Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.029 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.029
§ 3345.029. Syllabus requirements
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th 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) "Course syllabus" means a document produced for students by a course instructor that includes all of the following: (a) The name of the course instructor; (b) A calendar for the course outlining what materials and topics will be covered and when during the course they will be covered; (c) A list of any required or recommended readings for the course; (d) The course instructor's professional qualifications. (3) "General syllabus" means a document produced for students by a community college regarding a course that includes both of the following: (a) A calendar for the course outlining what materials and topics will be covered and when during the course they will be covered; (b) A list of any required or recommended readings for the course. (4) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, each state institution of higher education shall make a syllabus for each undergraduate course it offers for college credit publicly available by doing one of the following: (1) Ensuring that each course instructor posts a course syllabus on a publicly accessible web site. Each such web site shall include the following information: (a) The course instructor's professional qualifications; (b) The course instructor's contact information; (c) The course instructor's course schedule; (d) The course syllabus for each course the instructor is currently teaching, which shall be accessible by link or download through the web site. (2) Posting a course syllabus for each course on the institution's publicly accessible web site. Each course syllabus shall be all of the following: (a) Accessible from the main page of the state institution's web site by use of not more than three links; (b) Searchable by keywords and phrases; (c) Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind. (3) If the institution is a community college, posting a general syllabus for a course on the college's publicly accessible web site. Each general syllabus shall be all of the following: (a) Accessible from the main page of the college's web site by use of not more than three links; (b) Searchable by keywords and phrases; (c) Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind. (C)(1) Each state institution shall make a syllabus available in accordance with division (B) of this section not later than the first day of classes for the semester or academic term in which the course is offered. (2) For any syllabus posted under division (B)(1) of this section that is no longer used, the course instructor shall, upon request, make that syllabus available for not less than two years after that syllabus was posted under that division. (3) Any syllabus posted under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section shall remain posted on the state institution's web site for not less than two years after it was first posted. (4) To the extent practicable, each state institution shall ensure that the most recently updated syllabus for each undergraduate course it offers for college credit is posted in accordance with division (B) of this section. (D) Divisions (B) and (C) of this section do not apply to a college course that is offered through the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, delivered in a secondary school, and taught by a high school teacher. (E) Each state institution shall designate an administrator to implement the institution's responsibilities under this section. The administrator may assign duties for that purpose to one or more administrative employees. (F) Each state institution shall prepare a written report regarding its compliance with the requirements under this section for the chancellor of higher education in accordance with guidelines established under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code. The chancellor shall prepare a report that includes each report received from a state institution under this division. (G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a publicly available syllabus to include the location or time of day at which a course is being held. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.44
§ 3314.44. Collection and transmittal of school records after closing; Compliance; Penalty
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) If a community school established under this chapter closes for any reason, the chief administrative officer of the school at the time the school closes shall in good faith take all reasonable steps necessary to collect and assemble in an orderly manner the educational records of each student who is or has been enrolled in the school so that those records may be transmitted in accordance with this division. The chief administrative officer shall transmit the records within seven business days of the school closing to the student's school district of residence. (B) No person required to collect, assemble, and transmit student records under division (A) of this section shall fail to comply with that division. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor in the third degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.18
§ 3302.18. School action team
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) If a community learning center process is initiated under section 3302.17 of the Revised Code for any school building operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district or a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the district board of education or community school governing authority shall create a school action team for the school building. The team shall consist of twelve members, as follows: (a) Seven individuals, consisting of parents or guardians of students enrolled in the school and members of the community who are not teachers or nonteaching employees, as elected by their peers; (b) Five teachers and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school building and are not parents or guardians of students enrolled in the school, as elected by their peers. (2) To assist a school action team initiated under section 3302.17 of the Revised Code, the district board, community school governing authority, or community partner shall select an individual who is employed by the district, school, or community partner to serve as the resource coordinator for the community learning center. The school action team shall make recommendations to the board, governing authority, or community partner on potential candidates. The resource coordinator shall not be considered a member of a school action team. The resource coordinator shall assist in the development and coordination of programs and services for the community learning center. (B) All members of a school action team shall serve as voting members. Terms of office shall be for three years, and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Members shall serve without compensation. (C) In addition to the responsibilities listed in section 3302.17 of the Revised Code, the school action team shall do all of the following: (1) Monitor and assist in the implementation of the school improvement plan, if adopted; (2) Meet with candidates for principal and other administrative positions and make recommendations to the superintendent and board of education of the district or governing authority of the community school; (3) Advise on school budgets; (4) Establish ongoing mechanisms that engage students, parents, and community members in the school; (5) Continue to collect feedback and information from parents using an annual survey; (6) Develop and approve a written parent involvement policy that outlines the role of parents and guardians in the school; (7) Monitor school progress on data related to academic achievement; attendance, suspensions, and expulsions; graduation rates; and reclassifications disaggregated by major racial and ethnic groups, English learners, economically disadvantaged students, and students with disabilities; (8) Receive regular updates from the principal on policy matters affecting the school and provide advice on such matters; (9) Meet regularly with parents and community members to discuss policy matters affecting the school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.763 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.763
§ 3307.763. Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 3307.762 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the state teachers retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state teachers retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, the Cincinnati retirement system shall, in computing years of service credit, be given credit for service credit earned under the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the state teachers retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be obtained under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the state teachers retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service, the Cincinnati retirement system transfers to the state teachers retirement system the sum of the following: (a) The amount contributed by the member, or, in the case of military service credit, paid by the member, that is attributable to the year of service; (b) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the credit was earned; (c) Interest on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(4)(a) and (b) of this section from the last day of the year for which service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the transfer is made. (C) A member of the state teachers retirement system with at least one and one-half years of contributing service credit with the state teachers retirement system who has received a refund of the member's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system may obtain credit for service credit earned under the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the state teachers retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be obtained under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the state teachers retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service, the state teachers retirement system receives the sum of the following: (a) An amount, paid by the member, equal to the sum of the following: (i) The amount refunded by the Cincinnati retirement system to the member for that year for contributions and payments for military service credit, with interest at a rate established by the state teachers retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of payment; (ii) The amount of interest, if any, the member received when the refund was made that is attributable to the year of service. (b) An amount, transferred by the Cincinnati retirement system to the state teachers retirement system, equal to the sum of the following: (i) Interest on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made; (ii) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned to the date of the transfer. (D) The amount transferred under division (C)(4)(b)(i) of this section shall not include any amount of interest the Cincinnati retirement system paid to the person when it made the refund. (E) On receipt of payment from the member under division (C)(4)(a) of this section, the state teachers retirement system shall notify the Cincinnati retirement system. On receipt of the notice, the Cincinnati retirement system shall transfer the amount described in division (C)(4)(b) of this section. (F) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state teachers retirement system or the Cincinnati retirement system. The interest shall be compounded annually. (G) At the request of the state teachers retirement system, the Cincinnati retirement system shall certify to the state teachers retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a state teachers retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section. (H) A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section, subject to rules of the state teachers retirement board. (I) A member is ineligible to obtain credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable in the future. (J) The state teachers retirement board shall credit to the member's account in the teachers' savings fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(4)(a) and (C)(4)(a)(i) of this section, except that interest paid by the member under division (C)(4)(a)(i) of this section shall be credited to the employers' trust fund. The board shall credit to the employers' trust fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(4)(b), (B) )(4)(c), (C) )(4)(a)(ii), and (C)(4)(b) of this section. (K) The state teachers retirement system shall withdraw credit obtained under this section and refund all amounts paid or transferred to obtain the credit if either of the following occurs: (1) The member fails to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the state teachers retirement system that credit has been obtained under this section. (2) The member's application for a disability benefit is denied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.172
§ 3319.172. Reasonable reductions in nonteaching employees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The board of education of each school district wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply and the governing board of each educational service center may adopt a resolution ordering reasonable reductions in the number of nonteaching employees for any of the reasons for which the board of education or governing board may make reductions in teaching employees, as set forth in division (B) of section 3319.17 of the Revised Code. In making any reduction under this section, the board of education or governing board shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the superintendent of the district or service center who shall, within each pay classification affected, give preference first to employees under continuing contracts and then to employees on the basis of seniority. On a case-by-case basis, in lieu of suspending a contract in whole, a board may suspend a contract in part, so that an individual is required to work a percentage of the time the employee otherwise is required to work under the contract and receives a commensurate percentage of the full compensation the employee otherwise would receive under the contract. Any nonteaching employee whose continuing contract is suspended under this section shall have the right of restoration to continuing service status by the board of education or governing board that suspended that contract in order of seniority of service in the district or service center, if and when a nonteaching position for which the employee is qualified becomes vacant or is created. No nonteaching employee whose continuing contract has been suspended under this section shall lose that right of restoration to continuing service status by reason of having declined recall to a position requiring fewer regularly scheduled hours of work than required by the position the employee last held while employed in the district or service center. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of agreements between employee organizations and public employers entered into after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.101
§ 3357.101. Liability for loss of public funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly The treasurer or other fiscal officer of a technical college district shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer or officer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer or officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's or officer's negligence or other wrongful act. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.0419 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.0419
§ 3333.0419. Educator preparation program survey
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education shall do all of the following: (1) Conduct a survey of each undergraduate and graduate educator preparation program for teachers and administrators that is offered by an institution of higher education to determine what instruction the programs are providing to students in mental and behavioral health, behavior management, and classroom management, including how they are incorporating education on adverse childhood experiences and trauma. The survey shall focus on the current instruction provided by the preparation programs, including all of the following: (a) Processes for establishing a positive school and classroom climate; (b) Knowledge of the reasons for disruptive behaviors and how teacher and administrator actions impact the classroom and school climate; (c) Evidence-based techniques for preventing, managing, and responding to mild, moderate, and more disruptive student behaviors; (d) Processes for fostering and maintaining positive teacher and student relationships; (e) Procedures for designing and using trauma-informed instructional approaches; (f) Processes for using restorative practices in response to disruptive behaviors; (g) Techniques provided to teachers and administrators to manage their own stress and foster their own well-being. The survey shall be created in conjunction with the department of education and workforce. (2) In conjunction with the department of education and workforce, use the survey results to develop a summary of the instructional strategies, practices, and content of surveyed preparation programs, including institution-level summaries; (3) In conjunction with the department of education and workforce, develop a report that analyzes the survey's findings to make recommendations for evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies, practices, and content to address identified needs and equip educators to support student academic success and well-being from early childhood education through the twelfth grade. The recommendations shall address the following: (a) Classroom management; (b) Behavior management; (c) Mental health education; (d) The impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on students. (B) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, the chancellor and director of education and workforce jointly shall distribute the report to school districts, the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code, and the governor. Last updated September 11, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.04
§ 3357.04. Powers and duties of district - place of business
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly A technical college district organized pursuant to section 3357.02 of the Revised Code shall be a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, and shall have perpetual existence, with power to sue and be sued, to incur debts, liabilities, and obligations, to exercise the right of eminent domain and of taxation and assessment, to issue bonds, and to do all acts necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purposes for which the district was created and for executing the powers with which it is invested. A technical college district established pursuant to section 3357.02 of the Revised Code, shall have as its temporary office or principal place of business the office of the board of education of the most populous school district in such technical college district until a permanent place of business is established pursuant to section 3357.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.074 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.074
§ 3319.074. Professional qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Core subject area" means reading and English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and fine arts. (2) "Properly certified or licensed teacher" means a classroom teacher who has successfully completed all requirements for certification or licensure under this chapter applicable to the subject areas and grade levels in which the teacher provides instruction and the students to whom the teacher provides the instruction. (3) "Properly certified paraprofessional" means a paraprofessional who holds an educational aide permit issued under section 3319.088 of the Revised Code and satisfies at least one of the following conditions: (a) Has a designation of "ESEA qualified" on the educational aide permit; (b) Has successfully completed at least two years of coursework at an accredited institution of higher education; (c) Holds an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education; (d) Meets a rigorous standard of quality as demonstrated by attainment of a qualifying score on an academic assessment specified by the department of education and workforce. (B) Beginning July 1, 2019, no city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district shall do either of the following: (1) Employ any classroom teacher to provide instruction in a core subject area to any student, unless such teacher is a properly certified or licensed teacher; (2) Employ any paraprofessional in a program supported with funds received under Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq., to provide academic support in a core subject area to any student, unless such paraprofessional is a properly certified paraprofessional. (C) At the start of each school year, each school district shall notify the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the district that the parent or guardian may request information on the professional qualifications of each classroom teacher who provides instruction to the student. The district shall provide the information on each applicable teacher in a timely manner to any parent or guardian who requests it. Such information shall include at least the following: (1) Whether the teacher has satisfied all requirements for certification or licensure under this chapter applicable to the subject areas and grade levels in which the teacher provides instruction and the students to whom the teacher provides the instruction, or whether the teacher provides instruction under a waiver of any such requirements; (2) Whether a paraprofessional provides any services to the student and, if so, the qualifications of the paraprofessional. Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.23
§ 3304.23. Form for inclusion in database of persons with a communication disability
Status: in_force

January 19, 2026 House Bill 144 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Clinical nurse specialist" and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Disability" means an intellectual impairment, 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, a serious health impairment, a specific learning impairment (including dyslexia), deaf-blindness, or a mental health condition with symptoms that make it difficult for a person to do certain activities or to interact with others. (3) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code. (5) "Psychiatrist" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Psychologist" has the same meaning as in section 4732.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall develop a verification form for a person diagnosed with a disability to be submitted voluntarily to the department of public safety so that the person may be included in the database established under section 5502.08 of the Revised Code. The same form shall be used to indicate that the person wishes to be removed from the database in accordance with division (F) of section 5502.08 of the Revised Code. (C) The form shall include the following information: (1) The name of the person diagnosed with a disability; (2) The name of the person completing the form on behalf of the person diagnosed with a disability, if applicable; (3) The relationship between the person completing the form and the person diagnosed with a disability, if applicable; (4) The residential address of the individual in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section; (5) The telephone number of the individual in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section; (6) The driver's license number or state identification card number issued to the person diagnosed with a disability, if that person has such a number; (7) The license plate number of each vehicle owned, operated, or regularly occupied by the person diagnosed with a disability or registered in that person's name; (8) A certification that the person has been diagnosed with a disability, signed by a psychiatrist or other physician, a psychologist, a clinical nurse specialist, or a certified nurse practitioner; (9) The name, business address, business telephone number, and professional license number of the professional making the certification described in division (C)(6) of this section; (10) The signature of the person diagnosed with a disability or the signature of the person completing the form on behalf of such a person; (11) A place where the person diagnosed with a disability or the person completing the form on behalf of such a person may indicate the desire to be removed from the database. (D) Any of the following persons may complete the verification form: (1) Any person diagnosed with a disability who is eighteen years of age or older; (2) The parent or parents of a minor child diagnosed with a disability; (3) The guardian of a person diagnosed with a disability, regardless of the age of the person. (E)(1) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, the department of developmental disabilities, and the department of public safety shall make the verification form electronically available on each of their respective web sites. (2) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency and the department of developmental disabilities shall conduct public outreach concerning the existence of the database created under section 5502.08 of the Revised Code and include information regarding the database on their respective web sites. Last updated January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.695 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.695
§ 3307.695. Additional monthly payment as of 12/31/1971
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 299 - 124th General Assembly On and after December 31, 1971, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to former section 3307.38 or 3307.43 of the Revised Code, or in the event of the death of such persons, the person designated by the deceased to receive payments under former section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement or disability and December 31, 1971, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less. Last updated September 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.142 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.142
§ 3319.142. Personal leave for nonteaching employees
Status: in_force

June 23, 1976 Senate Bill 238 - 111th General Assembly Each board of education shall adopt rules entitling regular nonteaching employees, during each school year, to a minimum of three days of personal leave at the employee's regular compensation. The rules shall govern the use and administration of personal leave, but they need not specify each occasion or purpose for which personal leave may be taken. Personal leave shall be administered by the superintendent or an administrative employee designated by him. Personal leave days shall not be charged against sick leave earned under section 3319.141 of the Revised Code. If a board of education fails to adopt rules as required by this section, each regular non-teaching employee of the board is entitled to three days of unrestricted personal leave during the school year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.08
§ 3355.08. Bonds
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly A university branch district may submit to the electors of the district the question of issuing bonds of such district for the purpose of paying all or a part of 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 the levy of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds. The proceedings for such election and for the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be as provided 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. If a majority of those voting upon the proposal vote in favor thereof, the board may proceed with the issuance of such bonds and the levy of a tax outside the ten-mill limitation, sufficient in amount to pay the interest on and retire such bonds at maturity. Notes may be issued in anticipation of such bonds as provided in section 133.22 of the Revised Code. The secretary of the district shall be its fiscal officer, and the board of trustees shall be the taxing authority of the district, as those terms are used in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.035
§ 3365.035. Course mature subject matter disclaimer
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "mature subject matter" means any course subject matter or material of a graphic, explicit, violent, or sexual nature. (B) The department of education and workforce and the department of higher education shall jointly develop a permission slip regarding the potential for mature subject matter in a course taken through the college credit plus program. The departments shall post the permission slip in a prominent place on their college credit plus program web sites. (C) For a student enrolled in a public, chartered nonpublic, or nonchartered nonpublic school or a home-educated student to enroll in any college course under the college credit plus program, the parent of the student and the student shall sign and include the permission slip described in division (B) of this section within the student's application to the public college, participating private college, or eligible out-of-state college in which the student wishes to enroll. (D) Each public and participating private college and eligible out-of-state college participating in the program, upon admitting a student under the program, shall include in the college's enrollment materials the following: (1) A questionnaire for students, developed by the college, to answer in the affirmative acknowledging that the student possesses the necessary social and emotional maturity and is ready to accept the responsibility and independence that a college classroom demands and to resubmit to the college; (2) Guidance on reviewing any course materials available prior to enrolling in a course; (3) Information about the college's and the program's policies on withdrawing from or dropping a course; (4) Information about the student's right to speak with the student's high school counselor or with the academic advisor assigned to the student as prescribed in division (F) of section 3365.05 of the Revised Code. (E) Each public and participating private college and eligible out-of-state college participating in the program shall include a discussion at student orientation about the potential for mature subject matter in courses taken through the program. (F) The department of education and workforce, the department of higher education, and each public and participating private college and eligible out-of-state college participating in the program shall post in a prominent place on their college credit plus program web sites the following disclaimer: "The subject matter of a course enrolled in under the college credit plus program may include mature subject matter or materials, including those of a graphic, explicit, violent, or sexual nature, that will not be modified based upon college credit plus enrollee participation regardless of where course instruction occurs." Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.04
§ 3328.04. Participating school districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The city, exempted village, or local school district in which a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter is located is a participating school district under this chapter. Any other city, exempted village, or local school district may agree to be a participating school district. The department of education and workforce shall adopt procedures for districts to agree to be participating school districts. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.17
§ 3319.17. Reduction in number of teachers - restoration
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "interdistrict contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by an educational service center governing board and another board or other public entity pursuant to section 3313.17 , 3313.841 , 3313.842 , 3313.843 , 3313.844 , 3313.845 , 3313.91 , or 3323.08 of the Revised Code, including any such contract or agreement for the provision of services funded under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. (B) When, for any of the following reasons that apply to any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district or any educational service center, the board decides that it will be necessary to reduce the number of teachers it employs, it may make a reasonable reduction: (1) In the case of any district or service center, return to duty of regular teachers after leaves of absence including suspension of schools, territorial changes affecting the district or center, or financial reasons; (2) In the case of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district, decreased enrollment of pupils in the district; (3) In the case of any governing board of a service center providing any particular service directly to pupils pursuant to one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such service, reduction in the total number of pupils the governing board is required to provide with the service under all interdistrict contracts as a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or more of these interdistrict contracts; (4) In the case of any governing board providing any particular service that it does not provide directly to pupils pursuant to one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such service, reduction in the total level of the service the governing board is required to provide under all interdistrict contracts as a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or more of these interdistrict contracts. (C) In making any such reduction, any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school board shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the superintendent of schools who shall, within each teaching field affected, give preference to teachers on continuing contracts. The board shall not give preference to any teacher based on seniority, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations. On a case-by-case basis, in lieu of suspending a contract in whole, a board may suspend a contract in part, so that an individual is required to work a percentage of the time the employee otherwise is required to work under the contract and receives a commensurate percentage of the full compensation the employee otherwise would receive under the contract. The teachers whose continuing contracts are suspended by any board pursuant to this section shall have the right of restoration to continuing service status by that board if and when teaching positions become vacant or are created for which any of such teachers are or become qualified. No teacher whose continuing contract has been suspended pursuant to this section shall lose that right of restoration to continuing service status by reason of having declined recall to a position that is less than full-time or, if the teacher was not employed full-time just prior to suspension of the teacher's continuing contract, to a position requiring a lesser percentage of full-time employment than the position the teacher last held while employed in the district or service center. Seniority shall not be the basis for rehiring a teacher, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations. (D) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code: (1) The requirements of this section, as it existed prior to September 29, 2011, prevail over any conflicting provisions of agreements between employee organizations and public employers entered into between September 29, 2005, and September 29, 2011; (2) The requirements of this section, as it exists on and after September 29, 2011, prevail over any conflicting provisions of agreements between employee organizations and public employers entered into on or after September 29, 2011.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6023
§ 3313.6023. Training in the use of an automated external defibrillator for school district employees
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 47 - 135th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each school district shall provide training in the use of an automated external defibrillator to teachers, principals, administrative employees, coaches, athletic trainers, any other person that supervises interscholastic athletics, and any other employee subject to in-service training requirements under division (A) of section 3319.073 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of education of each school district may provide training in the use of an automated external defibrillator to any other person employed by that district. (C) The training prescribed under this section shall be incorporated into the in-service training required by division (A) of section 3319.073 of the Revised Code. For this purpose, the board shall use one of the instructional programs listed in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 3313.6021 of the Revised Code. (D) Each person to whom this section applies shall complete the training not later than July 1, 2018, and at least once every five years thereafter. Last updated August 13, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.43
§ 3313.43. Dedication of school lands for street purposes - certificate of dedication
Status: in_force

January 16, 1980 House Bill 44 - 113th General Assembly When the board of education of any school district owns or holds lands for school purposes and said lands are not accessible by reason of the want of any street or public highway leading thereto and it becomes necessary that streets and highways be dedicated and opened for the purpose of making such lands accessible and available for the public use, and in so doing it becomes necessary to use and occupy part of said school lands for street or highway purposes, such board may, by resolution, authorize that a true map or plat of said lands be made by a competent engineer, delineating thereon the proposed streets or highways, and shall authorize the president and treasurer of the board to execute and acknowledge thereon a certificate of dedication of such lands as are embraced therein as streets and highways, for the use of the general public as such. The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, within which such lands are situated may, by ordinance, accept such lands so dedicated as public streets, and the same shall thereafter be under the control and supervision of such legislative authority as streets and highways.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.112
§ 3326.112. Compliance with standards for financial reporting
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The governing body of each STEM school shall comply with the standards for financial reporting adopted under division (B)(2) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.068 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.068
§ 3302.068. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Not later than the first day of July each year, the department of education and workforce shall issue, and post on its web site, a report on school districts of innovation. The report shall include the following information: (A) The number of districts designated as school districts of innovation in the preceding school year and the total number of school districts of innovation statewide; (B) The number of innovation schools in each school district of innovation and the number of district students served by the schools, expressed as a total number and as a percentage of the district's total student population; (C) The number of innovation school zones in each school district of innovation, the number of schools participating in each zone, and the number of district students served by the participating schools, expressed as a total number and as a percentage of the district's total student population; (D) An overview of the innovations implemented in innovation schools and innovation school zones; (E) Data on the academic performance of the students enrolled in an innovation school or an innovation school zone in each school district of innovation, including a comparison of the students' academic performance before and after the district's designation as a school district of innovation; (F) Recommendations for legislative changes based on the innovations implemented or to enhance the ability of schools and districts to implement innovations. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6013
§ 3313.6013. Advanced standing programs for college credit
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "advanced standing program" means a program that enables a student to earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education while enrolled in high school or that enables a student to complete coursework while enrolled in high school that may earn credit toward a degree from an institution of higher education upon the student's attainment of a specified score on an examination covering the coursework. Advanced standing programs may include any of the following: (1) The college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code; (2) Advanced placement courses; (3) International baccalaureate diploma courses; (4) Early college high school programs; (5) Courses that comply with the career-technical education credit transfer criteria, policies, and procedures established under section 3333.162 of the Revised Code; (6) The college-level examination program. (B) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and each chartered nonpublic high school shall provide students enrolled in grades nine through twelve with the opportunity to participate in an advanced standing program. For this purpose, each school district and chartered nonpublic high school shall offer at least one advanced standing program in accordance with division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable. (1) A city, local, or exempted village school district meets the requirements of this division through its mandatory participation in the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. However, a city, local, or exempted village school district may offer any other advanced standing program, in addition to the college credit plus program, and each joint vocational school district shall offer at least one other advanced standing program, to students in good standing, as defined by the partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as subsequently defined by the department of education and workforce. (2) A chartered nonpublic high school that elects to participate in the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code meets the requirements of this division. Each chartered nonpublic high school that elects not to participate in the college credit plus program instead shall offer at least one other advanced standing program to students in good standing, as defined by the partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as subsequently defined by the department of education and workforce. (C) Each school district and each chartered nonpublic high school, at least annually, shall provide information about the advanced standing programs offered by the district or school to all students enrolled in grades six through eleven. The district or school shall include information about all of the following: (1) The process colleges and universities use in awarding credit for advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses and examinations, including minimum scores required by state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, for a student to receive college credit; (2) The availability of tuition and fee waivers for advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses and examinations; (3) The availability of online advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses, including those that may be available at no cost; (4) The benefits of earning postsecondary credit through advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses; (5) The availability of advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses offered throughout the district. The district or school may include additional information as determined appropriate by the district or school. (D) Except as provided for in Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, no city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall charge an enrolled student an additional fee or tuition for participation in any advanced standing program offered by the district. Students may be required to pay the costs associated with taking an advanced placement or international baccalaureate examination. (E) Any agreement between a school district or school and an associated college governing the operation of an early college high school program shall be exempt from the requirements of the college credit plus program, provided the program meets the definition set forth in division (F)(2) of this section and is approved by the director of education and workforce and the chancellor of higher education. The college credit plus program also shall not govern any advanced placement course or international baccalaureate diploma course as described under this section. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Associated college" means a public or private college, as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code, which has entered into an agreement with a school district or school to establish an early college high school program, as described in division (F)(2) of this section, and awards transcripted credit, as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code, to students through that program. (2) "Early college high school program" means a partnership between at least one school district or school and at least one institution of higher education that allows participants to simultaneously complete requirements toward earning a regular high school diploma and have the opportunity to earn not less than twenty-four credits that are transferable to the institutions of higher education in the partnership as part of an organized course of study toward a post-secondary degree or credential at no cost to the participant or participant's family. The program also shall prioritize the following students: (a) Students who are underrepresented in regard to completing post-secondary education; (b) Students who are economically disadvantaged, as defined by the department of education and workforce; (c) Students whose parents did not earn a college degree. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.941 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.941
§ 3313.941. Racial data collection for students to include multiracial category
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws or constitution of this state for the exercise of any function of state government. (B) Whenever a school district board of education collects racial data for the students enrolled in the school district or whenever the department of education and workforce or any other state agency collects or requires the collection and reporting of racial data for students enrolled in any chartered public or nonpublic school, the data collection shall include a multiracial category. For the purpose of reporting student racial data required by the federal government, if the federal standards for reporting student racial data do not include a multiracial category, both of the following apply: (1) Students identified as multiracial for state or district purposes also shall be identified by an appropriate federal category. (2) The parent, guardian, or custodian of each student shall have the opportunity to designate the appropriate federal racial category for the student. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.04
§ 3354.04. Certification of approved districts
Status: in_force

October 13, 1967 House Bill 86 - 107th General Assembly Within thirty days after approval by the Ohio board of regents of a community college district proposed pursuant to section 3354.02 of the Revised Code, such board shall file with the secretary of state a copy of its certification or resolution creating the district. Such copy shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state who shall thereupon declare such district to be established. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.36
§ 3314.36. Applicability of RC 3314.35 closure rule
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Section 3314.35 of the Revised Code does not apply to any dropout prevention and recovery community school that has been granted a waiver by the former department of education prior to July 1, 2014. (B) All dropout prevention and recovery community schools are subject to the provisions of section 3314.351 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver has been granted under this section prior to July 1, 2014. Thereafter, no waivers shall be granted under this section. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.41
§ 3314.41. Criminal records check of private contract employee
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrator of a community school, or the chief administrator's designee. (2) "Essential school services" means services provided by a private company under contract with a community school that the chief administrator of the school has determined are necessary for the operation of the school and that would need to be provided by employees of the school if the services were not provided by the private company. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) This section applies to any person who is an employee of a private company under contract with a community school to provide essential school services and who will work in the school in a position that does not require a license issued by the state board of education, is not for the operation of a vehicle for pupil transportation, and that involves routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child. (C) No community school shall permit a person to whom this section applies to work in the school, unless one of the following applies to the person: (1) The person's employer presents proof of both of the following to the designated official: (a) That the person has been the subject of a criminal records check conducted in accordance with division (D) of this section within the five-year period immediately prior to the date on which the person will begin working in the school; (b) That the criminal records check indicates that the person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense described in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (2) During any period of time in which the person will have routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child, the designated official has arranged for an employee of the school to be present in the same room with the child or, if outdoors, to be within a thirty-yard radius of the child or to have visual contact with the child. (D) Any private company that has been hired or seeks to be hired by a community school to provide essential school services may request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check of any of its employees for the purpose of complying with division (C)(1) of this section. Each request for a criminal records check under this division shall be made to the superintendent of the bureau in the manner prescribed in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of a request, the bureau shall conduct the criminal records check in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code as if the request had been made under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (H) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the private company may share the results of any criminal records check conducted under this division with the designated official for the purpose of complying with division (C)(1) of this section, but in no case shall the designated official release that information to any other person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.031
§ 3332.031. Duties of board
Status: in_force

April 3, 2003 Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly The state board of career colleges and schools shall: (A) Adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter; (B) Establish minimum standards for the registration and operation of private career schools including but not necessarily limited to standards to ensure school financial stability; (C) Issue certificates of registration to private career schools pursuant to division (A) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code; (D) Suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of schools pursuant to sections 3332.09 and 3332.091 of the Revised Code; (E) Establish minimum standards for certificate, diploma, and degree programs offered by schools; (F) Issue program authorization pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code; (G) Suspend or revoke program authorization for schools pursuant to sections 3332.09 and 3332.091 of the Revised Code; (H) Establish minimum standards, including but not necessarily limited to a code of ethics, for agents employed by schools registered under this chapter to reasonably ensure that such agents provide adequate, ethical, and accurate information to prospective students; (I) Grant permits to agents pursuant to sections 3332.10 and 3332.11 of the Revised Code; (J) Suspend or revoke an agent's permit pursuant to section 3123.47 or 3332.12 of the Revised Code; (K) Monitor recruitment and admissions practices of schools holding certificates of registration to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules of the board; (L)(1) Adopt rules requiring all schools to provide all applicant students, prior to their signing enrollment agreements, written information concerning the school's graduation and placement rates for each of the preceding three years and any other information the board deems pertinent. (2) Adopt rules requiring all schools to provide any student or applicant student, prior to the signing of any financial aid, grant, or loan application, written information concerning the obligations of a student obtaining such financial aid, grant, or loan. (3) Upon request, a school shall furnish the board with a copy of all information required by this division. The board shall monitor schools to ensure their compliance with this division. (M) Adopt a rule requiring all schools to include, in the enrollment agreement, notice that any problems the student is having with the school, or complaints the student has about the school, may be directed to the board, which notice shall include the telephone number of the executive director of the board; (N) Report annually to the governor and the general assembly on the activities of the board and private career schools, and make legislative recommendations when necessary to enable the board to better serve the student population and the schools registered under this chapter; (O) Adopt a rule requiring a uniform tuition refund policy for all schools subject to this chapter. In adopting the rule, the board shall consider the tuition refund policies effectuated by state-supported colleges and universities. Each school subject to this chapter shall furnish to each prospective student, prior to the signing of an enrollment agreement, a copy of the tuition refund policy. (P) Adopt a rule establishing minimum standards for all faculty and instructional staff in all instructional programs at a school. In the case of full-time faculty members employed for degree programs, such standards shall include all of the following: (1) A prohibition against employing on or after July 1, 1993, any new full-time faculty member to teach the general study portion of any degree program, unless the person holds a master's degree in the subject matter discipline or holds a master's degree in education with proficiency in the subject matter discipline demonstrated in accordance with the standards adopted by the board. (2) Except as provided under the standards adopted pursuant to division (P)(3) of this section, a prohibition against employing or reemploying on or after July 1, 1998, any full-time faculty member to teach the general study portion of any degree program, unless the person holds a master's degree in the subject matter discipline or holds a master's degree in education with proficiency in the subject matter discipline demonstrated in accordance with the standards adopted by the board. (3) Standards under which the board, upon written request submitted to the board prior to July 1, 1994, by any school, may exempt the school from the prohibition adopted pursuant to division (P)(2) of this section with regard to any individual full-time faculty member employed by the school who has demonstrated outstanding teaching performance in the general study portion of any degree program at the school for a period of at least six years prior to July 1, 1993. (4) Definitions of "full-time faculty member," "new faculty member," and any other term the board considers necessary to define. (Q) Adopt a rule prohibiting a school or branch campus thereof from claiming accreditation from an accrediting agency in any of its advertising, recruiting, or promotional materials unless the agency is recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States department of education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.084
§ 3314.084. Reporting rules for community school students living in home
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. (3) "School district of residence" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code; however, a community school established under this chapter is not a "school district of residence" for purposes of this section. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3314.08 or 3317.03 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply in the case of a child who is enrolled in a community school and is also living in a home: (1) For purposes of the report required under division(B) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code, the community school shall report the name of the child's school district of residence. (2) The child's school district of residence shall count the child in that district's formula ADM. (3) The school district in which the home that the child is living in is located shall not count the child in that district's formula ADM. (4) The department shall make the payments prescribed in section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, as applicable, to the community school. Last updated November 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.38
§ 3318.38. Accelerated urban school building assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "big-eight school district" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby established the accelerated urban school building assistance program. Under the program, notwithstanding section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, any big-eight school district that has not been approved to receive assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code by July 1, 2002, may beginning on that date apply for approval of and be approved for such assistance. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any project approved and undertaken pursuant to this section shall comply with all provisions of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code. The Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide assistance to any big-eight school district eligible for assistance under this section in the following manner: (1) Notwithstanding section 3318.02 of the Revised Code: (a) Not later than June 30, 2002, the commission shall conduct an on-site visit and shall assess the classroom facilities needs of each big-eight school district eligible for assistance under this section; (b) Beginning July 1, 2002, any big-eight school district eligible for assistance under this section may apply to the commission for conditional approval of its project as determined by the assessment conducted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section. The commission may conditionally approve that project and submit it to the controlling board for approval pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. (2) If the controlling board approves the project of a big-eight school district eligible for assistance under this section, the commission and the school district shall enter into an agreement as prescribed in section 3318.08 of the Revised Code. Any agreement executed pursuant to this division shall include any applicable segmentation provisions as approved by the commission under division (B)(3) of this section. (3) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in sections 3318.05 , 3318.06 , and 3318.08 of the Revised Code, a big-eight school district eligible for assistance under this section may with the approval of the commission opt to divide the project as approved under division (B)(1)(b) of this section into discrete segments to be completed sequentially. Any project divided into segments shall comply with all other provisions of sections 3318.05 , 3318.06 , and 3318.08 of the Revised Code except as otherwise specified in this division. If a project is divided into segments under this division: (a) The school district need raise only the amount equal to its proportionate share, as determined under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code, of each segment at any one time and may seek voter approval of each segment separately; (b) The state's proportionate share, as determined under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code, of only the segment which has been approved by the school district electors or for which the district has applied a local donated contribution under section 3318.084 of the Revised Code shall be encumbered in accordance with section 3318.11 of the Revised Code. Encumbrance of additional amounts to cover the state's proportionate share of later segments shall be approved separately as they are approved by the school district electors or as the district applies a local donated contribution to the segments under section 3318.084 of the Revised Code. (c) The school district's maintenance levy requirement, as defined in section 3318.18 of the Revised Code, shall run for twenty-three years from the date the first segment is undertaken. (C) In accordance with division (R) of section 3318.08 of the Revised Code, the state funds reserved and encumbered and the funds provided by the school district to pay the basic project cost of any segment of the project under this section, or of the entire project if it is not divided into segments, shall be spent on the construction and acquisition of the project simultaneously in proportion to the state's and the school district's respective shares of that basic project cost as determined under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.01
§ 3319.01. Employment of superintendent
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly Except in an island school district, where the superintendent of an educational service center otherwise may serve as superintendent of the district and except as otherwise provided for any cooperative education school district pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3311.52 or division (B)(3) of section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, the board of education in each school district and the governing board of each service center shall, at a regular or special meeting held not later than the first day of May of the calendar year in which the term of the superintendent expires, appoint a person possessed of the qualifications provided in this section to act as superintendent, for a term not longer than five years beginning the first day of August and ending on the thirty-first day of July. Such superintendent is, at the expiration of a current term of employment, deemed reemployed for a term of one year at the same salary plus any increments that may be authorized by the board, unless such board, on or before the first day of March of the year in which the contract of employment expires, either reemploys the superintendent for a succeeding term as provided in this section or gives to the superintendent written notice of its intention not to reemploy the superintendent. A superintendent may not be transferred to any other position during the term of the superintendent's employment or reemployment except by mutual agreement by the superintendent and the board. If a vacancy occurs in the office of superintendent, the board shall appoint a superintendent for a term not to exceed five years from the next preceding first day of August. A board may at any regular or special meeting held during the period beginning on the first day of January of the calendar year immediately preceding the year the contract of employment of a superintendent expires and ending on the first day of March of the year it expires, reemploy such superintendent for a succeeding term for not longer than five years, beginning on the first day of August immediately following the expiration of the superintendent's current term of employment and ending on the thirty-first day of July of the year in which such succeeding term expires. No person shall be appointed to the office of superintendent of a city, or exempted village school district or a service center who does not hold a license designated for being a superintendent issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, unless such person had been employed as a county, city, or exempted village superintendent prior to August 1, 1939. No person shall be appointed to the office of local superintendent who does not hold a license designated for being a superintendent issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, unless such person held or was qualified to hold the position of executive head of a local school district on September 16, 1957. At the time of making such appointment or designation of term, such board shall fix the compensation of the superintendent, which may be increased or decreased during such term, provided such decrease is a part of a uniform plan affecting salaries of all employees of the district, and shall execute a written contract of employment with such superintendent. Each board shall adopt procedures for the evaluation of its superintendent and shall evaluate its superintendent in accordance with those procedures. An evaluation based upon such procedures shall be considered by the board in deciding whether to renew the superintendent's contract. The establishment of an evaluation procedure shall not create an expectancy of continued employment. Nothing in this section shall prevent a board from making the final determination regarding the renewal or failure to renew of a superintendent's contract. Termination of a superintendent's contract shall be pursuant to section 3319.16 of the Revised Code. A board may establish vacation leave for its superintendent. Upon the superintendent's separation from employment a board that has such leave may provide compensation at the superintendent's current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation leave to the superintendent's credit at the time of separation, not to exceed the amount accrued within three years before the date of separation. In case of the death of a superintendent, such unused vacation leave as the board would have paid to this superintendent upon separation shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the superintendent's estate. Notwithstanding section 9.481 of the Revised Code, the board of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may require its superintendent, as a condition of employment, to reside within the boundaries of the district. The superintendent shall be the executive officer for the board. Subject to section 3319.40 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall direct and assign teachers and other employees of the district or service center, except as provided in division (B) of section 3313.31 and section 3319.04 of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall assign the pupils to the proper schools and grades, provided that the assignment of a pupil to a school outside of the pupil's district of residence is approved by the board of the district of residence of such pupil. The superintendent shall perform such other duties as the board determines. The board of education of any school district may contract with the governing board of the educational service center from which it otherwise receives services to conduct searches and recruitment of candidates for the superintendent position authorized under this section. Last updated May 7, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.311
§ 3333.311. Residency of veterans and veterans' spouses
Status: in_force

March 9, 2015 House Bill 449 - 130th General Assembly (A) For the purpose of admission to any state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, a veteran and that veteran's spouse and dependent shall be considered residents of this state, if the veteran either: (1) Served one or more years on active military duty and was honorably discharged or received a medical discharge that was related to the military service; (2) Was killed while serving on active military duty or has been declared to be missing in action or a prisoner of war. (B) If a veteran or that veteran's spouse or dependent meets the criteria prescribed in division (A) of this section, no state institution of higher education shall apply any residency-related quotas or restrictions to that individual's application for admission to the institution. (C) The term "resident" for the purposes of this section shall not be equated with the definition of that term as it is employed elsewhere under the laws of this state and other states, and shall not carry with it any of the legal connotations appurtenant thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.171
§ 3301.171. Driver education course fee
Status: in_force

October 29, 1999 House Bill 282, House Bill 160 - 123rd General Assembly A board of education that makes available a driver education course pursuant to section 3301.17 of the Revised Code may require pupils enrolled in the course to pay a course fee not to exceed the actual cost per pupil of providing driver education. 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.80
§ 3333.80. Campus safety grant program
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "institution of higher education" means 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) The chancellor of higher education shall establish and administer the campus student safety grant program. Under the program, the chancellor shall award grants to institutions of higher education to enhance security measures and increase student safety. The chancellor shall develop guidelines and procedures for the program, including an application process, criteria for awards, and a method to determine the distribution of awards. Priority shall be given to institutions that demonstrate increased threats of violent crime, terror attacks, hate crimes, or harassment toward students and institutionally sanctioned student organizations at the institution. Last updated September 11, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.16
§ 3310.16. Application periods for the educational choice scholarship pilot program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) For the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, the department of education and workforce shall accept, process, and award scholarships each year for the educational choice scholarship pilot program under sections 3310.03 and 3310.032 of the Revised Code, as follows: (1) The application period shall open on the first day of February prior to the first day of July of the school year for which a scholarship is sought. Not later than forty-five days after an applicant submits to the department of education and workforce a completed application, the department shall determine whether that applicant is eligible for a scholarship and notify the applicant whether or not the applicant is eligible. The department shall award a scholarship to each student with an approved application. However, for any application submitted on or after the fifteenth day of October of the school year for which a scholarship is sought, the department shall prorate the amount of the awarded scholarship based on how much of the school year remains after the date of the student's enrollment in the chartered nonpublic school. (2) In each school year, the department shall accept applications for conditional approval of a scholarship sought for that year or the next school year. Not later than five days after receiving an application under this division, the department shall grant conditional approval to an applicant who is eligible for a scholarship and notify the applicant whether or not conditional approval is granted. (B) If the department determines an application submitted under this section contains an error or deficiency, the department shall notify the applicant who submitted that application not later than fourteen days after the application is submitted. (C) The departments of education and workforce, job and family services, and taxation shall enter into a data sharing agreement so that, in administering this section, the department of education and workforce shall be able to determine, based on the address provided in a student's application, whether that student is eligible for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.03 of the Revised Code and whether the student meets the residency requirements for an educational choice scholarship under section 3310.032 of the Revised Code. (D) No city, local, or exempted village school district shall have access to an application submitted under this section. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.67
§ 3307.67. Cost of living increase
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (D) and (E) of this section, the state teachers retirement board shall annually increase each allowance or benefit payable under the STRS defined benefit plan. Through July 31, 2013, the increase shall be three per cent. On and after August 1, 2013, the increase shall be two per cent. No allowance or benefit shall exceed the limit as annually determined pursuant to section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and regulations adopted pursuant thereto but before August 1, 2013. The limit may be adjusted in accordance with rules adopted by the board. (B) The first increase is payable to all persons becoming eligible as follows: (1) For an allowance or benefit beginning on or after July 1, 1971, but before August 1, 2013, upon such persons receiving an allowance or benefit for twelve months; (2) For an allowance or benefit beginning on or after August 1, 2013, that was immediately preceded by a disability benefit effective before that date but terminated on or after it, upon the date that would have been the disability benefit's next anniversary date; (3) For an allowance or benefit beginning on or after August 1, 2013, except for an allowance or benefit described in division (B)(2) of this section, upon such persons receiving an allowance or benefit for sixty months. The increased amount is payable for the ensuing twelve-month period or until the next increase is granted under this section, whichever is later. Subsequent increases shall be determined from the date of the first increase paid to the former member in the case of an allowance being paid a beneficiary under an option, or from the date of the first increase to the survivor first receiving an allowance or benefit in the case of an allowance or benefit being paid to the subsequent survivors of the former member. The date of the first increase under this section becomes the anniversary date for any future increases. The allowance or benefit used in the first calculation of an increase under this section shall remain as the base for all future increases, unless a new base is established. (C) If payment of a portion of a benefit is made to an alternate payee under section 3307.371 of the Revised Code, increases under this section granted while the order is in effect shall be apportioned between the alternate payee and the benefit recipient in the same proportion that the amount being paid to the alternate payee bears to the amount paid to the benefit recipient. If payment of a portion of a benefit is made to one or more beneficiaries under "option 4" under division (A)(4) of section 3307.60 of the Revised Code, each increase under this section granted while the plan of payment is in effect shall be divided among the designated beneficiaries in accordance with the portion each beneficiary has been allocated. The apportioned increases under this section shall begin with increases granted on or after October 27, 2006. (D) The board shall not make the increases it would otherwise make during the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014, to persons granted an allowance or benefit prior to July 1, 2013. The board shall not increase any allowance or benefit granted on July 1, 2013, until July 1, 2015. (E) The board may adjust the increase payable under this section if the board's actuary, in its annual actuarial valuation required by section 3307.51 of the Revised Code or in other evaluations conducted under that section, determines that an adjustment does not materially impair the fiscal integrity of the retirement system or is necessary to preserve the fiscal integrity of the system. (F) The board shall make all rules necessary to carry out this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.05
§ 3357.05. Appointment of board of trustees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Within ninety days after a technical college district is created pursuant to section 3357.02 of the Revised Code, trustees shall be appointed to serve as a board of trustees of the technical college district. Appointees shall be qualified electors residing in the technical college district and shall not be employees of that technical college. No new trustee may be appointed who is a member of any board of education or educational service center governing board. The term of office shall be three years with the exception of initial appointments as provided in this section and section 3357.021 of the Revised Code. Trustees shall be appointed in the manner and for the terms provided by this section. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the appointed term. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until a successor takes office. A majority of the sitting members of the board at the time of a meeting constitutes a quorum. (A) If a technical college district embraces the territory of one or more school districts and more than half of the territory of each such district is in the same county, seven trustees shall be appointed. Two trustees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than one of such trustees appointed shall be an employee of a governmental agency. Of the initial appointments, one shall be for a term ending two years after the date upon which the technical college district was created and one for a term ending three years after that date. The successive terms of trustees appointed by the governor shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. (1) For trustees not appointed by the governor who are appointed prior to January 1, 2024, five trustees shall be appointed by the presidents or their representatives of the city and exempted village boards of education of school districts and the governing boards of service centers whose territories are embraced in the technical college district. Prior to the appointment of the trustees, the president of the board of education of the city school district having the largest pupil enrollment shall call a caucus of the presidents of the aforementioned boards of education at a time and place designated by such president. At such caucus, the board presidents or their representatives shall select five trustees by majority vote of those attending. Not more than two of such trustees selected shall be employees of any governmental agency. Of the initial appointments, two shall be for one year terms, two shall be for two year terms, and one shall be for a three year term. If there is a vacancy, such vacancy shall be filled by the authority making the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. (2) For trustees not appointed by the governor who are appointed on or after January 1, 2024, five trustees shall be appointed by a trustee selection committee. The executive committee of the technical college's board of trustees shall appoint the members of the trustee selection committee. The trustee selection committee shall consist of either three or five members who are local business, civic, or nonprofit leaders and who are not current sitting members of the technical college's board of trustees. The board of trustees shall nominate individuals to be considered by the trustee selection committee. The trustee selection committee may select new trustees from the individuals nominated by the board of trustees or other applicants. To the greatest extent possible, trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall be individuals who hold leadership positions within significant industries in the technical college district. Trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall reside within the technical college district. The terms of office for trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall be for three years. Trustees shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the senate. (B) If a technical college district embraces territory other than described in division (A) of this section, nine trustees shall be appointed. Three trustees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than one of such trustees appointed shall be an employee of a governmental agency. Of the initial appointments, one shall be for a term ending one year after the date upon which the technical college district was created, one for a term ending two years after that date, and one for a term ending three years after that date. The successive terms of trustees appointed by the governor shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. (1) For trustees not appointed by the governor who are appointed prior to January 1, 2024, six trustees shall be appointed by the presidents or their representatives of the city and exempted village boards of education of school districts and the governing boards of service districts whose territories are embraced in the technical college district. Prior to the appointment of the trustees, the president of the board of education of the city school district having the largest pupil enrollment shall call a caucus of the presidents of the foregoing boards of education at a time and place designated by such president. At such caucus, the board presidents or their representatives shall select six trustees by majority vote of those attending. Not more than two of such trustees selected shall be employees of any governmental agency. Of the initial appointments, two shall be for one year terms, two shall be for two year terms, and two shall be for three year terms. If there is a vacancy, such vacancy shall be filled by the authority making the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. (2) For trustees not appointed by the governor who are appointed on or after January 1, 2024, six trustees shall be appointed by a trustee selection committee. The executive committee of the technical college's board of trustees shall appoint the members of the trustee selection committee. The trustee selection committee shall consist of either three or five members who are local business, civic, or nonprofit leaders and who are not current sitting members of the technical college's board of trustees. The board of trustees shall nominate individuals to be considered by the trustee selection committee. The trustee selection committee may select new trustees from the individuals nominated by the board of trustees or other applicants. To the greatest extent possible, trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall be individuals who hold leadership positions within significant industries in the technical college district. Trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall reside within the technical college district. The terms of office for trustees appointed by the trustee selection committee shall be for three years. Trustees shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the senate. (C) A board of trustees of a technical college district established prior to November 5, 1965, may, by a resolution approved by a majority of the members of the board, abolish such board. Immediately thereafter, a new board shall be appointed under division (A) of this section, except that the persons serving on the board at the time of its dissolution shall be appointed to initial appointments which most nearly coincide in length with the time remaining in their terms at the time those terms were terminated under this division. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.413 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.413
§ 3313.413. Priority consideration of high-performing community schools in sale or lease of real property or school facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "high-performing community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revise Code that meets any of the following conditions: (1) Except as provided for in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the community school does both of the following: (a) The school has a higher performance index score than the school district in which the school is located on the two most recent report cards issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (b) The school either has a performance rating of four stars or higher for progress on the most recent report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or is a school described under division (B)(1) of section 3314.35 of the Revised Code and did not receive a rating for progress on the most recent report card. (2) If the community school serves only grades kindergarten through three, the school received a performance rating of four stars or higher for early literacy on its most recent report card issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (3) If the community school has not commenced operations or has been in operation for less than one school year, the school meets the following conditions: (a) The school is replicating an operational and instructional model used by a community school described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (b) The school either: (i) Has an operator that received an overall rating of three stars or higher, or a "C" or higher, on its most recent performance report published under section 3314.031 of the Revised Code; (ii) Does not have an operator and is sponsored by a sponsor that was rated "exemplary" or "effective" on its most recent evaluation conducted under section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. (B) When a school district board of education decides to dispose of real property it owns in its corporate capacity under section 3313.41 of the Revised Code, the board shall first offer that property to the governing authorities of all start-up community schools, the boards of trustees of any college-preparatory boarding schools, and the governing bodies of any STEM schools that are located within the territory of the district. Not later than sixty days after the district board makes the offer, interested governing authorities, boards of trustees, and governing bodies shall notify the district treasurer in writing of the intention to purchase the property. The district board shall give priority to the governing authorities of high-performing community schools that are located within the territory of the district. (1) If more than one governing authority of a high-performing community school notifies the district treasurer of its intention to purchase the property pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board shall conduct a public auction in the manner required for auctions of district property under division (A) of section 3313.41 of the Revised Code. Only the governing authorities of high-performing community schools that notified the district treasurer pursuant to division (B) of this section are eligible to bid at the auction. (2) If no governing authority of a high-performing community school notifies the district treasurer of its intention to purchase the property pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board shall then proceed with the offers from all other start-up community schools, college-preparatory boarding schools, and STEM schools made pursuant to that division. If more than one such entity notifies the district treasurer of its intention to purchase the property pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board shall conduct a public auction in the manner required for auctions of district property under division (A) of section 3313.41 of the Revised Code. Only the entities that notified the district treasurer pursuant to division (B) of this section are eligible to bid at the auction. (3) If no governing authority, board of trustees, or governing body notifies the district treasurer of its intention to purchase the property pursuant to division (B) of this section, the district may then offer the property for sale in the manner prescribed under divisions (A) to (F) of section 3313.41 of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3313.41 and 3313.411 of the Revised Code, the purchase price of any real property sold to any of the entities in accordance with division (B) of this section shall not be more than the appraised fair market value of that property as determined in an appraisal of the property that is not more than one year old. (D) Not later than the first day of October of each year, the department of education and workforce shall post in a prominent location on its web site a list of schools that qualify as high-performing community schools for purposes of this section and section 3313.411 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.091
§ 3314.091. Transportation of native students provided by community school - agreement
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) A school district is not required to provide transportation for any native student enrolled in a community school if the district board of education has entered into an agreement with the community school's governing authority that designates the community school as responsible for providing or arranging for the transportation of the district's native students to and from the community school. For any such agreement to be effective, it must be certified by the director of education and workforce as having met all of the following requirements: (1) It is submitted to the department of education and workforce by a deadline which shall be established by the department. (2) In accordance with divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, it specifies qualifications, such as residing a minimum distance from the school, for students to have their transportation provided or arranged. (3) The transportation provided by the community school is subject to all provisions of the Revised Code and all rules adopted under the Revised Code pertaining to pupil transportation. (4) The sponsor of the community school also has signed the agreement. (B)(1) For the school year that begins on July 1, 2007, a school district is not required to provide transportation for any native student enrolled in a community school, if the community school during the previous school year transported the students enrolled in the school or arranged for the students' transportation, even if that arrangement consisted of having parents transport their children to and from the school, but did not enter into an agreement to transport or arrange for transportation for those students under division (A) of this section, and if the governing authority of the community school by July 15, 2007, submits written notification to the district board of education stating that the governing authority is accepting responsibility for providing or arranging for the transportation of the district's native students to and from the community school. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, for any school year subsequent to the school year that begins on July 1, 2007, a school district is not required to provide transportation for any native student enrolled in a community school if the governing authority of the community school, by the first day of August, submits written notification to the district board of education stating that the governing authority is accepting responsibility for providing or arranging for the transportation of the district's native students to and from the community school. If the governing authority of the community school has previously accepted responsibility for providing or arranging for the transportation of a district's native students to and from the community school, under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, and has since relinquished that responsibility under division (B)(3) of this section, the governing authority shall not accept that responsibility again unless the district board consents to the governing authority's acceptance of that responsibility. (3) A governing authority's acceptance of responsibility under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall cover an entire school year, and shall remain in effect for subsequent school years unless the governing authority submits written notification to the district board that the governing authority is relinquishing the responsibility. However, a governing authority shall not relinquish responsibility for transportation before the end of a school year, and shall submit the notice relinquishing responsibility by the thirty-first day of January, in order to allow the school district reasonable time to prepare transportation for its native students enrolled in the school. (4)(a) For any school year that begins on or after July 1, 2014, a school district is not required to provide transportation for any native student enrolled in a community school scheduled to open for operation in the current school year, if the governing authority of the community school, by the fifteenth day of April of the previous school year, submits written notification to the district board of education stating that the governing authority is accepting responsibility for providing or arranging for the transportation of the district's native students to and from the community school. (b) The governing authority of a community school that accepts responsibility for transporting its students under division (B)(4)(a) of this section shall comply with divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section to renew or relinquish that authority for subsequent school years. (C)(1) A community school governing authority that enters into an agreement under division (A) of this section, or that accepts responsibility under division (B) of this section, shall provide or arrange transportation free of any charge for each of its enrolled students who is required to be transported under section 3327.01 of the Revised Code. The governing authority shall report to the department of education and workforce the number of students transported or for whom transportation is arranged under this section in accordance with rules adopted by the department. (2) The governing authority may provide or arrange transportation for any other enrolled student who is not eligible for transportation in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section and may charge a fee for such service up to the actual cost of the service. (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, a community school governing authority shall provide or arrange transportation free of any charge for any disabled student enrolled in the school for whom the student's individualized education program developed under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code specifies transportation. (D) A community school shall use payments received under division (I) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code solely to pay the costs of providing or arranging for the transportation of students who are eligible as specified in section 3327.01 of the Revised Code and division (C)(1) of this section, which may include payments to a parent, guardian, or other person in charge of a child in lieu of transportation. (E) Except when arranged through payment to a parent, guardian, or person in charge of a child, transportation provided or arranged for by a community school pursuant to an agreement under this section is subject to all provisions of the Revised Code, and all rules adopted under the Revised Code, pertaining to the construction, design, equipment, and operation of school buses and other vehicles transporting students to and from school. The drivers and mechanics of the vehicles are subject to all provisions of the Revised Code, and all rules adopted under the Revised Code, pertaining to drivers and mechanics of such vehicles. The community school also shall comply with sections 3313.201 , 3327.09 , and 3327.10 of the Revised Code, division (B) of section 3327.16 of the Revised Code and, subject to division (C)(1) of this section, sections 3327.01 and 3327.02 of the Revised Code, as if it were a school district. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.07
§ 3318.07. Certification of election results to tax commissioner
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The board of elections shall certify the result of the election to the tax commissioner, to the auditor of the county or counties in which the school district is located, to the treasurer of the school district board, and to the Ohio facilities construction commission. The necessary tax levy for debt service on the bonds shall be included in the annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission or, if adoption of the tax budget is waived under section 5705.281 of the Revised Code, included among the tax rates required to be provided to the budget commission under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.19
§ 3323.19. Comprehensive eye examination
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within three months after a student identified with disabilities begins receiving services for the first time under an individualized education program, the school district in which that student is enrolled shall require the student to undergo a comprehensive eye examination performed either by an optometrist licensed under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code or by a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery who is comprehensively trained and educated in the treatment of the human eye, eye disease, or comprehensive vision services, unless the student underwent such an examination within the nine-month period immediately prior to being identified with disabilities. However, no student who has not undergone the eye examination required under this section shall be prohibited from initiating, receiving, or continuing to receive services prescribed in the student's individualized education program. (B) The superintendent of each school district or the superintendent's designee may determine fulfillment of the requirement prescribed in division (A) of this section based on any special circumstances of the student, the student's parent, guardian, or family that may prevent the student from undergoing the eye examination prior to beginning special education services. (C) Except for a student who may be entitled to a comprehensive eye examination in the identification of the student's disabilities, in the development of the student's individualized education program, or as a related service under the student's individualized education program, neither the state nor any school district shall be responsible for paying for the eye examination required by this section. (D) The department of education and workforce annually shall do both of the following: (1) Notify each school district and community school of the requirements of this section; (2) Collect from each school district and community school the total number of students enrolled in the district who were subject to the requirements of this section and the total number of students who received the examination, as verified by documentation received from the district. Last updated August 25, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.13
§ 3328.13. Adoption of bylaws
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of trustees of each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall adopt bylaws for the oversight and operation of the school that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the rules adopted under section 3328.50 of the Revised Code, and the contract between the operator and the department of education and workforce. The bylaws shall include procedures for the appointment of future members of the school's board of trustees upon expiration of the terms of the initial members, which procedures shall comply with section 3328.15 of the Revised Code. The bylaws also shall include standards for the admission of students to the school and their dismissal from the school. The bylaws shall be subject to the approval of the department. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.71
§ 3318.71. Guidelines for acquisition of classroom facilities to be used for a joint science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Acquisition of classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.40 of the Revised Code. (2) "Classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Qualifying partnership" means a group of city, exempted village, or local school districts that are part of a career-technical education compact and have entered into an agreement for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education program under section 3313.842 of the Revised Code. The aggregate territory of the school districts composing a qualifying partnership shall be located in two adjacent counties, each having a population greater than forty thousand, but less than fifty thousand, and at least one of which borders another state. (B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish guidelines for assisting a qualifying partnership in the acquisition of classroom facilities to be used for a joint science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education program. (C) Upon receipt of a written proposal from a qualifying partnership, the commission, subject to approval of the controlling board, shall provide funding to assist that qualifying partnership in the acquisition of classroom facilities described in division (B) of this section. The proposal of the qualifying partnership shall be submitted in a form and in the manner prescribed by the commission. The proposal shall indicate both the total amount of funding requested from the commission and the amount of other funding pledged for the acquisition of the classroom facilities, the latter of which shall not be less than the total amount of funding requested from the commission. Once the commission determines a proposal meets its established guidelines, and if the controlling board approves that funding, the commission shall enter into an agreement with the qualifying partnership for the acquisition of the classroom facilities and shall encumber, in accordance with section 3318.11 of the Revised Code, the approved funding from the amounts appropriated to the commission for classroom facilities assistance projects. The agreement shall include a stipulation of the ownership of the classroom facilities in the event the qualifying partnership ceases to exist. (D) A qualifying partnership may levy taxes and issue bonds under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of the Revised Code to use for all or part of the funding pledged for the acquisition of classroom facilities under division (C) of this section. If a qualifying partnership chooses to levy taxes or issue bonds for this purpose, it shall select one of the districts that is a member of the qualifying partnership to be the fiscal agent of the qualifying partnership for purposes of those sections. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.363 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.363
§ 3318.363. Tax valuation decrease
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies beginning in fiscal year 2003 and only to a school district participating in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. (B) If there is a decrease in the tax valuation of a school district to which this section applies by ten per cent or greater from one tax year to the next due to a decrease in the assessment rate of the taxable property of an electric company that owns property in the district, as provided for in section 5727.111 of the Revised Code as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 3 of the 123rd General Assembly, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall calculate or recalculate the state and school district portions of the basic project cost of the school district's project by determining the percentile rank in which the district would be located if such ranking were made using the adjusted valuation per pupil calculated under division (C) of this section rather than the three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil, calculated under division (B) of section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. For such district, the required percentage of the basic project cost used to determine the state and school district shares of that cost under division (C) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be based on the percentile rank as calculated under this section rather than as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. If the commission has determined the state and school district portion of the basic project cost of such a district's project under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code prior to that decrease in tax valuation, the commission shall adjust the state and school district shares of the basic project cost of such project in accordance with this section. (C)(1) As used in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, "total taxable value" and "formula ADM" have the same meanings as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, and "income factor" has the same meaning as in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. (2) The adjusted valuation per pupil for a school district to which this section applies shall be calculated using the following formula: (The district's total taxable value for the tax year preceding the calendar year in which the current fiscal year begins / the district's formula ADM for the previous fiscal year) - [$30,000 x (1 - the district's income factor)]. (D) At the request of the Ohio facilities construction commission, the department of education and workforce shall report a district's total taxable value for the tax year preceding the calendar year in which the current fiscal year begins for any district to which this section applies as that information has been certified to the department by the tax commissioner pursuant to section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.28
§ 3375.28. Creation of regional library district
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of two or more contiguous counties may by joint resolution create a regional library district and may provide for the establishment, control, and maintenance in such district of a free public library. Such district shall contain the territory of all school districts of such counties outside the territorial boundaries of a subdivision or district maintaining a free public library, including the territory of any such subdivision or district maintaining a free public library and petitioning to become a part of such regional library district pursuant to section 3375.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.53
§ 3301.53. Rules for minimum standards for preschool programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall formulate and prescribe by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code minimum standards to be applied to preschool programs operated by school district boards of education, county boards of developmental disabilities, community schools, or eligible nonpublic schools. The rules shall include the following: (1) Standards ensuring that the preschool program is located in a safe and convenient facility that accommodates the enrollment of the program, is of the quality to support the growth and development of the children according to the program objectives, and meets the requirements of section 3301.55 of the Revised Code; (2) Standards ensuring that supervision, discipline, and programs will be administered according to established objectives and procedures; (3) Standards ensuring that preschool staff members and nonteaching employees are recruited, employed, assigned, evaluated, and provided in-service education without discrimination on the basis of age, color, national origin, race, or sex; and that preschool staff members and nonteaching employees are assigned responsibilities in accordance with written position descriptions commensurate with their training and experience; (4) A requirement that boards of education intending to establish a preschool program demonstrate a need for a preschool program prior to establishing the program; (5) Requirements that children participating in preschool programs have been immunized to the extent considered appropriate by the director of children and youth to prevent the spread of communicable disease; (6) Requirements that the parents of preschool children complete the emergency medical authorization form specified in section 3313.712 of the Revised Code; (7) The department of education and workforce's rules or standards for providing special education and related services for children with disabilities under section 3323.02 of the Revised Code incorporated by reference, as appropriate. (B) The department of children and youth shall ensure that the rules adopted under sections 3301.52 to 3301.58 of the Revised Code are consistent with and meet or exceed the requirements of Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code with regard to child care centers that serve preschool children. The department shall review all such rules at least once every five years. (C) The department shall adopt rules for school child programs that are consistent with and meet or exceed the requirements of the rules adopted for child care centers that serve school-age children under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.46
§ 3318.46. Expenditure of local resources prior to school district's eligibility for state assistance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly By rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish a program whereby the board of education of any joint vocational school district may enter into an agreement with the commission under which the board may proceed with the new construction or major repairs of a part of the school district's classroom facilities needs, as determined under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, through the expenditure of local resources prior to the school district's eligibility for state assistance under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code. The program shall be structured in a manner similar to the program established under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. The program shall be operational on July 1, 2004.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3341.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3341 / § 3341.02
§ 3341.02. Appointment of trustees - term
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) The government of Bowling Green state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at Bowling Green state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. (B) The student members of the board of trustees of Bowling Green state university have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on March 17, 1988, and shall expire on March 16, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on March 17, 1988, and expire on March 16, 1990. After September 22, 2000, terms of office shall commence on the seventeenth day of May and shall end on the sixteenth day of May. Terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill the student member's two-year term, a replacement shall be selected in the manner used for the original selection to fill the unexpired term. (C) The government of Kent state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at Kent state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (D) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. (D) The student members of the board of trustees of Kent state university have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 17, 1988, and shall expire on May 16, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on May 17, 1988, and expire on May 16, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill the student member's two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. (E) The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. (F) Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Last updated April 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.161
§ 3333.161. Statewide system for articulation agreements among state institutions of higher education for transfer students pursuing teacher education programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Articulation agreement" means an agreement between two or more state institutions of higher education to facilitate the transfer of students and credits between such institutions. (2) "State institution of higher education" and "state university" have the same meanings as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (3) "Two year college" includes a community college, state community college, technical college, and university branch. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall adopt rules establishing a statewide system for articulation agreements among state institutions of higher education for transfer students pursuing teacher education programs. The rules shall require an articulation agreement between institutions to include all of the following: (1) The development of a transfer module for teacher education that includes introductory level courses that are evaluated as appropriate by faculty employed by the state institutions of higher education that are parties to the articulation agreement; (2) A foundation of general studies courses that have been identified as part of the transfer module for teacher education and have been evaluated as appropriate for the preparation of teachers and consistent with the academic content standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code; (3) A clear identification of university faculty who are partnered with two year college faculty; (4) The publication of the articulation agreement that is available to all students, faculty, and staff.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.012
§ 3333.012. References to Ohio board of regents, chancellor
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Whenever the term "Ohio board of regents" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the "chancellor of higher education," unless another section of law expressly provides otherwise. Whenever the term "chancellor of the Ohio board of regents" or "chancellor" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the chancellor of higher education. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.22
§ 3326.22. Enforcement of truancy laws
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall enforce sections 3321.13 , 3321.19 , and 3321.191 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district with regard to students who are truant or otherwise absent from the school without legitimate excuse.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.043
§ 3314.043. Indemnification from management companies for losses due to conflict of interest
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 Senate Bill 216 - 132nd General Assembly In the case there exists any business or familial relationship between a governing authority of a community school or any of its officers or employees and a management company contracted by the school or any of that company's officers or employees, other than the operator agreement itself, the management company shall agree to indemnify the school for financial losses to the community school up to the amount of the moneys received by the management company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.49
§ 3309.49. Employer contribution
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly Each employer shall pay to the school employees retirement system at such times as required by the school employees retirement board under section 3309.51 of the Revised Code an amount that shall be a certain per cent of the earnable compensation of all employees, and shall be known as the "employer contribution." The rate per cent of such contribution shall be fixed by the actuary on the basis of the actuary's evaluation of the liabilities of the school employees retirement system, but shall not exceed fourteen per cent, and shall be approved by the school employees retirement board. The school employees retirement board may raise the rate per cent of the contribution to fourteen per cent of the earnable compensation of all employees. In making such evaluation, the actuary shall use, as the actuarial assumptions, regular interest and such mortality and other tables as are adopted by the school employees retirement board. The actuary shall compute the percentage of such earnable compensation, to be known as the "employer rate," required annually to fund the liability for all allowances, annuities, pensions and other benefits, and any deficiencies in the various funds, provided for in this chapter, after deducting therefrom the annuity and other benefits provided by the contributor's accumulated contributions and deposits or other applicable moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.40
§ 3301.40. Adult education programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "adult education" has the meaning as established under the "adult education act," 102 Stat. 302 (1988), 20 U.S.C. 1201a(2), as amended. (B) The department of education and workforce may distribute state funds to organizations that qualify for federal funds under the "Adult Education Act," 102 Stat. 302 (1988), 20 1201 to 1213d, as amended. The funds shall be used by qualifying organizations to provide adult education services. State funds distributed pursuant to this section shall be distributed in accordance with the rules adopted under division (C) of this section. Each organization that receives funds under this section shall file program performance reports with the department at times required by rule and shall include the following: (1) Assessments of individual students as they enter, progress through, and exit the adult education program; (2) Records regarding individual student program participation time; (3) Reports of individual student retention rates; (4) Any other information required by rule. (C) The department shall adopt rules for the distribution of funds under this section. The rules shall include the following: (1) Requirements for program performance reports. (2) Indicators of adult education program quality, including indicators of learner achievement, program environment, program planning, curriculum and instruction, staff development, support services, and recruitment and retention. (3) A formula for the distribution of funds under this section. The formula shall include as a factor an organization's quantifiable success in meeting the indicators of program quality established pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section. (4) Standards and procedures for reducing or discontinuing funding to organizations that fail to meet the requirements of this section. (5) Any other requirements or standards considered appropriate by the board. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3385.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3385 / § 3385.10
§ 3385.10. Transfer of property by museum
Status: in_force

March 14, 2003 House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly A museum that acquires title to property in accordance with this chapter passes good title when transferring that property with the intent to pass title. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3381.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3381 / § 3381.20
§ 3381.20. District exempted from property taxes - exception
Status: in_force

November 7, 1979 House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly A regional arts and cultural district created under this chapter shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such district, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any district while a private enterprise, other than an arts or cultural organization, is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.375 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.375
§ 3309.375. Benefits equivalent to medicare
Status: in_force

July 29, 1992 Senate Bill 346 - 119th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the board of the school employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, hospital insurance coverage substantially equivalent to the federal hospital insurance benefits, "Social Security Amendments of 1965," 79 Stat. 291, 42 U.S.C.A. 1395c, as amended. This coverage shall also be made available to the spouse, widow, or widower of such retirant or disability benefit recipient provided such spouse, widow, or widower has attained age sixty-five and is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program. The widow or widower of a retirant or disability benefit recipient shall be eligible for such coverage only if he or she is the recipient of a monthly allowance or benefit from this system. Not less than twenty-five per cent of the cost for such coverage shall be paid from the appropriate funds of the school employees retirement system and the remainder by the recipient of the allowance or benefit. The cost of such coverage, paid from the funds of the system, shall be included in the employer's rate provided by sections 3309.49 and 3309.51 of the Revised Code. The retirement board is authorized to make all necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section, and shall contract for such coverage as provided in section 3309.69 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding sections 3309.49 and 3309.51 of the Revised Code, the employer's contribution rate shall not be increased until July 1, 1969, or later to reflect the increased costs created by this section. (B) The board need not make the hospital insurance coverage described in division (A) of this section available to any person for whom it is prohibited by section 3309.69 of the Revised Code from paying or reimbursing the cost of such insurance. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.16
§ 3333.16. Universal course equivalency classification system for state institutions of higher education
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "State institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (2) "State university" 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: (1) Establish policies and procedures applicable to all state institutions of higher education that ensure that students can begin higher education at any state institution of higher education and transfer coursework and degrees to any other state institution of higher education without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers. The purpose of this requirement is to allow students to attain their highest educational aspirations in the most efficient and effective manner for the students and the state. These policies and procedures shall require state institutions of higher education to make changes or modifications, as needed, to strengthen course content so as to ensure equivalency for that course at any state institution of higher education. (2) Develop and implement a universal course equivalency classification system for state institutions of higher education so that the transfer of students and the transfer and articulation of equivalent courses or specified learning modules or units completed by students are not inhibited by inconsistent judgment about the application of transfer credits. Coursework completed within such a system at one state institution of higher education and transferred to another institution shall be applied to the student's degree objective in the same manner as equivalent coursework completed at the receiving institution. (3) Develop an electronic equivalency management tool to assist in the transfer of coursework and degrees between state institutions of higher education without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers, to help minimize inconsistent judgment about the application of transfer credits, and to assist in allowing transfer credits to be applied to a student's degree objective in the same manner at each state institution of higher education. The electronic equivalency management tool shall include the universal documentation of course and program equivalencies statewide. Additionally, the electronic equivalency management tool shall be incorporated into a web site. (4) Develop a system of transfer policies that ensure that graduates with associate degrees which include completion of approved transfer modules shall be admitted to a state institution of higher education, shall be able to compete for admission to specific programs on the same basis as students native to the institution, and shall have priority over out-of-state associate degree graduates and transfer students. To assist a student in advising and transferring, all state institutions of higher education shall fully implement the information system for advising and transferring selected by, contracted for, or developed by the chancellor. (5) Examine the feasibility of developing a transfer marketing agenda that includes materials and interactive technology to inform the citizens of Ohio about the availability of transfer options at state institutions of higher education and to encourage adults to return to colleges and universities for additional education; (6) Study, in consultation with the state board of career colleges and schools, and in light of existing criteria and any other criteria developed by the articulation and transfer advisory council, the feasibility of credit recognition and transferability to state institutions of higher education for graduates who have received associate degrees from a career college or school with a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code. (C) All provisions of the existing articulation and transfer policy developed by the chancellor shall remain in effect except where amended by this section. (D) The chancellor shall update and implement the policies and procedures established pursuant to this section to ensure that any associate degree offered at a state institution of higher education may be transferred and applied to a bachelor degree program in an equivalent field at any other state institution of higher education without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers. The policies and procedures shall ensure that each transferred associate degree applies to the student's degree objective in the same manner as equivalent coursework completed by the student at the receiving institution. When updating and implementing the policies and procedures pursuant to this division, the chancellor shall seek input from faculty and academic leaders in each academic field or discipline. (E) If a state university refuses to accept and grant credit for any general education coursework that is both completed at a different state institution of higher education and subject to the policies, procedures, or systems prescribed under division (B) of this section, the state university shall provide the student that did not receive college credit for the completed general education coursework information to utilize the institution's transfer appeal process and information to utilize the department of higher education's student complaint portal. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 11:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.646 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.646
§ 3313.646. Preschool programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The board of education of a school district, except a cooperative education district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, may establish and operate a program to provide services to preschool-age children, provided the board has demonstrated a need for the program. A board may use school funds in support of preschool programs. The board shall maintain, operate, and admit children to any such program pursuant to rules adopted by such board and the rules adopted under sections 3301.52 to 3301.57 of the Revised Code. A board of education may establish fees or tuition, which may be graduated in proportion to family income, for participation in a preschool program. In cases where payment of fees or tuition would create a hardship for the child's parent or guardian, the board may waive any such fees or tuition. (B) No board of education that is not receiving funds under the "Head Start Act," 95 Stat. 489 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9831, on March 17, 1989, shall compete for funds under the "Head Start Act" with any grantee receiving funds under that act. (C) A board of education may contract with any of the following preschool providers to provide services to preschool-age children, other than those services for which the district is eligible to receive funding under section 3317.0213 of the Revised Code: (1) Any organization receiving funds under the "Head Start Act"; (2) Any nonsectarian eligible nonpublic school as defined in division (H) of section 3301.52 of the Revised Code; (3) Any child care provider licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. Boards may contract to provide services to preschool-age children only with such organizations whose staff meet the requirements of rules adopted under section 3301.53 of the Revised Code or those of the child development associate credential established by the national association for the education of young children. (D) A contract entered into under division (C) of this section may provide for the board of education to lease school facilities to the preschool provider or to furnish transportation, utilities, or staff for the preschool program. (E) The treasurer of any board of education operating a preschool program pursuant to this section shall keep an account of all funds used to operate the program in the same manner as the treasurer would any other funds of the district pursuant to this chapter. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.649 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.649
§ 3313.649. Enrolling child subject of power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Power of attorney" means a power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code. (2) "Caretaker authorization affidavit" means an affidavit executed under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code. (B) The grandparent who is attorney in fact under a power of attorney or the grandparent that executed a caretaker authorization affidavit may enroll the child who is the subject of the power of attorney or affidavit in a school in the school district in which the grandparent resides. Unless another reason exists under the Revised Code to exclude the child, the child may attend the schools of the school district in which the grandparent resides.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.601
§ 3345.601. Student records preservation plans
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, annually shall certify to the chancellor of higher education, on a date and in the form and manner determined by the chancellor, a plan to preserve student records indefinitely if the state institution was to cease operations. The plan shall include the designation and signed confirmation of an official custodian of student records. If the chancellor determines it necessary, the chancellor may require a state institution to produce an executed agreement with the designated custodian of student records, paid in full, to ensure the state institution's plan can be implemented. The chancellor may consult with the higher learning commission, the state board of career colleges and schools, and other appropriate entities to establish plans, processes, and procedures for state institutions to provide indefinite access to student records. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.26
§ 3326.26. Body mass index and weight status category screening
Status: in_force

September 24, 2012 Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly The governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may screen students in ninth grade for body mass index and weight status category. If a governing body elects to require the screenings, it shall comply with section 3313.674 of the Revised Code in the same manner required of a school district board of education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.02
§ 3355.02. University branch district
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of any municipal corporation having a population of not less than fifty thousand as determined by the most recent federal decennial census may, by resolution approved by two-thirds of its members, create a university branch district, if a branch of a public university has been in operation in that municipality for at least the full two years immediately preceding that time. (B) The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than fifty thousand as determined by the most recent federal decennial census may, by resolution approved by two-thirds of its members, create a university branch district if a branch of a public university has been in operation in that county for at least the full two years immediately preceding that time. (C) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more contiguous counties which together have a combined population of not less than fifty thousand, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census may, by resolution approved by two-thirds of the members of each such board, together and jointly create a university branch district, if a branch of a public university has been in operation in any one of the counties for at least the full two years immediately preceding that time. (D) A resolution creating a university branch district shall set forth the name of such district, and a description of the territory to be included in the proposed district. The creation of an authority of this nature by a municipality, county, or group of counties shall cause this authority to create university branch districts, to be unavailable to the other units of local government in the affected county or counties. (E) In any municipal corporation or county or group of two or more contiguous counties, having a total population of not less than fifty thousand as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, where no university branch district has been created either by action of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or by action of the board or boards of county commissioners, the electors in such municipal corporation or county or counties may petition for the creation of a university branch district. Such petition shall be presented to the board of elections of the county or of the most populous county in the proposed university branch district and shall be signed by qualified voters of the territory within the proposed university branch district, not less in number than five per cent of the vote cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. A petition calling for the creation of a university branch district shall set forth the proposed name of such district, the necessity for the district, and a description of the territory to be included in the proposed district. In a petition submitted by qualified voters, pursuant to this section, which proposes the creation of a university branch district comprised of two or more counties, the number of valid signatures from each county shall be not less in number than five per cent of the vote cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. Upon receiving a petition calling for creation of a university branch district, pursuant to this section, the board of elections of the county of the most populous county in such district shall certify the validity of the signatures and the fact of such petition to the election boards of the other counties, if any, to be included in such district, and shall certify to such other boards that, pursuant to this section, the proposal to create such district shall be placed on the ballot at the next primary or general election occurring more than ninety days after the filing of such petition. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in each county of the proposed district vote in favor thereof, such district shall be established. No county shall be included in the territory of more than one university branch district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.14
§ 3377.14. Property may be conveyed or exchanged
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly The state or any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state may, without competitive bidding, convey or exchange with the Ohio higher educational facility commission, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. Any conveyance by the state shall be authorized by the director, board, or commission having control of such property and approved by the general assembly. The interest in such property to be conveyed shall be appraised at its fair market value and such appraisal value shall be the conveyance price. The appraised fair market value of any property exchanged under the provisions of this section shall be substantially equal to the aggregate of the appraised fair market value of the property for which it is exchanged and any moneys paid to the grantor in consideration of such exchange. The political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body shall prescribe the form of its deed, and any deed from the state shall be prepared and recorded as provided in sections 5301.13 to 5301.17 of the Revised Code. Any educational institution which has the qualifications to acquire property under section 3333.08 of the Revised Code may acquire property under such section in order to provide real estate or interests in real estate needed for a project and to make the same available to the commission by conveyance, lease, or otherwise. Any instrument by which the state or an agency of the state acquires real property pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.62
§ 3326.62. Overdose reversal drug policy
Status: in_force

January 19, 2026 House Bill 57 - 136th General Assembly (A) A STEM school established under this chapter that elects under section 3715.50 of the Revised Code to obtain and maintain a supply of an overdose reversal drug for use in an emergency situation shall comply with all provisions of section 3313.7119 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. (B) A STEM school may accept donations of money from any person or entity to purchase overdose reversal drugs. A school shall use the donations only for that purpose and shall track the expenditure of donated funds. Last updated December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3347.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3347 / § 3347.03
§ 3347.03. Acquisition or use of property or state lands for housing purposes
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Each commission created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code may acquire property of any kind by purchase, gift, or devise and hold and use any such property, or may use state lands at their respective universities upon consent of the respective boards of trustees thereof, for the erection, remodeling, or improving and equipping of buildings for suitable housing, dormitory, dining hall, and recreational accommodations, referred to as "buildings" in sections 3347.03 to 3347.08 of the Revised Code, for students, instructors, members of the faculty, the administration and maintenance staff of the universities with which each commission is identified, and their families. The construction, remodeling, or improving of any such buildings shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the commission and with sections 153.01 and 153.04 to 153.20 of the Revised Code, except that the commission may act in all instances where the Ohio facilities construction commission is mentioned in such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.191
§ 3314.191. Prerequisites for payments from department
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall make no payment under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to a community school opening for its first year of operation until the sponsor of that school confirms all of the following: (A) The school is in compliance with the provisions described in divisions (A), (H), (I), and (J)(3) of section 3314.19 of the Revised Code. (B) The sponsor has approved the financial controls required by the contract the sponsor enters into with the governing authority of the community school under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. (C) The school facilities will be ready and open for use by the date prescribed in the contract entered into under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, and the sponsor has reviewed any lease, purchase agreement, permits required by statute or contract, and construction plans. (D) The chief administrator of the community school actively is managing daily operations at the school. (E) The projected enrollment reported to the department is accurate. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3353.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3353 / § 3353.06
§ 3353.06. Affiliates services fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The affiliates services fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The broadcast educational media commission shall deposit any money it receives for services provided to affiliates to the credit of the fund, including: (1) Reimbursements for services provided to stations; (2) Charges levied for maintenance of telecommunications, broadcasting, or transmission equipment; (3) Contract or grant payments from affiliates. (B) The commission shall use money credited to the affiliates services fund for any commission operating purposes, including: (1) The purchase, repair, or maintenance of telecommunications, broadcasting, or transmission equipment; (2) The purchase or lease of educational programming; (3) The purchase of tape and digital media storage and maintenance of a media library; (4) Administrative expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.40
§ 3326.40. Expenditure of disadvantaged pupil impact aid
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly A STEM school shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(4) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code in accordance with section 3317.25 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 4, 2021 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.391
§ 3319.391. Applicants and new hires subject to criminal records check provisions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly This section applies to any person hired by a school district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school and any contractor or person hired by a contractor engaged in providing services that may involve routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child to a school district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school in any position that does not require a "license" issued by the state board of education, as defined in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, or a registration issued by the state board of education under Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code, and is not for the operation of a vehicle for pupil transportation. This section does not apply to any person who volunteers at a school building within a district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school, including a parent volunteer in a student's classroom. (A)(1) For each person to whom this section applies who is hired on or after November 14, 2007, the employer shall request a criminal records check in accordance with section 3319.39 of the Revised Code and shall request a subsequent criminal records check by the fifth day of September every fifth year thereafter. (2) For each person to whom this section applies who is hired prior to November 14, 2007, the employer shall request a criminal records check by a date prescribed by the state board and shall request a subsequent criminal records check by the fifth day of September every fifth year thereafter. (3) If, on October 3, 2023, the most recent criminal records check requested for a person under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section was completed more than one year prior to that date or does not include information gathered pursuant to division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the employer shall request a new criminal records check that includes information gathered pursuant to division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code by a date prescribed by the state board and shall request a subsequent criminal records check by the fifth day of September every fifth year thereafter. (B)(1) Each request for a criminal records check under this section shall be made to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in the manner prescribed in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, except that if both of the following conditions apply to the person subject to the records check, the employer shall request the superintendent only to obtain any criminal records that the federal bureau of investigation has on the person: (a) The employer previously requested the superintendent to determine whether the bureau of criminal identification and investigation has any information, gathered pursuant to division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, on the person in conjunction with a criminal records check requested under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code or under this section. (b) The person presents proof that the person has been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date upon which the person becomes subject to a criminal records check under this section. (2) Upon receipt of a request under division (B)(1) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct the criminal records check in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code as if the request had been made under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. However, as specified in division (B)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, if the employer requests the superintendent only to obtain any criminal records that the federal bureau of investigation has on the person for whom the request is made, the superintendent shall not conduct the review prescribed by division (B)(1) of that section. (C) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall make the initial criminal records check of a person requested by an employer under division (A) of this section on or after October 3, 2023, available to the state board. The state board shall use the information received to enroll the person in the retained applicant fingerprint database, established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code, in the same manner as any teacher licensed under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code. If the state board is unable to enroll the person in the retained applicant fingerprint database because the person has not satisfied the requirements for enrollment, the state board shall notify the employer that the person has not satisfied the requirements for enrollment. However, the bureau shall not be required to make available to the state board the criminal records check of any person who is already enrolled in the retained applicant fingerprint database on the date the person's employer requests a records check of the person under division (A) of this section. If the state board receives notification of the arrest, guilty plea, or conviction of a person who is subject to this section, the state board shall promptly notify the employing school district, chartered nonpublic school, or educational service center in accordance with division (B) of section 3319.316 of the Revised Code. (D) Any person who is the subject of a criminal records check under this section and has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense described in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code shall not be hired or shall be released from employment, as applicable, unless the person meets the rehabilitation standards adopted by the state board under division (E) of that section. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.14
§ 3326.14. State assessment requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall administer the assessments required by sections 3301.0710 , 3301.0711 , and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, as if it were a school district. Last updated October 4, 2021 at 1:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.79
§ 3375.79. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grant fund
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grant fund consisting of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grants awarded to the state library of Ohio. The state library board shall use the fund for the improvement of public library services, interlibrary cooperation, or other library purposes. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3344.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3344 / § 3344.04
§ 3344.04. Board of trustees to receive and hold property or funds
Status: in_force

December 18, 1964 House Bill 2 - 105th General Assembly The board of trustees of Cleveland state university may receive and hold in trust, for the use and benefit of the university, any grant or devise of land, and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property, to be applied to the general or special use of the university, unless otherwise directed in the donation or bequest. The board of trustees of Cleveland state university may make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the operation of such university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.51
§ 3301.51. Preschool associate educator license not required
Status: in_force

November 15, 1996 Senate Bill 230 - 121st General Assembly The issuing of any type of educator license designated for teaching in an associate teaching position in a preschool setting pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as requiring any person who does not hold such a license to obtain one in order to be employed as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.378 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.378
§ 3309.378. Additional monthly payment as of 12-19-73
Status: in_force

December 19, 1973 House Bill 214 - 110th General Assembly On and after the effective date of this section, any person who retired or his beneficiary , who was eligible to receive an allowance that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968 and prior to July 1, 1971, and the beneficiary of a member who died before service retirement on or after July 1, 1968 and prior to July 1, 1971, receiving an allowance or benefit pursuant to sections 3309.35 , 3309.36 , 3309.38 , 3309.40 , 3309.45 , or 3309.46 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement, disability or death and July 1, 1973.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.08
§ 3357.08. Official plan financing
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly For the purpose of preparing the official plan for a technical college, pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a technical college district may receive and expend gifts, grants, bequests, or devises, or public funds appropriated for such purpose pursuant to law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3358.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3358 / § 3358.04
§ 3358.04. Election and appointment of officers of board - duties
Status: in_force

November 4, 1977 Senate Bill 229 - 112th General Assembly The board of trustees of a state community college district shall annually, during the first regular scheduled meeting following the beginning of the calendar year, elect from their members a chairman and a vice-chairman, neither of whom shall serve in his office for more than three consecutive years, and they may also appoint as secretary, either a member of the board or the president of the college or his designee. The board shall do all things necessary for the creation, proper maintenance, and successful and continuous operation of a state community college, and may adopt and at any time amend bylaws and rules for the conduct of the board and the government and conduct of the college.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0213 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0213
§ 3345.0213. Outdoor campus areas as public forums; no free speech zones
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 Senate Bill 40 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Outdoor areas of campuses of state institutions of higher education are public forums for campus communities. (2) State institutions of higher education shall not create "free speech zones" or designate other outdoor areas of campuses where expressive activities are prohibited. (3) State institutions of higher education may maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions specifically developed in service of a significant institutional interest only when such restrictions employ clear, published, viewpoint- and content-neutral criteria, and provide for ample alternative means for expressive activities. Any such restrictions shall allow for members of a campus community to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble and distribute literature. (B) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as limiting the right of student expression elsewhere on campus.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.18
§ 3323.18. Program to integrate braille reading and writing into student's curriculum and classroom activities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly If any special education program provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 3325. of the Revised Code serves a student with a visual impairment for whom instruction in braille reading and writing is specified as appropriate pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3323.011 of the Revised Code, the entity providing the program shall integrate the use of braille reading and writing into the student's entire curriculum and other classroom activities in such a manner that braille reading and writing becomes an effective learning tool for the student.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.13
§ 3354.13. Ownership of community college - acquisition of property
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The ownership of a community college created and established pursuant to provisions of sections 3354.02 and 3354.04 of the Revised Code, including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall be vested in the board of trustees of the community college district in which such college is situated, except as may be provided in a contract entered into under the authority of division (A) of section 3354.09 of the Revised Code. The board may acquire by appropriation any land, rights, rights of way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility of the community college district, pursuant to the procedure provided in section 5537.06 of the Revised Code, with respect to the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission, and insofar as such procedure is applicable. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.353 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.353
§ 3307.353. 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 superannuate or rehire as a reemployed superannuate 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 superannuate 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 superannuate 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 superannuate 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) or (C) of this section if the person has been retired for at least one year before the person's employment as a reemployed superannuate is to begin. (E) The state teachers retirement board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.13
§ 3377.13. Special assessments - installments
Status: in_force

March 7, 1968 Senate Bill 453 - 107th General Assembly When a special assessment is made on real property owned by the Ohio higher educational facility commission and leased under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code, the installments of the assessment shall be paid by the lessee of such real property so long as such property is leased, and any installment thereof remaining unpaid at the termination of any such lease shall thereafter be paid by the commission so long as such property is owned by it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.10
§ 3349.10. Village solicitor or city director of law to act as attorney
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly The village solicitor or city director of law of a municipal corporation, when requested to do so by the board of directors of a municipal university, college, or other educational institution, shall prosecute and defend for and in behalf of the municipal corporation, all complaints, suits, and controversies in which the municipal corporation or such board is a party, and which relate to any property, funds, trust, claims, estate, or affairs under the control or direction of the board, or which, in any manner, relate to the conduct or government of the institution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.076 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.076
§ 3319.076. License required to teach physical education
Status: in_force

September 17, 2010 Senate Bill 210 - 128th General Assembly No school district shall employ any classroom teacher initially hired on or after July 1, 2013, to provide instruction in physical education in any of grades kindergarten through twelve unless the teacher holds a valid license issued pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code for teaching physical education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.18
§ 3314.18. Breakfast and lunch programs - Summer extension
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, the governing authority of each community school shall establish a breakfast program pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1771, as amended, if at least one-fifth of the pupils in the school are eligible under federal requirements for free breakfasts, and shall establish a lunch program pursuant to those acts if at least one-fifth of the pupils are eligible for free lunches. The governing authority required to establish a breakfast program under this division may make a charge in accordance with federal requirements for each reduced price breakfast or paid breakfast to cover the cost incurred in providing that meal. A breakfast program established under this section shall be operated in accordance with section 3313.818 of the Revised Code in any community school meeting the conditions prescribed by that section. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the governing authority of each community school shall establish one of the following for summer intervention services described in division (D) of section 3301.0711 or provided under section 3313.608 of the Revised Code, and any other summer intervention program required by law: (1) An extension of the school breakfast program pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act" and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966"; (2) An extension of the school lunch program pursuant to those acts; (3) A summer food service program pursuant to those acts. (C) If the governing authority of a community school determines that, for financial reasons, it cannot comply with division (A) or (B) of this section, the governing authority may choose not to comply with either or both divisions. In that case, the governing authority shall communicate to the parents of its students, in the manner it determines appropriate, its decision not to comply. (D) The governing authority of each community school required to establish a school breakfast, school lunch, or summer food service program under this section shall apply for state and federal funds allocated by the department of education and workforce under division (B) of section 3313.813 of the Revised Code and shall comply with the department's standards adopted under that division. (E) The governing authority of any community school required to establish a breakfast program under this section or that elects to participate in a breakfast program pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act" and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966" may offer breakfast to pupils in their classrooms during the school day. However, any community school that is subject to section 3313.818 of the Revised Code shall offer breakfast to pupils in accordance with that section. (F) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, in each fiscal year in which the general assembly appropriates funds for purposes of this division, the governing authority of each community school required to establish a breakfast program under this section or that elects to participate in a breakfast program pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act" and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966" shall provide a breakfast free of charge to each pupil who is eligible under federal requirements for a reduced price breakfast. (G) This section does not apply to internet- or computer-based community schools. Last updated August 3, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.011
§ 3314.011. Designated fiscal officer - bond - licensing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Every community school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, the fiscal officer shall be employed by or engaged under a contract with the governing authority of the community school. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall require that the fiscal officer of any community school, before entering upon duties as fiscal officer of the school, execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the governing authority of the school, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the fiscal officer. The bond shall be deposited with the governing authority of the school, and a copy thereof, certified by the governing authority, shall be filed with the county auditor. (C) Prior to assuming the duties of fiscal officer, the fiscal officer designated under this section shall be licensed under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Any person serving as a fiscal officer of a community school on March 22, 2013, who is not licensed as a treasurer shall be permitted to serve as a fiscal officer for not more than one year following March 22, 2013. Beginning on that date and thereafter, no community school shall permit any individual to serve as a fiscal officer without a license as required by this section. (D)(1) The governing authority of a community school may adopt a resolution waiving the requirement that the governing authority is the party responsible to employ or contract with the designated fiscal officer, as prescribed by division (A) of this section, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution. The resolution shall be valid for one year. A new resolution shall be adopted for each year that the governing authority wishes to waive this requirement, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution. No resolution adopted pursuant to this division may waive the requirement for a community school to have a designated fiscal officer. (2) If the governing authority adopts a resolution pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section, the school's designated fiscal officer annually shall meet with the governing authority to review the school's financial status. (3) The governing authority shall submit to the department of education and workforce a copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.111
§ 3319.111. Applicability of section; evaluating teachers on limited contracts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 3319.09 of the Revised Code, this section applies to any person who is employed under a teacher license issued under this chapter, or under a professional or permanent teacher's certificate issued under former section 3319.222 of the Revised Code, and who spends at least fifty per cent of the time employed providing student instruction. However, this section does not apply to any person who is employed as a substitute teacher or as an instructor of adult education. (A) The board of education of each school district, in consultation with teachers employed by the board, shall update its standards-based teacher evaluation policy to conform with either the framework for evaluation of teachers adopted under section 3319.112 of the Revised Code or a framework created or adopted by the board. The policy shall become operative at the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement covering teachers employed by the board that is in effect on November 2, 2018, and shall be included in any renewal or extension of such an agreement. (B) When using measures of student performance as evidence in a teacher's evaluation, those measures shall be high-quality student data. The board of education of each school district may use data from the assessments on the list developed under division (B)(2) of section 3319.112 of the Revised Code as high-quality student data. (C)(1) The board shall conduct an evaluation of each teacher employed by the board at least once each school year, except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section. The evaluation shall be completed by the first day of May and the teacher shall receive a written report of the results of the evaluation by the tenth day of May. (2)(a) The board may evaluate each teacher who received a rating of accomplished on the teacher's most recent evaluation conducted under this section once every three school years, so long as the teacher submits a self-directed professional growth plan to the evaluator that focuses on specific areas identified in the observations and evaluation and the evaluator determines that the teacher is making progress on that plan. (b) The board may evaluate each teacher who received a rating of skilled on the teacher's most recent evaluation conducted under this section once every two years, so long as the teacher and evaluator jointly develop a professional growth plan for the teacher that focuses on specific areas identified in the observations and evaluation and the evaluator determines that the teacher is making progress on that plan. (c) For each teacher who is evaluated pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section, the evaluation shall be completed by the first day of May of the applicable school year, and the teacher shall receive a written report of the results of the evaluation by the tenth day of May of that school year. (d) The board may elect not to conduct an evaluation of a teacher who meets one of the following requirements: (i) The teacher was on leave from the school district for fifty per cent or more of the school year, as calculated by the board. (ii) The teacher has submitted notice of retirement and that notice has been accepted by the board not later than the first day of December of the school year in which the evaluation is otherwise scheduled to be conducted. (3) In any year that a teacher is not formally evaluated pursuant to division (C) of this section as a result of receiving a rating of accomplished or skilled on the teacher's most recent evaluation, an individual qualified to evaluate a teacher under division (D) of this section shall conduct at least one observation of the teacher and hold at least one conference with the teacher. The conference shall include a discussion of progress on the teacher's professional growth plan. (D) Each evaluation conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted by one or more of the following persons who hold a credential established by the state board of education for being an evaluator: (1) A person who is under contract with the board pursuant to section 3319.01 or 3319.02 of the Revised Code and holds a license designated for being a superintendent, assistant superintendent, or principal issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; (2) A person who is under contract with the board pursuant to section 3319.02 of the Revised Code and holds a license designated for being a vocational director, administrative specialist, or supervisor in any educational area issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; (3) A person designated to conduct evaluations under an agreement entered into by the board, including an agreement providing for peer review entered into by the board and representatives of teachers employed by the board; (4) A person who is employed by an entity contracted by the board to conduct evaluations and who holds a license designated for being a superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, vocational director, administrative specialist, or supervisor in any educational area issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code or is qualified to conduct evaluations. (E) Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 3319.112 of the Revised Code, the board shall require at least three formal observations of each teacher who is under consideration for nonrenewal and with whom the board has entered into a limited contract or an extended limited contract under section 3319.11 of the Revised Code. (F) The board shall include in its evaluation policy procedures for using the evaluation results for retention and promotion decisions and for removal of poorly performing teachers. Seniority shall not be the basis for a decision to retain a teacher, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations. (G) For purposes of section 3333.0411 of the Revised Code, the board annually shall report to the state board the number of teachers for whom an evaluation was conducted under this section and the number of teachers assigned each rating prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3319.112 of the Revised Code or the equivalent framework created or adopted by the board, aggregated by the teacher preparation programs from which and the years in which the teachers graduated. The state board shall establish guidelines for reporting the information required by this division. The guidelines shall not permit or require that the name of, or any other personally identifiable information about, any teacher be reported under this division. (H) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after November 2, 2018. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.156 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.156
§ 3309.156. Restrictions on fiduciaries
Status: in_force

June 22, 1984 House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the school employees retirement system to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the system and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the system and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the system and a party in interest; (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the system; or (5) Acquisition, on behalf of the system, of any employer security or employer real property. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any transaction between the school employees retirement system and any fiduciary or party in interest if: (1) All the terms and conditions of the transaction are comparable to the terms and conditions which might reasonably be expected in a similar transaction between similar parties who are not parties in interest; and (2) The transaction is consistent with the fiduciary duties described in Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not: (1) Deal with the assets of the system in his own interest or for his own account; (2) In his individual or in any other capacity act in any transaction involving the system on behalf of a party (or represent a party) whose interests are adverse to the interests of the system or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with such system in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the system. (D) In addition to any liability which he may have under any other provision, a fiduciary with respect to the system shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary responsibility of any fiduciary with respect to the system in the following circumstances: (1) If he participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of such other fiduciary, knowing such act or omission is a breach; (2) If, by his failure to comply with Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code, he has enabled such other fiduciary to commit a breach; or (3) If he has knowledge of a breach by such other fiduciary, unless he makes reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remedy the breach. (E) Every fiduciary of the system shall be bonded or insured to an amount of not less than one million dollars for loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3305.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3305 / § 3305.11
§ 3305.11. Forfeiture of retirement benefits under RC 2929.192
Status: in_force

May 13, 2008 Senate Bill 3 - 127th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, and the provider of an alternative retirement plan shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 742., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the provider of an alternative retirement plan receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony in the circumstances specified in the particular division, all of the following apply: (1) No payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (a) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and forfeiture is ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, the day on which the provider receives from the court a copy of the journal entry of the offender's sentence under that section; (b) If the charge against the person is dismissed, the person is found not guilty of the charge, or the person is found not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which the provider receives notice of the final disposition of the charge. (2) The provider of an alternative retirement plan shall not process any application for payment under this chapter from the person prior to the final disposition of the charge.