Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.39
§ 3326.39. Expenditures of career-technical education funding
Status: in_force

September 23, 2022 House Bill 583 - 134th General Assembly (A) In any fiscal year, a STEM school receiving funds calculated under division (A)(7) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code shall spend those funds only for the purposes that the department designates as approved for career-technical education expenses. Career-technical education expenses approved by the department shall include only expenses connected to the delivery of career-technical programming to career-technical students. The department shall require the school to report data annually so that the department may monitor the school's compliance with the requirements regarding the manner in which funding received under division (A)(7) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code may be spent. (B) All funds received under division (A)(7) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code shall be spent in the following manner: (1) At least seventy-five per cent of the funds shall be spent on curriculum development, purchase, and implementation; instructional resources and supplies; industry-based program certification; student assessment, credentialing, and placement; curriculum specific equipment purchases and leases; career-technical student organization fees and expenses; home and agency linkages; work-based learning experiences; professional development; and other costs directly associated with career-technical education programs including development of new programs. (2) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the funds shall be used for personnel expenditures. (C) In any fiscal year, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school receiving funds under division (H) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code shall spend those funds only for the following purposes: (1) Delivery of career awareness programs to students enrolled in grades kindergarten through twelve; (2) Provision of a common, consistent curriculum to students throughout their primary and secondary education; (3) Assistance to teachers in providing a career development curriculum to students; (4) Development of a career development plan for each student that stays with that student for the duration of the student's primary and secondary education; (5) Provision of opportunities for students to engage in activities, such as career fairs, hands-on experiences, and job shadowing, across all career pathways at each grade level. The department may deny payment under division (E) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code to any school that the department determines is using funds paid under division (H) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code for other purposes. Last updated July 8, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3349.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3349 / § 3349.13
§ 3349.13. Annual tax levy for municipal university - rate - application of proceeds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may annually assess and levy taxes on all the taxable property of such municipal corporation to the amount of ninety-five hundredths of one mill on the dollar valuation thereof, exclusive of the amount required to pay the interest, sinking fund, and retirement charges on all bonds issued for the municipal university, college, or other educational institution, to be applied by the board of directors of such institution to the support thereof, and may also levy and assess annually five one-hundredths of one mill on the dollar valuation thereof, for the establishment and maintenance of an astronomical observatory, or for other scientific purposes, to be determined by the board and to be used in connection with such institution, the proceeds of which shall be applied by the board for such purposes exclusively. Such taxes shall only be levied and assessed when the chief work of such institution is the maintenance of courses of instruction in advance of or supplementary to the instruction authorized to be maintained in high schools by boards of education. Such tax levies shall not be subject to any limitations of rates of taxation or maximum rates provided by law, except as provided in this section, and the combined maximum limitations imposed by section 5705.02 of the Revised Code. Such levies shall be made by the legislative authority at the time and in a similar manner as other levies for municipal purposes, and must be certified by such legislative authority and placed upon the tax duplicate as other municipal levies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.631 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.631
§ 3307.631. Annual amount of disability allowance
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly (A) A member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has disability coverage under this section and is determined by the state teachers retirement board under section 3307.62 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annual amount equal to the greater of the following: (1) Forty-five per cent of the member's final average salary; (2) The member's total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary, not exceeding sixty per cent of the member's final average salary. (B) Sufficient reserves for payment of the disability allowance shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers' trust fund. The accumulated contributions of the member shall remain in the teachers' savings fund. No part of the allowance paid under this section shall be charged against the member's accumulated contributions. (C) A disability allowance paid under this section shall terminate at the earliest of the following: (1) The effective date of service retirement under section 3307.57 or 3307.58 of the Revised Code; (2) The date the allowance is terminated under section 3307.48 of the Revised Code; (3) The later of the last day of the month in which the recipient attains age sixty-five, or the last day of the month in which the benefit period ends as follows: Attained Age at Effective Date of Disability Allowance Benefit Period 60 or 61 60 months 62 or 63 48 months 64 or 65 36 months 66, 67, or 68 24 months 69 or older 12 months
Ohio Rev. Code § 3318.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3318 / § 3318.034
§ 3318.034. Division of district classroom needs into segments
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) This section applies to both of the following: (1) Any school district that has not executed an agreement for a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code prior to June 24, 2008; (2) Any school district that is eligible for additional assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, with the approval of the Ohio facilities construction commission, any school district to which this section applies may opt to divide the district's entire classroom facilities needs, as those needs are jointly determined by the staff of the commission and the school district, into discrete segments and shall comply with all of the provisions of those sections unless otherwise provided in this section. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each segment shall comply with both of the following: (1) The segment shall consist of the new construction of one or more entire buildings, a stand-alone segment of a building that serves grades kindergarten through twelve, or the complete renovation of one or more entire existing buildings, with any necessary additions to that building. (2) The segment shall not include any construction of or renovation or repair to any building that does not complete the needs of the district with respect to that particular building at the time the segment is completed. (C) A district described in division (A)(2) of this section that has not received the additional assistance authorized under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code may undertake a segment, with commission approval, for the purpose of renovating or replacing work performed on a facility under the district's prior project. The commission may approve that segment if the commission determines that the renovation or replacement is necessary to protect the facility. The basic project cost of the segment shall be allocated between the state and the district in accordance with section 3318.032 of the Revised Code. However, the requirements of division (B) of this section shall not apply to a segment undertaken under this division. (D) The commission shall conditionally approve and seek controlling board approval in accordance with division (A) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code of each segment. (E)(1) When undertaking a segment under this section, a school district may elect to prorate its full maintenance amount by setting aside for maintenance the amount calculated under division (E)(2) of this section to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under the segment, if the district will use one or more of the alternative methods authorized in sections 3318.051 , 3318.052 , and 3318.084 of the Revised Code to generate the entire amount calculated under that division. If the district so elects, the commission and the district shall include in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code a statement specifying that the district will use the amount calculated under that division only to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under the segment. (2) The commission shall calculate the amount for a school district to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under a segment as follows: The full maintenance amount X (the school district's portion of the basic project cost for the segment / the school district's portion of the basic project cost for the district's entire classroom facilities needs, as determined jointly by the staff of the commission and the district) (3) A school district may elect to prorate its full maintenance amount for any number of segments, provided the district will use one or more of the alternative methods authorized in sections 3318.051 , 3318.052 , and 3318.084 of the Revised Code to generate the entire amount calculated under division (E)(2) of this section to maintain the classroom facilities acquired under each segment for which it so elects. If the district cannot use one or more of those alternative methods to generate the entire amount calculated under that division, the district shall levy the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or an extension of that tax under section 3318.061 of the Revised Code in an amount necessary to generate the remainder of its full maintenance amount. The commission shall calculate the remainder of the district's full maintenance amount as follows: The full maintenance amount - the sum of the amounts calculated for the district under division (E)(2) of this section for each prior segment of the district's project (4) In no case shall the sum of the amounts calculated for a school district's maintenance of classroom facilities under divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section exceed the amount that would have been required for maintenance if the district had elected to undertake its project in its entirety instead of segmenting the project under this section. (5) If a school district commenced a segment under this section prior to September 10, 2012, but has not completed that segment, and has not levied the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or an extension of that tax under section 3318.061 of the Revised Code, the district may request approval from the commission to prorate its full maintenance amount in accordance with divisions (E)(1) to (4) of this section. If the commission approves the request, the commission and the district shall amend the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code to reflect the change. (F) If a school district levies the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code or an extension of that tax under section 3318.061 of the Revised Code, the tax shall run for twenty-three years from the date the segment for which the tax is initially levied is undertaken. The maintenance levy requirement, as defined in section 3318.18 of the Revised Code, does not apply to a segment undertaken under division (C) of this section. (G) As used in this section, "full maintenance amount" means the amount of total revenue that a school district likely would generate by one-half mill of the tax described in division (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code over the entire twenty-three-year period required under that section, as determined by the commission in consultation with the department of taxation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.04
§ 3345.04. State university law enforcement officers
Status: in_force

April 29, 2011 House Bill 139 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the board of trustees of a state university, the board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university, the board of trustees of a state community college, and the board of trustees of a technical college or community college district operating a technical or a community college may designate one or more employees of the institution, as a state university law enforcement officer, in accordance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code, and, as state university law enforcement officers, those employees shall take an oath of office, wear the badge of office, serve as peace officers for the college or university, and give bond to the state for the proper and faithful discharge of their duties in the amount that the board of trustees requires. (C)(1) The board of trustees of an institution listed in division (B) of this section shall not designate an employee of the institution as a state university law enforcement officer pursuant to that division on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The board of trustees shall terminate the employment as a state university law enforcement officer of an employee designated as a state university law enforcement officer under division (B) of this section if that employee does either of the following: (i) Pleads guilty to a felony; (ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the employee under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (b) The board of trustees shall suspend from employment as a state university law enforcement officer an employee designated as a state university law enforcement officer under division (B) of this section if that employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the state university law enforcement officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the state university law enforcement officer does not file a timely appeal, the board of trustees shall terminate the employment of that state university law enforcement officer. If the state university law enforcement officer files an appeal that results in that officer's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that officer, the board of trustees shall reinstate that state university law enforcement officer. A state university law enforcement officer who is reinstated under division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that officer's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the officer of the felony. (3) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. (4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a state university law enforcement officer under division (C)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.35
§ 3314.35. Permanent closure; criteria
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 3314.355 of the Revised Code, this section applies to any community school that meets one of the following criteria: (1) The school does not offer a grade level higher than three and, for the three most recent school years, satisfies either of the following criteria: (a) The school has received a performance rating of one star for early literacy under division (D)(3)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (b) The school has received an overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The school offers any of grade levels four to eight but does not offer a grade level higher than nine and, for the three most recent school years, satisfies either of the following criteria: (a) The school has received a performance rating of one star for both achievement under division (D)(3)(b) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and progress under division (D)(3)(c) of that section; (b) The school has received an overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and a performance rating of one star for progress under division (D)(3)(c) of that section. (3) The school offers any of grade levels ten to twelve and, for the three most recent school years, satisfies either of the following criteria: (a) The school has received a performance rating of "one star" for achievement under division (D)(3)(b) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and has not met annual measurable objectives for gap closing under division (D)(3)(a) of that section, as determined by the department of education and workforce; (b) The school has received an overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and a performance rating of one star for progress under division (D)(1)(b) of that section. For purposes of division (A) of this section only, the department shall calculate the value-added progress dimension for a community school using assessment scores for only those students to whom the school has administered the achievement assessments prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code for at least the two most recent school years but using value-added data from only the most recent school year. (B) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any dropout prevention and recovery community school. Rather, such schools shall be subject to closure only as provided in section 3314.351 of the Revised Code. However, prior to July 1, 2014, a community school in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program shall be exempt from this section only if it has been granted a waiver under section 3314.36 of the Revised Code. (2) Any community school in which a majority of the enrolled students are children with disabilities receiving special education and related services in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. (C) Any community school to which this section applies shall permanently close at the conclusion of the school year in which the school first becomes subject to this section. The sponsor and governing authority of the school shall comply with all procedures for closing a community school adopted by the department under division (E) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. The governing authority of the school shall not enter into a contract with any other sponsor under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code after the school closes. (D) Nothing in this section or in any other provision of the Revised Code prohibits the sponsor of a community school from exercising its option not to renew a contract for any reason or from terminating a contract prior to its expiration for any of the reasons set forth in section 3314.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.092
§ 3332.092. Repaying instructional grants for ineligible students
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any school subject to this chapter receiving money under section 3333.122 of the Revised Code on behalf of a student who is determined by the state board of career colleges and schools to be ineligible under such section because the program in which the student is enrolled does not lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree, shall be liable to the state for the amount specified in section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. The state board of career colleges and schools shall suspend the certificate of registration of a school receiving money under section 3333.122 of the Revised Code for such ineligible student until such time as the money is repaid to the department of higher education. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.51
§ 3311.51. Creation of special education districts - disposition of county school financing district tax levy proceeds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly Nothing in this section or sections 3311.50 and 5705.215 of the Revised Code shall be construed to permit or require the education of children with disabilities other than in the manner required by Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities shall be educated with nondisabled children. The governing board that is taxing authority of a county school financing district that levies a tax pursuant to section 5705.215 of the Revised Code may, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its members, expend the proceeds of such tax for the benefit of school districts with territory in the county school financing district in accordance with this section and the resolution to levy the tax. (A) In the case of a district created for special education, as described in division (B)(1) of section 3311.50 of the Revised Code, the proceeds may be expended either: (1) To pay for operating costs and permanent improvements necessary to implement and maintain special education programs and related services in accordance with a contract or agreement entered into under section 3313.92 or 3323.08 of the Revised Code; (2) To make grants or otherwise distribute funds to boards of education with territory in the county school financing district for special education programs and related services. (B) In the case of a district created for the provision of specified educational programs and services as described in division (B)(2) of section 3311.50 of the Revised Code, the proceeds may be expended either: (1) To pay for operating costs and permanent improvements necessary to implement and maintain specified educational programs in accordance with a contract or agreement entered into under section 3313.812 , 3313.842 , or division (A)(3) of section 3313.90 of the Revised Code; (2) To make grants or otherwise distribute funds for those programs to boards of education with territory in the county school financing district. (C) In the case of a district created for the making of permanent improvements under division (B)(3) of section 3311.50 of the Revised Code, the proceeds shall be expended either: (1) To pay for the permanent improvements in accordance with a contract entered into under section 3313.92 of the Revised Code; (2) To make grants or otherwise distribute funds for those permanent improvements to boards of education with territory in the county school financing district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.47
§ 3319.47. Sexual harassment counseling
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The school districts, public schools, and chartered nonpublic schools of this state may provide counseling to any victim of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct. Last updated September 13, 2021 at 9:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.252 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.252
§ 3307.252. Effect of electing STRS defined contribution plan
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly A member of the state teachers retirement system who elects to participate in an STRS defined contribution plan shall be ineligible for any benefit or payment under the STRS defined benefit plan and, except as provided in section 3307.25 of the Revised Code, shall be forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit with the system or any other Ohio state retirement system for service covered by the election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3315.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3315 / § 3315.03
§ 3315.03. Investment of sinking fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall invest that fund in bonds of the United States, of Ohio, of any municipal corporation, county, township, or school district of any state, or in bonds of its own issue. All interest received from such investments shall be deposited as other funds of such sinking fund, and reinvested in like manner. For the extinguishment of any bonded indebtedness included in such fund, the board may sell or use any of the securities or money of such fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.65
§ 3313.65. Children of institutionalized or incarcerated parents
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3313.64 of the Revised Code: (1) A person is "in a residential facility" if the person is a resident or a resident patient of an institution, home, or other residential facility that is: (a) Licensed as a nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging by the director of health under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code; (b) Maintained as a county home or district home by the board of county commissioners or a joint board of county commissioners under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; (c) Operated or administered by a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services under section 340.037 of the Revised Code, or provides residential care pursuant to contracts made under section 340.036 of the Revised Code; (d) Maintained as a state institution for persons with mental illnesses under Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code; (e) Licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.33 or 5119.34 of the Revised Code; (f) Licensed as a residential facility by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (g) Operated by the veteran's administration or another agency of the United States government; (h) Operated by the Ohio veterans' home. (2) A person is "in a correctional facility" if any of the following apply: (a) The person is an Ohio resident and is: (i) Imprisoned, as defined in section 1.05 of the Revised Code; (ii) Serving a term in a community-based correctional facility or a district community-based correctional facility; (iii) Required, as a condition of parole, a post-release control sanction, a community control sanction, transitional control, or early release from imprisonment, as a condition of shock parole or shock probation granted under the law in effect prior to July 1, 1996, or as a condition of a furlough granted under the version of section 2967.26 of the Revised Code in effect prior to March 17, 1998, to reside in a halfway house or other community residential center licensed under section 2967.14 of the Revised Code or a similar facility designated by the court of common pleas that established the condition or by the adult parole authority. (b) The person is imprisoned in a state correctional institution of another state or a federal correctional institution but was an Ohio resident at the time the sentence was imposed for the crime for which the person is imprisoned. (3) A person is "in a juvenile residential placement" if the person is an Ohio resident who is under twenty-one years of age and has been removed, by the order of a juvenile court, from the place the person resided at the time the person became subject to the court's jurisdiction in the matter that resulted in the person's removal. (4) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) If the circumstances described in division (C) of this section apply, the determination of what school district must admit a child to its schools and what district, if any, is liable for tuition shall be made in accordance with this section, rather than section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. (C) A child who does not reside in the school district in which the child's parent resides and for whom a tuition obligation previously has not been established under division (C)(2) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code shall be admitted to the schools of the district in which the child resides if at least one of the child's parents is in a residential or correctional facility or a juvenile residential placement and the other parent, if living and not in such a facility or placement, is not known to reside in this state. (D) Regardless of who has custody or care of the child, whether the child resides in a home, or whether the child receives special education, if a district admits a child under division (C) of this section, tuition shall be paid to that district as follows: (1) If the child's parent is in a juvenile residential placement, by the district in which the child's parent resided at the time the parent became subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; (2) If the child's parent is in a correctional facility, by the district in which the child's parent resided at the time the sentence was imposed; (3) If the child's parent is in a residential facility, by the district in which the parent resided at the time the parent was admitted to the residential facility, except that if the parent was transferred from another residential facility, tuition shall be paid by the district in which the parent resided at the time the parent was admitted to the facility from which the parent first was transferred; (4) In the event of a disagreement as to which school district is liable for tuition under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the director of education and workforce shall determine which district shall pay tuition. (E) If a child covered by division (D) of this section receives special education in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the tuition shall be paid in accordance with section 3323.13 or 3323.14 of the Revised Code. Tuition for children who do not receive special education shall be paid in accordance with division (J) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.453 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.453
§ 3345.453. Post-tenure review
Status: in_force

June 27, 2025 Senate Bill 1 - 136th General Assembly This section applies only to state institutions of higher education that have tenured faculty members. (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) The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt a post-tenure review policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. Each policy must contain an appeals process for tenured faculty whose post-tenure review process results in a recommendation for administrative action pursuant to division (G) of this section. Each state institution's board of trustees shall update the post-tenure review policy every five years. (C) A state institution of higher education shall conduct a post-tenure review if a tenured faculty member receives a "does not meet performance expectations" evaluation within the same evaluative category for a minimum of two of the past three consecutive years on the faculty member's annual performance evaluation conducted pursuant to section 3345.452 of the Revised Code. (D) A state institution of higher education shall subject any faculty member who maintains tenure after a post-tenure review and receives an additional "does not meet performance expectations" assessment on any area of the faculty member's annual performance evaluation in the subsequent two years to an additional post-tenure review. (E) The department chairperson, dean of faculty, or provost of a state institution of higher education may require an immediate and for cause post-tenure review at any time for a faculty member who has a documented and sustained record of significant underperformance outside of the faculty member's annual performance evaluation. For this purpose, for cause shall not be based on a faculty member's allowable expression of academic freedom as defined by the state institution of higher education or Ohio law. (F) The state institution of higher education's post-tenure review due process period, from beginning to end, shall not exceed six months, except that a one-time two-month extension may be granted by the state institution's president. (G) The state institution of higher education's provost shall submit a recommended outcome of the post-tenure review process to the institution's entity that is responsible for the final decision of post-tenure review pursuant to the institution's policy. The administrative action that a state institution of higher education may take includes censure, remedial training, or for-cause termination, regardless of tenure status, and any other action permitted by the institution's post-tenure review policy. Last updated May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3376.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3376 / § 3376.14
§ 3376.14. Student-athlete contract duration and venue
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall enter into a contract with a student-athlete who participates in intercollegiate athletics that provides compensation to the student-athlete for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness if the contract does any of the following: (1) Remains in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics; (2) Requires the student-athlete to provide as consideration either of the following: (a) Any compensation the student-athlete may earn after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness; (b) Rights associated with the use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics. (3) Requires any litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution process arising from the contract to occur in another state. (B) A contract that provides a student-athlete with compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness shall require any litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution process arising from the contract to take place in Ohio and be governed by Ohio law. (C) The parties to any contract that provides a student-athlete with compensation for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness shall ensure that the contract complies with this section. (D) The parties to any contract involving an individual who becomes a student-athlete by transferring to a state institution of higher education or private college located in this state from an educational institution located outside this state shall ensure that any contract to which both of the following apply complies with this section: (1) The contract provides the individual with compensation for use of the individual's name, image, or likeness. (2) The contract is in effect on the date of the transfer and is to continue in effect at the new state institution of higher education or private college. (E) A contract entered into in violation of this section is void. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.531 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.531
§ 3301.531. Tuberculosis screening, testing of prospective employees
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 210 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Active tuberculosis" has the same meaning as in section 339.71 of the Revised Code. (2) "Latent tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that has been demonstrated by a positive reaction to a tuberculosis test but has no clinical, bacteriological, or radiographic evidence of active tuberculosis. (3) "Licensed health professional" means any of the following: (a) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (b) A physician assistant who holds a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code; (c) A certified nurse practitioner as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code; (d) A clinical nurse specialist as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Tuberculosis control unit" means the county tuberculosis control unit designated by a board of county commissioners under section 339.72 of the Revised Code or the district tuberculosis control unit designated pursuant to an agreement entered into by two or more boards of county commissioners under that section. (5) "Tuberculosis test" means either of the following: (a) A two-step Mantoux tuberculin skin test; (b) A blood assay for m. tuberculosis. (B) Before employing a person as a director, staff member, or nonteaching employee, for the purpose of tuberculosis screening, each preschool program shall determine if the person has done both of the following: (1) Resided in a country identified by the world health organization as having a high burden of tuberculosis; (2) Arrived in the United States within the five years immediately preceding the date of application for employment. (C) If the person meets the criteria described in division (B) of this section, the preschool program shall require the person to undergo a tuberculosis test before employment. If the result of the test is negative, the preschool program may employ the person. (D) If the result of any tuberculosis test performed as described in division (C) of this section is positive, the preschool program shall require the person to undergo additional testing for tuberculosis, which may include a chest radiograph or the collection and examination of specimens. (1) If additional testing indicates active tuberculosis, then until the tuberculosis control unit determines that the person is no longer infectious, the preschool program shall not employ the person or, if employed, shall not allow the person to be physically present at the program's location. For purposes of this section, evidence that a person is no longer infectious shall consist of a written statement to that effect signed by a representative of the tuberculosis control unit. (2) If additional testing indicates latent tuberculosis, then until the person submits to the program evidence that the person is receiving treatment as prescribed by a licensed health professional, the preschool program shall not employ the person or, if employed, shall not allow the person to be physically present at the program's location. Once the person submits to the program evidence that the person is in the process of completing a tuberculosis treatment regimen as prescribed by a licensed health professional, the preschool program may employ the person and allow the person to be physically present at the program's location so long as periodic evidence of compliance with the treatment regimen is submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.146 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, evidence that a person is in the process of completing and is compliant with a tuberculosis treatment regimen shall consist of a written statement to that effect signed by a representative of the tuberculosis control unit that is overseeing the person's treatment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3321.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3321 / § 3321.17
§ 3321.17. Attendance officer and assistants - powers
Status: in_force

March 17, 1955 House Bill 26 - 101st General Assembly The attendance officer and assistants provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code shall be vested with police powers, may serve warrants, and may enter workshops, factories, stores, and all other places where children are employed and do whatever is necessary in the way of investigation or otherwise to enforce the laws relating to compulsory education and the employment of minors. The attendance officer or assistant may also take into custody any youth of compulsory school age not legally employed on an age and schooling certificate who is not attending school and shall conduct such youth to the school he has been attending or should rightfully attend.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3320.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3320 / § 3320.06
§ 3320.06. Harassment and intimidation policy - private nonprofit institutions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each private nonprofit institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy regarding racial and ethnic harassment and intimidation at the institution. The policy shall include: (1) The provision of training for all institution administration, faculty, and staff, which shall include information on how to respond to hate incidents or incidents of harassment that occur during a class or event held at the institution at the time the incident occurs. This training may be provided online. (2) Procedures for accepting and investigating student complaints and allegations of racial or ethnic harassment or intimidation against any student, staff, or faculty member. The procedure shall include: (a) An option to submit complaints and report threats anonymously; (b) Potential disciplinary actions that may be taken after an investigation is conducted; (c) At the conclusion of an investigation, any mandatory communications, regardless of whether disciplinary action is taken. These communications may include educational information on the institution's policy against racial and ethnic harassment and intimidation. (B) Each private nonprofit institution of higher education shall ensure that, to the extent possible and as needed, its campus security and police department, if the institution has one, collaborate with local law enforcement, the state highway patrol, and student communities to provide security functions consistent with institutional policies for institutionally sanctioned student organizations that face threats of terror attacks or hate crimes. (C) Each private nonprofit institution of higher education shall create a campus task force on combating antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Christian discrimination, and hatred, harassment, bullying, or violence toward others. (D) In the event of a conflict between any provision of this section and the United States Constitution, any other provision of federal law applicable to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution, the other provision of law controls. Last updated September 11, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.354 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.354
§ 3307.354. Superannuates or other system retirants
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly The state teachers retirement board may establish a plan under which any contributions described in section 3307.352 of the Revised Code are invested at the direction of a superannuate or other system retirant in accordance with investment options established by the board. If the board establishes a plan, the state teachers retirement system shall transfer a superannuate's or other system retirant's contributions to the plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3334.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3334 / § 3334.21
§ 3334.21. Termination of variable college savings program
Status: in_force

June 8, 2000 Senate Bill 161 - 123rd General Assembly The variable college savings program may be terminated by statute or upon the determination of the Ohio tuition trust authority that the program is not financially feasible. Upon termination, all amounts held in program accounts shall be returned to account owners, to the extent possible, and any unclaimed assets in the program shall be transferred to the unclaimed funds trust fund and disposed of in accordance with section 169.05 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.668 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.668
§ 3313.668. Removal based on absences; removal from grades pre-k through three; civil immunity, decisions not to provide mental health services
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 477 - 132nd General Assembly (A) On and after July 1, 2017, no school district or school shall suspend, expel, or remove a student from school under section 3313.66 of the Revised Code solely on the basis of the student's absences from school without legitimate excuse. (B)(1) Except as described in division (B) of this section, no school district or school shall issue an out-of-school suspension or expulsion to a student in grades pre-kindergarten through three. (a) A school district or school may issue an out-of-school suspension or expulsion, in accordance with section 3313.66 of the Revised Code, to a student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three who has engaged in any of the behaviors described in divisions (B)(2) to (5) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (b) A school district or school may issue an out-of-school suspension not to exceed ten days or an expulsion to a student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three who has not engaged in any of the behaviors described in divisions (B)(2) to (5) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code only as necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of the student, the student's fellow classmates, the classroom staff and teachers, or other school employees. (2) Whenever possible, the principal shall consult with a mental health professional under contract with the district or school prior to suspending or expelling a student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three. If the events leading up to suspension or expulsion indicate a need for additional mental health services, the student's principal or the district's mental health professional shall, in any manner that does not result in a financial burden to the school district or school, assist the student's parent or guardian with locating providers or obtaining those services, including referral to an independent mental health professional. Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit the responsibilities of a school district or school with respect to the provision of special education and related services under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. (3) A student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three who is suspended or expelled shall be afforded the same notice and hearing, procedural, and educational opportunities as prescribed for a suspension or expulsion pursuant to section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (4) Nothing in division (B) of this section shall be construed to limit the authority of a school district or school to issue an in-school suspension to a student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three, provided that the in-school suspension is served in a supervised learning environment in accordance with divisions (A)(2) and (K)(2) of section 3313.66 of the Revised Code. (C) A school district, member of a school district board of education, or school district employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a district employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of this section, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which a school district, member of a school district board of education, or school district employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. Last updated November 7, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.562 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.562
§ 3307.562. Designation or qualification of beneficiaries
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3307.66 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was the subject of the hearing if a final decree of adoption adjudging the member's spouse as the adoptive parent is made subsequent to the member's death. (2) "Parent" is a parent or legally adoptive parent of a deceased member. (3) "Dependent" means a beneficiary who receives at least one-half of the beneficiary's support from a member during the twelve months prior to the member's death. (4) "Surviving spouse" means an individual who establishes a valid marriage to a member at the time of the member's death by marriage certificate or pursuant to division (E) of this section. (5) "Survivor" means a spouse, child, or dependent parent. (B) Except as provided in division (B) of section 3307.563 or division (G)(1) of section 3307.66 of the Revised Code, should a member who is participating in the STRS defined benefit plan die before service retirement, the member's accumulated contributions, plus an amount calculated in accordance with section 3307.563 of the Revised Code, and any amounts owed and unpaid to a disability benefit recipient shall be paid to such beneficiaries as the member has nominated by written designation signed by the member and received by the state teachers retirement board prior to death. A member may designate two or more persons as beneficiaries to be paid the amount determined under this division. On and after July 1, 2013, and subject to rules adopted by the board, a member who designates two or more persons as beneficiaries shall specify the percentage of the amount that each beneficiary is to be paid. If the member has not specified the percentages, the amount shall be divided equally among the designated beneficiaries. If a designated beneficiary is deceased, the amount allocated to the deceased beneficiary shall be allocated to the remaining beneficiaries based on each remaining beneficiary's initial percentage. The nomination of beneficiary shall be on a form provided by the retirement board. The last nomination of any beneficiary revokes all previous nominations. The member's marriage, divorce, marriage dissolution, legal separation, or withdrawal of account, or the birth of the member's child, or the member's adoption of a child, shall constitute an automatic revocation of the member's previous designation. If a deceased member was also a member of the public employees retirement system or the school employees retirement system, the beneficiary last established among the systems shall be the sole beneficiary in all the systems. Any beneficiary ineligible for monthly survivor benefits as provided by section 3307.66 of the Revised Code may waive in writing all claim to any benefits and such waiver shall thereby put in effect the succession of beneficiaries under division (C) of this section, provided the beneficiary thereunder is immediately eligible and agrees in writing to accept survivor benefits as provided by section 3307.66 of the Revised Code. If the accumulated contributions of a deceased member are not claimed by a beneficiary, or by the estate of the deceased member, within ten years, they shall be transferred to the guarantee fund and thereafter paid to such beneficiary or to the member's estate upon application to the board. The board shall formulate and adopt rules governing all designations of beneficiaries. (C) Except as provided in division (G)(1) of section 3307.66 of the Revised Code, if a member dies before service retirement and is not survived by a designated beneficiary, any beneficiaries shall qualify, in the following order of precedence, with all attendant rights and privileges: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children, share and share alike; (3) A dependent parent, if that parent elects to take survivor benefits under division (C)(2) of section 3307.66 of the Revised Code; (4) Parents, share and share alike; (5) Estate. If any survivor dies before payment is made under this section or is not located prior to the ninety-first day after the board receives notification of the member's death, the survivor next in order of precedence shall qualify as a beneficiary, provided that benefits under division (C)(2) of section 3307.66 of the Revised Code are elected. In the event that the beneficiary originally determined is subsequently located, the beneficiary may qualify for benefits under division (C)(2) of section 3307.66 of the Revised Code upon meeting the conditions of eligibility set forth in division (B) of that section, but in no case earlier than the first day of the month following application by such beneficiary. Any payment made to a beneficiary as determined by the board shall be a full discharge and release to the board from any future claims. (D)(1) Any amount due any person, as an annuitant, receiving a monthly benefit, and unpaid to the annuitant at death, shall be paid to the beneficiary named by written designation signed by the annuitant and received by the state teachers retirement board prior to death. If no such designation has been submitted, or if the beneficiary designated is deceased or is not located prior to the ninety-first day after the board receives notification of the annuitant's death, such amount shall be paid, in the following order of precedence to the annuitant's: (a) Surviving spouse; (b) Children, share and share alike; (c) Parents, share and share alike; (d) Estate. (2) If there is no beneficiary under division (D)(1) of this section, an amount not exceeding the cost of the annuitant's burial expenses may be paid to the person responsible for the burial expenses. For purposes of this division an "annuitant" is the last person who received a monthly benefit pursuant to the plan of payment selected by the former member. Such payment shall be a full discharge and release to the board from any future claim for such payment. (E) If the validity of marriage cannot be established to the satisfaction of the board for the purpose of disbursing any amount due under this section or section 3307.66 of the Revised Code, the board may accept a decision rendered by a court having jurisdiction in the state in which the member was domiciled at the time of death that the relationship constituted a valid marriage at the time of death, or the "spouse" would have the same status as a widow or widower for purposes of sharing the distribution of the member's intestate personal property. (F) As used in this division, "recipient" means an individual who is receiving or may be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter based on the individual's service to an employer. If the death of a member, a recipient, or any individual who would be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter by virtue of the death of a member or recipient is caused by one of the following beneficiaries, no amount due under this chapter to the beneficiary shall be paid to the beneficiary in the absence of a court order to the contrary submitted to the board: (1) A beneficiary who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violation of or complicity in the violation of either of the following: (a) Section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code; (b) An existing or former law of any other state, the United States, or a foreign nation that is substantially equivalent to section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code; (2) A beneficiary who is indicted for a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and is adjudicated incompetent to stand trial; (3) A beneficiary who is a juvenile found to be a delinquent child by reason of committing an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.671 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.671
§ 3307.671. Establishing temporary supplemental benefit fund
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly In December 1980, and in December of each year thereafter, the state teachers retirement board may allocate an amount from the guarantee fund created in division (E) of section 3307.14 of the Revised Code to establish a temporary supplemental benefit fund for the purpose of making a lump sum benefit payment to all persons receiving an allowance, pension, or benefit under the STRS defined benefit plan for each of the twelve months preceding the first day of the following January. On or after July 1, 1980, and on or after the first day of July of each year thereafter, the board may determine the amount to be placed in a temporary supplemental benefit fund. Such amount, if placed, shall be not more than twenty-five per cent of the income from investments for the twelve months preceding the first day of July not otherwise required to be credited to the several funds set forth in section 3307.14 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt rules to administer this supplemental benefit. The rules shall recognize the effective date of the allowance, pension, or benefit and the years of Ohio service credit for each recipient as an equitable basis for allocating the amount payable to each recipient. If the board determines that a supplemental benefit shall be paid under this section, it shall pay such amount within sixty calendar days following its allocation to the supplemental benefit fund. Amounts paid pursuant to this section shall not be included in the base for increasing an allowance, pension, or benefit provided in section 3307.67 of the Revised Code and shall not incur any obligation or liability for future payments under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.013
§ 3309.013. Exclusions from definition of employee under ORC section 3309.01
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "operator" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Employee," as defined in division (B) of section 3309.01 of the Revised Code, does not include either of the following: (1) Any person initially employed on or after July 1, 2016, by a community school operator and for whom the operator withholds and pays employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) beginning with the first paycheck after commencing initial employment; (2) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any person who is a former employee of a community school operator who is reemployed on or after July 1, 2016, by that operator and for whom the operator withholds and pays employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) beginning with the first paycheck after commencing reemployment with that operator. (C) Division (B)(2) of this section does not apply to any person who was employed by the same operator at any time within the period of July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016, and whose date of reemployment is before July 1, 2017. (D) This section applies only to a community school operator that was withholding and paying employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) on or before February 1, 2016, for persons employed in the school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.402
§ 3314.402. Application of collective bargaining agreement
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3314.40 and 3314.401 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after March 30, 2007.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.131
§ 3333.131. Rural practice incentive program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created the rural practice incentive program, which shall be administered by the chancellor of higher education. The purpose of the program is to provide loan repayment on behalf of attorneys who agree to employment or practice as service attorneys in areas designated as underserved communities by the chancellor pursuant to section 3333.132 of the Revised Code. Under the program, the chancellor may agree to repay up to the amount set pursuant to section 3333.135 of the Revised Code of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by an individual for the following expenses, so long as the expenses were incurred while the individual was enrolled in a law school that meets accreditation standards established by the Ohio supreme court: (A) Tuition; (B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and expenses, for specific purposes and in amounts determined to be reasonable by the chancellor; (C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the chancellor. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3311 / § 3311.521
§ 3311.521. Cooperative education school district for purpose of operating joint high school
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The boards of education of any two or more contiguous city, exempted village, or local school districts may establish a cooperative education school district in accordance with this section for the purpose of operating a joint high school in lieu of each of such boards operating any high school. Such a cooperative education school district shall only be established pursuant to the adoption of identical resolutions in accordance with this section within a sixty-day period by a majority of the members of the board of education of all such boards. Upon the adoption of all such resolutions, a copy of each resolution shall be filed with the department of education and workforce. The territory of any cooperative education school district established pursuant to this section shall consist of the territory of all of the school districts whose boards of education adopt identical resolutions under this section. (B) Any resolutions adopted under division (A) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the date on which the cooperative district will be created, which date shall be the first day of July in the year specified in the resolution; (2) Provision for the composition, selection, and terms of office of the board of education of the cooperative district, which provision shall include but not necessarily be limited to both of the following: (a) A requirement that the board include at least two members selected from or by the members of the board of education of each city, local, and exempted village school district within the territory of the cooperative district; (b) Specification of the date by which the initial members of the board must be selected, which date shall be the same as the date specified pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. (3) Provision for the selection of a superintendent and treasurer of the cooperative school district, which provision shall require one of the following: (a) The selection of one person as both the superintendent and treasurer of the cooperative district, which provision may require such person to be the superintendent or treasurer of any city, local, or exempted village school district within the territory of the cooperative district; (b) The selection of one person as the superintendent and another person as the treasurer of the cooperative district, which provision may require either one or both such persons to be superintendents or treasurers of any city, local, or exempted village school district within the territory of the cooperative district. (4) A statement of the high school education program the board of education of the cooperative education school district will conduct in lieu of any high school education program being operated by the boards of education of the city, local, and exempted village school districts within the territory of the cooperative district, which statement shall include but not necessarily be limited to the high school grade levels to be operated in the program, the timetable for commencing operation of the program, and the facilities proposed to be used or constructed to be used by the program; (5) A statement that the boards of education of the city, local, and exempted village school districts within the territory of the cooperative district will not operate any high school education program for the grade levels operated by the cooperative district; (6) A statement of how special education and related services will be provided in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code to the children with disabilities who are identified by each city, exempted village, or local school district with territory in the cooperative district and who are in the grade levels to be operated by the cooperative district; (7) A statement of how transportation of students to and from school will be provided in the cooperative district, which statement shall include but not be necessarily limited to both of the following: (a) How special education students will be transported as required by their individualized education program adopted pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code; (b) Whether transportation to and from school will be provided to any other students of the cooperative district and, if so, the manner in which this transportation will be provided. (8) A statement of the annual amount, or the method for determining the annual amount, of funds or services or facilities that each city, local, and exempted village school district is required to pay to or provide for the use of the board of education of the cooperative education school district; (9) Provision for adopting amendments to the provisions adopted pursuant to divisions (B)(3) to (8) of this section, which provision shall require that any such amendments comply with divisions (B)(3) to (8) of this section. (C) Upon the adoption of identical resolutions in accordance with this section, the cooperative education school district and board of education of that district specified in and selected in accordance with such resolutions shall be established on the date specified in the resolutions. Upon the establishment of the district and board, the board of the cooperative district shall give written notice of the creation of the district to the county auditor and the board of elections of each county having any territory in the new district. Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.091
§ 3332.091. Complaints
Status: in_force

April 3, 2003 Senate Bill 266 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) Any person adversely affected by the actions of a certificate holder may file a complaint with the state board of career colleges and schools alleging that any school registered with the board has violated any provision of section 3332.09 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be in writing and signed by the complainant and shall be filed with the board within six months after the violations allegedly were committed. Upon receiving a complaint, the board shall initiate a preliminary investigation to determine whether it is probable that violations were committed. If the board determines after preliminary investigation that it is not probable that any violations were committed, it shall notify the person who filed the complaint that it has so determined and that it will not issue a formal complaint in the matter. If the board determines after a preliminary investigation that it is probable that violations were committed, it may issue a formal complaint under division (A)(2) of this section or it may endeavor to eliminate such practices by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion. Nothing said or done during these endeavors shall be disclosed by any member of the board or its staff or be used as evidence in any subsequent proceedings. If, after such investigation and conference, the board is satisfied that such violations will be eliminated, it may treat the complaint as conciliated, and entry of such disposition shall be made in the records of the board. (2) If as a result of any informal methods utilized under division (A)(1) of this section, the board fails to effect the elimination of violations or fails to obtain voluntary compliance with this chapter, the board shall issue a formal complaint to the holder of a certificate of registration of the school under investigation. The formal complaint shall state the charges against the school and grant the certificate holder the opportunity to appear before the board at a public hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The board shall hold the public hearing not sooner than thirty days after issuance of the formal complaint. Any formal complaint issued pursuant to this section must be issued within one year after the state board's receipt of a complaint from a person adversely affected by the actions of a certificate holder. If at the time of issuing a formal complaint, the board has reasonable cause to believe that the violations that are the subject of the complaint will continue and constitute an immediate threat to the welfare of current and prospective students, the board, for a period not to exceed the lesser of ninety days or the period of time until a final adjudication order dismissing the complaint or imposing a penalty is issued under this section, may: (a) Issue an order prohibiting the school's agents from personally contacting students; (b) Issue an order prohibiting the school from using any advertising, recruiting, or promotional materials unless such materials have been approved by the board. The board must approve or disapprove any materials submitted to it under such an order within thirty days of their receipt. (c) Issue an order prohibiting the operation of a school. If, after a public hearing, the board determines that the holder of a certificate of registration has violated any provision of section 3332.09 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a final adjudication order levying a civil penalty pursuant to division (B) of this section or limiting, suspending, or revoking the certificate of registration or program authorization or any combination thereof. The board may impose additional penalties including but not necessarily limited to curtailment of advertising, and discontinuation of enrollment of students in specific programs. Upon suspension or revocation, the board immediately shall also issue an order pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code requiring such person immediately to cease all sales, advertising, and enrollment activities. (B) Pursuant to division (A) of this section, the board may impose a civil penalty of not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand five hundred dollars for each violation of section 3332.09 of the Revised Code, but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of thirty-five thousand dollars in any six-month period. (C) The board shall prepare an annual report that documents the disposition of all complaints, their status, board action, and the elapsed time from the initial filing of the complaint until final resolution. The report shall be made available to anyone upon request. (D) The board may, upon its own initiative and independent of the filing of any complaints, conduct a preliminary investigation relating to any possible violations of section 3332.09 of the Revised Code. At any time while a school is in session, the board or its designee may conduct on-site inspections and reviews of a school and its courses of instruction. The board shall conduct such visits and reviews, including visits without prior notice to the schools, as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. All books, records, and files of a school shall be open for inspection by the board, its designees, or staff during on-site inspections, or whenever requested by the board for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of conducting any investigation, inspection, or review, the board may administer oaths, take the testimony of any person under oath, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, or require the production for examination of any books and papers relating to any matter under investigation or in question before the board. (E) During the course of any investigation under division (A) or (D) of this section, the board shall refer all possible violations of Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code to the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3332.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3332 / § 3332.20
§ 3332.20. Military leave of absence for student on active duty
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 426 - 125th General Assembly As used in this section, "active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including full-time training duty, annual training duty, and active state duty for members of the national guard. (A) Each institution that holds a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and schools under this chapter shall grant a student a military leave of absence from the institution while the student is serving on active duty, and for one year after the conclusion of that service, if the student is a member of the United States national guard or other reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, or a member of those armed forces in a retired status, and is called to active duty. The student shall not suffer an academic penalty as a result of the leave of absence. (B) If requested by a student granted a military leave of absence pursuant to division (A) of this section not later than one year after the student's release from active duty, the institution in which the student is enrolled shall do either of the following, as elected by the student: (1) Credit tuition and fee charges toward a subsequent academic term in an amount that is one hundred per cent of what the student paid the institution for the academic term in which the student withdraws; (2) Refund tuition and fees paid for the academic term, provided the student withdraws before the withdraw date established by the institution. The refund shall equal one hundred per cent of the tuition and fee charges the student paid the institution for the academic term. If the student withdraws after the withdraw date established by the institution, the student is ineligible for a refund of tuition and fee charges. For the purposes of this section, the "withdraw date" shall be the same as the date set by the institution for its general student population to withdraw from the institution or a course or class without academic penalty. (C) If requested by a student granted a military leave of absence pursuant to division (A) of this section not later than one year after the student's release from active duty, the institution shall restore the student to the educational status the student had attained prior to being called to active duty without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement of active duty, except as provided in division (B) of this section. (D) If an institution fails to comply with this section, the student may bring an action against the institution to enforce its provisions in the court of common pleas of the county in which the student resides. If the student resides outside of this state, the action shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the campus of the institution previously attended by the student is located. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses if the student prevails in the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.06
§ 3335.06. Meetings of board - quorum
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Meetings of the board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall be called in such manner, and at such times as the board prescribes. The board shall meet at least three times annually, and at such other times as necessary for the best interest of the university. A majority of the board present at any meeting constitutes a quorum; but a majority of all the board shall be necessary to elect or remove a president or professor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.64
§ 3309.64. Payment of accrued liability - interest - rate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly That part of the accrued liability due on account of pensions to pensioners already on the rolls of such local district pension system, referred to in section 3309.63 of the Revised Code, remaining unpaid on September 1, 1937, shall be paid by the employer at the rate of at least four per cent per annum of such accrued liability with interest at four per cent per annum on unpaid balances. Both the payment and interest shall be payable semiannually on dates to be fixed by the school employees retirement board. Payments on that part of the accrued liability due to employees in active service in the local district pension system shall be at the same rate per cent of the salaries of such employees as the deficiency contribution rate fixed in section 3309.50 of the Revised Code, and shall be made until the year in which the deficiency contribution payable by other employers who had no local pension system may be discontinued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.082
§ 3319.082. Annual notice of salary to nonteaching school employees
Status: in_force

August 26, 1977 House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly In all school districts wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, each board of education shall cause notice to be given annually not later than the first day of July to each nonteaching school employee, who holds a contract valid for the succeeding school year, as to the salary to be paid such school employee during such year. Such salary shall not be lower than the salary paid during the preceding school year unless such reduction is a part of a uniform plan affecting the nonteaching employees of the entire district. This section does not prevent increases of salary after the board's annual notice has been given.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3333.0415 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3333 / § 3333.0415
§ 3333.0415. Degree and credential performance targets
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Not later than December 31, 2025, the chancellor of higher education, in collaboration with the department of education and workforce and the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish the level of attainment necessary to achieve identified performance targets across a range of degrees and credentials. Last updated September 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.691 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.691
§ 3345.691. Purchase of biobased products
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 Senate Bill 131 - 128th General Assembly A state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall comply with section 125.092 of the Revised Code regarding the purchase of biobased products.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.6912 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.6912
§ 3307.6912. Recalculating retirement allowances for retirants prior to 1945 and 1947
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly Effective September 1, 1947, the retirement allowances of retired Ohio teachers, or their beneficiaries under options elected at retirement and still in effect, on the retired list as of that date shall be recalculated and paid in accordance with the following: (A) Members retired on superannuation effective prior to August 31, 1945, shall have the prior service portion of their allowances recalculated as of the date of retirement in accordance with division (C) of former section 3307.38 of the Revised Code, with their "final average salary" determined as defined in former section 3307.01 of the Revised Code. Any allowance payable to members who retired on superannuation under an option selected at retirement, or payable to a beneficiary pursuant to such option, shall be adjusted upon the basis of the amount of allowance payable in accordance with this division. (B) Members retired on disability retirement prior to July 1, 1945, shall have their allowances recalculated as of the date of retirement in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of former section 3307.43 of the Revised Code, and with their final average salaries determined as defined in former section 3307.01 of the Revised Code. (C) Members retired on superannuation, commuted superannuation, or disability prior to June 30, 1947, with fifteen or more years of service credit shall receive a total allowance at the rate of not less than twenty dollars annually for each year of such service credit, except that a member retired on commuted superannuation shall have the reserve for any additional pension required to provide such minimum allowance commuted as of the date of retirement in the manner prescribed for the prior service pension in former section 3307.40 of the Revised Code. Any allowance payable to members who retired on superannuation under an option selected at retirement, or payable to a beneficiary pursuant to such option, shall be adjusted upon the basis of the amount of allowance payable in accordance with this division. All pensions continued to pensioners following the merger of local district pension systems with the state teachers retirement system pursuant to former sections 3307.68 , 3307.69 , and 3307.70 of the Revised Code shall be increased ten dollars per month provided no other benefit is payable by this section. (D) In no case shall any recalculated allowance be increased in excess of twenty-five dollars per month by divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section and in no case shall any allowances be decreased thereby. In no case shall any such increases be payable prior to September 1, 1947. The cost of providing such increased superannuation and commuted superannuation allowances shall be included in the prior service pension deficiency contribution rate provided for in former section 3307.54 of the Revised Code. The cost of providing such increased disability allowances shall be included in the normal contribution rate provided for in section 3307.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3309.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3309 / § 3309.022
§ 3309.022. Purchasing uniformed services credit
Status: in_force

October 29, 1996 House Bill 450 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Service in the uniformed services" means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, full-time national guard duty, and a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any such duty. (2) "Uniformed services" means the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, or any reserve components of such services; national guard; the commissioned corps of the United States public health service; service as a red cross nurse with the army, navy, air force, or hospital service of the United States, army nurse corps, navy nurse corps, or serving full-time with the American red cross in a combat zone; and any other category of persons designated by the president in time of war or emergency. (B) On re-employment of a member with the same employer that employed the member prior to the member's service in the uniformed services, the member may apply to the school employees retirement system on a form provided by the system to purchase service credit for service in the uniformed services that shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. On receipt of the application, the retirement system shall request from the employer that employed the member prior to the military service a certification that the member was employed by the employer prior to, and returned to employment with the employer within three months of honorable discharge or release from, service in the uniformed services. If the employer can so certify, it shall do so and shall pay to the retirement system the employer's contribution required by this section. The service credit shall be granted the member if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The member was a member of the school employees retirement system prior to the service in the uniformed services and has maintained membership without interruption; (2) The member was out of active service as an employee by reason of service in the uniformed services; (3) The member was honorably discharged or released from service in the uniformed services; (4) The member pays contributions to the retirement system in accordance with this section. (C) Credit may be purchased pursuant to this section at any time prior to receipt of a retirement allowance. The member may choose to purchase only part of the credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. The retirement system shall grant service credit under this section, not to exceed five years, for each period of service in the uniformed services for which contributions have been received. (D) For service purchased under this section, the member and the member's employer, subject to board rules, shall pay to the retirement system for credit to the member's accumulated account an amount equal to the contributions that would have been paid pursuant to sections 3309.47 , 3309.49 , and 3309.491 of the Revised Code if the member had not been out of active service as an employee by reason of service in the uniformed services. If a member pays all or any portion of the member's contributions required by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code later than the lesser of five years or a period that is three times the member's period of service in the uniformed services beginning from the later of the member's date of re-employment or the effective date of this section, an amount equal to compound interest at a rate established by the board from the later of the member's date of re-employment or the effective date of this section to the date of payment shall be added to the remaining amount to be paid by the member to purchase service credit under this section. (E) This section does not cancel any military service credit or service in the uniformed services earned or granted under this chapter prior to the effective date of this section. (F) If a member purchased service credit under section 3309.021 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of this section, is not receiving a retirement allowance, and would have been eligible to obtain service credit pursuant to this section had it been in effect at the time of purchase, the retirement system shall refund the amounts paid by the member for the purchase if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The member makes a written request for a refund on a form provided by the retirement system; (2) The member pays to the retirement system the contributions required by this section. (G) If the member meets the requirements of division (F) of this section, the employer shall pay to the retirement system the employer's contributions required by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3312.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3312 / § 3312.08
§ 3312.08. Duties of regional fiscal agent - performance contracts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each fiscal agent selected by the department of education and workforce pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Enter into performance contracts with the department in accordance with section 3312.09 of the Revised Code for the implementation of state and regional education initiatives and school improvement efforts; (B) Receive federal and state funds, including federal funds for the provision of special education and related services, as specified in the performance contracts, and disburse those funds as specified in the performance contracts to educational service centers, information technology centers, and other regional service providers. However, any funds owed to an educational service center in accordance with an agreement entered into under section 3313.843 , 3313.844 , or 3313.845 of the Revised Code shall be paid directly to the service center by the department and any operating funds appropriated for an information technology center shall be paid directly to the information technology center by the department pursuant to section 3301.075 of the Revised Code. (C) Implement any expenditure of funds recommended by the advisory council for the region pursuant to section 3312.04 of the Revised Code or required by the terms of any performance contract, unless there are insufficient funds available to the region to pay for the expenditure or the expenditure violates a provision of the Revised Code, a rule of the department regarding such expenditure, or the terms of a performance contract; (D) Exercise fiscal oversight of the implementation of state and regional education initiatives and school improvement efforts. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3301.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3301 / § 3301.23
§ 3301.23. State computer science education committee and plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall establish a committee to develop a state plan for computer science education for the purposes of primary and secondary education. (B) When developing the plan, the committee established under this section shall consider the following: (1) Best practices and challenges associated with the implementation of primary and secondary computer science curriculum in this state; (2) Demographic data for students who receive instruction in computer science; (3) Benchmarks to create a sustainable supply of teachers certified to provide instruction in computer science; (4) Best practices to form public and private partnerships for funding, mentoring, and internships for teachers providing instruction in computer science; (5) Requiring all students to complete a computer science course prior to high school graduation; (6) Establishing a work-based learning pilot program that includes high schools, universities, and local industry and permits the department and the chancellor to develop pathways to align computer science education in the state with the state's workforce needs; (7) Any other topic determined appropriate by the committee. (C) The committee established under this section shall consist of all of the following: (1) The director of education and workforce, or designee; (2) The chancellor, or designee; (3) Representatives of computer science education stakeholders appointed by the director, in consultation with the chancellor. Computer science education stakeholders represented on the committee shall include all of the following: (a) Career-technical education; (b) Teachers; (c) Institutions of higher education; (d) Businesses; (e) State and national computer science organizations. (D) Within the plan, the committee established under this section shall include all of the following: (1) An examination of the challenges that prevent school districts from offering computer science courses; (2) A requirement that the department collect any data regarding computer science courses offered by school districts and school buildings operated by school districts, including the names of the courses and whether the courses were developed using the standards and model curriculum adopted under division (A)(4) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, and post the collected data on its web site. (3) A requirement that the committee determine the best ways to compile data on computer science courses, teachers, and undergraduate students studying computer science in universities. (4) Any findings the committee determines appropriate based on its consideration of the topics described in division (B) of this section. (E) The committee shall complete the plan not later than September 30, 2022, and the department shall post the completed plan in a prominent location on its web site. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 2:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3327 / § 3327.011
§ 3327.011. Coordinators of school transportation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In determining how best to provide transportation, where persons or firms on or after April 1, 1965, were providing transportation to and from schools pursuant to contracts with persons or agencies responsible for the operation of such schools, the board of education responsible for transportation in accordance with section 3327.01 of the Revised Code shall give preference if economically feasible during the term of any such contract to the firm or person providing such transportation. The boards of education within the county or group of counties shall establish transportation routes, schedules, and utilization of transportation equipment. The appeals from the determination of the board of education responsible for transportation shall be taken to the department of education and workforce. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3326.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3326 / § 3326.18
§ 3326.18. Employees may organize and bargain collectively
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) Except as provided under division (B) of this section, employees of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may organize and collectively bargain pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (D)(1) of section 4117.06 of the Revised Code, a unit containing teaching and nonteaching employees employed under this section shall be considered an appropriate unit. (B) If a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school is created by converting all or part of an existing school operated by a school district or an existing conversion community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, at the time of conversion, the employees assigned to the STEM school shall remain part of any collective bargaining unit in which they were included immediately prior to the conversion and shall remain subject to any collective bargaining agreement for that unit in effect on the first day of July of the year in which the STEM school initially begins operation and shall be subject to any subsequent collective bargaining agreement for that unit, unless a petition is certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees. Any new employees assigned to the STEM school also shall be included in the unit to which they would have been assigned had the conversion not taken place and shall be subject to the collective bargaining agreement for that unit unless a petition is certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees. Notwithstanding division (B) of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, the board of education of the school district that operated or sponsored the STEM school prior to conversion and not the STEM school shall be regarded, for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, as the "public employer" of the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to this division unless a petition is certified under division (E) of this section with regard to those employees. Only on and after the effective date of a petition certified as sufficient under division (E) of this section shall division (A) of this section apply to those employees and only on and after the effective date of that petition shall Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code apply to the school with regard to those employees. (C) Notwithstanding sections 4117.03 to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly, the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to division (B) of this section shall cease to be subject to that agreement and all subsequent agreements pursuant to that division and shall cease to be part of the collective bargaining unit that is subject to that and all subsequent agreements, if a majority of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that collective bargaining agreement sign and submit to the state employment relations board a petition requesting all of the following: (1) That all the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement be removed from the bargaining unit that is subject to that agreement and be designated by the state employment relations board as a new and separate bargaining unit for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (2) That the employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of the employees of the bargaining unit from which the employees are to be removed be certified as the exclusive representative of the new and separate bargaining unit for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (3) That the STEM school be regarded as the "public employer" of those employees for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. (D) Notwithstanding sections 4117.03 to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly, the employees assigned to a conversion STEM school who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to division (B) of this section shall cease to be subject to that agreement and all subsequent agreements pursuant to that division, shall cease to be part of the collective bargaining unit that is subject to that and all subsequent agreements, and shall cease to be represented by any exclusive representative of that collective bargaining unit, if a majority of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that collective bargaining agreement sign and submit to the state employment relations board a petition requesting all of the following: (1) That all the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement be removed from the bargaining unit that is subject to that agreement; (2) That any employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of the employees of that bargaining unit be decertified as the exclusive representative of the employees assigned to the STEM school who are subject to that agreement; (3) That the STEM school be regarded as the "public employer" of those employees for purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. (E) Upon receipt of a petition under division (C) or (D) of this section, the state employment relations board shall check the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. If the signatures are found sufficient, the board shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and so notify the parties involved, including the board of education of the school district that operated or sponsored the STEM school prior to conversion, the STEM school, and any exclusive representative of the bargaining unit. The changes requested in a certified petition shall take effect on the first day of the month immediately following the date on which the sufficiency of the petition is certified under this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.50
§ 3307.50. Defined benefit plan definitions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 342 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code: (A) "Prior service" means all service as a teacher before September 1, 1920, military service credit, all service prior to September 1, 1920, as an employee of any employer who comes within the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, or any other state retirement system established under the laws of Ohio, and similar service in another state, credit for which was procured by a member under former section 3307.33 of the Revised Code, prior to June 25, 1945. Prior service credit shall not be granted to any member for service for which credit or benefits have been received in any other state retirement system in Ohio or for credit that was forfeited by withdrawal of contributions, unless the credit has been restored. If the teacher served as an employee in any two or all of the capacities, "prior service" means the total combined service in the capacities prior to September 1, 1920. If a teacher who has been granted prior service credit for service rendered prior to September 1, 1920, as an employee of an employer who comes within the public employees retirement system or the school employees retirement system, establishes, subsequent to September 16, 1957, and before retirement, three years of contributing service in the public employees retirement system, or one year in the school employees retirement system, the prior service credit granted shall become, at retirement, the liability of the other system if the prior service or employment was in a capacity covered by that system. (B) "Total service," "total service credit," except as provided in section 3307.57 of the Revised Code, or "Ohio service credit" means all service of a member of the state teachers retirement system since last becoming a member and, in addition thereto, restored service credit under section 3307.71 of the Revised Code, all prior service credit, all military service credit computed as provided in this chapter, and all other service credit established under sections 3307.26 , 3307.53 , 3307.72 , 3307.73 , 3307.74 , 3307.76 , 3307.761 , 3307.763 , 3307.77 , 3307.771 , and 3307.78 and former sections 3307.513 , 3307.514 , and 3307.52 of the Revised Code, and Section 3 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 530 of the 114th general assembly. (C)(1) "Service retirement" means retirement as provided in section 3307.58 or 3307.59 of the Revised Code. (2) "Disability retirement" means retirement as provided in section 3307.63 of the Revised Code. (D) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts credited to a contributor's individual account in the teachers' savings fund, together with interest credited thereon at the rates approved by the state teachers retirement board prior to retirement. (E) "Annuity" means payments for life derived from contributions made by a contributor and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund. All annuities shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. (F) "Pensions" means annual payments for life derived from appropriations made by an employer and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund. All pensions shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. (G)(1) "Allowance" means the pension plus the annuity, or any other payment under the STRS defined benefit plan, and includes a disability allowance or disability benefit. (2) "Disability allowance" means an allowance paid on account of disability under section 3307.631 of the Revised Code. (3) "Disability benefit" means a benefit paid as disability retirement under section 3307.63 of the Revised Code, as a disability allowance under section 3307.631 of the Revised Code, or as a disability benefit under section 3307.57 of the Revised Code. (H) "Annuity reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by the state teachers retirement board with interest, of all payments to be made on account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity, granted to a member. (I) "Pension reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by the state teachers retirement board with interest, of all payments to be made on account of any pension, or benefit in lieu of any pension, granted to a member or to a beneficiary. (J) "Retirant" means any former member who is granted age and service retirement as provided in sections 3307.57 , 3307.58 , 3307.59 , and 3307.60 of the Revised Code. (K) "Disability benefit recipient" means a member who is receiving a disability benefit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.16
§ 3317.16. Computation and distribution of state core foundation funding to joint vocational school districts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of education and workforce shall compute and distribute state core foundation funding to each funding unit that is a joint vocational school district for the fiscal year as follows: For fiscal years 2026 and 2027: The district's funding base + [(the district's state core foundation funding components for that fiscal year calculated under divisions (A)(1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of this section - the district's general funding base) X the district's general phase-in percentage for that fiscal year] + [(the district's disadvantaged pupil impact aid for that fiscal year calculated under division (A)(3) of this section - the district's disadvantaged pupil impact aid funding base) X the district's phase-in percentage for disadvantaged pupil impact aid for that fiscal year] For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the district's state core foundation funding components for that fiscal year calculated under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this section. (A) A district's state core foundation funding components shall be all of the following: (1) The district's state share of the base cost, which is equal to the following: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount calculated according to the following formula: (The district's enrolled ADM for the fiscal year) X (the district's state share percentage for the fiscal year) X (the district's base cost per pupil for the fiscal year) (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (2) Additional state aid for special education and related services provided under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the sum of the following: (i) The district's category one special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (ii) The district's category two special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (iii) The district's category three special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (iv) The district's category four special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (v) The district's category five special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (vi) The district's category six special education ADM X the multiple specified in division (F) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage. (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the following: (i) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category one special education ADM; (ii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category two special education ADM; (iii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category three special education ADM; (iv) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category four special education ADM; (v) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category five special education ADM; (vi) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category six special education ADM. (3) Disadvantaged pupil impact aid calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount calculated according to the following formula: $422 X the district's economically disadvantaged index X the number of students who are economically disadvantaged as certified under division (D)(2)(p) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly. (4) English learner funds calculated as follows: (a) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the sum of the following: (i) The district's category one English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (A) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (ii) The district's category two English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (B) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage; (iii) The district's category three English learner ADM X the multiple specified in division (C) of section 3317.016 of the Revised Code X the statewide average base cost per pupil for that fiscal year X the district's state share percentage. (b) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the following: (i) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category one English learner ADM; (ii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category two English learner ADM; (iii) An amount calculated in a manner determined by the general assembly times the funding unit's category three English learner ADM. (5) Career-technical education funds calculated under division (C) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (6) Career-technical education associated services funds calculated under division (D) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) If a joint vocational school district's costs for a fiscal year for a student in its categories two through six special education ADM exceed the threshold cost for serving the student, as specified in division (B) of section 3317.0214 of the Revised Code, the district may submit to the department documentation, as prescribed by the department, of all of its costs for that student. Upon submission of documentation for a student of the type and in the manner prescribed, the department shall pay to the district an amount equal to the sum of the following: (a) One-half of the district's costs for the student in excess of the threshold cost; (b) The product of one-half of the district's costs for the student in excess of the threshold cost multiplied by the district's state share percentage. (2) The district shall report under division (B)(1) of this section, and the department shall pay for, only the costs of educational expenses and the related services provided to the student in accordance with the student's individualized education program. Any legal fees, court costs, or other costs associated with any cause of action relating to the student may not be included in the amount. (C)(1) For each student with a disability receiving special education and related services under an individualized education program, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, at a joint vocational school district, the resident district or, if the student is enrolled in a community school, the community school shall be responsible for the amount of any costs of providing those special education and related services to that student that exceed the sum of the amount calculated for those services attributable to that student under division (A) of this section. Those excess costs shall be calculated using a formula approved by the department. (2) The board of education of the joint vocational school district may report the excess costs calculated under division (C)(1) of this section to the department. (3) If the board of education of the joint vocational school district reports excess costs under division (C)(2) of this section, the department shall pay the amount of excess cost calculated under division (C)(2) of this section to the joint vocational school district and shall deduct that amount as provided in division (C)(3)(a) or (b) of this section, as applicable: (a) If the student is not enrolled in a community school, the department shall deduct the amount from the account of the student's resident district pursuant to division (J) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code. (b) If the student is enrolled in a community school, the department shall deduct the amount from the account of the community school pursuant to section 3314.083 of the Revised Code. (D) A joint vocational school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(3) of this section in accordance with section 3317.25 of the Revised Code. (E) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, a school district shall spend the funds it receives under division (A)(4) of this section only for services for English learners. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (2) "Resident district" means the city, local, or exempted village school district in which a student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.31
§ 3304.31. Bureau may deny, revoke, or suspend licenses
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) Licenses issued by the bureau of services for the visually impaired under section 3304.29 of the Revised Code shall be in effect until suspended or revoked. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the bureau may deny, revoke, or suspend a license or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof that the licensee is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license, is guilty of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs or alcohol, or is mentally incompetent. Such license may also be denied, revoked, or suspended on proof of violation by the applicant or licensee of the rules established by the bureau for the operation of suitable vending facilities by individuals who are blind or if a licensee fails to maintain a vending facility as a suitable vending facility. (B) The bureau shall not refuse to issue a license to an applicant because of a conviction of or plea of guilty to an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (C) Any individual who is blind and who has had the individual's license suspended or revoked or the individual's application denied by the bureau may reapply for a license and may be reinstated or be granted a license by the bureau upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that there is no longer cause for such suspension, revocation, or denial. Before the bureau may revoke, deny, or suspend a license, or otherwise discipline a licensee, written charges must be filed by the director of the bureau and a hearing shall be held as provided in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3304.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3304 / § 3304.18
§ 3304.18. Federal funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all moneys received from the federal government for vocational rehabilitation services programs and shall disburse the money upon the certification of the executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. If federal funds are not available to the state for vocational rehabilitation services, the governor shall include as part of the governor's biennial budget request to the general assembly a request for funds sufficient to support the activities of the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.034
§ 3317.034. Enrollment status
Status: in_force

February 1, 2016 House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly For purposes of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code: (A) A student shall be considered to be enrolled in the district for any portion of the school year the student is participating at a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. (B) A student shall be considered to be enrolled in the district for the period of time beginning on the date on which the school has both received the documentation of the student's enrollment from a parent and the student has commenced participation in learning opportunities offered by the district. For purposes of applying divisions (B) and (C) of this section, "learning opportunities" means both classroom-based and nonclassroom-based learning opportunities overseen by licensed educational employees of the district that is in compliance with criteria and documentation requirements for student participation, which shall be established by the department. Any student's instruction time in nonclassroom-based learning opportunities shall be certified by an employee of the district. (C) A student's enrollment shall be considered to cease on the date on which any of the following occur: (1) The district receives documentation from a parent terminating enrollment of the student. (2) The district is provided documentation of a student's enrollment in another public or nonpublic school. (3) The student ceases to participate in learning opportunities provided by the school. (D) No public school may enroll or withdraw a student from the education management information system established under section 3310.0714 of the Revised Code later than thirty days after the student's actual enrollment or withdrawal from the school. (E) A student in any of grades nine through twelve may be considered a full-time equivalent student if the student is enrolled in at least five units of instruction, as defined in section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, per school year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3345 / § 3345.63
§ 3345.63. Procedure for contracts other than installment payment contracts
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly If the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education wishes to enter into a contract, other than an installment payment contract provided under section 3345.64 of the Revised Code, to implement one or more energy or water saving measures, the board may proceed under the applicable competitive bidding requirements in Chapter 153. or section 3354.16 , 3355.12 , 3357.16 , or 3358.10 of the Revised Code or, notwithstanding those requirements, may enter into such a contract as provided in section 3345.65 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.021
§ 3317.021. Tax commissioner information for school funding computations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) On or before the first day of June of each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education and workforce and the office of budget and management the information described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section for each city, exempted village, and local school district, and the information required by divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for each joint vocational school district, and it shall be used, along with the information certified under division (B) of this section, in making the computations for the district under this chapter. (1) The taxable value of real and public utility real property in the school district subject to taxation in the preceding tax year, by class and by county of location. (2) The taxable value of tangible personal property, including public utility personal property, subject to taxation by the district for the preceding tax year. (3)(a) The total property tax rate and total taxes charged and payable for the current expenses for the preceding tax year and the total property tax rate and the total taxes charged and payable to a joint vocational district for the preceding tax year that are limited to or to the extent apportioned to current expenses. (b) The portion of the amount of taxes charged and payable reported for each city, local, and exempted village school district under division (A)(3)(a) of this section attributable to a joint vocational school district. (4) The value of all real and public utility real property in the school district exempted from taxation minus both of the following: (a) The value of real and public utility real property in the district owned by the United States government and used exclusively for a public purpose; (b) The value of real and public utility real property in the district exempted from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or section 3735.67 , 5709.40 , 5709.41 , 5709.45 , 5709.57 , 5709.62 , 5709.63 , 5709.632 , 5709.73 , or 5709.78 of the Revised Code. (5) The median federal adjusted gross income of the residents of the school district, based on tax returns filed by the residents of the district, for the most recent year for which this information is available, and the median Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents of the school district determined on the basis of tax returns filed for the second preceding tax year by the residents of the district. (6) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the number of state tax returns filed by the residents of the district for the most recent year for which this information is available. (B) On or before the first day of May each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education and workforce and the office of budget and management the total taxable real property value of railroads and, separately, the total taxable tangible personal property value of all public utilities for the preceding tax year, by school district and by county of location. (C) If on the basis of the information certified under division (A) of this section, the department determines that any district fails in any year to meet the qualification requirement specified in division (A) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, the department shall immediately request the tax commissioner to determine the extent to which any school district income tax levied by the district under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code shall be included in meeting that requirement. Within five days of receiving such a request from the department, the tax commissioner shall make the determination required by this division and report the quotient obtained under division (C)(3) of this section to the department and the office of budget and management. This quotient represents the number of mills that the department shall include in determining whether the district meets the qualification requirement of division (A) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall make the determination required by this division as follows: (1) Multiply one mill times the total taxable value of the district as determined in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section; (2) Estimate the total amount of tax liability for the current tax year under taxes levied by Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code that are apportioned to current operating expenses of the district, excluding any income tax receipts allocated for the project cost, debt service, or maintenance set-aside associated with a state-assisted classroom facilities project as authorized by section 3318.052 of the Revised Code; (3) Divide the amount estimated under division (C)(2) of this section by the product obtained under division (C)(1) of this section. Last updated July 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.812
§ 3313.812. Food service to multiple districts or schools within districts
Status: in_force

November 23, 1977 Senate Bill 221 - 112th General Assembly A board of education may provide food service to one or more school districts on a contract basis. Two or more boards of education may establish a central kitchen on premises owned by one of the boards to provide food service to multiple schools within the districts. Boards of education may form cooperatives and establish revolving accounts for the purpose of purchasing food and supplies and equipment used in food service operations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.361 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3335 / § 3335.361
§ 3335.361. Fingerprinting 4-H program volunteers
Status: in_force

December 22, 2015 House Bill 340 - 131st General Assembly If any policy or guideline established by OSU extension requires volunteers for 4-H programs to be fingerprinted for purposes of a criminal records check conducted by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, or a vendor approved by the bureau, OSU extension shall pay any fee required under division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.041
§ 3314.041. Distributing statement concerning state-prescribed testing and compulsory attendance law to parents
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The governing authority of each community school and any operator of such school shall distribute to parents of students of the school upon their enrollment in the school the following statement in writing: "The .............. (here fill in name of the school) school is a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. The school is a public school and students enrolled in and attending the school are required to take proficiency tests and other examinations prescribed by law. In addition, there may be other requirements for students at the school that are prescribed by law. Students who are exempt from the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home education pursuant to section 3321.042 of the Revised Code shall no longer be exempt for that purpose upon their enrollment in a community school. For more information about this matter contact the school administration or the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce." Last updated August 21, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3325.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3325 / § 3325.011
§ 3325.011. Admission of pupils to state school for the deaf
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Subject to the regulations adopted by the department of education and workforce, the state school for the deaf shall be open to receive persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind residents of this state, who, in the judgment of the director of education and workforce and the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services, due to such disability, cannot be educated in the public school system and are suitable persons to receive instructions according to the methods employed in such school. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 9:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.12
§ 3302.12. Schools performing poorly for three consecutive years
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 168 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, this section applies to a school building that is ranked according to performance index score under section 3302.21 of the Revised Code in the lowest five per cent of public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and that meets any combination of the following for three consecutive years: (a) The school building has received a grade of "F" for the value-added progress dimension under division (A)(1)(e), (B)(1)(e), or (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (b) The school building has received an overall grade of "F" under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (c) The school building has received a performance rating of one star for progress under division (D)(3)(c) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code; (d) The school building has received an overall performance rating of less than two stars under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (2) In the case of a building to which this section applies, the district board of education in control of that building shall do one of the following at the conclusion of the school year in which the building first becomes subject to this section: (a) Close the school and direct the district superintendent to reassign the students enrolled in the school to other school buildings that demonstrate higher academic achievement; (b) Contract with another school district or a nonprofit or for-profit entity with a demonstrated record of effectiveness to operate the school; (c) Replace the principal and all teaching staff of the school and, upon request from the new principal, exempt the school from all requested policies and regulations of the board regarding curriculum and instruction. The board also shall distribute funding to the school in an amount that is at least equal to the product of the per pupil amount of state and local revenues received by the district multiplied by the student population of the school. (d) Reopen the school as a conversion community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (B) If an action taken by the board under division (A)(2) of this section causes the district to no longer maintain all grades kindergarten through twelve, as required by section 3311.29 of the Revised Code, the board shall enter into a contract with another school district pursuant to section 3327.04 of the Revised Code for enrollment of students in the schools of that other district to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of section 3311.29 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if the board enters into and maintains a contract under section 3327.04 of the Revised Code, the district shall not be considered to have failed to comply with the requirement of section 3311.29 of the Revised Code. If, however, the district board fails to or is unable to enter into or maintain such a contract, the state board of education shall take all necessary actions to dissolve the district as provided in division (A) of section 3311.29 of the Revised Code. (C) If a particular school is required to restructure under this section and a petition with respect to that same school has been filed and verified under divisions (B) and (C) of section 3302.042 of the Revised Code, the provisions of that section and the petition filed and verified under it shall prevail over the provisions of this section and the school shall be restructured under that section. However, if division (D)(1), (2), or (3) of section 3302.042 of the Revised Code also applies to the school, the school shall be subject to restructuring under this section and not section 3302.042 of the Revised Code. If the provisions of this section conflict in any way with the requirements of federal law, federal law shall prevail over the provisions of this section. (D) If a school is restructured under this section, section 3302.042 or 3302.10 of the Revised Code, or federal law, the school shall not be required to restructure again under state law for three consecutive years after the implementation of that prior restructuring. Last updated August 14, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3302.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3302 / § 3302.021
§ 3302.021. Implementation of value-added progress dimension
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of education and workforce shall implement a value-added progress dimension for school districts and buildings and shall incorporate the value-added progress dimension into the report cards and performance ratings issued for districts and buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the implementation of the value-added progress dimension. The rules adopted under this division shall specify both of the following: (1) A scale for describing the levels of academic progress in reading and mathematics relative to a standard year of academic growth in those subjects for each of grades three through eight; (2) That the department shall maintain the confidentiality of individual student test scores and individual student reports in accordance with sections 3301.0711 , 3301.0714 , and 3319.321 of the Revised Code and federal law. The department may require school districts to use a unique identifier for each student for this purpose. Individual student test scores and individual student reports shall be made available only to a student's classroom teacher and other appropriate educational personnel and to the student's parent or guardian. (B) The department shall explore the feasibility of using the value-added gain index and effect size to improve differentiation and interpretation of the measure. If the department determines that it is feasible, it may update the rules adopted under division (A) of this section to implement the use of gain index and effect size. If rules are adopted under division (A) of this section that use the gain index and effect size, any prior method used to calculate letter grades or performance ratings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code shall no longer apply. Rather, the department shall update its rules to determine how letter grades or performance ratings for each level of performance are calculated under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code using gain index and effect size. (C) The department shall use a system designed for collecting necessary data, calculating the value-added progress dimension, analyzing data, and generating reports, which system has been used previously by a nonprofit organization led by the Ohio business community for at least one year in the operation of a pilot program in cooperation with school districts to collect and report student achievement data via electronic means and to provide information to the districts regarding the academic performance of individual students, grade levels, school buildings, and the districts as a whole. (D) The department shall not pay more than two dollars per student for data analysis and reporting to implement the value-added progress dimension in the same manner and with the same services as under the pilot program described by division (B) of this section. However, nothing in this section shall preclude the department or any school district from entering into a contract for the provision of more services at a higher fee per student. Any data analysis conducted under this section by an entity under contract with the department shall be completed in accordance with timelines established by the director of education and workforce. (E) The department shall share any aggregate student data and any calculation, analysis, or report utilizing aggregate student data that is generated under this section with the chancellor of higher education. The department shall not share individual student test scores and individual student reports with the chancellor. (F) The department shall make individual student performance data reports available to districts and schools that have an overall score under the value-added progress dimension calculated under division (D)(1)(d) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The reports shall include data regarding student level percentiles, normal curve equivalents, unique identifiers, and other data for each school year a district or school has an overall score calculated under that division. The department also shall make available the data used to calculate the district's or school's overall growth rating. The reports shall be made available in an electronic spreadsheet form, as soon as practicable each school year, to appropriate educational personnel in each district or school for all the individual students who are administered assessments by, or who are enrolled in, the district or school. Division (F) of this section is subject to section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. 1232g. Last updated August 2, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3319.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3319 / § 3319.27
§ 3319.27. Alternative principal license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board of education shall adopt rules that establish an alternative principal license. The rules establishing an alternative principal license shall include a requirement that an applicant have obtained classroom teaching experience. Beginning on the effective date of the rules, the state board shall cease to issue temporary educator licenses pursuant to section 3319.225 of the Revised Code for employment as a principal. Any person who on the effective date of the rules holds a valid temporary educator license issued under that section and is employed as a principal shall be allowed to continue employment as a principal until the expiration of the license. Employment of any such person as a principal by a school district after the expiration of the temporary educator license shall be contingent upon the state board issuing the person an alternative principal license in accordance with the rules adopted under this division. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules that establish an alternative administrator license, which shall be valid for employment as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal. Beginning on the effective date of the rules, the state board shall cease to issue temporary educator licenses pursuant to section 3319.225 of the Revised Code for employment as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal. Any person who on the effective date of the rules holds a valid temporary educator license issued under that section and is employed as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal shall be allowed to continue employment in that position until the expiration of the license. Employment of any such person as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal by a school district after the expiration of the temporary educator license shall be contingent upon the state board issuing the person an alternative administrator license in accordance with the rules adopted under this division. (C) The state board shall issue an alternative principal or alternative administrator license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a school principal or school administrator in a state that does not issue one or both of those licenses. Last updated May 31, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.013
§ 3317.013. Special education program multiples
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 554 - 134th General Assembly The multiples for the following categories of special education programs, as these programs are defined for purposes of Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, are as follows: (A) A multiple of 0.2435 for students whose primary or only identified disability is a speech and language disability, as this term is defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code; (B) A multiple of 0.6179 for students identified as specific learning disabled, developmentally disabled, or developmentally delayed, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, identified as having an other health impairment-minor, or identified as a preschool child who is developmentally delayed; (C) A multiple of 1.4845 for students identified as hearing disabled or severe behavior disabled, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code; (D) A multiple of 1.9812 for students identified as vision impaired, as this term is defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, or as having an other health impairment-major; (E) A multiple of 2.6830 for students identified as orthopedically disabled or as having multiple disabilities, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code; (F) A multiple of 3.9554 for students identified as autistic, having traumatic brain injuries, or as both visually and hearing impaired, as these terms are defined pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. Last updated February 16, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.03
§ 3313.03. Redistricting into subdistricts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Within three months after the official announcement of the result of each successive federal census, the board of education of each city school district which, according to such census, has a population of fifty thousand or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand persons and which elected to have subdistricts shall redistrict such districts into subdistricts. Such subdistricts shall be bounded as far as practicable by corporation lines, streets, alleys, avenues, public grounds, canals, watercourses, ward boundaries, voting precinct boundaries, or present school district boundaries, shall be as nearly equal in population as possible, and be composed of adjacent and as compact territory as practicable. If the board of any such district fails to district or redistrict such city school district, then the director of education and workforce shall forthwith district or redistrict such city school district, subject to sections 3313.01 to 3313.13 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.121
§ 3375.121. Municipal library district created
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly (A) In any municipal corporation, not located in a county library district, that has a population of not less than twenty-five thousand, and within which there is not located a main library of a township, municipal, school district, association, or county free public library, a library district may be created by a resolution adopted by the legislative authority of that municipal corporation. No such resolution shall be adopted after one year from June 20, 1977. Upon the adoption of the resolution, any branches of an existing library that are located in that municipal corporation shall become the property of the municipal library district created. The municipal corporation and the board of trustees of the public library maintaining any existing branches in that municipal corporation shall forthwith take appropriate action transferring all title and interest in all real and personal property located in that municipal corporation in the name of the library district maintaining those branches in that municipal corporation to the municipal corporation adopting the appropriate resolution. Upon transfer of all title and interest in that property, the branches shall become a part of, and be operated by, the board of library trustees appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. (B) In any municipal corporation that has a population of less than twenty-five thousand and that has not less than one hundred thousand dollars available from a bequest for the establishment of a municipal library, the legislative authority of that municipal corporation may adopt, within one year after June 20, 1977, a resolution creating a library district. Upon the establishment of any such library district, the board of trustees of any library operating a branch library in that municipal corporation shall not be required to transfer any property to the newly established library. (C) The board of library trustees of any library district created under this section shall be composed of seven members. Those trustees shall be appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, to serve without compensation, for a term of four years, but the initial term of the seventh trustee may be for the number of years set by the legislative authority, not to exceed four years. Vacancies shall be filled by like appointment for the unexpired term. This section does not affect the term of any trustee appointed prior to January 1, 2013. A library district created under this section shall be governed in accordance with and exercise the authority provided for in sections 3375.32 to 3375.41 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 3.24 of the Revised Code, the chairperson of a board of township trustees may administer the oath of office to a person or persons representing the township on the board of library trustees of any library district created under this section, even if the geographical limits of the library district do not fall within the geographical limits of the township. (D) Any library district created under this section is eligible to participate in the proceeds of the county public library fund in accordance with section 5705.28 of the Revised Code. (E) A municipal corporation may establish and operate a free public library regardless of whether the municipal corporation is located in a county library district or school library district, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The facility in which the library is principally located is transferred to the municipal corporation from the county library district or school library district in which it is located prior to January 1, 1996. (2) The population of the municipal corporation is less than five hundred when the library is transferred from the county library district or school library district to the municipal corporation. (3) The municipal corporation does not establish a municipal library district under this section. (4) The library does not receive any proceeds from the county public library fund under section 5747.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3328.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3328 / § 3328.40
§ 3328.40. Overdose reversal drug policy
Status: in_force

January 19, 2026 House Bill 57 - 136th General Assembly (A) A college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that elects under section 3715.50 of the Revised Code to obtain and maintain a supply of an overdose reversal drug for use in an emergency situation shall comply with all provisions of section 3313.7119 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. (B) A college-preparatory boarding school may accept donations of money from any person or entity to purchase overdose reversal drugs. A school shall use the donations only for that purpose and shall track the expenditure of donated funds. Last updated December 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3317.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3317 / § 3317.011
§ 3317.011. City, local, and exempted village school district base cost
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly This section shall apply only for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Average administrative assistant salary" means the average salary of administrative assistants employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $20,000 but less than $65,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department of education and workforce. (2) "Average bookkeeping and accounting employee salary" means the average salary of bookkeeping employees and accounting employees employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $20,000 but less than $80,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (3) "Average clerical staff salary" means the average salary of clerical staff employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $15,000 but less than $50,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (4) "Average counselor salary" means the average salary of counselors employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $30,000 but less than $95,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (5) "Average education management information system support employee salary" means the average salary of accounting employees employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $30,000 but less than $90,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (6) "Average librarian and media staff salary" means the average salary of librarians and media staff employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $30,000 but less than $95,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (7) "Average other district administrator salary" means the average salary of all assistant superintendents and directors employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $50,000 but less than $135,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (8) "Average principal salary" means the average salary of all principals employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $50,000 but less than $120,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (9) "Average superintendent salary" means the average salary of all superintendents employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $60,000 but less than $180,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department. (10) "Average teacher cost" for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of the following: (a) The average salary of teachers employed by city, local, and exempted village school districts in this state with salaries greater than $30,000 but less than $95,000, using fiscal year 2022 data, as determined by the department; (b) An amount for teacher benefits equal to 0.16 times the average salary calculated under division (A)(10)(a) of this section; (c) An amount for district-paid insurance costs equal to the following product: The statewide weighted average employer-paid monthly premium based on data reported by city, local, and exempted village school districts to the state employment relations board for the health insurance survey conducted in accordance with divisions (K)(5) and (6) of section 4117.02 of the Revised Code using fiscal year 2022 data X 12 (11) "Eligible school district" means a city, local, or exempted village school district that satisfies one of the following: (a) The district is a member of an organization that regulates interscholastic athletics. (b) The district has teams in at least three different sports that participate in an interscholastic league. (B) When calculating a district's aggregate base cost under this section, the department shall use data from fiscal year 2022 for all of the following: (1) The average salaries determined under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10)(a) of this section; (2) The amount for teacher benefits determined under division (A)(10)(b) of this section; (3) The district-paid insurance costs determined under division (A)(10)(c) of this section; (4) The spending determined under divisions (E)(4)(a), (E)(5)(a), (E)(6)(a), and (H)(1) of this section and the corresponding student counts determined under divisions (E)(4)(b), (E)(5)(b), (E)(6)(b), and (H)(2) of this section; (5) The information determined under division (G)(3) of this section. (C) A city, local, or exempted village school district's aggregate base cost for a fiscal year shall be equal to the following sum: (The district's teacher base cost for that fiscal year computed under division (D) of this section) + (the district's student support base cost for that fiscal year computed under division (E) of this section) + (the district's leadership and accountability base cost for that fiscal year computed under division (F) of this section) + (the district's building leadership and operations base cost for that fiscal year computed under division (G) of this section) + (the athletic co-curricular activities base cost for that fiscal year computed under division (H) of this section, if the district is an eligible school district) (D) The department shall compute a district's teacher base cost for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate the district's classroom teacher cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the full-time equivalency of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in kindergarten and divide that number by 20; (b) Determine the full-time equivalency of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in grades one through three and divide that number by 23; (c) Determine the full-time equivalency of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in grades four through eight but are not enrolled in a career-technical education program or class described under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and divide that number by 25; (d) Determine the full-time equivalency of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in grades nine through twelve but are not enrolled in a career-technical education program or class described under section 3317.014 of the Revised Code and divide that number by 27; (e) Determine the full-time equivalency of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in a career-technical education program or class, as certified under divisions (B)(11), (12), (13), (14), and (15) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, and divide that number by 18; (f) Compute the sum of the quotients obtained under divisions (D)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section; (g) Compute the classroom teacher cost by multiplying the average teacher cost for that fiscal year by the sum computed under division (D)(1)(f) of this section. (2) Calculate the district's special teacher cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 150; (b) If the quotient obtained under division (D)(2)(a) of this section is greater than 6, the special teacher cost shall be equal to that quotient multiplied by the average teacher cost for that fiscal year. (c) If the quotient obtained under division (D)(2)(a) of this section is less than or equal to 6, the special teacher cost shall be equal to 6 multiplied by the average teacher cost for that fiscal year. (3) Calculate the district's substitute teacher cost for that fiscal year in accordance with the following formula: (a) Compute the substitute teacher daily rate with benefits by multiplying the substitute teacher daily rate of $90 by 1.16; (b) Compute the substitute teacher cost in accordance with the following formula: [The sum computed under division (D)(1)(f) of this section + (the greater of the quotient obtained under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and 6)] X the amount computed under division (D)(3)(a) of this section X 5 (4) Calculate the district's professional development cost for that fiscal year in accordance with the following formula: [The sum computed under division (D)(1)(f) of this section + (the greater of the quotient obtained under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and 6)] X [(the sum of divisions (A)(10)(a) and (b) of this section for that fiscal year)/180] X 4 (5) Calculate the district's teacher base cost for that fiscal year, which equals the sum of divisions (D)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section. (E) The department shall compute a district's student support base cost for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate the district's guidance counselor cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the number of students in the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year that are enrolled in grades nine through twelve and divide that number by 360; (b) Compute the counselor cost in accordance with the following formula: (The greater of the quotient obtained under division (E)(1)(a) of this section and 1) X [(the average counselor salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (2) Calculate the district's librarian and media staff cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 1,000; (b) Compute the librarian and media staff cost in accordance with the following formula: The quotient obtained under division (E)(2)(a) of this section X [(the average librarian and media staff salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (3) Calculate the district's staffing cost for student wellness and success for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 250; (b) Compute the staffing cost for student wellness and success in accordance with the following formula: (The greater of the quotient obtained under division (E)(3)(a) of this section and 5) X [(the average counselor salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (4) Calculate the district's academic co-curricular activities cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the total amount of spending for academic co-curricular activities reported by city, local, and exempted village school districts to the department using fiscal year 2022 data; (b) Determine the sum of the enrolled ADM of every school district in the state using fiscal year 2022 data as specified under division (E)(4)(a) of this section; (c) Compute the academic co-curricular activities cost in accordance with the following formula: (The amount determined under division (E)(4)(a) of this section / the sum determined under division (E)(4)(b) of this section) X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for the fiscal year for which the academic co-curricular activities cost is computed (5) Calculate the district's building safety and security cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the total amount of spending for building safety and security reported by city, local, and exempted village school districts to the department using fiscal year 2022 data; (b) Determine the sum of the enrolled ADM of every school district in the state that reported the data specified under division (E)(5)(a) of this section using fiscal year 2022 data; (c) Compute the building safety and security cost in accordance with the following formula: (The amount determined under division (E)(5)(a) of this section / the sum determined under division (E)(5)(a) of this section) X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for the fiscal year for which the building safety and security cost is computed (6) Calculate the district's supplies and academic content cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the total amount of spending for supplies and academic content, excluding supplies for transportation and maintenance, reported by city, local, and exempted village school districts to the department using fiscal year 2022 data; (b) Determine the sum of the enrolled ADM of every school district in the state using fiscal year 2022 data as specified under division (E)(6)(a) of this section; (c) Compute the supplies and academic content cost in accordance with the following formula: (The amount determined under division (E)(6)(a) of this section / the sum determined under division (E)(6)(b) of this section) X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for the fiscal year for which the supplies and academic content cost is computed (7) Calculate the district's technology cost for that fiscal year in accordance with the following formula: $37.50 X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year (8) Calculate the district's student support base cost for that fiscal year, which equals the sum of divisions (E)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section. (F) The department shall compute a district's leadership and accountability base cost for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate the district's superintendent cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is greater than 4,000, then the district's superintendent cost shall be equal to [($160,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]. (b) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is less than or equal to 4,000 but greater than or equal to 500, the district's superintendent cost shall be equal to the sum of the following: (i) (The district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year - 500) X {[($160,000 X 1.16) - ($80,000 X 1.16)]/3500}; (ii) ($80,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year. (c) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM is less than 500, then the district's superintendent cost shall be equal to [($80,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]. (2) Calculate the district's treasurer cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is greater than 4,000, then the district's treasurer cost shall be equal to [($130,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]. (b) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year is less than or equal to 4,000 but greater than or equal to 500, the district's treasurer cost shall be equal to the sum of the following: (i) (The district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year - 500) X {[($130,000 X 1.16) - ($60,000 X 1.16)]/3500}; (ii) ($60,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year. (c) If the district's base cost enrolled ADM is less than 500, then the district's treasurer cost shall be equal to [($60,000 X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]. (3) Calculate the district's other district administrator cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the average other district administrator salary for that fiscal year by the average superintendent salary for that fiscal year; (b) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 750; (c) Compute the other district administrator cost in accordance with the following formula: {[(The district's superintendent cost for that fiscal year calculated under division (F)(1) of this section - the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year) X the quotient obtained under division (F)(3)(a) of this section] + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section} X (the greater of the quotient obtained under division (F)(3)(b) of this section and 2) (4) Calculate the district's fiscal support cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 850; (b) Determine the lesser of the following: (i) The maximum of the quotient obtained under division (F)(4)(a) of this section and 2; (ii) 35. (c) Compute the fiscal support cost in accordance with the following formula: The number obtained under division (F)(4)(b) of this section X [(the average bookkeeping and accounting employee salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (5) Calculate the district's education management information system support cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 5,000; (b) Compute the education management information system support cost in accordance with the following formula: (The greater of the quotient obtained under division (F)(5)(a) of this section and 1) X [(the average education management information system support employee salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (6) Calculate the district's leadership support cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine the greater of the quotient obtained under division (F)(3)(b) of this section and 2, and add 1 to that number; (b) Divide the number obtained under division (F)(6)(a) of this section by 3; (c) Compute the leadership support cost in accordance with the following formula: (The greater of the quotient obtained under division (F)(6)(b) of this section and 1) X [(the average administrative assistant salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year] (7) Calculate the district's information technology center support cost for that fiscal year in accordance with the following formula: $31 X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year (8) Calculate the district's district leadership and accountability base cost for that fiscal year, which equals the sum of divisions (F)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section. (G) The department shall compute a district's building leadership and operations base cost for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Calculate the district's building leadership cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the average principal salary for that fiscal year by the average superintendent salary for that fiscal year; (b) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 450; (c) Compute the building leadership cost in accordance with the following formula: {[(The district's superintendent cost for that fiscal year calculated under division (F)(1) of this section - the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year) X the quotient obtained under division (G)(1)(a) of this section] + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year} X the quotient obtained under division (G)(1)(b) of this section (2) Calculate the district's building leadership support cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Divide the district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year by 400; (b) Determine the number of school buildings in the district for the preceding fiscal year; (c) Compute the building leadership support cost in accordance with the following formula: (i) If the quotient obtained under division (G)(2)(a) of this section is less than the number obtained under division (G)(2)(b) of this section, then the district's building leadership support cost shall be equal to {the number obtained under division (G)(2)(b) of this section for that fiscal year X [(the average clerical staff salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]}. (ii) If the quotient obtained under division (G)(2)(a) of this section is greater than or equal to the number obtained under division (G)(2)(b) of this section, then the district's building leadership support cost shall be equal to {[the lesser of (the number obtained under division (G)(2)(b) of this section X 3) and the quotient obtained under division (G)(2)(a) of this section] X [(the average clerical staff salary for that fiscal year X 1.16) + the amount specified under division (A)(10)(c) of this section for that fiscal year]}. (3) Calculate the district's building operations cost for that fiscal year as follows: (a) Determine both of the following: (i) The average building square feet per pupil for all city, local, and exempted village school district buildings in the state; (ii) The average cost per square foot for all city, local, and exempted village school district buildings in the state. (b) Compute the building operations cost in accordance with the following formula: The district's base cost enrolled ADM for that fiscal year X [(the number determined under division (G)(3)(a)(i) of this section X the number determined under division (G)(3)(a)(ii) of this section) - (the amount determined under division (E)(5)(a) of this section for that fiscal year/ the sum determined under division (E)(5)(b) of this section for that fiscal year)] (4) Calculate the district's building leadership and operations base cost for that fiscal year, which equals the sum of divisions (G)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. (H) If a district is an eligible school district, the department shall compute the district's athletic co-curricular activities base cost for a fiscal year as follows: (1) Determine the total amount of spending for athletic co-curricular activities reported by city, local, and exempted village school districts to the department for that fiscal year; (2) Determine the sum of the enrolled ADM of every school district in the state for that fiscal year; (3) Compute the district's athletic co-curricular activities base cost in accordance with the following formula: (The amount determined under division (H)(1) of this section / the sum determined under division (H)(2) of this section) X the district's base cost enrolled ADM for the fiscal year for which the funds for athletic co-curricular activities are computed Last updated July 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.714 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3313 / § 3313.714
§ 3313.714. Healthcheck program for recipients of medical assistance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of education" means the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (2) "Healthcheck" means the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment program, a component of the medicaid program. (3) "Pupil" means a person under age twenty-two enrolled in the schools of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (4) "Parent" means either parent with the following exceptions: (a) If one parent has custody by court order, "parent" means the parent with custody. (b) If neither parent has legal custody, "parent" means the person or government entity with legal custody. (c) The child's legal guardian or a person who has accepted responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of the child. (B) At the request of the department of medicaid, a board of education shall establish and conduct a healthcheck program for pupils enrolled in the schools of the district who are medicaid recipients. At the request of a board of education, the department may authorize the board to establish a healthcheck program. A board that establishes a healthcheck program shall enter into a medicaid provider agreement with the department. A healthcheck program established by a board of education shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the medicaid director under division (F) of this section. The healthcheck program shall include all of the following components: (1) A comprehensive health and development history; (2) A comprehensive physical examination; (3) A developmental assessment; (4) A nutritional assessment; (5) A vision assessment; (6) A hearing assessment; (7) An immunization assessment; (8) Lead screening and laboratory tests ordered by a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine as part of one of the other components; (9) Such other assessment as may be required by the department of medicaid in accordance with the requirements of the healthcheck program. All services included in a board of education's healthcheck program that the board provided under sections 3313.67 , 3313.673 , 3313.68 , 3313.69 , and 3313.71 of the Revised Code during the 1990-1991 school year shall continue to be provided to medicaid recipients by the board pursuant to those sections. The services shall be considered part of the healthcheck program for medicaid recipients, and the board shall be eligible for payment from the department in accordance with this division for providing the services. The department shall pay boards of education for healthcheck program services provided under this division at the rates paid under the medicaid program to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other providers of healthcheck services. (C) Each board of education that conducts a healthcheck program shall determine for each pupil enrolled in the schools of the district whether the pupil is a medicaid recipient. The department of medicaid and county departments of job and family services shall assist the board in making these determinations. Except as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, all information received by a board under this division shall be confidential. Before the first day of October of each year, each board that conducts a healthcheck program shall send the parent of each pupil who is under age eighteen and a medicaid recipient notice that the pupil will be examined under the district's healthcheck program unless the parent notifies the board that the parent denies consent for the examination. The notice shall include a form to be used by the parent to indicate that the parent denies consent. The denial shall be effective only if the form is signed by the parent and returned to the board or the school in which the pupil is enrolled. If the parent does not return a signed form indicating denial of consent within two weeks after the date the notice is sent, the school district and the department of medicaid shall deem the parent to have consented to examination of the parent's child under the healthcheck program. In the case of a pupil age eighteen or older, the notice shall be given to the pupil, and the school district and the department of medicaid shall deem the pupil to have consented to examination unless the pupil returns the signed form indicating the pupil's denial of consent. (D)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Nonfederal share" means the portion of expenditures for services that is required under the medicaid program to be paid for with state or local government funds. (b) "Federal financial participation" means the portion of expenditures for services that is payable under the medicaid program with federal funds. (2) At the request of a board of education, the state department may enter into an agreement with the board under which the board provides medical services to a medicaid recipient that are payable under the medicaid program but not under the healthcheck program. The agreement may be for a term specified in the agreement and renewable by mutual consent of the board and the department, or may continue in force as long as agreeable to the board and the department. The board shall use state or local funds of the district to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures for services provided under this division. Prior to entering into or renewing an agreement and at any other time requested by the department while the agreement is in force, the board shall certify to the department in accordance with the rules adopted under division (F) of this section that it will have sufficient state or local funds to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures under this division. If the board fails to make the certification, the department shall not enter into or renew the agreement. If an agreement has been entered into, it shall be void unless the board makes the certification not later than fifteen days after receiving notice from the department that the certification is due. The board shall report to the department, in accordance with the rules, the amount of state or local funds it spends to provide services under this division. The department shall pay the board the federal financial participation allowed for the board's expenditures for services under this division. The total of the nonfederal share spent by the board and the federal financial participation paid by the department for a service rendered under this division shall be an amount agreed to by the board and the department, but shall not exceed the maximum payable amount for that service under rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under division (F) of this section shall include procedures under which the department will recover from a board overpayments and subsequent federal audit disallowances of federal financial participation paid by the department. (E) A board of education shall provide services under division (D) of this section and under its healthcheck program as provided in division (E)(1), (2), or (3) of this section: (1) By having the services performed by physicians, dentists, and nurses employed by the board; (2) By contracting with physicians, dentists, nurses, and other providers of services who have medicaid provider agreements with the department of medicaid; (3) By having some of the services performed by persons described in division (E)(1) of this section and others performed by persons described in division (E)(2) of this section. (F) The medicaid director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing healthcheck programs conducted under this section and services provided under division (D) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.13
§ 3314.13. Community school employees; liability
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 66 - 132nd General Assembly A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a community school employee's action or inaction in good faith compliance with section 3321.141 of the Revised Code. 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 § 3307.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.35
§ 3307.35. Employment of retirant
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3307.352 of the Revised Code, "other system retirant" means either of the following: (1) A member or former member of the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, school employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system who is receiving from a system of which the retirant is a member or former member age and service or commuted age and service retirement, a benefit, allowance, or distribution under a plan established under section 145.81 or 3309.81 of the Revised Code, or a disability benefit; (2) A person who is participating or has participated in an alternative retirement plan established under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code and is receiving a benefit, allowance, or distribution under the plan. (B) Subject to this section and section 3307.353 of the Revised Code, a superannuate or other system retirant may be employed as a teacher. (C) A superannuate or other system retirant employed in accordance with this section shall contribute to the state teachers retirement system in accordance with section 3307.26 of the Revised Code and the employer shall contribute in accordance with sections 3307.28 and 3307.31 of the Revised Code. Such contributions shall be received as specified in section 3307.14 of the Revised Code. A superannuate or other system retirant employed as a teacher is not a member of the state teachers retirement system, does not have any of the rights, privileges, or obligations of membership, except as provided in this section, and is not eligible to receive health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits under section 3307.39 of the Revised Code for employment subject to this section. (D) The employer that employs a superannuate or other system retirant shall notify the state teachers retirement board of the employment not later than the end of the month in which the employment commences. Any overpayment of benefits to a superannuate by the retirement system resulting from an employer's failure to give timely notice may be charged to the employer and may be certified and deducted as provided in section 3307.31 of the Revised Code. (E) On receipt of notice from an employer that a person who is an other system retirant has been employed, the state teachers retirement system shall notify the state retirement system of which the other system retirant was a member of such employment. (F) A superannuate or other system retirant who has received an allowance or benefit for less than two months when employment subject to this section or section 3305.05 of the Revised Code commences shall forfeit the allowance or benefit for any month the superannuate or retirant is employed prior to the expiration of such period. The allowance or benefit forfeited each month shall be equal to the monthly amount the superannuate or other system retirant is eligible to receive under a single lifetime benefit plan of payment described in division (A) of section 3307.60 of the Revised Code. Contributions shall be made to the retirement system from the first day of such employment, but service and contributions for that period shall not be used in the calculation of any benefit payable to the superannuate or other system retirant, and those contributions shall be refunded on the superannuate's or retirant's death or termination of the employment. Contributions made on compensation earned after the expiration of such period shall be used in calculation of the benefit or payment due under section 3307.352 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, "employment" does not include uncompensated volunteer work if the position is different from the superannuate's or other system retirant's position with the employer by which the superannuate or retirant was employed at the time of retirement. (G) On receipt of notice from the Ohio police and fire pension fund, public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system of the re-employment of a superannuate, the state teachers retirement system shall not pay, or if paid shall recover, the amount to be forfeited by the superannuate in accordance with section 145.38 , 742.26 , or 3309.341 of the Revised Code or any requirement of the Cincinnati r etirement s ystem. (H) If the disability benefit of an other system retirant employed under this section is terminated, the retirant shall become a member of the state teachers retirement system, effective on the first day of the month next following the termination, with all the rights, privileges, and obligations of membership. If the retirant, after the termination of the retirant's disability benefit, earns two years of service credit under this retirement system or under the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system, the retirant's prior contributions as an other system retirant under this section shall be included in the retirant's total service credit, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, as a state teachers retirement system member, and the retirant shall forfeit all rights and benefits of this section. Not more than one year of credit may be given for any period of twelve months. (I) This section does not affect the receipt of benefits by or eligibility for benefits of any person who on August 20, 1976, was receiving a disability benefit or service retirement pension or allowance from a state or municipal retirement system in Ohio and was a member of any other state or municipal retirement system of this state. (J) The state teachers retirement board may make the necessary rules to carry into effect this section and to prevent the abuse of the rights and privileges thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3354 / § 3354.19
§ 3354.19. Displaced homemaker defined
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 3354.19 to 3354.21 of the Revised Code, "displaced homemaker" means an individual who: (A) Is twenty-seven years of age or older; (B) Has worked without pay as a homemaker for his or her family; (C) Is not gainfully employed and has had, or would be likely to have, difficulty in securing employment; and (D) Has either been deprived of the support of a person on whom he or she was dependent, or has become ineligible for public assistance as the parent of a needy child. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3357.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3357 / § 3357.17
§ 3357.17. Cooperation with other board or agencies
Status: in_force

February 17, 1972 Senate Bill 396 - 109th General Assembly The board of trustees of a technical college district, and its agents, shall cooperate with boards of county commissioners of the county or counties comprising the district, with boards of education in the district, and with other public agencies representing the people of the district, in providing for educational, social, civic, and recreational activities, in buildings and upon grounds under control of the board of trustees, provided that such cooperation shall not interfere with the principal purpose of such district which is to provide technical educational service beyond the high school for the people of such district. The board of trustees shall prescribe such rules and regulations for occupancy of buildings and grounds as will secure fair, reasonable, and impartial use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3307.352 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3307 / § 3307.352
§ 3307.352. Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly For purposes of this section, "superannuate" includes a member who retired under section 3307.351 of the Revised Code. (A) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, a superannuate or other system retirant who has made contributions under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code may submit an application to the state teachers retirement system for a benefit consisting of a single life annuity. The annuity shall have a reserve equal to the amount of the superannuate's or retirant's accumulated contributions, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, for the period of employment, other than the contributions excluded pursuant to division (F) of section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, and an amount determined by the state teachers retirement board from the employers' trust created by section 3307.14 of the Revised Code, plus interest credited to the date of retirement at a rate of interest determined by the board. The superannuate or other system retirant shall elect either to receive the benefit as a monthly annuity for life or a lump sum payment discounted to the present value using a rate of interest determined by the board, except that if the monthly annuity would be less than twenty-five dollars per month the superannuate or retirant shall receive a lump sum payment. A benefit payable under this division shall commence on the first day of the month immediately following the latest of the following: (1) The last day for which compensation for employment subject to this section was paid; (2) Attainment by the superannuate or other system retirant of age sixty-five; (3) If the superannuate or other system retirant was previously employed under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code and previously received or is receiving a benefit under this division, completion of a period of twelve months since the effective date of the last benefit under this division. (B)(1) A superannuate or other system retirant under age sixty-five who has made contributions under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code may submit an application to the state teachers retirement system for a return of those contributions if both of the following conditions are met: (a) The superannuate or retirant has terminated, for any reason other than death, the employment for which the contributions were made. (b) If the superannuate or retirant received a return of contributions under this division for a previous period of employment under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code, twelve months have passed since the date the retirement system returned the contributions. (2) A return of contributions under this division shall consist of the sum of the following: (a) The contributions the superannuate or other system retirant made under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code other than the contributions excluded under division (F) of section 3307.35 of the Revised Code; (b) Interest at a rate determined by the state teachers retirement board credited through the later of the month the superannuate or retirant terminated the employment for which the contributions are made or the date required by division (B)(1)(b) of this section. (3) Payment of a return of contributions under this division shall be made on a date determined by the state teachers retirement board but shall be not earlier than the later of the first day of the first month following termination of employment or the date required by division (B)(1)(b) of this section. The payment cancels the superannuate's or retirant's right to a benefit under division (A) of this section for the service for which the contributions were made. (C)(1) If a superannuate or other system retirant who made contributions under section 3307.35 or 3307.351 of the Revised Code dies before receiving a benefit under division (A) of this section or a return of contributions under division (B) of this section, a lump sum payment shall be paid to the beneficiary designated under division (D)(1) of section 3307.562 of the Revised Code. The lump sum shall be calculated in accordance with division (A) of this section, except that the interest shall be credited as follows: (a) If the superannuate or retirant was under age sixty-five at the time of death, the interest shall be credited through the month of death. (b) If the superannuate or retirant was age sixty-five or older at the time of death, the interest shall be credited through the later of the month in which the superannuate or retirant terminated the employment for which the contributions are made or the month the superannuate or retirant attained age sixty-five. (2) If at the time of death a superannuate or other system retirant receiving a monthly annuity under division (A) of this section has received less than the superannuate or retirant would have received as a lump sum payment, the difference between the amount received and the amount that would have been received as a lump sum payment shall be paid to the superannuate's or retirant's beneficiary designated under division (D)(1) of section 3307.562 of the Revised Code. (D) No amount received under this section shall be included in determining an additional benefit under section 3307.67 of the Revised Code or any other post-retirement benefit increase.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3381.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3381 / § 3381.09
§ 3381.09. Bonds to be free from state taxation
Status: in_force

November 7, 1979 House Bill 66 - 113th General Assembly Bonds issued under section 3381.08 of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.361 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3314 / § 3314.361
§ 3314.361. Operation of drug recovery program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A community school that operates a drug recovery program in cooperation with a court shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery community school for purposes of this chapter and shall comply with all enrollment restrictions applicable to such a school. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3375.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 33 / Chapter 3375 / § 3375.65
§ 3375.65. Library information network board of trustees
Status: in_force

June 20, 2008 Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio public library information network board of trustees, which shall be the governing board of the Ohio public library information network. The board shall consist of all of the following members: (1) The state librarian, who shall serve as a nonvoting member; (2) The eleven members of the Ohio public library information network board authorized under Section 323.10 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly who are serving on such board on the effective date of this section. These continuing members shall serve staggered terms, with three terms expiring on June 30, 2008, four terms expiring on June 30, 2009, and four terms expiring on June 30, 2010. (At their first meeting after the effective date of this section, the voting members of the board shall draw lots to determine when their terms end.) Thereafter, terms of office for all voting members shall be three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. The state library board shall fill a vacancy among the voting members of the board by selecting an appointee from among the staff of public libraries and past and present members of boards of trustees of public libraries, based on the recommendations of the library community of this state. A member of the board may be reappointed, but no member shall serve more than two terms, provided that service for a partial term of one year or less shall not be counted toward the two-term limitation. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the predecessor's term shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (B) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as board members. (C) The board shall meet at least quarterly and hold such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out the board's duties under sections 3375.64 , 3375.66 , and 3375.67 of the Revised Code. Additional meetings may be called in accordance with bylaws adopted by the board.