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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program › Section 3317.40 | Accountability for Funding.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "subgroup" means one of the following subsets of the entire student population of a school district or a school building:
(1) Students with disabilities;
(2) Economically disadvantaged students;
(3) English learners;
(4) Students identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability and specific academic ability fields under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code.
(B) It is the intent of the general assembly that funds provided under this chapter shall be used for the provision of a system of common schools and the advancement of the knowledge of all students. As such, school districts and schools shall be held accountable for those funds to ensure that all students are provided an opportunity to graduate from high school prepared for a career or for post-secondary education.
(C) When funds are provided under this chapter specifically for services for a subgroup of students, the general assembly has determined that these students experience unique challenges requiring additional resources and intends that the funds so provided be used for services that will allow students in those subgroups to master the knowledge base required for high school graduation.
(D) If a district or school fails to show satisfactory achievement and progress, as determined by the department of education and workforce, for any subgroup of students based on performance measures reported or graded under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the district or school shall submit an improvement plan to the department for approval. The plan may be included in any other improvement plan required of the district or school under state or federal law. The department may require that a plan required under division (C) of this section include an agreement to partner with another organization that has demonstrated the ability to improve the educational outcome for that subgroup of students to provide services to those students. The partner organization may be another school, district, or other education provider.
The department shall establish measures of satisfactory achievement and progress, which include, but are not limited to, performance measures under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The department shall make the initial determination of satisfactory achievement and progress under this section using those measures not later than September 1, 2015, and then make determinations under this section annually thereafter.
The department shall publish a list of schools, school districts, and other educational providers that have demonstrated an ability to serve each subgroup of students.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program › Section 3317.50 | Telecommunity Education Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The telecommunity education fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of certain excess local exchange telephone company contributions transferred from the reserve fund of the Ohio telecommunications advisory board pursuant to an agreement between the public utilities commission of Ohio and the Ohio department of education and workforce. The fund shall be used by the chancellor of higher education, in the amounts appropriated, to finance technology grants to state-chartered elementary and secondary schools. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:14 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3317 | Foundation Program › Section 3317.51 | Distance Learning Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The distance learning fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of moneys paid by any telephone company as a part of a settlement agreement between such company and the public utilities commission in fiscal year 1995 in part to establish distance learning throughout the state. The chancellor of higher education shall administer the fund and expend moneys from it to finance technology grants to eligible schools chartered by the director of education and workforce to establish distance learning in those schools. Chartered schools are eligible for funds if they are within the service area of the telephone company. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(B) For purposes of this section, "distance learning" means the creation of a learning environment involving a school setting and at least one other location outside of the school which allows for information available at one site to be accessed at the other through the use of such educational applications as one-way or two-way transmission of data, voice, and video, singularly or in appropriate combinations.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:15 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.021 | On-Site Visits to Districts Intending to Participate in Expedited Local Partnership Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission may conduct on-site visits to any school district whose district board adopts a resolution certifying to the commission the board's intent to participate in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.022 | District Not Yet Eligible for State Assistance May Request Assessment.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, within two years following the request of the school district, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall assess the current conditions of the classroom facilities needs of any school district that is not yet eligible for state assistance under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code and that requests such an assessment. The assessment made under this section shall not include a final agreement between the school district and the commission as to the basic project cost of the school district's classroom facilities needs. The commission shall not consider any request for an assessment under this section that is submitted sooner than September 14, 2000.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.024 | Use of Unspent and Unencumbered Funds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In the first year of a capital biennium, any funds appropriated to the Ohio facilities construction commission for classroom facilities projects under this chapter in the previous capital biennium that were not spent or encumbered, or for which an encumbrance has been canceled under section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, shall be used by the commission only for projects under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
In the second year of a capital biennium, any funds appropriated to the Ohio facilities construction commission for classroom facilities projects under this chapter that were not spent or encumbered in the first year of the biennium and which are in excess of an amount equal to half of the appropriations for the capital biennium, or for which an encumbrance has been canceled under section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, shall be used by the commission only for projects under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20, 3318.351, 3318.364, 3318.37, 3318.371, 3318.38, and 3318.40 to 3318.46 of the Revised Code, subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.031 | Commission to Consider Student and Staff Safety and Health.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall consider student and staff safety and health when reviewing design plans for classroom facility construction projects proposed under this chapter. After consulting with appropriate education, health, and law enforcement personnel, the commission may require as a condition of project approval under either section 3318.03 or division (B)(1) of section 3318.41 of the Revised Code such changes in the design plans as the commission believes will advance or improve student and staff safety and health in the proposed classroom facility.
To carry out its duties under this division, the commission shall review and, if necessary, amend any construction and design standards used in its project approval process, including standards for location and number of exits, standards for lead safety in classroom facilities constructed before 1978 in which services are provided to children under six years of age, and location of restrooms, with a focus on advancing student and staff safety and health.
(B) When reviewing design standards for classroom facility construction projects proposed under this chapter, the commission shall also consider the extent to which the design standards support the following:
(1) Trends in educational delivery methods, including digital access and blended learning;
(2) Provision of sufficient space for training new teachers and promotion of collaboration among teaching candidates, experienced teachers, and teacher educators;
(3) Provision of adequate space for teacher planning and collaboration;
(4) Provision of adequate space for parent involvement activities;
(5) Provision of sufficient space for innovative partnerships between schools and health and social service agencies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.033 | Recalculation of District Percentile Ranking.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Open enrollment net gain" has the same meaning as in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) This section applies to each school district that meets the following criteria:
(1) The Ohio facilities construction commission certified its conditional approval of the district's project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code after July 1, 2006, and prior to September 29, 2007, and the project had not been completed as of September 29, 2007.
(2) Within one year after the date of the commission's certification of its conditional approval, the district's electors approved a bond issue to pay the district's portion of the basic project cost or the district board of education complied with section 3318.052 of the Revised Code.
(3) In the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the district's project was conditionally approved, the district had an open enrollment net gain that was ten per cent or more of its formula ADM.
(C) For each school district to which this section applies, the department of education and workforce shall recalculate the district's percentile ranking under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the district's project was conditionally approved and shall report the recalculated percentile ranking to the commission. For this purpose, the department shall recalculate every school district's percentile ranking for that fiscal year using the district's "valuation per pupil" as that term is defined in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code on and after September 29, 2007.
(D) For each school district to which this section applies, the commission shall use the recalculated percentile ranking reported under division (C) of this section to determine the district's portion of the basic project cost under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code. The commission shall not use the recalculated percentile ranking for any other purpose, and the recalculated ranking shall not affect any other district's portion of the basic project cost under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code or any district's eligibility for assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code. The commission shall revise the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code to reflect the district's new portion of the basic project cost as determined under this division.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 10:17 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.035 | Change of Assessment Rates on Gas Pipelines.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) This section applies only if there is a change in the assessment rates on gas pipelines imposed under state law.
(B) If at any time division (A) of this section applies and if the change in assessment rates described in that division affects a school district's valuation as determined under division (P) of section 3318.01 of the Revised Code by greater than ten per cent and if the Ohio facilities construction commission had determined the state and school district portion of the basic project cost of such a district's project under section 3318.36 or 3318.37 of the Revised Code prior to that change in valuation, the commission shall adjust the state and school district portions of the basic project cost of the school district's project using the valuation altered by the change in assessment rates described in division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.037 | Retention of Percentile Ranking Upon Reapplication for Expedited Local Partnership Program.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Basic project cost," "percentile," and "school district's portion of the basic project cost" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Eligible school district" is a city, local, or exempted village school district that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a) The district intends to build new classroom facilities on land originally owned by a state community college, as that term is defined in section 3358.01 of the Revised Code, with the intention of collaboratively working with the state community college on workforce development programs and curriculum.
(b) The district has previously participated in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program established under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code but did not construct any new facilities as part of that program.
(c) The district reapplies for the expedited local partnership program between January 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, if an eligible school district reapplies for the expedited local partnership program between January 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020, and subsequently enters into a new agreement for that program, both of the following shall occur:
(1) The district shall retain its percentile ranking that was determined at the time the district entered into its initial agreement under the expedited local partnership program.
(2) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall give that district first priority for funding for a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code as such funds become available, regardless of the district's percentile rank under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code, and the district's portion of the basic project cost under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code shall be the same percentage of the basic project cost as under its initial agreement under the expedited local partnership program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.038 | Water Bottle Filling Stations and Drinking Fountains.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Drinking fountain" means a fountain to which all of the following apply:
(a) The fountain is designed to allow an individual to drink from the fountain.
(b) The fountain dispenses filtered, clean drinking water.
(c) The fountain is equipped with a protective cowl.
(d) The fountain is equipped with a water spout at least one inch above the overflow rim of the fountain.
(2) "Water bottle filling station" means a station to which all of the following apply:
(a) The station is designed to fill a bottle with water.
(b) The station dispenses filtered, clean drinking water.
(c) The station is accessible to all people in compliance with the "Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990," 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.
(d) The station may be integrated into a drinking fountain as a combination unit.
(B) When reviewing design plans for a classroom facility construction project proposed under this chapter, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall require that each classroom facility included in the project shall contain, or provide for in the design plans, all of the following as a condition of approval of the project:
(1) A minimum of two water bottle filling stations in each building;
(2) A minimum of one water bottle filling station or combination unit on each floor and wing of each building;
(3) A minimum of one water bottle filling station or combination unit for every one hundred students projected to attend the building upon completion of the project;
(4) A minimum of one water bottle filling station in or near each cafeteria, gymnasium, outdoor recreation space, or other high-traffic area.
(C) Each school district board of education or school governing body shall ensure that each drinking fountain , water bottle filling station, or combination unit installed in a classroom facility included in a project under this chapter is regularly cleaned and maintained.
(D) Each district board or school governing body shall permit students, teachers, and other school staff to carry and use water bottles that are made of material that is not easily breakable, have lids to prevent spills, and are filled exclusively with water. However, a district board or school governing body may prohibit water bottles from a library, computer lab, science lab, or other location where the district board or school governing body determines it is dangerous to have drinking water. A district board or school governing body may issue a disciplinary action for misuse of a water bottle.
(E) The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and any rule adopted pursuant to those chapters.
Last updated August 11, 2021 at 1:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.041 | District May Adopt and Certify Proposed Project.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
A school district ranked in the first through twenty-fifth percentiles may adopt and certify to the Ohio facilities construction commission a resolution specifying a proposed project that meets the requirements of this chapter and the needs of the district, as confirmed through an on-site visit pursuant to section 3318.02 of the Revised Code. The commission shall consider such projects for conditional approval pursuant to section 3318.03 and shall encumber funds pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code in the order in which such resolutions are received.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.042 | Additional Assistance.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The board of education of any school district that is receiving assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code after May 20, 1997, or under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, and whose project is still under construction, may request that the Ohio facilities construction commission examine whether the circumstances prescribed in either division (B)(1) or (2) of this section exist in the school district. If the commission so finds, the commission shall review the school district's original assessment and approved project and consider providing additional assistance to the school district to correct the prescribed conditions found to exist in the district. Additional assistance under this section shall be limited to additions to one or more buildings, remodeling of one or more buildings, or changes to the infrastructure of one or more buildings.
(B) Consideration of additional assistance to a school district under this section is warranted in either of the following circumstances:
(1) Additional work is needed to correct an oversight or deficiency not identified or included in the district's initial assessment.
(2) Other conditions exist that, in the opinion of the commission, warrant additions or remodeling of the project facilities or changes to infrastructure associated with the district's project that were not identified in the initial assessment and plan.
(C) If the commission decides in favor of providing additional assistance to any school district under this section, the school district shall be responsible for paying for its portion of the cost of the additions, remodeling, or infrastructure changes pursuant to section 3318.083 of the Revised Code. If, after making a financial evaluation of the school district, the commission determines that the school district is unable without undue hardship, according to the guidelines adopted by the commission, to fund the school district portion of the increase, then the state and the school district shall enter into an agreement whereby the state shall pay the portion of the cost increase attributable to the school district which is determined to be in excess of any local resources available to the district and the district shall thereafter reimburse the state. The commission shall establish the district's schedule for reimbursing the state, which shall not extend beyond ten years. The commission may lengthen the reimbursement schedule of a school district that has entered into an agreement under this section prior to September 26, 2003, as long as the total term of that schedule does not extend beyond ten years. Debt incurred under this section shall not be included in the calculation of the net indebtedness of the school district under section 133.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.053 | Use of Tax Proceeds on Improvements Not Included in Basic Project Cost.

Effective:
April 10, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 345 - 123rd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a school district board may use proceeds from the tax described in division (B) or (C) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code for infrastructure improvements on and leading to the project sites that are not included in the basic project cost. The board may use proceeds of the tax in this manner only during the three-year period following the execution of the agreement under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code. If the board intends to use the proceeds of the tax in this manner, it shall include that fact as part of the purpose of the levy in the ballot language proposing it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.054 | Lapse of Classroom Facilities Project Due to Failure of Voters to Approve Ballot Measures.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If conditional approval of a city, exempted village, or local school district's project lapses as provided in section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, or if conditional approval of a joint vocational school district's project lapses as provided in division (D) of section 3318.41 of the Revised Code, because the district's electors have not approved the ballot measures necessary to generate the district's portion of the basic project cost, and if the district board desires to seek a new conditional approval of the project, the district board shall request that the Ohio facilities construction commission set the scope, basic project cost, and school district portion of the basic project cost prior to resubmitting the ballot measures to the electors. To do so, the commission shall use the district's current assessed tax valuation and the district's percentile for the prior fiscal year. For a district that has entered into an agreement under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code and desires to proceed with a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the district's portion of the basic project cost shall be the percentage specified in that agreement. The project scope and basic costs established under this division shall be valid for sixteen months from the date the commission approves them.
(B) Upon the commission's approval under division (A) of this section, the district board may submit the ballot measures to the district's electors for approval of the project based on the new project scope and estimated costs. Upon electoral approval of those measures, the district shall be given first priority for project funding as such funds become available.
(C) When the commission determines that funds are available for the district's project, the commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Determine the school district portion of the basic project cost under section 3318.032 of the Revised Code, in the case of a city, exempted village, or local school district, or under section 3318.42 of the Revised Code, in the case of a joint vocational school district;
(2) Conditionally approve the project and submit it to the controlling board for approval pursuant to section 3318.04 of the Revised Code;
(3) Encumber funds for the project under section 3318.11 of the Revised Code;
(4) Enter into an agreement with the district board under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 22, 2023 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.055 | Maintenance Tax Not Be Included on Ballot Proposal.

Effective:
September 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 272 - 123rd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in sections 3318.05, 3318.06, 3318.061, 3318.08, 3318.36, 3318.361, and 3318.38 of the Revised Code, if the amount of money that would be raised in a school district by the twenty-three year maintenance tax specified in those sections during the first twelve-month period of its collection, as estimated by the department of taxation, would be less than ten per cent of the amount of money that the school district was required to deposit into its capital and maintenance fund during the most recent fiscal year under section 3315.18 of the Revised Code, the school district shall not be required to include such maintenance tax on a ballot proposal, as otherwise required under sections 3318.05, 3318.06, 3318.061, 3318.08, 3318.36, 3318.361, and 3318.38 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.056 | Combining Questions on Tax Levy Ballot.

Effective:
June 28, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 524 - 124th General Assembly
A school district may adopt a resolution proposing that any of the following questions be combined with the questions specified in divisions (A) and (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code:
(A) A bond issue question under section 133.18 of the Revised Code;
(B) A tax levy question under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code;
(C) A combined bond issue and tax levy question under section 5705.218 of the Revised Code;
(D) A school district income tax question under section 5748.08 of the Revised Code.
Any question described in divisions (A) to (D) of this section that is combined with a question proposed under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3318.05 of the Revised Code shall be for the purpose of either paying for any permanent improvement as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code or generating operating revenue specifically for the facilities acquired under the school district's project under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code or for both to the extent such purposes are permitted by the sections of law under which each is proposed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.07 | Certification of Election Results to Tax Commissioner.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of elections shall certify the result of the election to the tax commissioner, to the auditor of the county or counties in which the school district is located, to the treasurer of the school district board, and to the Ohio facilities construction commission. The necessary tax levy for debt service on the bonds shall be included in the annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission or, if adoption of the tax budget is waived under section 5705.281 of the Revised Code, included among the tax rates required to be provided to the budget commission under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.081 | Supplemental Agreement With Ohio Facilities Construction Commission.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If the board of education of a school district authorized to impose a tax pursuant to section 3318.06 of the Revised Code determines that taxable value of property subject to the tax has increased to the extent it will not be necessary to impose such tax for twenty-three years in order to generate an amount equal to the amount of the project cost supplied by the state, it may request the county auditor to determine the amount remaining to be paid and the estimated rate of taxation required each year to pay such remainder in equal installments over the maximum number of remaining years the tax may be in effect. The auditor shall make such determination upon request and certify the results thereof to the board of education.
Upon receipt of the auditor's determination, the board of education may request the Ohio facilities construction commission to enter into a supplemental agreement under which the district may pay the remainder of the amount in annual amounts equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the amount remaining to be paid by the maximum number of remaining years the tax may be in effect. If such an agreement is entered into, the commission shall certify a copy thereof to the county auditor and the tax authorized by section 3318.06 of the Revised Code thereafter shall be levied at the rate required to make the annual payments required by the supplemental agreement rather than the rate required by such section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.082 | Supplemental Agreement for Distributing Certain Tax Proceeds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of education of any school district imposing a tax for the purpose of paying the state pursuant to section 3318.06 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of the amendments to that section by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 748 of the 121st general assembly, may enter into a supplemental agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under which the proceeds of such tax shall be distributed in accordance with the requirements of section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, as amended by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 748 of the 121st general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.083 | Sharing of Approved Increase in Basic Project Cost.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If, after the Ohio facilities construction commission and a school district enter into a written agreement under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code for the construction of a classroom facilities project, the commission approves an increase in the basic project cost above the amount budgeted plus any interest earned and available in the project construction fund, the state and the school district shall share the increased cost in proportion to their respective contributions to the district's project construction fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.086 | Contingency Reserve.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The construction budget for any project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code shall contain a contingency reserve in an amount prescribed by the Ohio facilities construction commission, which unless otherwise authorized by the commission, shall be used only to pay costs resulting from unforeseen job conditions, to comply with rulings regarding building and other codes, to pay costs related to design clarifications or corrections to contract documents, and to pay the costs of settlements or judgments related to the project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.091 | Issuing Bonds; Preparing of Plans and Estimates.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Promptly after the written agreement between the school district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission has been entered into, the school district board shall proceed with the issuance of its bonds or notes in anticipation thereof pursuant to the provision of such agreement required by division (A) of section 3318.08 of the Revised Code and the deposit of the proceeds thereof in the school district's project construction fund pursuant to the provision of such agreement required by division (B) of section 3318.08 of the Revised Code, and the school district board, with the approval of the commission shall employ a qualified professional person or firm to prepare preliminary plans, working drawings, specifications, estimates of cost, and such data as the school district board and the commission consider necessary for the project. When the preliminary plans and preliminary estimates of cost have been prepared, and approved by the school district board, they shall be submitted to the commission for approval, modification, or rejection. The commission shall ensure that the plans and materials proposed for use in the project comply with specifications for plans and materials that shall be established by the commission. When such preliminary plans and preliminary estimates of cost and any modifications thereof have been approved by the commission and the school district board, the school district board shall cause such qualified professional person or firm to prepare the working drawings, specifications, and estimates of cost.
(B) Whenever project plans submitted to the commission for approval under division (A) of this section propose to locate a facility on a state route or United States highway or within one mile of a state route or United States highway, the commission shall send a copy of the plans to the director of transportation. The director of transportation shall review the plans to determine the feasibility of the proposed ingress and egress to the facility, the traffic circulation pattern on roadways around the facility, and any improvements that would be necessary to conform the roadways to provisions of the manual adopted by the department of transportation pursuant to section 4511.09 of the Revised Code or state or federal law. The director of transportation shall provide a written summary of the director's findings to the commission in a timely manner. The commission shall consider the findings in deciding whether to approve the plans.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.11 | Amount of State Appropriations Encumbered for Project - Project Priority for State Funds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
For any project undertaken with financial assistance from the state under this chapter, the amount of state appropriations to be encumbered for the project in each fiscal year shall be determined by the Ohio facilities construction commission based on the project's estimated construction schedule for that year. In each fiscal year subsequent to the first year in which state appropriations are encumbered for the project, the project has priority for state funds over projects for which initial state funding is sought.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.112 | Standards for Solar-Ready Equipment.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "solar-ready" means capable of accommodating the eventual installation of roof top, solar photovoltaic energy equipment.
(B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall adopt rules prescribing standards for solar-ready equipment in school buildings under their jurisdiction. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, standards regarding roof space limitations, shading and obstruction, building orientation, roof loading capacity, and electric systems.
(C) A school district may seek, and the commission may grant for good cause shown, a waiver from part or all of the standards prescribed under division (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.13 | Including Balance Due in District Tax Budget.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of sections 5705.27 to 5705.50 of the Revised Code, the tax to be levied on all taxable property within a school district for the purpose of paying the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project under the agreement provided in section 3318.08 of the Revised Code or the supplemental agreement provided in section 3318.081 of the Revised Code shall be included in the budget of the school district for each year upon the certification to the county budget commission or commissions of the county or counties in which said school district is located, by the Ohio facilities construction commission of the balance due the state under said agreement or supplemental agreement. Such certification shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year. Thereafter, the respective county budget commissions shall treat such certification as an additional item on the tax budget for the school district as to which such certification has been made and shall provide for the levy therefor in the manner provided in sections 5705.27 to 5705.50 of the Revised Code for tax levies included directly in the budgets of the subdivisions.
The levy of taxes shall be included in the next annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission after the execution of the agreement for the project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.14 | County Treasurer to Pay Proceeds of Tax Levy.

Effective:
September 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 272 - 123rd General Assembly
Notwithstanding the provision of section 321.31 of the Revised Code, immediately after each settlement with the county auditor, on presentation of the warrant of the county auditor therefor, the county treasurer shall pay to the school district the proceeds of the tax levy provided in section 3318.13 of the Revised Code to be used to pay the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.15 | Public School Building Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
There is hereby created the public school building fund within the state treasury consisting of any moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund by the general assembly, moneys paid into or transferred in accordance with section 3318.47 of the Revised Code, and any grants, gifts, or contributions received by the Ohio facilities construction commission to be used for the purposes of the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and moneys in the fund from grants, gifts, and contributions shall be used for the purposes of Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code as prescribed by the general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.16 | Commission Has Interest in Real Property Purchased With School District's Project Construction Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The Ohio facilities construction commission shall have an interest in real property purchased with moneys in the school district's project construction fund.
Once obligations issued to finance a project under section 3318.26 of the Revised Code are no longer outstanding, any interest held by the commission shall be transferred to the school district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.17 | Rate and Maximum Period of Tax Levies.

Effective:
September 28, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 282 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when a school district receives classroom assistance from the state from time to time under the procedure set forth in sections 3318.01 to 3318.12 of the Revised Code, the levy of taxes required by sections 3318.13 and 3318.14 of the Revised Code shall be at the rate of one-half mill for each one dollar of valuation and shall be for a maximum period of twenty-three years after the last purchase, except that in those years in which a supplemental agreement authorized by section 3318.081 of the Revised Code is in effect, the rate shall be as prescribed for such section for the period during which such agreement is in effect. Where a school district has purchased classroom facilities from the state on which any portion of the purchase price remains unpaid and it desires to purchase additional classroom facilities, the notice of election and form of ballot set forth in section 3318.06 of the Revised Code shall provide that the levy is an extension of an existing levy for a maximum period of twenty-three years. Where there has been more than one purchase of classroom facilities from the state, any proceeds of the tax to be used to pay the purchase price of such facilities shall be applied to the unpaid purchase price of the projects in the order in which they were purchased.
(B) When a school district levies a tax under sections 3318.13 and 3318.14 of the Revised Code after the effective date of this amendment, the levy shall:
(1) Be an additional levy of one-half mill for each dollar of valuation;
(2) Continue for the lesser of the number of years required to generate revenue equal to the amount of money supplied by the state for a classroom facilities project or twenty-three years;
(3) Not reduce the number of years remaining on any other levy passed under sections 3318.13 and 3318.14 of the Revised Code prior to or after the effective date of this amendment.
The notice of election and form of the ballot required by section 3318.06 of the Revised Code shall provide that a levy under this division is an additional levy for the specified classroom facilities project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.20 | Constitutionality.

Effective:
June 22, 1957
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 443 - 102nd General Assembly
No holding that sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code or any provision thereof are unconstitutional in their application to any school district or contract shall affect any other school district or contract made under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.22 | Authorization to Provide Assistance and Contribute to Educational Revitalization of Certain Districts.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The general assembly finds that many school districts are prevented by their size, tax base, or other conditions from performing their essential functions as agencies of state government to provide adequate classroom facilities and issuing securities under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code at favorable interest rates or charges. Accordingly, the Ohio facilities construction commission is invested with the powers and duties provided in sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code in order to provide deserved assistance and materially contribute to the educational revitalization of such school districts and result in improving the education and welfare of all the people of the state.
(B) Sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code do not authorize the commission or the issuing authority to incur bonded indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision of the state, or to obligate or pledge moneys raised by taxation for the payment of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.25 | School Building Program Assistance Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the school building program assistance fund. The fund shall consist of the proceeds of obligations issued for the purposes of such fund pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code that are payable from moneys in the lottery profits education fund created in section 3770.06 of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 151.03 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used as directed by the Ohio facilities construction commission for the cost to the state of constructing classroom facilities under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code as prescribed by the general assembly.