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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.144 | Procurement of Inhalers by Community School.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code.
(B) With the approval of its governing authority, a community school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A community school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district.
(C) A community school, a member of a community school governing authority, or a community school employee or contractor is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using an inhaler under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing authority, or community school employee or contractor may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
(D) A community school may accept donations of inhalers from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase inhalers.
(E) A community school that elects to procure inhalers under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from the school's supply of inhalers.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:17 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.145 | Liability Pertaining to Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

Effective:
March 14, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 252 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of a community school operator, including a coach, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.5310 of the Revised Code, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or v olunteer of a community school operator, including a coach, may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.146 | Civil Immunity, Decisions Not to Provide Mental Health Services.

Effective:
April 8, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 477 - 132nd General Assembly
A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a school employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which a community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
Last updated November 7, 2023 at 3:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.147 | Procurement of Glucagon, Qualified Immunity.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) With the approval of its governing authority, a community school established under this chapter may procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7115 of the Revised Code. A community school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district.
(B)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct:
(a) A community school;
(b) A member of a community school governing authority;
(c) A community school employee or contractor;
(d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes injectable or nasally administered glucagon, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section.
(2) This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or contractor, or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
(C) A community school may accept donations of injectable or nasally administered glucagon from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase the drug.
(D) A community school that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall report to the department of education and workforce each procurement and each occurrence in which a dose of the drug is used from the school's supply.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.15 | Body Mass Index and Weight Status Category Screening.

Effective:
September 24, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly
The governing authority of a community school, other than an internet- or computer-based community school, may screen students for body mass index and weight status category. If a governing authority elects to require the screenings, it shall comply with section 3313.674 of the Revised Code in the same manner required of a school district board of education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.16 | Placement of Automatic External Defibrillator in Schools - Staff Training - Qualified Immunity.

Effective:
August 27, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 434 - 125th General Assembly
(A)(1) As used in this section, "automated external defibrillator" means a specialized defibrillator that is approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and drug administration for performing automated external defibrillation, as defined in section 2305.235 of the Revised Code.
(2) This section does not apply to an internet- or computer-based community school.
(B) The governing board of a community school established under this chapter may require the placement of an automated external defibrillator in each school under the control of the governing authority. If a governing authority requires the placement of an automated external defibrillator as provided in this section, the governing authority also shall require that a sufficient number of the staff persons assigned to each school under the control of the governing authority successfully complete an appropriate training course in the use of an automated external defibrillator as described in section 3701.85 of the Revised Code.
(C) In regard to the use of an automated external defibrillator that is placed in a community school as specified in this section, and except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or when there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the Revised Code, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or held criminally liable, for performing automated external defibrillation in good faith, regardless of whether the person has obtained appropriate training on how to perform automated external defibrillation or successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.17 | Statewide Education Management Information System.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each community school established under this chapter shall participate in the statewide education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. All provisions of that section and the rules adopted under that section apply to each community school as if it were a school district, except as modified for community schools under division (B) of this section. Each community school shall comply with division (C) of section 3301.0723 of the Revised Code.
(B) The rules adopted by the department of education and workforce under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code may distinguish methods and timelines for community schools to annually report data, which methods and timelines differ from those prescribed for school districts. Any methods and timelines prescribed for community schools shall be appropriate to the academic schedule and financing of community schools. The guidelines, however, shall not modify the actual data required to be reported under that section.
(C) Each fiscal officer appointed under section 3314.011 of the Revised Code is responsible for annually reporting the community school's data under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. If the director of education and workforce determines that a community school fiscal officer has willfully failed to report data or has willfully reported erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete data in any year, or has negligently reported erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete data in the current and any previous year, the director may impose a civil penalty of one hundred dollars on the fiscal officer after providing the officer with notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director's authority to impose civil penalties under this division does not preclude the state board of education from suspending or revoking the license of a community school employee under division (N) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code.
(D) No community school shall acquire, change, or update its student administration software package to manage and report data required to be reported to the department unless it converts to a student software package that is certified by the department.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.191 | Prerequisites for Payments From Department.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall make no payment under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to a community school opening for its first year of operation until the sponsor of that school confirms all of the following:
(A) The school is in compliance with the provisions described in divisions (A), (H), (I), and (J)(3) of section 3314.19 of the Revised Code.
(B) The sponsor has approved the financial controls required by the comprehensive plan for the school under division (B)(5) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) The school facilities will be ready and open for use by the date prescribed in the contract entered into under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, and the sponsor has reviewed any lease, purchase agreement, permits required by statute or contract, and construction plans.
(D) The chief administrator of the community school actively is managing daily operations at the school.
(E) The projected enrollment reported to the department is accurate.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 11:01 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.20 | Enrollment Limits for Internet- or Computer-Based Schools.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Base enrollment" for an internet- or computer-based community school means either of the following:
(a) If the school was open for instruction on September 29, 2013, the number of students enrolled in the school at the end of the 2012-2013 school year;
(b) If the school opens for instruction after September 29, 2013, one thousand students.
(2) "Enrollment limit" for an internet- or computer-based community school means the following:
(a) For the 2014-2015 school year, the base enrollment increased by the prescribed annual rate of growth, as calculated by the department of education and workforce.
(b) For the 2015-2016 school year and each school year thereafter, the previous school year's enrollment limit increased by the prescribed annual rate of growth, as calculated by the department.
(3) "Prescribed annual rate of growth" for an internet- or computer-based community school means either of the following:
(a) For a school with an enrollment limit equal to or greater than three thousand students, fifteen per cent.
(b) For a school with an enrollment limit of less than three thousand students, twenty-five per cent.
(B) Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, no internet- or computer-based community school shall enroll more students than the number permitted by its enrollment limit.
(C) If, in any school year, an internet- or computer-based community school enrolls more students than permitted under the enrollment limit, the department shall deduct from the community school the amount of state funds credited to the community school attributable to each student enrolled in excess of the enrollment limit, as determined by the department.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 11:03 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.23 | Compliance With Standards.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, each internet- or computer-based community school shall comply with the national standards for quality online learning developed under a project led by a partnership between quality matters, the virtual learning leadership alliance, and the digital learning collaborative, or any successor organization.
(B) Each internet- or computer-based community school that initially opens for operation on or after January 1, 2013, shall comply with the standards required by division (A) of this section at the time it opens. Each internet- or computer-based community school that initially opened for operation prior to January 1, 2013, shall comply with the standards required by division (A) of this section not later than July 1, 2013.
(C) The sponsor of each internet- or computer-based community school shall be responsible for monitoring, ensuring, and reporting compliance with the online learning standards described in divisions (A) and (B) of this section.
Last updated August 18, 2023 at 8:31 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.232 | Standards for Learning Management Software.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall establish by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code standards for learning management software to be used by internet- and computer-based community schools.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 11:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.24 | Contracts for Facility Space.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) On or after July 1, 2004, no internet- or computer-based community school shall enter into a contract with a nonpublic school to use or rent any facility space at the nonpublic school for the provision of instructional services to students enrolled in the internet- or computer-based community school.
(B) If an internet- or computer-based community school has a contract with a nonpublic school as described in division (A) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall not make any payments under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to the internet- or computer-based community school for any student who is enrolled in the internet- or computer-based community school and receives any instructional services from the internet- or computer-based community school at the nonpublic school.
Last updated November 7, 2023 at 11:09 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.25 | Computer-Based Schools to Provide Location for Statewide Tests.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Each internet- or computer-based community school shall provide its students a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which to complete the statewide achievement and diagnostic assessments prescribed under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.251 | Locations for Counseling, Instructional Coaching, and Testing Assistance.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each internet- or computer-based community school may provide its students with a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which the student may receive counseling, instructional coaching, and testing assistance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.26 | Withdrawal of Computer-Based School Student Not Taking Tests.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each internet- or computer-based community school shall withdraw from the school any student who, for two consecutive school years of enrollment in the school, has failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level and was not excused from the assessment pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver was granted for the student under division (L)(3) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. The school shall report any such student's data verification code, as assigned pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, to the department of education and workforce. The department shall maintain a list of all data verification codes reported under this division and section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code and provide that list to each internet- or computer-based community school and to each school to which section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code applies.
(B) No internet- or computer-based community school shall receive any state funds under this chapter for any enrolled student whose data verification code appears on the list maintained by the department under division (A) of this section.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the parent of any such student shall pay tuition to the internet- or computer-based community school in an amount equal to the state funds the school otherwise would receive for that student, as determined by the department. An internet- or computer-based community school may withdraw any student for whom the parent does not pay tuition as required by this division.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:34 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.262 | Internet- or Computer-Based Community School Student Automatic Withdrawal.

Effective:
December 14, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 229 - 134th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3314.26 of the Revised Code, no student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school shall be subject to automatic withdrawal who, in any school year prior to the 2021-2022 school year, failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level and was not excused from the assessment pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver was granted for the student under division (E) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Accordingly, the 2021-2022 school year shall constitute the first year of the two consecutive years of enrollment for students enrolled in internet- or computer-based schools under section 3314.26 of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 18, 2022 at 1:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.27 | Maximum Daily Hours by Computer-Based School Student.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
No student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school may participate in more than ten hours of learning opportunities in any period of twenty-four consecutive hours. Any time such a student participates in learning opportunities beyond the limit prescribed in this section shall not count toward the annual minimum number of hours required to be provided to that student as prescribed in division (A)(11)(a) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. If any internet- or computer-based community school requires its students to participate in learning opportunities on the basis of days rather than hours, one day shall consist of a minimum of five hours of such participation.
Each internet- or computer-based community school shall keep an accurate record of each individual student's participation in learning opportunities each day. The record shall be kept in such a manner that the information contained within it easily can be submitted to the department of education and workforce, upon request by the department or the auditor of state.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:36 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.271 | Orientation Course.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each internet- or computer-based community school shall offer a student orientation course and shall notify each student who enrolls in that school of that student's opportunity to participate in the student orientation course.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall provide guidance to internet- or computer-based community schools for developing and delivering the orientation course.
(C) Each internet- or computer-based community school may, at the time of a particular student's enrollment in that school, ask the student's parent or guardian to estimate the length of time the student will attend the school. Any information collected pursuant to this division shall be included in an aggregated format in the school's annual report required by division (A)(11)(g) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
(D) Each internet- or computer-based community school, on a periodic basis throughout each school year, shall communicate with each student's parent, guardian, or custodian regarding the performance and progress of that student. Each internet- or computer-based community school also shall provide opportunities for parent-teacher conferences, shall document the school's requests for such conferences, and may permit students to participate in the conferences. Parent-teacher conferences may be conducted through electronic means.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:37 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.28 | Plan by Computer-Based Schools for Services to Disabled Students.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each internet- or computer-based community school established under this chapter shall submit to the school's sponsor a plan for providing special education and related services to disabled students enrolled in the school in accordance with division (A)(1) or (2) of this section.
(1) If the school was established prior to June 30, 2005, the plan shall be submitted to the sponsor on or before September 1, 2005, and on or before the first day of September in each year thereafter that the school is in operation.
(2) If the school is established after June 30, 2005, the plan shall be submitted to the sponsor prior to the school's receipt of its first payment under this chapter and on or before the first day of September in each year thereafter that the school is in operation.
(B) Within thirty days after receiving the plan prescribed in division (A) of this section, the sponsor of each internet- or computer-based community school shall certify all of the following to the department of education and workforce:
(1) A statement of whether the plan received is satisfactory to the sponsor;
(2) If the plan received is not satisfactory to the sponsor, the sponsor's assurance that it will promptly assist the school in developing a plan that is satisfactory to the sponsor;
(3) The sponsor's assurance that it will monitor the implementation of the plan;
(4) The sponsor's assurance that it will take any necessary corrective action to ensure that the school's plan is properly and fully implemented.
(C) The department shall develop guidelines for the content and format of the plan required under this section.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:38 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.351 | Closure of Certain Community Schools.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) This section applies to any community school in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program. Except as provided in division (F) of this section, any such community school that has received a designation of "does not meet standards," as described in division (D)(1) of section 3314.017 of the Revised Code on the report card issued under that section, for the three most recent school years shall be subject to closure in accordance with this section.
(B) Not later than the first day of September in each school year, the department of education and workforce shall notify each school subject to closure under this section that the school must close not later than the thirtieth day of the following June.
A school so notified shall close as required.
(C) A school that opens on or after July 1, 2014, shall not be subject to closure under this section for its first two years of operation. A school that is in operation prior to July 1, 2014, shall not be subject to closure under this section until after August 31, 2016.
(D) The sponsor and governing authority of the school shall comply with all procedures for closing a community school adopted by the department under division (E) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code. The governing authority of the school shall not enter into a contract with any other sponsor under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code after the school closes.
(E) Nothing in this section or in any other provision of the Revised Code prohibits the sponsor of a community school from exercising its option not to renew a contract for any reason or from terminating a contract prior to its expiration for any of the reasons set forth in section 3314.07 of the Revised Code.
(F) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, no school shall be subject to closure under this section based on the report card issued for that school for the 2017-2018 or 2018-2019 school year if the school received an overall rating of "meets standards" or "exceeds standards" for the 2017-2018 or 2018-2019 school year pursuant to division (I) of section 3314.017 of the Revised Code. However, no school permanently closed under this section prior to the 2019-2020 school year shall be eligible to reopen based on the calculated or recalculated ratings under division (I) of section 3314.017 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:42 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.352 | Reopening Under New Name.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly
No community school that is permanently closed under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code may be reopened under another name if any of the following conditions are true:
(A) The new school has the same sponsor as the closed school.
(B) The new school has the same chief administrator as the closed school.
(C) The governing authority of the new school consists of any of the same members that served on the governing authority of the closed school during that school's last year of operation.
(D) Fifty per cent or more of the teaching staff of the new school consists of the same individuals who were employed as teachers at the closed school during that school's last year of operation.
(E) Fifty per cent or more of the administrative staff of the new school consists of the same individuals who were employed as administrators at the closed school during that school's last year of operation.
(F) The performance standards and accountability plan prescribed by the sponsor contract for the new school, entered into under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, are the same as those for the closed school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.353 | Publication of School Closures and Closure Risks.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Each year, the department of education and workforce shall publish separate lists of the following:
(A) Community schools that have become subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code;
(B) Community schools that are at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code if their academic performance, as prescribed in those sections, does not improve on the next state report cards issued under section 3302.03 or 3314.017 of the Revised Code.
The department of education and workforce shall not adopt any rules, enforce any procedures or policies, or otherwise restrict the establishment or sponsorship of a new start-up community school based upon whether the school's proposed location is in a challenged school district.
Last updated August 4, 2023 at 9:38 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.354 | Submission of Data Regarding Schools at Risk of Permanent Closure.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Not later than the thirty-first day of July of each year, the department of education and workforce shall submit preliminary data on community schools at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 10:44 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.355 | Community School Closure Safe Harbor.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
No community school shall be subject to closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code based on any report card issued for that school for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school years. Furthermore, the report card ratings of any previous years shall not be considered in determining whether a community school is subject to automatic closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code. Accordingly, the 2022-2023 school year shall begin a new starting point for automatic closure of community schools under either of those sections.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 9:42 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.36 | Applicability of Rc 3314.35 Closure Rule.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Section 3314.35 of the Revised Code does not apply to any community school in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program that is operated by the school and that has been granted a waiver by the former department of education prior to July 1, 2014.
(B) All community schools in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program are subject to the provisions of section 3314.351 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver has been granted under this section prior to July 1, 2014. Thereafter, no waivers shall be granted under this section.
Last updated August 4, 2023 at 9:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.361 | Operation of Drug Recovery Program.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 555 - 129th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, a community school that operates a drug recovery program in cooperation with a court shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery program for purposes of this chapter, regardless of the ages of students or grade levels served by the school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.38 | Enrollment in Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) An individual who is at least twenty-two years of age and who is an eligible individual as defined in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code may enroll for up to two consecutive school years in a dropout prevention and recovery program operated by a community school that is designed to allow enrollees to earn a high school diploma. An individual enrolled under this division may elect to satisfy the requirements to earn a high school diploma by successfully completing a competency-based educational program, as defined in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code, that complies with the standards adopted by the department of education and workforce under section 3317.231 of the Revised Code. The community school shall report that individual's enrollment on a full-time equivalency basis to the department. This report shall be in addition to the report required under division (B) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. An individual enrolled under this division shall not be assigned to classes or settings with students who are younger than eighteen years of age.
(B)(1) For each community school that enrolls individuals under division (A) of this section, the department annually shall certify the enrollment and attendance, on a full-time equivalency basis, of each individual reported by the school under that division.
(2) For each individual enrolled in a community school under division (A) of this section, the department annually shall pay the community school up to $5,000, as determined by the department based on the extent of the individual's successful completion of the graduation requirements prescribed under division (A)(11)(f) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) A community school that enrolls individuals under division (A) of this section shall be subject to the program administration standards adopted by the department under section 3317.231 of the Revised Code, as applicable.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.381 | Dropout Recovery Community School Advisory Council.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "dropout recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3319.301 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall establish the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council. The council shall provide a forum for communication and collaboration between the department and parties involved in the establishment and operation of dropout recovery community schools, including sponsors and operators.
(C) The advisory council shall consist of the following members appointed by the director of education and workforce:
(1) Two members of the state board of education;
(2) One employee of the department who works directly with dropout recovery community schools, including any employee who works as a liaison with such schools;
(3) Seven individuals with experience in dropout recovery community schools, their operators, and their sponsors. In appointing these individuals, the director shall ensure they represent a diverse array of schools in terms of enrollment, programs, learning models, and methods of instruction.
(D) The advisory council shall, in collaboration with the director, review all existing rules and guidance previously developed or adopted by the department pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.382 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.382 | Rules for Dropout Recovery Community Schools.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "dropout recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3319.301 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall only adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for any requirement to be imposed on a dropout recovery community school. The department shall not develop guidelines that impose requirements on the general and uniform operation of a dropout recovery community school.
(C) Pursuant to section 119.035 of the Revised Code, prior to adoption, the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council established under section 3314.381 of the Revised Code shall review any proposed rule described in division (B) of this section.
(D) Any guidance document previously developed by the department that establishes general and uniform operations regarding a dropout recovery community school in effect on the effective date of this section, is void after that date.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.401 | Employee Investigation Report Kept in Personnel File.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly
The governing authority of each community school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the governing authority of the school or by an operator of an employee who works in the school, regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the chief administrator of the community school or the president or chairperson of the governing authority is required to make a report to the superintendent of public instruction under section 3314.40 of the Revised Code, be kept in the employee's personnel file. If, after an investigation under division (A) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the results of that investigation do not warrant initiating action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the governing authority shall require the reports of the governing authority's or operator's investigation to be moved from the employee's personnel file to a separate public file.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.402 | Application of Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3314.40 and 3314.401 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after March 30, 2007.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.403 | False Report of Employee Misconduct Prohibited.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code.
(B) No employee of a community school or an operator working in the school shall do either of the following:
(1) Knowingly make a false report to the chief administrator of the school, or the chief administrator's designee, alleging misconduct by another employee of the school or operator;
(2) Knowingly cause the chief administrator, or the chief administrator's designee, to make a false report of the alleged misconduct to the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education.
(C) Any employee of a community school or an operator working in the school who in good faith reports to the chief administrator of the school, or the chief administrator's designee, information about alleged misconduct committed by another employee of the school or operator shall be immune from any civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the reporting of that information.
If the alleged misconduct involves a person who holds a license but the chief administrator is not required to submit a report to the superintendent of public instruction under section 3314.40 of the Revised Code and the chief administrator, or the chief administrator's designee, in good faith reports the alleged misconduct to the superintendent of public instruction or the state board, the chief administrator, or the chief administrator's designee, shall be immune from any civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the reporting of that information.
(D)(1) In any civil action brought against a person in which it is alleged and proved that the person violated division (B) of this section, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs that the prevailing party incurred in the civil action or as a result of the false report that was the basis of the violation.
(2) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (B) of this section, if the subject of the false report that was the basis of the violation was charged with any violation of a law or ordinance as a result of the false report, and if the subject of the false report is found not to be guilty of the charges brought against the subject as a result of the false report or those charges are dismissed, the court that sentences the person for the violation of division (B) of this section, as part of the sentence, shall order the person to pay restitution to the subject of the false report, in an amount equal to reasonable attorney's fees and costs that the subject of the false report incurred as a result of or in relation to the charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.44 | Collection and Transmittal of School Records After Closing; Compliance; Penalty.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) If a community school established under this chapter closes for any reason, the chief administrative officer of the school at the time the school closes shall in good faith take all reasonable steps necessary to collect and assemble in an orderly manner the educational records of each student who is or has been enrolled in the school so that those records may be transmitted in accordance with this division. The chief administrative officer shall transmit the records within seven business days of the school closing to the student's school district of residence.
(B) No person required to collect, assemble, and transmit student records under division (A) of this section shall fail to comply with that division.
(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor in the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.46 | Sponsors; Sales of Goods or Services Prohibited.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section, "sponsor" includes any officer, director, employee of the sponsor of a community school, and any person with decision-making authority regarding the operations of a sponsor of a community school.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no sponsor of a community school shall sell any goods or services to any community school it sponsors.
(B)(1) If the sponsor of a community school entered into a contract prior to the effective date of this section that involves the sale of goods or services to a community school it sponsors, the sponsor shall not be required to comply with division (A) of this section with respect to that school until the expiration of the contract.
(2) If the sponsor of a community school is also the school district in which that community school is located, the sponsor may sell goods or services to that community school at no profit to the sponsor.
(3) If the sponsor of a community school is a state university, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the sponsor may sell services to that community school at no profit to the sponsor.