Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.08
§ 3310.08. Educational choice scholarship amount calculation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Constant multiplier" means 0.50. (2) "Base amount" means the maximum educational choice scholarship amount for the student's grade level under division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(I) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year. (3) "Federal poverty level multiplier" means a percentage equal to the student's family income percentage of the federal poverty guidelines for the fiscal year. (4) "Federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code. (5) "Power equation" means the following formula: The federal poverty level multiplier X ln(constant multiplier) (6) "Minimum amount" means an amount equal to the student's base amount multiplied by ten per cent. (B) The department of education and workforce shall determine the educational choice scholarship amount for a student described in division (A)(10)(a)(ii)(II) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code for a fiscal year, as follows: (1) For a student with a family adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code, at or below four hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines for the fiscal year, the base amount; (2) For a student with a family adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code, above four hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, an amount calculated according to the following formula: The base amount X (1 / the constant multiplier)^4.5 X e^power equation If the amount calculated for a student under division (B)(2) of this division is less than the minimum amount, the student's scholarship amount shall be the minimum amount. (C) For the purposes of calculating a scholarship amount for a student under this section, the department shall require a student's parent to submit documentation regarding the student's family income. The department shall use the documentation submitted for the first school year that the student has a scholarship amount calculated under this section to calculate the amount for that school year and each subsequent school year, unless, for a subsequent school year, the parent requests the department recalculate the student's scholarship amount based on updated documentation. A parent shall submit documentation, or a request for a recalculation, to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.05
§ 3316.05. Financial planning and supervision commission
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Pursuant to the powers of the general assembly and for the purposes of this chapter, upon the declaration of a fiscal emergency in any school district pursuant to division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, there is established, with respect to that school district, a body both corporate and politic constituting an agency and instrumentality of the state and performing essential governmental functions of the state to be known as the "financial planning and supervision commission for ........ (name of school district)," which, in that name, may exercise all authority vested in such a commission by this chapter. A separate commission is established with respect to each school district as to which there is a fiscal emergency as determined under this chapter. (B) A commission appointed after July 1, 1999, shall consist of five voting members, including women and at least one Hispanic or African American if Hispanic and African Americans together constitute at least twenty per cent of the student population of the district, as follows: (1) Two ex officio members: the director of budget and management, or a designee of the director, and the director of education and workforce, or a designee of the director. A designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at any meeting of the commission and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commission. The designations shall be in writing, executed by the member making the designation, and filed with the secretary of the commission. The designations may be changed from time to time in like manner, but due regard shall be given to the need for continuity. (2) Three appointed members, who shall be appointed within fifteen days after the declaration of the fiscal emergency, one by the governor, one by the director of education and workforce, and one by the mayor of the municipal corporation with the largest number of residents living within the school district, except that if more than fifty per cent of the residents of the district reside outside the municipal corporation containing the greatest number of district residents or if there is no municipal corporation located in the school district, the county auditor of the county with the largest number of residents living within the school district shall make the appointment in lieu of a mayor. All of the appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority during the life of the commission. In the event of the death, resignation, incapacity, removal, or ineligibility to serve of an appointed member, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs. (a) The member appointed by the governor and the member appointed by the mayor or county auditor shall be an individual: (i) Who has knowledge and experience in financial matters, financial management, or business organization or operations, including at least five years of experience in the public or private sector in the management of business or financial enterprise, or in management consulting, public accounting, or other similar professional activity; (ii) Whose residency, office, or principal place of professional or business activity is situated within the school district. (b) The member appointed by the director shall be a parent of a child currently enrolled in a public school within the district. (C) Immediately after appointment of the initial appointed members of the commission, the director of education and workforce shall call the first meeting of the commission and shall cause written notice of the time, date, and place of the first meeting to be given to each member of the commission at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting. (D) The director of education and workforce shall serve as the commission's chairperson and the commission shall elect one of its members as vice-chairperson and may appoint a secretary and any other officers, who need not be members of the commission, as it considers necessary. (E) The commission may adopt and alter bylaws and rules, which shall not be subject to section 111.15 or Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the conduct of its affairs and for the manner, subject to this chapter, in which its powers and functions shall be exercised and embodied. (F) Three members of the commission constitute a quorum of the commission. The affirmative vote of three members of the commission is necessary for any action taken by vote of the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the rights of a quorum by such vote to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. Members of the commission, and their designees, are not disqualified from voting by reason of the functions of the other office they hold and are not disqualified from exercising the functions of the other office with respect to the school district, its officers, or the commission. (G) The auditor of state shall act as the financial supervisor for the school district under contract with the commission unless the auditor of state elects to contract for that service. At the request of the commission the auditor of state shall designate employees of the auditor of state's office to assist the commission and to coordinate the work of the auditor of state's office. Upon the declaration of a fiscal emergency in any school district, the school district shall provide the commission with such reasonable office space in the principal building housing the administrative offices of the school district, where feasible, as the commission determines is necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter. The attorney general shall serve as the legal counsel for the commission. (H) The members of the commission, the director of education and workforce, the auditor of state, and any person authorized to act on behalf of or assist them shall not be personally liable or subject to any suit, judgment, or claim for damages resulting from the exercise of or failure to exercise the powers, duties, and functions granted to them in regard to their functioning under this chapter, but the commission, the director, the auditor of state, and such other persons shall be subject to mandamus proceedings to compel performance of their duties under this chapter. (I) At the request of the commission the administrative head of any state agency shall temporarily assign personnel skilled in accounting and budgeting procedures to assist the commission in its duties. (J) The appointed members of the commission are not subject to section 102.02 of the Revised Code, each appointed member of the commission shall file with the commission a signed written statement setting forth the general nature of sales of goods, property, or services or of loans to the school district with respect to which that commission is established, in which the appointed member has a pecuniary interest or in which any member of the appointed member's immediate family, as defined in section 102.01 of the Revised Code, or any corporation, partnership, or enterprise of which the appointed member is an officer, director, or partner, or of which the appointed member or a member of the appointed member's immediate family, as so defined, owns more than a five per cent interest, has a pecuniary interest, and of which sale, loan, or interest such member has knowledge. The statement shall be supplemented from time to time to reflect changes in the general nature of any such sales or loans. (K) Meetings of the commission shall be subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code except that division (C) of such section requiring members to be physically present to be part of a quorum or vote does not apply if the commission holds a meeting by teleconference and if provisions are made for public attendance at any location involved in such teleconference. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.055 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.055
§ 3311.055. School board, board of education and school district construed
Status: in_force

June 30, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school board" or "board of education" is used without expressly referring to boards governing city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include the governing boards of educational service centers. Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school district" is used without expressly referring to city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include educational service centers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.04
§ 3355.04. Appointment of district administrator or board of trustees - term
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 Senate Bill 122 - 105th General Assembly Within ninety days after a university branch district has been declared to be established, pursuant to sections 3355.01 to 3355.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipality or the board or boards of county commissioners shall appoint either a district administrator who shall serve thereafter at the pleasure of the managing authority of the university branch district, or a university branch district board of trustees of seven members. The university branch district board of trustees referred to in this section as "board of trustees" appointed by the legislative authority of the municipality or board or boards of county commissioners, at the time of appointment, shall be residents of the municipality, county, or counties from which the university branch district is created and shall serve for terms not to exceed four years. Members of the board of trustees shall be eligible for reappointment provided that they remain residents of the municipality, county, or counties from which the university branch district is created. Vacancies on the board of trustees may be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term provided that the member so appointed possesses all the qualifications required for a full-term appointment. The appointing authority may appoint members of the university branch district board of trustees for terms of a uniform number of years fixed to expire at one time, or the appointing authority may stagger the terms of the trustees so that one or more terms of the members of the board of trustees expires each year. If staggered term appointments are made to the board of trustees, the initial appointments may be made for terms of less than four years and need not be initially for the same length of time. After initial appointments for staggered terms are made all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of uniform length. For a university branch district created by the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, the board of trustees shall consist of at least one member appointed by each board of county commissioners in the district and no board of county commissioners shall appoint more than four members of the board of trustees. The exact number of members of the board of trustees appointed by each board of county commissioners shall be agreed to unanimously by all boards of county commissioners within the university branch district, except that the total number of trustees shall be seven. The district administrator or the university branch district board of trustees may employ such technical assistants including architects, engineers, appraisers, and other skilled personnel as may be required to plan, acquire, construct, and maintain a university branch campus. The district administrator or the university branch district board of trustees may also employ such supervisory and clerical personnel as may be required in the fulfillment of these responsibilities. Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.09
§ 3305.09. Withholding order to pay restitution for sex offense or theft in office
Status: in_force

April 1, 2001 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Any payment that is to be made under a contract entered into for purposes of funding an employee's alternative retirement plan benefit shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code. The provider of the contract shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment. (B) If the provider receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that the electing employee is charged with a violation of section 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment shall be made under the contract prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the date on which final disposition of the charge is made; (2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the date on which the court decides the motion; (3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty of the charge or not guilty of the charge by reason of insanity, the date on which final disposition of the charge is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3334.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3334 / § 3334.15
§ 3334.15. Credit or payment exemptions - use as security or collateral for loan
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The right of a person to a tuition unit or a payment under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to a tuition payment contract, a scholarship program, or a variable college savings program account shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency laws, or other process of law. (B) The right of a person to a tuition unit or a payment under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to a tuition payment contract, a scholarship program, or a variable college savings program account shall not be used as security or collateral for a loan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.40
§ 3317.40. Accountability for funding
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "subgroup" means one of the following subsets of the entire student population of a school district or a school building: (1) Students with disabilities; (2) Economically disadvantaged students; (3) English learners; (4) Students identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability and specific academic ability fields under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code. (B) It is the intent of the general assembly that funds provided under this chapter shall be used for the provision of a system of common schools and the advancement of the knowledge of all students. As such, school districts and schools shall be held accountable for those funds to ensure that all students are provided an opportunity to graduate from high school prepared for a career or for post-secondary education. (C) When funds are provided under this chapter specifically for services for a subgroup of students, the general assembly has determined that these students experience unique challenges requiring additional resources and intends that the funds so provided be used for services that will allow students in those subgroups to master the knowledge base required for high school graduation. (D) If a district or school fails to show satisfactory achievement and progress, as determined by the department of education and workforce, for any subgroup of students based on performance measures reported or graded under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the district or school shall submit an improvement plan to the department for approval. The plan may be included in any other improvement plan required of the district or school under state or federal law. The department may require that a plan required under division (C) of this section include an agreement to partner with another organization that has demonstrated the ability to improve the educational outcome for that subgroup of students to provide services to those students. The partner organization may be another school, district, or other education provider. The department shall establish measures of satisfactory achievement and progress, which include, but are not limited to, performance measures under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The department shall make the initial determination of satisfactory achievement and progress under this section using those measures not later than September 1, 2015, and then make determinations under this section annually thereafter. The department shall publish a list of schools, school districts, and other educational providers that have demonstrated an ability to serve each subgroup of students. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:11 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.54
§ 3310.54. Inclusion of students in formula ADM
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly A qualified special education child in any of grades kindergarten through twelve for whom a scholarship is awarded under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program shall be counted in the formula ADM of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school. A qualified special education child shall not be counted in the formula ADM of any other school district. Last updated October 1, 2021 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.062
§ 3345.062. University remediation report
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Annually, not later than the thirty-first day of December, the president, or equivalent position, of each state university shall issue a report regarding the remediation of students that includes all of the following: (1) The number of enrolled students that require remedial education; (2) The cost of remedial coursework the state university provides; (3) The specific areas of remediation provided by the state university; (4) Causes for remediation. (B) Each president, or equivalent, shall present the findings of the report to the state university's board of trustees and shall submit a copy of the report to the chancellor of higher education and the department of education and workforce. (C) As used in this section, "state university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.181
§ 3319.181. Civil service status of nonteaching employees in transferred or new district
Status: in_force

August 26, 1977 House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly If an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in which a school is situated is transferred to any other district, or if a new school district is created, the nonteaching school employees in such district or school immediately prior to such transfer or creation shall have civil service status in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, if the new district is a city school board, or shall be employed pursuant to section 3319.081 of the Revised Code in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, if the district is one to which Chapter 124. of the Revised Code does not apply. The tenure or seniority of each nonteaching school employee in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, shall be from the date of last employment in the district from which the territory is transferred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.65
§ 3333.65. Award recipients to enter use agreement
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall require each state university or college, and any nonpublic Ohio university or college with which the state university or college is collaborating, that the controlling board approves to receive an award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program to enter into an agreement governing the use of an award under the program. The agreement shall contain terms the chancellor determines to be necessary. The chancellor may require a state university or college or a nonpublic Ohio university or college that violates the terms of the agreement to repay the award plus interest at the rate required by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.811 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.811
§ 3309.811. Qualification of plan as governmental plan for federal tax purposes
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 270 - 123rd General Assembly Each plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall qualify as a governmental plan under section 414(d) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(d), as amended, and meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a), as amended, applicable to governmental plans.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.33
§ 3315.33. Ohio scholarship fund for teacher trainees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Ohio scholarship fund for teacher trainees for the public purpose of relieving the existing teacher shortage in public schools, to be administered and expended as prescribed in sections 3315.33 to 3315.35 of the Revised Code. Appropriations by the general assembly for the purpose of scholarships for teacher trainees shall be paid into this fund. Each scholarship for a teacher trainee shall have a maximum value of five hundred dollars annually and shall be awarded as follows: (A) The department of education and workforce shall prescribe standards and requirements which shall be met by persons who are eligible for such scholarships. Scholarships shall be allocated among the counties of the state on an equitable basis by the department, provided that not less than three such scholarships shall be available annually to residents of each county of the state. If, on the first day of September in each year, the department finds that the number of eligible persons recommended from any county is less than the number of scholarships allocated to that county, it may reallocate the remaining scholarships among the counties in which the number of eligible persons exceeds the number of scholarships allocated. Such reallocation as may affect a county in one year shall not prejudice in any way the allocation to it in succeeding years. (B) In accordance with the requirements of sections 3315.33 , 3315.34 , and 3315.35 of the Revised Code, the educational service center superintendent in each educational service center as committee chairperson shall appoint a committee consisting of one high school principal, one elementary school principal, and one classroom teacher. This committee shall select and recommend, on the basis of merit, a number of high school graduates, not to exceed the number allocated to each county by the department, who are interested in teaching and whose work and qualifications are such as to indicate that they possess the qualities which should be possessed by a successful teacher. Such persons shall not have previously been enrolled in any college of education or have majored in education in any college or university. Such other college training shall be considered in determining such person's qualifications to become a successful teacher. (C) The scholarship fund for teacher trainees shall be disbursed to scholarship holders upon their application as approved by the department upon vouchers for that purpose. Such scholarships shall be paid in equal installments at the beginning of each quarter or semester while college is in session to each person who has been awarded such a scholarship when the following requirements are met: (1) Such person shall be a bona fide student in the college of education or department of teacher training in an Ohio institution of higher learning. (2) Such person shall pursue a course of study in elementary education in said college of education or department of teacher training approved by the department of education and workforce. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.07
§ 3317.07. Reassignment of school buses
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If the department of education and workforce determines that a county board of developmental disabilities no longer needs a school bus because the board no longer transports children to a special education program operated by the board, or if the department determines that a school district no longer needs a school bus to transport pupils to a nonpublic school or special education program, the department may reassign a bus that was funded with payments provided pursuant to the version of this section in effect prior to the effective date of this amendment for the purpose of transporting such pupils. The department may reassign a bus to a county board of developmental disabilities or school district that transports children to a special education program designated in the children's individualized education programs, or to a school district that transports pupils to a nonpublic school, and needs an additional school bus. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 9:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.04
§ 3316.04. Submitting financial plan after declaration of watch
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within sixty days of the auditor's declaration under division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, the board of education of the school district shall prepare and submit to the director of education and workforce a financial plan delineating the steps the board will take to eliminate the district's current operating deficit and avoid incurring operating deficits in ensuing years, including the implementation of spending reductions. The financial plan also shall evaluate the feasibility of entering into shared services agreements with other political subdivisions for the joint exercise of any power, performance of any function, or rendering of any service, if so authorized by statute. The director shall evaluate the initial financial plan, and either approve or disapprove it within thirty calendar days from the date of its submission. If the initial financial plan is disapproved, the director shall recommend modifications that will render the financial plan acceptable. No school district board shall implement a financial plan submitted to the director under this section unless the director has approved the plan. (B) Upon request of the board of education of a school district declared to be in a state of fiscal watch, the auditor of state and director shall provide technical assistance to the board in resolving the fiscal problems that gave rise to the declaration, including assistance in drafting the board's financial plan. (C) A financial plan adopted under this section may be amended at any time with the approval of the director. The board of education of the school district shall submit an updated financial plan to the director, for the director's approval, every year that the district is in a state of fiscal watch. The updated plan shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the director. The director shall approve or disapprove each updated plan no later than the anniversary of the date on which the first such plan was approved. (D) A school district that has restructured or refinanced a loan under section 3316.041 of the Revised Code shall be declared to be in a state of fiscal emergency if any of the following occurs: (1) An operating deficit is certified for the district under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code for any year prior to the repayment of the restructured or refinanced loan; (2) The director determines, in consultation with the auditor of state, that the school district is not satisfactorily complying with the terms of the financial plan required by this section; (3) The board of education of the school district fails to submit an updated plan that is acceptable to the director under division (C) of this section. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.85
§ 3311.85. Municipal school districts; school calendar
Status: in_force

October 1, 2012 House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each municipal school district annually shall approve a calendar or calendars establishing a school year that complies with the minimum school year prescribed by section 3313.48 of the Revised Code. The board has final authority to establish a school calendar, including the starting and ending times for the school day, for one or more of the district's school buildings that provides for additional student days or hours beyond the minimum prescribed by that section. A school's calendar may prescribe year-round instruction or an extended school day. (B) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements and authorizations of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this section. However, the district board and teachers' labor organization shall negotiate regarding any additional compensation for an extended school year or school day, consistent with section 3311.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3331.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3331 / § 3331.08
§ 3331.08. Appeal where excuse or age and schooling certificate is refused
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 402 - 124th General Assembly In case a superintendent of schools refuses to excuse a child from attendance at school for one of the reasons stated in section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, or a superintendent or a chief administrative officer refuses upon request to grant an age and schooling certificate as provided in section 3331.01 of the Revised Code, an appeal may be taken from such decision to the juvenile judge of the county, upon the giving of bond, within ten days thereafter, to the approval of such judge, to pay the costs of appeal. The juvenile judge's decision in the matter shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.10
§ 3377.10. Issuance of refunding bonds
Status: in_force

March 7, 1968 Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly The Ohio higher educational facility commission may issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds previously issued under Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings; (B) Refunding any bonds as an incident to providing funds for reconstructing, enlarging, improving, or providing additional furnishings or equipment for the pledged facilities as to bonds originally issued under Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code. (C) Refunding all of the outstanding bonds of any issue, both matured and unmatured, when the rentals, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings, if such outstanding bonds can be retired by call, at maturity, or with the consent of the holders thereof, whether from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange for the refunding bonds, provided that the principal amount of refunding bonds shall not exceed in amount the aggregate of the par value of the bonds to be retired, any redemption premium, past due and future interest to the date of maturity or proposed redemption that cannot otherwise be paid, and funds, if any, to reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip, or any combination thereof, the pledged facilities; (D) Refunding any bonds of the commission previously issued when the refunding bonds will bear interest at a lower rate than the bonds to be refunded, or when the interest cost of the refunding bonds computed to the absolute maturity will be less than the interest cost of the bonds to be refunded. Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall mature not later than fifty years from date of issue, and may include moneys sufficient for payment of any redemption premiums on bonds to be refunded, payment of principal maturities of any bonds of a series to be refunded maturing prior to the redemption of the remaining bonds of such series, and payment of interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity or date of redemption of such bonds, together with any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such refunding or the issuance of the refunding bonds. Except as provided in this section, the terms of the issuance and sale of refunding bonds shall be as provided in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code for an original issue of bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.17
§ 3326.17. Annual report card for each school
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 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that includes all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning with the report cards issued for the 2020-2021 school year, for each student enrolled in a STEM school that is not a STEM school governed by a STEM school sponsoring district, as defined in section 3326.51 of the Revised Code, 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 pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code 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) The department also shall compute a rating for each group of STEM schools that is under the direction of the same governing body, as authorized under section 3326.031 of the Revised Code, and issue a distinct report card for the group as a whole. (D) Each STEM school and its governing body 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 August 30, 2023 at 9:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3312.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3312 / § 3312.10
§ 3312.10. Agreement with data acquisition site
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 House Bill 79 - 126th General Assembly The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district or the governing authority of a community school may enter into an agreement, through the adoption of identical resolutions, with the governing authority of an information technology center, under which the information technology center will provide services to the school district or community school. Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the parties to the agreement, and shall be specified in the agreement. Payment for services specified in the agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the board of education or community school governing authority and shall be made directly to the information technology center providing the services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.20
§ 3311.20. Bond issue - annual levy
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly A joint vocational school district board of education by a vote of at least two-thirds of its full membership may, at any time, submit to the electors of the joint vocational school district the question of issuing bonds of such district for the purpose of paying the cost of purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, and for the erection and equipment of buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging, improving, or rebuilding thereof, and also the necessity of a levy of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and retire such bonds. The proceedings for such election and for the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be the same as required of a board of education by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, provided that such bond issue may be submitted to the electors and such bonds may be issued for any 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 joint vocational school district board of education shall be the taxing authority of the district as this term is used in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The annual levy necessary to pay the debt charges on such bonds shall be extended by the auditor of each county in which territory of the joint vocational school district is located on the tax lists of the school districts in his county participating in the joint vocational school district for each year for which the levy is made and shall be placed for collection on the tax duplicates of such districts in his county to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes on such duplicates. Such taxes authorized by this section when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the joint vocational school district and deposited by him to the credit of the bond retirement fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.83
§ 3375.83. Interstate library compact
Status: in_force

January 5, 1976 Senate Bill 236 - 111th General Assembly The "interstate library compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose. Because the desire for the services provided by libraries transcends governmental boundaries and can most effectively be satisfied by giving such services to communities and people regardless of jurisdictional lines, it is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share their responsibilities; to authorize cooperation and sharing with respect to those types of library facilities and services which can be more economically or efficiently developed and maintained on a cooperative basis; and to authorize cooperation and sharing among localities, states, and others in providing joint or cooperative library services in areas where the distribution of population or of existing and potential library resources make the provision of library service on an interstate basis the most effective way of providing adequate and efficient service. Article II. Definitions As used in this compact: (A) "Public library agency" means any unit or agency of local or state government operating or having power to operate a library. (B) "Private library agency" means any nongovernmental entity which operates or assumes a legal obligation to operate a library. (C) "Library agreement" means a contract establishing an interstate library district pursuant to this compact or providing for the joint or cooperative furnishing of library services. Article III. Interstate Library Districts. (A) Any one or more public library agencies in a party state in cooperation with any public library agency or agencies in one or more other party states may establish and maintain an interstate library district. Subject to the provisions of this compact and any other laws of the party states which pursuant hereto remain applicable, such district may establish, maintain, and operate some or all of the library facilities and services for the area concerned in accordance with the terms of a library agreement therefor. Any private library agency or agencies within an interstate library district may cooperate therewith; assume duties, responsibilities, and obligations thereto; and receive benefits therefrom as provided in any library agreement to which such agency or agencies become party. (B) Within an interstate library district, and as provided by a library agreement, the performance of library functions may be undertaken on a joint or cooperative basis or may be undertaken by means of one or more arrangements between or among public or private library agencies for the extension of library privileges to the use of facilities or services operated or rendered by one or more of the individual library agencies. (C) If a library agreement provides for joint establishment, maintenance, or operation of library facilities of services by an interstate library district, such district shall have power to do any one or more of the following in accordance with such library agreement: (1) Undertake, administer, and participate in programs or arrangements for securing, lending, or servicing of books and other publications, and other materials suitable to be kept or made available by libraries, library equipment, or for the dissemination of information about libraries, the value and significance of particular items therein and the use thereof; (2) Accept for any of its purposes under this compact any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services (conditional or otherwise), from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency; or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation; and receive, utilize, and dispose of the same; (3) Operate mobile library units or equipment for the purpose of rendering bookmobile service within the district; (4) Employ professional, technical, clerical, and other personnel, and fix terms of employment, compensation, and other appropriate benefits; and where desirable, provide for the in-service training of such personnel; (5) Sue and be sued in any court of competent jurisdiction; (6) Acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal property or any interest or interests therein as may be appropriate to the rendering of library service; (7) Construct, maintain, and operate a library, including any appropriate branches thereof; (8) Do such other things as may be incidental to or appropriate for the carrying out of any of the foregoing powers. Article IV. Interstate Library Districts, Governing Board. (A) An interstate library district which establishes, maintains, or operates any facilities or services in its own right shall have a governing board which shall direct the affairs of the district and act for it in all matters relating to its business. Each participating public library agency in the district shall be represented on the governing board which shall be organized and conduct its business in accordance with provision therefor in the library agreement, but in no event shall a governing board meet less often than twice a year. (B) Any private library agency or agencies party to a library agreement establishing an interstate library district may be represented on or advise with the governing board of the district in such manner as the library agreement may provide. Article V. State Library Agency Cooperation. Any two or more state library agencies of two or more of the party states may undertake and conduct joint or cooperative library programs, render joint or cooperative library services, and enter into and perform arrangements for the cooperative or joint acquisition, use, housing, and disposition of items or collections of materials which, by reason of expense, rarity, specialized nature, or infrequency of demand therefor, would be appropriate for central collection and shared use. Any such programs, services, or arrangements may include provision for the exercise on a cooperative or joint basis of any power exercisable by an interstate library district and an agreement embodying any such program, service, or arrangement shall contain provisions covering the subjects detailed in Article VI of this compact for interstate library agreement. Article VI. Library Agreements. (A) In order to provide for any joint or cooperative undertaking pursuant to this compact, public and private library agencies may enter into library agreements. Any agreement executed pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall, as among the parties to the agreement: (1) Detail the specific nature of the services, programs, facilities, arrangements, or properties to which it is applicable; (2) Provide for the allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities; (3) Specify the respective rights, duties, obligations, and liabilities of the parties; (4) Set forth the terms and conditions for duration, renewal, termination, abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if any, and all other matters which may be appropriate to the proper effectuation and performance of the agreement. (B) No public or private library agency shall undertake to exercise itself, or jointly with any other library agency, by means of a library agreement, any power prohibited to such agency by the constitution or statutes of its state. (C) No library agreement shall become effective until filed with the compact administrator of each state involved and approved in accordance with Article VII of this compact. Article VII. Approval of Library Agreements. (A) Every library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the attorney general of each state in which a public library agency party thereto is situated, who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of his state. The attorneys general shall approve any agreement submitted to them unless they shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and shall detail, in writing, addressed to the governing bodies of the public library agencies concerned, the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within ninety days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof. (B) In the event that a library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the attorneys general pursuant to division (A) of this article. This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the requirement of submission to and approval by the attorneys general. Article VIII. Other Laws Applicable. Nothing in this compact or in any library agreement shall be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise impair any obligation imposed on any library by otherwise applicable law, nor to authorize the transfer or disposition of any property held in trust by a library agency in a manner contrary to the terms of such trust. Article IX. Appropriations and Aid. (A) Any public library agency party to a library agreement may appropriate funds to the interstate library district established thereby in the same manner and to the same extent as to a library wholly maintained by it and, subject to the laws of the state in which such public library agency is situated, may pledge its credit in support of an interstate library district established by the agreement. (B) Subject to the provisions of the library agreement pursuant to which it functions and the laws of the states in which such district is situated, an interstate library district may claim and receive any state and federal aid which may be available to library agencies. Article X. Compact Administrator. Each state shall designate a compact administrator with whom copies of all library agreements to which his state or any public library agency thereof is party shall be filed. The administrator shall have such other powers as may be conferred upon him by the laws of his state and may consult and cooperate with the compact administrators of other party states and take such steps as may effectuate the purposes of this compact. If the laws of a party state so provide, such state may designate one or more deputy compact administrators in addition to its compact administrator. The compact administrator and other persons performing official functions in connection with this compact shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties or in the conduct of authorized business, within or without the state. Article XI. Entry into Force and Withdrawal. (A) This compact shall enter into force and effect immediately upon its enactment into law by any two states. Thereafter, it shall enter into force and effect as to any other state upon the enactment thereof by such state. (B) This compact shall continue in force with respect to a party state and remain binding upon such state until six months after such state has given notice to each other party state of the repeal thereof. Such withdrawal shall not be construed to relieve any party to a library agreement entered into pursuant to this compact from any obligation of that agreement prior to the end of its duration as provided therein. Article XII. Construction and Severability. This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.062
§ 3315.062. Student activity programs - accident insurance or self-insurance for athletic programs
Status: in_force

November 15, 1995 House Bill 223 - 121st General Assembly (A) The board of education of any school district may expend moneys from its general revenue fund for the operation of such student activity programs included in the program of each school district as authorized by its board of education. Such expenditure shall not exceed five-tenths of one per cent of the board's annual operating budget. (B) If more than fifty dollars a year is received through a student activity program, the moneys from such program shall be paid into an activity fund established by the board of education of the school district. The board shall adopt regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of such fund, including a system of accounting to separate and verify each transaction and to show the sources from which the fund revenue is received, the amount collected from each source, and the amount expended for each purpose. Expenditures from the fund shall be subject to approval of the board. (C) The board of education of any school district may purchase accident insurance for pupils participating in school athletic programs for which the school district is authorized to expend public money. The board also may, to the extent it considers necessary, establish a self-insurance plan for the protection of such pupils against loss or expense resulting from bodily injury or death by accident, or for the payment of any deductible under a policy of accident insurance procured pursuant to this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.191
§ 3311.191. Terms of additional members
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, if a joint vocational school district has an even number of member districts each appointing a member to the joint vocational school district board of education and the joint vocational school district's plan on file with the department of education and workforce provides for one additional board member to be appointed on a rotating basis by one of the appointing boards, the term of that additional member shall be for one year. The additional member shall otherwise meet the requirements for joint vocational school board members prescribed by section 3311.19 of the Revised Code. (2) If an additional member of a joint vocational school district board appointed on a rotating basis, as described in division (A)(1) of this section, was appointed on or after September 29, 2013, but prior to September 29, 2015, that member may continue in office until the expiration of the member's current term of office. If such member vacates that office for any reason prior to the expiration of that member's term, a new additional member shall be appointed according to the rotational basis prescribed by the district's plan, and that member shall serve for the remainder of the vacating member's term. Thereafter, the term of office of the additional member shall be as prescribed by division (A)(1) of this section. (B) A joint vocational school district board of education may submit an application to the department for approval to revise its membership plan to stagger the members' terms of office. Each board may do so only one time. The application shall include the revisions proposed to be made to members' terms, the manner by which the terms shall be staggered, and any other information the department requires. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3379.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3379 / § 3379.12
§ 3379.12. Ohio poet laureate
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 84 - 130th General Assembly (A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the governor not less than ninety days prior to the beginning of the Ohio poet laureate's term of office. (B) The term of office for the Ohio poet laureate shall be for two years. The initial term shall begin on January 1, 2016. (C) In the event of the death, resignation, or any other vacancy or inability to perform the duties of Ohio poet laureate during an individual's unexpired term of office, not later than sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the Ohio arts council shall recommend a candidate to the governor to serve as poet laureate for the remainder of that unexpired term of office. (D) An individual may be reappointed to subsequent terms of office, at the discretion of the governor. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.903 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.903
§ 3313.903. Measures of skill attainment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as otherwise required under federal law, the department of education and workforce shall consider an industry-recognized credential, as approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code, or a license issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that requires an examination for issuance of that license as an acceptable measure of technical skill attainment and shall not require a student with such credential or license to take additional technical assessments. Additionally, the department shall not require a student who has participated in or will be participating in a credentialing assessment aligned to the student's career-technical education program or has participated in or will be participating in taking an examination for issuance of such a license aligned to the student's career-technical education program to take additional technical assessments. However, if the student does not participate in the credentialing assessment or license examination, the student shall take the applicable technical assessments prescribed by the department. The department shall develop, in consultation with the Ohio association for career and technical education, the Ohio association of career-technical superintendents, the Ohio association of city career-technical schools, and other stakeholders, procedures for identifying industry-recognized credentials and licenses aligned to a student's career-technical education program that can be used as an acceptable measure of technical skill, and for identifying students in the process of earning such credentials and licenses. The department shall consider the possibility of attaining college credit as a factor when identifying an acceptable measure of technical skill. Not later than the thirty-first day of May of each year, the department shall, in consultation with the Ohio association for career and technical education, the Ohio association of career-technical superintendents, and the Ohio association of comprehensive and compact career-technical schools, update a list developed by the department regarding technical assessments subject to this section. As used in this section, "technical assessments" shall not include the nationally recognized job skills assessment prescribed under division (F) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall exempt a student who wishes to qualify for a high school diploma under division (A)(3) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code from the requirement to attain a specified score on that assessment in order to qualify for a high school diploma under that section. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.141
§ 3317.141. Recipients of race to the top program grants
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district that is the recipient of moneys from a grant awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A), Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, shall comply with this section in accordance with the timeline contained in the board's scope of work, as approved by the director of education and workforce, and shall not be subject to sections 3317.13 and 3317.14 of the Revised Code. The board of education of any other school district, and the governing board of each educational service center, shall comply with either this section or sections 3317.13 and 3317.14 of the Revised Code. (A) The board annually shall adopt a salary schedule for teachers based upon performance as described in division (B) of this section. (B) For purposes of the schedule, a board shall measure a teacher's performance by considering all of the following: (1) The level of license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code that the teacher holds; (2) Whether the teacher is a properly certified or licensed teacher, as defined in section 3319.074 of the Revised Code; (3) Ratings received by the teacher on performance evaluations conducted under section 3319.111 of the Revised Code. (C) The schedule shall provide for annual adjustments based on performance on the evaluations conducted under section 3319.111 of the Revised Code. The annual performance-based adjustment for a teacher rated as accomplished shall be greater than the annual performance-based adjustment for a teacher rated as skilled. (D) The salary schedule adopted under this section may provide for additional compensation for teachers who agree to perform duties, not contracted for under a supplemental contract, that the employing board determines warrant additional compensation. Those duties may include, but are not limited to, assignment to a school building eligible for funding under Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.; assignment to a building in "school improvement" status under the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," as defined in section 3302.01 of the Revised Code; teaching in a grade level or subject area in which the board has determined there is a shortage within the district or service center; or assignment to a hard-to-staff school, as determined by the board. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.401 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.401
§ 3375.401. Purchase of liability insurance
Status: in_force

November 11, 1977 Senate Bill 116 - 112th General Assembly Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 1713.28 , 3375.06 , 3375.10 , 3375.12 , 3375.15 , and 3375.22 of the Revised Code may procure policies of insurance insuring trustees, officers, and employees of the library against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by said library, and on account of damages or injury to persons or property resulting from any act or omission of such person in his official capacity as a trustee, officer, or employee of the library or resulting solely out of his membership on or employment by the library board. Whenever the board deems it necessary to procure such insurance, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity thereof, together with a statement of the estimated premium cost, and upon the adoption of the resolution the board may purchase such insurance. Premium for such insurance shall be paid from the current expense fund of the library. The amount of liability insurance carried on any motor vehicle operated by said public library may be distributed among more than one insurance company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.11
§ 3345.11. Auxiliary or education facilities
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd 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, auxiliary facilities or education facilities, and may pay for the facilities out of available receipts of such state university or college. To pay all or part of the costs of auxiliary facilities or education facilities, and any combination of them, 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 § 3314.025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.025
§ 3314.025. Report on expenditures to provide monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, each sponsor of a community school shall submit, not later than the fifteenth day of August of each year, a report to the department of education and workforce, using the format and manner prescribed by the department as set forth in division (B) of this section, describing the amount and type of expenditures made to provide monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to the community schools it sponsors. The report shall also be submitted to the governing authority of the community school. (B) Not later than ninety days after February 1, 2016, the department shall establish requirements and a reporting procedure to aid each sponsor in complying with division (A) of this section. The department shall require that each report include at least the following types of expenditures made to provide oversight, monitoring, and technical assistance to the community school it sponsors: (1) Employee salaries, wages, benefits, and other compensation; (2) All purchased or contracted services; (3) Materials and supplies; (4) Equipment, furniture, and fixtures; (5) Facilities; (6) Other expenditures. (C) The report submitted under this section shall be a factor when evaluating a sponsor's compliance with applicable law and administrative rules as prescribed under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. The report also may be used as a factor when evaluating a sponsor's adherence to quality practices as prescribed under division (B)(1)(b) of that section. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3337.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3337 / § 3337.08
§ 3337.08. Tax on lands donated to university
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A tax equal to the state tax upon like property shall be levied and collected upon all lands donated to the Ohio university, and held by lease from it or by deed from the governor or the university, including such parts of such lands as are, or may be, owned, occupied, or used by railroad companies as roadbeds, roadways, station houses, or for other purposes. Such taxes, when collected, shall be paid by the county treasurer of Athens county, upon the warrant of the county auditor, to the treasurer of the Ohio university, for its use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.144 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.144
§ 3314.144. Procurement of inhalers by community school
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. (B) With the approval of its governing authority, a community school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A community school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (C) A community school, a member of a community school governing authority, or a community school employee or contractor is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using an inhaler under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing authority, or community school employee or contractor may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (D) A community school may accept donations of inhalers from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase inhalers. (E) A community school that elects to procure inhalers under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from the school's supply of inhalers. Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.0214 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.0214
§ 3317.0214. Additional state aid to school districts for students in categories two through six special education ADM
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall compute and pay in accordance with this section additional state aid to school districts for students in categories two through six special education ADM. If a district's costs for the fiscal year for a student in its categories two through six special education ADM exceed the threshold cost for serving the student, the district may submit to the department documentation, as prescribed by the department, of all its costs for that student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the type and in the manner prescribed, the department shall pay to the district an amount equal to the sum of the following: (1) One-half of the district's costs for the student in excess of the threshold cost; (2) The product of one-half of the district's costs for the student in excess of the threshold cost multiplied by the district's state share percentage. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, the threshold cost for serving a student equals: (1) For a student in the school district's category two, three, four, or five special education ADM, twenty-seven thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars; (2) For a student in the district's category six special education ADM, thirty-two thousand eight hundred fifty dollars. (C) The district shall report under division (A) of this section, and the department shall pay for, only the costs of educational expenses and the related services provided to the student in accordance with the student's individualized education program. Any legal fees, court costs, or other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the student may not be included in the amount. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.04
§ 3323.04. Procedures and standards for placement in educational programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the department of mental health and addiction services and the department of developmental disabilities, shall establish procedures and standards for the development of individualized education programs for children with disabilities. The department of education and workforce shall require the board of education of each school district to develop an individualized education program for each child with a disability who is at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age residing in the district in a manner that is in accordance with rules of the department. Prior to the placement of a child with a disability in a program operated under section 3323.09 of the Revised Code, the district board of education shall consult the county board of developmental disabilities of the county in which the child resides regarding the proposed placement. A child with a disability enrolled in a nonpublic school or facility shall be provided special education and related services, in accordance with an individualized education program, at no cost for those services, if the child is placed in, or referred to, that nonpublic school or facility by the department of education and workforce or a school district. The IEP team shall review the individualized education program of each child with a disability periodically, but at least annually, to determine whether the annual goals for the child are being achieved, and shall revise the individualized education program as appropriate. The department of education and workforce shall establish procedures and standards to assure that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, shall be educated with children who are not disabled. Special classes, separate schools, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment shall be used only when the nature or severity of a child's disability is such that education in regular classes with supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. If an agency directly affected by a placement decision objects to such decision, an impartial hearing officer, appointed by the department of education and workforce from a list prepared by the department, shall conduct a hearing to review the placement decision. The agencies that are parties to a hearing shall divide the costs of such hearing equally. The decision of the hearing officer shall be final, except that any party to the hearing who is aggrieved by the findings or the decision of the hearing officer may appeal the findings or decision in accordance with division (H) of section 3323.05 of the Revised Code or the parent of any child affected by such decision may present a complaint in accordance with that section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.456 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.456
§ 3345.456. Collective bargaining of retrenchment policies
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retrenchment" has the same meaning as in section 3345.454 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3345.454 or 3345.455 of the Revised Code, a state institution of higher education that is a party to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of this section containing a provision regarding retrenchment shall only continue to bargain over retrenchment policies for a new or renewed collective bargaining agreement with respect to institution faculty that have at least thirty years, but not more than thirty-five years, of service in one of the state retirement systems at the time of any retrenchment determination. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits a faculty member from accepting any separation incentive that may otherwise be offered by a state institution of higher education, regardless of whether the incentive is contained in a collective bargaining agreement. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.171
§ 3304.171. Creation of account with OhioMeansJobs web site
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each eligible individual receiving vocational rehabilitation services provided under section 3304.17 of the Revised Code shall create an account with the OhioMeansJobs web site upon initiation of a job search as a part of receiving those vocational rehabilitation services. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any eligible individual with a disability who is legally prohibited from using a computer, has a physical or visual impairment that makes the eligible individual with a disability unable to use a computer, or has a limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand a language in which the OhioMeansJobs web site is available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.753 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.753
§ 3313.753. Prohibition against students carrying electronic communications devices
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic communications device" means any device that is powered by batteries or electricity and that is capable of receiving, transmitting, or receiving and transmitting communications between two or more persons or a communication from or to a person. (2) "School" means any school that is operated by a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (3) "School building" means any building in which any of the instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided by a school is conducted. (4) "School grounds or premises" means either of the following: (a) The parcel of real property on which any school building is situated; (b) Any other parcel of real property that is owned or leased by a board of education and on which some of the instruction, extracurricular activities, or training of the school is conducted. (B) The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district may adopt a policy prohibiting students from carrying an electronic communications device in any school building or on any school grounds or premises of the district. The policy may provide for exceptions to this prohibition as specified in the policy. The policy shall specify any disciplinary measures that will be taken for violation of this prohibition. If a board of education adopts a policy under this division, the board shall post the policy in a central location in each school building and make it available to students and parents upon request. (C)(1) Not later than January 1, 2026, each school district board of education shall adopt a policy governing the use of cellular telephones by students during school hours. The policy shall prohibit all cellular telephone use by students during the instructional day, except as described in division (C)(2) of this section or if permitted under the building's comprehensive emergency management plan adopted under section 5502.262 of the Revised Code. (2) If determined appropriate by the district board, or if included in a student's individualized education program developed under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code or plan developed under section 504 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 29 U.S.C. 794, students may use cellular telephones or other electronic communications devices for student learning or to monitor or address a health concern. A district board shall permit a student to use a cellular telephone or other electronic communications device to monitor or address a health concern if the board receives a written statement from the student's physician requiring such use. (D) Any district board that adopts a policy that prohibits all cellular telephone use by students shall be considered to have met the requirements in division (C) of this section. (E) Any district board that adopts a policy that meets the requirements prescribed in division (C) of this section prior to the effective date of this amendment, shall be considered to have met the requirement to adopt a policy under this section. (F) Each district board that adopts a policy under this section after the effective date of this amendment, shall do so at a public meeting of the board. (G) Each district board shall make any policy it adopts under this section publicly available and post it prominently on its publicly accessible web site, if it has one. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.55
§ 3335.55. Arrangements or contracts for use of center
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Every department, office, or institution of the state and any political subdivision thereof may make such arrangements or contracts with the board of trustees of the Ohio state university for use of the Ohio rehabilitation center as may be appropriate in order to provide for the rehabilitation in any proper case of persons with disabilities in respect of whom such department, office, or institution or political subdivision is responsible or exercises supervision under any law of the state or ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision thereof. Every appropriate effort shall be made to rehabilitate and restore to social and economic participation all persons who are or may probably become charges of the state or of a political subdivision. Whenever any law of the state makes provision for or authorizes payment for medical services, hospital services, or for the care of any persons with disabilities, such provision or authorization shall be deemed to include rehabilitation of such person. Any such arrangement or contract may establish the charges which shall be paid for rehabilitation services and facilities. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.24
§ 3311.24. Transfer of city, exempted village or local school district territory to adjoining district
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district shall file with the state board of education a proposal to transfer territory from such district to an adjoining city, exempted village, or local school district in any of the following circumstances: (a) The district board deems the transfer advisable and, if the portion of the district proposed to be transferred is five acres or more, the board has obtained written consent to the transfer from seventy-five per cent of the owners of parcels of real property on the tax duplicate within that portion of the district; (b) A petition, signed by seventy-five per cent of the qualified electors residing within that portion of a city, exempted village, or local school district proposed to be transferred voting at the last general election, requests such a transfer; (c) If no qualified electors reside in that portion of the district proposed to be transferred, a petition, signed by seventy-five per cent of the owners of parcels of real property on the tax duplicate within that portion of the district, requests such a transfer. (2) The board of education of the district in which such proposal originates shall file such proposal, together with a map showing the boundaries of the territory proposed to be transferred, with the state board of education prior to the first day of April in any even-numbered year. The state board of education may, if it is advisable, provide for a hearing in any suitable place in any of the school districts affected by such proposed transfer of territory. The state board of education or its representatives shall preside at any such hearing. (3) A board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district that receives a petition of transfer signed by electors of the district under division (A)(1)(b) of this section shall cause the board of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on the petition. A board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district that receives written consent or a petition of transfer signed by owners of parcels of real property under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of this section shall cause the county auditor to check the sufficiency of signatures on the consent or petition. (4) Not later than the first day of September the state board of education shall either approve or disapprove a proposed transfer of territory filed with it as provided by this section and shall notify, in writing, the boards of education of the districts affected by such proposed transfer of territory of its decision. If the decision of the state board of education is an approval of the proposed transfer of territory then the board of education of the district in which the territory is located shall, within thirty days after receiving the state board of education's decision, adopt a resolution transferring the territory and shall forthwith submit a copy of such resolution to the treasurer of the board of education of the city, exempted village, or local school district to which the territory is transferred. Such transfer shall not be complete however, until: (a) A resolution accepting the transfer has been passed by a majority vote of the full membership of the board of education of the city, exempted village, or local school district to which the territory is transferred; (b) Subject to section 3311.241 of the Revised Code, if applicable, an equitable division of the funds and indebtedness between the districts involved has been made by the board of education making the transfer; (c) A map showing the boundaries of the territory transferred has been filed, by the board of education accepting the transfer, with the county auditor of each county affected by the transfer. When such transfer is complete the legal title of the school property in the territory transferred shall be vested in the board of education or governing board of the school district to which the territory is transferred. (B) Whenever the transfer of territory pursuant to this section is initiated by a board of education, the board shall, before filing a proposal for transfer with the state board of education under this section, make a good faith effort to negotiate the terms of transfer with any other school district whose territory would be affected by the transfer. Before the state board may hold a hearing on the transfer, or approve or disapprove any such transfer, it must receive the following: (1) A resolution requesting approval of the transfer passed by the school district submitting the proposal and, if applicable, evidence of the consent of affected property owners to the transfer; (2) Evidence determined to be sufficient by the state board to show that good faith negotiations have taken place or that the district requesting the transfer has made a good faith effort to hold such negotiations; (3) If any negotiations took place, a statement signed by all boards that participated in the negotiations, listing the terms agreed on and the points on which no agreement could be reached. Negotiations held pursuant to this section shall be governed by the rules adopted by the state board under division (D) of section 3311.06 of the Revised Code. Districts involved in a transfer under division (B) of this section may agree to share revenues from the property included in the territory to be transferred, establish cooperative programs between the participating districts, and establish mechanisms for the settlement of any future boundary disputes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.13
§ 3327.13. Lease agreement for buses to transport nonpublic school pupils to and from school related activities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of a school district that owns and operates busses for transporting pupils to and from school may contract with a nonpublic school located within the district to make available to the nonpublic school under a lease agreement, one or more of the district's busses to be used by the nonpublic school for transporting nonpublic school pupils to and from a school related activity that would be an approved school related activity if it were being offered by a public school within the district to public school pupils. All department of education and workforce regulations governing the use of such busses by public schools while transporting pupils to and from school related activities shall be applicable to their use by the nonpublic school. The cost to the nonpublic school of leasing such busses shall not exceed the costs of operating such busses, as determined by the board of education of the school district. The charge to be made to the nonpublic school for the use of the busses shall be specified in the contract entered into pursuant to this section. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3379.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3379 / § 3379.05
§ 3379.05. Purchase of insurance against loss or damage
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly The Ohio arts council may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to insure against loss or damage by fire, lightning, theft, accident, or other peril to any work of art, whether or not owned by the state, while under the control or supervision of the council as part of the performance of its duties in presenting art exhibitions or in providing transportation to and between museums, galleries, and other places of exhibition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.132
§ 3301.132. Rules regarding nonchartered nonpublic schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section , the director of education and workforce shall amend or rescind any administrative rules regarding nonchartered nonpublic schools as necessary to conform with section 3301.0732 of the Revised Code as enacted by this act . Thereafter, neither the director nor the department of education and workforce shall prescribe or adopt any additional rules regarding nonchartered nonpublic schools. The director shall rescind any rules regarding the issuance of excuses from compulsory attendance for the purposes of home education under division (A)(2) of section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of this section . Thereafter, neither the director nor the department of education and workforce shall prescribe or adopt any additional rules regarding home education. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 5:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.01
§ 3323.01. Education of children with disabilities definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Child with a disability" means a child who is at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age; who has an intellectual disability, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability (including dyslexia), deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities; and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. A "child with a disability" may include a child who is at least three years of age and less than ten years of age; who is experiencing developmental delays, as defined by standards adopted by the department of education and workforce and as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures in one or more of the following areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development, or adaptive development; and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. (B) "Free appropriate public education" means special education and related services that meet all of the following: (1) Are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge; (2) Meet the standards of the department; (3) Include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or secondary education as otherwise provided by the law of this state; (4) Are provided for each child with a disability in conformity with the child's individualized education program. (C) "Homeless children" means "homeless children and youths" as defined in section 725 of the "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act," 42 U.S.C. 11434a. (D) "Individualized education program" or "IEP" means the written statement described in section 3323.011 of the Revised Code. (E) "Individualized education program team" or "IEP team" means a group of individuals composed of: (1) The parents of a child with a disability; (2) At least one regular education teacher of the child, if the child is or may be participating in the regular education environment; (3) At least one special education teacher, or where appropriate, at least one special education provider of the child; (4) A representative of the school district who meets all of the following: (a) Is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities; (b) Is knowledgeable about the general education curriculum; (c) Is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the school district. (5) An individual who can interpret the instructional implications of evaluation results, who may be a member of the team as described in divisions (E)(2) to (4) of this section; (6) At the discretion of the parent or the school district, other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child, including related services personnel as appropriate; (7) Whenever appropriate, the child with a disability. (F) "Instruction in braille reading and writing" means the teaching of the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English braille. (G) "Other educational agency" means a department, division, bureau, office, institution, board, commission, committee, authority, or other state or local agency, which is not a city, local, or exempted village school district or an agency administered by the department of developmental disabilities, that provides or seeks to provide special education or related services to children with disabilities. The term "other educational agency" includes a joint vocational school district. (H) "Parent" of a child with a disability, except as used in sections 3323.09 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code, means: (1) A natural or adoptive parent of a child but not a foster parent of a child; (2) A guardian, but not the state if the child is a ward of the state; (3) An individual acting in the place of a natural or adoptive parent, including a grandparent, stepparent, or other relative, with whom the child lives, or an individual who is legally responsible for the child's welfare; (4) An individual assigned to be a surrogate parent, provided the individual is not prohibited by this chapter from serving as a surrogate parent for a child. (I) "Preschool child with a disability" means a child with a disability who is at least three years of age but is not of compulsory school age, as defined under section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not currently enrolled in kindergarten. (J) "Related services" means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services (including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, school health services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. "Related services" does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device. (K) "School district" means a city, local, or exempted village school district. (L) "School district of residence," as used in sections 3323.09 , 3323.091 , 3323.13 , and 3323.14 of the Revised Code, means: (1) The school district in which the child's natural or adoptive parents reside; (2) If the school district specified in division (L)(1) of this section cannot be determined, the last school district in which the child's natural or adoptive parents are known to have resided if the parents' whereabouts are unknown; (3) If the school district specified in division (L)(2) of this section cannot be determined, the school district determined under section 2151.362 of the Revised Code, or if no district has been so determined, the school district as determined by the probate court of the county in which the child resides. (4) Notwithstanding divisions (L)(1) to (3) of this section, if a school district is required by section 3313.65 of the Revised Code to pay tuition for a child, that district shall be the child's school district of residence. (M) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. "Special education" includes instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings, including an early childhood education setting, and instruction in physical education. (N) "Student with a visual impairment" means any person who is less than twenty-two years of age and who has a visual impairment as that term is defined in this section. (O) "Transition services" means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that meet all of the following: (1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child's movement from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary education; vocational education; integrated employment (including supported employment); continuing and adult education; adult services; independent living; or community participation; (2) Is based on the individual child's needs, taking into account the child's strengths, preferences, and interests; (3) Includes instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives, and, when appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation. "Transition services" for children with disabilities may be special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or may be a related service, if required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. (P) "Visual impairment" for any individual means that one of the following applies to the individual: (1) The individual has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision in the better eye such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees. (2) The individual has a medically indicated expectation of meeting the requirements of division (P)(1) of this section over a period of time. (3) The individual has a medically diagnosed and medically uncorrectable limitation in visual functioning that adversely affects the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of the individual's peers of comparable ability and grade level. (Q) "Ward of the state" has the same meaning as in section 602(36) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1401(36). Last updated September 13, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.181
§ 3345.181. Contracts or leases to mine minerals
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 133 - 129th General Assembly The board of trustees of a state university, by majority vote, may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to mine minerals upon lands under the supervision of the board, to any person or public entity that complies with the terms prescribed by the board. Such contracts or leases shall not operate as a conveyance of the fee to any part of the realty. The board may use the proceeds derived from its actions under this section for the furthering of any of the purposes of the university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.67
§ 3319.67. Teacher of the year recognition program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The state board of education may establish an annual teacher of the year recognition program for outstanding teachers. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a person or entity may make a voluntary contribution to the recognition program described in division (A) of this section. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a teacher who is recognized as a teacher of the year by the recognition program described in division (A) of this section may accept gifts and privileges as part of the recognition program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3350.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3350 / § 3350.14
§ 3350.14. General assembly to support university - other sources
Status: in_force

April 29, 2011 House Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly The general assembly shall support the northeast Ohio medical university by such sums and in such manner as it may provide, but support may come from other sources. No state funds shall be provided under this section unless the university meets the requirements of section 3333.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.345 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.345
§ 3309.345. Reemployed superannuate or rehire in position filled by vote of members of board or commission
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been employed by an employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a board or commission. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a board or commission that proposes to continue the employment as a reemployed retirant or rehire as a reemployed retirant to the same position an individual described in division (A) of this section shall do both of the following in accordance with rules adopted under division (E) of this section: (1) Not less than sixty days before the employment as a reemployed retirant is to begin, give public notice that the person is or will be retired and is seeking employment with the employer; (2) Between fifteen and thirty days before the employment as a reemployed retirant is to begin, hold a public meeting on the issue of the person being employed by the employer. The notice regarding division (B)(1) of this section shall include the time, date, and location at which the public meeting is to take place. (C) A board or commission that proposes to continue a person's employment or rehire the person as a reemployed retirant to a position that the board or commission has urgent reasons to fill in an expedited manner shall give thirty days notice under division (B)(1) of this section. The board or commission shall include an explanation in the notice of the urgent reasons requiring the position to be filled in an expedited manner. (D) A board or commission is not required to give notice under division (B)(1) of this section if the person has been retired for at least one year before the person's employment as a reemployed retirant is to begin. (E) The school employees retirement board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.241
§ 3313.241. Documents to be executed by superintendent
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 87 - 132nd General Assembly Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3313.33 of the Revised Code, the following shall be signed and executed on behalf of a school district only by the superintendent of the school district or the president of the district's board of education: (A) Employment contracts, salary notices, and other employment-related documents of the school district treasurer; (B) Employment contracts, salary notices, and other employment-related documents of any member of the school district treasurer's family.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.64
§ 3301.64. Division of assessment for participation in compact
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The annual assessment charged to the state for participating in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children shall be divided equally between the department of education and workforce and the department of veterans services. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.032
§ 3310.032. Expansion of educational choice scholarship pilot program; income-based eligibility
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A student is an "eligible student" for purposes of the expansion of the educational choice scholarship pilot program under this section if the student's resident district is not a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code and the student is entering any of grades kindergarten through twelve in the school year for which a scholarship is sought. A student's parent or guardian may certify income eligibility to the department of education and workforce by submitting, in a manner determined by the department, an affidavit affirming the student's family income meets the requirement, proof of income eligibility under another state or federal program, or other evidence determined appropriate by the department. Any individual who is not required to file a tax return under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code shall not be required to certify income eligibility under this section. (B) In each fiscal year for which the general assembly appropriates funds for purposes of this section, the department of education and workforce shall pay scholarships to attend chartered nonpublic schools in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. The number of scholarships awarded under this section shall not exceed the number that can be funded for that school year as authorized by the general assembly. (C) Scholarships under this section shall be awarded as follows: (1) For the 2013-2014 school year, to eligible students who are entering kindergarten in that school year for the first time; (2) For each subsequent school year through the 2019-2020 school year, scholarships shall be awarded to eligible students in the next grade level above the highest grade level awarded in the preceding school year, in addition to the grade levels for which students received scholarships in the preceding school year; (3) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to eligible students who are entering any of grades kindergarten through twelve in that school year for the first time. (D) A student who receives a scholarship under this section remains an eligible student and may continue to receive scholarships under this section in subsequent school years until the student completes grade twelve, so long as the student satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code. Once a scholarship is awarded under this section, the student shall remain eligible for that scholarship for the current school year and subsequent school years even if the student's family income rises above the amount specified in division (A) of this section, provided the student remains enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.164 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.164
§ 3333.164. College credit for military training, experience, and coursework
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Armed forces" has the same meaning as in section 3313.471 of the Revised Code. (2) "Private institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 5919.34 of the Revised Code. (3) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall do all of the following with regard to the awarding of college credit for military training, experience, and coursework: (1) Develop a set of standards and procedures for state institutions of higher education to utilize in the granting of college credit for military training, experience, and coursework; (2) Create a military articulation and transfer assurance guide for college credit that is earned through military training, experience, and coursework. The chancellor shall use the current articulation and transfer policy adopted pursuant to section 3333.16 of the Revised Code as a model in developing this guide. (3) Create a web site that contains information related to the awarding of college credit for military training, experience, and coursework. The web site shall include both of the following: (a) Standardized resources that address frequently asked questions regarding the awarding of such credit and related issues; (b) A statewide database that shows how specified military training, experience, and coursework translates to college credit. (4) Develop a statewide training program that prepares faculty and staff of state institutions of higher education to evaluate various military training, experience, and coursework and to award appropriate equivalent credit. The training program shall incorporate the best practices of awarding credit for military experiences, including both the recommendations of the American council on education and the standards developed by the council for adult and experiential learning. (C) State institutions of higher education shall ensure that appropriate equivalent credit is awarded for military training, experience, and coursework that meet the standards developed by the chancellor pursuant to this section. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chancellor may require a state institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education to establish a process to systematically evaluate military training, experience, and coursework and to award appropriate equivalent college credit to a student who is a veteran of the armed forces. The chancellor may adopt rules to implement this division. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.10
§ 3313.10. Oath of office of member
Status: in_force

January 16, 1980 House Bill 44 - 113th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of his office each person elected or appointed a member of a board of education shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and that he will perform faithfully the duties of his office . Such oath may be administered by the treasurer or any member of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.085 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.085
§ 3318.085. Agreement by eligible districts for joint issuance of certificates of participation in bond proceeds
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 Senate Bill 272 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "eligible school district" means a school district that is eligible for state assistance under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, and for which the amount of bond money that will be used to raise the school district's portion of the basic project cost of a classroom facilities project under that chapter is not greater than fifteen million dollars. (B) Beginning January 1, 2001, solely for the purpose of acquiring classroom facilities under any program authorized in Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, the boards of education of two or more eligible school districts may enter into an agreement with the treasurer of state and a trustee selected by the treasurer of state, which trustee shall be a bank or trust company authorized to exercise corporate trust powers within the state. Under that agreement, the trustee shall purchase bonds that have been approved for issuance by the electors of those school districts to pay the school districts' respective portions of their projects under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, and the trustee shall issue and sell certificates of participation in the principal and interest payments to be paid on those bonds. The liability of any school district under the agreement shall not exceed the amount necessary to pay the principal of and interest on that school district's bonds plus that school district's share of the costs associated with the issuance of the certificates of participation. The aggregate principal amount of any issue of certificates of participation shall not be less than ten million dollars. The agreement and any certificates of participation issued in accordance with the agreement shall hold the state harmless from any liability or obligation incurred by a school district under the agreement or under the school district's bonds. The treasurer of state may appoint or provide for the appointment of trustees, paying agents, registrars, securities depositories, clearing corporations, and transfer agents, and may without need for any other approval retain or contract for the services of underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisers, accounting experts, marketing, remarketing, indexing, and administrative agents, or other consultants and independent contractors, including providers of printing services, as are necessary in the judgment of the treasurer of state to carry out the functions provided for in this section. Financing costs are payable, as may be provided in the proceedings authorizing the certificates of participation, from the proceeds of the obligations, from special funds, or from other participating school district moneys that are available and may lawfully be used for such purpose. Except for agreements entered into in connection with the refunding of bonds and certificates of participation therein, the treasurer of state shall not enter into more than two agreements under this section in any fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.76
§ 3333.76. Recruiting Ohio residents in out-of-state institutions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall encourage state institutions of higher education, alone or in collaboration with other state institutions of higher education or nonpublic Ohio universities and colleges, to submit proposals under the Ohio co-op/internship program for initiatives that recruit Ohio residents enrolled in colleges and universities in other states or other countries to return to Ohio and enroll in state institutions of higher education or nonpublic Ohio universities and colleges as graduate students in a high quality academic program that uses a cooperative education program, a significant internship program in a private industry or institutional laboratory, or a similar model involving a variation of cooperative education or internship programs common to graduate education, and is in an educational area, industry, or industry sector of need. The chancellor may encourage state institutions of higher education, alone or in collaboration with other state institutions of higher education or nonpublic Ohio universities and colleges, to submit proposals for initiatives that recruit Ohio residents who have received baccalaureate degrees to remain in Ohio and enroll in state institutions of higher education or nonpublic Ohio universities and colleges as graduate students in a high quality academic program of the type described in the preceding paragraph.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.461 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.461
§ 3345.461. Tuition and fees for online courses
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly A state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall not charge more in general and instructional fees for an online course than for a course taught in an in-person, classroom setting. Special fees charged for an online course at a state institution of higher education, if applicable, shall be based on the actual demonstrated cost incurred by the institution to provide those courses. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 5:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0210 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0210
§ 3345.0210. Financial cost and aid disclosure forms
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3333.168 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying student" means a newly admitted full-time student who is seeking a degree. (3) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, each state university shall, prior to the student decision deadline to accept admission from a university, provide a financial cost and aid disclosure form to a qualifying student with the student's initial financial aid packet. The form may be provided electronically and shall be based on the template developed or approved under division (E) of this section. The form shall not exceed one double-sided page in length when it is printed. (C) The university shall include all of the following information in the form: (1) Costs associated with attendance including all of the following: (a) General and instructional fees; (b) Room and board, or a reasonable estimate of room and board if the qualifying student has not selected a room and board plan; (c) Special fees that the state university charges at the time the form is created. (2) The qualifying student's aggregate cost of attendance, including the instructional, general, and special fees and room and board; (3) All available sources of financial aid offered by the state university for which the qualifying student would be eligible including all of the following: (a) Any grants and scholarships the state university is aware of and that it offers, including a description of any requirements for maintaining that eligibility; (b) Federal student loans, including federal direct subsidized and unsubsidized student loans; (c) Work study programs, including a description of any requirements for maintaining that eligibility. (4) The qualifying student's expected net cost of attendance after the student's aggregate financial aid, including the student's grants, scholarships, loans, and work study programs, is applied to the student's aggregate cost of attendance; (5) The qualifying student's expected monthly education loan payment upon graduation based on the student loans described in division (C)(3)(b) of this section; (6) The income range between the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles for all of the following: (a) The state university's most recent cohort of graduates; (b) The state university's cohort of graduates who graduated five years prior to the qualifying student's admission to the university; (c) If the qualifying student has declared a major or enrolled in a particular school at the state university, the university shall include income ranges for graduates who had that major or were enrolled in that school. (D) Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, each community college shall provide a qualifying student a financial cost and aid disclosure form with the student's financial aid award letter. The form shall be based on the template developed or approved under division (E) of this section. The form may be provided electronically and shall not exceed one double-sided page in length when it is printed. (1) A community college shall include the information described in divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section in the financial cost and aid disclosure form. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a community college from providing financial counseling, including advising students on expected monthly loan payments for total loan amounts a student may borrow. (2) A community college shall provide a qualifying student, with the student's acceptance letter, a link to a readily available page on the college's web site that contains information on the income ranges described in division (C)(6) of this section. (E) The chancellor of higher education shall develop a financial cost and aid disclosure form template or approve an existing alternative that addresses the information described in division (C) of this section. The chancellor shall develop or approve the template in consultation with the United States department of education and financial aid directors from state institutions of higher education to ensure alignment with the United States department of education's college financing plan and other federal financing tools. Last updated September 11, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.06
§ 3309.06. Board elections
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A) Elections for employee and retirant members of the school employees retirement board shall be held on the first Monday of March. Terms of office of the employee and retirant members of the board shall be for four years each, commencing on the first day of July following the election and ending on the thirtieth day of June. The initial terms of the first retirant member and the new employee member shall commence on July 1, 1984, and end on June 30, 1988. (B) The initial election of the second retirant member shall be held at the first election that occurs later than ninety days after September 15, 2004. Subsequent elections shall be held each fourth year thereafter. (C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, if a vacancy occurs during the term of an elected member of the board, the remaining members of the board shall elect a successor member. On certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code, the successor member shall hold office until the first day of the new term that follows the next board election that occurs not less than ninety days after the successor member's election, or until the end of the term for which the successor member was elected, whichever is sooner. The successor member shall qualify for board membership under the same division of section 3309.05 of the Revised Code as the member's predecessor in office. Elections under this division shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. (D) Employee members or retirant members of the board who fail to attend the meetings of the board for four months or longer, without being excused, shall be considered as having resigned and successors shall be elected for their unexpired terms pursuant to division (C) of this section. If as a result of changed circumstances the retirant member would no longer qualify for membership on the board as a retirant member, the office shall be considered vacant, and a successor retirant member shall be elected pursuant to division (C) of this section. (E) A successor member need not be elected under division (C) of this section for a vacancy that occurs on or after the first day of March of the year in which the vacated term ends.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.031
§ 3365.031. Restrictions on enrollment
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly (A) A student in grade nine may not enroll in courses under this chapter for which the student elects under division (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code to receive credit toward high school graduation for more than the equivalent of four academic school years. A student enrolling in courses under this chapter may not enroll in courses in which the student elects to receive credit toward high school graduation for more than the equivalent of: (1) Three academic school years, if the student so enrolls for the first time in grade ten; (2) Two academic school years, if the student so enrolls for the first time in grade eleven; (3) One academic school year, if the student so enrolls for the first time in grade twelve. (B) The restrictions prescribed in division (A) of this section shall be reduced proportionately for any such student who enrolls in the program during the course of a school year in accordance with rules adopted under section 3365.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.09
§ 3323.09. County board of developmental disabilities to establish special education programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Home" has the meaning given in section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. (2) "Preschool child" means a child who is at least age three but under age six on the thirtieth day of September of an academic year. (B) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall establish special education programs for all children with disabilities who in accordance with section 3323.04 of the Revised Code have been placed in special education programs operated by the county board and for preschool children who are developmentally delayed or at risk of being developmentally delayed. The board annually shall submit to the department of education and workforce a plan for the provision of these programs. The department shall review the plan and approve or modify it in accordance with rules adopted under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. The department shall compile the plans submitted by county boards and shall submit a comprehensive plan to the state board. A county board of developmental disabilities may combine transportation for children enrolled in classes funded under sections 3317.0213 or 3317.20 with transportation for children and adults enrolled in programs and services offered by the board under Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code. (C) A county board of developmental disabilities that during the school year provided special education pursuant to this section for any child with mental disabilities under twenty-two years of age shall prepare and submit the following reports and statements: (1) The board shall prepare a statement for each child who at the time of receiving such special education was a resident of a home and was not in the legal or permanent custody of an Ohio resident or a government agency in this state, and whose natural or adoptive parents are not known to have been residents of this state subsequent to the child's birth. The statement shall contain the child's name, the name of the child's school district of residence, the name of the county board providing the special education, and the number of months, including any fraction of a month, it was provided. Not later than the thirtieth day of June, the board shall forward a certified copy of such statement to both the director of developmental disabilities and to the home. Within thirty days after its receipt of a statement, the home shall pay tuition to the county board computed in the manner prescribed by section 3323.141 of the Revised Code. (2) The board shall prepare a report for each school district that is the school district of residence of one or more of such children for whom statements are not required by division (C)(1) of this section. The report shall contain the name of the county board providing special education, the name of each child receiving special education, the number of months, including fractions of a month, that the child received it, and the name of the child's school district of residence. Not later than the thirtieth day of June, the board shall forward certified copies of each report to the school district named in the report, the department, and the director of developmental disabilities. Last updated September 13, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.073
§ 3319.073. In-service training in child abuse prevention programs, school safety and violence prevention, and training on the board's harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each city and exempted village school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall adopt or adapt the curriculum developed by the department of education and workforce for, or shall develop in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in child abuse prevention or intervention programs, a program of in-service training in the prevention of child abuse, violence, and substance abuse and the promotion of positive youth development. Each person employed by any school district or service center to work in a school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator shall complete at least four hours of the in-service training within two years of commencing employment with the district or center, and every five years thereafter. A person who is employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator on March 30, 2007, shall complete at least four hours of the in-service training not later than March 30, 2009, and every five years thereafter. A person who is employed by any school district or service center to work in a middle or high school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator on October 16, 2009, shall complete at least four hours of the in-service training not later than October 16, 2011, and every five years thereafter. (B) Each board shall incorporate training in school safety and violence prevention, including human trafficking content, into the in-service training required by division (A) of this section. For this purpose, the board shall adopt or adapt the curriculum developed by the department or shall develop its own curriculum in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in school safety and violence prevention programs. (C) Each board shall incorporate training on the board's harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy adopted under section 3313.666 of the Revised Code into the in-service training required by division (A) of this section. Each board also shall incorporate training in the prevention of dating violence into the in-service training required by that division for middle and high school employees. The board shall develop its own curricula for these purposes. (D) Each board shall incorporate training in youth suicide awareness and prevention into the in-service training required by division (A) of this section for each person employed by a school district or service center to work in a school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator, and any other personnel that the board determines appropriate. The board shall require each such person to undergo training in youth suicide awareness and prevention programs once every two years. For this purpose, the board shall develop its own curriculum in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in youth suicide awareness and prevention programs. The training completed under this division shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development required by the school district or service center board. (E) Each board shall incorporate training on child sexual abuse into the in-service training required by division (A) of this section. The training completed under this division shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development required by the school district or service center board. For this purpose, the board shall develop its own curriculum in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in child sexual abuse prevention or child sexual violence prevention. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6110 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6110
§ 3313.6110. Diploma granted by parent or guardian
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A person who has completed the final year of education at home, as authorized under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code, and has successfully fulfilled the high school curriculum applicable to that person may be granted a high school diploma by the person's parent, guardian, or other person having charge or care of a child, as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A person who has graduated from a nonchartered nonpublic school in Ohio and who has successfully fulfilled that school's high school curriculum may be granted a high school diploma by the governing authority of that school. (C) Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, a diploma granted under this section shall serve as proof of the successful completion of that person's applicable high school curriculum and satisfactory to fulfill any legal requirement to show such proof. (D) For the purposes of an application for employment, a diploma granted under this section shall be considered proof of completion of a high school education, regardless of whether the person to which the diploma was granted participated in the assessments prescribed by division (A)(1) or (B)(1) or (2) of section 3301.0710 and section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. (E) A diploma granted under division (A) of this section may include a state seal of biliteracy, an OhioMeansJobs-readiness seal, or a state diploma seal that may be assigned to the student's diploma, by the parent, guardian, or other person having charge or care of the student, in the same manner as prescribed for diplomas and transcripts issued by school districts and chartered nonpublic schools under sections 3313.6111 , 3113.6112 , and 3313.6114 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3381.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3381 / § 3381.10
§ 3381.10. Duties and bond of executive director
Status: in_force

November 7, 1979 House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly The executive director of the regional arts and cultural district shall be the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records, and shall assist the board of trustees in such manner as it directs. Before receiving any moneys, the executive director shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board with surety satisfactory to it. The executive director shall deposit all funds received by him to the account of the district in one or more depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds. No disbursements shall be made from such funds except in accordance with rules adopted by the board of trustees of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3303.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3303 / § 3303.03
§ 3303.03. Subjects for which appropriated funds are accepted
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The benefits of all funds appropriated under the act of congress referred to in section 3303.02 of the Revised Code is hereby accepted as to: (A) Appropriations for the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects; (B) Appropriations for salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects; (C) Appropriations for the preparation of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects and teachers of trade, industrial, and home economics subjects.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3325.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3325 / § 3325.071
§ 3325.071. Programs to enable visually impaired children to construct pattern of communication; fees
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 250 - 135th General Assembly Ohio deaf and blind education services, in consultation with the department of children and youth, in carrying out this section and division (B) of section 3325.06 of the Revised Code shall, insofar as practicable, plan, present, and carry into effect an educational program by means of any of the following methods of instruction: (A) Classes for parents of children of preschool age whose disabilities are visual impairments, independently or in cooperation with community agencies; (B) A preschool where a parent and child may enter the preschool as a unit; (C) Correspondence course; (D) Personal consultations and interviews; (E) Child care or child development courses for children and parents; (F) Summer enrichment courses; (G) By such other means or methods as the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services deems advisable that would permit a child of preschool age whose disability is a visual impairment to build communication skills and develop literacy, mobility, and independence at an early age. The superintendent may allow children who do not have disabilities that are visual impairments to participate in the methods of instruction described in divisions (A) to (G) of this section so that children of preschool age whose disabilities are visual impairments are able to learn alongside their peers while receiving specialized instruction that is based on early learning and development strategies. The superintendent shall establish policies and procedures regarding the participation of children who do not have disabilities that are visual impairments. The superintendent may establish reasonable fees for participation in the methods of instruction described in divisions (A) to (G) of this section to defray the costs of carrying them out. The superintendent shall determine the manner by which any such fees shall be collected. All fees shall be deposited in the state school for the blind even start fees and gifts fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used to implement this section. Last updated January 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.042
§ 3318.042. Additional assistance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The board of education of any school district that is receiving assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code after May 20, 1997, or under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, and whose project is still under construction, may request that the Ohio facilities construction commission examine whether the circumstances prescribed in either division (B)(1) or (2) of this section exist in the school district. If the commission so finds, the commission shall review the school district's original assessment and approved project and consider providing additional assistance to the school district to correct the prescribed conditions found to exist in the district. Additional assistance under this section shall be limited to additions to one or more buildings, remodeling of one or more buildings, or changes to the infrastructure of one or more buildings. (B) Consideration of additional assistance to a school district under this section is warranted in either of the following circumstances: (1) Additional work is needed to correct an oversight or deficiency not identified or included in the district's initial assessment. (2) Other conditions exist that, in the opinion of the commission, warrant additions or remodeling of the project facilities or changes to infrastructure associated with the district's project that were not identified in the initial assessment and plan. (C) If the commission decides in favor of providing additional assistance to any school district under this section, the school district shall be responsible for paying for its portion of the cost of the additions, remodeling, or infrastructure changes pursuant to section 3318.083 of the Revised Code. If, after making a financial evaluation of the school district, the commission determines that the school district is unable without undue hardship, according to the guidelines adopted by the commission, to fund the school district portion of the increase, then the state and the school district shall enter into an agreement whereby the state shall pay the portion of the cost increase attributable to the school district which is determined to be in excess of any local resources available to the district and the district shall thereafter reimburse the state. The commission shall establish the district's schedule for reimbursing the state, which shall not extend beyond ten years. The commission may lengthen the reimbursement schedule of a school district that has entered into an agreement under this section prior to September 26, 2003, as long as the total term of that schedule does not extend beyond ten years. Debt incurred under this section shall not be included in the calculation of the net indebtedness of the school district under section 133.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.26
§ 3307.26. Contributions
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Each teacher shall contribute a certain per cent of the teacher's earned compensation, except that the per cent shall be not greater than fourteen per cent of the teacher's compensation. The per cent shall be as follows: (1) For compensation earned not later than June 30, 2013, ten per cent; (2) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2013, but not later than June 30, 2014, eleven per cent; (3) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2014, but not later than June 30, 2015, twelve per cent; (4) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2015, but not later than June 30, 2016, thirteen per cent; (5) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2016, fourteen per cent; (6) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, the state teachers retirement board may reduce the rate to less than fourteen per cent if the board's actuary determines in its annual actuarial valuation required by section 3307.51 of the Revised Code or in other evaluations conducted under that section that a reduction in the rate does not materially impair the fiscal integrity of the retirement system. (B) For teachers participating in the STRS defined benefit plan, contributions shall be deposited in the teachers' savings fund. For teachers participating in an STRS defined contribution plan, contributions shall be deposited in the defined contribution fund. Contributions made pursuant to this section shall not exceed the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. (C) The contribution for all teachers shall be deducted by the employer on each payroll in an amount equal to the applicable per cent of the teachers' paid compensation for such payroll period or other period as the board may approve. All contributions on paid compensation for teachers shall be remitted at intervals required by the state teachers retirement system. (D) At retirement under the STRS defined benefit plan, or upon a member's death prior to retirement under that plan, if contributions have been made after September 1, 1959, in excess of the contributions normally required to provide the retirement or survivor benefit, the excess contributions may be refunded to the member, to the member's beneficiary, or to the member's estate in a lump sum, or may be used to provide additional income. (E) The board may determine with regard to any member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan whether the limits established by division (D) of section 3307.58 of the Revised Code have resulted in exclusion from use in the calculation of benefits under section 3307.58 , 3307.59 , or 3307.60 of the Revised Code of any compensation on which contributions have been made under this section. The board may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code providing for the disposition of contributions attributable to such compensation and may dispose of the contributions in accordance with those rules. Any disposition of contributions made by the board in accordance with the rules shall be final. (F) The deductions under this section shall be made even though the minimum compensation provided by law for any teacher shall be reduced thereby. Every teacher shall be deemed to consent to the deductions made. Payment less the deductions shall be a complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for the services rendered by the person during the period covered by the payment. (G) Additional deposits may be made to a member's account in the teachers' savings fund or defined contribution fund, subject to rules of the board. At retirement, the amount deposited with interest may be used to provide additional annuity income. The additional deposits may be refunded to the member before retirement, and shall be refunded if the member withdraws the member's refundable account. The deposits may be refunded to the beneficiary or estate if the member dies before retirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.18
§ 3375.18. Board of education may provide building or property for public library service
Status: in_force

July 20, 1967 Senate Bill 161 - 107th General Assembly The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may purchase, erect, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, and furnish buildings, and acquire real estate and interests in real estate therefor, for the purpose of rendering free library service to the inhabitants of said school district, which library facilities shall be operated by the board of library trustees of such school district if a free public library was established by the board of education of such school district prior to September 4, 1947, or otherwise may be operated, under conveyance, lease, or otherwise, by the board of trustees of any free public library, library association, or corporation upon such terms as they may agree upon, provided, that the board of education of the school district finds and determines that such operation by such board of trustees will be beneficial to the school district and the residents thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.481 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.481
§ 3301.481. Identifying state agency for whose benefit real property is acquired
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 3301.48 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3366.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3366 / § 3366.04
§ 3366.04. Issuance of obligations
Status: in_force

June 8, 2000 Senate Bill 161 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The issuing authority may issue obligations under this section to provide money to make proceeds loans to the designated administrator for the purpose of acquiring education loans, or needed for capitalized interest, for funding reserves, and for paying costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, carrying, securing, paying, redeeming, or retirement of the obligations or any obligations refunded thereby, including payment of costs and expenses relating to letters of credit, lines of credit, insurance, put agreements, standby purchase agreements, indexing, marketing, remarketing and administrative arrangements, interest swap or hedging agreements, and any other credit enhancement facility as defined in division (H) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code, liquidity, remarketing, renewal, or refunding arrangements, all of which are authorized by this section. The proceeds thereof shall, as provided in the bond proceedings, be loaned, or otherwise made available as a proceeds loan, to the designated administrator. The issuing authority may appoint trustees, paying agents, and transfer agents and may retain the services of financial advisors, accounting experts, and attorneys, and retain or contract for the services of marketing, remarketing, indexing, and administrative agents, other consultants, and independent contractors, including printing services, as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs of such services are allowable costs payable from the proceeds of such obligations. (B) The holders or owners of obligations shall have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly, or any moneys other than pledged receipts obligated or pledged, and any moneys other than pledged receipts shall not be obligated or pledged, for the payment of bond service charges. The obligations are not debts of the state, bond service charges are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged as pledged receipts for their payment, and the right of such holders and owners to payment of bond service charges is limited to pledged receipts as provided in the bond proceedings, and each such obligation shall bear on its face a statement to that effect. No money, including money from the general revenue fund, shall be appropriated, obligated, or used to pay bond service charges or the costs incurred in the administration of this chapter, other than pledged receipts. (C) Obligations shall be authorized by order of the issuing authority at the request of the designated administrator and with the approval of the director of development, and the bond proceedings shall provide for the purpose thereof and the principal amount or amounts, and shall provide for or authorize the manner for determining the principal maturity or maturities, the interest rate or rates or the maximum interest rate, the date of the obligations and the dates of payment of interest thereon, their denomination, and the establishment within or outside this state of a place or places of payment of bond service charges. Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to obligations issued under this section. The purpose of such obligations may be stated in the bond proceedings in terms describing the general purpose to be served. The bond proceedings shall also provide, subject to the provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge of, and the granting of a security interest in, all, or such part as the issuing authority may determine, of the pledged receipts to the payment of bond service charges, which pledge may be made and security interest granted, subject to the provisions of any applicable prior bond proceedings, either prior to or on a parity with or subordinate to other expenses, claims, or payments, and may be made or granted to secure obligations senior or subordinate to, or on a parity with, obligations theretofore or thereafter issued, if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. The pledged receipts so pledged or subject to a security interest and thereafter received by the issuing authority or the designated administrator on behalf of the issuing authority or otherwise received are immediately subject to such pledge and security interest without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and such pledge and security interest are valid, binding, and enforceable against all parties having claims of any kind against the state or any governmental agency, or against the designated administrator, whether or not such parties have notice thereof, and shall create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery or possession of the pledged receipts, or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge and security interest are created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such pledged receipts and the security interest are effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation. Every pledge made and security interest granted, and every covenant and agreement made with respect thereto in the bond proceedings may therein be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of obligations authorized by this section, and to any trustee therefor, for the further security of the payment of the bond service charges. (D) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as to: (1) The redemption of obligations prior to maturity at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (2) Other terms of the obligations; (3) Limitations on the issuance of additional obligations; (4) The terms of any trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations or under which the same may be issued; (5) The investment of the proceeds of obligations and amounts on deposit in the special funds; (6) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings being binding upon such officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (7) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement or indenture; (8) Provisions for the use of the proceeds of repayment of education loans to acquire additional education loans; (9) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the obligations, the trustee therefor, or the designated administrator, relating to the obligations or the security therefor, including the assignment of security obtained or to be obtained for education loans. (E) The obligations and any coupons pertaining to obligations shall be in the form specified in the bond proceedings and shall be signed by or bear the facsimile signature of the issuing authority. Any obligations or coupons may be executed by the person who, on the date of execution, is the proper issuing authority although on the date of such bonds or coupons such person was not the issuing authority. In case the issuing authority whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligation or coupon ceases to be the issuing authority before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if that official had remained the issuing authority until such delivery. (F) All obligations are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapter 1308. of the Revised Code, subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings as to registration. The obligations may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the issuing authority determines. Provision may be made for the registration of any obligations with coupons attached thereto as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, their exchange for obligations so registered, and for the conversion or reconversion into obligations with coupons attached thereto of any obligations registered as to both principal and interest, and for reasonable charges for such registration, exchange, conversion, and reconversion. (G) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, as determined by the issuing authority in the bond proceedings. (H) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the issuing authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (I) In the discretion of the issuing authority, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the issuing authority and a corporate trustee and, if so provided for in the bond proceedings, any other necessary or appropriate party. Any such trustee shall be a trust company, bank, or national banking association authorized to exercise trust powers within the state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the order authorizing the issuance of the obligations, any provisions that may be contained in any bond proceedings, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including, but not limited to: (1) Maintenance of each pledge, security interest, and trust agreement, indenture, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the bond service charges on the obligations secured thereby have been fully paid, or provision therefor has been made in accordance with the bond proceedings; (2) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the issuing authority made as a part of the contract under which the obligations were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing; (3) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations; (4) The replacement of any obligations that become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen; (5) Such other provisions as the trustee and the issuing authority agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to the education loans that may be made or acquired pursuant to the trust agreement or indenture. (J) Any holder of obligations or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the issuing authority or the director of development required by this chapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and, in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any obligations or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the issuing authority or the director of development in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the pledged receipts pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay and to provide for payment of bond service charges on such obligations and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge revenues or receipts or other income or moneys, other than pledged receipts, and excluding any power to take possession of, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of, any property other than the pledged receipts. Each duty of the issuing authority, of each governmental agency including the director of development, of the designated administrator, and of any of the officers, members, or employees of any of the foregoing, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement made under authority of this chapter, and each duty in every agreement by or with the issuing authority under this chapter, each governmental agency including the director of development, and the designated administrator, is hereby established as a duty of the issuing authority, the governmental agency, or the designated administrator, respectively, and of each such officer, member, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by the law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The person who is at the time the issuing authority or the director of development, or the officers or employees of either of them, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or any agreements of or with the issuing authority or the director of development. (K) The issuing authority may issue obligations for the refunding, including funding and retirement, and advance refunding with or without payment or redemption prior to maturity, of any obligations previously issued. Such obligations may be issued in amounts sufficient for payment of the principal amount of the prior obligations, any redemption premiums thereon, principal maturities of any such obligations maturing prior to the redemption of the remaining obligations on a parity therewith, interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity dates or dates of redemption of such obligations, and expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such issuance and such refunding, funding, and retirement. Subject to the bond proceedings therefor, the portion of proceeds of the sale of obligations issued under this division to be applied to bond service charges on the prior obligations shall be credited to an appropriate account held by the trustee for such prior or new obligations or to the appropriate account in the bond service fund for such obligations. Obligations authorized under this division shall be deemed to be issued for those purposes for which such prior obligations were issued and are subject to the provisions of this section pertaining to other obligations, except as otherwise provided in this section. (L) The authority to issue obligations under this section includes authority to issue obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes. The holders of such notes or interest coupons pertaining thereto shall have a right to be paid solely from the pledged receipts and special funds that may be pledged to the payment of the bonds anticipated, or from the proceeds of such anticipated bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the issuing authority provides in the order authorizing such notes. Such notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the issuing authority and the director of development to the effect that the issuing authority and the director of development will do such or all things necessary for the issuance of such bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amounts, and apply the proceeds thereof to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the principal of and interest on such notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such order. For this purpose, the issuing authority shall issue bonds or renewal notes in such principal amount and upon such terms as may be necessary to provide funds to pay, when required, the principal of and interest and any premium on such notes. Subject to this division, all provisions for and references to obligations in this section are applicable to notes authorized under this division. The issuing authority in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of bond anticipation notes shall set forth for such bonds an estimated interest rate and a schedule of principal payments for such bonds and the annual maturity dates thereof, but this provision does not modify any authority in this section to pledge receipts to, to grant a security interest in those receipts for the purpose of securing, and to covenant to issue bonds to fund, the payment of principal of and interest and any premium on such notes, or to provide in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of the anticipated bonds interest rates and a schedule of principal payments for such bonds and the annual maturity dates thereof which differ from the estimates in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bond anticipation notes. (M) Obligations issued under this section are lawful investments for banks; savings banks; savings and loan associations; credit union share guarantee corporations; trust companies; trustees; fiduciaries; insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life; trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of the state and of subdivisions and taxing districts of the state; the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state; the administrator of workers' compensation, subject to the approval of the workers' compensation board; the state teachers retirement system; the public employees retirement system; the school employees retirement system; and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to those provisions by any agency of the state with respect to investments by them, and are also eligible as security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. (N) Provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of such accounts only to the specified bond service charges on obligations pertinent to such accounts and bond service fund and for other accounts therein within the general purposes of such fund. Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the several special funds established pursuant to this section shall be invested and disbursed as provided in the bond proceedings. (O) The issuing authority shall pledge and grant a security interest in all, or such portion as the issuing authority determines, of the pledged receipts to the payment of bond service charges on obligations, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to pledged receipts as authorized by this chapter, which provisions are controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining thereto. (P) The obligations, the transfer thereof, and the interest, accreted amount, and other income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation, direct or indirect, within this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.01
§ 3307.01. State teachers retirement system - definitions
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 (GA 135) As used in this chapter: (A) "Employer" means the board of education, school district, governing authority of any community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, college, university, institution, or other agency within the state by which a teacher is employed and paid. (B)(1) "Teacher" means all of the following: (a) Any person paid from public funds and employed in the public schools of the state under any type of contract described in section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code in a position for which the person is required to have a license or registration issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code; (b) Except as provided in division (B)(2)(b) or (c) of this section, any person employed as a teacher or faculty member in a community school or a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or 3326. of the Revised Code; (c) Any person having a license or registration issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code and employed in a public school in this state in an educational position, as determined by the department of education and workforce, under programs provided for by federal acts or regulations and financed in whole or in part from federal funds, but for which no licensure requirements for the position can be made under the provisions of such federal acts or regulations; (d) Any other teacher or faculty member employed in any school, college, university, institution, or other agency wholly controlled and managed, and supported in whole or in part, by the state or any political subdivision thereof, including Central state university, Cleveland state university, and the university of Toledo; (e) The educational employees of the state board of education, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, and the educational employees of the department of education and workforce, as determined by the director of education and workforce; (f) Any person having a registration issued pursuant to section 3301.28 of the Revised Code and employed as a tutor by the coordinating service center as defined in that section; (g) Any person having a license issued pursuant to Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code and employed as a school psychologist in a public school; (h) Any person having a pre-service teacher permit issued pursuant to section 3319.0812 of the Revised Code and employed as a substitute teacher by a school district or school. In all cases of doubt, the state teachers retirement board shall determine whether any person is a teacher, and its decision shall be final. (2) "Teacher" does not include any of the following: (a) Any eligible employee of a public institution of higher education, as defined in section 3305.01 of the Revised Code, who elects to participate in an alternative retirement plan established under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code; (b) Any person employed by a community school operator, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, if on or before February 1, 2016, the school's operator was withholding and paying employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) for persons employed in the school as teachers, unless the person had contributing service in a community school in the state within one year prior to the later of February 1, 2016, or the date on which the operator for the first time withholds and pays employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) for that person; (c) Any person who would otherwise be a teacher under division (B)(2)(b) of this section who terminates employment with a community school operator and has no contributing service in a community school in the state for a period of at least one year from the date of termination of employment. (C) "Member" means any person included in the membership of the state teachers retirement system, which shall consist of all teachers and contributors as defined in divisions (B) and (D) of this section and all disability benefit recipients, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code. However, for purposes of this chapter, the following persons shall not be considered members: (1) A student, intern, or resident who is not a member while employed part-time by a school, college, or university at which the student, intern, or resident is regularly attending classes; (2) A person denied membership pursuant to section 3307.24 of the Revised Code; (3) An other system retirant, as defined in section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, or a superannuate; (4) An individual employed in a program established pursuant to the "Job Training Partnership Act," 96 Stat. 1322 (1982), 29 U.S.C.A. 1501; (5) The surviving spouse of a member or retirant if the surviving spouse's only connection to the retirement system is an account in an STRS defined contribution plan. (D) "Contributor" means any person who has an account in the teachers' savings fund or defined contribution fund, except that "contributor" does not mean a member or retirant's surviving spouse with an account in an STRS defined contribution plan. (E) "Beneficiary" means any person eligible to receive, or in receipt of, a retirement allowance or other benefit provided by this chapter. (F) "Year" means the year beginning the first day of July and ending with the thirtieth day of June next following, except that for the purpose of determining final average salary under the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code, "year" may mean the contract year. (G) "Local district pension system" means any school teachers pension fund created in any school district of the state in accordance with the laws of the state prior to September 1, 1920. (H) "Employer contribution" means the amount paid by an employer, as determined by the employer rate, including the normal and deficiency rates, contributions, and funds wherever used in this chapter. (I) "Five years of service credit" means employment covered under this chapter and employment covered under a former retirement plan operated, recognized, or endorsed by a college, institute, university, or political subdivision of this state prior to coverage under this chapter. (J) "Actuary" means an actuarial professional contracted with or employed by the state teachers retirement board, who shall be either of the following: (1) A member of the American academy of actuaries; (2) A firm, partnership, or corporation of which at least one person is a member of the American academy of actuaries. (K) "Fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following: (1) Exercises any discretionary authority or control with respect to the management of the system, or with respect to the management or disposition of its assets; (2) Renders investment advice for a fee, direct or indirect, with respect to money or property of the system; (3) Has any discretionary authority or responsibility in the administration of the system. (L)(1)(a) Except as provided in this division, "compensation" means all salary, wages, and other earnings paid to a teacher by reason of the teacher's employment, including compensation paid pursuant to a supplemental contract. The salary, wages, and other earnings shall be determined prior to determination of the amount required to be contributed to the teachers' savings fund or defined contribution fund under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code and without regard to whether any of the salary, wages, or other earnings are treated as deferred income for federal income tax purposes. (b) Except as provided in division (L)(1)(c) of this section, "compensation" includes amounts paid by an employer as a retroactive payment of earnings, damages, or back pay pursuant to a court order, court-adopted settlement agreement, or other settlement agreement if the retirement system receives both of the following: (i) Teacher and employer contributions under sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code, plus interest compounded annually at a rate determined by the state teachers retirement board, for each year or portion of a year for which amounts are paid under the order or agreement; (ii) Teacher and employer contributions under sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code, plus interest compounded annually at a rate determined by the board, for each year or portion of a year not subject to division (L)(1)(b)(i) of this section for which the board determines the teacher was improperly paid, regardless of the teacher's ability to recover on such amounts improperly paid. (c) If any portion of an amount paid by an employer as a retroactive payment of earnings, damages, or back pay is for an amount, benefit, or payment described in division (L)(2) of this section, that portion of the amount is not compensation under this section. (2) Compensation does not include any of the following: (a) Payments for accrued but unused sick leave or personal leave, including payments made under a plan established pursuant to section 124.39 of the Revised Code or any other plan established by the employer; (b) Payments made for accrued but unused vacation leave, including payments made pursuant to section 124.13 of the Revised Code or a plan established by the employer; (c) Payments made for vacation pay covering concurrent periods for which other salary, compensation, or benefits under this chapter or Chapter 145. or 3309. of the Revised Code are paid; (d) Amounts paid by the employer to provide life insurance, sickness, accident, endowment, health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical coverage, or other insurance for the teacher or the teacher's family, or amounts paid by the employer to the teacher in lieu of providing the insurance; (e) Incidental benefits, including lodging, food, laundry, parking, or services furnished by the employer, use of the employer's property or equipment, and reimbursement for job-related expenses authorized by the employer, including moving and travel expenses and expenses related to professional development; (f) Payments made by the employer in exchange for a member's waiver of a right to receive any payment, amount, or benefit described in division (L)(2) of this section; (g) Payments by the employer for services not actually rendered; (h) Any amount paid by the employer as a retroactive increase in salary, wages, or other earnings, unless the increase is one of the following: (i) A retroactive increase paid to a member employed by a school district board of education in a position that requires a license designated for teaching and not designated for being an administrator issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code that is paid in accordance with uniform criteria applicable to all members employed by the board in positions requiring the licenses; (ii) A retroactive increase paid to a member employed by a school district board of education in a position that requires a license designated for being an administrator issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code that is paid in accordance with uniform criteria applicable to all members employed by the board in positions requiring the licenses; (iii) A retroactive increase paid to a member employed by a school district board of education as a superintendent that is also paid as described in division (L)(2)(h)(i) of this section; (iv) A retroactive increase paid to a member employed by an employer other than a school district board of education in accordance with uniform criteria applicable to all members employed by the employer. (i) Payments made to or on behalf of a teacher that are in excess of the annual compensation that may be taken into account by the retirement system under division (a)(17) of section 401 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a)(17), as amended. For a teacher who first establishes membership before July 1, 1996, the annual compensation that may be taken into account by the retirement system shall be determined under division (d)(3) of section 13212 of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993," Pub. L. No. 103-66, 107 Stat. 472. (j) Payments made under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 5923.05 of the Revised Code, Section 4 of Substitute Senate Bill No. 3 of the 119th general assembly, Section 3 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 164 of the 124th general assembly, or Amended Substitute House Bill No. 405 of the 124th general assembly; (k) Anything of value received by the teacher that is based on or attributable to retirement or an agreement to retire. (3) The retirement board shall determine both of the following: (a) Whether particular forms of earnings are included in any of the categories enumerated in this division; (b) Whether any form of earnings not enumerated in this division is to be included in compensation. Decisions of the board made under this division shall be final. (M) "Superannuate" means both of the following: (1) A former teacher receiving from the system a retirement allowance under section 3307.58 or 3307.59 of the Revised Code; (2) A former teacher receiving a benefit from the system under a plan established under section 3307.81 of the Revised Code, except that "superannuate" does not include a former teacher who is receiving a benefit based on disability under a plan established under section 3307.81 of the Revised Code. For purposes of sections 3307.35 and 3307.353 of the Revised Code, "superannuate" also means a former teacher receiving from the system a combined service retirement benefit paid in accordance with section 3307.57 of the Revised Code, regardless of which retirement system is paying the benefit. (N) "STRS defined benefit plan" means the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code. (O) "STRS defined contribution plan" means the plans established under section 3307.81 of the Revised Code and includes the STRS combined plan under that section. (P) "Faculty" means the teaching staff of a university, college, or school, including any academic administrators. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.05
§ 3313.05. Submission of plans to electors - contents - separate ballot
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The commission provided for by section 3313.04 of the Revised Code shall prepare and submit to the electors at the next regular municipal election, if one occurs not less than one hundred twenty days after the passage of the resolution mentioned in such section, otherwise, at the second regular municipal election, two or more plans for the organization of the board of education in such district, but in no event shall less than two plans be submitted. Each plan shall provide for the number of members, the length of term of the members and the organization of the board; one such plan shall provide for a board of the same number and of the same organization as the board existing in said district at the time of said election. Said plans shall be submitted to the electors of said district on a separate ballot, bearing no party designation and in such form as said commission determines. A certified copy of the resolution determining such form shall be transmitted by said commission to the proper election authorities a sufficient length of time prior to said election to enable the ballot therefor to be prepared.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0212
§ 3345.0212. Noncommercial expressive activities on campus
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as permitted by this section and sections 3345.0213 and 3345.12 of the Revised Code, no state institution of higher education, or any of its administrators acting in their official capacity, shall prohibit any individual from engaging in noncommercial expressive activity on campus, so long as the individual's conduct is lawful and does not materially and substantially disrupt the functioning of the institution. (B) No state institution of higher education shall charge security fees to a student or a student group based on the content of their expression, the content of the expression of their invited guest, or the anticipated reaction to an invited guest's expression. (C) Each state institution of higher education shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt a policy on harassment that is consistent with and adheres strictly to its definition in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code; (2) Make public in its handbook, on its web site, and in its orientation programs for students the policies, regulations, and expectations of students regarding free expression on campus, including the state institution's policy adopted under section 3345.0215 of the Revised Code; (3) Develop and distribute materials, programs, and procedures to individuals responsible for the education or discipline of students, such as administrators, campus police officers, residence life officials, and professors, to inform them of the policies, regulations, and duties of the institution regarding free expression on campus. (D)(1) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as preventing state institutions of higher education from restricting expressive activities that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution does not protect. (2) Nothing in this section shall enable individuals to engage in conduct that intentionally, materially, and substantially disrupts another individual's expressive activity if it occurs in a campus space reserved for exclusive use or control of a particular individual or group. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 12:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.03
§ 3305.03. Designation of entities eligible to provide investment options
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The Ohio board of regents shall designate the entities that are eligible to provide investment options under alternative retirement plans maintained by public institutions of higher education. The board shall accept and review applications from entities seeking designation as a vendor. The board shall not designate an entity as a vendor unless the entity meets the requirements described in division (B) of this section. (B) To be eligible for designation as a vendor, an entity must meet both of the following requirements: (1) The entity must be authorized to conduct business in this state with regard to the investment options to be offered under an alternative retirement plan maintained by a public institution of higher education. (2) The entity must meet one of the following requirements: (a) Have provided investment options for not less than ten years under alternative retirement plans maintained by public institutions of higher education in this state; (b) Offer the same or similar investment options under alternative retirement plans, optional retirement plans, or similar types of plans with respect to which all of the following apply: (i) The plans are defined contribution plans that are qualified plans under Internal Revenue Code 401(a) or 403(b). (ii) The plans are maintained by institutions of higher education in at least ten other states. (iii) The plans are established as primary retirement plans that are alternatives to or a component of the applicable state retirement system. (C) In determining whether to designate an entity as a vendor, the board of regents shall identify, consider, and evaluate all of the following: (1) The experience of the entity in providing in this state or other states investment options under alternative retirement plans, optional retirement plans, or similar types of plans that meet the requirements of division (B)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, as applicable; (2) The potential effectiveness of the entity in recruiting eligible employees to select that entity for purposes of participating in an alternative retirement plan and in retaining those employees' accounts; (3) Whether the entity intends to offer a broad range of investment options to the electing employees; (4) The suitability of the investment options to the needs and interests of the electing employees and their beneficiaries; (5) The capability of the entity to offer sufficient information to the electing employees and their beneficiaries to make informed decisions with regard to investment options offered by the entity; (6) The capability of the entity to perform in a manner that is in the best interests of the electing employees and their beneficiaries; (7) The fees and expenses associated with the entity's investment options and the manner in which the entity intends to disclose those fees and expenses; (8) The rights and benefits to be provided under the investment options; (9) The capability of the entity to provide the rights and benefits under the investment options; (10) Comments submitted by a public institution of higher education under section 3305.031 of the Revised Code; (11) Any other matters the board of regents considers relevant. (D) The board of regents shall conduct periodic reviews of each entity designated as a vendor and the investment options being offered to ensure that the requirements and purposes of this chapter are being met. The reviews of a vendor shall occur not less frequently than once every three years. If it finds that the vendor is not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter or the vendor is not satisfactorily meeting the purposes of this chapter, the board shall rescind the vendor's designation. (E) Notwithstanding sections 125.01 to 125.11 of the Revised Code, designation of a vendor or the execution of any agreement under this chapter is not subject to competitive bidding under those sections. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.93
§ 3333.93. Workforce-education partnership programs
Status: in_force

October 1, 2020 House Bill 614 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "college or university" means both of the following: (1) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (2) A private college as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A college or university and employers may establish a workforce-education partnership program to provide assistance to students to allow the students to graduate from the college or university with no student loan indebtedness. The chancellor of higher education shall create a template for a college or university and employers to use to establish a program. The chancellor shall consult with state and local workforce and economic development agencies to develop the template and include all of the following in the template: (1) The process for an employer to participate in the program; (2) A requirement that, to be eligible to participate in the program, a student be enrolled in a degree-granting program at a college or university on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the chancellor, and be a paid employee of an employer participating in the program; (3) The process for an eligible student under division (B)(2) of this section to enroll in the program; (4) Guidance for the college or university to designate a mentor to assist students within the college or university; (5) Guidance for an employer to designate a mentor to assist students at the employer's workplace; (6) Guidance for the college or university and employers to create a process to make a housing stipend available to students enrolled in the program; (7) Guidance for the college or university and employers to make life management and professional skills training available to students enrolled in the program; (8) A requirement that an employer establish an educational assistance program pursuant to section 127 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C. 127 and provide tuition assistance for a student enrolled at the college or university while working for the employer, up to the maximum amount that the employer may exclude from the employer's gross income under that section; (9) A requirement that the college or university work with students enrolled in the program to ensure that the students have applied for and are receiving the maximum amount of financial aid, in the form of scholarships and grants, that the students are eligible to receive to cover the student's costs to attend the college or university; (10) A requirement that the college or university and employers seek out additional sources of funding to cover any remaining costs to attend the college or university that are not covered under divisions (B)(8) and (9) of this section for students enrolled in the program. (C) The chancellor shall evaluate the effectiveness of the workforce-education partnership programs established under this section to determine whether additional training and employment programs may use the template created in division (B) of this section to establish a workforce-education partnership program.