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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.314 | Report of Improper Conduct Investigation Kept in Personnel File.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district, the governing board of each educational service center, and the chief administrator of each chartered nonpublic school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the district board of education, service center governing board, or nonpublic school chief administrator of an employee regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the district or service center superintendent or board president or nonpublic school chief administrator or governing authority president or chairperson is required to make a report to the superintendent of public instruction under section 3319.313 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 board of education, governing board, or chief administrator shall require the reports of the board's or chief administrator'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 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.315 | Rc 3319.313 and Rc 3319.314 Prevail Over Contractual Provisions.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 79 - 126th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3319.313 and 3319.314 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.316 | Participation in Retained Applicant Fingerprint Database.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The state board of education shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code and shall receive notification from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation of the arrest or conviction of the following persons:
(A) Persons to whom the state board has issued a license, as defined in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code;
(B) On behalf of employers described in section 3319.391 or 3327.10 of the Revised Code, persons who are not required to hold a license issued by the state board, including persons who operate a school bus or motor van. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (E) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code, the state board is authorized to and promptly shall transmit any notification received regarding a person under this division to the person's employer.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.318 | Illegally Assisting a Sex Offender in Attaining School Employment.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "School representative" includes all of the following:
(a) An employee of a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities;
(b) An employee of an entity with which a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities contracts for the provision of services;
(c) A member of a school district board of education, chartered nonpublic school governing body, or county board of developmental disabilities.
(2) "Student" means a child who is enrolled in a school district or chartered nonpublic school or who is receiving services from a county board of developmental disabilities.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no school representative shall knowingly engage in any activity intended to assist another individual in obtaining employment with a school district or chartered nonpublic school, or in obtaining employment with a county board of developmental disabilities in a position responsible for providing educational services to children from six through twenty-one years of age, other than transmitting administrative and personnel files to the prospective employer, if the school representative knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the individual has committed an offense listed in Chapter 2907. of the Revised Code, or a substantially comparable offense, involving a student.
(C) Division (B) of this section shall not apply if the information on which the knowledge or reasonable cause is based has been reported to appropriate law enforcement authorities or, if applicable, to the appropriate public children services agency under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and one of the following conditions is met:
(1) Law enforcement authorities have investigated the alleged offense and determined that there is insufficient information to indict the individual for the alleged offense.
(2) The individual has not been indicted for the alleged offense within four years after the date the alleged offense was reported to law enforcement authorities or a public children services agency.
(3) The individual has been acquitted or otherwise exonerated of the offense.
Last updated September 13, 2021 at 9:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.319 | Release of Information Obtained During an Investigation of an Educator.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The appointing or hiring officer of a school district or school located in Ohio or another state may request from the state board of education any report received under sections section 3314.40, 3319.313, 3326.24, 3328.19, or 5126.253 of the Revised Code regarding an individual who is under consideration for employment by the district or school. If the superintendent of public instruction has received a report under any of those sections regarding the individual, the state superintendent shall provide the contents of the report to the requesting officer. Upon provision of the contents of the report to the requesting officer, the state superintendent shall notify the officer that the information provided is confidential and may not be disseminated to any other person or entity.
If the state superintendent provides the contents of a report to an appointing or hiring officer under this section, the state superintendent shall document the information provided in the record of any investigation undertaken pursuant to section 3319.311 of the Revised Code based on the report. Such documentation shall include a list of the information provided, the date the information was provided, and the name and contact information of the appointing or hiring officer to whom the information was provided.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.32 | Records to Be Kept by Superintendents and Teachers of All Schools - Reports.

Effective:
August 24, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly
Boards of education shall require all teachers and superintendents to keep the school records and to prepare reports in such manner as to enable the preparation of the annual reports required by law and shall withhold the pay of such teachers and superintendents who fail to file the reports required of them. The records of each school, in addition to all other requirements, shall be so kept as to exhibit the names of all pupils enrolled therein, the studies pursued, the character of the work done and the standing of each pupil; and these records shall be as nearly uniform throughout the state as practicable.
Nothing in this section shall require any person to release, or to permit access to, public school records in violation of section 3319.321 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.322 | Copy of Photographs for School Files.

Effective:
April 9, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 321 - 115th General Assembly
The principal or chief administrative officer of each public school shall request any person authorized to take photographs of students of the school, to provide one wallet size photograph, free of charge, to the school for inclusion in the school's student files. The principal or chief administrative officer shall indicate that the request is being made in order that the school has a current photograph of a child that could be shown to a law enforcement officer if the child is or could be a missing child, as defined in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code. The principal or chief administrative officer also shall indicate that the request is being made pursuant to this section, but that this section does not require the photographer to comply.
This section does not preclude the principal or chief administrative officer of a school or any other authorized school official dealing with a photographer from agreeing as a part of a contractual or other agreement with a photographer that a wallet or other size photograph shall be provided to the school as a condition to the taking of student photographs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.323 | Alterations of Records Prohibited.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
During the course of transferring a student's record to an educational institution for a legitimate educational purpose as specified under division (C) of section 3319.321 of the Revised Code, no school district or school shall alter, truncate, or redact any part of a student's record so that any information on the student's record is rendered unreadable or unintelligible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.324 | Student Record Transfer.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "school records" includes any academic records, student assessment data, or other information for which there is a legitimate educational interest.
(B) Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, when any school district or chartered nonpublic school receives a request from another district or school to which a student has transferred for that student's school records, the district or school receiving the request shall respond, within five school days after receiving the request, by transmitting to the requesting district or school either the student's school records as authorized under section 3319.321 of the Revised Code or, if the district or school has no record of the student's attendance, a statement of that fact.
(C) A district or school may withhold a student's school records if there is two thousand five hundred dollars or more of outstanding debt attributed to the student. The district or school shall transmit the student's school records in the manner specified under division (A) of this section once the debt is paid.
(D) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not affect the obligations of a school district or school to comply with, the requirements of division (D) of section 3313.642 and section 3313.672 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 9:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.33 | Annual Report of Statistics - Civil Proceedings Information.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
On or before the first day of August in each year, the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall report to the department of education and workforce the school statistics of its district. Such report shall be made on forms furnished by the department and shall contain such information as the department requires. The report shall also set forth with respect to each civil proceeding in which the board of education is a defendant and each civil proceeding in which the board of education is a party and is not a defendant and in which one of the other parties is a board of education in this state or an officer, board, or official of this state:
(A) The nature of the proceeding;
(B) The capacity in which the board is a party to the proceeding;
(C) The total expenses incurred by the board with respect to the proceeding;
(D) The total expenses incurred by the board with respect to the proceeding during the reporting period.
Divisions (A) to (D) of this section do not apply to any proceeding for which no expenses have been incurred during the reporting period.
The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district may prepare and publish annually a report of the condition and administration of the schools under its supervision which shall include therein an exhibit of the financial affairs of the district and the information required in divisions (A) to (D) of this section. Such annual report shall be for a full year.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.35 | Failure of Superintendent or Treasurer to Make Reports.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If the superintendent or treasurer of any school district or educational service center fails to prepare any required report, that superintendent shall be liable in the sum of three hundred dollars, to be recovered by a civil action. In the case of reports required to be submitted to the superintendent, such action shall be instituted in the name of the governing board of the service center upon the complaint of the service center superintendent and the amount collected shall be paid into the service center's general fund. In the case of reports to be submitted to the department of education and workforce, the action shall be instituted in the name of the state on complaint of the board and the amount collected shall be paid into the general revenue fund.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.37 | Appointment of Persons to Make Reports for Treasurer or Executive Head - Compensation.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Upon the neglect or failure of a treasurer or executive head of the schools of any district within the educational service center to make the required reports, by the time specified, the superintendent of the service center must appoint some suitable person to make such reports, who shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor to be paid from the service center's general fund. The amount of such compensation shall be withheld by the county auditor from the funds due such district at the time of the next tax settlement and be credited to the service center's general fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.393 | Educator Profile Database Consultation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each school district and chartered nonpublic school shall include the following notice in boldface type in each employment application: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY MAKES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE."
(B)(1) Each district and chartered nonpublic school shall consult the "educator profile" database maintained on the web site of the state board of education prior to making any hiring decision.
(2) After consulting the "educator profile" database, a district or chartered nonpublic school may further discern the employment, disciplinary, or criminal record of an applicant for employment in either or both of the following ways:
(a) Consulting the state board of education's office of professional conduct in accordance with section 3319.319 of the Revised Code to determine whether the individual has been the subject of either:
(i) Any notice to the superintendent of public instruction under section 3314.40, 3319.313, 3326.24, 3328.19, or 5126.253 of the Revised Code;
(ii) Any disciplinary actions conducted by the state board.
(b) Consulting any prior education-related employers of the individual.
(3) A district or chartered nonpublic school may require additional background checks other than the criminal records checks authorized under sections 109.574 to 109.577 of the Revised Code or those required under section 3319.39 or 3319.391 of the Revised Code for any applicant for employment or potential volunteer.
(C) A district or chartered nonpublic school may conditionally employ an individual pending the receipt of information sought in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section. Should that information indicate that the individual has engaged in conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession or has committed an offense that prevents, limits, or otherwise affects the applicant's employment with the district or school, the district or chartered nonpublic school may release the individual from employment.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:35 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.40 | Suspension of Employee Pending Criminal Action.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code.
(B) If a person who is employed by a school district or chartered nonpublic school is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, if the person holds a license, or an offense listed in division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, if the person does not hold a license, the superintendent of the district or the chief administrative officer of the chartered nonpublic school shall suspend that person from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child during the pendency of the criminal action against the person. If the person who is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code is a person whose duties are assigned by the district treasurer under division (B) of section 3313.31 of the Revised Code, the treasurer shall suspend the person from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child. If the person who is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code is the superintendent or treasurer of the district, the district board shall suspend the superintendent or treasurer from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child. If the person who is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code is the chief administrative officer of the chartered nonpublic school, the governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school shall suspend the chief administrative officer from all duties that require the care, custody, or control of a child.
(C) When a person who holds a license is suspended in accordance with this section, the superintendent, treasurer, board of education, chief administrative officer, or governing authority that imposed the suspension promptly shall report the person's suspension to the state board of education. The report shall include the offense for which the person was arrested, summoned, or indicted.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.41 | Corporal Punishment Policy.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) No person employed or engaged as a teacher, principal, administrator, nonlicensed school employee, or bus driver in a public school may inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment as a means of discipline upon a pupil attending such school.
(B) A person employed or otherwise engaged as a teacher, principal, or administrator by a nonpublic school, except as otherwise provided by the governing authority of the nonpublic school, may inflict or cause to be inflicted reasonable corporal punishment upon a pupil attending the school to which the person is assigned whenever such punishment is reasonably necessary in order to preserve discipline while the student is subject to school authority.
(C) Persons employed or engaged as teachers, principals, or administrators in a school, whether public or private, and nonlicensed school employees and school bus drivers may, within the scope of their employment, use and apply such amount of force and restraint as is reasonable and necessary to quell a disturbance threatening physical injury to others, to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon the person or within the control of the pupil, for the purpose of self-defense, or for the protection of persons or property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.43 | Designated State Official Shall Be Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 275 - 108th General Assembly
The "designated state official" defined pursuant to article II of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code shall be the superintendent of public instruction. He shall enter into contracts pursuant to article III of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the state board of education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.44 | Copies of Contracts to Be Kept on File.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to sections 3319.42 and 3319.43 of the Revised Code shall be kept on file in the offices of the department of education and workforce and of the secretary of state. The department of education and workforce shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:38 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.45 | Principal to Report Certain Act or Violations by Pupil to Superintendent and Law Enforcement Officer.

Effective:
July 31, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 154 - 119th General Assembly
If a principal of a public school in a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, acting in his official or professional capacity, has knowledge of or has observed a pupil committing a violation listed in division (A) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether or not the pupil was sixteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of the act or violation, and the violation was committed on property owned and controlled by, or at any activity held under the auspices of, the board of education of the school district, both of the following apply:
(A) The principal, within one school day after obtaining his knowledge of or observing the act or violation, shall report the violation to the superintendent of the school district in which the school is located or to the designee of the superintendent.
(B) The principal, within a reasonable period of time after obtaining his knowledge of or observing the act or violation, may report the act or violation to a law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the violation occurred or, if the pupil is a juvenile, report the violation to either a law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred or in the jurisdiction in which the pupil resides.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.46 | Policy and Rules Regarding Positive Behavior Intervention Supports and the Use of Physical Restraint or Seclusion on Students; Duties of Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish both of the following:
(a) A policy and standards for the implementation of positive behavior intervention and supports framework;
(b) A policy and standards for the use of physical restraint or seclusion on students.
(2) The department shall amend or update rule 3301-35-15 of the Administrative Code to reflect the requirements of this section.
(B)(1) Each school district board of education shall do all of the following:
(a) Implement a positive behavior intervention and supports framework on a system-wide basis that complies with this section;
(b) Comply with any policy and standards adopted, amended, or updated by the department under this section;
(c) Submit any reports required by the department or the general assembly with respect to the implementation of a positive behavior intervention and supports framework or suspension and expulsion of students in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three.
(2) Each school district's positive behavior intervention and supports framework may focus on the following:
(a) Comprehensive, school-wide data systems that enable monitoring of academic progress, behavioral incidents, attendance, and other critical indicators across classrooms;
(b) School-wide investment in evidence-based curricula and effective instructional strategies, matched to students' needs, and data to support teachers' academic instruction;
(c) An expectation by school administrators that classroom practices be linked to and aligned with the school-wide system;
(d) Improving staff climate and culture regarding the role of discipline in the classroom, established through the use of positive and proactive communication and staff recognition.
(C) For purposes of this section, "positive behavior intervention and supports framework" or "positive behavior intervention and supports" means a multi-tiered, school-wide, behavioral framework developed and implemented for the purpose of improving academic and social outcomes and increasing learning for all students.
(D) The department shall oversee each school district's and school's compliance with this section.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:39 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.47 | Sexual Harassment Counseling.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The school districts, public schools, and chartered nonpublic schools of this state may provide counseling to any victim of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct.
Last updated September 13, 2021 at 9:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.51 | Fees - State Board of Education Licensure Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) The state board of education shall annually establish the amount of the fees required to be paid for any license, certificate, or permit issued under this chapter or division (B) of section 3301.071 or section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the amount of these fees shall be such that they, along with any appropriation made to the fund established under division (B) of this section, will be sufficient to cover the annual estimated cost of administering the requirements related to the issuance and renewal of licenses, certificates, and permits described in this chapter and sections 3301.071 and 3301.074 of the Revised Code.
(2) The state board shall not require any fee to be paid under division (A)(1) of this section for a license, certificate, or permit issued for the purpose of teaching in a junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) program approved by the congress of the United States under title 10 of the United States Code.
(B) There is hereby established in the state treasury the state board of education licensure fund, which shall be used by the state board of education to pay the state board's operating expenses, including any cost incurred to perform a duty prescribed by law and the cost of administering requirements related to the issuance and renewal of licenses, certificates, and permits described in this chapter and sections 3301.071 and 3301.074 of the Revised Code. The fund shall consist of the amounts paid into the fund pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.071 and sections 3301.074 and 3319.29 of the Revised Code and any appropriations to the fund by the general assembly.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.52 | Notification of Guilty Plea or Conviction of License Holder.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code.
(2) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a court.
(4) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) If there is any judicial finding of guilt or any conviction or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction against a license holder, or if a license holder agrees to participate in a pre-trial diversion program, for any of the offenses listed in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the prosecutor in the case, on forms that the state board of education shall prescribe and furnish, promptly shall notify the board and, if known, any school district or chartered nonpublic school employing the license holder of the license holder's name and residence address, and the fact that the license holder pleaded guilty to, was convicted of, has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for, or has agreed to a diversion program for the offense.
Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:02 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.55 | Grant Program for Teachers.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A grant program is hereby established to recognize and reward teachers in public and chartered nonpublic schools who hold valid teaching certificates or licenses issued by the national board for professional teaching standards. The department of education and workforce shall administer this program in accordance with this section and the rules it adopts. The department shall adopt those rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
In each fiscal year that the general assembly appropriates funds for purposes of this section, department shall award a grant to each person who, by the first day of April of that year and in accordance with the rules adopted under this section, submits to the department evidence indicating both of the following:
(1) The person holds a valid certificate or license issued by the national board for professional teaching standards;
(2) The person has been employed full-time as a teacher by the board of education of a school district or by a chartered nonpublic school in this state during the current school year.
An individual may receive a grant under this section in each fiscal year the person is eligible for a grant and submits evidence of that eligibility in accordance with this section. No person may receive a grant after the expiration of the person's initial certification or license issued by the national board.
(B) The amount of the grant awarded to each eligible person under division (A) of this section in any fiscal year shall equal two thousand five hundred dollars. However, if the funds appropriated for purposes of this section in any fiscal year are not sufficient to award the full grant amount to each person who is eligible in that fiscal year, the department shall prorate the amount of the grant awarded in that fiscal year to each eligible person.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.56 | Identifying Promising Practices.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall identify promising practices in Ohio and throughout the country for engaging teachers certified by the national board for professional teaching standards, and lead teachers who meet the criteria adopted by the educator standards board pursuant to section 3319.61 of the Revised Code, in ways that add value beyond their own classrooms. Practices identified by the department as promising may include placing national board certified and lead teachers in key roles in peer review programs; having such teachers serve as coaches, mentors, and trainers for other teachers; or having such teachers develop curricula or instructional integration strategies.
Once the department has identified promising practices, the department shall inform all school districts of the practices by posting such information on the department's world wide web site.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 2:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.611 | Subcommittee on Standards for Superintendents of the Education Standards Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members:
(A) The school district superintendent appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee;
(B) Three additional school district superintendents appointed by the state board of education, for terms of two years. The buckeye association of school administrators shall submit a list of six nominees for appointments under this section.
(C) Three additional members of the educator standards board, appointed by the chairperson of the educator standards board;
(D) The superintendent of public instruction, the chancellor of higher education, and the director of education and workforce, or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the subcommittee.
Members of the subcommittee shall receive no compensation for their services. The members appointed under divisions (B) and (C) of this section may be reappointed.
The subcommittee shall assist the educator standards board in developing the standards for superintendents and with any additional matters the educator standards board directs the subcommittee to examine.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 3:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.612 | Subcommittee on Standards for School Treasurers and Business Managers of the Educator Standards Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members:
(A) The school district treasurer or business manager appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee;
(B) Three additional school district treasurers or business managers appointed by the state board of education for terms of two years. The Ohio association of school business officials shall submit a list of six nominees for appointments under this section.
(C) Three additional members of the educator standards board, appointed by the chairperson of the educator standards board;
(D) The superintendent of public instruction, the chancellor of higher education, and the director of education and workforce, or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the subcommittee.
Members of the subcommittee shall receive no compensation for their services. The members appointed under divisions (B) and (C) of this section may be reappointed.
The subcommittee shall assist the educator standards board in developing the standards for school treasurers and business managers and with any additional matters the educator standards board directs the subcommittee to examine.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 3:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.63 | Granting Professional Leave for Educator Standards Board Service.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The board of education of a school district that employs any person who is appointed to serve as a member of the educator standards board under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of section 3319.60, as a member of the subcommittee on standards for superintendents under division (B) or (C) of section 3319.611, or as a member of the subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers under division (B) or (C) of section 3319.612 of the Revised Code shall grant that person paid professional leave for the purpose of attending meetings and conducting official business of the educator standards board and the subcommittees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.65 | Credential Review Board.

Effective:
June 9, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 125th General Assembly
The state board of education shall establish a credential review board. The credential review board shall carry out any functions assigned to it by the state board with respect to assessing individuals pursuing alternative routes to educator licensure and out of state educators seeking licensure in Ohio. The credential review board may also carry out any other duties the state board considers appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.67 | Teacher of the Year Recognition Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The state board of education may establish an annual teacher of the year recognition program for outstanding teachers.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a person or entity may make a voluntary contribution to the recognition program described in division (A) of this section.
(C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a teacher who is recognized as a teacher of the year by the recognition program described in division (A) of this section may accept gifts and privileges as part of the recognition program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.80 | Engagement of Dyslexia Specialist to Train Teachers.

Effective:
December 21, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 157 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The governing board of any educational service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell. If a service center provides this training, it shall make the training available to local school districts within the service center's territory and to other school districts, community schools, and STEM schools that have contracted for the training from the service center under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code.
If a governing board of any educational service center does not provide the training, a group of local school districts within the service center's territory may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers independently.
A school district or school may require the training authorized under this section for its teachers as part of the district's or school's regular in-service training programs.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Dyslexia" means a specific learning disorder that is neurological in origin and that is characterized by unexpected difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities not consistent with the person's intelligence, motivation, and sensory capabilities, which difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language.
(2) "Dyslexia specialist" means a person who is trained and certified in a multisensory structured language program that meets the level II specialist criteria set by the international dyslexia association's knowledge and practice standards or standards from any other nationally recognized organization that specializes in issues surrounding dyslexia, or any subsequently adopted standards.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3319.151 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(B) Whoever violates division (H)(1) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(C) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3319.313 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if both of the following conditions apply:
(a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit was required to be reported for the commission or alleged commission of an act or offense involving the infliction on a child of any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child;
(b) During the period between the violation of division (F) of section 3319.313 of the Revised Code and the conviction of or plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the employee who is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities where the employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child.
(D) Whoever violates division (B) or (D) of section 3319.317 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Last updated October 4, 2021 at 10:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3320 | Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019 › Section 3320.01 | Short Title; Definitions.

Effective:
September 18, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 164 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Sections 3320.01, 3320.02, and 3320.03 of the Revised Code shall be collectively known as the "Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019."
(B) As used in sections 3320.01 to 3320.03 of the Revised Code, "religious expression" includes any of the following:
(1) Prayer;
(2) Religious gatherings, including but not limited to prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religious gatherings;
(3) Distribution of written materials or literature of a religious nature;
(4) Any other activity of a religious nature, including wearing symbolic clothing or expression of a religious viewpoint, provided that the activity is not obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3320 | Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019 › Section 3320.02 | General Provisions.

Effective:
September 18, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 164 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A student enrolled in a public school may engage in religious expression before, during, and after school hours in the same manner and to the same extent that a student is permitted to engage in secular activities or expression before, during, and after school hours.
(B) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314., STEM school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code shall give the same access to school facilities to students who wish to conduct a meeting for the purpose of engaging in religious expression as is given to secular student groups, without regard to the content of a student's or group's expression.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3320 | Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019 › Section 3320.03 | Rights of Students to Engage in Religious Expression in Completion of Assignments.

Effective:
September 18, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 164 - 133rd General Assembly
No school district board of education, governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code shall prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of homework, artwork, or other written or oral assignments. Assignment grades and scores shall be calculated using ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and shall not penalize or reward a student based on the religious content of a student's work.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3321 | School Attendance › Section 3321.02 | Children Amenable to Compulsory Education Laws.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every child actually resident in the state shall be amenable to the laws relating to compulsory education, and neither he nor the person in charge of him shall be excused from the operation of said sections or the penalties under them on the ground that the child's residence is seasonal, that the parent of the child is a resident of another state, or that the child has attended school for the legal period in another state.