Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.378 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.378
§ 3313.378. School energy performance contracting loan fund created
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) The school energy performance contracting loan fund is created in the custody of the treasurer of state, but is not part of the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used for purposes of funding loans issued under section 3313.377 of the Revised Code. The fund shall consist of the funds transferred from the solar generation fund, repayments of loans from this fund, interest on amounts in the school energy performance contracting loan fund, and any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the fund. (B) The fund shall be administered by the Ohio facilities construction commission, and the commission shall request the treasurer of state to create the account for the fund. The treasurer of state shall distribute the money in the fund in accordance with directions provided by the commission. Last updated June 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.99
§ 3307.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3307.073 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3307.073 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.977 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.977
§ 3313.977. Priorities for admission of students
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A)(1) Each registered private school shall admit students to kindergarten and first, second, and third grades in accordance with the following priorities: (a) Students who were enrolled in the school during the preceding year; (b) Siblings of students enrolled in the school during the preceding year, at the discretion of the school; (c) Children from low-income families attending school or residing in the school district in which the school is located until the number of such students in each grade equals the number that constituted twenty per cent of the total number of students enrolled in the school during the preceding year in such grade. Admission of such twenty per cent shall be by lot from among all low-income family applicants who apply prior to the fifteenth day of February prior to admission. (d) All other applicants residing anywhere, provided that all remaining available spaces shall be filled from among such applicants by lot. Children from low-income families not selected by lot under division (A)(1)(c) of this section shall be included in the lottery of all remaining applicants pursuant to division (A)(1)(d) of this section. (2) Each registered private school shall first admit to grades four through twelve students who were enrolled in the school during the preceding year. Any remaining spaces for students in these grades may be filled as determined by the school. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, except where otherwise prohibited by federal law, a registered private school may elect to admit students of only one gender and may deny admission to any separately educated student with a disability. (C) If a scholarship student who has been accepted in accordance with this section fails to enroll in the school for any reason or withdraws from the school during the school year for any reason, the school may elect to replace such student with another scholarship student only by first offering the admission to any low-income scholarship students who filed applications by the preceding fifteenth day of February and who were not accepted at that time due to space limitations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.831 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.831
§ 3375.831. Instrument to identify state agency for whose use and benefit real property is acquired
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 3375.83 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3325.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3325 / § 3325.13
§ 3325.13. Employees food service fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Ohio deaf and blind education services employees food service fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of payments received from employees who make purchases from the food service program of the state school for the blind or state school for the deaf. Notwithstanding section 3325.01 of the Revised Code, the approval of the department of education and workforce is not required to designate money for deposit into the fund. Ohio deaf and blind education services shall use money in the fund to pay costs associated with Ohio deaf and blind education services' food service program. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.031
§ 3319.031. Assignment of business manager functions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if the board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district does not appoint a business manager under section 3319.03 of the Revised Code, the board may assign powers and duties specified in section 3319.04 of the Revised Code to one or more employees or officers of the board, including the treasurer, and may give the employees or officers any title recognizing the assignment of the powers and duties. The prohibition, in section 3319.04 of the Revised Code, against a business manager having possession of moneys does not prevent a board from assigning powers and duties specified in that section to the treasurer and does not prevent a treasurer who is assigned those powers and duties from exercising the powers and duties of treasurer. If the board assigns the duties of a business manager under section 3319.04 of the Revised Code to the treasurer, the treasurer shall not have the authority to make recommendations to appoint or discharge noneducational employees, except as provided under section 3313.31 of the Revised Code. Instead, the district superintendent shall be responsible for making recommendations, subject to confirmation by the board, for the appointment or discharge of noneducational employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.143 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.143
§ 3319.143. Policy of assault leave
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 3319.141 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, local or joint vocational school district may adopt a policy of assault leave by which an employee who is absent due to physical disability resulting from an assault which occurs in the course of board employment will be maintained on full pay status during the period of such absence. A board of education electing to effect such a policy of assault leave shall establish rules for the entitlement, crediting, and use of assault leave and file a copy of same with the department of education and workforce. A board of education adopting this policy shall require an employee to furnish a signed statement on forms prescribed by such board to justify the use of assault leave. If medical attention is required, a certificate from a licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner stating the nature of the disability and its duration shall be required before assault leave can be approved for payment. Falsification of either the statement or the certificate is grounds for suspension or termination of employment under section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code. Assault leave granted under rules adopted by a board of education pursuant to this section shall not be charged against sick leave earned or earnable under section 3319.141 of the Revised Code or leave granted under rules adopted by a board of education pursuant to section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code. This section shall be uniformly administered in those districts where such policy is adopted. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.147 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.147
§ 3314.147. Procurement of glucagon, qualified immunity
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) With the approval of its governing authority, a community school established under this chapter may procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7115 of the Revised Code. A community school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (B)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: (a) A community school; (b) A member of a community school governing authority; (c) A community school employee or contractor; (d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes injectable or nasally administered glucagon, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or contractor, or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (C) A community school may accept donations of injectable or nasally administered glucagon from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase the drug. (D) A community school that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and each occurrence in which a dose of the drug is used from the school's supply. Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.64
§ 3333.64. Fiscal and distributive goals; work-based learning requirement
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall endeavor to make awards under the choose Ohio first scholarship program such that the aggregate, statewide amount of other institutional, public, and private money pledged to the program in each fiscal year equals at least one hundred per cent of the aggregate amount of the money awarded under the program that year. All students receiving a choose Ohio first scholarship shall be involved in work-based learning through a co-op, internship, experience in a university, college, or private laboratory, or other work-based learning experience. State universities or colleges or nonpublic four-year Ohio institutions of higher education may appeal to the chancellor for a waiver of this requirement in cases where exceptional circumstances make one hundred per cent placement in a work-based learning environment impractical or significantly unachievable. The value of institutional, public, or private industry co-ops and internships shall count toward the statewide aggregate amount of other institutional, public, or private money specified in this paragraph. The chancellor also shall endeavor to provide that students from all regions of the state are able to participate in the scholarship program. Last updated September 28, 2021 at 5:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.04
§ 3302.04. School district improvement support - continuous improvement plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish a system of intensive, ongoing support for the improvement of school districts and school buildings. In accordance with the model of differentiated accountability described in section 3302.041 of the Revised Code, the system shall give priority to districts and buildings in the manner prescribed by any agreement currently in force between the department of education and workforce and the United States department of education. The department of education and workforce shall endeavor to include schools and buildings that receive grades or performance ratings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code that the department considers to be low performing. The system shall include services provided to districts and buildings through regional service providers, such as educational service centers. The system may include the appointment of an improvement coordinator for any of the lowest performing districts, as determined by the department of education and workforce, to coordinate the district's academic improvement efforts and to build support among the community for those efforts. (B) A district or building that meets the conditions for intervention prescribed by the agreement described in division (A) of this section shall be subject to any rules establishing such intervention. (C) The department of education and workforce may initiate a site evaluation of a building or school district that meets the conditions for a site evaluation prescribed by the agreement described in division (A) of this section. (D) This division applies only to school districts that operate a school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for two or more consecutive school years. It does not apply to any such district after June 30, 2008, except as provided in division (D)(2) of section 3313.97 of the Revised Code. (1) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive school years, the district shall do all of the following: (a) Provide written notification of the academic issues that resulted in the building's failure to make adequate yearly progress to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the building. The notification shall also describe the actions being taken by the district or building to improve the academic performance of the building and any progress achieved toward that goal in the immediately preceding school year. (b) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, in accordance with section 3313.97 of the Revised Code, offer all students enrolled in the building the opportunity to enroll in an alternative building within the district that is not in school improvement status as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the district shall spend an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under this division, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation with a lesser amount. If an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds the district receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, is insufficient to satisfy all demand for transportation, the district shall grant priority over all other students to the lowest achieving students among the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code in providing transportation. Any district that does not receive funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, shall not be required to provide transportation to any student who enrolls in an alternative building under this division. (2) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive school years, the district shall do both of the following: (a) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, in accordance with section 3313.97 of the Revised Code, provide all students enrolled in the building the opportunity to enroll in an alternative building within the district that is not in school improvement status as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the district shall provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under this division to the extent required under division (D)(2) of this section. (b) If the building receives funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, from the district, offer supplemental educational services to students who are enrolled in the building and who are in the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code. The district shall spend a combined total of an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2)(a) of this section and to pay the costs of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation and pay the costs of supplemental educational services for those students who request them with a lesser amount. In allocating funds between the requirements of divisions (D)(1)(b) and (D)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, the district shall spend at least an amount equal to five per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to provide transportation for students who enroll in alternative buildings under division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2)(a) of this section, unless the district can satisfy all demand for transportation with a lesser amount, and at least an amount equal to five per cent of the funds it receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, to pay the costs of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, unless the district can pay the costs of such services for all students requesting them with a lesser amount. If an amount equal to twenty per cent of the funds the district receives under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, is insufficient to satisfy all demand for transportation under divisions (D)(1)(b) and (D)(2)(a) of this section and to pay the costs of all of the supplemental educational services provided to students under division (D)(2)(b) of this section, the district shall grant priority over all other students in providing transportation and in paying the costs of supplemental educational services to the lowest achieving students among the subgroup described in division (B)(3) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code. Any district that does not receive funds under Title I, Part A of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6311 to 6339, shall not be required to provide transportation to any student who enrolls in an alternative building under division (D)(2)(a) of this section or to pay the costs of supplemental educational services provided to any student under division (D)(2)(b) of this section. No student who enrolls in an alternative building under division (D)(2)(a) of this section shall be eligible for supplemental educational services under division (D)(2)(b) of this section. (3) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for four consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall implement at least one of the following options with respect to the building: (a) Institute a new curriculum that is consistent with the statewide academic standards adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code; (b) Decrease the degree of authority the building has to manage its internal operations; (c) Appoint an outside expert to make recommendations for improving the academic performance of the building. The district may request the department to establish a state intervention team for this purpose pursuant to division (E) of this section. (d) Extend the length of the school day or year; (e) Replace the building principal or other key personnel; (f) Reorganize the administrative structure of the building. (4) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for five consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall develop a plan during the next succeeding school year to improve the academic performance of the building, which shall include at least one of the following options: (a) Reopen the school as a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (b) Replace personnel; (c) Contract with a nonprofit or for-profit entity to operate the building; (d) Turn operation of the building over to the department; (e) Other significant restructuring of the building's governance. (5) For any school building that fails to make adequate yearly progress for six consecutive school years, the district shall continue to comply with division (D)(2) of this section and shall implement the plan developed pursuant to division (D)(4) of this section. (6) A district shall continue to comply with division (D)(1)(b) or (D)(2) of this section, whichever was most recently applicable, with respect to any building formerly subject to one of those divisions until the building makes adequate yearly progress for two consecutive school years. (E) The department may establish a state intervention team to evaluate all aspects of a school district or building, including management, curriculum, instructional methods, resource allocation, and scheduling. Any such intervention team shall be appointed by the department and shall include teachers and administrators recognized as outstanding in their fields. The intervention team shall make recommendations regarding methods for improving the performance of the district or building. The department shall not approve a district's request for an intervention team under division (D)(3) of this section if the department cannot adequately fund the work of the team, unless the district agrees to pay for the expenses of the team. (F) The department shall conduct individual audits of a sampling of community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to determine compliance with this section. (G) A school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code shall report the use of funding for tutorial assistance grants under that program in the district's three-year continuous improvement plan under this section in a manner approved by the department. (H) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules for implementing this section. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.142 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.142
§ 3314.142. Liability for damages due to concussions
Status: in_force

April 26, 2013 House Bill 143 - 129th General Assembly (A) A community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of a community school operator, including a coach or referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.539 of the Revised Code, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of a community school operator, including a coach or referee, may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.027 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.027
§ 3314.027. Community school sponsorship
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding the requirement for initial approval of sponsorship by the department of education and workforce prescribed in divisions (A)(2) and (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and any geographical restriction or mission requirement prescribed in division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, an entity that has entered into a contract to sponsor a community school on April 8, 2003, may continue to sponsor the school in conformance with the terms of that contract and also may enter into new contracts to sponsor community schools after April 8, 2003, as long as the contracts conform to and the entity complies with all other provisions of this chapter. Regardless of the entity's authority to sponsor community schools without the initial approval of the department, each entity described in this section is under the continuing oversight of the department in accordance with rules adopted under section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. If an entity to which this section applies receives a rating below "effective" under division (B) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code for two or more consecutive years, that entity shall receive approval from the department of education and workforce to sponsor community schools and enter into a written agreement with the department in accordance with division (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code prior to entering into any further preliminary agreements under division (C)(2) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code or renewing any existing contract to sponsor a community school. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.10
§ 3302.10. Academic distress commissions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish an academic distress commission for any school district that meets one of the following conditions: (1) The district has for three consecutive years received either of the following: (a) An overall grade of "F" under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (b) An overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (2) An academic distress commission established for the district under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code was still in existence on October 15, 2015, and has been in existence for at least four years. (B)(1) The academic distress commission shall consist of five members as follows: (a) Three members appointed by the director of education and workforce, one of whom is a resident in the county in which a majority of the district's territory is located; (b) One member appointed by the president of the district board of education, who shall be a teacher employed by the district; (c) One member appointed by the mayor of the municipality in which a majority of the district's territory is located or, if no such municipality exists, by the mayor of a municipality selected by the director of education and workforce in which the district has territory. Appointments to the commission shall be made within thirty days after the district is notified that it is subject to this section. Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. The director shall designate a chairperson for the commission from among the members appointed by the director. The chairperson shall call and conduct meetings, set meeting agendas, and serve as a liaison between the commission and the chief executive officer appointed under division (C)(1) of this section. (2) In the case of a school district that meets the condition in division (A)(2) of this section, the academic distress commission established for the district under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall be abolished and a new academic distress commission shall be appointed for the district pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. (C)(1) Within sixty days after the director has designated a chairperson for the academic distress commission, the commission shall appoint a chief executive officer for the district, who shall be paid by the department of education and workforce and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The individual appointed as chief executive officer shall have high-level management experience in the public or private sector. The chief executive officer shall exercise complete operational, managerial, and instructional control of the district, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following powers and duties, but the chief executive officer may delegate, in writing, specific powers or duties to the district board or district superintendent: (a) Replacing school administrators and central office staff; (b) Assigning employees to schools and approving transfers; (c) Hiring new employees; (d) Defining employee responsibilities and job descriptions; (e) Establishing employee compensation; (f) Allocating teacher class loads; (g) Conducting employee evaluations; (h) Making reductions in staff under section 3319.17 , 3319.171 , or 3319.172 of the Revised Code; (i) Setting the school calendar; (j) Creating a budget for the district; (k) Contracting for services for the district; (l) Modifying policies and procedures established by the district board; (m) Establishing grade configurations of schools; (n) Determining the school curriculum; (o) Selecting instructional materials and assessments; (p) Setting class sizes; (q) Providing for staff professional development. (2) If an improvement coordinator was previously appointed for the district pursuant to division (A) of section 3302.04 of the Revised Code, that position shall be terminated. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the chief executive officer from employing the same individual or other staff to perform duties or functions previously performed by the improvement coordinator. (D) The academic distress commission, in consultation with the director of education and workforce and the chief executive officer, shall be responsible for expanding high-quality school choice options in the district. The commission, in consultation with the director, may create an entity to act as a high-quality school accelerator for schools not operated by the district. The accelerator shall promote high-quality schools in the district, lead improvement efforts for underperforming schools, recruit high-quality sponsors for community schools, attract new high-quality schools to the district, and increase the overall capacity of schools to deliver a high-quality education for students. Any accelerator shall be an independent entity and the chief executive officer shall have no authority over the accelerator. (E)(1) Within thirty days after the chief executive officer is appointed, the chief executive officer shall convene a group of community stakeholders. The purpose of the group shall be to develop expectations for academic improvement in the district and to assist the district in building relationships with organizations in the community that can provide needed services to students. Members of the group shall include, but shall not be limited to, educators, civic and business leaders, and representatives of institutions of higher education and government service agencies. Within ninety days after the chief executive officer is appointed, the chief executive officer also shall convene a smaller group of community stakeholders for each school operated by the district to develop expectations for academic improvement in that school. The group convened for each school shall have teachers employed in the school and parents of students enrolled in the school among its members. (2) The chief executive officer shall create a plan to improve the district's academic performance. In creating the plan, the chief executive officer shall consult with the groups convened under division (E)(1) of this section. The chief executive officer also shall consider the availability of funding to ensure sustainability of the plan. The plan shall establish clear, measurable performance goals for the district and for each school operated by the district. The performance goals shall include, but not be limited to, the performance measures prescribed for report cards issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. Within ninety days after the chief executive officer is appointed, the chief executive officer shall submit the plan to the academic distress commission for approval. Within thirty days after the submission of the plan, the commission shall approve the plan or suggest modifications to the plan that will render it acceptable. If the commission suggests modifications, the chief executive officer may revise the plan before resubmitting it to the commission. The chief executive officer shall resubmit the plan, whether revised or not, within fifteen days after the commission suggests modifications. The commission shall approve the plan within thirty days after the plan is resubmitted. Upon approval of the plan by the commission, the chief executive officer shall implement the plan. (F) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, if the district board has entered into, modified, renewed, or extended a collective bargaining agreement on or after October 15, 2015, that contains provisions relinquishing one or more of the rights or responsibilities listed in division (C) of section 4117.08 of the Revised Code, those provisions are not enforceable and the chief executive officer and the district board shall resume holding those rights or responsibilities as if the district board had not relinquished them in that agreement until such time as both the academic distress commission ceases to exist and the district board agrees to relinquish those rights or responsibilities in a new collective bargaining agreement. For purposes of this section, "collective bargaining agreement" shall include any labor contract or agreement in effect with any applicable bargaining representative. The chief executive officer and the district board are not required to bargain on subjects reserved to the management and direction of the school district, including, but not limited to, the rights or responsibilities listed in division (C) of section 4117.08 of the Revised Code. The way in which these subjects and these rights or responsibilities may affect the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment, or the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of a collective bargaining agreement is not subject to collective bargaining or effects bargaining under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. The provisions of this paragraph apply to a collective bargaining agreement entered into, modified, renewed, or extended on or after October 15, 2015, and those provisions are deemed to be part of that agreement regardless of whether the district satisfied the conditions prescribed in division (A) of this section at the time the district entered into that agreement. If the district board relinquished one or more of the rights or responsibilities listed in division (C) of section 4117.08 of the Revised Code in a collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to October 15, 2015, and had resumed holding those rights or responsibilities pursuant to division (K) of former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to that date, the district board shall continue to hold those rights or responsibilities until such time as both the new academic distress commission appointed under this section ceases to exist upon completion of the transition period specified in division (N)(1) of this section and the district board agrees to relinquish those rights or responsibilities in a new collective bargaining agreement. (G) In each school year that the district is subject to this section, the following shall apply: (1) The chief executive officer shall implement the improvement plan approved under division (E)(2) of this section and shall review the plan annually to determine if changes are needed. The chief executive officer may modify the plan upon the approval of the modifications by the academic distress commission. (2) The chief executive officer may implement innovative education programs to do any of the following: (a) Address the physical and mental well-being of students and their families; (b) Provide mentoring; (c) Provide job resources; (d) Disseminate higher education information; (e) Offer recreational or cultural activities; (f) Provide any other services that will contribute to a successful learning environment. The chief executive officer shall establish a separate fund to support innovative education programs and shall deposit any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of division (G)(2) of this section in the fund. The chief executive officer shall have sole authority to disburse moneys from the fund until the district is no longer subject to this section. All disbursements shall support the improvement plan approved under division (E)(2) of this section. (3) If the district is not a school district in which the pilot project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, each student who is entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code and is enrolled in a school operated by the district or in a community school, or will be both enrolling in any of grades kindergarten through twelve in this state for the first time and at least five years of age by the first day of January of the following school year, shall be eligible to participate in the educational choice scholarship pilot program established under sections 3310.01 to 3310.17 of the Revised Code and an application for the student may be submitted during the next application period. (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, the chief executive officer may limit, suspend, or alter any contract with an administrator that is entered into, modified, renewed, or extended by the district board on or after October 15, 2015, provided that the chief executive officer shall not reduce any salary or base hourly rate of pay unless such salary or base hourly rate reductions are part of a uniform plan affecting all district employees and shall not reduce any insurance benefits unless such insurance benefit reductions are also applicable generally to other employees of the district. (5) The chief executive officer shall represent the district board during any negotiations to modify, renew, or extend a collective bargaining agreement entered into by the board under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. (H) If the report card for the district has been issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the first school year that the district is subject to this section and the district does not meet the qualification in division (N)(1) of this section, the following shall apply: (1) The chief executive officer may reconstitute any school operated by the district. The chief executive officer shall present to the academic distress commission a plan that lists each school designated for reconstitution and explains how the chief executive officer plans to reconstitute the school. The chief executive officer may take any of the following actions to reconstitute a school: (a) Change the mission of the school or the focus of its curriculum; (b) Replace the school's principal and/or administrative staff; (c) Replace a majority of the school's staff, including teaching and nonteaching employees; (d) Contract with a nonprofit or for-profit entity to manage the operations of the school. The contract may provide for the entity to supply all or some of the staff for the school. (e) Reopen the school as a community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (f) Permanently close the school. If the chief executive officer plans to reconstitute a school under division (H)(1)(e) or (f) of this section, the commission shall review the plan for that school and either approve or reject it by the thirtieth day of June of the school year. Upon approval of the plan by the commission, the chief executive officer shall reconstitute the school as outlined in the plan. (2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the chief executive officer, in consultation with the chairperson of the academic distress commission, may reopen any collective bargaining agreement entered into, modified, renewed, or extended on or after October 15, 2015, for the purpose of renegotiating its terms. The chief executive officer shall have the sole discretion to designate any provisions of a collective bargaining agreement as subject to reopening by providing written notice to the bargaining representative. Any provisions designated for reopening by the chief executive officer shall be subject to collective bargaining as set forth in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. Any changes to the provisions subject to reopening shall take effect on the following first day of July or another date agreed to by the parties. The chief executive officer may reopen a collective bargaining agreement under division (H)(2) of this section as necessary to reconstitute a school under division (H)(1) of this section. (I) If the report card for the district has been issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the second school year that the district is subject to this section and the district does not meet the qualification in division (N)(1) of this section, the following shall apply: (1) The chief executive officer may exercise any of the powers authorized under division (H) of this section. (2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the chief executive officer may limit, suspend, or alter any provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into, modified, renewed, or extended on or after October 15, 2015, provided that the chief executive officer shall not reduce any base hourly rate of pay and shall not reduce any insurance benefits. The decision to limit, suspend, or alter any provision of a collective bargaining agreement under this division is not subject to bargaining under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; however, the chief executive officer shall have the discretion to engage in effects bargaining on the way any such decision may affect wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment. The chief executive officer may limit, suspend, or alter a provision of a collective bargaining agreement under division (I)(2) of this section as necessary to reconstitute a school under division (H)(1) of this section. (J) If the report card for the district has been issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the third school year that the district is subject to this section and the district does not meet the qualification in division (N)(1) of this section, the following shall apply: (1) The chief executive officer may exercise any of the powers authorized under division (H) or (I) of this section. (2) The chief executive officer may continue in effect a limitation, suspension, or alteration of a provision of a collective bargaining agreement issued under division (I)(2) of this section. Any such continuation shall be subject to the requirements and restrictions of that division. (K) If the report card for the district has been issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the fourth school year that the district is subject to this section and the district does not meet the qualification in division (N)(1) of this section, the following shall apply: (1) The chief executive officer may exercise any of the powers authorized under division (H), (I), or (J) of this section. (2) A new board of education shall be appointed for the district in accordance with section 3302.11 of the Revised Code. However, the chief executive officer shall retain complete operational, managerial, and instructional control of the district until the chief executive officer relinquishes that control to the district board under division (N)(1) of this section. (L) If the report card for the district has been issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the fifth school year, or any subsequent school year, that the district is subject to this section and the district does not meet the qualification in division (N)(1) of this section, the chief executive officer may exercise any of the powers authorized under division (H), (I), (J), or (K)(1) of this section. (M) If division (I), (J), (K), or (L) of this section applies to a district, community schools, STEM schools, chartered nonpublic schools, and other school districts that enroll students residing in the district and meet academic accountability standards shall be eligible to be paid an academic performance bonus in each fiscal year for which the general assembly appropriates funds for that purpose. The academic performance bonus is intended to give students residing in the district access to a high-quality education by encouraging high-quality schools to enroll those students. (N)(1) When a district subject to this section receives either an overall grade of "C" or higher under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or an overall performance rating of three stars or higher under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the district shall begin its transition out of being subject to this section. Except as provided in division (N)(2) of this section, the transition period shall last until the district has received either an overall grade higher than "F" under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or an overall performance rating of two stars or higher under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for two consecutive school years after the transition period begins. The overall grade of "C" or higher or overall performance rating of three stars or higher that qualify the district to begin the transition period shall not count as one of the two consecutive school years. During the transition period, the conditions described in divisions (F) to (L) of this section for the school year prior to the school year in which the transition period begins shall continue to apply and the chief executive officer shall work closely with the district board and district superintendent to increase their ability to resume control of the district and sustain the district's academic improvement over time. Upon completion of the transition period, the chief executive officer shall relinquish all operational, managerial, and instructional control of the district to the district board and district superintendent and the academic distress commission shall cease to exist. (2) If the district receives either an overall grade of "F" under division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or an overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code at any time during the transition period, the transition period shall end and the district shall be fully subject to this section again. The district shall resume being fully subject to this section at the point it began its transition out of being subject to this section and the division in divisions (H) to (L) of this section that would have applied to the district had the district not qualified to begin its transition under division (N)(1) of this section shall apply to the district. (O) If at any time there are no longer any schools operated by the district due to reconstitution or other closure of the district's schools under this section, the academic distress commission shall cease to exist and the chief executive officer shall cease to exercise any powers with respect to the district. (P) Beginning on October 15, 2015, each collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school district board of education under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code shall incorporate the provisions of this section. (Q) The chief executive officer, the members of the academic distress commission, the director of education and workforce, and any person authorized to act on behalf of or assist them shall not be personally liable or subject to any suit, judgment, or claim for damages resulting from the exercise of or failure to exercise the powers, duties, and functions granted to them in regard to their functioning under this section, but the chief executive officer, commission, director, and such other persons shall be subject to mandamus proceedings to compel performance of their duties under this section. (R) The department of education and workforce shall not exempt any district from this section by approving an application for an innovative education pilot program submitted by the district under section 3302.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.37
§ 3318.37. Exceptional needs school facilities assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Full maintenance amount" has the same meaning as in section 3318.034 of the Revised Code. (b) A "school district with an exceptional need for immediate classroom facilities assistance" means a school district with an exceptional need for new facilities in order to protect the health and safety of all or a portion of its students. (2) No school district that participates in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall receive assistance under the program established under this section unless the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The district board adopted a resolution certifying its intent to participate in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code prior to September 14, 2000. (b) The district was selected by the Ohio facilities construction commission for participation in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code in the manner prescribed by the commission under that section as it existed prior to September 14, 2000. (B)(1) There is hereby established the exceptional needs school facilities assistance program. Under the program, the Ohio facilities construction commission may set aside from the moneys annually appropriated to it for classroom facilities assistance projects up to twenty-five per cent for assistance to school districts with exceptional needs for immediate classroom facilities assistance. (2)(a) After consulting with education and construction experts, the commission shall adopt guidelines for identifying school districts with an exceptional need for immediate classroom facilities assistance. (b) The guidelines shall include application forms and instructions for school districts to use in applying for assistance under this section. (3) The commission shall evaluate the classroom facilities, and the need for replacement classroom facilities from the applications received under this section. The commission, utilizing the guidelines adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of this section, shall prioritize the school districts to be assessed. Notwithstanding section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, the commission may conduct on-site evaluation of the school districts prioritized under this section and approve and award funds until such time as all funds set aside under division (B)(1) of this section have been encumbered. However, the commission need not conduct the evaluation of facilities if the commission determines that a district's assessment conducted under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code is sufficient for purposes of this section. (4) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, the school district's portion of the basic project cost under this section shall be the "required percentage of the basic project costs," as defined in division (K) of section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (5) Except as otherwise specified in this section, any project undertaken with assistance under this section shall comply with all provisions of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code. A school district may receive assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code for the remainder of the district's classroom facilities needs as assessed under this section when the district is eligible for such assistance pursuant to section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, but any classroom facility constructed with assistance under this section shall not be included in a district's project at that time unless the commission determines the district has experienced the increased enrollment specified in division (B)(1) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. (C) No school district shall receive assistance under this section for a classroom facility that has been included in the discrete part of the district's classroom facilities needs identified and addressed in the district's project pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code, unless the district's entire classroom facilities plan consists of only a single building designed to house grades kindergarten through twelve. (D)(1) When undertaking a project under this section, a school district may elect to prorate its full maintenance amount by setting aside for maintenance the amount calculated under division (D)(2) of this section to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under the project, if the district will use one or more of the alternative methods authorized in sections 3318.051 , 3318.052 , and 3318.084 of the Revised Code to generate the entire amount calculated under that division. If the district so elects, the commission and the district shall include in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code a statement specifying that the district will use the amount calculated under that division only to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under the project under this section. (2) The commission shall calculate the amount for a school district to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under a project under this section as follows: The full maintenance amount X (the school district's portion of the basic project cost under this section / the school district's portion of the basic project cost for the district's entire classroom facilities needs, as determined jointly by the staff of the commission and the district) (3) A school district may elect to prorate its full maintenance amount for any number of projects under this section, provided the district will use one or more of the alternative methods authorized in sections 3318.051 , 3318.052 , and 3318.084 of the Revised Code to generate the entire amount calculated under division (D)(2) of this section to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under each project for which it so elects. If the district cannot use one or more of those alternative methods to generate the entire amount calculated under that division, the district shall levy the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or an extension of that tax under section 3318.061 of the Revised Code in an amount necessary to generate the remainder of its full maintenance amount. The commission shall calculate the remainder of the district's full maintenance amount as follows: The full maintenance amount - the sum of the amounts calculated for the district under division (D)(2) of this section for each of the district's prior projects under this section (4) In no case shall the sum of the amounts calculated for a school district's maintenance of classroom facilities under divisions (D)(2) and (3) of this section exceed the amount that would have been required for maintenance if the district had elected to meet its entire classroom facilities needs with a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code and had not undertaken one or more projects under this section. (5) If a school district commenced a project under this section prior to September 10, 2012, but has not completed that project, and has not levied the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or an extension of that tax under section 3318.061 of the Revised Code, the district may request approval from the commission to prorate its full maintenance amount in accordance with divisions (D)(1) to (4) of this section. If the commission approves the request, the commission and the district shall amend the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code to reflect the change.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.46
§ 3307.46. Increasing pension, benefit, or allowance when limits of 26 U.S.C. 415 are raised
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly Whenever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the state teachers retirement board may increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benefit, or allowance payable under section 3307.58 , 3307.59 , 3307.63 , 3307.631 , or 3307.67 of the Revised Code or an STRS defined contribution plan was limited by the application of section 415. The amount of the increased pension, benefit, or allowance shall not exceed the lesser of the amount the person would have received if the limits established by section 415 had not been applied or the amount the person is eligible to receive subject to the new limits established by section 415. Last updated September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.29
§ 3317.29. Quality independent STEM school support program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The quality independent STEM school support program is established. Under the program, the department of education and workforce shall pay each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code and designated as an independent STEM school of quality under this section an amount up to three thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each student identified as economically disadvantaged and up to two thousand two hundred fifty dollars in each fiscal year for each student that is not identified as economically disadvantaged. The payment for a fiscal year shall be calculated using the adjusted full-time equivalent number of students enrolled in the school for that fiscal year as of the date the payment is made, as reported by the school under section 3326.32 of the Revised Code. The department shall make periodic payments to each designated school beginning in January of a fiscal year. (B) Not later than the thirty-first day of December each fiscal year, the department shall designate a STEM school as an independent STEM school of quality if the school satisfies all of the following criteria: (1) The STEM school operates autonomously under section 3326.031 of the Revised Code. (2) The STEM school does not have a STEM school equivalent designation under section 3326.032 of the Revised Code. (3) The STEM school is not governed by a school district under section 3326.51 of the Revised Code. (4) The STEM school is not a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (5) The STEM school cannot levy taxes or issue tax-secured bonds in accordance with section 3326.49 of the Revised Code. (6) The STEM school satisfies the requirements prescribed by section 3326.03 of the Revised Code. (7) The STEM school satisfies the requirements described in the quality model for STEM and STEAM schools established by the department of education and workforce in accordance with Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code. (C) A school designated as an independent STEM school of quality under this section shall maintain that designation for the two fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the school was initially designated as an independent STEM school of quality. (D) A school designated as an independent STEM school of quality may renew its designation each year that it satisfies the criteria under division (B) of this section. The school shall maintain that designation for the two fiscal years following each fiscal year in which the criteria under division (B) of this section are satisfied. This division applies to schools designated as an independent STEM school of quality based on the report cards issued in accordance with sections 3302.03 and 3326.17 of the Revised Code for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years. Last updated August 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.0812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.0812
§ 3319.0812. Pre-service teacher permit
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 208 - 135th General Assembly (A) The state board of education shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establishing the standards and requirements for obtaining a pre-service teacher permit. The permit shall be required for an individual who is enrolled in an educator preparation program in order to participate in any student classroom teaching or other training experience that involves students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through twelve in a public or chartered nonpublic school and that is required for completion of the program. (B) Notwithstanding section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, a school district or school may employ an individual who holds a permit issued under this section as a substitute teacher. The individual may teach for up to the equivalent of one full semester, subject to the approval of the employing district board of education or school governing authority and may be compensated for that service. The district superintendent or chief administrator of the school may request that the board or governing authority approve one or more additional subsequent semester-long periods of teaching for the individual. (C) A pre-service teacher permit shall be valid for one or three years. The state board, on a case-by-case basis, may extend the permit's duration as needed to enable the permit holder to complete the educator preparation program in which the permit holder is enrolled. (D) An individual applying for a pre-service teacher permit shall be subject to a criminal records check as prescribed by section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. In the manner prescribed by the state board, the individual shall submit the criminal records check to the state board. The state board shall use the information submitted to enroll the individual 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 receives notification of the arrest or conviction of an individual under division (D) of this section, the state board shall promptly notify the applicable educator preparation program and any school district or school in which the pre-service teacher has been employed or assigned as part of the program and may take any action authorized under sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code that it considers to be appropriate. Upon receiving notification from the state board of an arrest or conviction of an individual under division (D) of this section, the educator preparation program shall provide to the state board a list of all school districts and schools to which the pre-service teacher has been assigned as a part of the program. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.21
§ 3318.21. Educational revitalization of certain districts definitions
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code: (A) "Allowable costs" means all or part of the costs of a permanent improvement that may be financed with, and paid from the proceeds of, securities issued pursuant to section 133.15 of the Revised Code. (B) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution, order, trust agreement, indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security or liquidity of, obligations issued pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code, and the provisions contained in the obligations. (C) "Bond service charges" means principal, including mandatory sinking fund requirements for retirement of obligations, and interest, and redemption premium, if any, required to be paid by the state on obligations, and, if provided in the applicable bond proceedings, may include any corresponding lease or sublease payments to be made with respect thereto to the issuing authority by the state or any agency of state government. (D) "Bond service fund" means the applicable fund and accounts therein created for and pledged to the payment of bond service charges, which may be, or may be part of, either the school building program bond service fund created by division (Q) of section 3318.26 of the Revised Code, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto. (E) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state, or the officer who by law performs the functions of such officer. (F) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code. (G) "Permanent improvement" or "improvement" means a permanent improvement or improvement as defined under division (CC) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code to be used for housing agencies of state government, including classroom facilities as defined in division (B) of section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Pledged receipts," in the case of obligations issued to provide moneys for the school building program assistance fund created in section 3318.25 of the Revised Code, means any or all of the following: (1) Moneys in the lottery profits education fund created in section 3770.06 of the Revised Code appropriated by the general assembly and pledged for the purpose of paying bond service charges on one or more issuances of such obligations; (2) Accrued interest received from the sale of obligations; (3) Income from the investment of the special funds; (4) Any gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts therefrom, available for the payment of bond service charges. (I) "School district" means a school district as defined under division (D) of section 3318.01 of the Revised Code, acting as an agency of state government, performing essential governmental functions of state government pursuant to sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code. (J) "Securities" means securities as defined under division (KK) in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (K) "Special funds" or "funds" means, except where the context does not permit, the bond service fund, and any other funds, including reserve funds, created under the bond proceedings, and the school building program bond service fund created by division (Q) of section 3318.26 of the Revised Code to the extent provided in the bond proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investment, credited and to be credited thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3339.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3339 / § 3339.03
§ 3339.03. Purchase of university-owned land
Status: in_force

September 28, 1959 Senate Bill 88 - 103rd General Assembly The owners of leases of land or town lots from the president and trustees of the Miami university may pay to the treasurer of the university such sum of money as, placed at interest at four per cent, would yield the amount of rent reserved in the original lease, or in the case of a division of the original tract or parcel leased, would equal the proper aliquot part thereof, or the part agreed upon by the several owners. But a person so surrendering and releasing to such university shall pay the necessary expenses incident to such change of tenure, and procure the services of an agent to perform the necessary labor thereof. Upon payment of such sum and of all rents due upon the land, on demand of such owners, the treasurer shall give him a certificate of such payment. The owner shall be entitled to receive a deed of conveyance for such land, to be signed by the president of such university, countersigned by its secretary, and sealed with the corporate seal of the Miami university, conveying the premises in fee simple to him. The deeds shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee simple in the premises, subject to all liens, equities, or rights of third persons in, to, or upon the premises.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.7117 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.7117
§ 3313.7117. Individualized seizure action plans
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 206 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Licensed health care professional" means any of the following: (a) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (b) A registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (c) A physician assistant licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code. (2) "Seizure disorder" means epilepsy or involuntary disturbance of brain function that may manifest as an impairment, loss of consciousness, behavioral abnormalities, sensory disturbance or convulsions. (3) "Treating practitioner" means any of the following who has primary responsibility for treating a student's seizure disorder and has been identified as such by the student's parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the student or, if the student is at least eighteen years of age, by the student: (a) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (b) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a clinical nurse specialist or certified nurse practitioner in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code; (c) A physician assistant who holds a license issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code, holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board, and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority. (B) A school nurse, or another district or school employee if a district or school does not have a school nurse, of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school, acting in collaboration with a student's parents or guardian, shall create an individualized seizure action plan for each student enrolled in the school district or chartered nonpublic school who has an active seizure disorder diagnosis. A plan shall include all of the following components: (1) A written request signed by the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the student, required by division (C)(1) of section 3313.713 of the Revised Code, to have one or more drugs prescribed for a seizure disorder administered to the student; (2) A written statement from the student's treating practitioner providing the drug information required by division (C)(2) of section 3313.713 of the Revised Code for each drug prescribed to the student for a seizure disorder. (3) Any other component required by the department of education and workforce. (C)(1) The school nurse or a school administrator if the district does not employ a school nurse, shall notify a school employee, contractor, and volunteer in writing regarding the existence and content of each seizure action plan in force if the employee, contractor, or volunteer does any of the following: (a) Regularly interacts with the student; (b) Has legitimate educational interest in the student or is responsible for the direct supervision of the student; (c) Is responsible for transportation of the student to and from school. (2) The school nurse or a school administrator if the district does not employ a school nurse, shall identify each individual who has received training under division (G) of this section in the administration of drugs prescribed for seizure disorders. The school nurse, or another district employee if a district does not employ a school nurse, shall coordinate seizure disorder care at that school and ensure that all staff described in division (C)(1) of this section are trained in the care of students with seizure disorders. (D)(1) A drug prescribed to a student with a seizure disorder shall be provided to the school nurse or another person at the school who is authorized to administer it to the student if the district does not employ a full-time school nurse. The drug shall be provided in the container in which it was dispensed by the prescriber or a licensed pharmacist. Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3313.713 of the Revised Code, drugs prescribed for a seizure disorder that are to be administered to students under this section may be kept in an easily accessible location. (2) Notwithstanding division (D)(1) of this section, section 3313.713 of the Revised Code, or any policy adopted under that section, a student enrolled in a school district or chartered nonpublic school may possess a drug prescribed to the student designed to prevent the onset of a seizure or to alleviate the symptoms of a seizure if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The student has the written approval of the student's physician and, if the student is a minor, the written approval of the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the student. The physician's written approval shall include at least all of the following information: (i) The student's name and address; (ii) The name of the drug and the dosage, if any, to be administered; (iii) The circumstances under which the drug is to be administered to the student; (iv) How the drug is to be administered to the student; (v) Written instructions that outline procedures school personnel should follow in the event that the drug does not prevent the onset of a seizure or alleviate the symptoms of a seizure; (vi) Any severe adverse reactions that may occur to the student for whom the drug is prescribed and that should be reported to the physician; (vii) Any severe adverse reactions that may occur to another student for whom the drug is not prescribed, should such a student receive a dose of the drug; (viii) At least one emergency telephone number for contacting the physician in an emergency; (ix) At least one emergency telephone number for contacting the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the student in an emergency; (x) Any other special instructions from the physician. (b) The school principal and, if a school nurse is assigned to the student's school building, the school nurse have received copies of the written approvals required by division (D)(2)(a) of this section. If these conditions are satisfied, the student may possess a drug described in division (D)(2) of this section at school or at any activity, event, or program sponsored by or in which the student's school is a participant. (3) Notwithstanding division (B)(2) of section 3313.713 of the Revised Code or any policy adopted under that section, any individual identified in division (C)(1) of this section may administer to a student a prescribed drug that is designed to prevent the onset of a seizure or to alleviate the symptoms of a seizure if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The individual has received a copy of the written approval issued by the student's physician which contains the information required by division (D)(2)(a) of this section. (b) The individual has received training regarding the circumstances under which the drug is to be administered to the student and how the drug is to be administered to the student. (E) A seizure action plan is effective only for the school year in which the written request described in division (B)(1) of this section was submitted and must be renewed at the beginning of each school year. (F) A seizure action plan created under division (B) of this section shall be maintained in the office of the school nurse or school administrator if the district does not employ a full-time school nurse. (G) A school district or governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school shall designate at least one employee at each school building it operates, aside from a school nurse, to be trained on the implementation of seizure action plans every two years. The district or governing authority shall provide or arrange for the training of the employee. The training must include and be consistent with guidelines and best practices established by a nonprofit organization that supports the welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders, such as the Epilepsy Alliance Ohio or Epilepsy Foundation of Ohio or other similar organizations as determined by the department, and address all of the following: (1) Recognizing the signs and symptoms of a seizure; (2) The appropriate treatment for a student who exhibits the symptoms of a seizure; (3) Administering drugs prescribed for seizure disorders, subject to this section and section 3313.713 of the Revised Code. A seizure training program under division (G) of this section shall not exceed one hour and shall qualify as a professional development activity for the renewal of educator licenses, including activities approved by local professional development committees under division (F) of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. If the training is provided to a school district on portable media by a nonprofit entity, the training shall be provided free of charge. (H) A board of education or governing authority shall require each person it employs as an administrator, guidance counselor, teacher, or bus driver to complete a minimum of one hour of self-study training or in-person training on seizure disorders not later than twenty-four months after October 3, 2023. Any such person employed after that date shall complete the training within ninety days of employment. The training shall qualify as a professional development activity for the renewal of educator licenses, including activities approved by local professional development committees under division (F) of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. (I)(1) A school or school district, a member of a board or governing authority, or a district or school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing care or performing duties under this section unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a school district, member of a school district board of education, or school district employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (2) A chartered nonpublic school or any officer, director, or employee of the school is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing care or performing duties under this section unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. 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Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.61
§ 3313.61. Diploma or honors diploma
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A diploma shall be granted by the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district that operates a high school to any person to whom all of the following apply: (1) The person has successfully completed the curriculum in any high school or the individualized education program developed for the person by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code, or has qualified under division (D) or (F) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, provided that no school district shall require a student to remain in school for any specific number of semesters or other terms if the student completes the required curriculum early; (2) Subject to section 3313.614 of the Revised Code, the person has met the assessment requirements of division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, as applicable. (a) If the person entered the ninth grade prior to July 1, 2014, the person either: (i) Has attained at least the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments required by that division unless the person was excused from taking any such assessment pursuant to section 3313.532 of the Revised Code or unless division (H) or (L) of this section applies to the person; (ii) Has satisfied the alternative conditions prescribed in section 3313.615 of the Revised Code. (b) If the person entered the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2014, the person has met the requirement prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that the person is excused from an assessment prescribed by that section pursuant to section 3313.532 of the Revised Code or division (H) or (L) of this section. (3) The person is not eligible to receive an honors diploma granted pursuant to division (B) of this section. Except as provided in divisions (C), (E), (J), and (L) of this section, no diploma shall be granted under this division to anyone except as provided under this division. (B) In lieu of a diploma granted under division (A) of this section, an honors diploma shall be granted, in accordance with rules of the department of education and workforce, by any such district board to anyone who accomplishes all of the following: (1) Successfully completes the curriculum in any high school or the individualized education program developed for the person by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code; (2) Subject to section 3313.614 of the Revised Code, has met the assessment requirements of division (B)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, as applicable. (a) If the person entered the ninth grade prior to July 1, 2014, the person either: (i) Has attained at least the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments required by that division; (ii) Has satisfied the alternative conditions prescribed in section 3313.615 of the Revised Code. (b) If the person entered the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2014, the person has met the requirement prescribed under section 3313.618 of the Revised Code. (3) Has met additional criteria established by the department for the granting of such a diploma. An honors diploma shall not be granted to a student who is subject to the requirements prescribed in division (C) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code but elects the option of division (D) or (F) of that section. Except as provided in divisions (C), (E), and (J) of this section, no honors diploma shall be granted to anyone failing to comply with this division and no more than one honors diploma shall be granted to any student under this division. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the granting of honors diplomas under this division. These rules may prescribe the granting of honors diplomas that recognize a student's achievement as a whole or that recognize a student's achievement in one or more specific subjects or both. The rules may prescribe the granting of an honors diploma recognizing technical expertise for a career-technical student. In any case, the rules shall designate two or more criteria for the granting of each type of honors diploma the board establishes under this division and the number of such criteria that must be met for the granting of that type of diploma. The number of such criteria for any type of honors diploma shall be at least one less than the total number of criteria designated for that type and no one or more particular criteria shall be required of all persons who are to be granted that type of diploma. (C) Any district board administering any of the assessments required by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to any person requesting to take such assessment pursuant to division (B)(8)(b) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code shall award a diploma to such person if the person attains at least the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments administered and if the person has previously attained the applicable scores on all the other assessments required by division (B)(1) of that section or has been exempted or excused from attaining the applicable score on any such assessment pursuant to division (H) or (L) of this section or from taking any such assessment pursuant to section 3313.532 of the Revised Code. (D) Each diploma awarded under this section shall be signed by the president and treasurer of the issuing board, the superintendent of schools, and the principal of the high school. Each diploma shall bear the date of its issue, be in such form as the district board prescribes, and be paid for out of the district's general fund. (E) A person who is a resident of Ohio and is eligible under the minimum standards of the director of education and workforce to receive a high school diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned while an inmate of a correctional institution operated by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be granted such diploma by the correctional institution operating the programs in which such credits were earned, and by the board of education of the school district in which the inmate resided immediately prior to the inmate's placement in the institution. The diploma granted by the correctional institution shall be signed by the director of the institution, and by the person serving as principal of the institution's high school and shall bear the date of issue. (F) Persons who are not residents of Ohio but who are inmates of correctional institutions operated by the state or any political subdivision thereof, and who are eligible under the minimum standards of the director to receive a high school diploma based in whole or in part on credits earned while an inmate of the correctional institution, shall be granted a diploma by the correctional institution offering the program in which the credits were earned. The diploma granted by the correctional institution shall be signed by the director of the institution and by the person serving as principal of the institution's high school and shall bear the date of issue. (G) The department shall provide by rule for the administration of the assessments required by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code to inmates of correctional institutions. (H) Any person to whom all of the following apply shall be exempted from attaining the applicable score on the assessment in social studies designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, any American history end-of-course examination and any American government end-of-course examination required under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code if such an exemption is prescribed by rule of the department under division (D)(3) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, or the test in citizenship designated under former division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 11, 2001: (1) The person is not a citizen of the United States; (2) The person is not a permanent resident of the United States; (3) The person indicates no intention to reside in the United States after the completion of high school. (I) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section and section 3313.611 of the Revised Code do not apply to the board of education of any joint vocational school district or any cooperative education school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code. (J) Upon receipt of a notice under division (D) of section 3325.08 or division (D) of section 3328.25 of the Revised Code that a student has received a diploma under either section, the board of education receiving the notice may grant a high school diploma under this section to the student, except that such board shall grant the student a diploma if the student meets the graduation requirements that the student would otherwise have had to meet to receive a diploma from the district. The diploma granted under this section shall be of the same type the notice indicates the student received under section 3325.08 or 3328.25 of the Revised Code. (K) As used in this division, "English learner" has the same meaning as in section 3301.0731 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (C)(3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, no English learner who has not either attained the applicable scores designated under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on all the assessments required by that division, or met the requirement prescribed by section 3313.618 of the Revised Code, shall be awarded a diploma under this section. (L)(1) Any student described by division (A)(1) of this section who is subject to divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code may be awarded a diploma without meeting the requirements prescribed by those divisions provided an individualized education program specifically exempts the student from meeting such requirement. This division does not negate the requirement for a student to take the assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 or under division (B) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, or alternate assessments required by division (C)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of assessing student progress as required by federal law. (2) Any student described by division (A)(1) of this section who is subject to division (B) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code may be awarded a diploma without meeting the requirement prescribed by division (B)(1) of that section provided the student's individualized education program specifically exempts the student from meeting that requirement and either division (L)(2)(a) or (b) of this section applies to the student, as follows: (a)(i) The student took an alternate assessment in mathematics and English language arts administered to the student in accordance with division (C)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code and failed to attain a score established by the department on one or both assessments. (ii) The school district offered remedial support to the student in each subject area in which the student did not attain the established score and the student received that support. (iii) The student retook each alternate assessment in which the student did not attain the established score and the student did not attain the established score on the retake assessment. (b)(i) The student took the Algebra I and English language arts II end-of-course examinations and failed to attain the competency score as determined under division (B)(10) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code on one or both examinations. (ii) The school district offered remedial support to the student in each subject area in which the student did not attain the competency score and the student received that support. (iii) The student retook each examination in which the student did not attain the competency score and the student did not attain the competency score on the retake examination. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3351.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3351 / § 3351.07
§ 3351.07. Designation of private agency secondary market operation
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) For the purposes of this chapter, "approved lender" means any bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code, any credit union as defined in section 1733.01 of the Revised Code, any federal credit union established pursuant to federal law, any insurance company organized or authorized to do business in this state, any pension fund eligible under the "Higher Education Amendments of 1968," 82 Stat. 1026, 20 U.S.C.A. 1085, as amended, the secondary market operation designated under division (B) of this section, or any secondary market operation established pursuant to the "Education Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 261, 20 U.S.C.A. 1071, as amended, or under the laws of any state. (B) The governor may designate one nonprofit corporation secondary market operation to be the single nonprofit private agency designated by the state under the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 101 Stat. 347, 20 U.S.C.A. 1085(d)(1)(D), as amended. A designation in effect on October 16, 2009, expires December 31, 2009. Each designation after October 16, 2009, shall be made by competitive selection and shall be valid for one year. The controlling board shall not waive the competitive selection requirement. (C) The nonprofit corporation designated by the governor under division (B) of this section as the private agency secondary market operation shall be considered to be an agency of the state, in accordance with section 435(d)(1)(F) of the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 101 Stat. 347, 20 U.S.C.A. 1085(d)(1)(F), as amended, exclusively for the purpose of functioning as a secondary student loan market. The corporation shall be considered a state agency only for the purposes of this division and no other division or section of the Revised Code regarding state agencies shall apply to the corporation. No liability or obligation incurred by the corporation shall be considered to be a liability or debt of the state, nor shall the state be construed to act as guarantor of any debt of the corporation. (D) The nonprofit corporation designated under division (B) of this section shall designate a separate nonprofit corporation to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, complementing and supplementing the designating corporation's secondary market operation for student loans authorized under the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 101 Stat. 347, 20 U.S.C.A. 1085, as amended, and promoting the general health and welfare of the state, the public interest, and a public purpose through improving student assistance programs by expanding access to higher education financing programs for students and families in need of student financial aid. In furtherance of such purposes, the separate nonprofit corporation may do all of the following: (1) Assist educational institutions in establishing financial aid programs to help students obtain an economical education; (2) Encourage financial institutions to increase educational opportunities by making funds available to both students and educational institutions; (3) Make available financial aid that supplements the financial assistance provided by eligible and approved lenders under state and federal programs; (4) Develop and administer programs that do all of the following: (a) Provide financial aid and incidental student financial aid information to students and their parents or other persons responsible for paying educational costs of those students at educational institutions; (b) Provide financial aid and information relating to it to and through educational institutions, enabling those institutions to assist students financially in obtaining an education and fully expanding their intellectual capacity and skills; (c) Better enable financial institutions to participate in student loan programs and other forms of financial aid, assisting students and educational institutions to increase education excellence and accessibility. (E) The nonprofit corporation designated under authority of division (D) of this section shall do both of the following: (1) Establish the criteria, standards, terms, and conditions for participation by students, parents, educational institutions, and financial institutions in that corporation's programs; (2) Provide the governor a report of its programs and a copy of its audited financial statements not later than one hundred eighty days after the end of each fiscal year of the corporation. No liability, obligation, or debt incurred by the corporation designated under authority of division (D) of this section or by any person under that corporation's programs shall be, or be considered to be, a liability, obligation, or debt of, or a pledge of the faith and credit of, the state, any political subdivision of the state, or any state-supported or state-assisted institution of higher education, nor shall the state or any political subdivision of the state or any state-supported or state-assisted institution of higher education be or be construed to act as an obligor under or guarantor of any liability, obligation, or debt of that corporation or of any person under that corporation's programs or incur or be construed to have incurred any other liability, obligation, or debt as a result of any acts of the corporation. (F) The nonprofit corporation designated under authority of division (D) of this section shall not be deemed to qualify by reason of the designation as a guarantor or an eligible lender under sections 435(d) and (j) of the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 101 Stat. 347, 20 U.S.C.A. 1085(d) and (j), as amended. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3362.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3362 / § 3362.03
§ 3362.03. Powers of board of trustees regarding employees and university
Status: in_force

July 2, 1986 House Bill 739 - 116th General Assembly The board of trustees of Shawnee state university shall employ, fix the compensation of, and remove the president and such number of professors, teachers, and other employees, as may be deemed necessary. The board shall do all things necessary for the creation, proper maintenance, and successful and continuous operation of the university and may adopt and amend bylaws and rules for the conduct of the board and the government and conduct of the university. The board may accept donations of lands and moneys for the purposes of such university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.091
§ 3355.091. District may acquire auxiliary or education facilities; issuance of obligations
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 748 - 121st General Assembly (A) A university branch district may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, auxiliary facilities or education facilities, except housing and dining facilities, and may pay for the facilities out of available receipts of such district. To pay all or part of the costs of auxiliary facilities or education facilities, except housing and dining facilities, and any combination of them, and to refund obligations previously issued for such purpose, each university branch district may issue obligations in the manner provided by and subject to the applicable provisions of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the definitions set forth in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code apply to this section. (C) Fee variations provided for in division (A) of section 3355.06 of the Revised Code need not be applied to fees pledged to secure obligations. (D) The obligations authorized by this section are not bonded indebtedness of the university branch district, shall not constitute general obligations or the pledge of the full faith and credit of such district, and the holders or owners thereof shall have no right to require the board to levy or collect any taxes for the payment of bond service charges, but they shall have the right to payment thereof solely from the available receipts and funds pledged for such payment as authorized by section 3345.12 of the Revised Code and this section. The bond proceedings may provide the method whereby the general administrative overhead expense of the district shall be allocated among the several operations and facilities of the district for purposes of determining any operating and maintenance expenses payable from the pledged available receipts prior to the provision for payment of bond service charges, and for other purposes of the bond proceedings. (E) A resolution of the board of trustees or other managing authority of a university branch district providing for borrowing money and issuing obligations shall be submitted to the Ohio board of regents prior to the borrowing of any money or issuance of any obligations, and the board's endorsement of approval on such resolution is necessary to the validity of any obligations issued by the district pursuant to this section and section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (F) The powers granted in this section are in addition to any other powers at any time granted by the Constitution and laws of the state, and not in derogation thereof or restrictions thereon. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.57
§ 3301.57. Providing consultation and technical assistance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) For the purpose of improving programs, facilities, and implementation of the standards promulgated under section 3301.53 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall provide consultation and technical assistance to school districts, county boards of developmental disabilities, community schools, authorized private before and after school care programs, and eligible nonpublic schools operating preschool programs or school child programs, and in-service training to preschool staff members, school child program staff members, and nonteaching employees. (B) The department of education and workforce, the department of children and youth, and the school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school shall jointly monitor each preschool program and each school child program. If the program receives any grant or other funding from the state or federal government, the department of education and workforce and the department of children and youth annually shall monitor all reports on attendance, financial support, and expenditures according to provisions for use of the funds. (C) The department of children and youth, at least once during every twelve-month period of operation of a preschool program or a licensed school child program, shall inspect the program and provide a written inspection report to the superintendent of the school district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school. The department may inspect any program more than once, as considered necessary by the department, during any twelve-month period of operation. All inspections may be unannounced. No person shall interfere with any inspection conducted pursuant to this division or to the rules adopted pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of any complaint that a preschool program or a licensed school child program is out of compliance with the requirements in sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections, the department of children and youth shall investigate and may inspect the program. If the complaint is related to a teacher, the department shall coordinate with the state board of education to investigate and take action on a teacher's license. (D) If a preschool program or a licensed school child program is determined to be out of compliance with the requirements of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections, the department of children and youth shall notify the appropriate superintendent, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, authorized private before and after school care program, or eligible nonpublic school in writing regarding the nature of the violation, what must be done to correct the violation, and by what date the correction must be made. If the correction is not made by the date established by the department, it may commence action under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to close the program or to revoke the license of the program. If a program does not comply with an order to cease operation issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the program is located, or the city attorney, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation in which the program is located that the program is operating in violation of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections and in violation of an order to cease operation issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the notification, the attorney general, prosecuting attorney, city attorney, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer shall file a complaint in the court of common pleas of the county in which the program is located requesting the court to issue an order enjoining the program from operating. The court shall grant the requested injunctive relief upon a showing that the program named in the complaint is operating in violation of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections and in violation of an order to cease operation issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (E) The department of children and youth shall prepare an annual report on inspections conducted under this section. The report shall include the number of inspections conducted, the number and types of violations found, and the steps taken to address the violations. The department shall file the report with the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives on or before the first day of January of each year. Last updated July 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.083 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.083
§ 3318.083. Sharing of approved increase in basic project cost
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If, after the Ohio facilities construction commission and a school district enter into a written agreement under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code for the construction of a classroom facilities project, the commission approves an increase in the basic project cost above the amount budgeted plus any interest earned and available in the project construction fund, the state and the school district shall share the increased cost in proportion to their respective contributions to the district's project construction fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.54
§ 3301.54. Direction and supervision of preschool program - qualifications of staff members
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Each preschool program shall be directed and supervised by a director, a head teacher, an elementary principal, or a site administrator who is on site and responsible for supervision of the program. Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, this person shall hold a valid educator license designated as appropriate for teaching or being an administrator in a preschool setting issued pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code and have completed at least four courses in child development or early childhood education from an accredited college, university, or technical college. (2) If the person was employed prior to July 1, 1988, by a school district board of education or an eligible nonpublic school to direct a preschool program, the person shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section if the person holds a valid kindergarten-primary certificate described under former division (A) of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code as it existed on January 1, 1996. (3) If the person is employed to direct a preschool program operated by an eligible, nontax-supported, nonpublic school, the person shall be considered to meet the requirements of this section if the person holds a valid teaching certificate issued in accordance with section 3301.071 of the Revised Code. (B) Each preschool staff member shall be at least eighteen years of age and have a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence issued by the department of education and workforce or a primary-secondary education or higher education agency of another state, except that a staff member may be less than eighteen years of age if the staff member is a graduate of a two-year vocational child-care training program approved by the department, or is a student enrolled in the second year of such a program that leads to high school graduation, provided that the student performs duties in the preschool program under the continuous supervision of an experienced preschool staff member and receives periodic supervision from the vocational child-care training program teacher-coordinator in the student's high school. A preschool staff member shall annually complete fifteen hours of in-service training in child development or early childhood education, child abuse recognition and prevention, and first aid, and in the prevention, recognition, and management of communicable diseases, until a total of forty-five hours has been completed, unless the staff member holds an associate or higher degree in child development or early childhood education from an accredited college, university, or technical college, or any type of educator license designated as appropriate for teaching in an associate teaching position in a preschool setting issued by the state board of education pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.141
§ 3319.141. Sick leave
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly Each person who is employed by any board of education in this state, except for substitutes, adult education instructors who are scheduled to work the full-time equivalent of less than one hundred twenty days per school year, or persons who are employed on an as-needed, seasonal, or intermittent basis, shall be entitled to fifteen days sick leave with pay, for each year under contract, which shall be credited at the rate of one and one-fourth days per month. Teachers and regular nonteaching school employees, upon approval of the responsible administrative officer of the school district, may use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and for absence due to illness, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative up to one hundred twenty work days, unless more than one hundred twenty days are approved by the employing board of education. The previously accumulated sick leave of a person who has been separated from public service, whether accumulated pursuant to section 124.38 of the Revised Code or pursuant to this section, shall be placed to the person's credit upon re-employment in the public service, provided that such re-employment takes place within ten years of the date of the last termination from public service. A teacher or nonteaching school employee who transfers from one public agency to another shall be credited with the unused balance of the teacher's or nonteaching employee's accumulated sick leave up to the maximum of the sick leave accumulation permitted in the public agency to which the employee transfers. Teachers and nonteaching school employees who render regular part-time, per diem, or hourly service shall be entitled to sick leave for the time actually worked at the same rate as that granted like full-time employees, calculated in the same manner as the ratio of sick leave granted to hours of service established by section 124.38 of the Revised Code. Each board of education may establish regulations for the entitlement, crediting and use of sick leave by those substitute teachers employed by such board pursuant to section 3319.10 of the Revised Code who are not otherwise entitled to sick leave pursuant to such section. A board of education shall require a teacher or nonteaching school employee to furnish a written, signed statement on forms prescribed by such board to justify the use of sick leave. If medical attention is required, the employee's statement shall list the name and address of the attending physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner and the dates when the physician or nurse was consulted. Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive the physician-patient or advanced practice registered nurse-patient privilege provided by section 2317.02 of the Revised Code. Falsification of a statement is grounds for suspension or termination of employment under sections 3311.82 , 3319.081 , and 3319.16 of the Revised Code. No sick leave shall be granted or credited to a teacher after the teacher's retirement or termination of employment. Except to the extent used as sick leave, leave granted under regulations adopted by a board of education pursuant to section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code shall not be charged against sick leave earned or earnable under this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect in any other way the granting of leave pursuant to section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code and any granting of sick leave pursuant to such section shall be charged against sick leave accumulated pursuant to this section. This section shall not be construed to interfere with any unused sick leave credit in any agency of government where attendance records are maintained and credit has been given for unused sick leave. Unused sick leave accumulated by teachers and nonteaching school employees under section 124.38 of the Revised Code shall continue to be credited toward the maximum accumulation permitted in accordance with this section. Each newly hired regular nonteaching and each regular nonteaching employee of any board of education who has exhausted the employee's accumulated sick leave shall be entitled to an advancement of not less than five days of sick leave each year, as authorized by rules which each board shall adopt, to be charged against the sick leave the employee subsequently accumulates under this section. This section shall be uniformly administered. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.022
§ 3314.022. Contract for provisions of services for disabled student
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The governing authority of any community school established under this chapter may contract with the governing authority of another community school, the board of education of a school district, the governing board of an educational service center, a county board of developmental disabilities, or the administrative authority of a nonpublic school for provision of services for any disabled student enrolled at the school. Any school district board of education or educational service center governing board shall negotiate with a community school governing authority that seeks to contract for the provision of services for a disabled student under this section in the same manner as it would with the board of education of a school district that seeks to contract for such services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.311
§ 3313.311. Policies for use of credit card accounts
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, a board of education of any school district, a governing board of an educational service center, or a governing authority of an information technology center that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board or authority shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The officers or positions authorized to use credit card accounts; (2) The types of expenses for which a credit card account may be used; (3) The procedure for acquisition, use, and management of a credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks; (4) The procedure for submitting itemized receipts to the treasurer or chief fiscal officer or the treasurer's or chief fiscal officer's designee; (5) The procedure for credit card issuance, credit card reissuance, credit card cancellation, and the process for reporting lost or stolen credit cards; (6) The entity's credit card account's maximum credit limit or limits; (7) The actions or omissions by an officer or employee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account. (B) The name of the school district, educational service center, or information technology center shall appear on each presentation instrument related to the account including cards and checks. (C) If the treasurer of the board of education, treasurer of the educational service center, or chief fiscal officer of the information technology center does not retain general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, the board, governing board, or governing authority shall appoint a compliance officer to perform the duties enumerated under division (D) of this section. Except a superintendent of a school district or chief administrator of an information technology center serving as compliance officer, the compliance officer may not use a credit card account. The compliance officer may not authorize an officer or employee to use a credit card account. If a school district superintendent acting as compliance officer has authority to use a credit card account, the treasurer or the treasurer's designee, who shall not be the school district superintendent, monthly shall review the credit card account transaction detail and shall sign an attestation stating the treasurer or designee reviewed the credit card account transaction detail. If the chief administrator of an information technology center acting as compliance officer has authority to use a credit card account, the governing authority monthly shall review the credit card account transaction detail and shall sign an attestation stating the governing authority reviewed the credit card account transaction detail. The treasurer of the board of education, treasurer of the educational service center, and chief fiscal officer of the information technology center are not eligible for appointment as compliance officer. The superintendent of a school district or chief administrator of an information technology center is eligible for appointment as compliance officer. (D) The compliance officer, if applicable, at least once every six months shall review the number of cards and accounts issued, the number of active cards and accounts issued, the cards' and accounts' expiration dates, and the cards' and accounts' credit limits. (E) If the treasurer of the board of education, treasurer of the educational service center, or chief fiscal officer of the information technology center retains general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, and the board or authority authorizes an officer or employee to use a credit card, the treasurer or chief fiscal officer may use a system to sign out credit cards to the authorized users. The officer or employee is liable in person and upon any official bond the officer or employee has given to the school district, educational service center, or information technology center to reimburse the treasury the amount for which the officer or employee does not provide itemized receipts in accordance with the policy described in division (A) of this section. (F) The use of a credit card account for expenses beyond those authorized by the board or authority constitutes misuse of a credit card account. An officer or employee of a school district, educational service center, or information technology center or a public servant as defined under section 2921.01 of the Revised Code who knowingly misuses a credit card account held by a board or authority violates section 2913.21 of the Revised Code. (G) The treasurer or chief fiscal officer, as applicable, or the designee of that applicable officer annually shall file a report with the board or authority detailing all rewards received based on the use of the credit card account. (H) As used in this section, "credit card account" means any bank-issued credit card account, store-issued credit card account, financial institution-issued credit card account, financial depository-issued credit card account, affinity credit card account, or any other card account allowing the holder to purchase goods or services on credit or to transact with the account, and any debit or gift card account related to the receipt of grant moneys. "Credit card account" does not include a procurement card account, gasoline or telephone credit card account, or any other card account where merchant category codes are in place as a system of control for use of the card account.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.35
§ 3315.35. Statement of service - cancelled and uncancelled notes
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly At the expiration of each school year of service as a teacher in the public schools of Ohio by a person who has benefited from a scholarship granted under sections 3315.33 to 3315.35 of the Revised Code, such person shall submit to the department of education and workforce a statement of service on a form provided for that purpose and certified by the superintendent of the school district in which the person has taught. Upon receipt of such statement in proper form, the board shall cancel the oldest notes given by such person covering the scholarship for one year and the interest accrued thereon. If for any reason a recipient of a scholarship ceases or, after licensure, fails to teach in the public schools of Ohio, except for death or total disability, or fails to file with the board by July first of each year a statement concerning the recipient's previous year's employment and address for the ensuing year, any and all unpaid or uncancelled notes and interest thereon shall become due and payable and the board shall transmit all such notes promptly to the treasurer of state and the treasurer of state shall enforce collection of the principal amount of any uncancelled or unpaid notes held by the treasurer of state and the interest thereon and shall deposit said sums so collected in the general revenue fund. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.10
§ 3301.10. Director of education and workforce is member of board of trustees of Ohio history connection
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of education and workforce shall be a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection, in addition to the members constituting such board. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.0213 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.0213
§ 3317.0213. Additional state aid for preschool special education children
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall compute and pay in accordance with this section additional state aid for preschool children with disabilities to each city, local, and exempted village school district and to each institution, as defined in section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. Funding shall be provided for children who are not enrolled in kindergarten and who are under age six on the thirtieth day of September of the academic year, or on the first day of August of the academic year if the school district in which the child is enrolled has adopted a resolution under division (A)(3) of section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, but not less than age three on the first day of December of the academic year. For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the additional state aid shall be calculated under the following formula: ($4,000 X the number of students who are preschool children with disabilities) + the sum of the following: (1) The district's or institution's category one special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50; (2) The district's or institution's category two special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50; (3) The district's or institution's category three special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50; (4) The district's or institution's category four special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50; (5) The district's or institution's category five special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50; (6) The district's or institution's category six special education students who are preschool children with disabilities X the multiple specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage X 0.50. For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the additional state aid shall be calculated for each category of special education students who are preschool children with disabilities using a formula specified by the general assembly. The special education disability categories for preschool children used in this section are the same categories prescribed in section 3317.013 of the Revised Code. As used in division (A) of this section, the state share percentage of a student enrolled in an institution is the state share percentage of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. (B) If an educational service center is providing services to students who are preschool children with disabilities under agreement with the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the students are entitled to attend school, that district may authorize the department to transfer funds computed under this section to the service center providing those services. (C) If a county DD board is providing services to students who are preschool children with disabilities under agreement with the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the students are entitled to attend school, the department shall deduct from the district's payment computed under division (A) of this section the total amount of those funds that are attributable to the students served by the county DD board and pay that amount to that board. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.07
§ 3314.07. Expiration, termination or nonrenewal of contract for community school
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The expiration of the contract for a community school between a sponsor and a school shall be the date provided in the contract. A successor contract may be entered into pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code unless the contract is terminated or not renewed pursuant to this section. (B)(1) A sponsor may choose not to renew a contract at its expiration or may choose to terminate a contract prior to its expiration for any of the following reasons: (a) Failure to meet student performance requirements stated in the contract; (b) Failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management; (c) Violation of any provision of the contract or applicable state or federal law; (d) Other good cause. (2) A sponsor may choose to terminate a contract prior to its expiration if the sponsor has suspended the operation of the contract under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code. (3) Not later than the fifteenth day of January in the year in which the sponsor intends to terminate or take actions not to renew the community school's contract, the sponsor shall notify the school of the proposed action in writing. The notice shall include the reasons for the proposed action in detail, the effective date of the termination or nonrenewal, and a statement that the school may, within fourteen days of receiving the notice, request an informal hearing before the sponsor. Such request must be in writing. The informal hearing shall be held within fourteen days of the receipt of a request for the hearing. Not later than fourteen days after the informal hearing, the sponsor shall issue a written decision either affirming or rescinding the decision to terminate or not renew the contract. (4) The termination of a contract under this section shall be effective upon the occurrence of the later of the following events: (a) The date the sponsor notifies the school of its decision to terminate the contract as prescribed in division (B)(3) of this section; (b) If an informal hearing is requested under division (B)(3) of this section and as a result of that hearing the sponsor affirms its decision to terminate the contract, the effective date of the termination specified in the notice issued under division (B)(3) of this section. (5) Any community school whose contract is terminated or not renewed under division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section shall close permanently at the end of the current school year or on a date specified in the notification of termination or nonrenewal under division (B)(3) of this section. Any community school whose contract is terminated or not renewed for failure to meet student performance requirements stated in the contract, or for failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management under this division shall not enter into a contract with any other sponsor. (C) A child attending a community school whose contract has been terminated, nonrenewed, or suspended or that closes for any reason shall be admitted to the schools of the district in which the child is entitled to attend under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. Any deadlines established for the purpose of admitting students under section 3313.97 or 3313.98 of the Revised Code shall be waived for students to whom this division pertains. (D) If a community school does not intend to renew a contract with its sponsor, the community school shall notify its sponsor in writing of that fact at least one hundred eighty days prior to the expiration of the contract. Such a community school may enter into a contract with a new sponsor in accordance with section 3314.03 of the Revised Code upon the expiration of the previous contract. (E) A sponsor of a community school and the officers, directors, or employees of such a sponsor are immune from civil liability for any action authorized under this chapter or the contract entered into with the school under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that is taken to fulfill the sponsor's responsibility to oversee and monitor the school. The sponsor and its officers, directors, or employees are not liable in damages in a tort or other civil action for harm allegedly arising from any of the following: (1) A failure of the community school or any of its officers, directors, or employees to perform any statutory or common law duty or responsibility or any other legal obligation; (2) An action or omission of the community school or any of its officers, directors, or employees that results in harm. (3) A failure of the community school or any of its officers, directors, or employees to meet the obligations of any contract or other obligation entered into on behalf of the community school and another party. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (2) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.01
§ 3354.01. Community college definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 3354.01 to 3354.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Community college district" means a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, comprised of the territory of one or more contiguous counties having together a total population of not less than seventy-five thousand preceding the establishment of such district, and organized for the purpose of establishing, owning, and operating a community college within the territory of such district. (B) "Contiguous counties" means counties so located that each such county shares at least one boundary in common with at least one other such county in the group of counties referred to as being "contiguous." (C) "Community college" means a public institution of education beyond the high school organized for the principal purpose of providing for the people of the community college district wherein such college is situated the instructional programs defined in this section as "arts and sciences" and "technical," or either, and may include the "adult-education" program as defined in this section. Except for applied bachelor's degree programs or nursing bachelor's degree programs approved by the chancellor of higher education under section 3333.051 of the Revised Code, instructional programs shall not exceed two years in duration. A university maintained and operated by a municipality located in a county having a total population equal to the requirement for a community college district as set forth in division (A) of section 3354.01 of the Revised Code and is found by the chancellor of higher education to offer instructional programs which are needed in the community and which are equivalent to those required of community colleges shall be, for the purposes of receiving state or federal financial aid only, considered a community college and shall receive the same state financial assistance granted to community colleges but only in respect to students enrolled in their first and second year of post high school education in the kinds of instructional programs offered by the municipal university. (D) "Arts and sciences program" means both of the following: (1) A curricular program of two years or less duration, provided within a community college, planned and intended to enable students to gain academic credit for courses generally comparable to courses offered in the first two years in accredited colleges and universities in the state, and designed either to enable students to transfer to such colleges and universities for the purpose of earning baccalaureate degrees or to enable students to terminate academic study after two years with a proportionate recognition of academic achievement. (2) An applied bachelor's degree program or nursing bachelor's degree program approved and offered under section 3333.051 of the Revised Code. (E) "Adult-education program" means the dissemination of post high school educational service and knowledge, by a community college, for the occupational, cultural, or general educational benefit of adult persons, such educational service and knowledge not being offered for the primary purpose of enabling such persons to obtain academic credit or other formal academic recognition. (F) "Charter amendment" means a change in the official plan of a community college for the purpose of acquiring additional lands or structures, disposing of or transferring lands or structures, erection of structures, or creating or abolishing of one or more academic departments corresponding to generally recognized fields of academic study. (G) "Technical program" means a post high school curricular program of two years or less duration, provided within a community college, planned and intended to enable students to gain academic credit for courses designed to prepare such students to meet the occupational requirements of the community. (H) "Operating costs" means all expenses for all purposes of the community college district except expenditures for permanent improvements having an estimated life of usefulness of five years or more as certified by the fiscal officer of the community college district. (I) "Applied bachelor's degree" has the same meaning as in section 3333.051 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0217 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0217
§ 3345.0217. Policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion and other concepts
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Controversial belief or policy" means any belief or policy that is the subject of political controversy, including issues such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, immigration policy, marriage, or abortion. (2) "Intellectual diversity" means multiple, divergent, and varied perspectives on an extensive range of public policy issues. (3) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and the institution shall enforce a policy that requires the institution to do all of the following: (1)(a) Prohibit all of the following: (i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, unless the institution submits a written request for an exception to the chancellor of higher education because the institution determines the orientation or training course is exempt from that prohibition because all aspects of the orientation or course are required to do any of the following: (I) Comply with state and federal laws or regulations; (II) Comply with state or federal professional licensure requirements; (III) Obtain or retain accreditation. The exception request shall include an explanation of the circumstances and the effort made by the institution to comply with division (B)(1)(a)(i) of this section. (ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iv) Using diversity, equity, and inclusion in job descriptions; (v) Contracting with consultants or third-parties whose role is or would be to promote admissions, hiring, or promotion on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; (vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and inclusion in any manner. For any institutional scholarships existing on the effective date of this section, a state institution shall, to the extent possible, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements. If the state institution is unable to do so because of donor requirements, the institution may continue to offer those institutional scholarships. However, the state institution shall not accept any additional funds for the operation of institutional scholarships that have diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements. (b) A state institution shall not replace any orientation, training, office, or position designated for the purpose of diversity, equity, and inclusion that is prohibited under this division with an orientation, training, office, or position under a different designation that serves the same or similar purposes, or that uses the same or similar means. (c) In the event that the requirements to obtain a research grant conflict with the prohibitions listed under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, a state institution shall endeavor, to the extent possible, to comply with division (B)(1)(a) of this section while retaining eligibility for the research grant, including by consulting with legal counsel. A state institution that is unable to comply with division (B)(1)(a) of this section with respect to a research grant shall submit a written request for an exception to the chancellor. The exception request shall include an explanation of the circumstances and the effort made by the state institution to comply with division (B)(1)(a) of this section while retaining eligibility for the research grant. (d) Divisions (B)(1)(a) and (c) of this section do not apply to agreements or contracts regarding any research grants entered into prior to the effective date of this section. Divisions (B)(1)(a) and (c) of this section apply to any renewal of such agreements or contracts occurring on or after the effective date of this section. (2) Affirm and declare that its primary function is to practice, or support the practice, discovery, improvement, transmission, and dissemination of knowledge and citizenship education by means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate; (3) Affirm and declare that, to fulfill the function described in division (B)(2) of this section, the state institution shall ensure the fullest degree of intellectual diversity; (4) Affirm and declare that faculty and staff shall allow and encourage students to reach their own conclusions about all controversial beliefs or policies and shall not seek to indoctrinate any social, political, or religious point of view; (5) Demonstrate intellectual diversity for course approval, approval of courses to satisfy general education requirements, student course evaluations, common reading programs, annual reviews, strategic goals for each department, and student learning outcomes. Divisions (B)(2) to (5) of this section do not apply to the exercise of professional judgment about how to accomplish intellectual diversity within an academic discipline, unless that exercise is misused to constrict intellectual diversity. (6) Declare that it will not endorse or oppose, as an institution, any controversial belief or policy, except on matters that directly impact the institution's funding or mission of discovery, improvement, and dissemination of knowledge. The institution may also endorse the congress of the United States when it establishes a state of armed hostility against a foreign power. This division does not include the recognition of national and state holidays, support for the Constitution and laws of the United States or the state of Ohio, or the display of the American or Ohio flag. (7) Affirm and declare that the state institution will not encourage, discourage, require, or forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or publicly express a given ideology, political stance, or view of a social policy, nor will the institution require students to do any of those things to obtain an undergraduate or post-graduate degree. Divisions (B)(6) and (7) of this section do not apply to the exercise of professional judgment about whether to endorse the consensus or foundational beliefs of an academic discipline, unless that exercise is misused to take an action prohibited in division (B)(6) of this section. (8) Prohibit political and ideological litmus tests in all hiring, promotion, and admissions decisions, including diversity statements and any other requirement that applicants describe their commitment to any ideology, principle, concept, or formulation that requires commitment to any controversial belief or policy; (9) Affirm and declare that no hiring, promotion, or admissions process or decision shall encourage, discourage, require, or forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or publicly express a given ideology or political stance; (10) Affirm and declare that the state institution will not use a diversity statement or any other assessment of an applicant's political or ideological views in any hiring, promotions, or admissions process or decision; (11) Affirm and declare that no process or decision regulating conditions of work or study, such as committee assignments, course scheduling, or workload adjustment policies, shall encourage, discourage, require, or forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or publicly express a given ideology or political stance; (12) Affirm and declare that the state institution will seek out invited speakers who have diverse ideological or political views; (13) Post prominently on its web site a complete list of all speaker fees, honoraria, and other emoluments in excess of five hundred dollars for events that are sponsored by the state institution. That information shall be all of the following: (a) Accessible from the main page of the 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. (C) Each state institution of higher education shall respond to complaints from any student, student group, or faculty member about an alleged violation of the prohibitions and requirements included in the policy adopted under this section using the process established under division (C) of section 3345.0215 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Nothing in this section prohibits faculty or students from classroom instruction, discussion, or debate, so long as faculty members allow students to express intellectual diversity. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a state institution of higher education from complying with any state or federal law to provide disability services or to permit student organizations, including fraternities and sororities. (E) The general assembly may withhold or reduce any state operating subsidy payments, state capital improvement funds, or other state appropriation to a state institution of higher education if the general assembly determines the institution has failed to comply with the requirements established under this section. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.541
§ 3301.541. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator of a preschool program shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any applicant who has applied to the preschool program for employment as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. If the applicant does not present proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date upon which the criminal records check is requested or does not provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the applicant from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the director, head teacher, or elementary principal shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check for the applicant. If the applicant presents proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year period, the director, head teacher, or elementary principal may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) Any director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall provide to each applicant a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, provide to each applicant a standard impression sheet to obtain fingerprint impressions prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, obtain the completed form and impression sheet from each applicant, and forward the completed form and impression sheet to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation at the time the person requests a criminal records check pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. (3) Any applicant who receives pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a copy of an impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section and who is requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information necessary to complete the form and provide the impression sheet with the impressions of the applicant's fingerprints. If an applicant, upon request, fails to provide the information necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the applicant's fingerprints, the preschool program shall not employ that applicant for any position for which a criminal records check is required by division (A)(1) of this section. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted by the department of children and youth in accordance with division (E) of this section, no preschool program shall employ a person as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child if the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2903.04 , 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2903.13 , 2903.16 , 2903.21 , 2903.34 , 2905.01 , 2905.02 , 2905.05 , 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , 2907.06 , 2907.07 , 2907.08 , 2907.09 , 2907.21 , 2907.22 , 2907.23 , 2907.25 , 2907.31 , 2907.32 , 2907.321 , 2907.322 , 2907.323 , 2911.01 , 2911.02 , 2911.11 , 2911.12 , 2919.12 , 2919.22 , 2919.24 , 2919.25 , 2923.12 , 2923.13 , 2923.161 , 2925.02 , 2925.03 , 2925.04 , 2925.05 , 2925.06 , or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation occurred prior to that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug possession offense, or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; (b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (2) A preschool program may employ an applicant conditionally until the criminal records check required by this section is completed and the preschool program receives the results of the criminal records check. If the results of the criminal records check indicate that, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the applicant does not qualify for employment, the preschool program shall release the applicant from employment. (C)(1) Each preschool program shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted in accordance with that section upon the request pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section of the director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator of the preschool program. (2) A preschool program may charge an applicant a fee for the costs it incurs in obtaining a criminal records check under this section. A fee charged under this division shall not exceed the amount of fees the preschool program pays under division (C)(1) of this section. If a fee is charged under this division, the preschool program shall notify the applicant at the time of the applicant's initial application for employment of the amount of the fee and that, unless the fee is paid, the applicant will not be considered for employment. (D) The report of any criminal records check conducted by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code and pursuant to a request under division (A)(1) of this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check or the applicant's representative, the preschool program requesting the criminal records check or its representative, and any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual in a case dealing with the denial of employment to the applicant. (E) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section, including rules specifying circumstances under which a preschool program may hire a person who has been convicted of an offense listed in division (B)(1) of this section but who meets standards in regard to rehabilitation set by the department. (F) Any person required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall inform each person, at the time of the person's initial application for employment, that the person is required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and that a criminal records check is required to be conducted and satisfactorily completed in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code if the person comes under final consideration for appointment or employment as a precondition to employment for that position. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for appointment or employment in a position with a preschool program as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child, except that "applicant" does not include a person already employed by a board of education, community school, or chartered nonpublic school in a position of care, custody, or control of a child who is under consideration for a different position with such board or school. (2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (3) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. (H) If the board of education of a local school district adopts a resolution requesting the assistance of the educational service center in which the local district has territory in conducting criminal records checks of substitute teachers under this section, the appointing or hiring officer of such educational service center governing board shall serve for purposes of this section as the appointing or hiring officer of the local board in the case of hiring substitute teachers for employment in the local district. Last updated July 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.052
§ 3309.052. Members with excessive travel expenses ineligible for another term
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly A person who served as an elected or appointed member of the school employees retirement board for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.058 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.058
§ 3311.058. When merger to achieve minimum average daily membership not required
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 45.32 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of the 121st General Assembly, 146 Ohio Laws 900, 1805, as subsequently amended, or in Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code, no educational service center shall be required to merge in order to achieve any prescribed minimum average daily membership if such a merger will cause the territory of the resultant joint educational service center to comprise more than eight hundred square miles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.23
§ 3309.23. Contributors to school employees retirement system
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the following shall be contributors to the school employees retirement system: (1) All employees, as defined in division (B) of section 3309.01 of the Revised Code; (2) The employees of an existing or newly created employer unit as defined in division (A) of section 3309.01 of the Revised Code, supported in whole or in part by the state or any political subdivision thereof and wholly controlled and managed by the state or any subdivision thereof. Such employees shall become contributors on the same terms and conditions as provided by this chapter, provided the board of trustees or other managing body of such school, college, or other institution, if such institution is now in existence or if in existence on such date, shall agree by formal resolution to accept all the requirements and obligations imposed by this chapter upon employers. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the school employees retirement board. When such resolution has been adopted and a copy of it filed with the school employees retirement board, it shall not later be subject to rescission or abrogation. Service in such schools, colleges, or other institutions shall be then considered in every way the same as service in the public schools. (3) All other individuals who become members. (B) The following individuals may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership by filing a written application for exemption with the employer within the first month after being employed: (1) A student who is not a member at the time of employment and who is employed by the school, college, or university in which the student is enrolled and regularly attending classes; (2) An emergency employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, snow, earthquake, flood, or other similar emergency; (3) An individual employed in a program established pursuant to the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., or any other federal job training program. (C) A member may elect to have employment by the school, college, or university at which the member is enrolled and regularly attending classes exempted from contribution to the retirement system by filing a written application with the member's employer within the first month after being so employed. (D) In all cases of doubt pertaining to contributors on an individual or group basis or the status of existing or newly created employer units, the decision shall be made by the retirement board, and such decision shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3350.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3350 / § 3350.15
§ 3350.15. Northeast Ohio medical university partnership
Status: in_force

March 30, 2018 House Bill 24 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The northeast Ohio medical university may enter into a partnership with Cleveland state university to establish the northeast Ohio medical university academic campus at Cleveland state university, to enable fifty per cent or more of the medical curriculum taught to students enrolled under this partnership to be based in Cleveland at Cleveland state university, local hospitals, and community- and neighborhood-based primary care clinics. Cleveland state university shall not receive state capital appropriations to pay for facilities for the academic campus. (B) The Ohio university heritage college of osteopathic medicine may be a member of the partnership established under division (A) of this section and may admit and enroll a portion of the Cleveland state university students provided for under division (A) of this section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.31
§ 3326.31. STEM school funding definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 3326.31 to 3326.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Formula amount" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "IEP" means an individualized education program as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Resident district" means the school district in which a student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 11, 2021 at 4:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.035
§ 3302.035. Reports regarding measures for students with disabilities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than October 1, 2015, and not later than the first day of October each year thereafter, the department of education and workforce shall report for each school district, each community school established under Chapter 3314., each STEM school established under Chapter 3326., and each college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, the following measures for students with disabilities enrolled in that school district or community, STEM, or college-preparatory boarding school: (1) The value-added progress dimension score disaggregated for that subgroup, as determined by the department; (2) The performance index score for that subgroup, as defined under division (A) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code; (3) The four- and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rates, as defined under divisions (G)(1) and (2) of section 3302.01 of the Revised Code, for that subgroup. (B) The department shall make each report completed pursuant to division (A) of this section available on its web site for comparison purposes. Last updated August 2, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.72
§ 3313.72. Contract with health district for services of physician, dentist, or nurse
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may enter into a contract with a health district for the purpose of providing the services of a school physician, dentist, or nurse, including a clinical nurse specialist or certified nurse practitioner. The board may also enter into a contract under section 3313.721 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing health care services to students. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.07
§ 3315.07. Instructional program for employees - supplies and equipment for local school districts
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each school district may provide an instructional program for the employees of the district. The board may provide the necessary bulletins and instructional material in connection with the program and pay the cost of meetings held for the purpose of carrying out the program. (B) The board of any district or educational service center may provide bulletins or other materials necessary for the effective administration of the schools of the district or programs of the educational service center and may compile, make available, or publish any of the following materials not inconsistent with division (C) of this section: student handbooks, dress codes, curriculum guides, school policy bulletins, newsletters, board meeting summaries or minutes, financial reports, annual reports, and other reports concerning the operation of the schools of the district or programs of the service center. Such materials shall be published for the purpose of furthering public awareness of all aspects of the board's educational program and operation including: (1) Board policies and actions, procedures, administration and finance, and state and federal requirements; (2) The board's programs, activities, and plans; (3) Student achievements and information concerning employees; (4) Any other information the board considers helpful in keeping students, parents, employees, and residents aware of the operation of the school district. The board may assign to employees the duty of producing the information authorized by this division as a part or all of their jobs. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, no board of education shall use public funds to support or oppose the passage of a school levy or bond issue or to compensate any school district employee for time spent on any activity intended to influence the outcome of a school levy or bond issue election. (2) A board of education may permit any of its employees to attend a public meeting during the employee's regular working hours for the purpose of presenting information about school finances and activities and board actions, even if the purpose of the meeting is to discuss or debate the passage of a school levy or bond issue. (D) The board of education of a school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center may authorize the service center to purchase or to accept upon donation supplies and equipment for such school district and to pay the transportation, handling, and storage charges involved in securing such supplies and equipment. Upon such authorization, the governing board may make such purchases or accept such donations and pay from the service center fund the cost of such supplies and equipment and the transportation, handling, and storage charges involved. The district board shall reimburse in full the service center governing board for all such expenditures on its behalf.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3347.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3347 / § 3347.05
§ 3347.05. Bonds, notes, or other written instruments negotiable, exempt from taxation and lawful investments - issuance and sale
Status: in_force

March 7, 1997 Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly All bonds, notes, or other written instruments provided for in section 3347.04 of the Revised Code shall have all of the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments and the bonds, notes, or other written instruments are exempt from all taxation, state and municipal. The bonds, notes, or other written instruments are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, trust companies, trustees, trustees of sinking funds of municipal corporations and counties, and domestic insurance companies notwithstanding sections 3907.14 and 3925.08 of the Revised Code, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. Such bonds, notes, and other written instruments may be issued in coupon or in registered form or both, as the issuing commission may determine. Provisions may be made for the registration of any of the bonds, notes, or other written instruments in the name of the owner as to principal alone and as to both principal and interest, and for exchange between those in coupon form and those in fully registered form. The issuing housing commission may sell the bonds, notes, or other written instruments in a manner and for the price it determines to be for its best interest, but they shall be sold for not less than par, with accrued interest to date of sale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.313 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.313
§ 3319.313. Information concerning improper conduct by licensed employee
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 147 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be as described in rules adopted by the state board of education. (2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a court. (B) The superintendent of each school district and each educational service center or the president of the district or service center board, if division (C)(1) of this section applies, and the chief administrator of each chartered nonpublic school or the president or chairperson of the governing authority of the nonpublic school, if division (C)(2) of this section applies, shall promptly submit to the superintendent of public instruction the information prescribed in division (D) of this section when any of the following conditions applies to an employee of the district, service center, or nonpublic school who holds a license issued by the state board of education: (1) The superintendent, chief administrator, president, or chairperson knows that the employee has pleaded guilty to, has been found guilty by a jury or court of, has been convicted of, has been found to be eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for, or has agreed to participate in a pre-trial diversion program for an offense described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code; (2) The district board of education, service center governing board, or nonpublic school chief administrator or governing authority has initiated termination or nonrenewal proceedings against, has terminated, or has not renewed the contract of the employee because the board of education, governing board, or chief administrator has reasonably determined that the employee has committed an act that is unbecoming to the teaching profession or an offense described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code; (3) The employee has resigned or retired under threat of termination or nonrenewal as described in division (B)(2) of this section; (4) The employee has resigned or retired because of or in the course of an investigation by the board of education, governing board, or chief administrator regarding whether the employee has committed an act that is unbecoming to the teaching profession or an offense described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (5) The district board of education, service center governing board, or nonpublic school chief administrator or governing authority has removed the employee from the list of eligible substitute teachers for the district, service center, or nonpublic school because the board of education, governing board, or chief administrator has reasonably determined that the employee has committed an act that is unbecoming to the teaching profession. (C)(1) If the employee to whom any of the conditions prescribed in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section applies is the superintendent or treasurer of a school district or educational service center, the president of the board of education of the school district or of the governing board of the educational service center shall make the report required under this section. (2) If the employee to whom any of the conditions prescribed in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section applies is the chief administrator of a chartered nonpublic school, the president or chairperson of the governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school shall make the report required under this section. (D) If a report is required under this section, the superintendent, chief administrator, president, or chairperson shall submit to the superintendent of public instruction the name and social security number of the employee about whom the information is required and a factual statement regarding any of the conditions prescribed in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section that applies to the employee. (E) A determination made by the board of education, governing board, chief administrator, or governing authority as described in division (B)(2) of this section or a termination, nonrenewal, resignation, retirement, or other separation described in divisions (B)(2) to (5) of this section does not create a presumption of the commission or lack of the commission by the employee of an act unbecoming to the teaching profession or an offense described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (F) No individual required to submit a report under division (B) of this section shall knowingly fail to comply with that division. (G) An individual who provides information to the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with this section in good faith shall be immune from any civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the provision of that information. Last updated August 29, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.071
§ 3333.071. Restricting expenditures for land or capital improvements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Notwithstanding section 3345.16 of the Revised Code, no expenditure shall be made for land for higher education purposes by public institutions of higher education or agents of such institutions from any fund without the approval of the chancellor of higher education and the controlling board. No state appropriation for capital improvements shall be released by the controlling board for the purchase of land or buildings from any organization or corporation which has been established to benefit or assist the institution, except that such releases may be made if the land is to be used for a currently state-financed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.848 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.848
§ 3313.848. Disposition of unexpended funds under service agreement
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Client" means a city, local, or exempted village school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or political subdivision. (2) "Governing body" means the board of education of a school district, governing authority of a community school, governing body of a STEM school, or governing body of a political subdivision. (3) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as used in section 3313.846 of the Revised Code. (4) "Service agreement" means an agreement that a client has entered into with an educational service center under section 3313.843 , 3313.844 , 3313.845 , 3313.846 , or 3326.45 of the Revised Code and any subsequent amendment to that agreement. (B) If at the end of a fiscal year for which a service agreement is in effect any of the funds paid directly by a client to the educational service center under the agreement are unexpended and unobligated, a client's governing body may elect to have the service center retain the unexpended and unobligated funds for the purpose of applying them toward any payment the client will owe to the service center under a service agreement for the next fiscal year. The treasurer or fiscal officer of the client shall indicate on the client's end-of-year financial report that unexpended funds have been retained by the service center and the amount of those funds. (C) A client shall expend its funds retained under division (B) of this section only for services specifically set forth under a service agreement. The treasurer of the educational service center shall keep a record of the client's expenditure and the service or services for which the expenditure was made. On at least an annual basis, or upon the request of the client's governing body or its treasurer or fiscal officer, the treasurer of the service center shall notify the client's treasurer or fiscal officer of the expenditures recorded under this division. The client's treasurer or fiscal officer shall include that information in the financial report made by the treasurer or fiscal officer at the next meeting of the client's governing body that occurs following receipt of the information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.10
§ 3335.10. Supervision of university property and control of expenses
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall have general supervision of all lands, buildings, and other property belonging to the university, and the control of all expenses therefor, but shall not contract a debt not previously authorized by the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.05
§ 3311.05. Educational service center defined - county school financing district
Status: in_force

December 21, 2011 House Bill 157 - 129th General Assembly (A) The territory within the territorial limits of a county, or the territory included in a district formed under section 3311.053 of the Revised Code, exclusive of the territory embraced in any city school district or exempted village school district, and excluding the territory detached therefrom for school purposes and including the territory attached thereto for school purposes constitutes an educational service center. If the educational service center in which the territory of a local school district is located is dissolved under section 3311.0510 of the Revised Code, the territory of that local school district shall not constitute part of any educational service center. (B) A county school financing district created under section 3311.50 of the Revised Code is not the school district described in division (A) of this section or any other school district but is a taxing district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.29
§ 3309.29. Verifying termination of active service
Status: in_force

April 24, 1986 House Bill 502 - 116th General Assembly To the extent to which it is used in determining the liability of any fund created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement board shall verify the statement required by section 3309.28 of the Revised Code by the best evidence it can obtain. If official records are not available as to the length of service, compensation, or other information required, the board may use its discretion as to the evidence to be accepted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.58
§ 3313.58. Supervision of social and recreational work - employment of instructors
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may, upon nomination of the superintendent of schools, employ persons to supervise, organize, direct, and conduct social and recreational work in such school district. The board of education may employ competent persons to deliver lectures, or give instruction on any educational subject, and provide for the further education of adult persons in the community.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.0725 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.0725
§ 3301.0725. Extended programming employment of certificated instructional personnel
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A school district may employ certificated instructional personnel for hours outside of the normal school day for the purpose of providing extended programming. Extended programming, as defined by rule of the department of education and workforce, shall be based upon learner needs and, if applicable, business and industry validated standards and competencies and shall enhance student learning opportunities. Extended programming shall be subject to the requirements of sections 3313.6018 and 3313.6019 of the Revised Code. No rule of the department shall require extended programming employment of certificated instructional personnel as a condition of eligibility for funding under any other section of the Revised Code. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.91
§ 3301.91. Free school meal reimbursement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "National school breakfast program" means the federal school breakfast program created under 42 U.S.C. 1773. (2) "National school lunch program" means the federal school lunch program created under 42 U.S.C. 1751. (3) "Public school" means a school building operated by a school district, a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, a building operated by an educational service center, a special education program operated by the county board of developmental disabilities under section 3323.09 of the Revised Code, or a facility offering juvenile day treatment services. (B) The department of education and workforce shall reimburse each public and chartered nonpublic school that participates in the national school breakfast program, from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose, an amount equal to the difference between the federal free reimbursement rate and the federal reimbursement for a reduced-price breakfast for each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast and receiving breakfast. (C) The department shall reimburse each public school and chartered nonpublic school that participates in the national school lunch program, from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose, an amount equal to the difference between the federal free reimbursement rate and the federal reimbursement for a reduced-price lunch for each student eligible for a reduced-price lunch and receiving lunch. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.602 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.602
§ 3313.602. Pledge of allegiance - principles of democracy and ethics - Veterans' day observance
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy specifying whether or not oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag shall be a part of the school's program and, if so, establishing a time and manner for the recitation. However, no board of education shall prohibit a classroom teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom reasonable periods of time for the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The policy adopted under this division, and a teacher who includes recitation of the pledge in the classroom, shall not require any student to participate in the recitation and shall prohibit the intimidation of any student by other students or staff aimed at coercing participation. No board of education or employee of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall alter the words used in the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag from the words set forth in 4 U.S.C. 4. (B) In the development of its graded course of study, the board of education of each city and exempted village school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall ensure that the principles of democracy and ethics are emphasized and discussed wherever appropriate in all parts of the curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve. (C) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school board shall adopt policies that encourage all certificated and noncertificated employees to be cognizant of their roles in instilling ethical principles and democratic ideals in all district pupils. (D) The board of education of each city, local, joint vocational, chartered community, and exempted village school district, and the Cleveland scholarship and tutoring program, shall require each district school to devote time on or about Veterans' day to an observance that conveys the meaning and significance of that day. The amount of time each school devotes to this observance shall be at least one hour or, in schools that schedule class periods of less than one hour, at least one standard class period. The board shall determine the specific activities to constitute the observance in each school in the district after consultation with the school's administrators.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.12
§ 3327.12. Maintenance of school bus turn-around points
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 Senate Bill 195 - 119th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. The board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district may maintain school bus turn-around points. At the request of such a board, a municipal corporation may maintain turn-around points on municipal roads; the township trustees may maintain turn-around points on township roads; and the county commissioners may maintain turn-around points on county roads. The municipal corporation, township trustees, or county commissioners may also, at the request of a board of education, maintain turn-around points located on private property after an investigation by such board of education has determined that such maintenance is necessary for the use of such private property as a turn-around point for school buses. Such board of education may provide the cost of the materials utilized for any such maintenance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3325.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3325 / § 3325.16
§ 3325.16. State school for the deaf educational program expenses fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the state school for the deaf educational program expenses fund. Moneys received by Ohio deaf and blind education services for the state school for the deaf from donations, bequests, student fundraising activities, fees charged for camps and workshops, gate receipts from athletic contests, and the student work experience program operated by the school, and any other moneys designated for deposit in the fund by the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services, shall be credited to the fund. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding section 3325.01 of the Revised Code, the approval of the department of education and workforce is not required to designate money for deposit into the fund. Ohio deaf and blind education services shall use moneys in the fund for educational programs, after-school activities, and expenses associated with student activities and clubs at the state school for the deaf. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3347.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3347 / § 3347.08
§ 3347.08. Conveyance of buildings and lands to the state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When sufficient funds have been received from the revenues from buildings provided in section 3347.07 of the Revised Code to pay bonds, notes, or other written instruments issued with respect to such buildings and accrued interest, the said buildings and the lands whereon the same are situated, shall be conveyed to the state by the housing commission owning and operating the same for the use and benefit of the university with which such commission is identified and such commission may execute and deliver all necessary deeds therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.28
§ 3319.28. Provisional educator license for STEM school teacher
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (F) of this section, the state board shall issue a two-year provisional educator license for teaching science, technology, engineering, or mathematics in grades six through twelve in a STEM school to any applicant who meets the following conditions: (1) Holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a field related to the subject area to be taught; (2) Has passed an examination prescribed by the state board in the subject area to be taught. (C) The holder of a provisional educator license issued under this section shall complete a structured apprenticeship program provided by an educational service center or a teacher preparation program approved under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code, in partnership with the STEM school that employs the license holder. The apprenticeship program shall include the following: (1) Mentoring by a teacher or administrator who regularly observes the license holder's classroom instruction, provides feedback on the license holder's teaching strategies and classroom management, and engages the license holder in discussions about methods for fostering and measuring student learning; (2) Regularly scheduled seminars or meetings that address the following topics: (a) The statewide academic standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code and the importance of aligning curriculum with those standards; (b) The achievement assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code; (c) The school district and building accountability system established under Chapter 3302. of the Revised Code; (d) Instructional methods and strategies; (e) Student development; (f) Assessing student progress and providing remediation and intervention, as necessary, to meet students' special needs; (g) Classroom management and record keeping. (D) After two years of teaching under a provisional educator license issued under this section, a person may apply for a five-year professional educator license in the same subject area named in the provisional license. The state board shall issue the applicant a professional educator license if the applicant meets the following conditions: (1) The applicant completed the apprenticeship program described in division (C) of this section. (2) The applicant receives a positive recommendation indicating that the applicant is an effective teacher from both of the following: (a) The chief administrative officer of the STEM school that most recently employed the applicant as a classroom teacher; (b) The educational service center or teacher preparation program administrator in charge of the apprenticeship program completed by the applicant. (3) The applicant meets all other requirements for a professional educator license adopted by the state board under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. (E) The state board shall evaluate the experiences of STEM schools with classroom teachers holding provisional educator licenses issued under this section. The evaluation shall cover the first two school years for which licenses are issued and shall consider at least the schools' satisfaction with the teachers and the operation of the apprenticeship programs. (F) The state board shall issue a provisional educator license for teaching in a STEM school in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a STEM educator in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.17
§ 3332.17. Student records preservation plans
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each college or school that holds a certificate of registration under this chapter annually shall certify to state board of career colleges and schools, on a date and in the form and manner determined by the state board, a plan to preserve student records indefinitely if the college or school is to cease operations. The plan shall include the designation and signed confirmation of an official custodian of student records. If the state board determines it necessary, the the state board may require a college or school to produce an executed agreement with the designated custodian of student records, paid in full, to ensure the college or school's plan can be implemented. The director of the state board of career colleges and schools may consult with the chancellor of higher education, higher learning commission, and other appropriate entities to establish plans, processes, and procedures for colleges and schools to provide indefinite access to student records. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.172
§ 3313.172. Purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of any educational service center may expend funds to obtain one or more motor vehicles, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, by purchase, lease, or lease-purchase. Except as provided in section 3327.14 of the Revised Code, any motor vehicle so obtained shall be used solely for school purposes.