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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.224 | Contracts for Speech and Language or Audiology Services.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 3319.30 of the Revised Code, a school district or educational service center may contract with a provider licensed under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code for speech and language services or for audiology services. The contracted services shall be retained only after the district or service center has demonstrated to the department of education and workforce that attempts to obtain the services of a speech and language or audiology provider licensed under this chapter have been unsuccessful.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.226 | Educator Licenses for Substitute Teaching.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Beginning July 1, 2019, the state board of education shall issue educator licenses for substitute teaching only under this section.
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a license under this section and for renewal of the license. Except as provided in division (F) of section 3319.229 of the Revised Code, the rules shall require an applicant to hold a post-secondary degree, but not in any specified subject area. The rules also shall allow the holder of a license issued under this section to work:
(1) For an unlimited number of school days if the license holder has a post-secondary degree in either education or a subject area directly related to the subject of the class the license holder will teach;
(2) For one full semester, subject to the approval of the employing school district board of education, if the license holder has a post-secondary degree in a subject area that is not directly related to the subject of the class that the license holder will teach.
The district superintendent may request that the board approve one or more additional subsequent semester-long periods of teaching for the license holder.
(C) The rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall permit a substitute career-technical teaching license holder to teach outside the license holder's certified career field for up to one semester, subject to approval of the employing school district superintendent.
(D) Any license issued or renewed under former section 3319.226 of the Revised Code that was still in force on November 2, 2018, shall remain in force for the remainder of the term for which it was issued or renewed. Upon the expiration of that term, the holder of that license shall be subject to licensure under the rules adopted under this section.
(E) The state board shall issue an educator license for substitute teaching in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a substitute teacher in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.2210 | One-Year Renewable Out-of-State Educator License Literacy Coursework.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
An applicant for a one-year nonrenewable out-of-state educator license who successfully completes Ohio's foundations of reading exam on the applicant's first attempt shall not be required to have completed at least six of the required twelve semester hours of coursework in the teaching of reading as described in section 3319.24 of the Revised Code prior to receipt of the license.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.2211 | Employment of Adult Education Permit Holder.

Effective:
March 2, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 89 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) An individual who holds an adult education permit may be employed by any school district and shall not be limited to employment solely by the district that recommended and employed that individual at the time of the initial issuance of the individual's permit.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, an individual who holds an adult education permit issued by the state board of education may be assigned as a substitute teacher for any of grades nine through twelve, in the same manner as the holder of a substitute career-technical teaching license issued under section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, to teach courses offered by the individual's employing district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.2213 | School Counselor Professional Development in Building Trades.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The state board of education shall enter into an agreement with a construction trade organization located in this state, such as affiliated construction trades (ACT) Ohio, or its successor organization, to develop a training program to educate school counselors about building and construction trades career pathways.
A training program developed under this section shall be completed at a building and construction trades training facility and include information about both of the following:
(1) The pay and benefits available to people who work in the building and construction trades;
(2) Job opportunities and available apprenticeships for boilermakers, electrical workers, bricklayers, insulators, laborers, iron workers, plumbers and pipefitters, roofers, plasterers and cement masons, sheet metal workers, painters and glazers, elevator constructors, operating engineers, carpenters, and teamsters.
(B)(1) A licensed school counselor serving students in any of grades seven through twelve shall complete four hours of training developed under this section every five years. This training shall qualify toward meeting professional development activity requirements for the renewal of a pupil services license in school counseling. An individual who begins working with students in any of grades seven through twelve in the last two years of the individual's five-year renewal cycle shall complete this requirement during the following license renewal cycle.
(2) Local professional development committees established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall incorporate this training as part of the independent professional development programs for school counselors that serve students in any of grades seven through twelve.
(C) Participating building and construction trades shall ensure ample opportunities for school counselors to complete the training prescribed under this section during each renewal cycle for licensure. Participating building and construction trades training facilities or the entity with which the state board enters into an agreement under this section shall bear all costs associated with this training.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 1:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.23 | License Required for Teaching American History and Government Content.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 129th General Assembly
A valid educator license for teaching social studies in the applicable grade shall be considered sufficient to teach the additional American history and American government content adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.231 | Qualifications for Teaching Community Service Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section, "community service" has the same meaning as in section 3313.605 of the Revised Code.
The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules establishing qualifications for the teaching of community service education for high school credit under division (C) of section 3313.605 of the Revised Code. In addition, the department shall provide technical assistance to school districts providing community service instructional programs for teachers.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:14 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.232 | License for Teaching Students With Visual Disabilities.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The state board of education shall adopt standards for attaining a license for teaching students with visual disabilities that require the licensee to demonstrate competency in reading and writing braille. The standards for demonstrating competency shall be developed with reference to those adopted for transcribers by the national library service for the blind and print disabled, library of congress.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:30 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.233 | Educator License Requirements Beginning 7/1/2017.

Effective:
June 4, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 21 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Beginning July 1, 2017, all new educator licenses issued for grades pre-kindergarten through three or four through nine shall require the applicant to attain a passing score on a rigorous examination of principles of scientifically research-based reading instruction that is aligned with the reading competencies adopted by the state board of education under section 3301.077 of the Revised Code.
(B) The state board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing criteria and procedures necessary to implement the requirements of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.234 | Study of Relationship of Licensure Assessment Performance to Classroom Effectiveness.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The teacher quality partnership, a consortium of teacher preparation programs that have been approved by the chancellor of higher education under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code, shall study the relationship of teacher performance on educator licensure assessments, as adopted by the state board of education under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, to teacher effectiveness in the classroom. Not later than September 1, 2008, the partnership shall begin submitting annual data reports along with any other data on teacher effectiveness the partnership determines appropriate to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that consider education legislation, the state board of education, and the chancellor.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.235 | Integrating Educational Technology.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The standards for the preparation of teachers adopted under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code shall require any institution that provides a course of study for the training of teachers to ensure that graduates of such course of study are skilled at integrating educational technology in the instruction of children, as evidenced by the graduate having either demonstrated proficiency in such skills in a manner prescribed by the department of education and workforce or completed a course that includes training in such skills.
(B) The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with the department of education and workforce, shall establish model professional development programs to assist teachers who completed their teacher preparation prior to the effective date of division (A) of this section to become skilled at integrating educational technology in the instruction of children. The chancellor shall provide technical assistance to school districts wishing to establish such programs.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:17 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.236 | Qualifications to Teach Computer Science.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (E) of this section, a school district shall require an individual to hold a valid educator license in computer science, or have a license endorsement in computer technology and a passing score on a content examination in the area of computer science, to teach computer science courses.
(B) A school district may employ an individual, for the purpose of teaching computer science courses, who holds a valid educator license, provided the individual meets the requirements established by rules of the state board of education to qualify for a supplemental teaching license for teaching computer science. The rules shall require an applicant for a supplemental teaching license to pass a content examination in the area of computer science. The rules also shall permit an individual, after at least two years of successfully teaching computer science courses under the supplemental teaching license, to advance to a standard educator license in computer science by completing a pedagogy course applicable to the grade levels in which the individual is teaching. However, the rules may exempt an individual teaching computer science from the requirement to complete a pedagogy course if the individual previously completed a pedagogy course applicable to the grade levels in which the individual is teaching.
(C) In order for an individual to teach advanced placement computer science courses, a school district shall require the individual to also complete a professional development program endorsed or provided by the organization that creates and administers national advanced placement examinations. For this purpose, the individual may complete the program at any time during the calendar year.
(D) Notwithstanding section 3301.012 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "computer science courses" means any courses that are reported in the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code as computer science courses and which are aligned to computer science standards adopted by the department of education and workforce.
(E) The state board of education shall adopt rules to create a computer science teaching license for industry professionals to teach computer science to specific grades. The holder of a computer science teaching license for industry professionals shall be limited to teaching forty hours in a week in the subject area of computer science. The superintendent of public instruction shall consult with the chancellor of higher education in creating and revising the requirements for computer science teacher licensure.
(F) Licenses issued under this section shall specify whether the educator is licensed to teach grades kindergarten through twelve, pre-kindergarten through five, grades four through nine, or grades seven through twelve.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:20 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.237 | Courses to Teach in Grades Pre-K Through 5; Curriculum; Continuing Education.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 318 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The standards for the preparation of teachers adopted under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code shall require each institution that provides a teacher preparation program to include a semester course, or the equivalent, for all students pursuing a license to teach in any of grades pre-kindergarten through five that includes instruction on all of the following:
(1) Positive behavior intervention and supports and social-emotional development;
(2) Classroom systems for establishing the foundation for positive behavior, such as supervision, acknowledgment, prompts, and precorrection;
(3) Classroom systems for responding to unwanted behavior, including error correction and other strategies;
(4) Classroom data collection systems;
(5) Effective instructional strategies and how to implement them with fidelity;
(6) Matching curriculum to student needs and data;
(7) The impact of trauma, toxic stress, and other environmental variables on learning behavior.
(B) Within three years after the effective date of this section, each school district shall provide professional development or continuing education in positive behavior intervention and supports, as part of the school-wide implementation of the positive behavior intervention and supports framework required under section 3319.46 of the Revised Code, to all of the following:
(1) Any of the district's teachers who teach in buildings that serve students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three and who completed a teacher preparation program prior to the effective date of this section;
(2) All of the district's administrators who serve students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three, including the school district superintendent, building principals, and assistant principals, who have not already completed a course of instruction, professional development, or continuing education in positive behavior intervention and supports.
Each district's local professional development committee, established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, shall monitor compliance with division (B) of this section and shall establish model professional development courses to assist in that compliance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.238 | Financial Literacy License Validation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school district shall require an individual to have an educator license validation in financial literacy to provide financial literacy instruction under division (C)(9) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code.
(B) To obtain a license validation in financial literacy, an individual shall hold a valid educator license issued under section 3319.22 or 3319.26 of the Revised Code or a permanent teaching certificate issued under former law and meet additional requirements adopted under rules by the state board of education.
(C) Prior to adopting rules under division (B) of this section, the state board shall establish and consult with an advisory committee of at least four classroom teachers and one expert in financial literacy instruction for classroom teachers. The classroom teachers shall include a representative of each of the following:
(1) The Ohio council of teachers of mathematics;
(2) The Ohio council for the social studies;
(3) The Ohio business educators association;
(4) The Ohio association of teachers of family and consumer sciences.
(D) Each district shall pay for any costs necessary for an individual employed by the district who is required under division (A) of this section to meet the additional requirements adopted by the state board under division (B) of this section. The district may seek reimbursement from the department of education for those costs under section 3319.239 of the Revised Code.
(E) This section does not apply to any chartered nonpublic school.
(F) A classroom teacher who holds a valid educator license or endorsement that is required to provide instruction in social studies, family and consumer sciences, or business education shall not be required to have a validation prescribed under this section to provide financial literacy instruction under division (C)(9) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. A teacher to which this division applies may obtain the validation described in division (A) of this section at the district's expense.
Last updated October 2, 2023 at 2:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.239 | Reimbursement for Financial Literacy Validation Costs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Approved costs" means any costs necessary to meet the additional requirements adopted by the state board of education under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy.
(2) "Eligible entity" includes the following:
(a) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district;
(b) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;
(c) A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code;
(d) An educational service center.
(B)(1) The department shall reimburse eligible entities for approved costs incurred under division (D) or (F) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code.
(2) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, the total amount reimbursed to an eligible entity for paying the costs of an individual teacher under division (D) or (F) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code shall be the lesser of five hundred dollars or the total approved costs incurred by the qualifying teacher.
(C) Reimbursements paid under this section shall be taken from moneys in the high school financial literacy fund established under section 121.086 of the Revised Code. At least two times each fiscal year, the department shall request the treasurer of state to transfer moneys from the fund to the department to reimburse eligible entities in accordance with this section.
(D) Each eligible entity seeking reimbursement under this section shall report to the department, in the form and manner determined by the department, the number of teachers employed by the entity who, during the reporting period, met the additional requirements adopted by the state board under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy.
(E)(1) The department may use a portion of the moneys transferred from the high school financial literacy fund for administration of the reimbursement program prescribed by this section.
(2) In the event the moneys available in the fund are insufficient to cover all requests for reimbursement under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may limit the number of teachers for which an eligible entity may request reimbursement or may prorate reimbursement amounts as necessary to pay all reimbursement requests.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.24 | Coursework in Teaching Reading and Phonics Required for Certain Initial Provisional License Applicants.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
This section does not apply to any applicant for an educator license that is designed for persons specializing in teaching children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, or the equivalent, in the area of dance, drama, theater, music, visual arts, or physical education or a specialty area substantially equivalent to any of these when such applicant will be teaching children in the specialty area specified in the license.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Coursework in the teaching of reading" means coursework that includes training in a range of instructional strategies for teaching reading, in the assessment of reading skills, and in the diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties;
(2) "Phonics" means the techniques and strategies used to teach children to match, blend, and translate letters of the alphabet into the sounds they represent, which techniques and strategies are systematically integrated and thoroughly practiced in a developmentally appropriate instructional program to assist the child in learning to read, write, and spell;
(3) "Course in the teaching of phonics" means a course providing the background necessary for effectively teaching and assessing phonics, phonemic awareness, and word recognition, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
(a) Phonological and morphological underpinnings of English spellings and the history thereof;
(b) The nature and role of word recognition in proficient reading;
(c) Methods and rationale for the instruction of phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, and the application thereof in reading and writing;
(d) Methods and rationale for the assessment of phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, and the application thereof in reading and writing;
(e) The relation of deficits in phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, and word recognition to reading disabilities;
(4) "Phonemic awareness" means the awareness of sounds that make up spoken words and the ability to use this awareness of sounds in reading.
(B) The rules adopted under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall require an applicant for a resident educator license designated for teaching children in grades kindergarten through six or the equivalent to have successfully completed at least six semester hours, or the equivalent, of coursework in the teaching of reading that includes at least one separate course of at least three semester hours, or the equivalent, in the teaching of phonics in the context of reading, writing, and spelling. In addition, such rules shall require that the subsequent issuance of a professional educator license be contingent upon the applicant having completed six additional semester hours or the equivalent of coursework in the teaching of reading. The rules shall permit an applicant to apply undergraduate coursework in order to meet this requirement for additional coursework.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.25 | Teacher Performance Assessment Entity.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Any teacher performance assessment entity with which the department of education and workforce or the state board of education contracts or any independent agent with whom such entity, the department, or the state board contracts to provide services as a teacher performance assessor, trainer of assessors, or assessment coordinator is not liable for damages in a civil action concerning the actions of such entity or agent made in the conduct of a teacher performance assessment unless those actions were conducted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
As used in this section, "teacher performance assessment" means an assessment prescribed by the state board of education to measure the classroom performance of a teacher who is a candidate for licensure based on observations conducted by a trained assessor while the teacher is engaged in actual classroom instruction.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:21 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.261 | Alternative Resident Educator License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall issue an alternative resident educator license under division (C) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code to each applicant who meets the following conditions:
(1) Holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education;
(2) Has successfully completed a teacher education program offered by one of the following entities:
(a) The American Montessori society;
(b) The association Montessori internationale;
(c) An institution accredited by the Montessori accreditation council for teacher education.
(3) Is employed in a school that operates a program that uses the Montessori method endorsed by the American Montessori society, the Montessori accreditation council for teacher education, or the association Montessori internationale as its primary method of instruction.
(B) The holder of an alternative resident educator license issued under this section shall be subject to divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code and shall be granted a professional educator license upon successful completion of the requirements described in division (F) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code.
(C) The state board shall issue an alternative resident educator license under this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an educator providing instruction in a Montessori-method school in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.262 | Standards and Requirements for Obtaining Nonrenewable Four-Year Initial Early College High School Educator License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a nonrenewable four-year initial early college high school educator license for teaching grades seven through twelve at an early college high school described in section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code to any applicant who meets the following conditions:
(1) Has a graduate or terminal degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a field related to the subject area to be taught, as determined by the state board;
(2) Has obtained a passing score on an examination in the subject area to be taught, as prescribed by the state board;
(3) Has experience teaching students at any grade level, including post-secondary students;
(4) Has proof that an early college high school intends to employ the applicant pending a valid license under this section.
An individual licensed under this section shall be subject to sections 3319.291 and 3319.39 of the Revised Code. An initial educator license issued under division (A) of this section shall be valid for teaching only at the employing school described in division (A)(4) of this section.
(B) After four years of teaching under an initial early college high school educator license issued under this section, an individual may apply for a renewable five-year professional educator license in the same subject area named in the initial license. The state board shall issue the applicant a professional educator license if the applicant attains a passing score on an assessment of professional knowledge prescribed by the state board. Nothing in division (B) of this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual from applying for a professional educator license under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.
(C) The state board shall issue an initial early college high school educator license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an early college high school educator in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:12 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.263 | Alternative Resident Educator License Subject Areas.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Until July 1, 2028, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.26 of the Revised Code or any rule of the state board of education adopted under that section, the state board shall not limit the subject areas for which an individual may receive an alternative resident educator license issued under that section.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 10:24 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.27 | Alternative Principal License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board of education shall adopt rules that establish an alternative principal license. The rules establishing an alternative principal license shall include a requirement that an applicant have obtained classroom teaching experience. Beginning on the effective date of the rules, the state board shall cease to issue temporary educator licenses pursuant to section 3319.225 of the Revised Code for employment as a principal. Any person who on the effective date of the rules holds a valid temporary educator license issued under that section and is employed as a principal shall be allowed to continue employment as a principal until the expiration of the license. Employment of any such person as a principal by a school district after the expiration of the temporary educator license shall be contingent upon the state board issuing the person an alternative principal license in accordance with the rules adopted under this division.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules that establish an alternative administrator license, which shall be valid for employment as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal. Beginning on the effective date of the rules, the state board shall cease to issue temporary educator licenses pursuant to section 3319.225 of the Revised Code for employment as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal. Any person who on the effective date of the rules holds a valid temporary educator license issued under that section and is employed as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal shall be allowed to continue employment in that position until the expiration of the license. Employment of any such person as a superintendent or in any other administrative position except principal by a school district after the expiration of the temporary educator license shall be contingent upon the state board issuing the person an alternative administrator license in accordance with the rules adopted under this division.
(C) The state board shall issue an alternative principal or alternative administrator license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a school principal or school administrator in a state that does not issue one or both of those licenses.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.272 | Professional Administrator License Upon Completion of Bright New Leaders for Ohio Schools Program.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The "bright new leaders for Ohio schools program" administered by the Ohio state university Fisher college of business and college education and human ecology shall provide an alternative path for individuals to receive training and development in the administration of primary and secondary education and leadership, enable those individuals to earn degrees and obtain licenses in public school administration, and promote the placement of those individuals in public schools that have a poverty percentage greater than fifty per cent.
(B) The state board of education shall issue a professional administrator license for grades pre-kindergarten through twelve to an individual who successfully completes the bright new leaders for Ohio schools program and satisfies the requirements in rules adopted by the state board under division (C) of this section.
(C) The state board, in consultation with the bright new leaders for Ohio schools program, shall adopt rules that prescribe the requirements for obtaining a professional administrator license for grades pre-kindergarten through twelve under this section. The state board shall use the rules adopted under section 3319.27 of the Revised Code as guidance in developing the rules adopted under this division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.283 | Veteran Not Certificated or Licensed.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 216 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The board of education of any school district may employ an individual who is not certificated or licensed as required by Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code, but who meets the following qualifications, as a teacher in the schools of the district:
(1) The individual is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States and was honorably discharged within three years of June 30, 1997;
(2) While in the armed forces the individual had meaningful teaching or other instructional experience;
(3) The individual holds at least a baccalaureate degree.
(B) An individual employed under this section shall be deemed to hold a teaching certificate or educator license for the purposes of state and federal law and rules and regulations and school district policies, rules, and regulations. However, an individual employed under this section is not a properly certified or licensed teacher for purposes of the school district's compliance with section 3319.074 of the Revised Code. Each individual employed under this section shall meet the requirement to successfully complete fifteen hours, or the equivalent, of coursework every five years that is approved by the local professional development committee as is required of other teachers licensed in accordance with Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code.
(C) The superintendent of public instruction may revoke the right of an individual employed under division (A) of this section to teach if, after an investigation and an adjudication conducted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the superintendent finds that the person is not competent to teach the subject the person has been employed to teach or did not fulfill the requirements of division (A) of this section. No individual whose right to teach has been revoked under this division shall teach in a public school, and no board of education may engage such an individual to teach in the schools of its district.
Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, a board of education is not required to comply with the provisions of sections 3311.81, 3311.82, 3319.11, and 3319.16 of the Revised Code with regard to termination of employment if the superintendent, after an investigation and an adjudication, has revoked the individual's right to teach.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.284 | Extension of Educator License for Members of Armed Forces.

Effective:
June 12, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 47 - 125th General Assembly
A member of the national guard or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who is called to active duty and who, at the time of deployment, holds a valid educator license under this chapter is entitled to have the license extended for a period of time commensurate with the length of active duty service, provided the educator is honorably released from such active duty service. No extension granted pursuant to this section in any year shall be deemed to have expired before the next following thirtieth day of June.
As used in this section, "active duty" has the same meaning as in section 5919.34 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.285 | Alternative Military Educator License.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Eligible military individual" includes any of the following:
(a) An active-duty member of any branch of the United States armed forces;
(b) A veteran of any branch of the United States armed forces who separated from service with an honorable discharge;
(c) A member of the national guard or a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces;
(d) A spouse of a member or veteran described in division (A)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(2) "Teacher" has the same meaning as in section 3319.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) The state board of education, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall adopt rules to establish an alternative military educator license for eligible military individuals. The rules shall ensure that eligible military individuals can obtain an educator license to work as a teacher in a public school on an expedited timeline. The rules shall allow eligible military individuals to apply leadership training or other military training toward requirements for college coursework, professional development, content knowledge examinations, or other licensure requirements.
(C) The state board may work with the credential review board created under section 3319.65 of the Revised Code to determine the types of military training that correspond with the educational training needed to be a successful teacher.
Last updated September 13, 2023 at 11:39 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.29 | Fees.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
Each application for any license, certificate, or permit under this chapter, or renewal or duplicate of such a license, certificate, or permit, shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount established under division (A) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code. Any fees received under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state board of education licensure fund established under division (B) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code.
Any person applying for or holding a license, certificate, or permit under this chapter is subject to sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code and sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.292 | Questioning of Applicant Regarding Criminal History.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code.
The state board of education may question an applicant for issuance or renewal of any license with respect to any criminal offense committed or alleged to have been committed by the applicant. If the record of a conviction, plea of guilty, bail forfeiture, or other disposition of a criminal offense committed or alleged to have been committed by the applicant has been sealed or expunged, the state board need not assert or demonstrate that its questioning with respect to the offense bears a direct and substantial relationship to the issuance or renewal of the license or to the position in which the applicant will work under the license.
Any questions regarding a record of a conviction, plea of guilty, bail forfeiture, or other disposition of a criminal offense committed or alleged to have been committed by the applicant that has been sealed or expunged and the responses of the applicant to such questions shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.30 | Necessity of License - Professional Meetings.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
Except as provided in section 3319.36 of the Revised Code, no person shall receive any compensation for the performance of duties as teacher in any school supported wholly or in part by the state or by federal funds who has not obtained a license of qualification for the position as provided for under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. Any teacher so qualified may, at the discretion of the employing board of education, receive compensation for days on which the teacher is excused by such board for the purpose of attending professional meetings, and the board may provide and pay the salary of a substitute teacher for such days.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:17 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.312 | Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate or Permit.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of education shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.