Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.081
§ 3319.081. Contracts for nonteaching employees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, in all school districts wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, the following employment contract system shall control for employees whose contracts of employment are not otherwise provided by law: (A) Newly hired regular nonteaching school employees, including regular hourly rate and per diem employees, shall enter into written contracts for their employment which shall be for a period of not more than one year. If such employees are rehired, their three subsequent contracts shall be for a period of two years each. (B) After the termination of the third two-year contract provided in division (A) of this section, if the contract of a nonteaching employee is renewed, the employee shall be continued in employment, and the salary provided in the contract may be increased but not reduced unless such reduction is a part of a uniform plan affecting the nonteaching employees of the entire district. (C) The contracts as provided for in this section may be terminated by a majority vote of the board of education. Except as provided in sections 3319.0810 and 3319.172 of the Revised Code, the contracts may be terminated only for violation of written rules and regulations as set forth by the board of education or for incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, or any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance. In addition to the right of the board of education to terminate the contract of an employee, the board may suspend an employee for a definite period of time or demote the employee for the reasons set forth in this division. The action of the board of education terminating the contract of an employee or suspending or demoting the employee shall be served upon the employee by certified mail, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, including electronic delivery with electronic proof of delivery. Within ten days following the receipt of such notice by the employee, the employee may file an appeal, in writing, with the court of common pleas of the county in which such school board is situated. After hearing the appeal the common pleas court may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the action of the school board. A violation of division (A)(7) of section 2907.03 of the Revised Code is grounds for termination of employment of a nonteaching employee under this division. (D) All employees who have been employed by a school district where the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, for a period of at least three years on November 24, 1967, shall hold continuing contracts of employment pursuant to this section. (E) Any nonteaching school employee may terminate the nonteaching school employee's contract of employment thirty days subsequent to the filing of a written notice of such termination with the treasurer of the board. (F) A person hired exclusively for the purpose of replacing a nonteaching school employee while such employee is on leave of absence granted under section 3319.13 of the Revised Code is not a regular nonteaching school employee under this section. (G) All nonteaching employees employed pursuant to this section and Chapter 124. of the Revised Code shall be paid for all time lost when the schools in which they are employed are closed owing to an epidemic or other public calamity. Nothing in this division shall be construed as requiring payment in excess of an employee's regular wage rate or salary for any time worked while the school in which the employee is employed is officially closed for the reasons set forth in this division. Last updated August 16, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.072
§ 3309.072. Candidate campaign finance statements - donor statement of independent expenditures
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Campaign committee" means a candidate or a combination of two or more persons authorized by a candidate to receive contributions and in-kind contributions and make expenditures on behalf of the candidate. (2) "Candidate" means an individual who has been nominated pursuant to section 3309.07 of the Revised Code for election to the school employees retirement board or who is seeking to be elected to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to division (D) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contribution" means a loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, transfer of funds or transfer of anything of value including a transfer of funds from an inter vivos or testamentary trust or decedent's estate, and the payment by any person other than the person to whom the services are rendered for the personal services of another person, which contribution is made, received, or used for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the school employees retirement board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to division (C) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code. "Contribution" does not include: (a) Services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a person; (b) Ordinary home hospitality; (c) The personal expenses of a volunteer paid for by that volunteer campaign worker. (4) "Election day" means the following, as appropriate to the situation: (a) The first Monday in March of a year for which section 3309.06 of the Revised Code specifies that an election for a member of the school employees retirement board be held; (b) If, pursuant to section 3309.071 of the Revised Code, no election is held, the first Monday in March of a year that the election would have been held if not for section 3309.071 of the Revised Code. (5) "Expenditure" means the disbursement or use of a contribution for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the school employees retirement board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to division (D) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code. (6) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure by an individual, partnership, or other entity advocating the election or defeat of an identified candidate or candidates, that is not made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of any candidate or candidates or of the campaign committee or agent of the candidate or candidates. An independent expenditure shall not be construed as being a contribution. As used in division (A)(6) of this section: (a) "Advocating" means any communication containing a message advocating election or defeat. (b) "Identified candidate" means that the name of the candidate appears, a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears, or the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent by unambiguous reference. (c) "Made in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate or the campaign committee or agent of the candidate" means made pursuant to any arrangement, coordination, or direction by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or the candidate's agent prior to the publication, distribution, display, or broadcast of the communication. An expenditure is presumed to be so made when it is any of the following: (i) Based on information about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the expenditure by the candidate, or by the candidate's campaign committee or agent, with a view toward having an expenditure made; (ii) Made by or through any person who is, or has been, authorized to raise or expend funds, who is, or has been, an officer of the candidate's campaign committee, or who is, or has been, receiving any form of compensation or reimbursement from the candidate or the candidate's campaign committee or agent; (iii) Made by a political party in support of a candidate, unless the expenditure is made by a political party to conduct voter registration or voter education efforts. (d) "Agent" means any person who has actual oral or written authority, either express or implied, to make or to authorize the making of expenditures on behalf of a candidate, or means any person who has been placed in a position with the candidate's campaign committee or organization such that it would reasonably appear that in the ordinary course of campaign-related activities the person may authorize expenditures. (7) "In-kind contribution" means anything of value other than money that is used to influence the results of an election to the school employees retirement board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to division (C) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code or is transferred to or used in support of or in opposition to a candidate and that is made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of the benefited candidate. The financing of the dissemination, distribution, or republication, in whole or part, of any broadcast or of any written, graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or their authorized agents is an in-kind contribution to the candidate and an expenditure by the candidate. (8) "Personal expenses" includes ordinary expenses for accommodations, clothing, food, personal motor vehicle or airplane, and home telephone. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives contributions or in-kind contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more or has expenditures totaling one thousand dollars or more in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the school employees retirement board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether, pursuant to section 3309.071 of the Revised Code, no election is held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (C) Each individual, partnership, or other entity who makes an independent expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the school employees retirement board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the independent expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether, pursuant to section 3309.071 of the Revised Code, no election is held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect independent expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect independent expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (D) Each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives contributions or in-kind contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more or has expenditures totaling one thousand dollars or more in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to fill a vacancy in the school employees retirement board pursuant to division (C) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state a complete, accurate, and itemized statement setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statement shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The statement shall be filed within thirty-eight days after the day the candidate takes office. The statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the seventh day after the day the candidate takes office. (E) Each individual, partnership, or other entity that makes an independent expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to fill a vacancy in the school employees retirement board under division (C) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state a complete, accurate, and itemized statement setting forth in detail the independent expenditures. The statement shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed not later than thirty-eight days after the day the candidate takes office. The statement shall reflect independent expenditures made to the close of business on the seventh day after the day the candidate takes office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.18
§ 3328.18. Suspension of employees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is employed by a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter or its operator is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, if the person holds a license, or an offense listed in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, if the person does not hold a license, the chief administrator of the school in which that person works shall suspend that person from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child during the pendency of the criminal action against the person. If the person who is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code is the chief administrator of the school, the board of trustees of the school shall suspend the chief administrator from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child. (C) When a person who holds a license is suspended in accordance with this section, the chief administrator or board that imposed the suspension promptly shall report the person's suspension to the department of education and workforce and to the state board of education. The report shall include the offense for which the person was arrested, summoned, or indicted. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.12
§ 3318.12. Transfer and disbursement of funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall cause to be transferred to the school district's project construction fund the necessary amounts from amounts appropriated by the general assembly and set aside for such purpose, from time to time as may be necessary to pay obligations chargeable to such fund when due. All investment earnings of a school district's project construction fund shall be credited to the fund. (B)(1) The treasurer of the school district board shall disburse funds from the school district's project construction fund, including investment earnings credited to the fund, only upon the approval of the commission or the commission's designated representative. The commission or the commission's designated representative shall issue vouchers against such fund, in such amounts, and at such times as required by the contracts for construction of the project. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B)(1) of this section, the school district board may, by a duly adopted resolution, choose to use all or part of the investment earnings of the district's project construction fund that are attributable to the district's contribution to the fund to pay the cost of classroom facilities or portions or components of classroom facilities that are not included in the district's basic project cost but that are related to the district's project. If the district board adopts a resolution in favor of using those investment earnings as authorized under division (B)(2) of this section, the treasurer shall disburse the amount as designated and directed by the board. However, if the district board chooses to use any part of the investment earnings for classroom facilities or portions or components of classroom facilities that are not included in the basic project cost, as authorized under division (B)(2) of this section, and, subsequently, the cost of the project exceeds the amount in the project construction fund, the district board shall restore to the project construction fund the full amount of the investment earnings used under division (B)(2) of this section before any additional state moneys shall be released for the project. (C) After a certificate of completion has been issued for a project under section 3318.48 of the Revised Code: (1) At the discretion of the school district board, any investment earnings remaining in the project construction fund that are attributable to the school district's contribution to the fund shall be: (a) Retained in the project construction fund for future projects; (b) Transferred to the district's maintenance fund required by division (B) of section 3318.05 or section 3318.43 of the Revised Code, and the money so transferred shall be used solely for maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project; (c) Transferred to the district's permanent improvement fund. (2) Any investment earnings remaining in the project construction fund that are attributable to the state's contribution to the fund shall be transferred to the commission for expenditure pursuant to sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code. (3) Any other surplus remaining in the school district's project construction fund shall be transferred to the commission and the school district board in proportion to their respective contributions to the fund. The commission shall use the money transferred to it under this division for expenditure pursuant to sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code. (D) Pursuant to appropriations of the general assembly, any moneys transferred to the commission under division (C)(2) or (3) of this section from a project construction fund for a project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code may be used for future expenditures for projects under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code in accordance with division (B) of section 3318.40 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.41
§ 3375.41. Contracts over threshold to require bidding procedure
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly When a board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06 , 3375.10 , 3375.12 , 3375.15 , 3375.22 , or 3375.30 of the Revised Code determines to construct, demolish, alter, repair, or reconstruct a library or make any improvements or repairs, the cost of which will exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, except in cases of urgent necessity or for the security and protection of library property, it shall proceed as follows: (A) The board shall advertise for a period of two weeks for sealed bids in a newspaper of general circulation in the district or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If no newspaper has a general circulation in the district, the board shall post the advertisement in three public places in the district. The advertisement shall be entered in full by the fiscal officer on the record of proceedings of the board. (B) The sealed bids shall be filed with the fiscal officer by twelve noon of the last day stated in the advertisement. (C) The sealed bids shall be opened at the next meeting of the board, shall be publicly read by the fiscal officer, and shall be entered in full on the records of the board; provided that the board, by resolution, may provide for the public opening and reading of the bids by the fiscal officer, immediately after the time for their filing has expired, at the usual place of meeting of the board, and for the tabulation of the bids and a report of the tabulation to the board at its next meeting. (D) Each sealed bid shall contain the name of every person interested in it and shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. (E) When both labor and materials are embraced in the work bid for, the board may require that each be separately stated in the sealed bid, with their price, or may require that bids be submitted without the separation. (F) None but the lowest responsible bid shall be accepted. The board may reject all the bids or accept any bid for both labor and material for the improvement or repair that is the lowest in the aggregate. (G) The contract shall be between the board and the bidders. The board shall pay the contract price for the work in cash at the times and in the amounts as provided by sections 153.12 , 153.13 , and 153.14 of the Revised Code. (H) When two or more bids are equal, in whole or in part, and are lower than any others, either may be accepted, but in no case shall the work be divided between these bidders. (I) When there is reason to believe there is collusion or combination among the bidders, the bids of those concerned in the collusion or combination shall be rejected. (J) No project subject to this section shall be divided into component parts, separate projects, or items of work in order to avoid the requirements of this section. Last updated April 15, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.14
§ 3314.14. Possession and use of inhalers by student - school and employees not liable
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 121 - 123rd General Assembly A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for harm allegedly arising from a community school employee's prohibiting a student from using an inhaler described in section 3313.716 of the Revised Code because of the employee's good faith belief that the conditions of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of that section had not been satisfied. A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for harm allegedly arising from a community school employee's permitting a student to use an inhaler described in that section because of the employee's good faith belief that the conditions of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of that section had been satisfied. Furthermore, when a community school is required in accordance with that section to permit a student to possess and use an inhaler because the conditions of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of that section have been satisfied, the community school, any member of the community school governing authority, or any community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from the use of the inhaler by a student for whom it was not prescribed. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school, community school governing authority, or community 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.035
§ 3314.035. Publication of names of members of governing authority
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each community school shall post on the school's web site the name of each member of the school's governing authority. Each community school also shall provide, upon request, the name and address of each member of the governing authority to the sponsor of the school and the department of education and workforce. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.07
§ 3309.07. Electing employee and retirant members
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly (A) All elections for employee or retirant members of the school employees retirement board shall be held under the direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. (B) Any member of the school employees retirement system, other than a disability benefit recipient, shall be eligible to be nominated for election as an employee member of the board who has been nominated by a petition that is signed by at least five hundred members and certified in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. The petition shall contain the signatures of not less than twenty members each from at least ten counties wherein such members are employed. The petition shall specify the term of office and position. The name of any member so nominated shall be placed upon the ballot by the board as a regular candidate. Other names of eligible candidates may at any election be substituted for the regular candidates by writing such names upon the ballot. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for any term as member of the board shall be elected for such term on certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. In any year in which two employee member or two retirant member positions must be filled, the candidates who receive the highest and second highest number of votes shall be elected to the offices on certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. (C) Any former member of the school employees retirement system described in division (A)(3) of section 3309.05 of the Revised Code is eligible for election as a retirant member of the board to represent former members currently receiving an age and service retirement benefit, a disability benefit, or benefits under a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, provided that such person has been nominated by a petition that is certified in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code and signed by at least one hundred fifty former members of the system who are currently receiving an age and service retirement benefit, a disability benefit, or benefits under a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code. The petition shall contain the signatures of at least ten such recipients from each of at least five counties wherein recipients of benefits from this system reside. The petition shall specify the term of office and position. The name of any person so nominated shall be placed upon the ballot by the board as a regular candidate. Other names of eligible candidates may at any election be substituted for the regular candidates by writing such names upon the ballot. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for any term as member of the board shall be elected for such term on certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. No employee member of the board who retires while a member of the board shall be eligible to become a retirant member of the board for three years after the date of the member's retirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.01
§ 3301.01. State board of education
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created the state board of education consisting of five members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.13
§ 3313.13. Membership restriction
Status: in_force

February 2, 2006 House Bill 455 - 126th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this section, no prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or other official acting in a similar capacity shall be a member of a board of education. An assistant prosecuting attorney may serve as a member of a board of education of a school district in any county other than the county in which the assistant prosecuting attorney is employed if the board of education's school district is not contiguous to the county in which the assistant prosecuting attorney is employed. A city director of law who was appointed to that position under a city charter, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of a municipal corporation may serve as a member of a board of education for which the chief legal officer is not the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code. A city director of law who was appointed to that position under a city charter may serve as a member of a board of education for which the city director of law is the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code, but only if the board uses no legal services of the office of the city law director or if the legal services of that office that it does use are performed under contract by persons not employed by that office. An employee of an appointed or elected city director of law may serve as a member of a board of education for which the city director of law is not the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.92
§ 3313.92. Joint school building projects
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly (A) The boards of education of any two or more school districts may, subject to the approval of the department of education and workforce, enter into agreements for the joint or cooperative construction, acquisition, or improvement of any building, structure, or facility benefiting the parties thereto, including, without limitation, schools and classrooms for the purpose of Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, and for the management, operation, occupancy, use, maintenance, or repair thereof, or for the joint or cooperative participation in programs, projects, activities, or services in connection with such buildings, structures, or facilities, including participation in the Ohio education computer network established by section 3301.075 of the Revised Code. (B) Any agreement entered into under authority of this section shall, where appropriate, provide for: (1) The method by which the building, structure, or facility shall be constructed, acquired, or improved and by which it shall be managed, occupied, maintained, and repaired, and specifically a designation of one of the boards of education to take and have exclusive charge of any and all details of construction, acquisition, or improvement, including any advertising for bids and the award of any construction or improvement contract pursuant to the law applicable to such board of education; (2) The manner in which the title to the buildings, structures, or facilities, including the sites and interests in real estate necessary therefor, is to be held by one or more of such boards of education; (3) The management or administration of any such programs, projects, activities, services, or joint exercise of powers, which may include management or administration by one of said boards of education; (4) The manner of apportionment or sharing of all of the costs, or specified classes of costs, including without limitation costs of planning, construction, acquisition, improvement, management, operation, maintenance, or repair of such buildings, structures, or facilities, or of planning and conducting such programs or projects, or obtaining such services, which apportionment or sharing may be based on fixed amounts, or on ratios or formulas, or affected through tuitions to be contributed by the parties or in such manner therein provided. (C) Any agreement entered into under authority of this section may provide for: (1) An orderly process for making determinations as to planning, execution, implementation, and operation, which may include provisions for a committee, board, or commission, and for representation thereon; (2) Securing necessary personnel, including participation of teachers and other personnel from the respective school districts; (3) Standards or conditions for the admission or participation of students and others, including students from other school districts; (4) Conditions for admittance of other school districts to participation under the agreement; (5) Fixing or establishing the method of determining special charges to be made for particular services or materials; (6) The manner of amending, supplementing, terminating, or withdrawal or removal of any party from, the agreement, and the term of the agreement or an indefinite term; (7) Designation of the applicants for or recipients of any state, federal, or other aid, assistance, or loans available by reason of any activities conducted under the agreement; (8) Designation of one or more of the participating boards of education to maintain, prepare, and submit, on behalf of all parties to the agreement, any or all records and reports with regard to the activities conducted under the agreement, including without limitation those required under sections 3313.50 , 3319.32 to 3319.37 , 3321.12 , 3323.08 , and 3323.13 of the Revised Code; (9) Such other matters as the parties thereto may agree upon for the purposes of division (A) of this section. (D) For the purpose of paying or contributing its share under an agreement made under this section, a board of education may: (1) Appropriate any moneys from its general fund, and from any other funds not otherwise restricted by law, including funds for permanent improvements of such board of education where the contribution is to be made toward the cost of permanent improvements under the agreement; (2) Issue bonds, and notes in anticipation thereof, under Chapter 133. and section 3311.20 of the Revised Code for any permanent improvement, as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, to be provided under such agreement; (3) Levy taxes, and issue notes in anticipation thereof, under Chapters 3311. and 5705. of the Revised Code pertaining to such board of education, provided that the purpose of such levy may include the provision of funds for either or both permanent improvements and current operating expenses required as the share of such board of education under such agreement; (4) Contribute real and personal property for use under such agreement without necessity for competitive bidding on disposition of such property. (E) Funds provided by the parties to an agreement entered into under this section, whether by appropriation, the levy of taxes, the issuance of bonds or notes, or otherwise, shall be transferred to and placed in a separate fund or funds of such participating board of education as is designated the fiscal agent for such purpose under the agreement, shall be appropriated to and shall be applied for the purposes provided in such agreement, and shall be subject to audit and, pursuant to any determinations to be made as provided under such agreement, shall be deposited, invested, and disbursed under the provisions of law applicable to the board of education in whose custody those funds are held; and the records and reports of such board of education under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code with respect to those funds shall be sufficient without necessity for reports thereon by the other boards of education participating under such agreement. (F) As used in this section, "construction, acquisition, or improvement of any building, structure, or facility" also includes acquisition of real estate and interests in real estate therefor, site improvements, and furniture, furnishings, and equipment therefor. Buildings, structures, or facilities constructed, acquired, or improved under this section may, subject to the agreement, be used for any lawful purpose by each party so long as the use thereof is an authorized proper use for that party. (G) Any agreement entered into under this section shall be subject to any laws hereafter enacted making express reference therein to this section and requiring the transfer of any functions exercised or properties held under such agreement to any public officer, board, or body heretofore or hereafter established, or requiring the termination of such agreement, or otherwise affecting the agreement. (H) The powers granted in this section are supplementary to, and not in derogation of or restriction upon, all other powers of boards of education of school districts, and are to be liberally construed to permit the achievement of the objectives of this section and to permit the boards of education to take advantage of federal grant and loan programs, provided that the exercise of such powers shall be subject to such audit and regulation as would be applicable if exercised under any other provision of the Revised Code. Last updated August 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.87
§ 3311.87. School sponsorship; assessment of district and community schools
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce, in conjunction with the municipal school district transformation alliance established under section 3311.86 of the Revised Code, if such an alliance is established under that section, and a statewide nonprofit organization whose membership is comprised solely of entities that sponsor community schools and whose members sponsor the majority of start-up community schools in the state, shall do all of the following: (A) Not later than December 31, 2012, establish both of the following: (1) Objective criteria to be used by a sponsor to determine if it will sponsor new community schools located within the municipal school district. Beginning with any community school that opens after July 1, 2013, each sponsor shall use the criteria established under this division to determine whether to sponsor a community school in the municipal district. (2) Criteria for assessing the ability of a sponsor to successfully sponsor a community school in a municipal school district. The criteria adopted under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section shall be based on standards issued by the national association of charter school authorizers or any other nationally organized community or charter school organization. (B) Not later than April 30, 2013, establish a comprehensive framework to assess the efficacy of district schools and community schools located in the municipal school district. Where possible, the framework shall be based on nationally accepted quality standards and principles for schools and shall be specific to a school's model, mission, and student populations. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:07 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.281 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.281
§ 3349.281. Transfer of institution to state not to reduce employee vacation leave
Status: in_force

November 26, 1982 Senate Bill 550 - 114th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 124.13 of the Revised Code, and in accordance with the intent of divisions (I) and (J) of section 3349.28 of the Revised Code, no employee of the university of Cincinnati to whom section 124.13 of the Revised Code is applicable, who became an employee of such state institution prior to the transfer of such institution to the state, shall be entitled to less vacation leave with pay than that employee would have been entitled to had such transfer not occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.261
§ 3307.261. Contributions during disability leave
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, any teacher who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by the teacher's employer, whereby the teacher receives a percentage of the teacher's salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to make contributions for time off while on disability leave. Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, each employer described in division (A) of section 3307.01 of the Revised Code who sponsors a disability leave program shall make the periodic employee and employer contributions, in the amounts set pursuant to sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code, for teachers granted disability leave, based on the teacher's rate of pay in effect at the time disability leave was granted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3376.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3376 / § 3376.03
§ 3376.03. Athletic authority prohibitions regarding use of name, image, or likeness
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly An athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics shall not do any of the following: (A) Prevent a student-athlete of a state institution of higher education or private college from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics because the student-athlete does either of the following: (1) Earns compensation as a result of the 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; (2) Obtains professional representation from an athlete agent or attorney. (B) Prevent a state institution of higher education or private college from becoming a member of the athletic association, conference, or other group or organization or from participating in intercollegiate athletics sponsored by the athletic association, conference, or other group or organization because a student-athlete of that institution or college participating in intercollegiate athletics does either of the following: (1) Earns compensation from the 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; (2) Obtains professional representation from an athlete agent or attorney. (C) Consider a complaint, initiate an investigation, or take any adverse action against a state institution of higher education, private college, institutional marketing associate, or third-party entity for engaging in any conduct authorized under this chapter; (D) Penalize a state institution of higher education, private college, or student-athlete, or prevent the institution, college, or student-athlete from participating in intercollegiate athletics, because another individual or third-party entity whose purpose includes supporting or benefiting the institution, college, or student-athlete violates a rule or regulation of the athletic association, conference, or other group or organization that addresses compensation for use of a student-athlete's name, image, or likeness. (E) Prevent a state institution of higher education or private college from compensating a student-athlete for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness or providing any other compensation related to the student-athlete's position on the roster of an intercollegiate athletics team; (F) Prevent a state institution of higher education, private college, institutional marketing associate, or third-party entity from identifying, creating, facilitating, negotiating, supporting, assisting with, engaging with, or otherwise enabling opportunities for a student-athlete to earn compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.312
§ 3319.312. Effect of child support default on certificate or permit
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of education shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.69
§ 3307.69. Recalculating benefits
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly (A) On and after the first day of the month following December 14, 1992, each person eligible to receive a benefit, pursuant to former sections 3307.38 , 3307.41 , 3307.43 , 3307.50 , and division (C)(1) of former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code, that was based upon an award made effective before June 30, 1955, shall have the benefit payable as of September 30, 1974, recalculated by the state teachers retirement board so that each such person shall receive an annual single lifetime benefit or its actuarial equivalent of not less than one hundred forty dollars for each year of the member's total service credit, except that service credit exceeding thirty-two years shall not be used in the recalculation, and a final average salary limitation shall not be applied. If the amount of the benefit recalculated under this division is less than the amount that is payable on the effective date of this section, then the greater benefit shall be continued. (B) On and after the first day of the month following December 14, 1992, each person receiving a benefit, pursuant to former sections 3307.38 , 3307.41 , 3307.43 , 3307.50 and division (C)(1) of former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code, that was effective on and after June 30, 1955, through June 30, 1971, shall be paid an increased benefit as follows: Effective Date of the Per Cent Member's Benefit: of Increase: June 30, 1955, through June 29, 1959 33 June 30, 1959, through October 31, 1965 21 November 1, 1965 through June 30, 1968 14 July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1971 5 The increase shall be applied to the benefit payable on December 14, 1992. (C) On and after the first day of the month following December 14, 1992, each person receiving or qualified to receive a benefit, pursuant to division (C)(2) of former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code, that was effective on and after June 14, 1951, through August 26, 1970, shall receive an increase in such benefit in the amount of twenty per cent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.32
§ 3304.32. Administrative hearings
Status: in_force

July 30, 1980 Senate Bill 298 - 113th General Assembly If a dispute concerning the establishment of a suitable vending facility arises or if the bureau of services for the visually impaired determines that a department, agency, or governmental unit in control of governmental property has not complied with sections 3304.29 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code, an administrative hearing shall be held. The hearing shall be conducted by a board, which shall consist of one person designated by the director of the bureau who shall serve as chairman, one person designated by the head of the agency, department, or unit adversely affected, and a third person selected by mutual agreement of the two parties. If a third person cannot be mutually agreed on by the two parties, such person shall be designated by the governor. The board's adjudication of the dispute shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and any order issued by the Board shall be binding on both parties. An order issued by a board constituted under this section may be appealed in accordance with the procedure specified in section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.10
§ 3345.10. Competitive bidding - contracts for printed material
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Each state institution of higher education shall establish competitive bidding procedures for the purchase of printed material and shall award all contracts for the purchase of printed material in accordance with those procedures. The procedures shall require the institution to evaluate all bids received for all contracts for the purchase of printed material in accordance with the criteria and procedures established pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 125.09 of the Revised Code for determining whether bidders will produce the printed material at manufacturing facilities within this state or in accordance with the criteria and procedures established pursuant to division (B)(4) or (5) of that section for determining whether bidders are otherwise qualified. An institution shall select, in accordance with the procedures it establishes under this section, a bid from among bidders that fulfill the criteria specified in the applicable divisions of section 125.09 of the Revised Code where sufficient competition can be generated within this state to ensure that compliance with this requirement will not result in paying an excessive price or acquiring a disproportionately inferior product. If there are two or more bids from among those bidders, it shall be deemed that there is sufficient competition to prevent paying an excessive price or acquiring a disproportionately inferior product. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3356.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3356 / § 3356.02
§ 3356.02. 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 Youngstown state university shall annually elect from their members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson; and they may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interest of the university requires, who may be members of the board. The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state or be insured for faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into the treasurer's care. The amount of said bond or insurance shall be determined by the board, but shall not be for a sum less than the estimated amount which may come into the treasurer's control at any time, less any reasonable deductible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.237 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.237
§ 3319.237. Courses to teach in grades pre-k through 5; curriculum; continuing education
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 318 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The standards for the preparation of teachers adopted under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code shall require each institution that provides a teacher preparation program to include a semester course, or the equivalent, for all students pursuing a license to teach in any of grades pre-kindergarten through five that includes instruction on all of the following: (1) Positive behavior intervention and supports and social-emotional development; (2) Classroom systems for establishing the foundation for positive behavior, such as supervision, acknowledgment, prompts, and precorrection; (3) Classroom systems for responding to unwanted behavior, including error correction and other strategies; (4) Classroom data collection systems; (5) Effective instructional strategies and how to implement them with fidelity; (6) Matching curriculum to student needs and data; (7) The impact of trauma, toxic stress, and other environmental variables on learning behavior. (B) Within three years after the effective date of this section, each school district shall provide professional development or continuing education in positive behavior intervention and supports, as part of the school-wide implementation of the positive behavior intervention and supports framework required under section 3319.46 of the Revised Code, to all of the following: (1) Any of the district's teachers who teach in buildings that serve students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three and who completed a teacher preparation program prior to the effective date of this section; (2) All of the district's administrators who serve students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three, including the school district superintendent, building principals, and assistant principals, who have not already completed a course of instruction, professional development, or continuing education in positive behavior intervention and supports. Each district's local professional development committee, established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, shall monitor compliance with division (B) of this section and shall establish model professional development courses to assist in that compliance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.59
§ 3333.59. Bonds
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Allocated state share of instruction" means, for any fiscal year, the amount of the state share of instruction appropriated to the department of higher education by the general assembly that is allocated to a community or technical college or community or technical college district for such fiscal year. (2) "Issuing authority" has the same meaning as in section 154.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Bond service charges" has the same meaning as in section 154.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Chancellor" means the chancellor of higher education. (5) "Community or technical college" or "college" means any of the following state-supported or state-assisted institutions of higher education: (a) A community college as defined in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A technical college as defined in section 3357.01 of the Revised Code; (c) A state community college as defined in section 3358.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Community or technical college district" or "district" means any of the following institutions of higher education that are state-supported or state-assisted: (a) A community college district as defined in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A technical college district as defined in section 3357.01 of the Revised Code; (c) A state community college district as defined in section 3358.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Credit enhancement facilities" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (8) "Obligations" has the meaning as in section 154.01 or 3345.12 of the Revised Code, as the context requires. (B) The board of trustees of any community or technical college district authorizing the issuance of obligations under section 3354.12 , 3354.121 , 3357.11 , 3357.112 , 3358.10 , or 3358.11 of the Revised Code, or for whose benefit and on whose behalf the issuing authority proposes to issue obligations under section 154.25 of the Revised Code, may adopt a resolution requesting the chancellor to enter into an agreement with the community or technical college district and the primary paying agent or fiscal agent for such obligations, providing for the withholding and deposit of funds otherwise due the district or the community or technical college it operates in respect of its allocated state share of instruction, for the payment of bond service charges on such obligations. The board of trustees shall deliver to the chancellor a copy of the resolution and any additional pertinent information the chancellor may require. The chancellor and the office of budget and management, and the issuing authority in the case of obligations to be issued by the issuing authority, shall evaluate each request received from a community or technical college district under this section. The chancellor, with the advice and consent of the director of budget and management and the issuing authority in the case of obligations to be issued by the issuing authority, shall approve each request if all of the following conditions are met: (1) Approval of the request will enhance the marketability of the obligations for which the request is made; (2) The chancellor and the office of budget and management, and the issuing authority in the case of obligations to be issued by the issuing authority, have no reason to believe the requesting community or technical college district or the community or technical college it operates will be unable to pay when due the bond service charges on the obligations for which the request is made, and bond service charges on those obligations are therefore not anticipated to be paid pursuant to this section from the allocated state share of instruction for purposes of Section 17 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (3) Any other pertinent conditions established in rules adopted under division (H) of this section. (C) If the chancellor approves the request of a community or technical college district to withhold and deposit funds pursuant to this section, the chancellor shall enter into a written agreement with the district and the primary paying agent or fiscal agent for the obligations, which agreement shall provide for the withholding of funds pursuant to this section for the payment of bond service charges on those obligations. The agreement may also include both of the following: (1) Provisions for certification by the district to the chancellor, prior to the deadline for payment of the applicable bond service charges, whether the district and the community or technical college it operates are able to pay those bond service charges when due; (2) Requirements that the district or the community or technical college it operates deposits amounts for the payment of those bond service charges with the primary paying agent or fiscal agent for the obligations prior to the date on which the bond service charges are due to the owners or holders of the obligations. (D) Whenever a district or the community or technical college it operates notifies the chancellor that it will not be able to pay the bond service charges when they are due, subject to the withholding provisions of this section, or whenever the applicable paying agent or fiscal agent notifies the chancellor that it has not timely received from a district or from the college it operates the full amount needed for payment of the bond service charges when due to the holders or owners of such obligations, the chancellor shall immediately contact the district or college and the paying agent or fiscal agent to confirm that the district and the college are not able to make the required payment by the date on which it is due. If the chancellor confirms that the district and the college are not able to make the payment and the payment will not be made pursuant to a credit enhancement facility, the chancellor shall promptly pay to the applicable primary paying agent or fiscal agent the lesser of the amount due for bond service charges or the amount of the next periodic distribution scheduled to be made to the district or to the college in respect of its allocated state share of instruction. If this amount is insufficient to pay the total amount then due the agent for the payment of bond service charges, the chancellor shall continue to pay to the agent from each periodic distribution thereafter, and until the full amount due the agent for unpaid bond service charges is paid in full, the lesser of the remaining amount due the agent for bond service charges or the amount of the next periodic distribution scheduled to be made to the district or college in respect of its allocated state share of instruction. (E) The chancellor may make any payments under this section by direct deposit of funds by electronic transfer. Any amount received by a paying agent or fiscal agent under this section shall be applied only to the payment of bond service charges on the obligations of the community or technical college district or community or technical college subject to this section or to the reimbursement of the provider of a credit enhancement facility that has paid the bond service charges. (F) The chancellor may make payments under this section to paying agents or fiscal agents during any fiscal biennium of the state only from and to the extent that money is appropriated to the department by the general assembly for distribution during such biennium for the state share of instruction and only to the extent that a portion of the state share of instruction has been allocated to the community or technical college district or community or technical college. Obligations of the issuing authority or of a community or technical college district to which this section is made applicable do not constitute an obligation or a debt or a pledge of the faith, credit, or taxing power of the state, and the holders or owners of those obligations have no right to have excises or taxes levied or appropriations made by the general assembly for the payment of bond service charges on the obligations, and the obligations shall contain a statement to that effect. The agreement for or the actual withholding and payment of money under this section does not constitute the assumption by the state of any debt of a community or technical college district or a community or technical college, and bond service charges on the related obligations are not anticipated to be paid from the state general revenue fund for purposes of Section 17 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (G) In the case of obligations subject to the withholding provisions of this section, the issuing community or technical college district, or the issuing authority in the case of obligations issued by the issuing authority, shall appoint a paying agent or fiscal agent who is not an officer or employee of the district or college. (H) The chancellor, with the advice and consent of the office of budget and management, may adopt reasonable rules not inconsistent with this section for the implementation of this section to secure payment of bond service charges on obligations issued by a community or technical college district or by the issuing authority for the benefit of a community or technical college district or the community or technical college it operates. Those rules shall include criteria for the evaluation and approval or denial of community or technical college district requests for withholding under this section. (I) The authority granted by this section is in addition to and not a limitation on any other authorizations granted by or pursuant to law for the same or similar purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3316.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3316 / § 3316.13
§ 3316.13. Duty to act pursuant to certification, notification, order or request of commission
Status: in_force

June 20, 1996 Senate Bill 310 - 121st General Assembly A school district financial planning and supervision commission may direct its certifications, notifications, orders, or requests to particular officers of the county, school district, or state, or to the school district board of education or county budget commission and cause the same to be mailed or delivered to appropriate officials as designated by this chapter or, where not so designated, as it considers appropriate. Any such certification, notification, order, or request, including preparation and submission of a financial recovery plan in accordance therewith and with this chapter, shall be effective and binding upon the officer, county budget commission, school district board of education, and officials and employees who have the responsibility to act in the matter, have within their control the authority to perform consistent therewith, or have in their possession the information required or requested; and the duty to act pursuant to any such certification, notification, order, or request is hereby established as a duty of the school district board, county, or state, and of each such officer and employee, specifically enjoined by the law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code, and may be enforced by writ of mandamus petitioned for by the commission on behalf of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.08
§ 3327.08. Purchase of school buses and other transportation equipment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Boards of education of city school districts, local school districts, exempted village school districts, cooperative education school districts, and joint vocational school districts and governing boards of educational service centers may purchase on individual contract school buses, including multifunction school activity buses, and other equipment used in transporting children to and from school and to other functions as authorized by the boards, or the boards, at their discretion, may purchase the buses and equipment through any system of centralized purchasing established by the department of education and workforce for that purpose, provided that state subsidy payments shall be based on the amount of the lowest price available to the boards by either method of purchase. No board shall be deprived of any form of state assistance in the purchase of buses and equipment by reason of purchases of buses and equipment on an individual contract. The purchase of school buses and multifunction school activity buses shall be made only after competitive bidding in accordance with section 3313.46 of the Revised Code. All bids shall state that the buses, prior to delivery, will comply with the safety rules of the department of public safety adopted pursuant to section 4511.76 of the Revised Code and all other pertinent provisions of law. At no time shall bid bonds be required for the purchase of school buses and multifunction school activity buses, unless the district board or educational service center governing board requests that bid bonds be part of the competitive bidding process for a specified purchase. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.021
§ 3314.021. Requirements for sponsorship
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) This section applies to any entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (C)(1)(f)(ii) and (iii) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code but does not satisfy the condition specified in division (C)(1)(f)(i) of that section. (B) Notwithstanding division (C)(1)(f)(i) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, and subject to division (D)(2) of this section, an entity described in division (A) of this section may do both of the following without obtaining the department of education and workforce's initial approval of its sponsorship under divisions (A)(2) and (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code: (1) Succeed the board of trustees of a state university located in the pilot project area or that board's designee as the sponsor of a community school established under this chapter; (2) Continue to sponsor that school in conformance with the terms of the contract between the board of trustees or its designee and the governing authority of the community school and renew that contract as provided in division (D) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. (C) The entity that succeeds the board of trustees or the board's designee as sponsor of a community school under division (B) of this section also may enter into contracts to sponsor other community schools regardless of the proposed school's location, without obtaining the department's initial approval of its sponsorship of those schools under divisions (A)(2) and (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code as long as the contracts conform with and the entity complies with all other requirements of this chapter. (D)(1) Regardless of the entity's authority to sponsor community schools without the initial approval of the department, the entity is under the continuing oversight of the department in accordance with rules adopted under section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. (2) If an entity described in division (A) of this section receives a rating below "effective" under division (B) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code for two or more consecutive years, that entity shall receive approval from the department to sponsor community schools and enter into a written agreement with the department in accordance with division (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code prior to entering into any further preliminary agreements under division (C)(2) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code or renewing any existing contract to sponsor a community school. (E)(1) As used in division (E) of this section: (a) "Board of trustees" means a board of trustees of a state university located in the pilot project area. (b) "Rating" means a sponsor rating under section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (B)(6)(b) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code, for the purposes of that division, the department shall consider an entity that succeeded a board of trustees as the sponsor of a community school in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section to have received the same rating for the 2016-2017 school year as the board of trustees, provided all of the following apply: (a) The department assigned the board of trustees a rating of either "effective" or "exemplary" for the 2016-2017 school year. (b) The department did not assign the entity its own rating for the 2016-2017 school year. (c) The department assigned the entity its own rating for the 2017-2018 school year. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.15
§ 3375.15. School district free public library - appointment of trustees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In any school district in which a free public library has been established by resolution adopted by the board of education of such school district prior to September 4, 1947, or by resolution adopted by the board of education of such school district under section 3375.151 of the Revised Code after the effective date of this amendment but prior to January 1, 2014, such library shall be under the control and management of a board of library trustees consisting of seven members. No one is eligible to membership on such board of library trustees who is or has been for a year previous to appointment a member of a board of education making such appointment. A majority of the trustees shall be qualified electors of the school district, but a minority may be qualified electors of the county who reside outside the school district, and all shall be appointed by the board of education of the school district. (B) The trustees shall serve without compensation. Trustees appointed prior to the effective date of this amendment shall serve for a term of seven years. Trustees appointed on or after that date shall serve for a term of four years. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all vacancies on the board of library trustees shall be filled by the board of education by appointment for the unexpired term. The board of library trustees shall organize in accordance with section 3375.32 of the Revised Code. The board of library trustees shall have the control and management of the school district free public library and in the exercise of such control and management shall be governed by sections 3375.33 to 3375.41 of the Revised Code. This section does not affect the term of any member of a board of library trustees of a school district free public library appointed prior to September 4, 1947. (C) The board of education shall make appointments to the board of library trustees not later than forty-five days after the date a member's term expires or after the date a vacancy occurs, whichever is applicable. If the board of education does not make an appointment by that time, the appointment shall be made within the next fourteen days by the probate court of the county in which the library is situated. Last updated August 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.02
§ 3345.02. Statement of student charges to include list of fees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th 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. Beginning in the 2008-2009 academic year, each state institution of higher education shall include in each statement of estimated or actual charges owed by a student enrolled in the institution an itemized list of the instructional fees, general fees, special purpose fees, service charges, fines, and any other fees or surcharges applicable to the student.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.0721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.0721
§ 3301.0721. Model curricula - college and career readiness, financial literacy; proper interactions with peace officers
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 208 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in college and career readiness and financial literacy. The curriculum shall focus on grades seven through twelve, but may include other grade levels. When the model curriculum has been developed, the department shall notify all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code of the content of the curriculum. Any district or school may utilize the model curriculum. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3364.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3364 / § 3364.07
§ 3364.07. Institute of American constitutional thought and leadership
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The institute of American constitutional thought and leadership is established for the purpose of creating and disseminating knowledge about American constitutional thought and to form future leaders of the legal profession through research, scholarship, teaching, collaboration, and mentorship. The institute shall be an independent academic unit within the university of Toledo. (2) The university shall provide adequate and appropriate space for the institute as jointly determined by the director and either the president or provost of the university. The university shall not charge or assess overhead or indirect fees, costs, expenses, or charges to the institute. (B) The institute shall pursue all of the following goals: (1) To enrich the curriculum in American constitutional studies, including the core texts and great debates of western civilization; (2) To educate university students in the principles, ideals, and institutions of the American and Ohio constitutional order; (3) To educate university students in the foundations of responsible leadership and informed citizenship and to cultivate the next generation of leaders in the legal profession; (4) To offer university-wide programming related to the values of open inquiry and civil discourse; (5) To expand the intellectual diversity of the university's academic community and to create a rich forum for the development of ideas across the political and ideological spectrum; (6) To support faculty and graduate student scholarship that advances understanding of American constitutional thought and institutions; (7) To promote scholarly collaboration within the university and beyond; (8) To host lectures, debates, and symposia, and sponsor visiting scholars, jurists, and teachers. (C) The institute shall adhere to the following policies: (1) The institute shall educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth. (2) The institute shall equip students with the skills, habits, and dispositions of mind they need to reach their own informed conclusions on matters of legal, social, and political importance. (3) The institute shall value intellectual diversity in higher education, including in faculty recruitment, hiring, and appointment, and aspire to enhance the intellectual diversity of academic life at the university. (4) The institute shall create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the intellectual freedom of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and welcomes the differences of opinion that naturally occur in a public university community. (D)(1) The talent, compensation, and governance committee of the board of trustees of the university, if such a committee exists, shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a seven-member institute academic council. If no such committee exists, the board of trustees shall appoint members under this division. An initial member shall not begin service until confirmed by the senate. Four members shall form a quorum. (2) The academic council shall be comprised of scholars with relevant expertise and experience. Not more than one member of the council may be an employee of the university. Best efforts shall be made to have not fewer than three members of the council be from Ohio. (3) Three members of the academic council shall serve initial terms of two years and four members shall serve initial terms of four years, which the members shall determine at their first meeting, and select replacements for vacant seats. (4) To fill a vacancy for the institute director after the initial director, following a national search, the academic council shall transmit to the president a list of finalists from which the president shall select a director, subject to the approval of the talent, compensation, and governance committee of the board of trustees. (E)(1) The institute shall be led by a director who shall report directly to the president and provost of the university. The president of the university shall appoint the director. The director shall be an expert of the western tradition, the American founding, and American constitutional thought, and shall have shown a commitment to the purposes, goals, and policies of the institute. The director's term shall be for five years and shall be renewable. (2) The director shall have the protection of tenure or tenure eligibility. Any existing tenure with the university held by a director shall be maintained with the university. (F) The institute shall be an independent academic unit of the university with the authority to house tenure-track faculty who hold their appointments within the institute. Not fewer than five tenure-track faculty positions shall be allotted to the institute. Faculty appointed within the institute shall not be required, but may be permitted, to hold joint or courtesy appointments within any other division of the university. No faculty from outside the institute shall have the authority to block faculty hires into the institute. (G)(1) The director shall have the sole and exclusive authority to manage the recruitment and hiring process and to extend offers for employment for all faculty and staff, and to terminate employment of all staff. The director shall oversee, develop, and approve the institute's curriculum, including approval of the institute's courses that meet the university's general education requirements. The institute shall be granted the authority to offer courses and develop certificate, minor, major, and graduate programs, and offer degrees. (2) Employment contracts offered under division (G)(1) of this section to tenure-track faculty appointed to the institute shall guarantee reappointment elsewhere in the university, at the same rank and compensation, in the event the institute is discontinued. (H) The director of the institute shall submit an annual report to the board of trustees of the university and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report shall provide a full account of the institute's achievements, opportunities, challenges, and obstacles in the development of this academic unit. (I) The board of trustees of the university may change the name of the institute in accordance with the philanthropic naming policies and practices of the university. Last updated August 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.34
§ 3315.34. Promissory note of scholarship fund recipient - renewal of scholarship
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each person who receives a scholarship shall execute a promissory note which shall be endorsed by some responsible citizen, and shall deliver said note to the department of education and workforce or to its representative. Each such note shall be made payable to the treasurer of state for the amount of the quarterly or semi-annual payment, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum from the date of the note. The department shall hold said note until it has been paid or cancelled as prescribed in section 3315.35 of the Revised Code. Each person awarded a scholarship under the terms of sections 3315.33 to 3315.35 of the Revised Code shall be eligible upon the completion of satisfactory work during the first year, under rules and regulations promulgated by the department, to have the scholarship renewed for a period not to exceed one additional year. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.35
§ 3345.35. Course evaluation based on enrollment and duplication with other institutions
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 Senate Bill 135 - 134th General Assembly Not later than September 1, 2022, and by the first day of September of every third year thereafter, the board of trustees of each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall evaluate all courses and programs the institution offers based on enrollment and duplication of its courses and programs with those of other state institutions of higher education within a geographic region, as determined by the chancellor of higher education. For courses and programs with low enrollment, as defined by the chancellor, the board of trustees shall provide a summary of recommended actions, including consideration of collaboration with other state institutions of higher education. For duplicative programs, as defined by the chancellor, the board of trustees shall evaluate the benefits of collaboration with other institutions of higher education to deliver the program. Each board of trustees shall submit its findings under this section to the chancellor not later than thirty days after the completion of the evaluations or as part of submitting the annual efficiency report required pursuant to section 3333.95 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 27, 2022 at 12:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.15
§ 3357.15. State financial aid
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly Financial aid to a technical college from the state, to be used for the payment of operating costs of such college, shall be paid to the board of trustees of the technical college district in which such college is situated, only upon certification by the Ohio board of regents that such college is in condition to receive students and is operable and upon approval of its official plan and the issuance of a charter to such college as provided in section 3357.07 of the Revised Code. Financial aid for equipment may be paid to the board of trustees after approval of its official plan and issuance of a charter to such college. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.63
§ 3333.63. Meeting prior to making awards - proposal summary review
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The chancellor of higher education shall conduct at least one public meeting annually, prior to deciding awards under the choose Ohio first scholarship program. At the meeting, an employee of the chancellor shall summarize the proposals submitted for consideration, and each state university or college that has a proposal pending shall have the opportunity to review the summary of their proposal prepared by the chancellor's staff and answer questions or respond to concerns about the proposal raised by the chancellor's staff. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 12:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.32
§ 3301.32. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The chief administrator of any head start agency shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any applicant who has applied to the head start agency for employment as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. If the applicant does not present proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date upon which the criminal records check is requested or does not provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the applicant from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the chief administrator shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check for the applicant. If the applicant presents proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year period, the chief administrator may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) Any person required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall provide to each applicant a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, provide to each applicant a standard impression sheet to obtain fingerprint impressions prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, obtain the completed form and impression sheet from each applicant, and forward the completed form and impression sheet to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation at the time the chief administrator requests a criminal records check pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. (3) Any applicant who receives pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a copy of an impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section and who is requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information necessary to complete the form and shall provide the impression sheets with the impressions of the applicant's fingerprints. If an applicant, upon request, fails to provide the information necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the applicant's fingerprints, the head start agency shall not employ that applicant for any position for which a criminal records check is required by division (A)(1) of this section. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted by the director of children and youth in accordance with division (E) of this section, no head start agency shall employ a person as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child if the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2903.04 , 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2903.13 , 2903.16 , 2903.21 , 2903.34 , 2905.01 , 2905.02 , 2905.05 , 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , 2907.06 , 2907.07 , 2907.08 , 2907.09 , 2907.21 , 2907.22 , 2907.23 , 2907.25 , 2907.31 , 2907.32 , 2907.321 , 2907.322 , 2907.323 , 2911.01 , 2911.02 , 2911.11 , 2911.12 , 2919.12 , 2919.22 , 2919.24 , 2919.25 , 2923.12 , 2923.13 , 2923.161 , 2925.02 , 2925.03 , 2925.04 , 2925.05 , 2925.06 , or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation occurred prior to that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug possession offense, or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; (b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (2) A head start agency may employ an applicant conditionally until the criminal records check required by this section is completed and the agency receives the results of the criminal records check. If the results of the criminal records check indicate that, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the applicant does not qualify for employment, the agency shall release the applicant from employment. (C)(1) Each head start agency shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted in accordance with that section upon the request pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section of the chief administrator of the head start agency. (2) A head start agency may charge an applicant a fee for the costs it incurs in obtaining a criminal records check under this section. A fee charged under this division shall not exceed the amount of fees the agency pays under division (C)(1) of this section. If a fee is charged under this division, the agency shall notify the applicant at the time of the applicant's initial application for employment of the amount of the fee and that, unless the fee is paid, the head start agency will not consider the applicant for employment. (D) The report of any criminal records check conducted by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code and pursuant to a request made under division (A)(1) of this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check or the applicant's representative, the head start agency requesting the criminal records check or its representative, and any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with the denial of employment to the applicant. (E) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section, including rules specifying circumstances under which a head start agency may hire a person who has been convicted of an offense listed in division (B)(1) of this section but who meets standards in regard to rehabilitation set by the director. (F) Any person required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall inform each person, at the time of the person's initial application for employment, that the person is required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and that a criminal records check is required to be conducted and satisfactorily completed in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code if the person comes under final consideration for appointment or employment as a precondition to employment for that position. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for appointment or employment in a position with a head start agency as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. (2) "Head start agency" means an entity in this state that has been approved to be an agency for purposes of the "Head Start Act," 95 State 489 (1981), 42 U.S.C. 9831, as amended. (3) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (4) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.41
§ 3309.41. Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in Chapter 124. or 3319. of the Revised Code: (1) A disability benefit recipient whose benefit effective date was before January 7, 2013, shall retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from employment during the first five years following the effective date of a disability benefit. (2) A disability benefit recipient whose benefit effective date is on or after January 7, 2013, shall retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from employment during the first three years following the effective date of a disability benefit, except that, if the school employees retirement board has recommended medical treatment or vocational rehabilitation and the member is receiving treatment or rehabilitation acceptable to a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner, or consultant selected by the board, the board may permit the recipient to retain membership status and be considered on leave of absence from employment for up to five years following the effective date of a disability benefit. (B) The board shall require a disability benefit recipient to undergo an annual medical examination, except that the board may waive the medical examination if one or more of the board's physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse practitioners certify that the recipient's disability is ongoing. Should any disability benefit recipient refuse to submit to a medical examination, the recipient's disability benefit shall be suspended until withdrawal of the refusal. Should the refusal continue for one year, all the recipient's rights in and to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (C) On completion of the examination by one or more physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse practitioners selected by the board, the physician or nurse shall report and certify to the board whether the disability benefit recipient meets the applicable standard for termination of a disability benefit. If the recipient's benefit effective date is before January 7, 2013, or the benefit effective date is after January 7, 2013, and the recipient is considered on a leave of absence under division (A)(2) of this section, the standard for termination is that the recipient is no longer physically and mentally incapable of resuming the service from which the recipient was found disabled. If the recipient's benefit effective date is on or after January 7, 2013, and the recipient is not considered on a leave of absence under division (A)(2) of this section, the standard is that the recipient is not physically or mentally incapable of performing the duties of a position that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Replaces not less than seventy-five per cent of the member's final average salary, adjusted each year by the actual average increase in the consumer price index prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. City Average for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: "All Items 1982-84=100"); (2) Is reasonably to be found in the member's regional job market; (3) Is one that the member is qualified for by experience or education. If the board concurs in the report that the disability benefit recipient meets the applicable standard for termination of a disability benefit, the payment of the disability benefit shall be terminated not later than three months after the date of the board's concurrence or upon employment as an employee. If the leave of absence has not expired, the retirement board shall certify to the disability benefit recipient's last employer before being found disabled that the recipient is no longer physically and mentally incapable of resuming service that is the same or similar to that from which the recipient was found disabled. The employer shall restore the recipient to the recipient's previous position and salary or to a position and salary similar thereto not later than the first day of the first month following termination of the disability benefit, unless the recipient was dismissed or resigned in lieu of dismissal for dishonesty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony. (D) Each disability benefit recipient shall file with the board an annual statement of earnings, current medical information on the recipient's condition, and any other information required in rules adopted by the board. The board may waive the requirement that a disability benefit recipient file an annual statement of earnings or current medical information on the recipient's condition if one or more of the board's physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse practitioners certify that the recipient's disability is ongoing. The board shall annually examine the information submitted by the recipient. If a disability benefit recipient refuses to file the statement or information, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the statement and information are filed. If the refusal continues for one year, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (E) If a disability benefit recipient is employed by an employer covered by this chapter, the recipient's disability benefit shall cease. (F) If disability retirement under section 3309.40 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the annuity and pension reserves at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred to the employees' savings fund and the employers' trust fund, respectively. If the total disability benefit paid is less than the amount of the accumulated contributions of the member transferred into the annuity and pension reserve fund at the time of the member's disability retirement, the difference shall be transferred from the annuity and pension reserve fund to another fund as may be required. In determining the amount of a member's account following the termination of disability retirement for any reason, the amount paid shall be charged against the member's refundable account. If a disability allowance paid under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the reserve on the allowance at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred from that fund to the employers' trust fund. The board may terminate a disability benefit at the request of the recipient. (G) If a disability benefit is terminated and a former disability benefit recipient again becomes a contributor, other than as an other system retirant as defined in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, to this system, the public employees retirement system, or the state teachers retirement system, and completes an additional two years of service credit after the termination of the disability benefit, the former disability benefit recipient shall be entitled to receive up to two years of service credit for the period as a disability benefit recipient and may purchase service for the remaining period of the disability benefit. Total service credit received and purchased under this section shall not exceed the period of the disability benefit. For each year of credit purchased, the member shall pay to the system for credit to the member's accumulated account the sum of the following amounts: (1) The employee contribution rate in effect at the time the disability benefit commenced multiplied by the member's annual disability benefit; (2) The employer contribution rate in effect at the time the disability benefit commenced multiplied by the member's annual disability benefit; (3) Compound interest at a rate established by the board from the date the member is eligible to purchase the credit to the date of payment. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (H) If any employer employs any member who is receiving a disability benefit, the employer shall file notice of employment with the retirement board, designating the date of employment. In case the notice is not filed, the total amount of the benefit paid during the period of employment prior to notice shall be paid from amounts allocated under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code prior to its distribution to the school district in which the disability benefit recipient was so employed. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.641 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.641
§ 3313.641. Summer schools, adult classes, postgraduate instruction and other classes
Status: in_force

October 11, 2002 House Bill 407 - 124th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3313.48 and 3313.64 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may organize and operate a summer school, an evening or day school for adults and out-of-school youth, or technical school or institute for instruction beyond the high school, offer driver education courses in conformity with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code, or offer postgraduate work in any course of instruction to pupils who have completed the twelfth grade, which may be open to any pupil irrespective of age upon such terms and upon payment of such tuition as the board prescribes. Courses of instruction in basic literacy may be offered with or without tuition, as the board determines. (B) A board of education that operates an education program pursuant to this section, other than a summer school, that includes courses for which credit may be granted toward the issuance of a high school diploma under section 3313.61 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, authorize the superintendent of the district to assign to the program in accordance with this section, any student who has not successfully completed the curriculum of any high school or the individualized education program developed for the student by any high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code, who is at least eighteen years old, and who is being readmitted to school following expulsion or commitment to the department of youth services. Before making any such assignment, the superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall meet with the pupil to determine whether the pupil should be so assigned, and shall prepare a report on the superintendent's or designee's findings and determination. If based on the meeting or the designee's report the superintendent finds that the pupil should be placed in a program under this section, the superintendent shall make the assignment. Once assigned to a program, the student shall remain in it until the student is reassigned by the superintendent or leaves school. At least once in each academic term, the superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall review the program of each student assigned under this section and the superintendent shall, based on the review, make a determination of whether the student should remain in the program or be reassigned. Tuition shall not be charged for the attendance of any student assigned to a program pursuant to this division who is entitled under section 3313.64 of the Revised Code to attend the schools of the district without payment of tuition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.301
§ 3309.301. Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "paying system" and "transferring system" have the same meanings as in section 3309.35 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a member of the school employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service in the system, the public employees retirement system, or the state teachers retirement system who exempted self from membership in one or more of the systems pursuant to section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, may purchase credit for each year or portion of a year of service for which the member was exempted. (2) A member may not purchase credit under this section for service that was exempted from contribution under section 3309.23 of the Revised Code and subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. (C) Upon receipt of a request from a member eligible to purchase credit under this section and certification of the member's service and compensation from the employer for which the exempt service was performed, the school employees retirement system shall determine the amount of credit the member is eligible to purchase in accordance with divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section. (1) If the credit to be purchased is for service exempted under section 3309.23 or former section 3309.25 of the Revised Code, determine the amount of credit that would have been earned had the service not been exempt. (2) If the credit to be purchased is for service exempted under section 145.03 or 3307.24 , or former section 3307.25 of the Revised Code, request certification from the applicable retirement system that the service was exempt and the amount of service credit that would have been earned had the service not been exempt. (D) For each year or portion of a year of credit purchased under this section, a member shall pay to the retirement system an amount determined by multiplying the member's compensation for the twelve months of contributing service preceding the month in which the member applies to purchase the credit by a percentage rate established by rule of the school employees retirement board adopted under division (H) of this section. (E) Subject to board rules, a member may purchase all or part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under this section in one or more payments. If the member purchases the credit in more than one payment, compound interest at a rate specified by rule of the board shall be charged on the balance remaining after the first payment is made. (F) Credit purchasable under this section shall not exceed one year of service for any twelve-month period. If the period of service for which credit is purchasable under this section is concurrent with a period of service that will be used to calculate a retirement benefit from this system, the public employees retirement system, or the state teachers retirement system, the amount of the credit shall be adjusted in accordance with rules adopted by the school employees retirement board. A member who is also a member of the public employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system shall purchase credit for any service for which the member exempted self under section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, from the retirement system in which the member has the greatest number of years of service credit. If the member receives benefits under section 3309.35 of the Revised Code, the state retirement system that is the paying system under that section shall receive from the system or systems that are the transferring systems the amounts paid by the member for purchase of credit for exempt service plus interest at the actuarial assumption rate of the transferring system. The interest shall be for the period beginning on the date of the member's last payment for purchase of the credit and ending on the date of the member's retirement. (G) If a member dies or withdraws from service, any payment made by the member under this section shall be considered as accumulated contributions of the member. (H) The retirement board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3331.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3331 / § 3331.12
§ 3331.12. Proof of lawful age of employed child
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 402 - 124th General Assembly When any officer charged with the enforcement of child labor laws discovers any child who in the officer's judgment is under fourteen years of age employed by a person who is not the parent or guardian of such child, the officer may cause such child to discontinue employment until satisfactory proof of lawful age is furnished.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.47
§ 3307.47. Recovering erroneous payments
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly (A) If a person is paid any benefit or payment by the state teachers retirement system under the plans described in section 3307.031 of the Revised Code or under section 3307.371 of the Revised Code to which the person is not entitled, the benefit shall be repaid to the system by the person. If the person fails to make the repayment, the system shall withhold the amount due from any benefit due the person or the person's beneficiary under this chapter. (B) If an alternate payee under section 3307.371 of the Revised Code fails to make a repayment required by division (A) of this section, the system may withhold the amount due from any benefit due the retirant who was subject to the order under which the alternate payee was paid or due a survivor or beneficiary of the retirant. (C) If a survivor or beneficiary of a retirant fails to make a repayment required by division (A) of this section, the system may withhold the amount due from any benefit or payment due any other survivor or beneficiary of the retirant receiving benefits or payments under this chapter. (D) If a child support enforcement agency fails to repay an overpayment of child support, the system may withhold the amount due from any benefit due a survivor or beneficiary of the retirant who was subject to the child support order. (E) If a person receives any payment pursuant to section 3307.39 of the Revised Code to which the person is not entitled, including any payment to a third party on the person's behalf, the payment to which the person is not entitled shall be repaid to the retirement system. If the person or third party fails to make the repayment, the retirement system shall withhold the amount due, or portion of the amount due, from any payment or benefit due the person or person's beneficiary under this chapter. (F) The retirement system may collect amounts due under this chapter in any other manner the system considers appropriate, as provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3324.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3324 / § 3324.10
§ 3324.10. Model student acceleration policy
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall adopt a model student acceleration policy addressing recommendations in the former department of education's 2005 study conducted under the gifted research and demonstration grant program. The policy shall address, but not be limited to, whole grade acceleration, subject area acceleration, and early high school graduation. (B) The board of education of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall implement a student acceleration policy to take effect beginning in the 2006-2007 school year. The policy shall either be the model adopted by the department under division (A) of this section or a policy covering similar issues that is adopted by the district board. If the district board does not adopt the department's model, it shall submit its policy to the department for review and approval. The department, upon request, shall provide technical assistance to the district board in developing the policy. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3343.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3343 / § 3343.05
§ 3343.05. Powers and duties of board of trustees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of trustees of Central state university shall take, keep, and maintain exclusive authority, direction, supervision, and control over the operations and conduct of such university, so as to assure for said university the best attainable results with the aid secured to it from the state. The board shall provide courses of study in accordance with the standards of the department of education and workforce, and create, establish, provide for, and maintain such industrial, vocational, agricultural, home economics, commercial, business administration, technical, and collegiate subjects leading to the bachelors degree in arts and sciences. The board may provide for other courses and degrees. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.074 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.074
§ 3301.074. Licenses for school district treasurers and business managers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the state board of education shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish standards for licensing school district treasurers and business managers, for the renewal of such licenses, and for the issuance of duplicate copies of licenses. Licenses of the following types shall be issued or renewed by the board to applicants who meet the standards for the license or the renewal of the license for which application is made: (1) Treasurer, valid for serving as treasurer of a school district in accordance with section 3313.22 of the Revised Code; (2) Business manager, valid for serving as business manager of a school district in accordance with section 3319.03 of the Revised Code. (B) Each application for a license or renewal or duplicate copy of a license shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount established under division (B) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code. Any fees received under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund established in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code. (C) Any person employed under section 3313.22 of the Revised Code as a treasurer on July 1, 1983, shall be considered to meet the standards for licensure as a treasurer and for renewal of such license. Any person employed under section 3319.03 of the Revised Code as a business manager on July 1, 1983, shall be considered to meet the standards for licensure as a business manager and for renewal of such license. (D) Any person applying for or holding any license pursuant to this section is subject to sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code and sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code. (E) The state board shall issue a license to act as a school district treasurer or business manager in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a school district treasurer or business manager in a state that does not issue one of those licenses or both. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.121
§ 3301.121. Adjudication procedure to determine whether to permanently exclude pupil
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) In addition to the duties and responsibilities of the director of education and workforce set forth in section 3301.12 of the Revised Code, the director, in accordance with this section and section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, shall conduct an adjudication procedure to determine whether to permanently exclude from attending any of the public schools of this state any pupil who is the subject of a resolution forwarded to the director by a board of education pursuant to division (D) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, within fourteen days after receipt of a resolution forwarded by a board of education pursuant to division (D) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, the director or the director's designee shall provide the pupil who is the subject of the resolution and that pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian with a notice of an opportunity for an adjudication hearing on the proposed permanent exclusion of the pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state. The notice shall include all of the following: (a) The date, time, and place of the permanent exclusion adjudication hearing; (b) A statement informing the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian that the pupil may attend the adjudication hearing at the date, time, and place set forth in the notice, that the failure of the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian to attend the adjudication hearing will result in a waiver of the pupil's right to present evidence, testimony, and factors in mitigation of the pupil's permanent exclusion at an adjudication hearing on the proposed permanent exclusion, and that the pupil shall be accorded all of the following rights: (i) The right to testify, to present evidence and the testimony of witnesses, and to confront, cross-examine, and compel the attendance of witnesses; (ii) The right to a record of the hearing; (iii) The right to written findings. (c) A statement informing the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian that the pupil has the right to be represented by counsel at the adjudication hearing. (d) A statement informing the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian that, if the pupil by failing to attend the hearing waives the pupil's right to present evidence, testimony, and factors in mitigation of the pupil's permanent exclusion at an adjudication hearing on the proposed permanent exclusion, the director is required to review the information relevant to the permanent exclusion that is available to the director and is permitted to enter an order requiring the pupil's permanent exclusion from attending any of the public schools of this state at any time within seven days after the conclusion of the adjudication hearing. (2) The director or the director's designee shall provide the notice required by division (B)(1) of this section to the pupil and to the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian by certified mail or personal service. (3)(a) If a pupil who is the subject of a resolution forwarded to the director by a board of education pursuant to section 3313.662 of the Revised Code is in the custody of the department of youth services pursuant to a disposition under any provision of Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code, other than division (A)(1)(a) of section 2152.16 of the Revised Code, at the time the resolution is forwarded, the department shall notify in writing the director and the board of education that forwarded the resolution of that fact. Upon receipt of the notice, the director shall delay providing the notice required by division (B)(1) of this section and the adjudication of the request for permanent exclusion until the director receives further notice from the department pursuant to division (B)(3)(b) of this section. (b) At least sixty days before a pupil described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section will be released from institutionalization or institutionalization in a secure facility by the department of youth services, the department shall notify in writing the director and the board of education that forwarded the resolution pursuant to section 3313.662 of the Revised Code of the impending release and shall provide in that notice information regarding the extent of the education the pupil received while in the custody of the department, including whether the pupil has obtained a certificate of high school equivalence. If the pupil has not obtained a certificate of high school equivalence while in the custody of the department of youth services, the director shall provide the notice required by division (B)(1) of this section and, at least thirty days before the pupil is to be released from institutionalization or institutionalization in a secure facility, conduct an adjudication procedure to determine whether to permanently exclude the pupil from attending the public schools of this state in accordance with this section. If the pupil has obtained a certificate of high school equivalence while in the custody of the department, the director, in the director's discretion, may conduct the adjudication. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the date of the adjudication hearing set forth in the notice required by division (B)(1) of this section shall be a date no less than fourteen days nor more than twenty-one days from the date the director sends the notice by certified mail or initiates personal service of the notice. (2) The director, for good cause shown on the written request of the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian, or on the director's own motion, may grant reasonable continuances of any adjudication hearing held under this section but shall not grant either party total continuances in excess of ten days. (3) If a pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian does not appear at the adjudication hearing on a proposed permanent exclusion, the director or the referee appointed by the director shall proceed to conduct an adjudication hearing on the proposed permanent exclusion on the date for the adjudication hearing that is set forth in the notice provided pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section or on the date to which the hearing was continued pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section. (D)(1) The director or a referee appointed by the director may conduct an adjudication hearing to determine whether to permanently exclude a pupil in one of the following counties: (a) The county in which the director holds the director's office; (b) Upon the request of the pupil or the pupil's parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney, in the county in which the board of education that forwarded the resolution requesting the permanent exclusion is located if the director, in the director's discretion and upon consideration of evidence of hardship presented on behalf of the requesting pupil, determines that the hearing should be conducted in that county. (2) The director or a referee appointed by the director shall conduct an adjudication hearing on a proposed permanent exclusion of a pupil. The referee may be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state but shall not be an attorney that represents the board of education that forwarded the resolution requesting the permanent exclusion. (3) The director or referee who conducts an adjudication hearing under this section may administer oaths, issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and evidence, and enforce the subpoenas by a contempt proceeding in the court of common pleas as provided by law. The director or referee may require the separation of witnesses and may bar from the proceedings any person whose presence is not essential to the proceedings. (4) The director shall request the department of rehabilitation and correction, the sheriff, the department of youth services, or any publicly funded out-of-home care entity that has legal custody of a pupil who is the subject of an adjudication hearing held pursuant to this section to transport the pupil to the place of the adjudication hearing at the time and date set for the hearing. The department, sheriff, or publicly funded out-of-home care entity that receives the request shall provide transportation for the pupil who is the subject of the adjudication hearing to the place of the hearing at the time and date set for the hearing. The department, sheriff, or entity shall pay the cost of transporting the pupil to and from the hearing. (E)(1) An adjudication hearing held pursuant to this section shall be adversary in nature, shall be conducted fairly and impartially, and may be conducted without the formalities of a criminal proceeding. A pupil whose permanent exclusion is being adjudicated has the right to be represented by counsel at the adjudication hearing. If the pupil has the financial capacity to retain counsel, the director or the referee is not required to provide counsel for the pupil. At the adjudication hearing, the pupil also has the right to cross-examine witnesses against the pupil, to testify, to present evidence and the testimony of witnesses on the pupil's behalf, and to raise factors in mitigation of the pupil's being permanently excluded. (2) In an adjudication hearing held pursuant to this section and section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, a representative of the school district of the board of education that adopted and forwarded the resolution requesting the permanent exclusion of the pupil shall present the case for permanent exclusion to the director or the referee. The representative of the school district may be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state. At the adjudication hearing, the representative of the school district shall present evidence in support of the requested permanent exclusion. The director or the director's designee shall consider the entire school record of the pupil who is the subject of the adjudication and shall consider any of the following information that is available: (a) The academic record of the pupil and a record of any extracurricular activities in which the pupil previously was involved; (b) The disciplinary record of the pupil and any available records of the pupil's prior behavioral problems other than the behavioral problems contained in the disciplinary record; (c) The social history of the pupil; (d) The pupil's response to the imposition of prior discipline and sanctions imposed for behavioral problems; (e) Evidence regarding the seriousness of and any aggravating factors related to the offense that is the basis of the resolution seeking permanent exclusion; (f) Any mitigating circumstances surrounding the offense that gave rise to the request for permanent exclusion; (g) Evidence regarding the probable danger posed to the health and safety of other pupils or of school employees by the continued presence of the pupil in a public school setting; (h) Evidence regarding the probable disruption of the teaching of any school district's graded course of study by the continued presence of the pupil in a public school setting; (i) Evidence regarding the availability of alternative sanctions of a less serious nature than permanent exclusion that would enable the pupil to remain in a public school setting without posing a significant danger to the health and safety of other pupils or of school employees and without posing a threat of the disruption of the teaching of any district's graded course of study. (3) In any adjudication hearing conducted pursuant to this section and section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, a court order that proves the adjudication or conviction that is the basis for the resolution of the board of education seeking permanent exclusion is sufficient evidence to prove that the pupil committed a violation as specified in division (F)(1) of this section. (4) The director or the referee shall make or cause to be made a record of any adjudication hearing conducted pursuant to this section. (5) A referee who conducts an adjudication hearing pursuant to this section shall promptly report the referee's findings in writing to the director at the conclusion of the adjudication hearing. (F) If an adjudication hearing is conducted or a determination is made pursuant to this section and section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, the director shall review and consider the evidence presented, the entire school record of the pupil, and any available information described in divisions (E)(2)(a) to (i) of this section and shall not enter an order of permanent exclusion unless the director or the appointed referee finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, both of the following: (1) That the pupil was convicted of or adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation listed in division (A) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Code and that the violation was committed when the child was sixteen years of age or older; (2) That the pupil's continued attendance in the public school system may endanger the health and safety of other pupils or school employees. (G)(1) Within seven days after the conclusion of an adjudication hearing that is conducted pursuant to this section, the director shall enter an order in relation to the permanent exclusion of the pupil who is the subject of the hearing or determination. (2) If the director or a referee makes the findings described in divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section, the director shall issue a written order that permanently excludes the pupil from attending any of the public schools of this state and immediately shall send a written notice of the order to the board of education that forwarded the resolution, to the pupil who was the subject of the resolution, to that pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian, and to that pupil's attorney, that includes all of the following: (a) A copy of the order of permanent exclusion; (b) A statement informing the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian of the pupil's right to appeal the order of permanent exclusion pursuant to division (H) of this section and of the possible revocation of the permanent exclusion pursuant to division (I) of this section if a final judicial determination reverses the conviction or adjudication that was the basis for the permanent exclusion; (c) A statement informing the pupil and the pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian of the provisions of divisions (F), (G), and (H) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Code. (3) If the director or a referee does not make the findings described in divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section, the director shall issue a written order that rejects the resolution of the board of education and immediately shall send written notice of that fact to the board of education that forwarded the resolution, to the pupil who was the subject of the proposed resolution, and to that pupil's parent, guardian, or custodian. (H) A pupil may appeal an order of permanent exclusion made by the director pursuant to this section and section 3313.662 of the Revised Code to the court of common pleas of the county in which the board of education that forwarded the resolution requesting the permanent exclusion is located. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. (I) If a final judicial determination reverses the conviction or adjudication that is the basis of a permanent exclusion ordered under this section, the director, upon receipt of a certified copy of an order reflecting that final determination from the pupil or that pupil's parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney, shall revoke the order of permanent exclusion. (J) As used in this section: (1) "Permanently exclude" and "permanent exclusion" have the same meanings as in section 3313.662 of the Revised Code. (2) "Out-of-home care" and "legal custody" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (3) "Certificate of high school equivalence" has the same meaning as in section 4109.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.06
§ 3357.06. Board of trustees - oath, election of officers
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly Each member of the board of trustees of a technical college district, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of his office. The board shall meet upon call by the trustee first appointed by the governor. The trustee who calls the meetings shall serve as temporary chairman. Members of the board shall proceed immediately to elect from among them a chairman of the board and such other officers as they deem necessary. The board shall elect a secretary of the technical college district, to serve at its pleasure. The board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep records of all its proceedings, which records shall be open for public inspection. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the board may act on any matter by majority vote of its whole membership. The board may designate in its rules and regulations matters of an administrative nature which may be acted upon by a vote of a majority of those present when a quorum is in session. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but may be paid for their necessary expenses when engaged in the business of the board. The board of trustees of a technical college district may adopt rules and regulations governing its own proceedings, and shall designate the permanent principal place of business of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.24
§ 3307.24. Denying membership to certain classes of teachers
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly The state teachers retirement board may deny the right to contribute or the right to become members to any class of teachers whose compensation is partly paid by the state, who are not serving on a per annum basis, who are on a temporary basis, or who are not required to have an educator license or registration, and it may also make optional with teachers in any such class their right to contribute, or their right to individual entrance into membership. The state teachers retirement board may at any time deny the right to contribute or the right to membership to any teacher whose compensation, though disbursed by an employer, is reimbursed to the employer, in whole or in part, from other than public funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.81
§ 3309.81. Establishment and administration of defined contribution plan
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 341 - 129th General Assembly The school employees retirement board may establish one or more plans consisting of benefit options that provide for an individual account for each participating member and under which benefits are based solely on the amounts that have accumulated in the account. The plans may include options under which a member participating in a plan may receive definitely determinable benefits. Each plan established under this section shall meet the requirements of sections 3309.81 to 3309.98 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted in accordance with section 3309.80 of the Revised Code. It may include life insurance, annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, pooled investment funds, or other forms of investment. The board may administer the plans, enter into contracts with other entities to administer the plans, or both.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.262 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.262
§ 3309.262. Proceedings on request for restoration of service credit
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly After receiving a request from the public employees retirement system under division (A) of section 145.311 or the state teachers retirement system under division (A) of section 3307.711 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement system shall do both of the following: (A) Calculate and certify to the requesting retirement system the cost to a former member to restore service credit under section 3309.26 of the Revised Code for each year or portion of a year for which the former member seeks to purchase service credit under that section. (B) Inform the requesting retirement system of the rate of interest charged to a member under a payroll deduction plan authorized under section 3309.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.73
§ 3307.73. Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "paying system" and "transferring system" have the same meanings as in section 3307.57 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has at least eighteen months of contributing service in the system, the public employees retirement system, or school employees retirement system who chose to be exempted from membership in one or more of the systems pursuant to section 145.03 , or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, may purchase credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for each year or portion of a year of service for which the member was exempted. (2) A member may not purchase credit for service that was exempted from contribution under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code and subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. (C) Credit described in this section shall not exceed one year of service for any twelve-month period. If the period of service for which credit is purchasable is concurrent with a period of service that will be used to calculate a retirement benefit from this system, the public employees retirement system, or school employees retirement system, the amount of the credit shall be adjusted in accordance with rules adopted by the board. (D) A member who is also a member of the public employees retirement system or school employees retirement system shall purchase credit for any service for which the member exempted the member's self under section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, from the retirement system in which the member has the greatest number of years of service credit. If the member receives benefits under section 3307.57 of the Revised Code, the system that is the paying system under that section shall receive from the system or systems that are the transferring systems the amounts paid by the member for purchase of credit for exempt service plus interest at the actuarial assumption rate of the transferring system. The interest shall be for the period beginning on the date of the member's last payment for purchase of the credit and ending on the date of the member's retirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.7115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.7115
§ 3313.7115. Procurement of glucagon, qualified immunity - school districts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon for each school operated by the district to have on the school premises for use in emergency situations identified under division (D)(5) of this section by doing one of the following: (1) Having a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, acting in accordance with section 4723.4811 , 4730.437 , or 4731.92 of the Revised Code, personally furnish the injectable or nasally administered glucagon to the school or school district or issue a prescription for the drug in the name of the school or district; (2) Having the district's superintendent obtain a prescriber-issued protocol that includes definitive orders for injectable or nasally administered glucagon and the dosages to be administered. A district board that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section is encouraged to maintain, at all times, at least two doses of the drug at each school operated by the district. (C) A district board that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall require the district's superintendent to adopt a policy governing maintenance and use of the drug. Before adopting the policy, the superintendent shall consult with a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs. (D) The policy adopted under division (C) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the one or more locations in each school operated by the district in which injectable or nasally administered glucagon must be stored; (2) Specify the conditions under which injectable or nasally administered glucagon must be stored, replaced, and disposed; (3) Specify the individuals employed by or under contract with the district board, in addition to a school nurse licensed under section 3319.221 of the Revised Code or an athletic trainer licensed under Chapter 4755. of the Revised Code, who may access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon in an emergency situation identified under division (D)(5) of this section; (4) Specify any training that employees or contractors specified under division (D)(3) of this section, other than a school nurse or athletic trainer, must complete before being authorized to access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon; (5) Identify the emergency situations in which a school nurse, athletic trainer, or other employees or contractors specified under division (D)(3) of this section may access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon; (6) Specify that assistance from an emergency medical service provider must be requested immediately after a dose of glucagon is administered; (7) Specify the individuals, if any, in addition to students, to whom a dose of glucagon may be administered in an emergency situation specified under division (D)(5) of this section. (E)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: (a) A school or school district; (b) A member of a district board of education; (c) A district or school employee or contractor; (d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes injectable or nasally administered glucagon, consults with a superintendent, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a school or school district, member of a district board of education, district or school employee or contractor, or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (F) A school district board of education may accept donations of injectable or nasally administered glucagon from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase the drug. (G) A district board that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and each occurrence in which a dose of the drug is used from a school's supply. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.181
§ 3315.181. Sources of revenue for capital and maintenance fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "securities" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3315.18 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district, in meeting the amount required by that division to be deposited in the district's capital and maintenance fund, may replace general fund revenues with proceeds received from a permanent improvement levy authorized by section 5705.21 of the Revised Code only to the extent the proceeds are available to be used for the acquisition, replacement, enhancement, maintenance, or repair of permanent improvements as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. In addition, the board may replace general fund revenues with proceeds received from any of the following sources in meeting the amount required by that division to be deposited in the fund: (A) Proceeds received from any securities whose use is limited to the acquisition, replacement, enhancement, maintenance, or repair of permanent improvements; (B) Insurance proceeds received as a result of the damage to or theft or destruction of a permanent improvement to the extent a board of education places the proceeds in a separate fund for the acquisition, replacement, enhancement, maintenance, or repair of permanent improvements; (C) Proceeds received from the sale of a permanent improvement to the extent the proceeds are paid into a separate fund for the construction or acquisition of permanent improvements; (D) Proceeds received from a tax levy authorized by section 3318.06 of the Revised Code to the extent the proceeds are available to be used for the maintenance of capital facilities; (E) Proceeds of certificates of participation issued as part of a lease-purchase agreement entered into under section 3313.375 of the Revised Code; (F) Proceeds of any school district income tax levied under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code for permanent improvements, to the extent the proceeds are available for the acquisition, replacement, enhancement, maintenance, or repair of permanent improvements. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.90
§ 3375.90. Formation of regional library system
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly Public libraries in two or more counties, or four or more libraries, including two or more types, within a metropolitan area, as defined by the state library board, may form a regional library system by agreement in the manner set forth in this section. (A) The libraries authorized to form a regional library system may include any of the following types of libraries: academic, public, special, and school, including cooperative ventures established by two or more school districts. For the purposes of this section, those libraries may be serving the general public, public or private schools, colleges or universities, or a profession, occupation, or business. An agreement for the formation of a regional library system shall first be approved by the governing bodies of the participating libraries. For the purposes of this section, the governing body of a library means the board of trustees of a public library, the board of education of a public school or school system if the library is a public school library, or otherwise the board of trustees or directors or other recognized governing board or committee of any private school, college, university, association, or union, public or private, which provides, controls, or maintains a library that is intended to be a participating library. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, the agreement and an application for the formation of the regional library system shall be submitted to the state library board in the form and in accordance with rules prescribed by the state library board, with a plan of service describing the specific purposes for which the system is formed and the means by which those purposes are to be accomplished. (C) Upon approval of the application by the state library board and the making by that board or some other authority or authorities of a grant or grants for the system, the regional library system shall become operable. The state library board shall approve no more than seven regional library systems. A regional library system shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of at least seven and no more than fifteen persons, to be selected from among the representatives of the participating libraries, duly appointed as such representatives by the governing bodies of the participating libraries. The number of trustees, the manner of selection, the terms of office, and the provisions for filling vacancies shall be determined by the agreement between the governing bodies of the participating libraries and shall be set forth in the application submitted to the state library board. Nothing pertaining to the organization and operation of a regional library system shall be construed to infringe upon the autonomy of any participating library or of the governing body of any library. (D) No area library service organization or metropolitan library system in existence on March 30, 1999, shall be required to submit a new agreement and application to the state library board in order to continue operation as a regional library system on and after that date. Any agreement that applied under this section immediately prior to March 30, 1999, to an area library service organization or metropolitan library system that continues operation as a regional library system under this division shall continue to govern the applicable regional library system to the extent authorized by sections 3375.90 to 3375.93 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.03
§ 3323.03. Standards and procedures for identification, location, and evaluation of children with disabilities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall, in consultation with the department of health, the department of mental health and addiction services, and the department of developmental disabilities, establish standards and procedures for the identification, location, and evaluation of all children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the state and children with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services. The department of education and workforce shall develop and implement a practical method to determine which children with disabilities are currently receiving needed special education and related services. In conducting the evaluation, the board of education of each school district shall use a variety of assessment tools and strategies to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information about the child, including information provided by the child's parent. The board of education of each school district, in consultation with the county board of developmental disabilities, the county family and children first council, and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of each county in which the school district has territory, shall identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities residing within the district to determine which children with disabilities are not receiving appropriate special education and related services. In addition, the board of education of each school district, in consultation with such county boards or council, shall identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located within the public school district, without regard to where those children reside in accordance with rules or guidelines of the department of education and workforce. Each county board of developmental disabilities, county family and children first council, and board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and the board's or council's contract agencies may transmit to boards of education the names and addresses of children with disabilities who are not receiving appropriate special education and related services. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.04
§ 3311.04. Exempted village school district defined
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly Each school district known as an exempted village school district on September 16, 1943, shall be known as an "exempted village school district" and shall continue to be known as an exempted village school district until it has lost its identity as a separate school district or has acquired a different styling as provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.54
§ 3335.54. Regulations
Status: in_force

September 14, 1961 House Bill 996 - 104th General Assembly The board of trustees of the Ohio state university may establish by regulation the standards and processes for admission or rejection, retention, or dismissal of all persons admitted or applying for admission to the Ohio rehabilitation center and may provide by regulation for defraying the cost of rehabilitation of persons who are unable to pay all or part of such cost.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.023
§ 3345.023. Denial of benefits to religious student group prohibited
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) No state institution of higher education shall take any action or enforce any policy that would deny a religious student group any benefit available to any other student group based on the religious student group's requirement that its leaders or members adhere to its sincerely held religious beliefs or standards of conduct. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Benefits" include, without limitation: (a) Recognition; (b) Registration; (c) The use of facilities of the state institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes, subject to section 3345.021 of the Revised Code; (d) The use of channels of communication of the state institution of higher education; (e) Funding sources that are otherwise available to any other student group in the state institution of higher education. (2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.181
§ 3304.181. Solicitation of additional funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If the total of all funds available from nonfederal sources to support the activities of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency does not comply with the expenditure requirements of 34 C.F.R. 361.60 and 361.62 for those activities or would cause the state to lose an allotment or fail to receive a reallotment under 34 C.F.R. 361.65, the agency may solicit additional funds from, and enter into agreements for the use of those funds with, private or public entities, including local government entities of this state. The agency may continue to solicit additional funds and enter into agreements until the total funding available is sufficient for the agency to receive federal funds at the maximum amount and in the most advantageous proportion possible. Any agreement entered into between the agency and a private or public entity to provide funds under this section shall be in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 361.28 and section 3304.182 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.44
§ 3318.44. Generating district's portion of basic project cost
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) A joint vocational school district board of education may generate the school district's portion of the basic project cost of its project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code using any combination of the following means if lawfully employed for the acquisition of classroom facilities: (1) The issuance of securities in accordance with Chapter 133. and section 3311.20 of the Revised Code; (2) Local donated contributions as authorized under section 3318.084 of the Revised Code; (3) A levy for permanent improvements under section 3311.21 or 5705.21 of the Revised Code; (4) Bonds issued pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) By resolution adopted by a majority of all its members, a school district board, in order to pay all or part of the school district's portion of its basic project cost, or portions or components of classroom facilities that are not included in the school district's basic project cost but that are related to the school district's project, may apply the proceeds of a tax levied under either section 3311.21 of the Revised Code for ten years or section 5705.21 of the Revised Code for a continuing period of time, if the proceeds of that levy lawfully may be used for general construction, renovation, repair, or maintenance of classroom facilities to pay debt charges on and financing costs related to bonds issued to pay all or part of the school district portion of the basic project cost of the school district's project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, or portions or components of classroom facilities that are not included in the school district's basic project cost but that are related to the school district's project, or to generate an amount equivalent to all or part of the amount required under section 3318.43 of the Revised Code to be used for maintenance of classroom facilities acquired under the project. Bonds issued under this division shall be Chapter 133. securities, and may be issued as general obligation securities, but the issuance of the bonds shall not be subject to a vote of the electors of the school district as long as the tax proceeds earmarked for payment of the debt charges on the bonds may lawfully be used for that purpose. Such bonds shall not be included in the calculation of net indebtedness under section 133.06 of the Revised Code if the resolution authorizing their issuance includes covenants to appropriate annually, from lawfully available proceeds of a property tax levied under either section 3311.21 or 5705.21 of the Revised Code, and to continue to levy that tax in amounts necessary to pay the debt charges on and financing costs related to the bonds as they become due. No property tax levied under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code that is pledged, or that the school district has covenanted to levy, collect, and appropriate annually to pay the debt charges on and financing costs related to the bonds under this section may be repealed while those bonds are outstanding. If such a tax is reduced by electors of the district or by the board of education while the bonds are outstanding, the board of education shall continue to levy and collect the tax under the authority of the original election authorizing the tax at a rate in each year that the board reasonably estimates will produce an amount in that year equal to the debt charges on the bonds in that year. No state moneys shall be released for a project to which this division applies until the proceeds of any bonds issued under this division that are dedicated for payment of the school district's portion of the basic project cost are first deposited into the school district's project construction fund. (C) A school district board of education may adopt a resolution proposing that any of the following questions be combined with a question specified in section 3318.45 of the Revised Code: (1) A bond issue question under section 133.18 of the Revised Code; (2) A tax levy question under section 3311.21 of the Revised Code; (3) A tax levy question under either section 3311.21 or 5705.21 of the Revised Code. Any question described in divisions (C)(1) to (3) of this section that is combined with a question proposed under section 3318.45 of the Revised Code shall be for the purpose of either paying for any permanent improvement, as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, or generating operating revenue specifically for the facilities acquired under the school district's project under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code or for both to the extent such purposes are permitted by the sections of law under which each is proposed. (D) The board of education of a joint vocational school district that receives assistance under this section may enter into an agreement for joint issuance of bonds as provided for in section 3318.085 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.23
§ 3349.23. Agreement with board of directors of municipal university
Status: in_force

October 21, 1959 House Bill 753 - 103rd General Assembly In any county in which a municipal university is situated, the county may, or any township or any municipal corporation, together or separately, for no part of which township or municipal corporation an agreement has been entered into under the provisions of section 3349.241 of the Revised Code, may, enter into an agreement with the board of directors of such municipal university for participation by such county, township, or municipal corporation in the development, maintenance, and operation of such municipal university.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.23
§ 3345.23. Dismissal of convicted student, faculty or staff member, or employee - reinstatement
Status: in_force

September 6, 1996 Senate Bill 239 - 121st General Assembly (A) The conviction of a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, of any offense covered by division (D) of this section, automatically effects the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's dismissal from such college or university, except as provided in division (E) of this section. A student dismissed pursuant to this section may be readmitted or admitted to any other college or university which receives state funds in support thereof, in the discretion of the board of trustees, but only upon the lapse of one calendar year following the student's dismissal, and only upon terms of strict disciplinary probation. The contract, if any, of a faculty or staff member or employee dismissed pursuant to this section is terminated thereby. A faculty or staff member or employee dismissed pursuant to this section may be re-employed by any such college or university, in the discretion of the board of trustees, but only upon the lapse of one calendar year following the faculty or staff member's or employee's dismissal. (B) Upon conviction of a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, of any offense covered by division (D) of this section, the court shall immediately notify the college or university of such conviction. The president, or other administrative official designated by the board of trustees, shall immediately notify such person of the person's dismissal. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail to the person's address as shown in both the court and the university records. If such person has been suspended pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code, and not permitted to return to the college or university, the period of the person's dismissal shall run from the date of such suspension. (C) No degrees or honors shall be conferred upon, no instructional credit or grades shall be given to, and no student assistance, scholarship funds, salaries, or wages shall be paid or credited to any student, faculty or staff member, or employee, in respect of the period such person is properly under dismissal pursuant to this section or under suspension pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code. (D) Without limiting the grounds for dismissal, suspension, or other disciplinary action against a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, the commission of an offense of violence as defined in division (A)(9)(a) of section 2901.01 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent offense under a municipal ordinance, which offense is committed on or affects persons or property on such college or university, or which offense is committed in the immediate vicinity of a college or university with respect to which an emergency has been declared and is in effect pursuant to section 3345.26 of the Revised Code, is cause for dismissal pursuant to this section or for suspension pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code. Criminal cases resulting from arrests for offenses covered by division (D) of this section shall take precedence over all civil matters and proceedings and over all other criminal cases. (E) If a final judicial determination results in an acquittal, or if the conviction is reversed on appeal, the student, faculty or staff member, or employee shall be reinstated and the college or university shall expunge the record of the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's dismissal from the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's college or university records, and the dismissal shall be deemed never to have occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3323 / § 3323.30
§ 3323.30. Center for autism and low incidence
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly As used in sections 3323.31 to 3323.35 of the Revised Code, "autism and low incidence disabilities" includes any of the following: (A) Autism; (B) Hearing impairment; (C) Multiple disabilities; (D) Orthopedic disability; (E) Other health impairment; (F) Traumatic brain injury; (G) Visual impairment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3329.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3329 / § 3329.10
§ 3329.10. Superintendent, supervisor, principal, or teacher not to act as sales agent for textbooks or equipment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A superintendent, supervisor, principal, or teacher employed by any board of education shall not act as sales agent, either directly or indirectly, for any person, firm, or corporation that files school textbooks or electronic textbooks with the department of education and workforce, or that sells school apparatus or equipment of any kind for use in the public schools. A violation of this section shall work a forfeiture of their licenses to teach in the public schools. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:51 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.6412 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.6412
§ 3313.6412. Internet- or computer-based school student automatic withdrawal
Status: in_force

December 14, 2021 Senate Bill 229 - 134th General Assembly Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code, no student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based school shall be subject to automatic withdrawal who, in any school year prior to the 2021-2022 school year, failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level and was not excused from the assessment pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver was granted for the student under division (E) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 18, 2022 at 1:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3331.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3331 / § 3331.01
§ 3331.01. Issuance of certificates
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" of a school district means the person employed as the superintendent or that person's designee. (2) "Chief administrative officer" means the chief administrative officer of a nonpublic or community school or that person's designee. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an age and schooling certificate may be issued only by the superintendent of the city, local, joint vocational, or exempted village school district in which the child in whose name such certificate is issued resides or by the chief administrative officer of the nonpublic or community school the child attends, and only upon satisfactory proof that the child to whom the certificate is issued is at least fourteen years of age. (2) A child who resides in this state shall apply for an age and schooling certificate to the superintendent of the school district in which the child resides, or to the chief administrative officer of the school that the child attends. Residents of other states who work in Ohio shall apply to the superintendent of the school district in which the place of employment is located, as a condition of employment or service. (C) Any such age and schooling certificate may be issued only upon satisfactory proof that the employment contemplated by the child is not prohibited by any law regulating the employment of such children. Section 4113.08 of the Revised Code does not apply to such employer in respect to such child while engaged in an employment legal for a child of the age stated therein. (D) Age and schooling certificate forms shall be approved by the department of education and workforce, including forms submitted electronically. Forms shall not display the social security number of the child. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every application for an age and schooling certificate must be signed in the presence of the officer issuing it by the child in whose name it is issued. (E) A child shall furnish the superintendent or chief administrative officer all information required by this chapter in support of the issuance of a certificate. (F) On and after September 1, 2002, each superintendent and chief administrative officer who issues an age and schooling certificate shall file electronically the certificate with the director of commerce in accordance with rules adopted by the director of administrative services pursuant to section 1306.21 of the Revised Code. On and after September 1, 2002, only electronically filed certificates are valid to satisfy the requirements of Chapter 4109. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3381.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3381 / § 3381.07
§ 3381.07. Board of trustees - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly Upon the creation of a regional arts and cultural district and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the district shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by this chapter. A regional arts and cultural district: (A) May sue or be sued in its corporate name; (B) May make contracts in the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon it; (C) May adopt and alter a seal and use that seal by causing it to be impressed, affixed, reproduced, or otherwise used, but failure to affix the seal shall not affect the validity of any instrument; (D) May make, adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the administration of its affairs and rules for the administration and operation of any artistic or cultural facilities under its control and for the exercise of all of its rights of ownership in those facilities, provided, however, that it may not be directly involved in any programatic activities; (E) May make grants, on such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable, to any arts or cultural organization within its district as provided in section 3381.17 of the Revised Code; (F) May fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use of any artistic or cultural facilities under its control, to be determined exclusively by it for the purpose of providing for the payment of the expenses of the district, the acquisition, construction, equipping, improvement, extension, repair, maintenance, renovation, enlargement, administration, and operation of artistic or cultural facilities under its control, and the payment of principal and interest on its obligations, and fulfilling the terms of any agreements made with the purchasers or holders of any such obligations, or with any person or political subdivision; (G) Shall have jurisdiction, control, possession, and supervision over the use and disposition of all property, rights, licenses, moneys, contracts, accounts, liens, books, records, or other property rights and interests conveyed, delivered, transferred, or assigned to it; (H) May acquire, construct, improve, extend, repair, remodel, renovate, furnish, equip, enlarge, lease, or maintain artistic or cultural facilities within its territory as it considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, and make charges for the use of artistic or cultural facilities; (I) May levy and collect taxes as provided in section 3381.16 of the Revised Code; (J) May issue bonds secured by its general credit as provided in section 3381.08 of the Revised Code; (K) May hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase, construct, own, lease as lessee or lessor, use, and sell real and personal property, or any interest or right in real or personal property, within or without its territory; (L) May employ or retain and fix the compensation of employees, agents, accountants, attorneys, and consultants or advisors necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of its purposes; (M) May procure insurance against loss to it by reason of damages to its properties resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualties or by reason of its liability for any damages to persons or property; (N) May maintain funds as it determines necessary or desirable for the efficient performance of its duties; (O) May procure a policy or policies insuring members of its board of trustees, and its officers, employees, and agents, against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of such person in the person's official capacity or resulting solely out of the person's service to the district; (P) May receive and expend gifts, grants, bequests, or devices, or grants, including, but not limited to, grants of public funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.02
§ 3318.02. Periodic assessment of classroom facility needs - on-site visits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) For purposes of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall periodically perform an assessment of the classroom facility needs in the state to identify school districts in need of additional classroom facilities, or replacement or reconstruction of existent classroom facilities, and the cost to each such district of constructing or acquiring such additional facilities or making such renovations. (B) Based upon the most recent assessment conducted pursuant to division (A) of this section, the commission shall conduct on-site visits to school districts identified as having classroom facility needs to confirm the findings of the periodic assessment and further evaluate the classroom facility needs of the district. The evaluation shall assess the district's need to construct or acquire new classroom facilities and may include an assessment of the district's need for building additions or for the reconstruction of existent buildings in lieu of constructing or acquiring replacement buildings. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, on-site visits performed on or after May 20, 1997, shall be performed in the order specified in this division. The first round of on-site visits first succeeding the effective date of this amendment, May 20, 1997, shall be limited to the school districts in the first through fifth percentiles, excluding districts that are ineligible for funding under this chapter pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The second round of on-site visits shall be limited to the school districts in the first through tenth percentiles, excluding districts that are ineligible for funding under this chapter pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. Each succeeding round of on-site visits shall be limited to the percentiles included in the immediately preceding round of on-site visits plus the next five percentiles. Except for the first round of on-site visits, no round of on-site visits shall commence unless eighty per cent of the districts for which on-site visits were performed during the immediately preceding round, have had projects approved under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. (2) Notwithstanding division (C)(1) of this section, the commission may perform on-site visits for school districts in the next highest percentile to the percentiles included in the current round of on-site visits, and then to succeeding percentiles one at a time, not to exceed the twenty-fifth percentile, if all of the following apply: (a) Less than eighty per cent of the districts for which on-site visits were performed in the current round, and in any percentiles for which on-site visits were performed in addition to the current round pursuant to this division, have had projects approved under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code; (b) There are funds appropriated for the purpose of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code that are not reserved and encumbered for projects pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code; (c) The commission makes a finding that such available funds would be more thoroughly utilized if on-site visits were extended to the next highest percentile. (D) Notwithstanding divisions (B) and (C) of this section, in any fiscal year, the commission may limit the number of districts for which it conducts on-site visits based upon its projections of the moneys available and moneys necessary to undertake projects under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code for that year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.073
§ 3309.073. Filing of statements - prohibited campaign activities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly fail to file a complete and accurate campaign finance statement or independent expenditure statement in accordance with section 3309.072 of the Revised Code. (B) No person, during the course of a person seeking nomination for, and during any campaign for, election to the school employees retirement board, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise: (1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that the candidate is a member of the board or use the term "re-elect" when the candidate is not currently a member of the board; (2) Make a false statement concerning the formal schooling or training completed or attempted by a candidate; a degree, diploma, certificate, scholarship, grant, award, prize, or honor received, earned, or held by a candidate; or the period of time during which a candidate attended any school, college, community technical school, or institution; (3) Make a false statement concerning the professional, occupational, or vocational licenses held by a candidate, or concerning any position the candidate held for which the candidate received a salary or wages; (4) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been indicted or convicted of a theft offense, extortion, or other crime involving financial corruption or moral turpitude; (5) Make a statement that a candidate has been indicted for any crime or has been the subject of a finding by the Ohio elections commission, the secretary of state, or the Ohio election integrity commission without disclosing the outcome of any legal proceedings resulting from the indictment or finding; (6) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has a record of treatment or confinement for mental disorder; (7) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been subjected to military discipline for criminal misconduct or dishonorably discharged from the armed services; (8) Falsely identify the source of a statement, issue statements under the name of another person without authorization, or falsely state the endorsement of or opposition to a candidate by a person or publication; (9) Make a false statement concerning the voting record of a candidate or board member; (10) Post, publish, circulate, distribute, or otherwise disseminate a false statement concerning a candidate, either knowing the same to be false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, if the statement is designed to promote the election, nomination, or defeat of the candidate. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.845 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.845
§ 3313.845. Additional agreement for educational service center to provide services to school district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement under which the educational service center will provide services to the school district. Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the district board of education and the service center governing board, and shall be specified in the agreement. Payment for services specified in the agreement shall be made pursuant to the terms of that 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 city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be valid only if a copy is filed with the department. The authority granted under this section to the boards of education of city, exempted village, and local school districts is in addition to the authority granted to such boards under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3322.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3322 / § 3322.24
§ 3322.24. High school credit for courses under Ohio computer science promise program
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) All governing entities shall count courses successfully completed under this chapter for high school credit toward the graduation requirements and subject area requirements of the governing entity. If a course comparable to one a participant completed with an approved provider is offered by the governing entity, the governing entity shall award comparable credit. If no comparable course is offered, the governing entity shall grant an appropriate number of elective credits to the participant. (B) If there is a dispute between the governing entity of a participant's school and a participant regarding high school credits granted for a course, the participant may appeal the decision to the department of education and workforce. The department's decision regarding any high school credits granted under this section is final. (C) Evidence of successful completion of each course and the high school credits awarded by the school shall be included in the student's record. The record shall indicate that the credits were earned as a participant under this chapter and shall include the name of the educational provider at which the credits were earned. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.421
§ 3333.421. Ohio hidden hero scholarship programs
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 569 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible caregiver" means an individual who is enrolled as a family caregiver under the "Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers," 38 U.S.C. 1720G and who provides care to a veteran, as defined in section 3333.31 of the Revised Code, who has a one hundred per cent service-connected disability. (2) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.19 of the Revised Code. (B) Each institution of higher education may establish an Ohio hidden hero scholarship program. Under the program, an institution shall accept applications to participate in the program from eligible caregivers who enroll in the institution. In each academic year in which an institution receives applications to participate in the program, the institution may approve one or more eligible caregivers to participate for that year. For each approved participant, the institution shall do all of the following: (1) For each academic year in which the participant is enrolled, waive any instructional and general fees remaining for the participant after all other financial aid for which the participant qualifies has been applied to the participant's account, as determined by the institution; (2) Provide the participant with a stipend, in an amount determined by the institution, to purchase textbooks in each academic year in which the participant is enrolled; (3) Provide assistance to the participant to ensure that any college credits earned by the participant while enrolled in the institution may be transferred to another institution of higher education; (4) Provide the participant with an opportunity to earn college credits for which the participant qualifies, as determined by the institution, based on the participant's caregiver experience. (C) The chancellor of higher education shall establish guidelines and procedures for programs established under this section including an application form and an application deadline. Under the application, the chancellor shall require an applicant to provide a letter of eligibility from the United States department of veterans affairs. Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the chancellor shall establish a web site regarding programs established under this section, which shall include a list of each institution that has established a program. Last updated January 20, 2023 at 4:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.212
§ 3309.212. Study to determine percentage of electing employee's compensation to be contributed by public institution of higher education
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Compensation" has the same meaning as in section 3309.01 of the Revised Code except that in the case of an electing employee, "compensation" means the amount that would be the electing employee's compensation if the electing employee was a member of the retirement system. ( 2) "Compensation ratio" means the ratio for the most recent full fiscal year for which the information is available of the total compensation of all electing employees to the sum of the total compensation of all the retirement system's members in the system's defined benefit plan and the total compensation of all electing employees. (3) "Electing employee" means a participant in an alternative retirement plan provided pursuant to Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code who would otherwise be a member of the retirement system. (4) "Historical liability" means the portion of the retirement system's total unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability attributed to the difference between the following: (a) The cumulative contributions received under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code on behalf of electing employees since the establishment of the alternative retirement plan; (b) The cumulative contributions toward the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retirement system that would have been made if the electing employees had been members of the retirement system in the system's defined benefit plan. (B) The school employees retirement board shall contract with an independent actuary to complete an actuarial study to determine the percentage of an electing employee's compensation to be contributed by a public institution of higher education under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code. The initial study must be completed and submitted by the board to the department of higher education not later than December 31, 2016. A subsequent study must be completed and submitted not later than the last day of December of every fifth year thereafter. (C) For the initial study required under this section, the actuary shall determine the percentage described in division (B) of this section as follows: (1) The actuary shall calculate a percentage necessary to amortize the historical liability over an indefinite period. (2) The actuary shall calculate a percentage necessary to amortize over a thirty-year period the amount resulting from multiplying the compensation ratio by the difference between the following: (a) The unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability of the defined benefit plan; (b) The historical liability. (3) The percentage to be contributed under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code shall be one-fourth of the sum of the percentages calculated under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, not to exceed four and one-half per cent. (4) To make the calculations and determinations required under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, the actuary shall use the most recent annual actuarial valuation under section 3309.21 of the Revised Code that is available at the time the study is conducted. (D) For any study conducted after the initial study required under this section, the actuary shall determine the percentage described in division (B) of this section as follows: (1) The actuary shall calculate a percentage necessary to amortize over a thirty-year period the amount resulting from m ultiplying the compensation ratio by the difference between the following: (a) The unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability of the retirement system's defined benefit plan under the annual actuarial valuation under section 3309.21 of the Revised Code that is most recent at the time the study is conducted; (b) The historical liability determined under division (C) of this section. (2) The percentage to be contributed under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code shall be one-fourth of the sum of the percentages calculated under divisions (C)(1) and (D) (1) of this section but not less than one-fourth of the percentage determined under division (C)(1) of this section, except that the percentage shall not exceed four and one-half per cent.