curriculum, testing, or assessment technology provider contract affecting a student's education records. The notice shall do all of the following: (1) Identify each curriculum, testing, or assessment technology provider with access to education records; (2) Identify the education records affected by the curriculum, testing, or assessment technology provider contract; (3) Include information about the contract inspection and provide contact information for a school department to which a parent or student may direct questions or concerns regarding any program or activity that allows a curriculum, testing, or assessment technology provider access to a student's education records. Each school district shall provide parents and students an opportunity to inspect a complete copy of any contract with a technology provider. Last updated January 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.17
§ 3302.17. Initiation of community learning center process
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any school building operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district, or a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code is eligible to initiate the community learning center process as prescribed by this section. (B) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each district board of education or community school governing authority may initiate a community learning center process for any school building to which this section applies. First, the board or governing authority shall conduct a public information hearing at each school building to which this section applies to inform the community of the community learning center process. The board or governing authority may do all of the following with regard to the public information hearing: (1) Announce the meeting not less than forty-five days in advance at the school and on the school's or district's web sites and using tools to ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities; (2) Schedule the meeting for an evening or weekend time; (3) Provide interpretation services and written materials in all languages spoken by five per cent or more of the students enrolled in the school; (4) Provide child care services for parents attending the meeting; (5) Provide parents, students, teachers, nonteaching employees, and community members with the opportunity to speak at the meeting; (6) Comply with section 149.43 of the Revised Code. In preparing for the public information hearing, the board or governing authority shall ensure that information about the hearing is broadly distributed throughout the community. The board or governing authority may enter into an agreement with any civic engagement organizations, community organizations, or employee organizations to support the implementation of the community learning center process. The board or governing authority shall conduct a follow-up hearing at least once annually until action is further taken under the section with respect to the school building or until the conditions described in division (A) of this section no longer apply to the school building. (C) Not sooner than forty-five days after the first public information hearing, the board or governing authority shall conduct an election, by paper ballot, to initiate the process to become a community learning center. Only parents or guardians of students enrolled in the school and students enrolled in a different school operated by a joint vocational school district but are otherwise entitled to attend the school, and teachers and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school may vote in the election. The board or governing authority shall distribute the ballots by mail and shall make copies available at the school and on the web site of the school. The board or governing authority also may distribute the ballots by directly giving ballots to teachers and nonteaching employees and sending home ballots with every student enrolled in the school building. (D) The board or governing authority shall initiate the transition of the building to a community learning center if the results of the election held under division (C) of this section are as follows: (1) At least fifty per cent of parents and guardians of students enrolled in the eligible school building and students enrolled in a different building operated by a joint vocational school district but who are entitled to attend the school cast ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at least sixty-seven per cent are in favor of initiating the process; and (2) At least fifty per cent of teachers and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school cast ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at least sixty-seven per cent are in favor of initiating the process. (E) If a community learning center process is initiated under this section, the board or governing authority shall create a school action team under section 3302.18 of the Revised Code. Within four months upon selection, the school action team shall conduct and complete, in consultation with community partners, a performance audit of the school and review, with parental input, the needs of the school with regard to restructuring under section 3302.10 , 3302.12 , or 3302.042 of the Revised Code, or federal law. The school action team shall provide quarterly updates of its work in a public hearing that complies with the same specifications prescribed in division (B) of this section. (F) Upon completion of the audit and review, the school action team shall present its findings at a public hearing that complies with the same specifications prescribed in division (B) of this section. After the school action team presents its findings at the public hearing, it shall create a community learning center improvement plan that designates appropriate interventions, which may be based on the recommendations developed by the department under division (H)(1)(b) of this section. If there is a federally mandated school improvement planning process, the team shall coordinate its work with that plan. The school action team shall approve the plan by a majority vote. (G) Upon approval of the plan by the school action team, the team shall submit the community learning center improvement plan to the same individuals described in division (C) of this section. Ballots shall be distributed and an election shall be conducted in the same manner as indicated under that division. The school action team shall submit the plan to the district board of education or community school governing authority, if the results of the election under division (G) of this section are as follows: (1) At least thirty per cent of parents and guardians of students enrolled in the eligible school building and students enrolled in a different building operated by a joint vocational school district but who are entitled to attend the school cast ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at least fifty per cent are in favor of initiating the process; and (2) At least thirty per cent of teachers and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school cast ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at least fifty per cent are in favor of initiating the process. The board or governing authority shall evaluate the plan and determine whether to adopt it. The board or governing authority shall adopt the plan in full or adopt portions of the plan. If the board or governing authority does not adopt the plan in full, it shall provide a written explanation of why portions of the plan were rejected. (H)(1) The department shall do all of the following with respect to this section: (a) Adopt rules regarding the elections required under this section; (b) Develop appropriate interventions for a community learning center improvement plan that may be used by a school action team under division (F) of this section; (c) Publish a menu of programs and services that may be offered by community learning centers. The information shall be posted on the department's web site. To compile this information the department shall solicit input from resource coordinators of existing community learning centers. (d) Provide information regarding implementation of comprehensive community-based programs and supportive services including the community learning center model to school buildings meeting any of the following conditions: (i) The building is in improvement status as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" or under an agreement between the Ohio department of education and workforce and the United States secretary of education. (ii) The building is a secondary school that is among the lowest achieving fifteen per cent of secondary schools statewide, as determined by the department. (iii) The building is a secondary school with a graduation rate of sixty per cent or lower for three or more consecutive years. (iv) The building is a school that the department determines is persistently low-performing. (2) The department may do the following with respect to this section: (a) Provide assistance, facilitation, and training to school action teams in the conducting of the audit required under this section; (b) Provide opportunities for members of school action teams from different schools to share school improvement strategies with parents, teachers, and other relevant stakeholders in higher performing schools; (c) Provide financial support in a school action team's planning process and create a grant program to assist in the implementation of a qualified community learning center plan. (I) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after October 15, 2015. However, the board or governing authority and the teachers' labor organization may negotiate additional factors to be considered in the adoption of a community learning center plan. Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.11
§ 3354.11. Bonds
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly A community college district may submit to the electors of the district pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code the question of issuing bonds of such district for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of purchasing sites and for the erection, furnishing, and equipment of buildings and for the acquisition or construction of any property which the board of trustees of a community college district is authorized to acquire or construct and which has an estimated life of usefulness of five years or more as certified by the fiscal officer, and also the necessity of the levy of a tax on all the taxable property in the community college district outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds. The bonds may be issued for one or more improvements which the district is authorized to acquire or construct, notwithstanding the fact that such improvements may not be for one purpose under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Notes may be issued in anticipation of such bonds as provided in section 133.22 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of the district shall be its fiscal officer, and the board of trustees shall be the taxing authority of the district as those terms are used in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.28
§ 3313.28. Delivery of records to successor
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly The treasurer of a board of education, at the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, shall deliver to the treasurer's successor all books and papers in the treasurer's hands relating to the affairs of the district. The treasurer of a board of education shall include an inventory of the items delivered in accordance with this section in a certificate of transition under section 117.171 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.37
§ 3375.37. Statement filed with county auditor
Status: in_force

June 20, 2008 Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly Before giving the fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library a warrant for funds due such board, the county auditor shall require the fiscal officer to file with the auditor a statement showing the amount of funds on hand, available for expenditure by the board, according to the books of the fiscal officer and the books of the depository designated by the board. Such statement shall indicate that the fiscal officer's books are in exact balance with the depository accounts and shall be certified to by the fiscal officer and proper officer of the depository.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.31
§ 3315.31. Duty of the county auditor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The county auditor of each county shall collect all fines and other money for the support of common schools in his county, and pay them to the county treasurer. He also must inspect all accounts of interest accruing on account of lands reserved by congress in each township for school purposes, or other school lands, whether it is payable by the state or by the debtors; and take all proper measures to secure to each school district in his county the full amount of school funds to which it is entitled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.19
§ 3307.19. Maintenance of individual account
Status: in_force

April 1, 2001 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly The state teachers retirement board shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account for each contributor showing the amount of the contributor's contributions and any accumulations thereon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.51
§ 3319.51. Fees - state board of education licensure fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "operating expenses" includes the cost of administering requirements related to the issuance and renewal of licenses, certificates, or permits described in this chapter and sections 3301.071 and 3301.074 of the Revised Code and any other cost incurred by the state board of education to perform a duty prescribed by law. (B) The state board of education shall annually establish the amount of the fees required to be paid for any license, certificate, or permit issued under this chapter or division (B) of section 3301.071 or section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the amount of these fees shall be such that they, along with any appropriation made by the general assembly, will be sufficient to cover the annual estimated operating expenses of the state board. (C) The state board shall not require any fee to be paid under division (B) of this section for a license, certificate, or permit issued for the purpose of teaching in a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United States Code. (D) The operating expenses of the state board shall be paid primarily from, and all license, certificate, or permit fees received by the state board shall be deposited in, the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund established in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.20
§ 3328.20. Qualifications for employees providing essential school services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrator of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter, or the chief administrator's designee. (2) "Essential school services" means services provided by a private company under contract with a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that the chief administrator of the school has determined are necessary for the operation of the school and that would need to be provided by persons employed by the school or its operator if the services were not provided by the private company. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) This section applies to any person who is an employee of a private company under contract with a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter to provide essential school services and who will work in the school in a position that does not require a license issued by the state board of education, is not for the operation of a vehicle for pupil transportation, and that involves routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child. (C) No college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall permit a person to whom this section applies to work in the school, unless one of the following applies to the person: (1) The person's employer presents proof of both of the following to the designated official: (a) That the person has been the subject of a criminal records check conducted in accordance with division (D) of this section within the five-year period immediately prior to the date on which the person will begin working in the school; (b) That the criminal records check indicates that the person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense described in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (2) During any period of time in which the person will have routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child, the designated official has arranged for an employee of the school to be present in the same room with the child or, if outdoors, to be within a thirty-yard radius of the child or to have visual contact with the child. (D) Any private company that has been hired or seeks to be hired by a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter to provide essential school services may request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check of any of its employees for the purpose of complying with division (C)(1) of this section. Each request for a criminal records check under this division shall be made to the superintendent of the bureau in the manner prescribed in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of a request, the bureau shall conduct the criminal records check in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code as if the request had been made under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (H) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the private company may share the results of any criminal records check conducted under this division with the designated official for the purpose of complying with division (C)(1) of this section, but in no case shall the designated official release that information to any other person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3344.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3344 / § 3344.01
§ 3344.01. Appointment of trustees - term
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Cleveland state university. The government of the Cleveland state 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 students at the Cleveland state 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 for the student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the second day of May and ending on the first day of May. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the second day of May and ending on the first day of May. 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. (B) The student members of the board of trustees of the Cleveland state 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 on May 2, 1988, and shall expire on May 1, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on May 2, 1988, and expire on May 1, 1990. 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 4:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.07
§ 3332.07. Fees
Status: in_force

April 3, 2003 Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly (A) Each application for issuance and renewal of a certificate of registration, for the issuance and renewal of program authorization, for issuance and renewal of agent's permits, and for any other service specified by the state board of career colleges and schools shall be accompanied by the required fee. Fees submitted under this section are not returnable even if approval or renewal is denied. (B) Fee schedules for the issuance and renewal of certificates of registration, for the issuance and renewal of program authorization, for issuance and renewal of agent's permits, and for any other service specified by the board shall be established by rule adopted by the state board. The fee for a one-year certificate of registration shall be one-half the fee for a two-year certificate. (C) If in any fiscal year the amount received in fees under this section does not equal or exceed fifty per cent of board expenditures for the fiscal year, the board shall increase fees for the ensuing fiscal year by an amount estimated to be sufficient to produce revenues equal to fifty per cent of estimated expenditures for that ensuing fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.39
§ 3333.39. Teach Ohio program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The chancellor of higher education and the department of education and workforce shall establish and administer the teach Ohio program to promote and encourage citizens of this state to consider teaching as a profession. The program shall include all of the following: (A) A statewide program administered by a nonprofit corporation that has been in existence for at least fifteen years with demonstrated results in encouraging high school students from economically disadvantaged groups to enter the teaching profession. The chancellor and the department jointly shall select the nonprofit corporation. (B) The Ohio teaching fellows program established under sections 3333.391 and 3333.392 of the Revised Code; (C) The Ohio teacher residency program established under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code; (D) Alternative licensure procedures established under section 3319.26 of the Revised Code; (E) Any other program as identified by the chancellor and the department. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.171
§ 3319.171. Administrative personnel suspension policy
Status: in_force

June 30, 2000 Senate Bill 77 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 3319.17 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or the governing board of an educational service center may adopt an administrative personnel suspension policy governing the suspension of any contract of employment entered into by a board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. If a board adopts a policy under this section, no contract entered into by a board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code may be suspended except pursuant to the policy. If a board does not adopt such a policy, no such contract may be suspended by a board except pursuant to section 3319.17 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrative personnel suspension policy shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) One or more reasons that a board may consider for suspending any contract of employment entered into under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. A reason for such suspension may include the financial conditions of the school district or educational service center. (2) Procedures for determining the order of suspension of contracts within the employment service areas affected; (3) Provisions requiring a right of restoration for employees whose contracts of employment are suspended under the policy if and when any positions become vacant or are created for which any of them are or become qualified. (C) The policy procedures and provisions adopted under divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section shall be developed by the board of a district or service center with input from the superintendent and all assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, and other administrators employed by that board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.0711 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.0711
§ 3301.0711. Administration and grading of assessments
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall: (1) Annually furnish to, grade, and score all assessments required by divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to be administered by city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school districts, except that each district shall score any assessment administered pursuant to division (B)(10) of this section. Each assessment so furnished shall include the data verification code of the student to whom the assessment will be administered, as assigned pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. In furnishing the practice versions of Ohio graduation tests prescribed by division (D) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, the department shall make the tests available on its web site for reproduction by districts. In awarding contracts for grading assessments, the department shall give preference to Ohio-based entities employing Ohio residents. (2) Adopt rules for the ethical use of assessments and prescribing the manner in which the assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code shall be administered to students. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (J) of this section, the board of education of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall, in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of this section: (1) Administer the English language arts assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code twice annually to all students in the third grade who have not attained the score designated for that assessment under division (A)(2)(c) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. (2) Administer the mathematics assessment prescribed under division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the third grade. (3) Administer the assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the fourth grade. (4) Administer the assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(c) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the fifth grade. (5) Administer the assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(d) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the sixth grade. (6) Administer the assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(e) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the seventh grade. (7) Administer the assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(f) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least once annually to all students in the eighth grade. (8) Except as provided in division (B)(9) of this section, administer any assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as follows: (a) At least once annually to all tenth grade students and at least twice annually to all students in eleventh or twelfth grade who have not yet attained the score on that assessment designated under that division; (b) To any person who has successfully completed the curriculum in any high school or the individualized education program developed for the person by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code but has not received a high school diploma and who requests to take such assessment, at any time such assessment is administered in the district. (9) In lieu of the board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district in which the student is also enrolled, the board of a joint vocational school district shall administer any assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code at least twice annually to any student enrolled in the joint vocational school district who has not yet attained the score on that assessment designated under that division. A board of a joint vocational school district may also administer such an assessment to any student described in division (B)(8)(b) of this section. (10) If the district has a three-year average graduation rate of not more than seventy-five per cent, administer each assessment prescribed by division (D) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code in September to all ninth grade students who entered ninth grade prior to July 1, 2014. Except as provided in section 3313.614 of the Revised Code for administration of an assessment to a person who has fulfilled the curriculum requirement for a high school diploma but has not passed one or more of the required assessments, the assessments prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code shall not be administered after the date specified in the rules adopted under division (D)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (11)(a) Except as provided in divisions (B)(11)(b) and (c) of this section, administer the assessments prescribed by division (B)(2) of section 3301.0710 and section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code in accordance with the timeline and plan for implementation of those assessments prescribed by rule adopted under division (D)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code; (b) A student who has presented evidence to the district or school of having satisfied the condition prescribed by division (A)(1) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code to qualify for a high school diploma prior to the date of the administration of the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code shall not be required to take that assessment. However, no board shall prohibit a student who is not required to take such assessment from taking the assessment. (c) A student shall not be required to retake the Algebra I end-of-course examination or the English language arts II end-of-course examination prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code in grades nine through twelve if the student demonstrates at least a proficient level of skill, as prescribed under division (B)(5)(a) of that section, or achieves a competency score, as prescribed under division (B)(10) of that section, in an administration of the examination prior to grade nine. (C)(1)(a) In the case of a student receiving special education services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the individualized education program developed for the student under that chapter shall specify the manner in which the student will participate in the assessments administered under this section, except that a student with significant cognitive disabilities to whom an alternate assessment is administered in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section and a student determined to have a disability that includes an intellectual disability as outlined in guidance issued by the department shall not be required to take the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. The individualized education program may excuse the student from taking any particular assessment required to be administered under this section if it instead specifies an alternate assessment method approved by the department as conforming to requirements of federal law for receipt of federal funds for disadvantaged pupils. To the extent possible, the individualized education program shall not excuse the student from taking an assessment unless no reasonable accommodation can be made to enable the student to take the assessment. No board shall prohibit a student who is not required to take an assessment under division (C)(1) of this section from taking the assessment. (b) Any alternate assessment approved by the department for a student under this division shall produce measurable results comparable to those produced by the assessment it replaces in order to allow for the student's results to be included in the data compiled for a school district or building under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (c)(i) Any student enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school who has been identified, based on an evaluation conducted in accordance with section 3323.03 of the Revised Code or section 504 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 355, 29 U.S.C.A. 794, as amended, as a child with a disability shall be excused from taking any particular assessment required to be administered under this section if either of the following apply: (I) A plan developed for the student pursuant to rules adopted by the department excuses the student from taking that assessment. (II) The chartered nonpublic school develops a written plan in which the school, in consultation with the student's parents, determines that an assessment or alternative assessment with accommodations does not accurately assess the student's academic performance. The plan shall include an academic profile of the student's academic performance and shall be reviewed annually to determine if the student's needs continue to require excusal from taking the assessment. (ii) A student with significant cognitive disabilities to whom an alternate assessment is administered in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section and a student determined to have a disability that includes an intellectual disability as outlined in guidance issued by the department shall not be required to take the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (iii) In the case of any student so excused from taking an assessment under division (C)(1)(c) of this section, the chartered nonpublic school shall not prohibit the student from taking the assessment. (2) A district board may, for medical reasons or other good cause, excuse a student from taking an assessment administered under this section on the date scheduled, but that assessment shall be administered to the excused student not later than nine days following the scheduled date. The district board shall annually report the number of students who have not taken one or more of the assessments required by this section to the department not later than the thirtieth day of June. (3) No school district board shall excuse any English learner from taking any particular assessment required to be administered under this section, except that any English learner who has been enrolled in United States schools for less than two years and for whom no appropriate accommodations are available based on guidance issued by the department shall not be required to take the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. However, no board shall prohibit an English learner who is not required to take that assessment from taking the assessment. A board may permit any English learner to take an assessment required to be administered under this section with appropriate accommodations, as determined by the department. For each English learner, each school district shall annually assess that student's progress in learning English, in accordance with procedures approved by the department. The guidance and procedures issued by the department for the purposes of division (C)(3) of this section shall comply with the rules adopted under section 3301.0731 of the Revised Code. (4)(a) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school may excuse an English learner from taking any assessment administered under this section. (b) No governing authority shall require an English learner who has been enrolled in United States schools for less than two years and for whom no appropriate accommodations are available based on guidance issued by the department to take the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (c) No governing authority shall prohibit an English learner from taking an assessment from which the student was excused under division (C)(4) of this section. (D)(1) In the school year next succeeding the school year in which the assessments prescribed by division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or former division (A)(1), (A)(2), or (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 11, 2001, are administered to any student, the board of education of any school district in which the student is enrolled in that year shall provide to the student intervention services commensurate with the student's performance, including any intensive intervention required under section 3313.608 of the Revised Code, in any skill in which the student failed to demonstrate at least a score at the proficient level on the assessment. (2) Following any administration of the assessments prescribed by division (D) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to ninth grade students, each school district that has a three-year average graduation rate of not more than seventy-five per cent shall determine for each high school in the district whether the school shall be required to provide intervention services to any students who took the assessments. In determining which high schools shall provide intervention services based on the resources available, the district shall consider each school's graduation rate and scores on the practice assessments. The district also shall consider the scores received by ninth grade students on the English language arts and mathematics assessments prescribed under division (A)(1)(f) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code in the eighth grade in determining which high schools shall provide intervention services. Each high school selected to provide intervention services under this division shall provide intervention services to any student whose results indicate that the student is failing to make satisfactory progress toward being able to attain scores at the proficient level on the Ohio graduation tests. Intervention services shall be provided in any skill in which a student demonstrates unsatisfactory progress and shall be commensurate with the student's performance. Schools shall provide the intervention services prior to the end of the school year, during the summer following the ninth grade, in the next succeeding school year, or at any combination of those times. (E) Except as provided in section 3313.608 of the Revised Code and division (N) of this section, no school district board of education shall utilize any student's failure to attain a specified score on an assessment administered under this section as a factor in any decision to deny the student promotion to a higher grade level. However, a district board may choose not to promote to the next grade level any student who does not take an assessment administered under this section or make up an assessment as provided by division (C)(2) of this section and who is not exempt from the requirement to take the assessment under division (C)(3) of this section. (F) No person shall be charged a fee for taking any assessment administered under this section. (G)(1) Each school district board shall designate one location for the collection of assessments administered in the spring under division (B)(1) of this section and those administered under divisions (B)(2) to (7) of this section. Each district board shall submit the assessments to the entity with which the department contracts for the scoring of the assessments as follows: (a) If the district's total enrollment in grades kindergarten through twelve during the first full school week of October was less than two thousand five hundred, not later than the Friday after all of the assessments have been administered; (b) If the district's total enrollment in grades kindergarten through twelve during the first full school week of October was two thousand five hundred or more, but less than seven thousand, not later than the Monday after all of the assessments have been administered; (c) If the district's total enrollment in grades kindergarten through twelve during the first full school week of October was seven thousand or more, not later than the Tuesday after all of the assessments have been administered. However, any assessment that a student takes during the make-up period described in division (C)(2) of this section shall be submitted not later than the Friday following the day the student takes the assessment. (2) The department or an entity with which the department contracts for the scoring of the assessment shall send to each school district board a list of the individual scores of all persons taking a state achievement assessment as follows: (a) Except as provided in division (G)(2)(b) or (c) of this section, within forty-five days after the administration of the assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, but in no case shall the scores be returned later than the thirtieth day of June following the administration; (b) In the case of the third-grade English language arts assessment, within forty-five days after the administration of that assessment, but in no case shall the scores be returned later than the fifteenth day of June following the administration; (c) In the case of the writing component of an assessment or end-of-course examination in the area of English language arts, except for the third-grade English language arts assessment, the results may be sent after forty-five days of the administration of the writing component, but in no case shall the scores be returned later than the thirtieth day of June following the administration. (3) For assessments administered under this section by a joint vocational school district, the department or entity shall also send to each city, local, or exempted village school district a list of the individual scores of any students of such city, local, or exempted village school district who are attending school in the joint vocational school district. (4) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school district, other public school, or chartered nonpublic school may administer the third-grade English language arts or mathematics assessment, or both, in a paper format in any school year for which the district board of education or school governing body adopts a resolution indicating that the district or school chooses to administer the assessment in a paper format. The board or governing body shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department of education and workforce not later than the first day of May prior to the school year for which it will apply. If the resolution is submitted, the district or school shall administer the assessment in a paper format to all students in the third grade, except that any student whose individualized education program or plan developed under section 504 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 355, 29 U.S.C. 794, as amended, specifies that taking the assessment in an online format is an appropriate accommodation for the student may take the assessment in an online format. (5) A classical school may administer all assessments administered under this section in a paper format, except that any student whose individualized education program or plan developed under section 504 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 29 U.S.C. 794 specifies that taking the assessment in an online format is an appropriate accommodation for the student may take the assessment in an online format. (H) Individual scores on any assessments administered under this section shall be released by a district board only in accordance with section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. No district board or its employees shall utilize individual or aggregate results in any manner that conflicts with rules for the ethical use of assessments adopted pursuant to division (A) of this section. (I) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, the department or an entity with which the department contracts for the scoring of the assessment shall not release any individual scores on any assessment administered under this section. The department shall adopt rules to ensure the protection of student confidentiality at all times. The rules may require the use of the data verification codes assigned to students pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to protect the confidentiality of student scores. (J) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to the board of education of any cooperative education school district except as provided under rules adopted pursuant to this division. (1) In accordance with rules that the department shall adopt, the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district with territory in a cooperative education school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement with the board of education of the cooperative education school district for administering any assessment prescribed under this section to students of the city, exempted village, or local school district who are attending school in the cooperative education school district. (2) In accordance with rules that the department shall adopt, the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district with territory in a cooperative education school district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code shall enter into an agreement with the cooperative district that provides for the administration of any assessment prescribed under this section to both of the following: (a) Students who are attending school in the cooperative district and who, if the cooperative district were not established, would be entitled to attend school in the city, local, or exempted village school district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code; (b) Persons described in division (B)(8)(b) of this section. Any assessment of students pursuant to such an agreement shall be in lieu of any assessment of such students or persons pursuant to this section. (K)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(1) or (2) of this section, each chartered nonpublic school for which at least sixty-five per cent of its total enrollment is made up of students who are participating in state scholarship programs shall administer the assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or an alternative standardized assessment determined by the department. In accordance with procedures and deadlines prescribed by the department, the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school who is not participating in a state scholarship program may submit notice to the chief administrative officer of the school that the parent or guardian does not wish to have the student take the assessments prescribed for the student's grade level under division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. If a parent or guardian submits an opt-out notice, the school shall not administer the assessments to that student. This option does not apply to any assessment required for a high school diploma under section 3313.612 of the Revised Code. (b) Any chartered nonpublic school that enrolls students who are participating in state scholarship programs may administer an alternative standardized assessment determined by the department instead of the assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. Each chartered nonpublic school subject to division (K)(1)(a) or (b) of this section shall report the results of each assessment administered under those divisions to the department. (2) A chartered nonpublic school may submit to the director of education and workforce a request for a waiver from administering the elementary assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. The director shall approve or disapprove a request for a waiver submitted under division (K)(2) of this section. To be eligible to submit a request for a waiver, a chartered nonpublic school shall meet the following conditions: (a) At least ninety-five per cent of the students enrolled in the school are children with disabilities, as defined under section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, or have received a diagnosis by a school district or from a physician, including a neuropsychiatrist or psychiatrist, or a psychologist who is authorized to practice in this or another state as having a condition that impairs academic performance, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or Asperger's syndrome. (b) The school has solely served a student population described in division (K)(1)(a) of this section for at least ten years. (c) The school provides to the department at least five years of records of internal testing conducted by the school that affords the department data required for accountability purposes, including diagnostic assessments and nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement assessments that measure reading and math skills. (3) Any chartered nonpublic school that is not subject to division (K)(1) of this section may participate in the assessment program by administering any of the assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code. The chief administrator of the school shall specify which assessments the school will administer. Such specification shall be made in writing to the director prior to the first day of August of any school year in which assessments are administered and shall include a pledge that the nonpublic school will administer the specified assessments in the same manner as public schools are required to do under this section and rules adopted by the department. (4) The department shall furnish the assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to each chartered nonpublic school that is subject to division (K)(1) of this section or participates under division (K)(3) of this section. (L) If a chartered nonpublic school is educating students in grades nine through twelve, the following shall apply: (1) Except as provided in division (L)(4) of this section, for a student who is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school that is accredited through the independent schools association of the central states and who is attending the school under a state scholarship program, the student shall either take all of the assessments prescribed by division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code or take an alternative assessment approved by the department under section 3313.619 of the Revised Code. However, a student who is excused from taking an assessment under division (C) of this section or has presented evidence to the chartered nonpublic school of having satisfied the condition prescribed by division (A)(1) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code to qualify for a high school diploma prior to the date of the administration of the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code shall not be required to take that assessment. No governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school shall prohibit a student who is not required to take such assessment from taking the assessment. (2) For a student who is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school that is accredited through the independent schools association of the central states, and who is not attending the school under a state scholarship program, the student shall not be required to take any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0712 or 3313.619 of the Revised Code. (3)(a) Except as provided in divisions (L)(3)(b) and (4) of this section, for a student who is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school that is not accredited through the independent schools association of the central states, regardless of whether the student is attending or is not attending the school under a state scholarship program, the student shall do one of the following: (i) Take all of the assessments prescribed by division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code; (ii) Take only the assessment prescribed by division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, provided that the student's school publishes the results of that assessment for each graduating class. The published results of that assessment shall include the overall composite scores, mean scores, twenty-fifth percentile scores, and seventy-fifth percentile scores for each subject area of the assessment. (iii) Take an alternative assessment approved by the department under section 3313.619 of the Revised Code. (b) A student who is excused from taking an assessment under division (C) of this section or has presented evidence to the chartered nonpublic school of having satisfied the condition prescribed by division (A)(1) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code to qualify for a high school diploma prior to the date of the administration of the assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code shall not be required to take that assessment. No governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school shall prohibit a student who is not required to take such assessment from taking the assessment. (4) The assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0712 and 3313.619 of the Revised Code shall not be administered to any student attending the school, if the school meets all of the following conditions: (a) At least ninety-five per cent of the students enrolled in the school are children with disabilities, as defined under section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, or have received a diagnosis by a school district or from a physician, including a neuropsychologist or psychiatrist, or a psychologist who is authorized to practice in this or another state as having a condition that impairs academic performance, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or Asperger's syndrome. (b) The school has solely served a student population described in division (L)(4)(a) of this section for at least ten years. (c) The school makes available to the department at least five years of records of internal testing conducted by the school that affords the department data required for accountability purposes, including growth in student achievement in reading or mathematics, or both, as measured by nationally norm-referenced assessments that have developed appropriate standards for students. Division (L)(4) of this section applies to any student attending such school regardless of whether the student receives special education or related services and regardless of whether the student is attending the school under a state scholarship program. (M)(1) The superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services shall administer the assessments described by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the state school for the blind and the state school for the deaf. The superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services shall administer the assessments in the same manner as district boards are required to do under this section and rules adopted by the department and in conformity with division (C)(1)(a) of this section. (2) The department shall furnish the assessments described by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code to the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services. (N) Notwithstanding division (E) of this section, a school district may use a student's failure to attain a score in at least the proficient range on the mathematics assessment described by division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code or on an assessment described by division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as a factor in retaining that student in the current grade level. (O)(1) In the manner specified in divisions (O)(3) and (4) of this section, the assessments required by division (A)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code shall become public records pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code on the thirty-first day of July following the school year that the assessments were administered. (2) The department may field test proposed questions with samples of students to determine the validity, reliability, or appropriateness of questions for possible inclusion in a future year's assessment. The department also may use anchor questions on assessments to ensure that different versions of the same assessment are of comparable difficulty. Field test questions and anchor questions shall not be considered in computing scores for individual students. Field test questions and anchor questions may be included as part of the administration of any assessment required by division (A)(1) or (B) of section 3301.0710 and division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (3) Any field test question or anchor question administered under division (O)(2) of this section shall not be a public record. Such field test questions and anchor questions shall be redacted from any assessments which are released as a public record pursuant to division (O)(1) of this section. (4) Division (O)(4) of this section applies to the assessments prescribed by division (A) of section 3301.0710 and division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. Beginning with the assessments administered in the spring of the 2025-2026 school year, the department shall determine which questions on each assessment that are used to compute a student's score are a public record, if any. The department shall determine which questions will be needed for reuse on a future assessment and those questions shall not be public records and shall be redacted from the assessment prior to its release as a public record. However, for each redacted question, the department shall inform each city, local, and exempted village school district of the corresponding statewide academic standard adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the corresponding benchmark to which the question relates. The department is not required to provide corresponding standards and benchmarks to field test questions that are redacted under division (O)(3) of this section. (P) As used in this section: (1) "Three-year average" means the average of the most recent consecutive three school years of data. (2) "Dropout" means a student who withdraws from school before completing course requirements for graduation and who is not enrolled in an education program approved by the department or an education program outside the state. "Dropout" does not include a student who has departed the country. (3) "Graduation rate" means the ratio of students receiving a diploma to the number of students who entered ninth grade four years earlier. Students who transfer into the district are added to the calculation. Students who transfer out of the district for reasons other than dropout are subtracted from the calculation. If a student who was a dropout in any previous year returns to the same school district, that student shall be entered into the calculation as if the student had entered ninth grade four years before the graduation year of the graduating class that the student joins. (4) "State scholarship programs" means the educational choice scholarship pilot program established under sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code, the autism scholarship program established under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code, the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program established under sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code, and the pilot project scholarship program established under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. (5) "Other public school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314., a STEM school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (6) "English learner" has the same meaning as in section 3301.0731 of the Revised Code. (7) "Classical school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that is a member of the Ohio classical school association, or its successor organization, and uses a curriculum substantially similar to that of a nationally recognized classical school network. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3353.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3353 / § 3353.05
§ 3353.05. Payments to noncommercial educational broadcasting stations or radio reading service
Status: in_force

July 26, 1991 House Bill 298 - 119th General Assembly Any taxing authority as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code located in a county may pay to any noncommercial educational television or radio broadcasting station or radio reading service located in the county or serving any part of the county an amount not to exceed five cents annually on each one thousand dollars of the total value of all property within the county as listed and assessed for taxation at the close of the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the payment is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.11
§ 3319.11. Continuing service status - limited contract - notice of intent not to re-employ
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Evaluation procedures" means the procedures required by the policy adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 3319.111 of the Revised Code. (2) "Limited contract" means a limited contract, as described in section 3319.08 of the Revised Code, that a school district board of education or governing board of an educational service center enters into with a teacher who is not eligible for continuing service status. (3) "Extended limited contract" means a limited contract, as described in section 3319.08 of the Revised Code, that a board of education or governing board enters into with a teacher who is eligible for continuing service status. (B) Teachers eligible for continuing service status in any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district or educational service center shall be those teachers qualified as described in division (D) of section 3319.08 of the Revised Code, who within the last five years have taught for at least three years in the district or center, and those teachers who, having attained continuing contract status elsewhere, have served two years in the district or center, but the board, upon the recommendation of the superintendent, may at the time of employment or at any time within such two-year period, declare any of the latter teachers eligible. (1) Upon the recommendation of the superintendent that a teacher eligible for continuing service status be reemployed, a continuing contract shall be entered into between the board and the teacher unless the board by a three-fourths vote of its full membership rejects the recommendation of the superintendent. If the board rejects by a three-fourths vote of its full membership the recommendation of the superintendent that a teacher eligible for continuing service status be reemployed and the superintendent makes no recommendation to the board pursuant to division (C) of this section, the board may declare its intention not to reemploy the teacher by giving the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher. If evaluation procedures have not been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or the board does not give the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher, the teacher is deemed reemployed under an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year at the same salary plus any increment provided by the salary schedule. The teacher is presumed to have accepted employment under the extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year shall be executed accordingly. Upon any subsequent reemployment of the teacher only a continuing contract may be entered into. (2) If the superintendent recommends that a teacher eligible for continuing service status not be reemployed, the board may declare its intention not to reemploy the teacher by giving the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher. If evaluation procedures have not been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or the board does not give the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher, the teacher is deemed reemployed under an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year at the same salary plus any increment provided by the salary schedule. The teacher is presumed to have accepted employment under the extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year shall be executed accordingly. Upon any subsequent reemployment of a teacher only a continuing contract may be entered into. (3) Any teacher receiving written notice of the intention of a board not to reemploy such teacher pursuant to this division is entitled to the hearing provisions of division (G) of this section. (C)(1) If a board rejects the recommendation of the superintendent for reemployment of a teacher pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the superintendent may recommend reemployment of the teacher, if continuing service status has not previously been attained elsewhere, under an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed two years, provided that written notice of the superintendent's intention to make such recommendation has been given to the teacher with reasons directed at the professional improvement of the teacher on or before the first day of June. Upon subsequent reemployment of the teacher only a continuing contract may be entered into. (2) If a board of education takes affirmative action on a superintendent's recommendation, made pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, of an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed two years but the board does not give the teacher written notice of its affirmative action on the superintendent's recommendation of an extended limited contract on or before the first day of June, the teacher is deemed reemployed under a continuing contract at the same salary plus any increment provided by the salary schedule. The teacher is presumed to have accepted employment under such continuing contract unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and a continuing contract shall be executed accordingly. (3) A board shall not reject a superintendent's recommendation, made pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, of an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed two years except by a three-fourths vote of its full membership. If a board rejects by a three-fourths vote of its full membership the recommendation of the superintendent of an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed two years, the board may declare its intention not to reemploy the teacher by giving the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher. If evaluation procedures have not been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or if the board does not give the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher, the teacher is deemed reemployed under an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year at the same salary plus any increment provided by the salary schedule. The teacher is presumed to have accepted employment under the extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and an extended limited contract for a term not to exceed one year shall be executed accordingly. Upon any subsequent reemployment of the teacher only a continuing contract may be entered into. Any teacher receiving written notice of the intention of a board not to reemploy such teacher pursuant to this division is entitled to the hearing provisions of division (G) of this section. (D) A teacher eligible for continuing contract status employed under an extended limited contract pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section, is, at the expiration of such extended limited contract, deemed reemployed under a continuing contract at the same salary plus any increment granted by the salary schedule, unless evaluation procedures have been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code and the employing board, acting on the superintendent's recommendation that the teacher not be reemployed, gives the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy such teacher. A teacher who does not have evaluation procedures applied in compliance with section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or who does not receive notice on or before the first day of June of the intention of the board not to reemploy such teacher is presumed to have accepted employment under a continuing contract unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and a continuing contract shall be executed accordingly. Any teacher receiving a written notice of the intention of a board not to reemploy such teacher pursuant to this division is entitled to the hearing provisions of division (G) of this section. (E) The board shall enter into a limited contract with each teacher employed by the board who is not eligible to be considered for a continuing contract. Any teacher employed under a limited contract, and not eligible to be considered for a continuing contract, is, at the expiration of such limited contract, considered reemployed under the provisions of this division at the same salary plus any increment provided by the salary schedule unless evaluation procedures have been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code and the employing board, acting upon the superintendent's written recommendation that the teacher not be reemployed, gives such teacher written notice of its intention not to reemploy such teacher on or before the first day of June. A teacher who does not have evaluation procedures applied in compliance with section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or who does not receive notice of the intention of the board not to reemploy such teacher on or before the first day of June is presumed to have accepted such employment unless such teacher notifies the board in writing to the contrary on or before the fifteenth day of June, and a written contract for the succeeding school year shall be executed accordingly. Any teacher receiving a written notice of the intention of a board not to reemploy such teacher pursuant to this division is entitled to the hearing provisions of division (G) of this section. (F) The failure of a superintendent to make a recommendation to the board under any of the conditions set forth in divisions (B) to (E) of this section, or the failure of the board to give such teacher a written notice pursuant to divisions (C) to (E) of this section shall not prejudice or prevent a teacher from being deemed reemployed under either a limited or continuing contract as the case may be under the provisions of this section. A failure of the parties to execute a written contract shall not void any automatic reemployment provisions of this section. (G)(1) Any teacher receiving written notice of the intention of a board of education not to reemploy such teacher pursuant to division (B), (C)(3), (D), or (E) of this section may, within ten days of the date of receipt of the notice, file with the treasurer of the board a written demand for a written statement describing the circumstances that led to the board's intention not to reemploy the teacher. (2) The treasurer of a board, on behalf of the board, shall, within ten days of the date of receipt of a written demand for a written statement pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, provide to the teacher a written statement describing the circumstances that led to the board's intention not to reemploy the teacher. (3) Any teacher receiving a written statement describing the circumstances that led to the board's intention not to reemploy the teacher pursuant to division (G)(2) of this section may, within five days of the date of receipt of the statement, file with the treasurer of the board a written demand for a hearing before the board pursuant to divisions (G)(4) to (6) of this section. (4) The treasurer of a board, on behalf of the board, shall, within ten days of the date of receipt of a written demand for a hearing pursuant to division (G)(3) of this section, provide to the teacher a written notice setting forth the time, date, and place of the hearing. The board shall schedule and conclude the hearing within forty days of the date on which the treasurer of the board receives a written demand for a hearing pursuant to division (G)(3) of this section. (5) Any hearing conducted pursuant to this division shall be conducted by a majority of the members of the board. The hearing shall be held in executive session of the board unless the board and the teacher agree to hold the hearing in public. The superintendent, assistant superintendent, the teacher, and any person designated by either party to take a record of the hearing may be present at the hearing. The board may be represented by counsel and the teacher may be represented by counsel or a designee. A record of the hearing may be taken by either party at the expense of the party taking the record. (6) Within ten days of the conclusion of a hearing conducted pursuant to this division, the board shall issue to the teacher a written decision containing an order affirming the intention of the board not to reemploy the teacher reported in the notice given to the teacher pursuant to division (B), (C)(3), (D), or (E) of this section or an order vacating the intention not to reemploy and expunging any record of the intention, notice of the intention, and the hearing conducted pursuant to this division. (7) A teacher may appeal an order affirming the intention of the board not to reemploy the teacher to the court of common pleas of the county in which the largest portion of the territory of the school district or service center is located, within thirty days of the date on which the teacher receives the written decision, on the grounds that the board has not complied with this section or section 3319.111 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 2506.04 of the Revised Code, the court in an appeal under this division is limited to the determination of procedural errors and to ordering the correction of procedural errors and shall have no jurisdiction to order a board to reemploy a teacher, except that the court may order a board to reemploy a teacher in compliance with the requirements of division (B), (C)(3), (D), or (E) of this section when the court determines that evaluation procedures have not been complied with pursuant to section 3319.111 of the Revised Code or the board has not given the teacher written notice on or before the first day of June of its intention not to reemploy the teacher pursuant to division (B), (C)(3), (D), or (E) of this section. Otherwise, the determination whether to reemploy or not reemploy a teacher is solely a board's determination and not a proper subject of judicial review and, except as provided in this division, no decision of a board whether to reemploy or not reemploy a teacher shall be invalidated by the court on any basis, including that the decision was not warranted by the results of any evaluation or was not warranted by any statement given pursuant to division (G)(2) of this section. No appeal of an order of a board may be made except as specified in this division. (H)(1) In giving a teacher any notice required by division (B), (C), (D), or (E) of this section, the board or the superintendent shall do either of the following: (a) Deliver the notice by personal service upon the teacher; (b) Deliver the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, addressed to the teacher at the teacher's place of employment and deliver a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, addressed to the teacher at the teacher's place of residence. Delivery of the notice required under division (H)(1)(b) of this section may be satisfied by electronic delivery with electronic proof of delivery. (2) In giving a board any notice required by division (B), (C), (D), or (E) of this section, the teacher shall do either of the following: (a) Deliver the notice by personal delivery to the office of the superintendent during regular business hours; (b) Deliver the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, addressed to the office of the superintendent and deliver a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, addressed to the president of the board at the president's place of residence. Delivery of the notice required under division (H)(2)(b) of this section may be satisfied by electronic delivery with electronic proof of delivery. (3) When any notice and copy of the notice are mailed pursuant to division (H)(1)(b) or (2)(b) of this section, the notice or copy of the notice with the earlier date of receipt shall constitute the notice for the purposes of division (B), (C), (D), or (E) of this section. (I) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any supplemental written contracts entered into pursuant to section 3319.08 of the Revised Code. (J) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the dates set forth in this section as "on or before the first day of June" or "on or before the fifteenth day of June" prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after March 22, 2013. Last updated August 16, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.27
§ 3317.27. Quality community school support program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The quality community school support program is established. Under the program, the department of education and workforce shall pay each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and designated as a community school of quality under section 3317.28 of the Revised Code an amount up to three thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each student identified as economically disadvantaged and up to two thousand two hundred fifty dollars in each fiscal year for each student that is not identified as economically disadvantaged. The payment for a fiscal year shall be calculated using the adjusted full-time equivalent number of students enrolled in the school for that fiscal year as of the date the payment is made, as reported by the school under section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. The department shall make periodic payments to each designated school beginning in January of that fiscal year. Last updated August 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.34
§ 3375.34. Name of board of library trustees
Status: in_force

August 22, 1980 House Bill 847 - 113th General Assembly The board of trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06 , 3375.10 , 3375.12 , 3375.15 , 3375.22 , and 3375.30 of the Revised Code, shall designate the name under which it may acquire or convey property, contract, sue or be sued, or perform any other official act. If the board does not designate a name, the library shall be known as the ______________ public library, with the blank being filled in with the name of the subdivision which created the library.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.311
§ 3319.311. Investigations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The state board of education, or the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the board, may investigate any information received about a person that reasonably appears to be a basis for action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, including information received pursuant to section 3314.40 , 3319.291 , 3319.313 , 3326.24 , 3328.19 , 5126.253 , or 5153.176 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the board shall contract with the office of the Ohio attorney general to conduct any investigation of that nature. The board shall pay for the costs of the contract only from moneys in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund established in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, all information received pursuant to section 3314.40 , 3319.291 , 3319.313 , 3326.24 , 3328.19 , 5126.253 , or 5153.176 of the Revised Code, and all information obtained during an investigation is confidential and is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. If an investigation is conducted under this division regarding information received about a person and no action is taken against the person under this section or section 3319.31 of the Revised Code within two years of the completion of the investigation, all records of the investigation shall be expunged. (2) In the case of a person about whom the board has learned of a plea of guilty to, finding of guilt by a jury or court of, or a conviction of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, or substantially comparable conduct occurring in a jurisdiction outside this state, the board or the superintendent of public instruction need not conduct any further investigation and shall take the action required by division (C) or (F) of that section. Except as provided in division (G) of this section, all information obtained by the board or the superintendent of public instruction pertaining to the action is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent of public instruction shall review the results of each investigation of a person conducted under division (A)(1) of this section and shall determine, on behalf of the state board, whether the results warrant initiating action under division (B) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall advise the board of such determination at a meeting of the board. Within fourteen days of the next meeting of the board, any member of the board may ask that the question of initiating action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code be placed on the board's agenda for that next meeting. Prior to initiating that action against any person, the person's name and any other personally identifiable information shall remain confidential. (C) The board shall take no action against a person under division (B) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code without providing the person with written notice of the charges and with an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) For purposes of an investigation under division (A)(1) of this section or a hearing under division (C) of this section or under division (E)(2) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the board, or the superintendent on behalf of the board, may administer oaths, order the taking of depositions, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony. The issuance of subpoenas under this division may be by certified mail, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, including electronic delivery with electronic proof of delivery, or personal delivery to the person. (E) The superintendent, on behalf of the board, may enter into a consent agreement with a person against whom action is being taken under division (B) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. The board may adopt rules governing the superintendent's action under this division. (F) No surrender of a license shall be effective until the board takes action to accept the surrender unless the surrender is pursuant to a consent agreement entered into under division (E) of this section. (G) The name of any person who is not required to report information under section 3314.40 , 3319.313 , 3326.24 , 3328.19 , 5126.253 , or 5153.176 of the Revised Code, but who in good faith provides information to the state board or superintendent of public instruction about alleged misconduct committed by a person who holds a license or has applied for issuance or renewal of a license, shall be confidential and shall not be released. Any such person shall be immune from any civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the provision of that information. (H)(1) No person shall knowingly make a false report to the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education alleging misconduct by an employee of a public or chartered nonpublic school or an employee of the operator of a community school established under Chapter 3314. or a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2)(a) In any civil action brought against a person in which it is alleged and proved that the person violated division (H)(1) of this section, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs that the prevailing party incurred in the civil action or as a result of the false report that was the basis of the violation. (b) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (H)(1) of this section, if the subject of the false report that was the basis of the violation was charged with any violation of a law or ordinance as a result of the false report, and if the subject of the false report is found not to be guilty of the charges brought against the subject as a result of the false report or those charges are dismissed, the court that sentences the person for the violation of division (H)(1) of this section, as part of the sentence, shall order the person to pay restitution to the subject of the false report, in an amount equal to reasonable attorney's fees and costs that the subject of the false report incurred as a result of or in relation to the charges. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.29
§ 3345.29. Office of contract compliance - duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 1992 Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly Each state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code and each state college established through procedures provided in Chapter 3354., 3357., or 3358. of the Revised Code shall establish an office of contract compliance which shall be located in the office of the vice president for business and administration, or its equivalent. The office of contract compliance shall: (A) Monitor all contracts for construction, materials, services, and consulting to ensure compliance with state and federal law regarding affirmative action programs and equal employment opportunity and notify, in writing, any contractor of any preliminary finding of noncompliance; (B) Review and approve all contracts prior to final execution; (C) Keep such current records on contractors that have been reviewed as the contract compliance officer shall require; (D) Maintain a copy of all contracts and purchase orders; (E) Issue a stop-work order on any construction project where one or more of the contractors on such project has failed in the opinion of the office to comply with state or federal affirmative action or equal employment opportunity within thirty days of receiving notification of noncompliance under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.09
§ 3377.09. Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees
Status: in_force

March 7, 1968 Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 3377.08 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may, by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the Ohio higher educational facility commission required by Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of and interest on any bond or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission in the resolution, trust agreement, or indenture, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to administer and operate the pledged facilities, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys of which are pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, principal of and interest on such bonds, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional rentals, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys of the commission, to the payment of such principal and interest; and to foreclose the mortgage on the pledged facilities in the same manner as for real estate of private corporations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.158 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.158
§ 3309.158. Annual disclosures to Ohio Ethics Commission
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The school employees retirement system shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The disclosures required by this section shall be made annually in a report submitted by a date prescribed by the Ohio ethics commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.02
§ 3357.02. Technical college district
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly A technical college district may be created with the approval of the Ohio board of regents pursuant to standards established by it. Such standards shall take into consideration such factors as the population of the proposed district, the present and potential pupil enrollment, present and potential higher education facilities in the district, and such other factors as may pertain to the educational needs of the district. The Ohio board of regents may undertake a study or contract for a study to be made relative to its establishment or application of such standards. The attorney general shall be the attorney for each technical college district and shall provide legal advice in all matters relating to its powers and duties. A proposal to create a technical college district may be presented to the Ohio board of regents in any of the following ways: (A) The board of education of a city school district may by resolution approved by a majority of its members propose the creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole territory of such district. (B) The boards of two or more contiguous city, exempted village, or local school districts or educational service centers may by resolutions approved by a majority of the members of each participating board propose the creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole territories of all the participating school districts and educational service centers. (C) The governing board of any educational service center may by resolution approved by a majority of its members propose the creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole territory of such educational service center. (D) The governing boards of any two or more contiguous educational service centers may by resolutions approved by a majority of the members of each participating board, propose the creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole territories of such educational service centers. (E) Qualified electors residing in a city school district, in a county, in two or more contiguous school districts, or in two or more contiguous counties may execute a petition proposing the creation of a technical college district comprised of the territory of the city school district, educational service center, two or more contiguous school districts or educational service centers, or two or more contiguous counties, respectively. Such petition shall be presented to the board of elections of the most populous county in which the technical college district is situated and shall bear the signatures of at least two per cent of the total number of resident electors who voted in the most recent election for governor in the territory of such proposed district. Such petition shall set forth the necessity for the district, a demonstration that it will be conducive to the public convenience and welfare, and a description of the territory to be included in the proposed district. Upon receiving a petition duly executed pursuant to division (E) of this section, the board of elections of the most populous county shall certify the fact of such petition to the boards of elections of the other counties, if any, in which any of the territory of the proposed district is situated. The proposal to create a technical college district shall be placed on the ballot by the board of elections and submitted to vote in each affected city school district, county, or group of contiguous school districts or counties, at the next primary or general election occurring more than ninety days after the filing of such petition. If there is no primary or general election occurring within one hundred five days after the filing of such petition, the board of elections of the most populous county shall fix the date of a special election to be held in each affected city school district, county, or group of contiguous school districts or counties, such date to be not less than ninety days after the filing of the petition. If a majority of electors voting on the proposition in the proposed technical college district vote in favor thereof, the board of elections of the most populous county in which the proposed district is situated shall certify such fact to the Ohio board of regents. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.0411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.0411
§ 3333.0411. Reports for teacher preparation programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Not later than December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, the chancellor of higher education shall report for each approved teacher preparation program, the number and percentage of all graduates of the program who were rated at each of the performance levels prescribed by division (B)(1) of section 3319.112 of the Revised Code on an evaluation conducted in accordance with section 3319.111 of the Revised Code in the previous school year. In no case shall the report identify any individual graduate. The department of education and workforce shall share any data necessary for the report with the chancellor. Last updated August 24, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.43
§ 3319.43. Designated state official shall be superintendent of public instruction
Status: in_force

November 25, 1969 House Bill 275 - 108th General Assembly The "designated state official" defined pursuant to article II of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code shall be the superintendent of public instruction. He shall enter into contracts pursuant to article III of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the state board of education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.02
§ 3309.02. 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 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 school employees retirement board, any member of the school employees retirement system who was a member with not less than one year of unadjusted service credit prior to active service in the armed forces subsequent to October 31, 1965, and who returns to service as an employee or as an employee in a capacity covered by either the public employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system within two years after receiving such discharge or release, and establishes one year of service credit, shall have such service considered as prior service, provided that the total amount of such service granted by the board shall not exceed ten years. This section shall not serve to cancel any military service credit earned or granted prior to November 1, 1965. (C) A member of the school employees 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 3309.021 or 3309.022 of the Revised Code. At the time such credit is requested, the member shall certify on a form supplied by the retirement 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 3:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.264 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.264
§ 3319.264. Alternative resident educator license for master's degree holders
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary, the state board of education shall issue an alternative resident educator license under division (C) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code to each applicant who meets both of the following conditions: (1) The applicant has a master's degree in the subject area to be taught from an accredited institution of higher education. (2) The applicant passes an examination in the subject area to be taught. (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) To renew an initial alternative resident educator license issued under this section, the holder of that license shall complete the pedagogical training institute described in division (B) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 24, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.351
§ 3345.351. Review of student records for associate degree eligibility
Status: in_force

March 2, 2021 Senate Bill 89 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning two years after the effective date of this section, and every two years thereafter, each state university shall review the university's student records to identify any student to whom all of the following apply: (1) The student disenrolled from the state university within the five years immediately prior to the first review under this section. For each subsequent review under this section, the student disenrolled within two years immediately prior to that review. (2) The student has been disenrolled for four or more semesters, including summer sessions. (3) The student did not complete a bachelor's degree. (4) The student has a grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. (5) The student completed at least forty-five credit hours. (C) Each state university shall determine if each student identified in the review is eligible or close to being eligible for an associate degree from that university. If a student identified in the review is determined to be eligible or close to being eligible for an associate degree, the state university shall inform the student of such potential eligibility using the most recent contact information the university has on file. (D) Each state university shall report the findings of each review conducted under this section to the chancellor of higher education. (E) The chancellor shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.18
§ 3301.18. Duties of department regarding desegregation within school districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall: (A) Administer grants under section 3301.19 of the Revised Code in support of voluntary desegregation within school districts; (B) Provide technical assistance to school districts developing voluntary plans for desegregation or plans to reduce or eliminate racial isolation; (C) Develop desegregation plans as required by court order and provide technical assistance to school districts required to develop plans under court order; (D) Report to the general assembly annually on expenditures made by the state to reduce or eliminate racial isolation and enumerate anticipated expenses for desegregation resulting from court action or action taken by the federal government. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.327 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.327
§ 3319.327. Monitoring of school-issued devices
Status: in_force

December 9, 2024 House Bill 432 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as described in division (B) of this section, a school district or technology provider shall not electronically access or monitor any of the following: (1) Location-tracking features of a school-issued device; (2) Audio or visual receiving, transmitting, or recording feature of a school-issued device; (3) Student interactions with a school-issued device, including, but not limited to, keystrokes and web-browsing activity. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply in the following circumstances: (1) The activity is limited to a noncommercial educational purpose for instruction, technical support, or exam-proctoring by school district employees, student teachers, staff contracted by a district, a vendor, or the department of education and workforce. (2) The activity is permitted under a judicial warrant or subpoena unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law. (3) The school district or technology provider is notified or becomes aware that the device is missing or stolen. (4) The activity is necessary to prevent or respond to a threat to life or safety, and the access is limited to that purpose. (5) The activity is necessary to comply with federal or state law. (6) The activity is necessary to participate in federal or state funding programs. (C)(1) In any year that a school district or technology provider elects to generally monitor a school-issued device for any of the circumstances described in division (B) of this section, the school district shall provide written notice of that monitoring to the parents of its enrolled students. (2) In the event that one of the circumstances described in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section is triggered and the school district initiates responsive action, the school district shall, within seventy-two hours of the access, notify the student's parent and provide a written description of the triggering circumstance, including which features of the device were accessed and a description of the threat, if any. This notice is not required at any time when the notice itself would pose a threat to life or safety. (3) In the event that one of the circumstances described in division (B)(4) of this section is triggered and the school district initiates action in response to division (B)(4) of this section or pursuant to section 2151.421 , 3313.66 , 3313.666 , or 3313.669 of the Revised Code, the school district shall, within seventy-two hours of the access, notify the student's parent and provide a written description of the triggering circumstance, including which features of the device were accessed and a description of the threat, if any. This notice is not required at any time when the notice itself would pose a threat to life or safety. Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall release, or permit access to, educational support services data concerning any student attending a public school for any purpose. Educational support services data shall be made available to the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency established in section 3304.15 of the Revised Code in furtherance of that agency's duties and supports to individuals with disabilities as described in Chapter 3304. of the Revised Code. (D) A contract entered into between a school district and a county board of developmental disabilities, educational service center, joint vocational school district, another school district, or an information technology center for services, including the general monitoring or access of school-issued devices, shall indicate which entity is responsible for providing notice under this section. Last updated January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.241
§ 3345.241. Student discipline due process procedures
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly Except as provided in sections 3345.22 to 3345.24 of the Revised Code, a state university, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall provide a student who is subject to a disciplinary action by the university with a notice of the disciplinary action, the reasons for that disciplinary action, and the student's right to appeal the disciplinary action under this section. If the student elects to appeal the disciplinary action, the state university shall afford the student with a fair and impartial hearing within a reasonable time thereafter under regular procedures of the state university. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 5:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.111
§ 3345.111. Facility inspection reports
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall submit to the chancellor of higher education and the department of administrative services each report the state institution receives from an Ohio building or fire code inspection of an existing building or structure under the control of the state institution or a private entity on behalf of the state institution. The department of administrative services shall post a copy of each submitted report in a prominent location on its publicly accessible web site. If an inspection report identifies any issues in a building or structure requiring remediation, the department shall prepare and post to its web site, alongside the report, an estimate of the cost to conduct the remediation. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.371 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.371
§ 3313.371. Governing board of service center may borrow money to purchase computer equipment
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly The governing board of any educational service center may borrow money for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment, subject to the terms and conditions agreed to by the governing board and the lender. The principal and interest on such indebtedness shall be discharged solely from the revenues available to the educational service center governing board, and the proceeds of the loan shall be used solely for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.381
§ 3314.381. Dropout recovery community school advisory council
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council. The council shall provide a forum for communication and collaboration between the department and parties involved in the establishment and operation of dropout prevention and recovery community schools, including sponsors and operators. (B) The advisory council shall consist of the following members appointed by the director of education and workforce: (1) Two members of the state board of education; (2) One employee of the department who works directly with dropout prevention and recovery community schools, including any employee who works as a liaison with such schools; (3) Seven individuals with experience in dropout prevention and recovery community schools, their operators, and their sponsors. In appointing these individuals, the director shall ensure they represent a diverse array of schools in terms of enrollment, programs, learning models, and methods of instruction. (C) The advisory council shall, in collaboration with the director, review all existing rules and guidance previously developed or adopted by the department pursuant to division (C) of section 3314.382 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.064 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.064
§ 3302.064. Collective bargaining agreements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school district board of education under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this section shall allow for the waiver of any provision of the agreement specified in the innovation plan approved or created under section 3302.061 of the Revised Code as needing to be waived to implement the plan, in the event the district is designated as a school district of innovation. (B)(1) In the case of an innovation school, waiver of the provisions specified in the innovation plan shall be contingent upon at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit covered by the collective bargaining agreement who work in the school voting, by secret ballot, to approve the waiver. (2) In the case of an innovation school zone, waiver of the provisions specified in the innovation plan shall be contingent upon, in each participating school, at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit covered by the collective bargaining agreement who work in that school voting, by secret ballot, to approve the waiver. If at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit in a participating school do not vote to approve the waiver, the board may revise the innovation plan to remove that school from the innovation school zone. (3) If a board's revisions to an innovation plan under section 3302.066 of the Revised Code require a waiver of additional provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, that waiver shall be contingent upon approval under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section in the same manner as the initial waiver. (C) A waiver approved under division (B) of this section shall continue to apply relative to any substantially similar provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into after the approval of the waiver. (D) A waiver approved under division (B) of this section shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its designation revoked under section 3302.065 of the Revised Code, or if the school is removed from an innovation school zone under that section. (E) An employee working in an innovation school or a school participating in an innovation school zone who is a member of a bargaining unit that approves a waiver under division (B) of this section may request the board to transfer the employee to another school of the district. The board shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the employee's request.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.20
§ 3305.20. Alternate payee entitled to certain information
Status: in_force

July 29, 2011 House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly As used in this section, "personal history record" means information maintained by the entity providing an alternative retirement plan on an individual who participates in the plan that includes the address, telephone number, social security number, record of contributions, correspondence with the plan, or other information the entity providing the plan determines to be confidential. The entity shall comply with orders issued under section 3105.87 of the Revised Code requiring it to provide information from a participant's personal history record. The entity shall furnish information as follows: (A) On the written request of an alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, the entity providing the alternative retirement plan shall furnish to the alternate payee information on the amount and status of any amounts payable to the alternate payee under an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code. (B) Documentation required by section 2929.193 of the Revised Code shall be provided to a court holding a hearing under that section. (C) The notice required by section 3305.12 of the Revised Code shall be provided to the prosecutor assigned to the case.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.30
§ 3375.30. Appointment, term, and compensation of board of library trustees of a regional library district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In any two or more contiguous counties in which there has been created a regional library district, there shall be a board of library trustees consisting of seven members. Such trustees shall be qualified electors of the district. The first appointments to such board of library trustees shall be made by the boards of county commissioners of such counties in joint meeting. Thereafter each appointment to fill an expiring term shall be made by the board of county commissioners of a participating county in the rotating order represented by the alphabetical arrangement of the names of the counties. The term of office of said trustees, if appointed prior to the effective date of this amendment, shall be seven years, or, if appointed on or after that date, shall be four years, except that at the first appointment the terms must be such that one member retires each year. Any appointment made to fill a vacancy shall be made by the same body which appointed the trustee whose place has become vacant and shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. The members of such board of library trustees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such board of library trustees shall organize in accordance with section 3375.32 of the Revised Code. Such board of library trustees shall have the control and management of the regional district free public library and in exercise of such control and management shall be governed by sections 3375.33 to 3375.41 and section 3375.19 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.5311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.5311
§ 3313.5311. Access to public school extracurricular activities by nonpublic school students
Status: in_force

March 16, 2017 Senate Bill 3 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 3313.5312 of the Revised Code, "extracurricular activity" has the same meaning as in section 3313.537 of the Revised Code. (B) If the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled does not offer the extracurricular activity, a student enrolled in a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall be afforded, by the superintendent of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the opportunity to participate in that extracurricular activity at the district school to which the student otherwise would be assigned during that school year. If more than one school operated by the school district serves the student's grade level, as determined by the district superintendent based on the student's age and academic performance, the student shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in that extracurricular activity at the school to which the student would be assigned by the superintendent under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The superintendent of any school district may afford any student enrolled in a nonpublic school, and who is not entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the opportunity to participate in an extracurricular activity offered by a school of the district, if the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled does not offer the extracurricular activity and either of the following apply: (1) The extracurricular activity is not interscholastic athletics or interscholastic contests or competition in music, drama, or forensics. (2) The extracurricular activity is in an interscholastic athletic or interscholastic contest or competition in music, drama, or forensics. In order to participate under division (C)(2) of this section, the student shall seek to participate at either the school district in which the student's nonpublic school is located or the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, so long as the chosen district offers the extracurricular activity. If the student seeks to participate under division (C)(2) of this section at the school district in which the student's nonpublic school is located, both of the following shall apply: (a) The superintendent of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school shall certify that the student has not participated in any extracurricular activity that is in an interscholastic athletic or interscholastic contest or competition in music, drama, or forensics at that school district during that school year. If the student has participated in such an extracurricular activity at that school district during the school year, the student shall be ineligible to participate at the school district in which the student's nonpublic school is located for that school year. (b) The superintendent of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school and the superintendent of the school district in which the student is seeking to participate shall mutually agree, in writing, to allow the student to participate in the extracurricular activity at the school district in which the student's nonpublic school is located. (D) In order to participate in an extracurricular activity under this section, the student shall be of the appropriate age and grade level, as determined by the superintendent of the district, for the school that offers the extracurricular activity, and shall fulfill the same academic, nonacademic, and financial requirements as any other participant. (E) No school district shall impose additional rules on a student to participate under this section that do not apply to other students participating in the same extracurricular activity. No district shall impose additional fees for a student to participate under this section that exceed any fees charged to other students participating in the same extracurricular activity. (F) No school district, interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events shall require a student who is eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities under this section to meet eligibility requirements that conflict with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.26
§ 3328.26. Annual report card
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall issue an annual report card for each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that includes all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (B) For each student enrolled in the school, the department shall combine data regarding the academic performance of that student with comparable data from the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school for the purpose of calculating the performance of the district as a whole on the report card issued for the district under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Each college-preparatory boarding school and its operator shall comply with sections 3302.04 and 3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be taken by the school. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.07
§ 3345.07. Housing and dining facilities
Status: in_force

November 5, 1969 Senate Bill 299 - 108th General Assembly Each state university or college may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, housing and dining facilities, and may pay for the same out of available receipts of such state university or college. To pay all or part of the costs of housing and dining facilities, and to refund obligations previously issued for such purpose, each state university or college may issue obligations in the manner provided by and subject to the applicable provisions of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.55
§ 3301.55. Preschool program building requirements and building plan
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) A school district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school operating a preschool program shall house the program in buildings that meet the following requirements: (1) The building is operated by the district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school and has been approved by the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce or a certified municipal, township, or county building department for the purpose of operating a program for preschool children. Any such structure shall be constructed, equipped, repaired, altered, and maintained in accordance with applicable provisions of Chapters 3781. and 3791. and with rules adopted by the board of building standards under Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code for the safety and sanitation of structures erected for this purpose. (2) The building is in compliance with fire and safety laws and regulations as evidenced by reports of annual school fire and safety inspections as conducted by appropriate local authorities. (3) The school is in compliance with rules established by the department of education and workforce regarding school food services. (4) The facility includes not less than thirty-five square feet of indoor space for each child in the program. Safe play space, including both indoor and outdoor play space, totaling not less than sixty square feet for each child using the space at any one time, shall be regularly available and scheduled for use. (5) First aid facilities and space for temporary placement or isolation of injured or ill children are provided. (B) Each school district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school that operates, or proposes to operate, a preschool program shall submit to the department of children and youth a building plan including all information specified by the department of children and youth not later than the first day of September of the school year in which the program is to be initiated. The department shall determine whether the buildings meet the requirements of this section and section 3301.53 of the Revised Code. If the department determines, on the basis of the building plan or any other information, that the buildings do not meet those requirements, it shall inspect the buildings. The department shall specify any aspects of the building that are not in compliance with the requirements of this section and section 3301.53 of the Revised Code and the time period that will be allowed the district, county board of developmental disabilities, or school to meet the requirements. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.47
§ 3345.47. Requirements to live in on-campus housing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) No state university shall require a student to live in on-campus student housing, if the student lives within twenty-five miles of the campus. (B) As used in this section: (1) "On-campus student housing" has the same meaning as in section 3345.85 of the Revised Code. (2) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6019 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6019
§ 3313.6019. Agricultural education programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than December 31, 2013, the department of education and workforce shall issue a report with recommendations for quality agricultural education programs. These recommendations shall be developed using both of the following: (1) The standards for exemplary agricultural education that are described in the national quality program standards for secondary (grades 9-12) agricultural education developed by the national council for agricultural education or a successor document developed by the national council for agricultural education or its successor; (2) The quality program standards for Ohio's agricultural and environmental systems career field programs or a successor document developed by the department, the Ohio association of agricultural educators, the Ohio state university, and wilmington college of Ohio. The report shall include the appropriate use of extended programming in agricultural education programs and the recommended number of hours outside the normal school day that licensed educators may be permitted to provide extended programming instruction. Following the initial issuance of the report, the department may periodically review and update the report as it considers necessary. (B) All agricultural education instructors shall utilize a three-part model of agricultural education instruction of classroom instruction, FFA activities, and extended programming projects. (C) Professional development associated with agricultural education shall be considered an acceptable use of extended student programming funds. (D) All agricultural education instructors shall submit a monthly time log to the principal of the school at which the extended programming is offered, or the principal's designee, for review. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.03
§ 3357.03. Copy of certification or resolution creating district to be filed with secretary of state
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly Within thirty days after approval by the Ohio board of regents of a technical college district proposed pursuant to section 3357.02 of the Revised Code, such board shall file with the secretary of state a copy of its certification or resolution creating the district. Such copy shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed and recorded under the general law concerning corporations. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.618 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.618
§ 3313.618. Diploma requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In addition to the curriculum requirements specified by the board of education of a school district or governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school, each student entering ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, 2019, shall satisfy at least one of the following conditions or the conditions prescribed under division (B) of this section in order to qualify for a high school diploma: (1) Be remediation-free, in accordance with standards adopted under division (F) of section 3345.061 of the Revised Code, on each of the nationally standardized assessments in English, mathematics, and reading; (2) Attain a score specified under division (B)(5)(c) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code on the end-of-course examinations prescribed under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (3) Attain a score that demonstrates workforce readiness and employability on a nationally recognized job skills assessment selected by the department of education and workforce under division (F) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code and obtain either an industry-recognized credential or a license issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that requires an examination for issuance of that license. For the purposes of this division, the industry-recognized credentials and licenses shall be as approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code. A student may choose to qualify for a high school diploma by satisfying any of the separate requirements prescribed by divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. If the student's school district or school does not administer the examination prescribed by one of those divisions that the student chooses to take to satisfy the requirements of this section, the school district or school may require that student to arrange for the applicable scores to be sent directly to the district or school by the company or organization that administers the examination. (B) In addition to the curriculum requirements specified by the district board or school governing authority, each student entering ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2019, shall satisfy the following conditions in order to qualify for a high school diploma: (1) Attain a competency score as determined under division (B)(10) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code on each of the Algebra I and English language arts II end-of-course examinations prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. School districts and chartered nonpublic schools shall offer remedial support to any student who fails to attain a competency score on one or both of the Algebra I and English language arts II end-of-course examinations. Following the first administration of the exam, if a student fails to attain a competency score on one or both of the Algebra I and English language arts II end-of-course examinations that student must retake the respective examination at least once. If a student fails to attain a competency score on a retake examination, the student may demonstrate competency in the failed subject area through one of the following options: (a) Earn course credit taken through the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code in the failed subject area; (b) Complete two of the following options, one of which must be foundational: (i) Foundational options to demonstrate competency, which include earning a cumulative score of proficient or higher on three or more state technical assessments aligned with section 3313.903 of the Revised Code in a single career pathway, obtaining an industry-recognized credential, or group of credentials, approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code that meet the criteria established under that section to qualify for a high school diploma, obtaining a license approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code that is issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that requires an examination for issuance of that license, completing a pre-apprenticeship aligned with options established under section 3313.904 of the Revised Code in the student's chosen career field, completing an apprenticeship registered with the apprenticeship council established under section 4139.02 of the Revised Code in the student's chosen career field, or providing evidence of acceptance into an apprenticeship program after high school that is restricted to participants eighteen years of age or older; (ii) Supporting options to demonstrate competency, which include completing two hundred fifty hours of a work-based learning experience with evidence of positive evaluations, obtaining an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal under section 3313.6112 of the Revised Code, or attaining a workforce readiness score, as determined by the department, on the nationally recognized job skills assessment selected by the department under division (F) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (c) Provide evidence that the student has enlisted in a branch of the armed services of the United States as defined in section 5910.01 of the Revised Code. (d) Be remediation-free, in accordance with standards adopted under division (F) of section 3345.061 of the Revised Code, in the failed subject area on a nationally standardized assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. For English language arts II, a student must be remediation-free in the subjects of English and reading on the nationally standardized assessment. Subject to division (L)(2) of section 3313.61 of the Revised Code, for any students receiving special education and related services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the individualized education program developed for the student under that chapter shall specify the manner in which the student will participate in the assessments administered under this division or an alternate assessment in accordance with division (C)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. (2) Earn at least two of the state diploma seals prescribed under division (A) of section 3313.6114 of the Revised Code, at least one of which shall be any of the following: (a) The state seal of biliteracy established under section 3313.6111 of the Revised Code; (b) The OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal established under section 3313.6112 of the Revised Code; (c) One of the state diploma seals established under divisions (C)(1) to (7) of section 3313.6114 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) A student who transfers into an Ohio public or chartered nonpublic high school from another state or enrolls in such a high school after receiving home education or attending a nonchartered, nontax-supported school in the previous school year shall meet the requirements of division (B) or (D) of this section, as applicable, in order to qualify for a high school diploma. However, any student subject to division (B) of this section who transfers or enrolls after the start of the student's twelfth grade year and fails to attain a competency score on the Algebra I or English language arts II end-of-course examination shall not be required to retake the applicable examination prior to demonstrating competency in the failed subject area under the options prescribed in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (d) of this section. (2) The department shall prescribe standards that allow a transfer student who, prior to the student's transfer, took an assessment described in division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3301.0712 or section 3313.619 of the Revised Code to apply the score from that assessment towards graduation requirements at the student's new public or chartered nonpublic school. (D) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, in addition to the curriculum requirements specified by the school governing authority, a chartered nonpublic school student subject to division (L)(3)(a)(ii) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code entering ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2019, shall qualify for a high school diploma if the student earns a remediation-free score in the areas of English, mathematics, and reading, in accordance with standards adopted under division (F) of section 3345.061 of the Revised Code, on a nationally standardized assessment prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. No such student shall be required to take the Algebra I or English language arts II end-of-course examination or earn diploma seals under this section. (E) The department shall not create or require any additional assessment for the granting of any type of high school diploma other than as prescribed by this section. Except as provided in sections 3313.6111 , 3313.6112 , and 3313.6114 of the Revised Code, the department or the director of education and workforce shall not create any endorsement or designation that may be affiliated with a high school diploma. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.91
§ 3375.91. Board of trustees of regional library system - powers and duties
Status: in_force

June 20, 2008 Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly The board of trustees of each regional library system may: (A) Develop plans of service and operation for the regional library system and submit these to the state library board, and to each other granting authority if and when required by such authority; (B) Receive grants, payments, bequests, and gifts and have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys held in the name of the regional library system; (C) Expend for library purposes, and in the exercise of the powers enumerated in this section, all moneys whether received as grants, payments, gifts, bequests, or otherwise, and generally do all things it determines necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of the regional library system under its jurisdiction; (D) Make and publish such bylaws and rules as may be necessary for its operation and for the government of the regional library system; (E) Purchase or lease vehicles and other personal property for the operation of the regional library system; (F) Purchase, erect, lease, or lease with an option to purchase, appropriate buildings or parts of buildings for use of the regional library system; (G) Hold title to and have the custody of all property, both real and personal, of the regional library system; (H) Appoint and fix the compensation of a director and necessary assistants, who shall have the same employment status as employees of public libraries; (I) Elect and fix compensation of a fiscal officer and a deputy fiscal officer who shall serve for a term of one year; (J) Enter into contracts with the governing body of any participating library organized under sections 1713.28 , 3375.06 , 3375.10 , 3375.12 , 3375.121 , 3375.15 , 3375.22 , and 3375.30 of the Revised Code, the state library board, any granting authority, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, boards of township trustees, colleges, universities, or public or private agencies and corporations; (K) Accept an application from any other library desiring to become a participating library in accordance with the agreement for the formation of the system, either as originally submitted to and approved by the state library board, or as amended by and with the agreement of all the participating libraries and the approval of the state library board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.23
§ 3326.23. Annual assurances of schools to department
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly This section does not apply to any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that is governed and controlled by a school district in accordance with section 3326.51 of the Revised Code on or after September 30, 2021. The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school annually shall provide the following assurances in writing to the department of education and workforce not later than ten business days prior to the opening of the school: (A) That the school has a plan for providing special education and related services to students with disabilities and has demonstrated the capacity to provide those services in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and federal law; (B) That the school has a plan and procedures for administering the achievement and diagnostic assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 , 3301.0712 , and 3301.0715 of the Revised Code; (C) That school personnel have the necessary training, knowledge, and resources to properly use and submit information to all databases maintained by the department for the collection of education data, including the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code; (D) That all required information about the school has been submitted to the Ohio education directory system or any successor system; (E) That all classroom teachers are licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code or are engaged to teach pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code; (F) That the school's treasurer is in compliance with section 3326.21 of the Revised Code; (G) That the school has complied with sections 3319.39 and 3319.391 of the Revised Code with respect to all employees and that the school has conducted a criminal records check of each of its governing body members; (H) That the school holds all of the following: (1) Proof of property ownership or a lease for the facilities used by the school; (2) A certificate of occupancy; (3) Liability insurance for the school, as required by section 3326.11 of the Revised Code; (4) A satisfactory health and safety inspection; (5) A satisfactory fire inspection; (6) A valid food permit, if applicable. (I) That the governing body has conducted a pre-opening site visit to the school for the school year for which the assurances are provided; (J) That the school has designated a date it will open for the school year for which the assurances are provided; (K) That the school has met all of the governing body's requirements for opening and any other requirements of the governing body. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.137 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.137
§ 3301.137. Public meetings
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of education and workforce, or the director's designee, shall convene a public meeting at least once every other month. Employees of the department of education and workforce shall conduct a presentation at each meeting that addresses any new information the department has about any of its significant new or existing initiatives, policies, or guidelines; any change to state or federal law that affects the department or education stakeholders, as determined by the director, in this state; and any rule the director intends to adopt, amend, or rescind in accordance with Chapter 119. and section 3301.138 of the Revised Code. Nothing in division (A) of this section precludes the director or the department from using other methods to engage with stakeholders. (B) At the conclusion of a presentation under this section, the director, or the director's designee, shall provide an opportunity for public discussion on the information provided in the presentation. The director, or the director's designee, may accept public discussion about other topics as the director, or the director's designee, determines appropriate. (C) The department shall make available via the internet an audio recording of each public meeting under this section. The director shall make the audio recording available not later than five business days after the conclusion of a meeting. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any nonemergency rule adopted after the effective date of this section is void unless the rule is included in a presentation conducted in a public meeting under this section prior to initiating rulemaking in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.25
§ 3323.25. Ohio dyslexia committee
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3323.251 of the Revised Code: (1) "Dyslexia" means a specific learning disorder that is neurological in origin and that is characterized by unexpected difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities not consistent with the person's intelligence, motivation, and sensory capabilities, which difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language. (2) "Appropriate certification" means either of the following: (a) Certification at a certified level, or higher, from a research-based, structured literacy program; (b) Any other certification as recognized by a majority vote of the Ohio dyslexia committee. (B)(1) The department of education and workforce shall establish the Ohio dyslexia committee which shall consist of the following members: (a) A school district superintendent appointed by the director of education and workforce; (b) An elementary school principal appointed by the director; (c) A classroom teacher appointed by the director. The teacher shall have an appropriate certification and at least two years of experience teaching in a structured literacy program. (d) An educational service center employee appointed by the director. The employee shall have an appropriate certification. (e) An employee of the department appointed by the director; (f) A parent of a child with dyslexia or an adult with dyslexia appointed by the international dyslexia association in Ohio; (g) An individual with experience in higher education and teacher preparation programs appointed by the chancellor of higher education. The individual appointed by the chancellor shall have an appropriate certification. (h) A board member of the international dyslexia association in Ohio appointed by the international dyslexia association in Ohio. The board member shall have an appropriate certification. (i) A school psychologist appointed by the director; (j) A reading intervention specialist appointed by the director. The reading intervention specialist shall have an appropriate certification. (k) A speech-language pathologist appointed by the state speech and hearing professionals board. The speech-language pathologist shall have an appropriate certification. (2) Each appointing authority shall determine a selection process for the appointments under this section. Each appointing authority that is not the director shall make and submit to the department each appointment prescribed under this section. Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. (3) An individual may be appointed to the committee without required certification or experience if the appointing authority determines that the individual has sufficient experience in the individual's respective field. (4) The director shall convene the first meeting of the committee within thirty days after nine members have been appointed to the committee. At the first meeting, members of the committee shall elect one of the members as chairperson. (5) The department shall provide facilities for the meetings of the committee. (C)(1) Not later than December 31, 2021, the Ohio dyslexia committee shall develop a guidebook regarding the best practices and methods for universal screening, intervention, and remediation for children with dyslexia or children displaying dyslexic characteristics and tendencies using a structured literacy program. (2) The committee shall provide an opportunity for public input when developing the guidebook, in the manner determined by the committee. (3) Prior to its distribution, the guidebook shall be subject to final approval by the department. (4) The guidebook shall be developed and issued to districts and schools in an electronic format. After the initial development of the guidebook, the Ohio dyslexia committee shall update the guidebook as necessary. (D) The department, in collaboration with the Ohio dyslexia committee, shall do all of the following: (1) Provide structured literacy program professional development for teachers in evidence-based dyslexia screening and intervention practices for the purposes of section 3319.077 of the Revised Code. (2) Assist school districts and other public schools in establishing multidisciplinary teams to support the identification, intervention, and remediation of dyslexia; (3) Develop reporting mechanisms for districts and schools to submit to the department the information and data required in the guidebook developed under this section; (4) Develop academic standards for kindergarten in reading and writing that incorporate a structured literacy program; (5) Provide on the department's web site information about training for teachers about dyslexia that is available at minimal or no cost. (E) The department, in collaboration with the Ohio dyslexia committee, shall identify reliable, valid, universal, and evidence-based screening and intervention measures that evaluate the literacy skills of students enrolled in grades kindergarten through five using a structured literacy program. (F) The Ohio dyslexia committee may do any of the following: (1) Recommend appropriate ratios in school buildings for students to teachers who have received certification in identifying and addressing dyslexia; (2) Recommend which other school personnel, including school psychologists or speech-language pathologists, should receive certification in identifying and addressing dyslexia; (3) Consider and make recommendations regarding whether professional development required under section 3319.077 of the Revised Code should require the completion of a practicum. Last updated August 25, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.29
§ 3319.29. Fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each application for any license, certificate, or permit under this chapter, or renewal or duplicate of such a license, certificate, or permit, shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount established under division (B) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code. Any fees received under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund established in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code. Any person applying for or holding a license, certificate, or permit under this chapter is subject to sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code and sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM