Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.01
§ 3365.01. College Credit Plus program definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Articulated credit" means post-secondary credit that is reflected on the official record of a student at an institution of higher education only upon enrollment at that institution after graduation from a secondary school. (B) "Default ceiling amount" means one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable: (1) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a semester schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula: ((0.83 X formula amount) / 30) X number of enrolled credit hours (2) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a quarter schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula: ((0.83 X formula amount) / 45) X number of enrolled credit hours (C) "Default floor amount" means twenty-five per cent of the default ceiling amount. (D) "Eligible out-of-state college" means any institution of higher education that is located outside of Ohio and is approved by the chancellor of higher education to participate in the college credit plus program. (E) "Fee" means any course-related fee and any other fee imposed by the college, but not included in tuition, for participation in the program established by this chapter. (F) "Formula amount" means $6,020. (G) "Governing entity" means any of the following: (1) A board of education of a school district; (2) A governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (3) A governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (4) A board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code; (5) When referring to the state school for the deaf or the state school for the blind, the department of education and workforce; (6) When referring to an institution operated by the department of youth services, the superintendent of that institution. (H) "Home-educated participant" means a student who is exempt from the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home education under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code, and is participating in the program established by this chapter. (I) "Maximum per participant charge amount" means one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable: (1) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a semester schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula: ((formula amount / 30) X number of enrolled credit hours) (2) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a quarter schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula: ((formula amount / 45) X number of enrolled credit hours) (J) "Nonpublic secondary school" means a chartered school for which minimum standards are prescribed by the director of education and workforce pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. (K) "Number of enrolled credit hours" means the number of credit hours for a course in which a participant is enrolled during the previous term after the date on which a withdrawal from a course would have negatively affected the participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by the college's established withdrawal policy. (L) "Parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. (M) "Participant" means any student enrolled in a college under the program established by this chapter. (N) "Partnering college" means a college with which a public or nonpublic secondary school has entered into an agreement in order to offer the program established by this chapter. (O) "Partnering secondary school" means a public or nonpublic secondary school with which a college has entered into an agreement in order to offer the program established by this chapter. (P) "Private college" means any of the following: (1) A nonprofit institution holding a certificate of authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code; (2) An institution holding a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and schools and program authorization for an associate or bachelor's degree program issued under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code; (3) A private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Public college" means a "state institution of higher education" in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, excluding the northeast Ohio medical university. (R) "Public secondary school" means a school serving grades nine through twelve in a city, local, or exempted village school district, a joint vocational 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 college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, the state school for the deaf, the state school for the blind, or an institution operated by the department of youth services. (S) "School year" has the same meaning as in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code. (T) "Secondary grade" means any of grades nine through twelve. (U) "Standard rate" means the amount per credit hour assessed by the college for an in-state student who is enrolled in an undergraduate course at that college, but who is not participating in the college credit plus program, as prescribed by the college's established tuition policy. (V) "Transcripted credit" means post-secondary credit that is conferred by an institution of higher education and is reflected on a student's official record at that institution upon completion of a course. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.074 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.074
§ 3333.074. Annual reporting requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, annually shall submit, in a form and manner determined by the chancellor of higher education, the following information to assess the performance and compliance of the state institution: (1) Verification of current accreditation status and a copy of the state institution's most recent higher learning commission institutional update report; (2) A plan to preserve student records indefinitely in the event of closure of the state institution or discontinuation of service. The plan shall include a method by which students and alumni of the state institution may retrieve student records by request. The plan shall also include a designation and signed confirmation of an official custodian of student records. Student records preserved under the plan shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Academic transcripts; (b) Financial aid documents; (c) International student forms; (d) Tax information. (3) The results of any external degree program evaluations conducted in the last year; (4) A list of any degree programs that have been eliminated in the last year; (5) Any other information requested by the chancellor. (B) The chancellor may rescind program approval if a state institution of higher education fails to submit the information required under division (A) of this section or if the chancellor finds that the information submitted under that division is insufficient. (C) Each state institution of higher education shall immediately inform the chancellor if the state institution does any of the following: (1) Receives notice from the federal government or an institutional accrediting organization that the state institution is subject to heightened reporting standards or special monitoring status, such as the United States department of education's heightened cash monitoring process; (2) Receives preliminary or final accreditation findings; (3) Becomes the subject of an investigation by a government agency related to the institution's academic quality, financial stability, or student consumer protection; (4) Requests an advance of a state subsidy; (5) Fails to make any payments to applicable retirement systems, such as the public employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system; (6) Fails to make any scheduled payroll payments; (7) Fails to make any payments to vendors when due as a result of a cash deficiency or a substantial deficiency in the payment processing system of the state institution; (8) Fails to make any scheduled payment of principal or interest for short- or long-term debt; (9) Makes budget revisions resulting in a substantially reduced ending fund balance or larger deficit; (10) Becomes aware of significant negative variance between the most recently adopted annual budget and actual revenues or expenses as projected at the end of the fiscal year. (D) A document received by the chancellor under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section that is confidential under federal law is not subject to release under a public record request until such time as the document is released publicly by the appropriate entity. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3355.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3355 / § 3355.14
§ 3355.14. Dissolution of district - disposition of assets
Status: in_force

January 23, 1963 House Bill 1 - 105th General Assembly In the event the need for a university branch campus ceases to exist, or if a contract between a public university and the university branch district managing authority is not entered into or is not renewed, the university branch district managing authority may by a two-thirds vote of its members declare the district to be dissolved and within ninety days of such vote shall formally notify the secretary of state of this action. The district managing authority shall dispose of the land and all physical facilities of the district not later than three years after the secretary of state is notified of the dissolution of the district. Disposition of the land and the physical facilities shall be made by sale in such manner as to realize the greatest return to the district. Money obtained from any sale shall be apportioned and deposited forthwith in the treasury of the municipality or in the treasury or treasuries of the county or counties that created the district in the proportion to which the taxpayers of the municipality or the taxpayers of the county or counties have contributed to the support of the university branch district during the period of its existence by the district board of trustees as the last act before going out of existence. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3341.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3341 / § 3341.03
§ 3341.03. Election and appointment of officers of board - bond of treasurer
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly The board of trustees of Bowling Green state university and Kent state university, respectively, shall annually elect from their members, a president and a vice-president; and they may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interests of the respective universities require, who may be members of the board. The treasurers, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall give bonds to the state or be insured for the faithful performance of their duties and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into their care. The amount of said bonds or insurance shall be determined by the boards, but shall not be for a less sum than the estimated amount which may come into their control at any time, less any reasonable deductible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3352.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3352 / § 3352.03
§ 3352.03. Powers and duties of board of trustees
Status: in_force

November 5, 1965 Senate Bill 210 - 106th General Assembly The board of trustees of Wright 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. The board may accept donations of lands and moneys for the purposes of such university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.022
§ 3345.022. Group legal services insurance plan - prepaid legal services plan
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The board of trustees of any college or university supported in part or in whole by state funds, or two or more such boards, may enter into a contract, upon such terms as shall be determined to be in the best interests of students, for the provision of legal services to students through a group legal services insurance plan approved by the superintendent of insurance or through a prepaid legal services plan established by attorneys admitted to the practice of law in this state. The fees or charges to students who participate in the plan shall be established by the board or boards and shall be sufficient to defray the college's or university's cost of administering the plan. No student shall be required to pay any such fee or charge unless the student elects to participate in the plan, and no revenue from any other student fees or charges shall be used to finance any portion of the cost of any plan or the college's or university's cost of administering the plan. Legal representation under the plan shall be limited to services determined by the board to be reasonably related to student welfare, to the advancement or successful completion of student education, or to serve a public purpose within the powers of the college or university. A plan shall not provide or pay for the cost of representation of a student in an action against a state officer or agency arising out of the performance of the duties of the officer or agency, against a law enforcement officer arising out of the performance of the duties of the officer, against a college or university participating in the plan, against a student of such a college or university, or against the chancellor of higher education or a member of the board of regents or of the board of trustees, faculty, or staff of such a college or university, if the cause of action arises out of the performance of the duties of the office of the member or in the course of the member's employment by the college or university. As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, state highway patrol trooper, or state university law enforcement officer appointed under section 3345.04 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.5314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.5314
§ 3313.5314. Athletics and participation in college credit plus program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No student who is enrolled in a public or nonpublic school shall be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics offered by that school solely because the student is participating or has participated in the college credit plus program under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, so long as the student fulfills all other academic, nonacademic, and financial requirements that are not related to participation in the program. Additionally, no student who is enrolled in a community school, STEM school, or nonpublic school or who is receiving home education shall be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics at the school in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code solely because of participation in the college credit plus program, so long as the student meets the applicable requirements under section 3313.537 , 3313.5311 , or 3313.5312 of the Revised Code and fulfills all other academic, nonacademic, and financial requirements that are not related to participation in the program. As used in this section, "community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.082
§ 3318.082. Supplemental agreement for distributing certain tax proceeds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The board of education of any school district imposing a tax for the purpose of paying the state pursuant to section 3318.06 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of the amendments to that section by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 748 of the 121st general assembly, may enter into a supplemental agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under which the proceeds of such tax shall be distributed in accordance with the requirements of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, as amended by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 748 of the 121st general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.121
§ 3345.121. Notice to legislative authorities of educational facility construction or renovation - comments or objections
Status: in_force

April 29, 2011 House Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly As used in this section: (A) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of a state university, university housing commission, state medical university, community college district, university branch district, technical college district, or state community college. (B) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, county, or township. (C) "Institution" means all real property owned or leased by a board of trustees. If a board owns or leases two or more parcels of real property that are not contiguous to any other such real property, institution includes only that group of parcels that includes the parcel on which the educational facility is or is to be located. (D) "Educational facility" means any building, structure, facility, utility, improvement, site, or other interest in real estate, together with any appurtenance necessary or convenient to the uses thereof, to be used for or in connection with the conduct or operation of an educational institution. Educational facilities include, but are not limited to, classrooms and other instructional facilities, laboratories, research facilities, libraries, study facilities, administrative and office facilities, museums, gymnasiums, campus walks, drives, and site improvements, streets, roads, bridges, dormitories and other suitable living quarters or accommodations, dining halls and other food service and preparation facilities, student services or activity facilities, physical education, athletic and recreational facilities, theatres, auditoriums, assembly and exhibition halls, greenhouses, agricultural buildings and facilities, parking, storage, and maintenance facilities, infirmary, hospital, medical, and health facilities, continuing education facilities, communications, fire prevention, and fire fighting facilities, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, whether or not comprising part of one building, structure, or facility. (E) "Capital facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, equipment, real estate, and interests in real estate within this state, and any one, part of, or combination of the foregoing, to serve the general purposes for which the political subdivision is authorized to issue obligations pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, drives, roadways, parking facilities, walks, lighting, machinery, furnishings, utilities, landscaping, wharves, docks, piers, reservoirs, dams, tunnels, bridges, retaining walls, riprap, culverts, ditches, channels, watercourses, retention basins, standpipes and water storage facilities, waste treatment and disposal facilities, heating, air conditioning, and communications facilities, and site improvements. (F) "Cost of capital facilities" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing capital facilities, and the financing thereof, including the cost of clearance and preparation of the site and of any land to be used in connection with capital facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the facilities, cost of engineering and architectural services, designs, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing charges and fees and expenses of financial advisers and consultants in connection therewith, interest on obligations from the date thereof to the time when interest is to be covered from sources other than proceeds of obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, costs of audits, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any governmental agency, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any items of cost of the capital facilities, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to capital facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of capital facilities, the financing thereof, and the placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses. (G) "Legislative authority" means, in the case of a municipal corporation, its legislative authority; in the case of a township, its board of trustees; and in the case of a county, its board of commissioners. Not later than the ninetieth day after the effective date of an initial appropriation by the general assembly for the construction or renovation of an educational facility that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the board of trustees of the institution receiving the appropriation shall, by certified mail, return receipt requested, submit to the legislative authority of each political subdivision within which the institution is located or to which it is contiguous, a written notice of the board's intention to proceed with such construction or renovation. This notice shall include a description of the construction or renovation, the estimated date for opening bids therefor, and the estimated date of the completion of the construction or renovation. Not later than the sixtieth day after it receives the notice, the legislative authority may, by certified mail, return receipt requested, forward its comments or objections on the proposed construction or renovation to the board, which shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of any capital facilities it determines the political subdivision will be required to make as a direct or indirect consequence of the construction or renovation and the estimated costs of such capital facilities. The board shall not advertise for bids for the construction or renovation until it has received comments or objections from the legislative authority or until sixty days have elapsed since the legislative authority received the notice, whichever is earlier. The board shall maintain as part of its permanent records, any comments or objections received from the legislative authority and any action taken by the board with respect to such comments or objections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.028 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.028
§ 3314.028. Conditions for continued operation
Status: in_force

December 28, 2009 House Bill 290 - 128th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, a community school that meets the following conditions may operate from the facility in which the school was located in the 2008-2009 school year and shall not be required to locate to another school district: (1) The school was located in the facility for at least the three school years prior to the 2009-2010 school year. (2) The school's sponsor is a school district that is adjacent to the school district in which the school is located. (3) The school's education program emphasizes serving students identified as gifted under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code. (4) The school has been rated in need of continuous improvement or higher under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the previous three school years. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a community school described in division (A) of this section may operate as a conversion school. (C) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in accordance with section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, the governing authority of a community school described in division (A) of this section may enter into a contract for the 2010-2011 school year and later with a different sponsor that is one of the following entities, provided the school was rated in need of continuous improvement or better under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the 2008-2009 school year and the sponsor described in division (A)(2) of this section approves the change in sponsorship: (1) The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district; (2) The governing board of an educational service center; (3) A sponsoring authority designated by the board of trustees of a state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code or the board of trustees itself.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.79
§ 3333.79. Ohio co-op/internship program minority outreach
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "minority" has the same meaning as in section 184.17 of the Revised Code. The term also includes an individual who is economically disadvantaged. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall conduct outreach activities in Ohio that seek to include minorities in the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section 3333.72 of the Revised Code. The outreach activities shall include the following, when appropriate: (1) Identifying and partnering with historically black colleges and universities; (2) Working with all institutions of higher education in the state to support minority faculty and students involved in cooperative and intern programs; (3) Developing a plan to contact by telephone minorities and other economically disadvantaged individuals to notify them of opportunities to participate in the co-op/internship program; (4) Identifying minority professional and trade associations and economic development assistance organizations and notifying them of the co-op/internship program; (5) Partnering with regional technology councils to foster local efforts to support minority participation in the co-op/internship program. (C) To the extent possible, outreach activities described in this section shall be conducted in conjunction with the EDGE program created in section 122.922 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 4, 2021 at 1:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.614
§ 3319.614. Policies prohibiting affirmations of specific beliefs
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 214 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy that states all of the following: (1) The school district shall not solicit or require an employee or applicant for employment or academic admission to affirmatively ascribe to, or opine about, specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or ideology. (2) The school district shall not solicit or require a student to affirmatively ascribe to specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or ideology. (3) The school district shall not use statements of commitment to specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or ideology as part of the evaluation criteria for employees or applicants for employment, or employees that are seeking career progression or benefits. (4) The school district shall not use statements of commitment to specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements or ideology as part of the academic evaluation of students. (B) Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit, limit, or restrict any of the following: (1) A school district's authority to require a student or employee to comply with federal or state law, including anti-discrimination laws, or to take action against a student or employee for violation of federal or state law; (2) An educator's academic freedom; (3) An educator's ability to research or write publications about specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, ideology, or social action; (4) A school district's authority to consider an applicant for employment's scholarship, teaching, or subject matter expertise in the applicant's given academic field; (5) A school district's authority to offer an established character education program. (C) Each school district shall make publicly available all policies, district guidance, and training materials used for students, educators, and staff on all matters regarding specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or ideology. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require school districts to make protected legal communications or guidance publicly available. Last updated September 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3343.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3343 / § 3343.03
§ 3343.03. Election or appointment of officers of board
Status: in_force

November 5, 1965 Senate Bill 395 - 106th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Central state university annually shall elect one of their number chairman, and in the absence of the chairman, elect one of their number temporary chairman. It also may appoint a secretary-treasurer, librarian, and such other officers as the interests of the university require, who may be members of the board. Such appointees shall hold their offices for such term as the board fixes, subject to removal by it, and receive such compensation as the board prescribes. The board shall do all things necessary for the proper maintenance and successful and continuous operation of said university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.21
§ 3302.21. School rankings
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall develop a system to rank order all city, exempted village, and local school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code except those community schools to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code according to the following measures: (1) Performance index score for each school district, community school, and STEM school and for each separate building of a district, community school, or STEM school. For districts, schools, or buildings to which the performance index score does not apply, the department may develop another measure of student academic performance based on similar data and performance measures if appropriate and use that measure to include those buildings in the ranking so that districts, schools, and buildings may be reliably compared to each other. (2) Student performance growth from year to year, using the value-added progress dimension, if applicable, and other measures of student performance growth designated by the department for subjects and grades not covered by the value-added progress dimension or the alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (3) Current operating expenditure per equivalent pupils as defined in section 3302.26 of the Revised Code; (4) Of total current operating expenditures, percentage spent for classroom instruction as determined under standards adopted by the state board under section 3302.20 of the Revised Code; (5) Performance of, and opportunities provided to, students identified as gifted using value-added progress dimensions, if applicable, and other relevant measures as designated by the department. The department shall rank each district, each community school except a community school to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and each STEM school annually in accordance with the system developed under this section. (B) In addition to the reports required by sections 3302.03 and 3302.031 of the Revised Code, not later than the first day of September each year, the department shall issue a report for each city, exempted village, and local school district, each community school except a community school to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and each STEM school indicating the district's or school's rank on each measure described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section, including each separate building's rank among all public school buildings according to performance index score under division (A)(1) of this section. Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.164 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.164
§ 3301.164. Chartered nonpublic school reporting requirements on school website
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Each chartered nonpublic school shall publish on the school's web site both of the following: (A) The number of students enrolled in the school by the last day of October of the current school year; (B) The school's policy regarding background checks for teaching and nonteaching employees and for volunteers who have direct contact with students.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.821 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.821
§ 3313.821. Standards for the operation of business advisory councils
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the governor's executive workforce board, shall establish standards for the operation of business advisory councils established by the board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center under section 3313.82 of the Revised Code. The standards adopted by the department shall include at least the following requirements: (A) Each advisory council and the board of education or governing board that established it shall develop a plan by which the advisory council shall advise the board of at least those matters specified by the board pursuant to section 3313.82 of the Revised Code. (B) Each plan developed pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be filed with the department of education and workforce. (C) Each business advisory council shall meet with its school board at least quarterly. (D) Each business advisory council and its school board shall file a joint statement, not later than the first day of March of each school year, describing how the school district or service center and its business advisory council has fulfilled their responsibilities pursuant to this section and section 3313.82 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.61
§ 3345.61. Energy conservation measures definitions
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 3345.62 to 3345.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Avoided capital costs" means a measured reduction in the cost of future equipment or other capital purchases that results from implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such cost. (B) "Board of trustees of a state institution of higher education" means the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (C) "Energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or a remodeling of, an existing building in order to reduce energy consumption. The term includes any of the following: (1) Installation or modification of insulation in the building structure and systems within the building; (2) Installation or modification of a storm window or door, a multiglazed window or door, or a heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window and door system; installation of additional glazing; a reduction in glass area; or other window or door system modification that reduces energy consumption and operating costs; (3) Installation or modification of an automatic energy control system; (4) Replacement or modification of a heating, ventilating, or air conditioning system; (5) Application of caulking and weatherstripping; (6) Replacement or modification of a lighting fixture to increase the energy efficiency of the system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless such increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building code for the proposed lighting system; (7) Installation or modification of an energy recovery system; (8) Installation or modification of cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (9) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as an energy conservation measure for one or more buildings owned by the institution. (D) "Energy saving measure" means the acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with an option to buy, or installment purchase, of an energy conservation measure and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services. (E) "Energy, water, or wastewater cost savings" means a measured reduction in, as applicable, the cost of fuel, energy or water consumption, wastewater production, or stipulated operation or maintenance resulting from the implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such costs, respectively. (F) "Operating cost savings" means a measured reduction in the cost of stipulated operation or maintenance created by the installation of new equipment or implementation of a new service, when compared with an established baseline for previous such stipulated costs. (G) "Water conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or a remodeling of, an existing building or the surrounding grounds in order to reduce water consumption. The term includes any of the following: (1) Water-conserving fixture, appliance, or equipment, or the substitution of a nonwater-using fixture, appliance, or equipment; (2) Water-conserving, landscape irrigation equipment; (3) Landscaping measure that reduces storm water runoff demand and capture and hold applied water and rainfall, including landscape contouring such as the use of a berm, swale, or terrace and including the use of a soil amendment, including compost, that increases the water-holding capacity of the soil; (4) Rainwater harvesting equipment or equipment to make use of water collected as part of a storm water system installed for water quality control; (5) Equipment for recycling or reuse of water originating on the premises or from another source, including treated, municipal effluent; (6) Equipment needed to capture water for nonpotable uses from any nonconventional, alternate source, including air conditioning condensate or gray water; (7) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, as a water conservation measure for one or more buildings or the surrounding grounds owned by the institution. (H) "Water saving measure" means the acquisition and installation, by the purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with an option to buy, or installment purchases of a water conservation measure and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3321.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3321 / § 3321.041
§ 3321.041. Excused absences for certain extracurricular activities
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 410 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district operates and is not included in the school district's graded course of study, including an interscholastic extracurricular activity that a school or school district sponsors or participates in and that has participants from more than one school or school district. (B) If a student enrolled in a school district is absent from school for the sole purpose of traveling out of the state to participate in an enrichment activity approved by the district board of education or in an extracurricular activity, the district shall count that absence as an excused absence, up to a maximum of twenty-four hours per school year that the student's school is open for instruction. The district shall require any such student to complete any classroom assignments that the student misses because of the absence. (C) If a student will be absent from school for twenty-four or more consecutive hours that the student's school is open for instruction, for a purpose described in division (B) of this section, a classroom teacher employed by the school district shall accompany the student during the travel period to provide the student with instructional assistance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.33
§ 3323.33. Center for autism and low incidence advisory board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of education and workforce shall establish an advisory board to assist and advise the Franklin county educational service center in the operation of the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence and the director in selecting an entity to administer programs and coordinate services for individuals with autism and low incidence disabilities as required by section 3323.32 of the Revised Code and to provide technical assistance in the provision of such services. As determined by the director, the advisory board shall consist of individuals who are stakeholders in the service to persons with autism and low incidence disabilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) Persons with autism and low incidence disabilities; (B) Parents and family members; (C) Educators and other professionals; (D) Higher education instructors; (E) Representatives of state agencies. The advisory board shall be organized as determined by the director. Members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation for their services. Last updated August 25, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.075 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.075
§ 3301.075. Purchase and lease of data processing services and equipment - Ohio education computer network
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of education and workforce shall adopt rules governing the purchasing and leasing of data processing services and equipment for all local, exempted village, city, and joint vocational school districts and all educational service centers. Such rules shall include provisions for the establishment of an Ohio education computer network under procedures, guidelines, and specifications of the department of education and workforce. The department shall administer funds appropriated for the Ohio education computer network to ensure its efficient and economical operation and shall approve no more than twenty-seven information technology centers to operate concurrently. Such centers shall be approved for funding in accordance with rules adopted under this section that shall require the membership of each information technology center to be composed of combinations of school districts and educational service centers having sufficient students to support an efficient, economical comprehensive program of computer services to member districts and educational service centers. However, no such rule shall prohibit a school district or educational service center from receiving computer services from any information technology center established under this section or from any other public or private vendor. Each information technology center shall be organized in accordance with section 3313.92 or Chapter 167. of the Revised Code. The department may approve and administer funding for programs to provide technical support, maintenance, consulting, and group purchasing services for information technology centers, school districts, educational service centers, and other client entities or governmental entities served in accordance with rules adopted by the department or as otherwise authorized by law, and to deliver to schools programs operated by the infOhio network and the technology solutions group of the management council of the Ohio education computer network. Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.57
§ 3309.57. Transmission of contributions
Status: in_force

March 26, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly Each employer shall transmit monthly or at such times as the school employees retirement board designates the contributions required under this chapter. The school employees retirement system after making a record of all such receipts shall pay them to the treasurer of state for use according to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.121
§ 3333.121. State financial aid reconciliation fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly There is hereby established in the state treasury the state financial aid reconciliation fund, which shall consist of refunds of state financial aid payments originally disbursed by the department of higher education for programs that the department is responsible for administering. Revenues credited to the fund shall be used by the chancellor of higher education to pay to higher education institutions any outstanding obligations for state financial aid programs that are identified through the annual reconciliation and financial audit or through other means. Any amount in the fund that is in excess of the amount certified to the director of budget and management by the chancellor of higher education as necessary to reconcile payments under the program shall be transferred to the general revenue fund. Last updated June 3, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.0727 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.0727
§ 3301.0727. Dropout recovery community school testing window
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "dropout prevention and recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 3301.0710 , 3301.0711 , or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, a dropout prevention and recovery community school shall do both of the following with regard to the administration of end-of-course examinations required under section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code: (1) In addition to the annual testing windows established by the director of education and workforce under division (C) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code, administer the examinations in an online or paper format based on the needs of the student; (2) Adhere to security requirements prescribed under section 3319.151 of the Revised Code for the online examinations administered under division (B)(1) of this section. (C) The director of education and workforce shall establish extended testing windows of ten weeks in duration in the fall and spring for dropout prevention and recovery community schools so that they may administer assessments in closer proximity to when students complete related coursework. The director also shall establish a summer testing window for students participating in summer instruction. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a dropout prevention and recovery community school from its obligation to administer testing in-person as otherwise required by law. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.15
§ 3332.15. Issuance of permit does not constitute approval of program
Status: in_force

July 28, 1989 House Bill 153 - 118th General Assembly The issuance of a permit pursuant to sections 3332.10 and 3332.11 of the Revised Code does not constitute approval of any program or the person offering, conducting, or otherwise administering the program, unless such person holds the certificate of registration and appropriate program authorization required by section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. Any representation contrary to this section or tending to imply that a permit issued pursuant to sections 3332.10 and 3332.11 of the Revised Code constitutes such approval is misrepresentation within the meaning of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.0416 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.0416
§ 3333.0416. Investigation of fees charged by state institutions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education may do both of the following with regard to student fees: (1) Investigate all fees charged to students by any state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; (2) Prohibit any state institution from charging a fee that the chancellor determines is not in the best interest of the students. (B) If the chancellor prohibits a state institution from charging a fee pursuant to this section, the institution may seek approval from the controlling board to charge the fee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.523 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.523
§ 3310.523. Jon Peterson scholarship recipient JROTC participation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "junior reserve officer training corps program" means a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United States Code. A qualified special education child receiving home education under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code who participates in a junior reserve officer training corps program maintained by the child's resident school district in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2031f(1) shall not be considered enrolled in that district for purposes of determining eligibility for a Jon Peterson special needs scholarship under section 3310.52 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.101
§ 3319.101. Conditional employment of substitute teachers pending receipt of teacher's certificate
Status: in_force

June 5, 1996 House Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly (A) Except as provided under division (B) of this section, if any person applies to the board of education of a school district to be employed as a substitute teacher and the person does not hold a valid teacher's certificate issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and if the superintendent of the district believes the person's application materials indicate that the person is qualified to obtain a teacher's certificate under those sections, the board may conditionally employ the person as a substitute teacher during the period, which shall not exceed sixty days, commencing on the date on which the person files an application with the state board of education for a teacher's certificate and ending on the date on which the district board receives notice from the superintendent of the district that the teacher has filed with the superintendent a valid teacher's certificate. (B) If a person conditionally employed under division (A) of this section is denied a teacher's certificate by the state board, the employing board shall terminate the person from employment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.02
§ 3375.02. Appointment of state librarian - duties
Status: in_force

November 25, 1969 Senate Bill 262 - 108th General Assembly The state library board shall appoint a state librarian, who shall be the secretary of said board, and under the direction and supervision of the board shall be the executive officer of the state library, with power to appoint and remove the employees thereof. The state librarian shall: (A) Administer the state library and execute the policies of the board in accordance with law; (B) Provide technical assistance and maintain a clearing house of information, data, and other materials in the field of library service, furnishing advice and assistance to the public libraries in the various subdivisions of the state, other libraries, state, local and regional agencies, planning groups and other appropriate agencies and organizations; (C) Collect, compile, and publish statistics and information concerning the operation of libraries in the state; (D) Carry out continuing studies and analyses of library problems; (E) Assist and cooperate with other state agencies and officials, with organizations, with local governments and with federal agencies in carrying out programs involving library service; (F) Maintain a comprehensive collection of official documents and publications of this state and a library collection and reference service to meet the reference and information needs of officers, departments, agencies of state government, and other libraries; (G) Issue official lists of publications of the state, and other bibliographical and informational publications as appropriate; (H) Withdraw books and materials from the collection and determine method of disposition of any items no longer needed. The state librarian shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.32
§ 3323.32. Contracts with entities providing programs and services for individuals with autism and low-incidence disabilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall contract with an entity to administer programs and coordinate services for infants, preschool and school-age children, and adults with autism and low incidence disabilities. The entity shall be selected by the director of education and workforce in consultation with the director of children and youth and the advisory board established under section 3323.33 of the Revised Code. When applicable, the department of children and youth shall contract with an entity to administer programs and coordinate services for infants, preschool and school-age children, and adults with autism and low incidence disabilities. The entity shall be selected by the director of children and youth in consultation with the director of education and workforce and the advisory board established under section 3323.33 of the Revised Code. Any contract entered into under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following provisions: (A) A description of the programs to be administered and services to be provided or coordinated by the entity, which shall include at least the duties prescribed by sections 3323.34 and 3323.35 of the Revised Code; (B) A description of the expected outcomes from the programs administered and services provided or coordinated by the entity; (C) A stipulation that the entity's performance is subject to evaluation by the contracting department and renewal of the entity's contract is subject to the department's satisfaction with the entity's performance; (D) A description of the measures and milestones the contracting department will use to determine whether the performance of the entity is satisfactory; (E) Any other provision the contracting department determines is necessary to ensure the quality of services to individuals with autism and low incidence disabilities. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.239 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.239
§ 3319.239. Reimbursement for financial literacy validation costs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Approved costs" means any costs necessary to meet the additional requirements adopted by the state board of education under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy. (2) "Eligible entity" includes the following: (a) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district; (b) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (c) A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (d) An educational service center. (B)(1) The department shall reimburse eligible entities for approved costs incurred under division (D) or (F) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code. (2) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, the total amount reimbursed to an eligible entity for paying the costs of an individual teacher under division (D) or (F) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code shall be the lesser of five hundred dollars or the total approved costs incurred by the qualifying teacher. (C) Reimbursements paid under this section shall be taken from moneys in the high school financial literacy fund established under section 121.086 of the Revised Code. At least two times each fiscal year, the department shall request the treasurer of state to transfer moneys from the fund to the department to reimburse eligible entities in accordance with this section. (D) Each eligible entity seeking reimbursement under this section shall report to the department, in the form and manner determined by the department, the number of teachers employed by the entity who, during the reporting period, met the additional requirements adopted by the state board under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy. (E)(1) The department may use a portion of the moneys transferred from the high school financial literacy fund for administration of the reimbursement program prescribed by this section. (2) In the event the moneys available in the fund are insufficient to cover all requests for reimbursement under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may limit the number of teachers for which an eligible entity may request reimbursement or may prorate reimbursement amounts as necessary to pay all reimbursement requests. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.13
§ 3317.13. Minimum salary schedule for teachers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3317.14 of the Revised Code: (1) "Years of service" includes the following: (a) All years of teaching service in the same school district or educational service center, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days under a teacher's contract; (b) All years of teaching service in a chartered, nonpublic school located in Ohio as a teacher licensed pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code or in another public school, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days under a teacher's contract; (c) All years of teaching service in a chartered school or institution or a school or institution that subsequently became chartered or a chartered special education program or a special education program that subsequently became chartered operated by the state or by a subdivision or other local governmental unit of this state as a teacher licensed pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days; and (d) All years of active military service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 3307.75 of the Revised Code, to a maximum of five years. For purposes of this calculation, a partial year of active military service of eight continuous months or more in the armed forces shall be counted as a full year. (2) "Teacher" means all teachers employed by the board of education of any school district, including any cooperative education or joint vocational school district and all teachers employed by any educational service center governing board. (B) No teacher shall be paid a salary less than that provided in the schedule set forth in division (C) of this section. In calculating the minimum salary any teacher shall be paid pursuant to this section, years of service shall include the sum of all years of the teacher's teaching service included in divisions (A)(1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section; except that any school district or educational service center employing a teacher new to the district or educational service center shall grant such teacher a total of not more than ten years of service pursuant to divisions (A)(1)(b), (c), and (d) of this section. Upon written complaint to the director of education and workforce that the board of education of a district or the governing board of an educational service center governing board has failed or refused to annually adopt a salary schedule or to pay salaries in accordance with the salary schedule set forth in division (C) of this section, the director shall cause to be made an immediate investigation of such complaint. If the director finds that the conditions complained of exist, the director shall order the board to correct such conditions within ten days from the date of the finding. No moneys shall be distributed to the district or educational service center under this chapter until the director has satisfactory evidence of the board of education's full compliance with such order. Each teacher shall be fully credited with placement in the appropriate academic training level column in the district's or educational service center's salary schedule with years of service properly credited pursuant to this section or section 3317.14 of the Revised Code. No rule shall be adopted or exercised by any board of education or educational service center governing board which restricts the placement or the crediting of annual salary increments for any teacher according to the appropriate academic training level column. (C) Minimum salaries exclusive of retirement and sick leave for teachers shall be as follows: Years of Service Teachers with Less than Bachelor's Degree Teachers with a Bachelor's Degree Teachers with Five Years of Training, but no Master's Degree Teachers with a Master's Degree or Higher Per Cent* Dollar Amount Per Cent* Dollar Amount Per Cent* Dollar Amount Per Cent* Dollar Amount 0 86.5 30,275 100.0 35,000 103.8 36,330 109.5 38,325 1 90.0 31,500 103.8 36,330 108.1 37,835 114.3 40,005 2 93.5 32,725 107.6 37,660 112.4 39,340 119.1 41,685 3 97.0 33,950 111.4 38,990 116.7 40,845 123.9 43,365 4 100.5 35,175 115.2 40,320 121.0 42,350 128.7 45,045 5 104.0 36,400 119.0 41,650 125.3 43,855 133.5 46,725 6 104.0 36,400 122.8 42,980 129.6 45,360 138.3 48,405 7 104.0 36,400 126.6 44,310 133.9 46,865 143.1 50,085 8 104.0 36,400 130.4 45,640 138.2 48,370 147.9 51,765 9 104.0 36,400 134.2 46,970 142.5 49,875 152.7 53,445 10 104.0 36,400 138.0 48,300 146.8 51,380 157.5 55,125 11 104.0 36,400 141.8 49,630 151.1 52,885 162.3 56,805 * Percentages represent the percentage which each salary is of the base amount. For purposes of determining the minimum salary at any level of training and service, the base of one hundred per cent shall be the base amount. The percentages used in this section show the relationships between the minimum salaries required by this section and the base amount and shall not be construed as requiring any school district or educational service center to adopt a schedule containing salaries in excess of the amounts set forth in this section for corresponding levels of training and experience. As used in this division: (1) "Base amount" means thirty-five thousand dollars. (2) "Five years of training" means at least one hundred fifty semester hours, or the equivalent, and a bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university. (D) For purposes of this section, all credited training shall be from a recognized college or university. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 8:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3379.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3379 / § 3379.08
§ 3379.08. Restrictions of council regarding local groups or agencies involved in the arts
Status: in_force

July 30, 1979 House Bill 204 - 113th General Assembly In the administration of Chapter 3379. of the Revised Code, the Ohio arts council shall not exercise any direct supervision or control over the policy or program determination of any local group or agency involved in the arts. No general assembly appropriations to the council shall be used to eliminate or reduce any financial deficit of any local group or agency involved in the arts or of any other organization or person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.11
§ 3318.11. Amount of state appropriations encumbered for project - project priority for state funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly For any project undertaken with financial assistance from the state under this chapter, the amount of state appropriations to be encumbered for the project in each fiscal year shall be determined by the Ohio facilities construction commission based on the project's estimated construction schedule for that year. In each fiscal year subsequent to the first year in which state appropriations are encumbered for the project, the project has priority for state funds over projects for which initial state funding is sought.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.271 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.271
§ 3326.271. Civil immunity, decisions not to provide mental health services
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 477 - 132nd General Assembly A STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a school employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which a STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.80
§ 3311.80. Municipal school districts; adoption of standards-based teacher evaluation procedures
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a municipal school district shall be subject to this section instead of section 3319.111 of the Revised Code. (A) The board of education of each municipal school district and the teachers' labor organization shall develop and adopt standards-based teacher evaluation procedures that shall either conform with the framework for evaluation of teachers developed under section 3319.112 of the Revised Code or a framework developed or adopted by the district. The evaluation procedures shall include at least one formal observation and classroom walk-through, which may be announced or unannounced; examinations of samples of work, such as lesson plans or assessments designed by a teacher; and multiple measures of student academic growth. The board of education and teachers' labor organization shall endeavor to include in the evaluation procedures the development of a professional growth plan or improvement plan and a final summative conference to discuss the results of the evaluation. (B) When using measures of student academic growth as a component of a teacher's evaluation, those measures shall include the value-added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or the alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. For teachers of grade levels and subjects for which the value-added progress dimension or alternative student academic achievement measure is not applicable, the board shall administer assessments on the list developed under division (B)(2) of section 3319.112 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) Each teacher employed by the board shall be evaluated at least once each school year, except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section. The composite evaluation shall be completed not later than the first day of June and the teacher shall receive a written report of the results of the composite evaluation not later than ten days after its completion or the last teacher work day of the school year, whichever is earlier. (2) Each teacher who received a rating of accomplished on the teacher's most recent evaluation conducted under this section may be evaluated once every two school years, except that the teacher shall be evaluated in any school year in which the teacher's contract is due to expire. The biennial composite evaluation shall be completed not later than the first day of June of the applicable school year, and the teacher shall receive a written report of the results of the composite evaluation not later than ten days after its completion or the last teacher work day of the school year, whichever is earlier. (D) Each evaluation conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted by one or more of the following persons who have been trained to conduct evaluations in accordance with criteria that shall be developed jointly by the chief executive officer of the district, or the chief executive officer's designee, and the teachers' labor organization: (1) The chief executive officer or a subordinate officer of the district with responsibility for instruction or academic affairs; (2) A person who is under contract with the board pursuant to section 3319.02 of the Revised Code and holds a license designated for being a principal issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; (3) A person who is under contract with the board pursuant to section 3319.02 of the Revised Code and holds a license designated for being a vocational director or a supervisor in any educational area issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; (4) A person designated to conduct evaluations under an agreement providing for peer assistance and review entered into by the board and the teachers' labor organization. (E) The evaluation procedures shall describe how the evaluation results will be used for decisions regarding compensation, retention, promotion, and reductions in force and for removal of poorly performing teachers. (F) A teacher may challenge any violations of the evaluation procedures in accordance with the grievance procedure specified in any applicable collective bargaining agreement. A challenge under this division is limited to the determination of procedural errors that have resulted in substantive harm to the teacher and to ordering the correction of procedural errors. The failure of the board or a person conducting an evaluation to strictly comply with any deadline or evaluation forms established as part of the evaluation process shall not be cause for an arbitrator to determine that a procedural error occurred, unless the arbitrator finds that the failure resulted in substantive harm to the teacher. The arbitrator shall have no jurisdiction to modify the evaluation results, but the arbitrator may stay any decision taken pursuant to division (E) of this section pending the board's correction of any procedural error. The board shall correct any procedural error within fifteen business days after the arbitrator's determination that a procedural error occurred. (G) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2012. However, the board and the teachers' labor organization may negotiate additional evaluation procedures, including an evaluation process incorporating peer assistance and review, provided the procedures are consistent with this section. (H) This section does not apply to administrators appointed by the chief executive officer of a municipal school district under section 3311.72 of the Revised Code, administrators subject to evaluation procedures under section 3311.84 or 3319.02 of the Revised Code, or to any teacher employed as a substitute for less than one hundred twenty days during a school year pursuant to section 3319.10 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 14, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.62
§ 3345.62. Contract for report containing analysis and recommendations on energy conservation measures
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The board of trustees of a state institution of higher education may contract with an energy or water services company, architect, professional engineer, contractor, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy or water conservation measures for a report containing an analysis and recommendations pertaining to the implementation of energy or water conservation measures that would result in energy, water, or wastewater cost savings, operating cost savings, or avoided capital costs for the institution. The report shall include estimates of all costs of such installations, including the costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, and debt service, and estimates of the energy, water, or wastewater cost savings, operating cost savings, and avoided capital costs created.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.741 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.741
§ 3311.741. Municipal school district performance evaluation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to a municipal school district in existence on July 1, 2012. (B) Not later than December 1, 2012, the board of education of each municipal school district to which this section applies shall submit to the director of education and workforce an array of measures to be used in evaluating the performance of the district. The measures shall assess at least overall student achievement, student progress over time, the achievement and progress over time of each of the applicable categories of students described in division (G) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, and college and career readiness. The director shall approve or disapprove the measures by January 15, 2013. If the measures are disapproved, the director shall recommend modifications that will make the measures acceptable. (C) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the board annually shall establish goals for improvement on each of the measures approved under division (B) of this section. The school district's performance data for the 2011-2012 school year shall be used as a baseline for determining improvement. (D) Not later than October 1, 2013, and by the first day of October each year thereafter, the board shall issue a report describing the school district's performance for the previous school year on each of the measures approved under division (B) of this section and whether the district has met each of the improvement goals established for that year under division (C) of this section. The board shall provide the report to the governor, the director of education and workforce, and, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, the general assembly. Last updated August 3, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3376.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3376 / § 3376.08
§ 3376.08. Limitations on chapter applicability
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (A) Requires a state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics to identify, create, facilitate, negotiate, or otherwise enable opportunities for a student-athlete to earn compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness or any other compensation related to the student-athlete's position on the roster of an intercollegiate athletics team; (B) Establishes or grants to a student-athlete any right to use the name, trademarks, services marks, logos, symbols, or any other intellectual property, regardless of whether the intellectual property is registered with the appropriate authority, that belong to a state institution of higher education, private college, athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics, to further the student-athlete's opportunities to earn compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness or any other compensation related to the student-athlete's position on the roster of an intercollegiate athletics team; (C) Limits the rights of a state institution of higher education or private college to establish and enforce any of the following: (1) Academic standards, requirements, regulations, or obligations for its student-athletes; (2) Team rules of conduct or other rules of conduct; (3) Standards or policies regarding the governance or operation of or participation in intercollegiate varsity athletics; (4) Disciplinary rules and standards generally applicable to all students of the institution or college. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.81
§ 3313.81. Management and control of food service operation - provision of meals to the elderly
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may establish food service, provide facilities and equipment, and pay operating costs in the schools under its control for the preparation and serving of lunches, and other meals or refreshments to the pupils, employees of the board of education employed therein, and to other persons taking part in or patronizing any activity in connection with the schools. A board of education that operates such a food service may also provide meals at cost to residents of the school district who are sixty years of age or older or may contract with public or private nonprofit organizations providing services to the elderly to provide nutritious meals for persons who are sixty years of age or older. Restrictions or limitations upon the privileges or use of facilities by any pupil, employee, person taking part in or patronizing a school-related activity, or elderly person must be applied equally to all pupils, all employees, all persons taking part in or patronizing a school-related activity, or elderly persons, respectively, except that a board may expend school funds other than funds from federally reimbursed moneys or student payments to provide meals at no charge to senior citizens performing volunteer services in the district's schools in accordance with a volunteer program approved by the board. Such facilities shall be under the management and control of the board and the operation of such facilities for school food service purposes or to provide meals for the elderly shall not be for profit. In the operation of such facilities for school food service purposes there shall be established a food service fund in the treasurer's cash journal, which shall be separate from all other funds of the board. All receipts and disbursements in connection with the operation of food service for school food service purposes and the maintenance, improvement, and purchase of equipment for school food service purposes shall be paid directly into and disbursed from the food service fund which shall be kept in a legally designated depository of the board. Revenues for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and purchase of equipment shall be provided by the food service fund, appropriations transferred from the general fund, federal funds, and from other proper sources. Records of receipts and disbursements resulting from the provision of meals for the elderly shall be separately maintained, in accordance with section 3313.29 of the Revised Code. The enforcement of this section shall be under jurisdiction of the department of education and workforce. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.0219 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.0219
§ 3345.0219. Policy and report guidelines
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall comply with guidelines established by the chancellor of higher education when the institution adopts policies or issues reports under sections 3345.029 , 3345.0217 , 3345.0218 , 3345.452 , 3345.453 , 3345.454 , 3345.591 , 3345.80 , and 3345.88 of the Revised Code. The guidelines shall address the form and manner by which the state institution shall submit a policy or report to the chancellor when the institution is required to do so by one of those sections. The chancellor shall post each such policy or report that the chancellor receives on the chancellor's publicly accessible web site. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.13
§ 3375.13. Issuance of bonds - control of property vested in board of library trustees of municipal corporation - agreement with library organization
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In any municipal corporation where there is a library organization created by will or otherwise for the purpose of maintaining in perpetuity a public library, and such organization is endowed and owns and maintains a library, the board of library trustees mentioned in section 3375.12 of the Revised Code may request the taxing authority of the municipal corporation to submit to the electors the question of issuing bonds, in accordance with section 3375.43 of the Revised Code for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, enlarging, extending, or improving a building for library purposes, including a site therefor, and equipping and furnishing the same. The acquisition of such improvement, including the maintenance and control of the building and property acquired, shall be vested in such board. Such board may enter into an agreement in writing with such library organization whereby said library organization may occupy all or a part of such building, and conduct, operate, and maintain therein a free public library, the period of each such agreement to be not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years. Such library organization shall administer, operate, and control such library in accordance with said agreement and in terms of the trust creating such organization, providing such library is free to all the inhabitants of the municipal corporation. Such board may enter into a similar agreement with any historical or other educational association whereby a part of said building may be used by such organization for the housing and displaying of its property and effects, providing the same is free to all the inhabitants of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.05
§ 3323.05. Procedures to assure guaranteed procedural safeguards in decisions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall establish procedures to ensure that children with disabilities and their parents are guaranteed procedural safeguards under this chapter with respect to a free appropriate public education. The procedures shall include, but need not be limited to: (A) An opportunity for the parents of a child with a disability to examine all records related to the child and to participate in meetings with respect to identification, evaluation, and educational placement of the child, and to obtain an independent educational evaluation of the child; (B) Procedures to protect the rights of the child whenever the parents of the child are not known, an agency after making reasonable efforts cannot find the parents, or the child is a ward of the state, including the assignment of an individual to act as a surrogate for the parents made by the school district or other educational agency responsible for educating the child or by the court with jurisdiction over the child's custody. Such assignment shall be made in accordance with section 3323.051 of the Revised Code. (C) Prior written notice to the child's parents of a school district's proposal or refusal to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate education for the child. The procedures established under this division shall: (1) Be designed to ensure that the written prior notice is in the native language of the parents, unless it clearly is not feasible to do so. (2) Specify that the prior written notice shall include: (a) A description of the action proposed or refused by the district; (b) An explanation of why the district proposes or refuses to take the action and a description of each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report the district used as a basis for the proposed or refused action; (c) A statement that the parents of a child with a disability have protection under the procedural safeguards and, if the notice is not in regard to an initial referral for evaluation, the means by which a copy of a description of the procedural safeguards can be obtained; (d) Sources for parents to contact to obtain assistance in understanding the provisions of Part B of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004"; (e) A description of other options considered by the IEP team and the reason why those options were rejected; (f) A description of the factors that are relevant to the agency's proposal or refusal. (D) An opportunity for the child's parents to present complaints to the superintendent of the child's school district of residence with respect to any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education under this chapter. Within twenty school days after receipt of a complaint, the district superintendent or the superintendent's designee, without undue delay and at a time and place convenient to all parties, shall review the case, may conduct an administrative review, and shall notify all parties in writing of the superintendent's or designee's decision. Where the child is placed in a program operated by a county board of developmental disabilities or other educational agency, the superintendent shall consult with the administrator of that board or agency. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the district superintendent or the superintendent's designee may file a complaint with the department as provided under division (E) of this section, request mediation as provided under division (F) of this section, or present a due process complaint notice and request for a due process hearing in writing to the superintendent of the district, with a copy to the department, as provided under division (G) of this section. (E) An opportunity for a party to file a complaint with the department with respect to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to such child. The department shall review and, where appropriate, investigate the complaint and issue findings. (F) An opportunity for parents and a school district to resolve through mediation disputes involving any matter. (1) The procedures established under this section shall ensure that the mediation process is voluntary on the part of the parties, is not used to deny or delay a parent's right to a due process hearing or to deny any other rights afforded under this chapter, and is conducted by a qualified and impartial mediator who is trained in effective mediation techniques. (2) A school district may establish procedures to offer to parents and schools that choose not to use the mediation process, an opportunity to meet, at a time and location convenient to the parents, with a disinterested party to encourage the use, and explain the benefits, of the mediation process to the parents. The disinterested party shall be an individual who is under contract with a parent training and information center or community parent resource center in the state or is under contract with an appropriate alternative dispute resolution entity. (3) The department shall maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators and knowledgeable in laws and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services. (4) The department shall bear the cost of the mediation process, including the costs of meetings described in division (F)(2) of this section. (5) Each session in the mediation process shall be scheduled in a timely manner and shall be held in a location that is convenient to the parties to the dispute. (6) Discussions that occur during the mediation process shall be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding. (7) In the case that a resolution is reached to resolve the complaint through the mediation process, the parties shall execute a legally binding agreement that sets forth the resolution and that: (a) States that all discussions that occurred during the mediation process shall be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding; (b) Is signed by both the parent and a representative for the school district who has the authority to bind the district; (c) Is enforceable in any state court of competent jurisdiction or in a district court of the United States. (G)(1) An opportunity for parents or a school district to present a due process complaint and request for a due process hearing to the superintendent of the school district of the child's residence with respect to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to the child. The party presenting the due process complaint and request for a due process hearing shall provide due process complaint notice to the other party and forward a copy of the notice to the department. The due process complaint notice shall include: (a) The name of the child, the address of the residence of the child, or the available contact information in the case of a homeless child, and the name of the school the child is attending; (b) A description of the nature of the problem of the child relating to the proposed initiation or change, including facts relating to the problem; (c) A proposed resolution of the problem to the extent known and available to the party at the time. A party shall not have a due process hearing until the party, or the attorney representing the party, files a notice that meets the requirement for filing a due process complaint notice. A due process hearing shall be conducted by an impartial hearing officer in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the department. A hearing officer shall not be an employee of the department or any agency involved in the education or care of the child or a person having a personal or professional interest that conflicts with the person's objectivity in the hearing. A hearing officer shall possess knowledge of, and the ability to understand, the provisions of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," federal and state regulations pertaining to that act, and legal interpretations of that act by federal and state courts; possess the knowledge and ability to conduct hearings in accordance with appropriate standard legal practice; and possess the knowledge and ability to render and write decisions in accordance with appropriate standard legal practice. The due process requirements of section 615 of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1415, apply to due process complaint notices and requests for due process hearings and to due process hearings held under division (G) of this section, including, but not limited to, timelines for requesting hearings, requirements for sufficient complaint notices, resolution sessions, and sufficiency and hearing decisions. (2) Discussions that occur during a resolution session shall be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding. If a resolution to the dispute is reached at a resolution session, the parties must execute a legally binding written settlement agreement which shall state that all discussions that occurred during the resolution process shall be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding. (3) A party to a hearing under division (G) of this section shall be accorded: (a) The right to be accompanied and advised by counsel and by individuals with special knowledge or training with respect to the problems of children with disabilities; (b) The right to present evidence and confront, cross-examine, and compel the attendance of witnesses; (c) The right to a written or electronic verbatim record of the hearing; (d) The right to written findings of fact and decisions, which findings of fact and decisions shall be made available to the public consistent with the requirements relating to the confidentiality of personally identifiable data, information, and records collected and maintained by state educational agencies and local educational agencies; and shall be transmitted to the advisory panel established and maintained by the department for the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities in the state. (H) An opportunity for any party aggrieved by the findings and decision rendered in a hearing under division (G) of this section to appeal within forty-five days of notification of the decision to the department, which shall appoint a state level officer who shall review the case and issue a final order. The state level officer shall be appointed and shall review the case in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the department. Any party aggrieved by the final order of the state level officer may appeal the final order, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, within forty-five days after notification of the order to the court of common pleas of the county in which the child's school district of residence is located, or to a district court of the United States within ninety days after the date of the decision of the state level review officer, as provided in section 615(i)(2) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1415(i)(2). Last updated September 13, 2023 at 1:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3324.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3324 / § 3324.05
§ 3324.05. Annual gifted student screening and services reports
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each school district shall submit an annual report to the department of education and workforce specifying the number of students in each of grades kindergarten through twelve screened, the number assessed, and the number identified as gifted in each category specified in section 3324.03 of the Revised Code. The report shall also specify the number of students served in each category specified in section 3324.03 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than the thirty-first day of October annually, the department shall publish both of the following using data submitted by school districts under the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code: (1) Services offered by each school district to students identified as gifted in each of the following grade bands: (a) Kindergarten through second grade; (b) Third through sixth grade; (c) Seventh through eighth grade; (d) Ninth through twelfth grade. (2) The number of licensed gifted intervention specialists and coordinators employed or contracted by each school district. (C) The department shall audit each school district's identification numbers at least once every three years and may select any district at random or upon complaint or suspicion of noncompliance for a further audit to determine compliance with sections 3324.03 to 3324.06 of the Revised Code. In each year the department audits a school district under this section, the department shall also audit the district's service numbers. (D) The department shall provide technical assistance to any district found in noncompliance under division (C) of this section. For fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the department shall reduce funds received by the district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code by any amount if the district continues to be noncompliant. For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department may reduce funds received by the district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code by any amount if the district continues to be noncompliant. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 8:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.74
§ 3307.74. Credit for prior service - comparable public position
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Service credit may be purchased under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code by a member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan for the following: (1) Teaching service in a public or private school, college, or university of this or another state, and for teaching service in any school or entity operated primarily for United States citizens. Teaching credit shall be limited to service rendered in schools, colleges, or universities chartered or accredited by the appropriate governmental agency. (2) Public service with another state or the United States government, provided that such credit shall be limited to service that would have been covered by the state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state highway patrol retirement system, or public employees retirement system if served in a comparable public position in this state. (3) Service for which contributions were made by the member or on the member's behalf to a municipal retirement system in this state, except that if the conditions specified in section 3307.762 of the Revised Code are met, service credit for this service may be purchased only in accordance with section 3307.763 of the Revised Code. The number of years of service credit for service described in this section shall not exceed the lesser of five years or the member's total accumulated number of years of Ohio service. (B) Credit shall be purchased under this section in accordance with section 3307.70 of the Revised Code. (C) With the exception of social security, a member is ineligible to purchase credit for service described in this section that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit that has been paid, is currently being paid, or is payable in the future to such member under any other retirement program. At the time the credit is purchased, the member shall certify on a form furnished by the board that the member does and will conform to this requirement. (D) Credit for service described in this section may be combined pursuant to section 3307.57 of the Revised Code with credit purchased under sections 145.293 and 3309.31 of the Revised Code, except that not more than a total of five years' credit for service described in this section and sections 145.293 and 3309.31 of the Revised Code shall be used in determining retirement eligibility or calculating benefits under section 3307.57 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.844 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.844
§ 3313.844. Agreement for providing educational service center services to community school
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement, through adoption of identical resolutions, under which the service center board will provide services to the community school. Services provided under the agreement and the amount and manner in which the community school will pay for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the school's governing authority and the service center board, and shall be specified in the service agreement. If specified in the agreement as the manner of payment, the department of education and workforce shall pay the service center the amount due to it under the agreement and shall deduct that amount from the payments made to the community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. Any agreement entered into under this section shall be valid only if a copy is filed with the department. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.10
§ 3323.10. Licensure qualifications for teaching public school preschool integrated class
Status: in_force

June 19, 2020 House Bill 164 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "public school preschool integrated class" means a class that is operated by a public school, educational service center, or county board of developmental disabilities in which fifty per cent of the students in the class are children with disabilities. (B) Notwithstanding any change to administrative rule adopted by the state board of education prescribing licensure qualifications for teaching a public school preschool integrated class, a teacher who is licensed to teach special education and is employed to teach a public school preschool integrated class on the initial effective date of any rule change prescribing such licensure qualifications may continue to teach a public school preschool integrated class until the teacher retires, resigns, or is reassigned by the employing school, educational service center, or county board of developmental disabilities. Following the retirement, resignation, or reassignment of the teacher, the teacher must meet the licensure qualifications prescribed by administrative rule to teach a public school preschool integrated class. Upon retirement, resignation, or reassignment of the teacher, the school, service center, or county board of developmental disabilities shall employ only a teacher who meets the licensure qualifications prescribed by the rule to teach a public school preschool integrated class.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.052
§ 3333.052. Community college acceleration program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education, with the assistance of the department of job and family services, shall establish the community college acceleration program to enhance financial, academic, and personal support services to students in need of support from local social service agencies. The program shall identify the services and resources available to assist eligible students enrolled in a community college established under Chapter 3354., a state community college established under Chapter 3358., a technical college established under Chapter 3357., or a university branch campus established under Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor shall adopt rules to administer the program. The rules shall specify the types of services provided by the program, which may include any of the following: (1) Comprehensive and personalized advisement; (2) Career counseling; (3) Tutoring; (4) Tuition waivers; (5) Financial assistance to defray the costs of transportation and textbooks.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.535 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.535
§ 3313.535. Standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "interscholastic extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district sponsors or participates in and that includes participants from more than one school or school district. "Interscholastic extracurricular activity" does not include any activity included in the school district's graded course of study. (B) Not later than July 1, 1998, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt rules requiring students in grades seven to twelve to attain a minimum grade point average, to be established by the board, as a condition for such students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities. (C) Not later than July 1, 1998, the board of education shall adopt a policy either prohibiting any student from participating in any interscholastic extracurricular activity, or allowing any student to so participate, if the student has received a failing grade for any class or course in the school district's graded course of study for the previous grading period. (D) A board also may adopt rules that include additional standards for determining the eligibility of students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities, requirements for attaining reeligibility in interscholastic extracurricular activities, and an exemption for any student whose individualized education program prepared pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code indicates an exemption would be advisable. Last updated October 4, 2021 at 5:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.40
§ 3315.40. Board may establish education foundation fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or the governing board of any educational service center may establish an education foundation fund. Moneys in the fund shall consist of proceeds paid into the fund under division (B) of section 3313.36 of the Revised Code. In addition, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational board may annually direct the school district treasurer to pay into the education foundation fund an amount from the school district general fund not to exceed one-half of one per cent of the total appropriations of the school district as estimated by the board at the time the resolution is adopted or as set forth in the annual appropriation measure as most recently amended or supplemented; and any governing board, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, may annually direct the service center treasurer to pay into the education foundation fund an amount not to exceed one-half of one per cent of the funds received by the governing board pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code. Income from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be paid into the fund. A board, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, may accept a trust created under section 3315.41 of the Revised Code for the investment of money in the educational foundation fund and direct the school district or service center treasurer to pay to the trustee, the initial trust principal contemplated by the instrument creating the trust. A board that has accepted a trust created under section 3315.41 of the Revised Code may do any of the following by resolution adopted by a majority of its members: direct the school district or service center treasurer to pay additional amounts to the trust principal, amend the trust, revoke the trust, or provide for payment of compensation to the trustee. Moneys in the fund shall be expended only by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board for operating or capital costs of any existing or new and innovative program designed to enhance or promote education within the district or service center, such as scholarships for students or teachers. A board of education or governing board may appoint a committee of administrators to administer the education foundation fund and to make recommendations for the use of the fund. Members of the committee shall serve at the discretion of the appointing board. Members shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3321.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3321 / § 3321.191
§ 3321.191. Student absence policies
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "chronically absent" means missing at least ten per cent of the minimum number of hours required in the school year under section 3313.48 of the Revised Code for the school a student attends. (B) Not later than August 1, 2026, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy to address student absences. In developing the policy, the board shall consult with the juvenile court of the county or counties in which the district is located; the parents, guardians, or other persons having care of a student attending school in the district; and appropriate state and local agencies. (C) The policy adopted under division (B) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Acknowledge that student absences from school for any reason, whether excused or unexcused, take away from instructional time and have an adverse effect on student learning; (2) Identify strategies to prevent students from becoming chronically absent; (3) Include procedures for notifying a student's parent, guardian, or custodian when the student has been absent from school for a number of hours determined by the board, which number shall not exceed five per cent of the minimum number of hours required in the school year under section 3313.48 of the Revised Code for the school the student attends; (4) Establish a tiered system that provides more intensive interventions and supports for students with greater numbers of absences and includes resources to help students and their families address the root causes of the absences; (5) Provide for one or more absence intervention teams to work with students at risk of becoming chronically absent and their families to improve the students' attendance at school; (6) Prohibit suspending, expelling, or otherwise preventing a student from attending school based on the student's absences as prescribed by section 3313.668 of the Revised Code. (D) The policy shall align with any other district or school improvement plan developed pursuant to state or federal law. (E) A district or school may consult or partner with public, nonprofit, or private entities to provide assistance as appropriate to students and their families in reducing absences. Last updated September 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.262 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.262
§ 3319.262. Standards and requirements for obtaining nonrenewable four-year initial early college high school educator license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a nonrenewable four-year initial early college high school educator license for teaching grades seven through twelve at an early college high school described in section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code to any applicant who meets the following conditions: (1) Has a graduate or terminal degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a field related to the subject area to be taught, as determined by the state board; (2) Has obtained a passing score on an examination in the subject area to be taught, as prescribed by the state board; (3) Has experience teaching students at any grade level, including post-secondary students; (4) Has proof that an early college high school intends to employ the applicant pending a valid license under this section. An individual licensed under this section shall be subject to sections 3319.291 and 3319.39 of the Revised Code. An initial educator license issued under division (A) of this section shall be valid for teaching only at the employing school described in division (A)(4) of this section. (B) After four years of teaching under an initial early college high school educator license issued under this section, an individual may apply for a renewable five-year professional educator license in the same subject area named in the initial license. The state board shall issue the applicant a professional educator license if the applicant attains a passing score on an assessment of professional knowledge prescribed by the state board. Nothing in division (B) of this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual from applying for a professional educator license under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. (C) The state board shall issue an initial early college high school educator license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an early college high school educator in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.14
§ 3328.14. Adoption of outreach program
Status: in_force

December 21, 2011 House Bill 157 - 129th General Assembly The board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall adopt a program of outreach to inform every city, local, and exempted village school district about the school and the procedures for admission to the school and for becoming a participating school district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3341.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3341 / § 3341.04
§ 3341.04. Powers of boards of trustees regarding president, professors and other employees
Status: in_force

October 16, 1961 House Bill 326 - 104th General Assembly The boards of trustees of Bowling Green state university and Kent state university, respectively, shall elect, fix the compensation of, and remove the president and such number of professors, teachers, and other employees as may be deemed necessary by said boards. The boards shall do all things necessary for the proper maintenance and successful and continuous operation of such universities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.024
§ 3317.024. Amounts paid to school districts and schools for certain purposes
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The following shall be distributed monthly, quarterly, or annually as may be determined by the department of education and workforce: (A) An amount for each island school district and each joint state school district for the operation of each high school and each elementary school maintained within such district and for capital improvements for such schools. Such amounts shall be determined on the basis of standards adopted by the department. However, for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, an island district shall receive the lesser of its actual cost of operation, as certified to the department, or ninety-three per cent of the amount the district received in state operating funding for fiscal year 2011. If an island district received no funding for fiscal year 2011, it shall receive no funding for either of fiscal year 2012 or 2013. (B) An amount for each school district required to pay tuition for a child in an institution maintained by the department of youth services pursuant to section 3317.082 of the Revised Code, provided the child was not included in the calculation of the district's formula ADM, as that term is defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, for the preceding school year. (C)(1) An amount for the approved cost of transporting eligible pupils with disabilities attending a special education program approved by the department of education and workforce whom it is impossible or impractical to transport by regular school bus in the course of regular route transportation provided by the school district or educational service center. For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, this amount shall be equal to the actual costs incurred in the prior fiscal year by the district or service center when transporting those students, as reported to the department, multiplied by one of the following: (a) For a district, the percentage determined for the district for that fiscal year under divisions (E)(1)(c)(i) and (ii) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code; (b) For a service center, forty-five and eighty-three hundredths per cent for fiscal year 2026 and fifty per cent for fiscal year 2027. (2) No district or service center is eligible to receive a payment under division (C) of this section for the cost of transporting any pupil whom it transports by regular school bus and who is included in the district's transportation ADM. (3) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, both of the following apply: (a) The department of education and workforce shall also establish the deadline for each district and service center to report its actual costs for transporting students described in division (C)(1) of this section. (b) The costs reported by each district and service center under division (C) of this section shall be subject to periodic, random audits by the department of education and workforce. (D) An amount to each school district, including each cooperative education school district, pursuant to section 3313.81 of the Revised Code to assist in providing free lunches to needy children. The amounts shall be determined on the basis of rules adopted by the department of education and workforce. (E)(1) An amount for auxiliary services to each school district, for each pupil attending a chartered nonpublic elementary or high school within the district that has not elected to receive funds under division (E)(2) of this section. (2)(a) An amount for auxiliary services paid directly to each chartered nonpublic school that has elected to receive funds under division (E)(2) of this section for each pupil attending the school. To elect to receive funds under division (E)(2) of this section, a school, by the first day of April of each odd-numbered year, shall notify the department of education and workforce and the school district in which the school is located of the election and shall submit to the department an affidavit certifying that the school shall expend the funds in the manner outlined in section 3317.062 of the Revised Code. The election shall take effect the following first day of July. The school subsequently may rescind its election, but it may do so only in an odd-numbered year by notifying the department and the school district in which the school is located of the rescission not later than the first day of April of that year. Beginning the following first day of July after the rescission, the school shall receive funds under division (E)(1) of this section. (b) Not later later than ten days after the notification of approval and issuance of a charter to a nonpublic school, that school may elect to receive funds under division (E)(2) of this section. If no election is made, the chartered nonpublic school shall receive funds under division (E)(1) of this section. The school may subsequently change its election in accordance with division (E)(2)(a) of this section. (c) A chartered nonpublic school that elects to receive auxiliary services funds under division (E)(2) of this section may designate an organization that oversees one or more nonpublic schools to receive those funds on its behalf. (i) Each chartered nonpublic school that designates an organization to receive auxiliary services funds on its behalf shall notify the department of education and workforce of the organization's name not later than the first day of April of each odd-numbered year. (ii) A school may rescind its decision, but may do so only in each odd-numbered year by notifying the department of that rescission not later than the first day of April of that year. A rescission submitted in compliance with this division takes effect on the following first day of July, and the school district may elect to then begin receiving auxiliary services funds directly or as specified under division (E)(1) of this section. (iii) An organization shall disburse the auxiliary services funds of all chartered nonpublic schools that have designated the organization to receive funds on their behalf in accordance with division (E)(2)(c) of this section. If multiple chartered nonpublic schools designate the same organization to receive auxiliary services funds on their behalf, that organization may use one or more accounts for the purposes of managing the funds. The organization shall maintain appropriate accounting and reporting standards and ensure that each chartered nonpublic school receives the auxiliary services funds to which the school is entitled. (iv) Each chartered nonpublic school that elects to receive funds directly in accordance with division (E)(2) of this section or the organization designated to receive and disburse auxiliary services funds on behalf of a chartered nonpublic school shall maintain records of receipt and expenditures of the funds in a manner that conforms with generally accepted accounting principles. (v) The department of education and workforce shall create and disseminate a standardized reporting form that chartered nonpublic schools and organizations designated to receive funds in accordance with division (E)(2)(c) of this section may use to comply with division (E)(2)(c)(iv) of this section. However, the department shall not require schools to use that form. (vi) An organization that manages a school's auxiliary services funds pursuant to a designation made in accordance with division (E)(2)(c) of this section may require the school's governing authority to pay a fee for that service that does not exceed four per cent of the total amount of payments for auxiliary services that the school receives from the state. A school may pay any fee assessed pursuant to division (E)(2)(c)(vi) of this section using auxiliary services funds. (d) The amount paid under divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section shall equal the total amount appropriated for the implementation of sections 3317.06 and 3317.062 of the Revised Code divided by the average daily membership in grades kindergarten through twelve in chartered nonpublic elementary and high schools within the state as determined as of the last day of October of each school year. (F) An amount for each county board of developmental disabilities for the approved cost of transportation required for children attending special education programs operated by the county board under section 3323.09 of the Revised Code. For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, this amount shall be equal to the actual costs incurred in the prior fiscal year by the county board when transporting those students multiplied by forty-five and eighty-three hundredths per cent for fiscal year 2026 and fifty per cent for fiscal year 2027. (G) An amount to each institution defined under section 3317.082 of the Revised Code providing elementary or secondary education to children other than children receiving special education under section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. This amount for any institution in any fiscal year shall equal the total of all tuition amounts required to be paid to the institution under division (A)(1) of section 3317.082 of the Revised Code. The department of education and workforce or any board of education or governing board may provide for any resident of a district or educational service center territory any educational service for which funds are made available to the board by the United States under the authority of public law, whether such funds come directly or indirectly from the United States or any agency or department thereof or through the state or any agency, department, or political subdivision thereof. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.07
§ 3357.07. Official plan for college - approval, issuance of charter
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly The board of trustees of a technical college district shall prepare an official plan for a technical college within the district. Such official plan shall include, but not be limited to, a demonstration of need and prospective enrollment, a description and locations of lands, buildings, facilities, and improvements proposed to be occupied by such college; a proposed schedule for acquisition of such lands or improvements, for construction or improvements, and for operation of the college; estimates of cost of lands and improvements; proposed organization and program of such college, consistent with the proposed lands and improvements; and a proposed budget for the first two years of operation of such college. In preparing such official plan, the board of trustees of a technical college district may retain consultants in the fields of education, architecture, law, engineering, or other fields of professional skill which may be needed in the preparation of plans for a technical college. Upon completion of the official plan, the board of trustees of the technical college district shall file a copy thereof with the Ohio board of regents which may approve or disapprove any provisions thereof and with the board or boards of education of school districts whose territories are included in the technical college district. If the Ohio board of regents disapproves the official plan or any provisions thereof, the board of trustees of the technical college district may prepare a new plan or may present amended provisions of the plan. If the Ohio board of regents approves the official plan, it shall certify a copy of its action to the board of trustees of the technical college district and issue a charter creating the technical college to be known by the name set forth in the official plan. The official plan shall be appended to and shall become a part of such charter, and such charter shall not thereafter be changed except by charter amendment with the approval of the Ohio board of regents. A proposal for a charter amendment shall be filed with the Ohio board of regents and with local boards of education as provided in this section for an official plan. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.721
§ 3345.721. Fiscal caution status
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with the office of budget and management, shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that include all of the following: (1) Criteria for determining when to review and, if necessary, declare a state university or college under fiscal caution. The criteria may include, but not be limited to, consideration of the following: (a) A significant drop in enrollment from the prior year; (b) A decline in enrollment for consecutive years; (c) A significant increase in enrollment; (d) A significant increase in adjunct faculty; (e) An increase in student complaints; (f) A substantial increase in the number of third-party service providers who are paid based on success; (g) Federal financial aid processing delays; (h) Reduced or increased reliance on state share of instruction; (i) Receipt of substantial nonrecurring revenue, from any source, that could signify a structural budget deficit; (j) Failure to reconcile or file annual reports promptly, which may cause a delay in completing a yearly audit even if granted an extension; (k) A lack of proper institutional segregation of critical duties, functions, or responsibilities; (l) Significant turnover of faculty, staff, or administrators; (m) A significant amount of past due student receivables; (n) A significant increase in tuition or fee waivers; (o) Change in accreditation status by a nationally recognized accrediting agency; (p) A significant increase in indebtedness; (q) A federal program review or actions taken by a federal agency that adversely affects the state university's or college's finances, cash management, or educational program offerings; (r) Significant changes in a state university's or college's educational program eligibility or compliance with satisfactory academic progress requirements in 34 C.F.R. 668.34, including an increase in the use of correspondence or asynchronous learning materials. (2) A requirement that a state university or college declared to be on fiscal caution shall submit a financial recovery plan, within a defined period of time after the declaration as determined by the chancellor, that may include, but is not limited to, any of the following: (a) Projections of revenues and expenditures over a three-year time horizon and on such other time horizons as may be requested by the chancellor; (b) A comprehensive review of current staffing levels, a comparison of staffing levels to the number of enrolled students, and a five-year historical summary of staffing levels; (c) A review of the most recent submission of institutional recommendations for courses and programs based on enrollment and duplication with other state institutions of higher education, as required by section 3345.35 of the Revised Code, and submission of revised recommendations as determined to be necessary; (d) A review of any approved tuition waivers, tuition guarantees, reciprocity agreements, or scholarship programs; (e) A plan to reduce expenditures over a six-month, twelve-month, eighteen-month, and twenty-four-month period, as necessary, to align ongoing revenue with ongoing expenses; (f) A review of contracts that are the largest portion of the state university's or college's expenditures; (g) A program viability analysis, or analyses, as determined by the chancellor to be necessary in accordance with section 3333.073 of the Revised Code. (3) A requirement that a state university or college declared to be on fiscal caution shall submit a three-year forecast of revenues and expenditures, approved in a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the state university or college. The three-year forecast shall be structurally balanced based on a set of underlying assumptions, including enrollment projections, tuition revenue, and state funding levels, that are evidence-based and practicable ; (4) A requirement that a state university or college declared to be on fiscal caution shall consult with the auditor of state regarding any necessary or appropriate steps to bring the books of account, accounting systems, and financial procedures and reports of the state university or college into compliance with requirements prescribed by the auditor of state regarding desirable modifications and supplementary systems and procedures pertinent to the university or college. The auditor of state shall provide a written report to the board of trustees of the state university or college outlining the nature of the financial accounting and reporting problems of the university or college and recommendations for actions to be undertaken to correct the financial accounting and reporting problems. If requested by the state university or college or recommended by the chancellor, the auditor of state may additionally perform a performance audit of the state university or college. (5) A requirement that for the duration of a fiscal caution, a state university or college shall submit regular reports on any of the above matters or new matters identified by the auditor of state or the chancellor as contributing to the reason for the declaration, preventing the recovery of the state university or college, or the inability to be removed from fiscal caution. (6) Criteria for determining when to declare the termination of the fiscal caution of a state university or college. (B) A state university or college shall provide the chancellor with all information requested under this section in the time and manner determined by the chancellor. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, failure to comply in a satisfactory manner, as determined by the chancellor, may result in a declaration of fiscal watch under section 3345.72 of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the chancellor may impose limitations on a state university or college that fails to comply with this section or the rules adopted pursuant to this section or fails to take decisive action to improve the state university's or college's financial condition. Such limitations may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Limitations on eligibility to participate in grants and programs administered by the chancellor; (2) Limitations on approval of a new degree program or associated certificates; (3) Suspension of additional enrollment in an educational program; (4) Restriction of an increase in any special fee or a creation of a new fee; (5) Limitations on the power of the board of trustees to enter into new or renewed contracts without prior approval from the chancellor; (6) Withholding approval of any controlling board request for capital projects. (D) The chancellor, the office of budget and management, or the auditor of state may conduct any audit or analysis necessary to assess the fiscal condition of any state university or college. Last updated August 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.129 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.129
§ 3333.129. "Teach CS" grant program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The "Teach CS" grant program is established to support increasing the number of Ohio teachers who qualify to teach computer science, or expand the knowledge of existing teachers, through all of the following: (1) A supplemental license that involves a mentorship-based pathway for existing teachers; (2) A university endorsement program that involves a coursework-based path for existing teachers; (3) An alternative resident educator licensure pathway for industry experts and other nonteachers; (4) A continuing education program that offers professional development to existing teachers, including those that teach pre-kindergarten to twelve who are generalists and those seeking advanced content knowledge. The chancellor of higher education shall administer the program. Funds may be spent on coursework, materials, exams, teacher stipends, performance-based incentives, and for other purposes as determined by the chancellor to support the expansion of computer science education. (B) The chancellor, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, shall develop an application process and criteria for awards. Priority may be given to education consortia that include economically disadvantaged schools in which there are limited computer science courses offered or where there is an unmet need for teachers credentialed to teach computer science courses, as determined by the chancellor. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.031
§ 3309.031. System consists of plans established by chapter
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 270 - 123rd General Assembly The school employees retirement system shall consist of the plans described in section 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and the plan or plans established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.375 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.375
§ 3333.375. Ohio outstanding scholarship and Ohio priority needs fellowship programs payment funds
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) There are hereby created the Ohio outstanding scholarship and the Ohio priority needs fellowship programs payment funds, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be a part of the state treasury. (2) The payment funds shall consist solely of all moneys returned to the treasurer of state, as issuer of certain tax-exempt student loan revenue bonds, from all indentures of trust, both presently existing and future, created as a result of tax-exempt student loan revenue bonds issued under Chapter 3366. of the Revised Code, and any moneys earned from allowable investments of the payment funds under division (B) of this section. (3) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the payment funds shall be used solely for scholarship and fellowships awarded under sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of the Revised Code by the chancellor of higher education and for any necessary administrative expenses incurred by the chancellor in administering the scholarship and fellowship programs. (B) The treasurer of state may invest any moneys in the payment funds not currently needed for scholarship and fellowship payments in any kind of investments in which moneys of the public employees retirement system may be invested under Chapter 145. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The instruments of title of all investments shall be delivered to the treasurer of state or to a qualified trustee designated by the treasurer of state as provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code. (2) The treasurer of state shall collect both principal and investment earnings on all investments as they become due and pay them into the payment funds. (3) All deposits to the payment funds shall be made in public depositories of this state and secured as provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code. (D) On or before March 1, 2001, and on or before the first day of March in each subsequent year, the treasurer of state shall provide to the chancellor a statement indicating the moneys in the Ohio outstanding scholarship and the Ohio priority needs fellowship programs payment funds that are available for the upcoming academic year to award scholarships and fellowships under sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of the Revised Code. (E) The chancellor may use funds the treasurer has indicated as available pursuant to division (D) of this section to support distribution of state need-based financial aid in accordance with section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 2, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.19
§ 3301.19. Program to support school boards that voluntarily adopt and implement desegregation plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall administer a program to support school boards that voluntarily adopt and implement plans of student transfers to desegregate schools within their districts. To be eligible for such support, both of the following must apply: (A) The district must have a minority enrollment of between twenty-five and seventy-five per cent, according to the most recent racial and ethnic census of the district prepared by the department; (B) The school board must adopt and submit to the department, not later than the first day of October, a plan for reducing racial isolation through the transfer of not fewer than fifty students in the district. The plan must provide for any or all of the following: (1) The transfer of minority students from a school with greater than the average minority composition of the district to a school with less than the average minority composition of the district; (2) The transfer of majority students from a school with less than the average minority composition of the district to a school with more than the average minority composition of the district; (3) The transfer of minority or majority students to designated schools if the transfers cause the racial composition of the designated schools to more closely approximate the student racial composition of the entire district taken as a whole. The department shall pay the school district an amount equal to four hundred dollars per student transferred, except that if all payments required to be made under this section during the fiscal year exceed the appropriation for the purpose, the payment to each school district shall be proportionately reduced. The school board may spend the amount received only on activities other than transportation that support the reduction of racial isolation. In the case of a transfer from a school that is being permanently closed or that results from a permanent change in the boundary of a school attendance zone, payment shall be made only for the initial year the transfer is made. In the case of any other kind of transfer, payment shall be made for each fiscal year the transfer occurs. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6031
§ 3313.6031. Grade and class standing calculation for certain career-technical courses
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "other high school" means any of the following that offers any of grades nine through twelve: (1) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (2) A STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (3) A chartered nonpublic school. (B) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and other high school that has students enrolled in courses that comply with the career-technical education credit transfer criteria, policies, and procedures established under section 3333.162 of the Revised Code shall adopt and implement a policy for the awarding of grades and the calculation of class standing for those courses. A district's or school's policy under this section shall be equivalent to the district's or school's policy for courses taken under the advanced standing programs described in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code or for other courses designated as honors courses by the district or school, including procedures for awarding a weighted grade or enhancing a student's class standing for those courses. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.07
§ 3375.07. Tax levy for maintenance of county free public library
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county in which there has been created a county free public library, pursuant to section 3375.06 of the Revised Code, may, at its June session each year, levy a tax not to exceed one mill on each dollar of taxable property in such county for the purpose of maintaining the library. The proceeds of such tax levy shall be paid over by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the county free public library.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3325.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3325 / § 3325.11
§ 3325.11. Student activity and work-study fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury Ohio deaf and blind education services student activity and work-study fund. Moneys received from donations, bequests, the vocational programs of the state school for the blind and the state school for the deaf, 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. 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 for the state school for the blind, the state school for the deaf, and Ohio deaf and blind education services' operating expenses, including, but not limited to, personal services, maintenance, and equipment related to student support, activities, and vocational programs, and for providing scholarships to students for further training upon graduation. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.373 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.373
§ 3307.373. Benefits subject to termination
Status: in_force

July 29, 2011 House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a disability benefit granted under this chapter is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The state teachers retirement board shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a state teachers retirement system member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the system shall determine whether the member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3377.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3377 / § 3377.04
§ 3377.04. Commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly The Ohio higher educational facility commission may: (A) Acquire by gift or purchase and hold and mortgage real estate and interests therein and personal property to be used as a project or a part thereof; (B) Purchase, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, and equip and lease, sell, exchange, and otherwise dispose of projects or parts thereof for the purposes set forth in division (B) of section 3377.01 of the Revised Code; (C) Issue bonds of the state, as provided in Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code, to provide funds for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, remodeling, renovating, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof and to pay project costs; (D) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code; (E) Fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of a project and lease the project to educational institutions, including a contract with or the granting of an option to the lessee to purchase the project for such price as the commission in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, after retirement or redemption, or provision therefor, of all the bonds of the issuer issued to provide funds for the project; (F) Retain, contract with, or employ and fix the compensation of financial consultants, appraisers, accounting experts, architects, engineers, attorneys at law, and other employees, agents, and independent contractors as are necessary in the judgment of the commission to carry out Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code and collect fees, charges, and accept gifts and appropriations to meet the expenses of employing such persons; (G) Pledge, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber as security for the bonds, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys realized from the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of one or more projects or parts thereof as may be designated in the bond proceedings and enter into trust agreements or indentures of mortgage for the benefit of bondholders; (H) Enter into appropriate arrangements with any federal or state department or agency, county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision, taxing district, or public body or agency for the planning and installation of streets, roads, alleys, water supply and distribution facilities, storm and sanitary sewage collection and disposal facilities, and other necessary appurtenances to a project; (I) Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability insurance for a project, insurance protecting the commission and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from the project, and any other insurance that the commission may agree to provide under the bond proceedings or the commission may determine to be necessary in order to protect the commission, its members, officers, and employees; (J) Sell, lease, release or otherwise dispose of real and personal property or interests therein, or a combination thereof, acquired by the commission under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code and no longer needed for the purposes of such chapter or of the commission, and grant such easements and other rights in, over, under, or across a project as will not interfere with its use of such property. Such sale, lease, release, disposition, or grant may be made without competitive bidding and in such manner and for such consideration as the commission in its judgment deems appropriate. (K) Sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded; (L) Adopt and use an official seal; (M) Receive and accept from any public agency loans or grants for or in aid of a project or any portion thereof, and receive and accept loans, grants, aid, or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which received; (N) Do all other acts necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.6913 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.6913
§ 3307.6913. Recalculating annual single lifetime benefit
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 3307.6914 of the Revised Code, "eligible recipient" means any person receiving a benefit on July 1, 1999. (B) For each eligible recipient of a benefit payable under section 3307.58 , 3307.59 , or 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the state teachers retirement board shall recalculate the annual single lifetime benefit, excluding any increases granted under section 3307.67 of the Revised Code, of the benefit payable to the recipient using division (B) of section 3307.38 of the Revised Code as that section existed immediately prior to the effective date of this section, except that the recalculated annual single lifetime benefit shall be adjusted by the per cent shown in the schedule in the version of division (B) of section 3307.38 of the Revised Code that was in effect at the time the initial recipient's benefit was calculated on the basis of age and service. (C) If the amount determined under division (B) of this section is greater than the annual single lifetime benefit granted the recipient, the board shall recalculate the recipient's benefit so that it equals the annual single lifetime benefit determined under division (B) of this section or its actuarial equivalent. (D) The board shall include the increase in amount paid under this section in an individual's base for purposes of future increase in any benefit under section 3307.67 of the Revised Code. (E) The board shall make the recalculations required under this section not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section. The board may adopt rules to implement this section. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3329.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3329 / § 3329.04
§ 3329.04. Compliance of publisher necessary
Status: in_force

May 25, 1999 House Bill 32 - 123rd General Assembly A board of education shall not adopt or cause to be used in the public schools any textbook or electronic textbook whose publisher has not complied with sections 3329.01 to 3329.10 of the Revised Code as to such textbook or electronic textbook.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.05
§ 3317.05. Calculating payments of approved career-technical education units
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall determine for each institution, by the last day of January of each year and based on information certified under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the number of career-technical education units or fractions of units approved by the department on the basis of standards and rules adopted by the department. As used in this section, "institution" means an institution operated by a department specified in section 3323.091 of the Revised Code and that provides career-technical education programs under the supervision of the division of career-technical education of the department that meet the standards and rules for these programs, including licensure of professional staff involved in the programs, as established by the department. (B) All of the arithmetical calculations made under this section shall be carried to the second decimal place. The total number of units for institutions approved annually under this section shall not exceed the number of units included in the estimate of cost for these units and appropriations made for them by the general assembly. (C) The department shall pay each institution approved for career-technical education units under division (A) of this section an amount for the total of all the units approved under that division. The amount for each unit shall be the sum of the minimum salary for the teacher of the unit, calculated on the basis of the teacher's training level and years of experience pursuant to the salary schedule prescribed in the version of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code in effect prior to July 1, 2001, plus fifteen per cent of that minimum salary amount, and nine thousand five hundred ten dollars. Each institution that receives unit funds under this division annually shall report to the department on the delivery of services and the performance of students and any other information required by the department to evaluate the institution's career-technical education program. (D) For each unit allocated to an institution pursuant to division (A) of this section, the department, in addition to the amount specified in division (B) of this section, shall pay a supplemental unit allowance of $7,227. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.041
§ 3323.041. Nonpublic schools to provide federally required services
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly To the extent consistent with the number and location of children with disabilities in the state who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in the school district served by a board of education of a school district, provision is made for the participation of those children in the program for the education of children with disabilities which is assisted or carried out under Part B of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," Pub. L. No. 108-446. The district in which the nonpublic elementary or secondary school is located shall provide for such children special education and related services in accordance with Section 612(a)(10) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10) and related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations and in accordance with any rules adopted, or guidelines issued, by the department of education and workforce. Amounts to be expended for the provision of those services, including direct services to parentally placed nonpublic school children, by the school district shall be equal to a proportionate amount of federal funds made available under Part B of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004." The school district shall exercise the following responsibilities towards parentally placed children with disabilities who attend nonpublic schools located in the school district: child find, timely and meaningful consultation, written affirmation of timely and meaningful consultation, compliance, and provision of equitable services, as provided by the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004" and related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations and in accordance with any rules adopted by, or guidelines issued by, the department. Last updated September 13, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.81
§ 3345.81. Strategic completion plan
Status: in_force

March 2, 2021 Senate Bill 89 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of each institution of higher education shall adopt an institution-specific strategic completion plan designed to increase the number of degrees and certificates awarded to students. The plan shall be consistent with the mission and strategic priorities of the institution, include measurable student completion goals, and align with the state's workforce development priorities. Upon adoption by the board of trustees, each institution of higher education shall provide a copy of its plan to the chancellor of higher education. (C) The board of trustees of each institution of higher education shall update its plan at least once every two years and provide a copy of their updated plan to the chancellor upon adoption. (D) Each updated plan shall contain a report prepared by the institution of higher education regarding the institution's collaboration with other institutions of higher education through an initiative of the chancellor to assist students who have some college experience, but no degree, in earning an associate degree, certificate, or credential. The report shall include information about the institution's efforts to assist students in attaining an associate degree, certificate, or credential while earning a bachelor's degree or using college credit transferred between institutions of higher education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.17
§ 3313.17. Corporate powers of the board
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and taking and holding in trust for the use and benefit of such district, any grant or devise of land and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3365.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3365 / § 3365.05
§ 3365.05. Requirements for participants
Status: in_force

February 25, 2025 Senate Bill 104 - 135th General Assembly Each public and participating private college shall do all of the following with respect to the college credit plus program: (A) Apply established standards and procedures for admission to the college and for course placement for participants. When determining admission and course placement, the college shall do all of the following: (1) Consider all available student data that may be an indicator of college readiness, including grade point average and end-of-course examination scores, if applicable; (2) Give priority to its current students regarding enrollment in courses. However, once a participant has been accepted into a course, the college shall not displace the participant for another student. (3) Adhere to any capacity limitations that the college has established for specified courses. (B) Send written notice to the participant, the participant's parent, and the participant's secondary school, not later than fourteen calendar days prior to the first day of classes for that term, of the participant's admission to the college and to specified courses under the program. (C) Provide both of the following, not later than twenty-one calendar days after the first day of classes for that term, to each participant and the participant's secondary school: (1) The courses and hours of enrollment of the participant; (2) The option elected by the participant under division (A) or (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code for each course. The college shall also provide to each partnering school a roster of participants from that school that are enrolled in the college and a list of course assignments for each participant. (D) Promote the program on the college's web site, including the details of the college's current agreements with partnering secondary schools. (E) Coordinate with each partnering secondary school that is located within thirty miles of the college to present at least one informational session per school year for interested students and parents. The session shall include the benefits and consequences of participation and shall outline any changes or additions to the requirements of the program. If there are no partnering schools located within thirty miles of the college, the college shall coordinate with the closest partnering school to offer an informational session. (F) Assign an academic advisor that is employed by the college to each participant enrolled in that college. Prior to the date on which a withdrawal from a course would negatively affect a participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by the college's established withdrawal policy, the college shall ensure that the academic advisor and the participant meet at least once to discuss the program and the courses in which the participant is enrolled. (G) Do both of the following with regard to high school teachers that are teaching courses for the college at a secondary school under the program: (1) Provide at least one professional development session per school year; (2) Conduct at least one classroom observation per school year for each course that is authorized by the college and taught by a high school teacher to ensure that the course meets the quality of a college-level course. (H) Annually collect, report, and track specified data related to the program according to data reporting guidelines adopted by the chancellor of higher education and the department of education and workforce pursuant to section 3365.15 of the Revised Code. (I) Require each participant to complete an orientation that meets guidelines issued by the chancellor and the department. The chancellor and the department shall make those guidelines as concise as is practicable. (J) With the exception of divisions (D) and (E) of this section, any eligible out-of-state college participating in the college credit plus program shall be subject to the same requirements as a participating private college under this section. Last updated January 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.59
§ 3309.59. Levying additional taxes
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 270 - 123rd General Assembly Employers who obtain funds directly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all other items except for sinking fund or interest purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.40
§ 3313.40. Exchange of real estate
Status: in_force

January 16, 1980 House Bill 44 - 113th General Assembly Upon a vote of a majority of the members of a board of education and a concurring vote of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, declaring that an exchange of real estate held by such board for school purposes for real estate held by such municipal corporation for municipal purposes will be mutually beneficial to such school district and municipal corporation, such exchange may be made by conveyances, executed by the mayor and clerk of the municipal corporation and by the president and treasurer of the board, respectively.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.90
§ 3333.90. Course and program sharing network (see also Section 1 of S.B. 69, 130th General Assembly)
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The chancellor of higher education shall establish a course and program sharing network that enables members of the university system of Ohio and adult career centers to share curricula for existing courses and academic programs with one another. The purpose of the network shall be to increase course availability across the state and to avoid unnecessary course duplication through the sharing of existing curricula. (B) The chancellor shall adopt rules to administer the course and program sharing network established under this section. (C) As used in this section, "member of the university system of Ohio" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.24
§ 3304.24. Inclusive workplace award
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Each October during national disability employment awareness month, the governor shall present an award to employers who meet the criteria for having a workplace inclusive of individuals with disabilities. The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall determine the inclusive workplace criteria to be used to recommend employers for the award. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 9:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.30
§ 3313.30. Declaration that school district is unauditable; notice
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the auditor of state or a public accountant, under section 117.41 of the Revised Code, declares a school district to be unauditable, the auditor of state shall provide written notification of that declaration to the district and the department of education and workforce. The auditor of state also shall post the notification on the auditor of state's web site. (B) If the district's current treasurer held that position during the period for which the district is unauditable, upon receipt of the notification under division (A) of this section, the district board of education shall suspend the treasurer until the auditor of state or a public accountant has completed an audit of the district. Suspension of the treasurer may be with or without pay, as determined by the district board based on the circumstances that prompted the auditor of state's declaration. The district board shall appoint a person to assume the duties of the treasurer during the period of the suspension. If the appointee is not licensed as a treasurer under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code, the appointee shall be approved by the director of education and workforce before assuming the duties of the treasurer. The state board of education may take action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code to suspend, revoke, or limit the license of a treasurer who has been suspended under this division. (C) Not later than forty-five days after receiving the notification under division (A) of this section, the district board shall provide a written response to the auditor of state. The response shall include the following: (1) An overview of the process the district board will use to review and understand the circumstances that led to the district becoming unauditable; (2) A plan for providing the auditor of state with the documentation necessary to complete an audit of the district and for ensuring that all financial documents are available in the future; (3) The actions the district board will take to ensure that the plan described in division (C)(2) of this section is implemented. (D) If the school district fails to make reasonable efforts and continuing progress to bring its accounts, records, files, or reports into an auditable condition within ninety days after being declared unauditable, the auditor of state, in addition to requesting legal action under sections 117.41 and 117.42 of the Revised Code, shall notify the district and the department of the district's failure. If the auditor of state or a public accountant subsequently is able to complete a financial audit of the district, the auditor of state shall notify the district and the department that the audit has been completed. (E) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code or in any other provision of law, upon notification by the auditor of state under division (D) of this section that the district has failed to make reasonable efforts and continuing progress to bring its accounts, records, files, or reports into an auditable condition, the department shall immediately cease all payments to the district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code and any other provision of law. Upon subsequent notification from the auditor of state under that division that the auditor of state or a public accountant was able to complete a financial audit of the district, the department shall release all funds withheld from the district under this section. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.02
§ 3315.02. Board to provide funds - control - purpose - commissioners of sinking fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly The board of education of every district shall provide by a tax levy for the payment of the annual interest on its bonded indebtedness, for the payment of its serial bonds as they mature, and for a sinking fund for the extinguishment of its other bonded indebtedness, which funds shall be managed and controlled by a board of commissioners designated as the "board of commissioners of the sinking fund of ______________", inserting the name of the district, which shall be composed of five electors thereof, and be appointed by the court of common pleas of the county in which such district is chiefly located, except that, in city districts the board of commissioners of the sinking fund of the city may be the board of sinking fund commissioners of the school district. The members of the board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall serve without compensation and give such bond as the board of education requires and approves. Any surety company authorized to sign such bonds may be accepted by such board of education as surety. The cost thereof, together with all necessary expenses of the board of commissioners of the sinking fund, shall be paid by it out of the funds under its control.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.071
§ 3332.071. Disclosure course fees; charging students prohibited
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly A college or school that holds a certificate of registration under this chapter shall pay any fee required by the state board of career colleges and schools for a new student disclosure course fee. No college or school shall charge a student for the fee paid under this section, either directly or through any increase in fees or tuition charged to a student to pay the disclosure course fee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3312.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3312 / § 3312.02
§ 3312.02. Educational regional service system regions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly There shall be the following sixteen regions in the educational regional service system: (A) Region one shall consist of the territory contained in Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood counties. (B) Region two shall consist of the territory contained in Erie, Huron, and Lorain counties. (C) Region three shall consist of the territory contained in Cuyahoga county. (D) Region four shall consist of the territory contained in Geauga and Lake counties. (E) Region five shall consist of the territory contained in Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties. (F) Region six shall consist of the territory contained in Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby counties. (G) Region seven shall consist of the territory contained in Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, and Wyandot counties. (H) Region eight shall consist of the territory contained in Medina, Portage, and Summit counties. (I) Region nine shall consist of the territory contained in Columbiana, Stark, and Wayne counties. (J) Region ten shall consist of the territory contained in Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. (K) Region eleven shall consist of the territory contained in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties. (L) Region twelve shall consist of the territory contained in Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, Noble, and Tuscarawas counties. (M) Region thirteen shall consist of the territory contained in Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties. (N) Region fourteen shall consist of the territory contained in Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, and Highland counties. (O) Region fifteen shall consist of the territory contained in Lawrence, Pike, Ross, and Scioto counties. (P) Region sixteen shall consist of the territory contained in Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, and Washington counties. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.016
§ 3314.016. Community school sponsor evaluations; sponsoring additional schools
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly This section applies to any entity that sponsors a community school, regardless of whether section 3314.021 or 3314.027 of the Revised Code exempts the entity from the requirement to be approved for sponsorship under divisions (A)(2) and (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. The office of Ohio school sponsorship established under section 3314.029 of the Revised Code shall be rated under division (B) of this section, but divisions (A) and (C) of this section do not apply to the office. (A) An entity that sponsors a community school shall be permitted to enter into contracts under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code to sponsor additional community schools only if the entity meets all of the following criteria: (1) The entity is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter requiring sponsors of community schools to report data or information to the department of education and workforce. (2) The entity is not rated as "ineffective" under division (B)(5) of this section. (3) Except as set forth in sections 3314.021 and 3314.027 of the Revised Code, the entity has received approval from and entered into an agreement with the department pursuant to section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The department shall develop and implement an evaluation system that annually rates and assigns an overall rating to each entity that sponsors a community school. The department, not later than the first day of February of each year, shall post on the department's web site the framework for the evaluation system, including technical documentation that the department intends to use to rate sponsors for the next school year. The department shall solicit public comment on the evaluation system for thirty consecutive days. Not later than the first day of April of each year, the department shall compile and post on the department's web site all public comments that were received during the public comment period. The evaluation system shall be posted on the department's web site by the fifteenth day of July of each school year. Any changes to the evaluation system after that date shall take effect the following year. The evaluation system shall be based on the following components: (a) Academic performance of students enrolled in community schools sponsored by the same entity. The academic performance component shall be derived from the performance measures prescribed for the state report cards under section 3302.03 or 3314.017 of the Revised Code, and shall be based on the performance of the schools for the school year for which the evaluation is conducted. In addition to the academic performance for a specific school year, the academic performance component shall also include year-to-year changes in the overall sponsor portfolio. For a community school for which no graded performance measures are applicable or available, the department shall use nonreport card performance measures specified in the contract between the community school and the sponsor under division (A)(4) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. (b) Adherence by a sponsor to the quality practices prescribed by the department under division (B)(3) of this section. (c) Compliance with all applicable laws and administrative rules by an entity that sponsors a community school. Under the evaluation system prescribed under division (B)(1) of this section, the department shall not assign an overall rating of "ineffective" or lower to an entity that sponsors a community school solely because that entity received no points on one of the components prescribed under that division. (2) In calculating an academic performance component, the department shall exclude all community schools that have been in operation for not more than two full school years, all community schools whose contracts were not renewed or terminated by the sponsor pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code before the evaluation, and all community schools described in division (B)(2) of section 3314.35 of the Revised Code. However, the academic performance of the community schools described in division (B)(2) of section 3314.35 of the Revised Code shall be reported, but shall not be used as a factor when determining a sponsoring entity's rating under this section. (3) The department, in consultation with entities that sponsor community schools, shall prescribe quality practices for community school sponsors and develop an instrument to measure adherence to those quality practices. The quality practices shall be based on standards developed by the national association of charter school authorizers or any other nationally organized community school organization. (4) The director of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing standards for measuring compliance with applicable laws and rules under division (B)(1)(c) of this section. (5) The department annually shall rate all entities that sponsor community schools as either "exemplary," "effective," "ineffective," or "poor," based on the components prescribed by division (B) of this section, where each component is weighted equally. A separate rating shall be given by the department for each component of the evaluation system. The department shall publish the ratings between the first day of October and the fifteenth day of November. Prior to the publication of the final ratings, the department shall designate and provide notice of a period of at least ten business days during which each sponsor may review the information used by the department to determine the sponsor's rating on the components prescribed by division (B)(1) of this section. If the sponsor believes there is an error in the department's evaluation, the sponsor may request adjustments to the rating of any of those components based on documentation previously submitted as part of an evaluation. The sponsor shall provide to the department any necessary evidence or information to support the requested adjustments. The department shall review the evidence and information, determine whether an adjustment is valid, and promptly notify the sponsor of its determination and reasons. If any adjustments to the data could result in a change to the rating on the applicable component or to the overall rating, the department shall recalculate the ratings prior to publication. The department shall provide training on an annual basis regarding the evaluation system prescribed under this section. The training shall, at a minimum, describe methodology, timelines, and data required for the evaluation system. The first training session shall occur not later than March 2, 2016. Beginning in 2018, the training shall be made available to each entity that sponsors a community school by the fifteenth day of July of each year and shall include guidance on any changes made to the evaluation system. (6)(a) Entities with an overall rating of "exemplary" may take advantage of the following incentives: (i) Renewal of the written agreement with the department, not to exceed ten years, provided that the entity consents to continued evaluation of adherence to quality practices as described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section; (ii) The ability to extend the term of the contract between the sponsoring entity and the community school beyond the term described in the written agreement with the department; (iii) An exemption from the preliminary agreement and contract adoption and execution deadline requirements prescribed in division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code; (iv) An exemption from the automatic contract expiration requirement, should a new community school fail to open by the thirtieth day of September of the calendar year in which the community school contract is executed; (v) No limit on the number of community schools the entity may sponsor; (vi) No territorial restrictions on sponsorship. An entity may continue to sponsor any community schools with which it entered into agreements under division (B)(6)(a)(v) or (vi) of this section while rated "exemplary," notwithstanding the fact that the entity later receives a lower overall rating. (b) Entities with an overall rating of "exemplary" shall not be evaluated by the department for five full school years following the school year for which the entity received the "exemplary" rating. Entities with an overall rating of "effective" shall not be evaluated by the department for three full school years following the school year for which the entity received the "effective" rating. (c)(i) Entities that receive an overall rating of "ineffective" shall be prohibited from sponsoring any new or additional community schools during the time in which the sponsor is rated as "ineffective" and shall be subject to a quality improvement plan based on correcting the deficiencies that led to the "ineffective" rating, with timelines and benchmarks that have been established by the department. (ii) Entities that receive an overall rating of "ineffective" on their three most recent ratings shall have all sponsorship authority revoked. Within thirty days after receiving its third rating of "ineffective," the entity may appeal the revocation of its sponsorship authority to the director, who shall appoint an independent hearing officer to conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The hearing shall be conducted within thirty days after receipt of the notice of appeal. Within forty-five days after the hearing is completed, the director shall determine whether the revocation is appropriate based on the hearing conducted by the independent hearing officer, and if determined appropriate, the revocation shall be confirmed. (d) Entities that receive an overall rating of "poor" shall have all sponsorship authority revoked. Within thirty days after receiving a rating of "poor," the entity may appeal the revocation of its sponsorship authority to the director, who shall appoint an independent hearing officer to conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The hearing shall be conducted within thirty days after receipt of the notice of appeal. Within forty-five days after the hearing is completed, the director shall determine whether the revocation is appropriate based on the hearing conducted by the independent hearing officer, and if determined appropriate, the revocation shall be confirmed. (7) For the 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter, student academic performance prescribed under division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall include student academic performance data from dropout prevention and recovery community schools. (8) The department shall publish annually academic performance data for each sponsor in accordance with division (B)(1)(a) of this section, regardless of whether the sponsor is being evaluated under this section for that school year. (C) If the governing authority of a community school enters into a contract with a sponsor prior to the date on which the sponsor is prohibited from sponsoring additional schools under division (A) of this section and the school has not opened for operation as of that date, that contract shall be void and the school shall not open until the governing authority secures a new sponsor by entering into a contract with the new sponsor under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. However, the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship, established under section 3314.029 of the Revised Code, may assume the sponsorship of the school until the earlier of the expiration of two school years or until a new sponsor is secured by the school's governing authority. A community school sponsored by the department under this division shall not be included when calculating the maximum number of directly authorized community schools permitted under division (A)(3) of section 3314.029 of the Revised Code. (D) When an entity's authority to sponsor schools is revoked pursuant to division (B)(6)(c) or (d) of this section, the office of Ohio school sponsorship shall assume sponsorship of any schools with which the original sponsor has contracted for the remainder of that school year. The office may continue sponsoring those schools until the earlier of: (1) The expiration of two school years from the time that sponsorship is revoked; (2) When a new sponsor is secured by the governing authority pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. Any community school sponsored under this division shall not be counted for purposes of directly authorized community schools under division (A)(3) of section 3314.029 of the Revised Code. (E) The department shall recalculate the rating for the 2017-2018 school year for each sponsor of a community school that receives recalculated ratings pursuant to division (I) of section 3314.017 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.15
§ 3315.15. Service fund set aside
Status: in_force

November 21, 1997 House Bill 269 - 122nd General Assembly Any city, local, or exempted village board of education may by resolution set aside each year from the general fund a sum not to exceed two dollars for each child enrolled in the district, or twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater. Any educational service center governing board may by resolution set aside each year from the educational service center fund a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. The amount set aside shall be placed in a fund known as the "service fund," which shall be used only in paying the expenses of members of such boards of education and educational service center governing boards actually incurred in the performance of their duties, or in paying the expenses of members-to-be of such boards actually incurred in training and orientation to the performance of their duties from the date of election or appointment to the date of administration of the oath of office. Such payments shall be made only in such amount as may be approved by the board on statement of the several members or members-to-be furnished at the next succeeding regular meeting of such board. No board shall appropriate or expend a sum greater than sixty thousand dollars in any one school year from such service fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.045
§ 3333.045. Board of trustees training
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with state institutions of higher education and members of their boards of trustees, shall develop and annually deliver educational programs for members of a board of trustees of each state institution. The chancellor may deliver the programs virtually and may offer the programs periodically throughout each year. New members of a board of trustees shall participate in the programs at least once in their first two years in office. Current members of a board of trustees shall participate in continuing trustee training at levels to be determined by the chancellor. The educational programs shall be designed to address the role, duties, and responsibilities of a member of a board of trustees and may include in-service programs on current issues in higher education. In developing the educational programs, the chancellor may consider similar programs offered in other states or through a recognized trustee group. The educational programs shall include presentations and content related to all of the following: (A) Each board member's duty to the state of Ohio; (B) The committee structure and function of a board of trustees; (C) The duties of the executive committee of a board of trustees; (D) Professional accounting and reporting standards; (E) Methods for meeting the statutory, regulatory, and fiduciary obligations of a board of trustees; (F) The requirements of the public records law; (G) Institutional ethics and conflicts of interest; (H) Creating and implementing institution-wide rules and regulations; (I) Business operations, administration, budgeting, financing, financial reporting, and financial reserves, including a segment on endowment management; (J) Fixing student general and instructional fees, and other necessary charges, including a review of student debt trends; (K) Overseeing planning, construction, maintenance, expansion, and renovation projects that impact the state institution's consolidated infrastructure, physical facilities, and natural environment, including its lands, improvements, and capital equipment; (L) Workforce planning, strategy, and investment; (M) Institutional advancement, including philanthropic giving, fundraising initiatives, alumni programming, communications and media, government and public relations, and community affairs; (N) Student welfare issues, including academic studies, curriculum, residence life, student governance and activities, and the general physical and psychological well-being of undergraduate and graduate students; (O) Current national and state issues in higher education; (P) Future national and state issues in higher education; (Q) State and federal anti-discrimination laws and a state institution's obligations under sections 3345.0217 , 3345.0218 , and 3345.88 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3310.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3310 / § 3310.02
§ 3310.02. Educational choice scholarship pilot program established
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The educational choice scholarship pilot program is hereby established. Under the program, the department of education and workforce annually shall pay scholarships to attend chartered nonpublic schools in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.32
§ 3307.32. Payment of amounts due retirement system from treasury
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly All amounts due the state teachers retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.211
§ 3375.211. Submission of resolution to electors
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The taxing authority of any subdivision maintaining a free public library for the inhabitants thereof and whose board of library trustees is qualified under section 3375.21 of the Revised Code to request inclusion of the subdivision in a county library district shall, upon receipt of a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to at least ten per cent of the qualified electors of the subdivision voting at the last general election, adopt a resolution providing for the submission of the question of the inclusion of the subdivision in such county library district to the electors of the subdivision. The taxing authority shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed with the board of elections of the county prior to the ninetieth day before the day of the election at which the question will appear on the ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question of the inclusion of the subdivision in such county library district to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding November election. If a majority of the electors, voting on the question of including the subdivision in such county library district, vote in the affirmative, the taxing authority of the subdivision and the board of trustees of the free public library shall include the subdivision in the county library district in the manner prescribed in section 3375.20 of the Revised Code by adopting and approving the resolutions so authorized. Unless more than thirty per cent of the votes cast on the question of including the subdivision in the county library district are in the affirmative, the same issue shall not be submitted to the electors of the subdivision for three years following an election in which the question was defeated.