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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.071 | Professional Development Program for Teachers.

Effective:
October 1, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly
The board of education of any school district may, by resolution, establish a professional development program for teachers in accordance with which it may reimburse teachers employed by the district for all or any part of the cost incurred by the teacher in the successful completion of a course or training program in which the teacher enrolled as part of the development program. The terms and conditions for participation shall be determined by the board and shall be included in the resolution establishing the program.
No teacher shall be required to participate in a professional development program under this section. When a teacher is participating in such a program, such participation does not constitute the performance of duties by such teacher in addition to the teacher's regular teaching duties and is not subject to section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code.
As used in this section, "teacher" has the meaning contained in division (A) of section 3319.09 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.072 | Lunch Period for Teachers.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Each teacher employed by the board of education of a school district or a governing board of an educational service center shall be granted at least thirty minutes for lunch each school day, during which time the teacher shall not be required to perform any school activity; except that in a one-teacher school where enforcement of the foregoing provisions may work a hardship, the governing board of the service center in which the one-teacher school is located may require the teacher to remain on duty.
The granting of the lunch period to a teacher shall not be cause for lengthening the school day.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.074 | Professional Qualifications of Teachers and Paraprofessionals.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Core subject area" means reading and English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and fine arts.
(2) "Properly certified or licensed teacher" means a classroom teacher who has successfully completed all requirements for certification or licensure under this chapter applicable to the subject areas and grade levels in which the teacher provides instruction and the students to whom the teacher provides the instruction.
(3) "Properly certified paraprofessional" means a paraprofessional who holds an educational aide permit issued under section 3319.088 of the Revised Code and satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
(a) Has a designation of "ESEA qualified" on the educational aide permit;
(b) Has successfully completed at least two years of coursework at an accredited institution of higher education;
(c) Holds an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education;
(d) Meets a rigorous standard of quality as demonstrated by attainment of a qualifying score on an academic assessment specified by the department of education and workforce.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2019, no city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district shall do either of the following:
(1) Employ any classroom teacher to provide instruction in a core subject area to any student, unless such teacher is a properly certified or licensed teacher;
(2) Employ any paraprofessional in a program supported with funds received under Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq., to provide academic support in a core subject area to any student, unless such paraprofessional is a properly certified paraprofessional.
(C) At the start of each school year, each school district shall notify the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the district that the parent or guardian may request information on the professional qualifications of each classroom teacher who provides instruction to the student. The district shall provide the information on each applicable teacher in a timely manner to any parent or guardian who requests it. Such information shall include at least the following:
(1) Whether the teacher has satisfied all requirements for certification or licensure under this chapter applicable to the subject areas and grade levels in which the teacher provides instruction and the students to whom the teacher provides the instruction, or whether the teacher provides instruction under a waiver of any such requirements;
(2) Whether a paraprofessional provides any services to the student and, if so, the qualifications of the paraprofessional.
Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.075 | Use of Professional Development Standards.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 216 - 132nd General Assembly
Once the state board of education adopts professional development standards pursuant to section 3319.61 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each school district shall use the standards for the following purposes:
(A) To guide the design of teacher education programs serving both teacher candidates and experienced teachers;
(B) To guide school-based professional development that is aligned with student achievement;
(C) To determine what types of professional development the school district and the schools within the district should provide;
(D) To guide how state and federal funding for professional development should be spent;
(E) To develop criteria for decision making by the local professional development committees established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code;
(F) To guide the school district in the hiring of third-party providers of instructional services who use or meet the professional development standards;
(G) To guide all licensed school personnel in developing their own plans for professional growth ;
(H) To guide the development of professional growth plans and improvement plans resulting from the teacher evaluations conducted under section 3319.111 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.076 | License Required to Teach Physical Education.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 210 - 128th General Assembly
No school district shall employ any classroom teacher initially hired on or after July 1, 2013, to provide instruction in physical education in any of grades kindergarten through twelve unless the teacher holds a valid license issued pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code for teaching physical education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.078 | Structured Literacy Certification.

Effective:
September 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 583 - 134th General Assembly
Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each city, local, and exempted village school district shall establish a structured literacy certification process for teachers providing instruction for students in grades kindergarten through three employed by the district. Each process shall align with the guidebook developed under section 3323.25 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 18, 2022 at 3:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.082 | Annual Notice of Salary to Nonteaching School Employees.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.083 | Notice of Intention Not to Re-Employ.

Effective:
August 5, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 114th 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 of its intention not to re-employ said non-teaching employee, at the expiration of his contract. If such notice is not given the non-teaching school employee on or before the first day of June, said employee shall be deemed re-employed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.084 | Nonteaching School Employees - Vacation Leave and Vacation Credit.

Effective:
July 1, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 553 - 110th General Assembly
In all school districts each full-time nonteaching school employee including full-time hourly-rate and per diem employees, after service of one year with a board of education, shall be entitled, during each year thereafter, while continuing in the employ of such board of education, to vacation leave with full pay for a minimum of two calendar weeks, excluding legal holidays. Employees continuing in the employ of such board of education for ten or more years of service shall be entitled to vacation leave with full pay for a minimum of three calendar weeks, excluding legal holidays. Employees continuing in the employ of such board of education for twenty or more years of service shall be entitled to vacation leave with full pay for a minimum of four calendar weeks, excluding legal holidays.
Upon separation from employment a nonteaching school employee shall be entitled to compensation at his current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation leave to his credit at the time of separation, not to exceed the vacation leave accrued to his credit for the two years immediately preceding his separation and the prorated portion of his earned but unused vacation leave for the current year. In case of the death of a non-teaching school employee such accrued and unused vacation leave and prorated portion for the current year shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to his estate.
For the purposes of this section, a full-time employee is a person who is in service for not less than eleven months in each calendar year. A board of education may establish vacation leave for employees who are in service less than eleven months in each calendar year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.085 | Military Leave for Nonteaching Employees.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 129th General Assembly
Any nonteaching school employee who performs service in the uniformed services or service under section 5923.12 of the Revised Code and who has returned, or returns, from that service with a discharge under honorable conditions or is released from service under section 5923.12 of the Revised Code shall be re-employed by the board of education of the district in which the nonteaching school employee held the nonteaching school employee position as required by the "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C. 4303.
The board of education of the district in which the nonteaching school employee was employed and is re-employed under this section may suspend the contract of the nonteaching school employee whose services become unnecessary by reason of the return of a nonteaching school employee from service in the uniformed services.
As used in this section, "service in the uniformed services" and "uniformed services" have the same meanings as in the "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C. 4303.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.086 | Standard Work Week.

Effective:
September 16, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 131 - 105th General Assembly
In all school districts, forty hours shall be the standard work week for all non-teaching school employees. Such employees shall not be required to work on days declared by the employing board of education as school holidays unless failure to work on such holidays would impair the public service. Where such employees are required by their responsible administrative superiors to work in excess of forty hours in any seven day period or to work on days declared by the employing board of education to be school holidays, they shall be compensated for such time worked at not less than their regular rate of pay, or be granted compensatory time off. As used in this section, "non-teaching school employees" does not include any person employed in the public schools of the state in an administrative or supervisory capacity in connection with the services rendered by non-teaching school employees.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the school district from establishing a work week of less than forty hours.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.089 | Using Work Experience Program Participants.

Effective:
November 14, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 190 - 127th General Assembly
The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a resolution approving a contract with a county department of job and family services under section 5107.541 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a child enrolled in a public school in that district to fulfill the work requirements of the work experience program by volunteering or working in that public school in accordance with section 5107.541 of the Revised Code. Such recipients are not employees of such board of education.
Before a school district places a participant in a public school under this section, the appointing officer or hiring officer of the board of education of a school district shall request a criminal records check of the participant to be conducted in the same manner as required for a person under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. The records check shall be conducted even though the participant, if subsequently hired, would not be considered an employee of the school district for purposes of working at the school. A participant shall not be placed in a school if the participant previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.0811 | Supplemental Contracts for Courses Taught Outside Normal School Day.

Effective:
April 4, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 311 - 126th General Assembly
If the board of education of a school district offers to students of compulsory school age courses for high school credit that are taught at times outside the district's normal school day, the board shall enter into supplemental contracts under section 3319.08 of the Revised Code with the teachers assigned to teach those courses and shall not include such assignment of duties within the teachers' regular employment contracts under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.0812 | Pre-Service Teacher Permit.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The state board of education shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establishing the standards and requirements for obtaining a pre-service teacher permit. The permit shall be required for an individual who is enrolled in an educator preparation program in order to participate in any student classroom teaching or other training experience that involves students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through twelve in a public or chartered nonpublic school and that is required for completion of the program.
(B) Notwithstanding section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, a school district or school may employ an individual who holds a permit issued under this section as a substitute teacher. The individual may teach for up to the equivalent of one full semester, subject to the approval of the employing district board of education or school governing authority and may be compensated for that service. The district superintendent or chief administrator of the school may request that the board or governing authority approve one or more additional subsequent semester-long periods of teaching for the individual.
(C) A pre-service teacher permit shall be valid for three years. The state board, on a case-by-case basis, may extend the permit's duration as needed to enable the permit holder to complete the educator preparation program in which the permit holder is enrolled.
(D) An individual applying for a pre-service teacher permit shall be subject to a criminal records check as prescribed by section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. In the manner prescribed by the state board, the individual shall submit the criminal records check to the state board. The state board shall use the information submitted to enroll the individual in the retained applicant fingerprint database, established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code, in the same manner as any teacher licensed under section 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code.
If the state board receives notification of the arrest or conviction of an individual under division (D) of this section, the department shall promptly notify the applicable educator preparation program and any school district or school in which the pre-service teacher has been employed or assigned as part of the program and may take any action authorized under sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code that it considers to be appropriate. Upon receiving notification from the state board of an arrest or conviction of an individual under division (D) of this section, the educator preparation program shall provide to the department a list of all school districts and schools to which the pre-service teacher has been assigned as a part of the program.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.09 | Teacher Definitions.

Effective:
June 9, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 125th General Assembly
As used in sections 3319.08 to 3319.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) "Teacher" means all persons licensed to teach and who are employed in the public schools of this state as instructors, principals, supervisors, superintendents, or in any other educational position for which the state board of education requires licensure under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code including persons having a license issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code and employed in an educational position, as determined by the state board of education, under programs provided for by federal acts or regulations and financed in whole or in part from federal funds, but for which no licensure requirements for the position can be made under the provisions of such federal acts or regulations.
(B) "Year" as applied to term of service means actual service of not less than one hundred twenty days within a school year; provided that any board of education may grant a leave of absence for professional advancement with full credit for service.
(C) "Continuing service status" for a teacher means employment under a continuing contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.10 | Employment and Status of Substitute Teachers.

Effective:
October 1, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly
Teachers may be employed as substitute teachers for terms not to exceed one year for assignment as services are needed to take the place of regular teachers absent on account of illness or on leaves of absence or to fill temporarily positions created by emergencies; such assignment to be subject to termination when such services no longer are needed.
A teacher employed as a substitute with an assignment to one specific teaching position shall after sixty days of service be granted sick leave, visiting days, and other local privileges granted to regular teachers including a salary not less than the minimum salary on the current adopted salary schedule.
A teacher employed as a substitute for one hundred twenty days or more during a school year and re-employed for or assigned to a specific teaching position for the succeeding year shall receive a contract as a regular teacher if the substitute meets the local educational requirements for the employment of regular teachers.
Teachers employed as substitutes on a casual or day-to-day basis shall not be entitled to the notice of nonre-employment prescribed in section 3311.81 or 3319.11 of the Revised Code, but boards of education may grant such teachers sick leave and other local privileges and cumulate such service in determining seniority.
For purposes of determining in any school year the days of service of a substitute teacher under this section, any teacher's days of service in that school year while conditionally employed as a substitute teacher under section 3319.101 of the Revised Code shall count as days of service as a substitute teacher under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.101 | Conditional Employment of Substitute Teachers Pending Receipt of Teacher's Certificate.

Effective:
June 5, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 81 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided under division (B) of this section, if any person applies to the board of education of a school district to be employed as a substitute teacher and the person does not hold a valid teacher's certificate issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and if the superintendent of the district believes the person's application materials indicate that the person is qualified to obtain a teacher's certificate under those sections, the board may conditionally employ the person as a substitute teacher during the period, which shall not exceed sixty days, commencing on the date on which the person files an application with the state board of education for a teacher's certificate and ending on the date on which the district board receives notice from the superintendent of the district that the teacher has filed with the superintendent a valid teacher's certificate.
(B) If a person conditionally employed under division (A) of this section is denied a teacher's certificate by the state board, the employing board shall terminate the person from employment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.102 | [Former Section 4 of s.b. 1, 134th General Assembly, as Amended by h.b. 583, 134th General Assembly, and Amended and Codified as r.c. 3319.102 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly] Temporary Substitute Teaching License.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "school governing body" means any of the following:
(1) The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district;
(2) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;
(3) The governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code;
(4) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school;
(5) The governing board of an educational service center or a regional council of governments, established under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code, consisting of one or more educational service centers that provide substitute teaching services.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3301.071, 3319.226, 3319.30, and 3319.36 and Chapters 3314. and 3326. of the Revised Code, or the administrative rules of the state board of education, a school governing body may employ an individual who does not hold a post-secondary degree as a substitute teacher provided that the individual also meets the following requirements:
(1) The individual meets the district's or school's own set of educational requirements.
(2) The individual is deemed to be of good moral character.
(3) The individual successfully completes a criminal records check as prescribed in section 3319.39 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, the state board shall issue a one-year temporary substitute teaching license to an individual who does not hold a post-secondary degree but meets the requirements prescribed in division (B) of this section.
(2) The state board shall establish procedures and criteria under which the one-year temporary substitute teaching license may be renewed.
Last updated October 12, 2023 at 1:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.12 | Annual Notice of Salary to Be Paid Teacher - Transfer to Other Positions.

Effective:
October 1, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly
Each board of education shall cause notice to be given annually not later than the first day of July to each teacher who holds a contract valid for the succeeding school year, as to the salary to be paid such teacher 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 entire district. This section does not prevent increases of salary after the board's annual notice has been given.
Except by mutual agreement of the parties thereto a teacher employed under a contract of employment in an administrative or supervisory position in a school district, or in any position provided for by section 3319.01 or 3319.02 of the Revised Code, shall not be transferred during the life of the teacher's contract to a position of lesser responsibility. No contract or supplemental contract for the employment of a teacher, whether for an administrative or supervisory position, a position provided for by sections 3319.01 and 3319.02 of the Revised Code, regular teaching duties, or additional duties, may be terminated or suspended by a board of education except pursuant to section 3311.82, 3319.02, or 3319.16 of the Revised Code, and the salaries and compensations prescribed by such contracts shall not be reduced by a board of education unless such reduction is a part of a uniform plan affecting the entire district. This section shall apply only to contracts entered into after August 18, 1969.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.131 | Leaves of Absence for Professional Growth.

Effective:
September 6, 1957
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 102nd General Assembly
A public school teacher who has completed five years of service may, with the permission of the board of education and the superintendent of schools, be entitled to take a leave of absence with part pay, for one or two semesters subject to the following restrictions: The teacher shall present to the superintendent for approval, a plan for professional growth prior to such a grant of permission, and at the conclusion of the leave provide evidence that the plan was followed. The teacher may be required to return to the district at the end of the leave for a period of at least one year, unless the teacher has completed twenty-five years of teaching in this state.
The board of education may not grant such a leave unless there is available a satisfactory substitute, nor grant such leaves to more than five per cent of the professional staff at any one time, nor allow a part salary in excess of the difference between the substitute's pay and the teacher's expected salary, nor grant a leave longer than one school year, nor grant a leave to any teacher more often than once for each five years of service, nor grant a leave a second time to the same individual when other members of the staff have filed a request for such a leave.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.14 | Military Leave of Absence.

Effective:
October 1, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly
Any teacher who has left, or leaves, a teaching position, by resignation or otherwise, and within forty school days thereafter entered, or enters, the uniformed services and whose service is terminated in a manner other than as described in section 4304 of Title 38 of the United States Code, "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4304, shall be reemployed by the board of education of the district in which the teacher held such teaching position, under the same type of contract as that which the teacher last held in such district, if the teacher applies to the board of education for reemployment in accordance with the "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4312. Upon such application, the teacher shall be reemployed at the first of the next school semester, if the application is made not less than thirty days prior to the first of the next school semester, in which case the teacher shall be reemployed the first of the following school semester, unless the board of education waives the requirement for the thirty-day period.
For the purposes of seniority and placement on the salary schedule, years of absence performing service in the uniformed services shall be counted as though teaching service had been performed during such time.
The board of education of the district in which such teacher was employed and is reemployed under this section may suspend the contract of the teacher whose services become unnecessary by reason of the return of a teacher from service in the uniformed services in accordance with section 3311.83, 3319.17, or 3319.171 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.142 | Personal Leave for Nonteaching Employees.

Effective:
June 23, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 238 - 111th General Assembly
Each board of education shall adopt rules entitling regular nonteaching employees, during each school year, to a minimum of three days of personal leave at the employee's regular compensation. The rules shall govern the use and administration of personal leave, but they need not specify each occasion or purpose for which personal leave may be taken. Personal leave shall be administered by the superintendent or an administrative employee designated by him. Personal leave days shall not be charged against sick leave earned under section 3319.141 of the Revised Code.
If a board of education fails to adopt rules as required by this section, each regular non-teaching employee of the board is entitled to three days of unrestricted personal leave during the school year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.143 | Policy of Assault Leave.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 3319.141 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, local or joint vocational school district may adopt a policy of assault leave by which an employee who is absent due to physical disability resulting from an assault which occurs in the course of board employment will be maintained on full pay status during the period of such absence. A board of education electing to effect such a policy of assault leave shall establish rules for the entitlement, crediting, and use of assault leave and file a copy of same with the department of education and workforce. A board of education adopting this policy shall require an employee to furnish a signed statement on forms prescribed by such board to justify the use of assault leave. If medical attention is required, a certificate from a licensed physician stating the nature of the disability and its duration shall be required before assault leave can be approved for payment. Falsification of either a signed statement or a physician's certificate is ground for suspension or termination of employment under section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code.
Assault leave granted under rules adopted by a board of education pursuant to this section shall not be charged against sick leave earned or earnable under section 3319.141 of the Revised Code or leave granted under rules adopted by a board of education pursuant to section 3311.77 or 3319.08 of the Revised Code. This section shall be uniformly administered in those districts where such policy is adopted.
Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.15 | Termination of Contract by Teacher.

Effective:
October 29, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 230 - 121st General Assembly
No teacher shall terminate the teacher's contract after the tenth day of July of any school year or during the school year, prior to the termination of the annual session, without the consent of the board of education; and such teacher may terminate the teacher's contract at any other time by giving five days' written notice to the employing board. Upon complaint by the employing board to the state board of education and after investigation by it, the license of a teacher terminating the teacher's contract in any other manner than provided in this section may be suspended for not more than one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.151 | Prohibition on Assisting Students in Cheating on Assessments.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "assessment" means an assessment administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Reveal to any student any specific question that the person knows is part of an assessment or in any other way assist a pupil to cheat on an assessment;
(2) Obtain prior knowledge of the contents of an assessment;
(3) Use prior knowledge of the contents of an assessment to assist students in preparing for the assessment;
(4) Fail to comply with any rule adopted by the department of education and workforce regarding security protocols for an assessment.
(C) On a finding by the state board of education, after investigation, that a school employee who holds a license , as defined in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, has violated division (B) of this section, the state board shall take any action against the employee under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code that it considers appropriate, based on the nature and extent of the violation. The state board shall give the employee notice of the allegation upon commencing an investigation and shall give the employee an opportunity to respond prior to taking any disciplinary action.
(D)(1) Violation of division (B) of this section is grounds for termination of employment of a nonteaching employee under division (C) of section 3319.081 or section 124.34 of the Revised Code.
(2) Violation of division (B) of this section is grounds for termination of a teacher contract under section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.161 | Appointing Referees for Contract Termination Cases.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
For the purpose of providing referees for the hearings required by section 3319.16 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall compile a list of resident electors from names that the department shall solicit annually from the state bar association.
Upon receipt of notice that a referee has been demanded by a teacher or by a board of education, the department shall immediately designate three persons from such list, from whom the referee to hear the matter shall be chosen, and the department shall immediately notify the designees, the teacher, and the board of the school district involved. If within five days of receipt of the notice, the teacher and board are unable to select a mutually agreeable designee to serve as referee, the department shall appoint one of the three designees to serve as referee. The appointment of the referee shall be entered in the minutes of the board. The referee appointed shall be paid the referee's usual and customary fee for attending the hearing which shall be paid from the school district general fund upon vouchers approved by the department and presented to the treasurer of the district. No referee shall be a member of, an employee of, or teacher employed by the board of education nor related to any such person by consanguinity or marriage.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.171 | Administrative Personnel Suspension Policy.

Effective:
June 30, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 77 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 3319.17 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or the governing board of an educational service center may adopt an administrative personnel suspension policy governing the suspension of any contract of employment entered into by a board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. If a board adopts a policy under this section, no contract entered into by a board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code may be suspended except pursuant to the policy. If a board does not adopt such a policy, no such contract may be suspended by a board except pursuant to section 3319.17 of the Revised Code.
(B) The administrative personnel suspension policy shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) One or more reasons that a board may consider for suspending any contract of employment entered into under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. A reason for such suspension may include the financial conditions of the school district or educational service center.
(2) Procedures for determining the order of suspension of contracts within the employment service areas affected;
(3) Provisions requiring a right of restoration for employees whose contracts of employment are suspended under the policy if and when any positions become vacant or are created for which any of them are or become qualified.
(C) The policy procedures and provisions adopted under divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section shall be developed by the board of a district or service center with input from the superintendent and all assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, and other administrators employed by that board under section 3319.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.172 | Reasonable Reductions in Nonteaching Employees.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply and the governing board of each educational service center may adopt a resolution ordering reasonable reductions in the number of nonteaching employees for any of the reasons for which the board of education or governing board may make reductions in teaching employees, as set forth in division (B) of section 3319.17 of the Revised Code.
In making any reduction under this section, the board of education or governing board shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the superintendent of the district or service center who shall, within each pay classification affected, give preference first to employees under continuing contracts and then to employees on the basis of seniority. On a case-by-case basis, in lieu of suspending a contract in whole, a board may suspend a contract in part, so that an individual is required to work a percentage of the time the employee otherwise is required to work under the contract and receives a commensurate percentage of the full compensation the employee otherwise would receive under the contract.
Any nonteaching employee whose continuing contract is suspended under this section shall have the right of restoration to continuing service status by the board of education or governing board that suspended that contract in order of seniority of service in the district or service center, if and when a nonteaching position for which the employee is qualified becomes vacant or is created. No nonteaching employee whose continuing contract has been suspended under this section shall lose that right of restoration to continuing service status by reason of having declined recall to a position requiring fewer regularly scheduled hours of work than required by the position the employee last held while employed in the district or service center.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of agreements between employee organizations and public employers entered into after the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.18 | Status of Teachers Under Transfer or Consolidation.

Effective:
October 1, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly
If an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in which a school is situated is transferred to any other district, or if a new school district is created, the teachers in such districts or schools employed on continuing contracts immediately prior to such transfer, or creation shall, subject to section 3311.83, 3319.17, or 3319.171 of the Revised Code, have continuing service status in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred.
The limited contracts of the teachers employed in such districts or schools immediately prior to such transfer, or creation, shall become the legal obligations of the board of education in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, subject to section 3311.83, 3319.17, or 3319.171 of the Revised Code. The teaching experience of such teachers in such prior districts or schools shall be included in the three years of service required under section 3319.11 of the Revised Code for a teacher to become eligible for continuing service status.
Teachers employed on limited or continuing contracts in an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in which a school is situated which is transferred to any other district or which is merged with other school territory to create a new school district, shall be placed, on the effective date of such transfer or merger, on the salary schedule of the district to which the territory is transferred or the newly created district, according to their training and experience. Such experience shall be the total sum of the years taught in the district whose territory was transferred or merged to create a new district, plus the total number of years of teaching experience recognized by such previous district upon its first employment of such teachers.
The placement of the teachers on the salary schedule, pursuant to this section, shall not result, however, in the salary of any teacher being less than the teacher's current annual salary for regular duties, in existence immediately prior to the merger or transfer.
When suspending contracts in accordance with an administrative personnel suspension policy adopted under section 3319.171 of the Revised Code, a board may consider years of teaching service in the previous district in its decision if it is a part of the suspension policy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.181 | Civil Service Status of Nonteaching Employees in Transferred or New District.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
If an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in which a school is situated is transferred to any other district, or if a new school district is created, the nonteaching school employees in such district or school immediately prior to such transfer or creation shall have civil service status in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, if the new district is a city school board, or shall be employed pursuant to section 3319.081 of the Revised Code in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, if the district is one to which Chapter 124. of the Revised Code does not apply. The tenure or seniority of each nonteaching school employee in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is transferred, shall be from the date of last employment in the district from which the territory is transferred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.21 | Contract Employing Relative as Teacher Void.

Effective:
January 16, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 44 - 113th General Assembly
Whenever a local director or member of a board of education votes for or participates in the making of a contract with a person as a teacher or instructor in a public school to whom he is related as father, brother, mother, or sister, or acts in any matter in which he is pecuniarily interested, such contract, or such act in such matter, is void.
This section does not apply where a director or a member of such board, being a shareholder of a corporation but not being an officer or director thereof, owns not in excess of five per cent of the stock of such corporation and the value of the stock so owned does not exceed five hundred dollars. If a stockholder desires to avail himself of the exception provided in this section, before entering upon such contract such person shall first file with the treasurer of the board an affidavit stating his exact status and connection with said corporation.