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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.844 | Agreement for Providing Educational Service Center Services to Community School.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement, through adoption of identical resolutions, under which the service center board will provide services to the community school. Services provided under the agreement and the amount and manner in which the community school will pay for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the school's governing authority and the service center board, and shall be specified in the service agreement. If specified in the agreement as the manner of payment, the department of education and workforce shall pay the service center the amount due to it under the agreement and shall deduct that amount from the payments made to the community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. Any agreement entered into under this section shall be valid only if a copy is filed with the department.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.845 | Additional Agreement for Educational Service Center to Provide Services to School District.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of an educational service center may enter into an agreement under which the educational service center will provide services to the school district. Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the district board of education and the service center governing board, and shall be specified in the agreement. Payment for services specified in the agreement shall be made pursuant to the terms of that agreement. If specified in the agreement as the manner of payment, the department of education and workforce shall pay the service center the amount due to it under the agreement and shall deduct that amount from the payments made to the city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be valid only if a copy is filed with the department.
The authority granted under this section to the boards of education of city, exempted village, and local school districts is in addition to the authority granted to such boards under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.846 | Provision of Services to Political Subdivisions by Educational Service Center.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The governing board of an educational service center may enter into a contract with any political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, not including school districts, community schools, or STEM schools contracting for services under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code, under which the educational service center will provide services to the political subdivision. Services provided under the contract and the amount to be paid for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the parties and shall be specified in the contract. The political subdivision shall directly pay an educational service center for services specified in the contract. The board of the educational service center shall file a copy of each contract entered into under this section with the department of education and workforce by the first day the contract is in effect.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.848 | Disposition of Unexpended Funds Under Service Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Client" means a city, local, or exempted village school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or political subdivision.
(2) "Governing body" means the board of education of a school district, governing authority of a community school, governing body of a STEM school, or governing body of a political subdivision.
(3) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as used in section 3313.846 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Service agreement" means an agreement that a client has entered into with an educational service center under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, 3313.846, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code and any subsequent amendment to that agreement.
(B) If at the end of a fiscal year for which a service agreement is in effect any of the funds paid directly by a client to the educational service center under the agreement are unexpended and unobligated, a client's governing body may elect to have the service center retain the unexpended and unobligated funds for the purpose of applying them toward any payment the client will owe to the service center under a service agreement for the next fiscal year. The treasurer or fiscal officer of the client shall indicate on the client's end-of-year financial report that unexpended funds have been retained by the service center and the amount of those funds.
(C) A client shall expend its funds retained under division (B) of this section only for services specifically set forth under a service agreement. The treasurer of the educational service center shall keep a record of the client's expenditure and the service or services for which the expenditure was made. On at least an annual basis, or upon the request of the client's governing body or its treasurer or fiscal officer, the treasurer of the service center shall notify the client's treasurer or fiscal officer of the expenditures recorded under this division. The client's treasurer or fiscal officer shall include that information in the financial report made by the treasurer or fiscal officer at the next meeting of the client's governing body that occurs following receipt of the information.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.849 | Agreements to Share Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The governing bodies of two or more city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, may mutually agree to share supervisory, curriculum, teaching, special education, professional development, or any other services offered by an educational service center and may pool their funding to pay the cost of receiving those services. Each of the governing bodies of the districts or schools participating in shared services pursuant to this section shall specify in its service agreement with the service center under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code which services that the participants have agreed to share, any other districts or schools participating in the shared services, and the amount of funds that the governing body will contribute toward the total cost of the shared services. Each governing body's funding contribution shall be paid to the service center in accordance with section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code, as applicable.
The authority granted under this section is in addition to the authority granted to school district boards of education under section 3313.841 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.85 | Failure of Board of Education or Governing Board to Fill Vacancy.

Effective:
January 13, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly
If the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district or the governing board of any educational service center fails to fill a vacancy in that board within a period of thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the probate court of the county in which the district or service center is located, upon being advised and satisfied of that failure, shall act as that board to fill any vacancy as promptly as possible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.86 | Health and Safety Review.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school periodically shall review its policies and procedures to ensure the safety of students, employees, and other persons using a school building from any known hazards in the building or on building grounds that, in the judgment of the board or governing authority, pose an immediate risk to health or safety. The board or governing authority shall further ensure that its policies and procedures comply with all federal laws and regulations regarding health and safety applicable to school buildings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.87 | Board of Education May Join School Boards' Association.

Effective:
May 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 12 - 119th General Assembly
By a majority vote of its members a board of education may join a school boards' association. Such board shall have the authority to appropriate from its general fund an amount sufficient to pay the annual dues established by the membership of the association.
No funds received by a school boards' association from a board of education as membership dues may be used for any political activity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.871 | Payment of Annual Membership Dues and Service Fees to Accrediting Associations.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) By a majority vote of its members, a board of education may appropriate from the general fund an amount sufficient to pay annual membership dues and service fees to one or more accrediting associations that have the purpose of improving education. Such annual membership dues and service fees shall not exceed in the aggregate five hundred dollars per public school evaluated for accreditation in the district.
(B) In addition to the expenditures authorized under division (A) of this section, a board of education may pay the necessary and proper expenses associated with accreditation activities and school evaluations. A board of education may pay an employee the employee's regular salary during the employee's service as an evaluator of a school in another school district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.89 | Publication of Information Regarding Online Education and Career Planning Tool.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each public high school shall publish or provide, not later than the first day of April of each year, in its newsletter, high school planning guide, regular publication provided to parents and students, or in a prominent location on the school web site, information regarding the online education and career planning tool developed under section 6301.15 of the Revised Code. The information shall include the internet web site address for the planning tool and a link to that web site. The information also shall include a link to the OhioMeansJobs web site.
As used in this section, "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.903 | Measures of Skill Attainment.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Except as otherwise required under federal law, the department of education and workforce shall consider an industry-recognized credential, as approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code, or a license issued by a state agency or board for practice in a vocation that requires an examination for issuance of that license as an acceptable measure of technical skill attainment and shall not require a student with such credential or license to take additional technical assessments.
Additionally, the department shall not require a student who has participated in or will be participating in a credentialing assessment aligned to the student's career-technical education program or has participated in or will be participating in taking an examination for issuance of such a license aligned to the student's career-technical education program to take additional technical assessments.
However, if the student does not participate in the credentialing assessment or license examination, the student shall take the applicable technical assessments prescribed by the department.
The department shall develop, in consultation with the Ohio association for career and technical education, the Ohio association of career-technical superintendents, the Ohio association of city career-technical schools, and other stakeholders, procedures for identifying industry-recognized credentials and licenses aligned to a student's career-technical education program that can be used as an acceptable measure of technical skill, and for identifying students in the process of earning such credentials and licenses. The department shall consider the possibility of attaining college credit as a factor when identifying an acceptable measure of technical skill.
Not later than the thirty-first day of May of each year, the department shall, in consultation with the Ohio association for career and technical education, the Ohio association of career-technical superintendents, and the Ohio association of comprehensive and compact career-technical schools, update a list developed by the department regarding technical assessments subject to this section.
As used in this section, "technical assessments" shall not include the nationally recognized job skills assessment prescribed under division (F) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
Nothing in this section shall exempt a student who wishes to qualify for a high school diploma under division (A)(3) of section 3313.618 of the Revised Code from the requirement to attain a specified score on that assessment in order to qualify for a high school diploma under that section.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.904 | Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs for Career-Technical Education Students.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce and the department of job and family services, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish an option for career-technical education students to participate in pre-apprenticeship training programs that impart the skills and knowledge needed for successful participation in a registered apprenticeship occupation course.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.906 | [Enacted as r.c. 3313.905 by s.b. 166, 134th General Assembly and Recodified as r.c. 3313.906 Pursuant to r.c. 103.131] Career-Technical Remote or Digital Learning.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "digital learning" has the same meaning as in section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall permit each career-technical education program approved under section 3317.161 of the Revised Code to provide remote or digital learning opportunities to students on a full-time or hybrid basis to the extent practicable.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:30 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.91 | Contract to Purchase Vocational Education or Vocational Rehabilitation Service.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section and section 3313.911 of the Revised Code that apply to a city school district do not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district unless otherwise specified.
The board of education of any city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may contract with any public agency, board, or bureau, or with any private individual or firm for the purchase of any vocational education or vocational rehabilitation service for any resident of the district under the age of twenty-one years and may pay for such services with public funds. Any such vocational education or vocational rehabilitation service shall meet the same requirements, including those for teachers, facilities, and equipment, as those required of the public schools and be approved by the department of education and workforce.
The department may assign city, local, or exempted village school districts to joint vocational districts and pursuant to the department's rules, shall require such districts to enter into contractual agreements pursuant to section 3313.90 of the Revised Code so that special education students as well as others may receive suitable vocational services. Such rules shall prescribe a formula under which the district that contracts to receive the services agrees to pay an annual fee to the district providing the vocational education program. The amount of the fee shall be computed in accordance with a formula prescribed by the department's rule, but the rule shall permit the director of education and workforce to prescribe a lower fee than the amount required to be paid by the formula in cases where the director determines either that the approved vocational course offerings of the district that is to pay the fee are of sufficient breadth to warrant a lower annual fee, or that the situation warrants a lower annual fee.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.93 | Occupational Work Adjustment Laboratory - Student Wages.

Effective:
June 23, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 357 - 108th General Assembly
A board of education operating an occupational work adjustment laboratory in which students work to produce items on a contract basis for public agencies, private individuals, or firms may pay wages to such students as may be determined by the board. Such students shall not be considered employees of the board for the purposes of Chapters 3309., 3319., 4123., and 4141. of the Revised Code, or for any other purpose under state or federal law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.941 | Racial Data Collection for Students to Include Multiracial Category.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "state agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws or constitution of this state for the exercise of any function of state government.
(B) Whenever a school district board of education collects racial data for the students enrolled in the school district or whenever the department of education and workforce or any other state agency collects or requires the collection and reporting of racial data for students enrolled in any chartered public or nonpublic school, the data collection shall include a multiracial category.
For the purpose of reporting student racial data required by the federal government, if the federal standards for reporting student racial data do not include a multiracial category, both of the following apply:
(1) Students identified as multiracial for state or district purposes also shall be identified by an appropriate federal category.
(2) The parent, guardian, or custodian of each student shall have the opportunity to designate the appropriate federal racial category for the student.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.95 | Contract for Police Officer to Assist in Working With Students Concerning Use of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse.

Effective:
October 29, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 230 - 121st General Assembly
The board of education of any school district and the board of trustees of a township, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the county sheriff of a county that includes part of the district's territory may enter into a contract under which the trustees, legislative authority, or sheriff assign one or more police officers employed by that political subdivision's police force to one or more of the school district's schools upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the contract.
The contract shall specify the police officer's duties, which shall be limited to assisting guidance counselors and teachers in working with students concerning the use of alcohol and drugs of abuse, and which shall not include any duties for which an educator license issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.30 of the Revised Code is required. The contract shall also specify the amount to be paid to the township, municipal corporation, or county by the board of education as compensation for all or part of the salary and benefits of any police officer assigned to its schools in accordance with such contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.974 | Pilot Project Scholarship Program Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section and in sections 3313.975 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Individualized education program" and "child with a disability" have the same meanings as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Separately educated student with a disability" means a child with a disability who has an individualized education program providing for the student to spend at least half of each school day in a class or setting separated from nondisabled students.
(C) "Low-income family" means a family whose income is below the level which the department of education and workforce shall establish.
(D) "Parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Registered private school" means a school registered with the director of education and workforce pursuant to section 3313.976 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Alternative school" means a registered private school located in a school district or a public school located in an adjacent school district.
(G) "Tutorial assistance" means instructional services provided to a student outside of regular school hours approved by the commission on school choice pursuant to section 3313.976 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 5:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.977 | Priorities for Admission of Students.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A)(1) Each registered private school shall admit students to kindergarten and first, second, and third grades in accordance with the following priorities:
(a) Students who were enrolled in the school during the preceding year;
(b) Siblings of students enrolled in the school during the preceding year, at the discretion of the school;
(c) Children from low-income families attending school or residing in the school district in which the school is located until the number of such students in each grade equals the number that constituted twenty per cent of the total number of students enrolled in the school during the preceding year in such grade. Admission of such twenty per cent shall be by lot from among all low-income family applicants who apply prior to the fifteenth day of February prior to admission.
(d) All other applicants residing anywhere, provided that all remaining available spaces shall be filled from among such applicants by lot.
Children from low-income families not selected by lot under division (A)(1)(c) of this section shall be included in the lottery of all remaining applicants pursuant to division (A)(1)(d) of this section.
(2) Each registered private school shall first admit to grades four through twelve students who were enrolled in the school during the preceding year. Any remaining spaces for students in these grades may be filled as determined by the school.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, except where otherwise prohibited by federal law, a registered private school may elect to admit students of only one gender and may deny admission to any separately educated student with a disability.
(C) If a scholarship student who has been accepted in accordance with this section fails to enroll in the school for any reason or withdraws from the school during the school year for any reason, the school may elect to replace such student with another scholarship student only by first offering the admission to any low-income scholarship students who filed applications by the preceding fifteenth day of February and who were not accepted at that time due to space limitations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.979 | Payment of Scholarships or Grants.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Each grant to be used for payments to an approved tutorial assistance provider is payable to the approved tutorial assistance provider.
(A) By the fifteenth day of each month of the school year that any scholarship students are enrolled in a registered private school, the chief administrator of that school shall notify the director of education and workforce of:
(1) The number of scholarship students who were reported to the school district as having been admitted by that private school pursuant to division (A)(2)(b) of section 3313.978 of the Revised Code and who were still enrolled in the private school as of the first day of such month;
(2) The number of scholarship students who were reported to the school district as having been admitted by another private school pursuant to division (A)(2)(b) of section 3313.978 of the Revised Code and since the date of admission have transferred to the school providing the notification under division (A) of this section.
(B) Whenever an approved provider provides tutorial assistance to a student, the director shall pay the approved provider for such costs upon receipt of a statement specifying the services provided and the costs of the services, which statement shall be signed by the provider and verified by the chief administrator having supervisory control over the tutoring site. The total payments to any approved provider under this division for all provider services to any individual student in any school year shall not exceed the grant amount provided in division (C) of section 3313.978 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:51 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.982 | Restricting Admission Schools on Basis of Academic, Athletic, Artistic, or Other Skills.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (C)(1) of section 3313.97 and division (C)(1) of section 3313.98 of the Revised Code:
(A) Any school district board operating any schools on October 1, 1989, admission to which was restricted to students possessing certain academic, athletic, artistic, or other skills, may continue to restrict admission to such schools.
(B) Any district board that did not operate any schools described by division (A) of this section on October 1, 1989, and that desires to begin restricting admission to any school on the basis of student academic, athletic, artistic, or other skills, may submit a plan proposing such restricted admission to the department of education. If the department finds that the plan will generally promote increased educational opportunities for students in the district and will not unduly restrict opportunities for some students, it may approve the plan and the district board may implement it during the next ensuing school year.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.984 | Intradistrict Open Enrollment.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Each school district shall report to the department of education and workforce, in the manner prescribed by the department, the number of students who attend a school building other than the one assigned by the board or district superintendent.
(B) A school district that conducts an enrollment lottery for students through an intradistrict open enrollment policy under this section shall conduct that lottery on the second Monday of June prior to the school year for which the student is seeking enrollment.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:30 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
Whoever violates section 3313.80 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense and shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.01 | Creation of Community School - General Powers.

Effective:
November 21, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 55 - 122nd General Assembly
(A)(1) A board of education may permit all or part of any of the schools under its control, upon request of a proposing person or group and provided the person or group meets the requirements of this chapter, to become a community school.
(2) Any person or group of individuals may propose the creation of a community school pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No nonpublic chartered or nonchartered school in existence on January 1, 1997, is eligible to become a community school under this chapter.
(B) A community school created under this chapter is a public school, independent of any school district, and is part of the state's program of education. A community school may sue and be sued, acquire facilities as needed, contract for any services necessary for the operation of the school, and enter into contracts with a sponsor pursuant to this chapter. The governing authority of a community school may carry out any act and ensure the performance of any function that is in compliance with the Ohio Constitution, this chapter, other statutes applicable to community schools, and the contract entered into under this chapter establishing the school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.011 | Designated Fiscal Officer - Bond - Licensing.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Every community school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, the fiscal officer shall be employed by or engaged under a contract with the governing authority of the community school.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall require that the fiscal officer of any community school, before entering upon duties as fiscal officer of the school, execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the governing authority of the school, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the fiscal officer. The bond shall be deposited with the governing authority of the school, and a copy thereof, certified by the governing authority, shall be filed with the county auditor.
(C) Prior to assuming the duties of fiscal officer, the fiscal officer designated under this section shall be licensed under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Any person serving as a fiscal officer of a community school on March 22, 2013, who is not licensed as a treasurer shall be permitted to serve as a fiscal officer for not more than one year following March 22, 2013. Beginning on that date and thereafter, no community school shall permit any individual to serve as a fiscal officer without a license as required by this section.
(D)(1) The governing authority of a community school may adopt a resolution waiving the requirement that the governing authority is the party responsible to employ or contract with the designated fiscal officer, as prescribed by division (A) of this section, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution. The resolution shall be valid for one year. A new resolution shall be adopted for each year that the governing authority wishes to waive this requirement, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution.
No resolution adopted pursuant to this division may waive the requirement for a community school to have a designated fiscal officer.
(2) If the governing authority adopts a resolution pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section, the school's designated fiscal officer annually shall meet with the governing authority to review the school's financial status.
(3) The governing authority shall submit to the department of education and workforce a copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.012 | Development of Report Cards.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of education and workforce shall appoint representatives of the department of education and workforce, including employees who work with the education management information system, to a committee to develop report card models for community schools. The committee shall design model report cards appropriate for the various types of community schools approved to operate in the state. Sufficient models shall be developed to reflect the variety of grade levels served and the missions of the state's community schools. All models shall include both financial and academic data.
(B) Except as provided in section 3314.017 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall issue an annual report card for each community school, regardless of how long the school has been in operation. The report card shall report the academic and financial performance of the school utilizing one of the models developed under division (A) of this section. The report card shall include all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The ratings a community school receives under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for its first two full school years shall not be considered toward automatic closure of the school under section 3314.35 of the Revised Code or any other matter that is based on report card ratings.
(C) Upon receipt of a copy of a contract between a sponsor and a community school entered into under this chapter, the department shall notify the community school of the specific model report card that will be used for that school.
(D) Report cards shall be distributed to the parents of all students in the community school, to the members of the board of education of the school district in which the community school is located, and to any person who requests one from the department.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.018 | Pooling Agreements Between Community Schools.

Effective:
June 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
The governing authorities of two or more community schools may enter into a pooling agreement under which the schools may act jointly to do any of the following:
(A) Purchase health insurance for the schools' employees;
(B) Secure liability insurance for the schools;
(C) Purchase other goods or services necessary for the operation of the schools;
(D) Provide transportation to students enrolled in the schools.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.019 | Communication With State Auditor.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
A community school's sponsor shall communicate with the auditor of state regarding an audit of the school or the condition of financial and enrollment records of the school, and shall maintain a presence at any and all meetings with the auditor of state regardless of whether the sponsor has entered into an agreement with another entity to perform all or part of the sponsor's oversight duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.0110 | Computer Science and Technology Fund.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 170 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The governing authority of any community school established under this chapter may establish a computer science and technology fund to support computer science programs and professional development related to those programs operated by the community school. The fund may consist of community school moneys that legally may be used for that purpose and that are not otherwise designated for other purposes. It also may consist of private moneys donated to the school or any future state moneys allocated to the school for that purpose. The governing authority may use any amount in the fund to leverage or match any additional private donations that may be made to the school for that purpose.
(B) Moneys in the fund may be used for any of the following:
(1) Professional development related to computer science programs;
(2) The delivery of online assessments, including instruction and data that support online assessment readiness;
(3) Wireless connectivity in school buildings;
(4) Network services, such as improving bandwidth capacity and filtering devices;
(5) The purchase of computers, tablets, and equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.022 | Contract for Provisions of Services for Disabled Student.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
The governing authority of any community school established under this chapter may contract with the governing authority of another community school, the board of education of a school district, the governing board of an educational service center, a county board of developmental disabilities, or the administrative authority of a nonpublic school for provision of services for any disabled student enrolled at the school. Any school district board of education or educational service center governing board shall negotiate with a community school governing authority that seeks to contract for the provision of services for a disabled student under this section in the same manner as it would with the board of education of a school district that seeks to contract for such services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.024 | Detailed Accounting by Management Company; Categories of Expenses.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A management company that receives more than twenty per cent of the annual gross revenues of a community school shall provide a detailed accounting including the nature and costs of goods and services it provides to the community school. This information shall be reported using the categories and designations set forth in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, as applicable.
(B) The detailed accounting shall include the following categories of expenses for each designation as set forth in division (C) of this section:
(1) Aggregate salaries and wages;
(2) Aggregate employee benefits;
(3) Professional and technical services;
(4) Property services;
(5) Utilities;
(6) Contracted craft or trade services;
(7) Tuition paid to other districts;
(8) Transportation;
(9) Other purchased services;
(10) Supplies;
(11) Land;
(12) Buildings;
(13) Improvements other than buildings;
(14) Equipment;
(15) All other capital outlay;
(16) Principal;
(17) Interest;
(18) Judgments;
(19) Other direct and indirect costs.
(C) The expenses set forth in division (B) of this section shall be disaggregated according to the following designations, as applicable:
(1) Regular instruction;
(2) Special instruction;
(3) Vocational instruction;
(4) Other instruction;
(5) Support services;
(6) Noninstructional activities.
(D) The information provided pursuant to this section shall be subject to verification through examination of community school records during the course of the regular financial audit of the community school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.025 | Report on Expenditures to Provide Monitoring, Oversight, and Technical Assistance.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, each sponsor of a community school shall submit, not later than the fifteenth day of August of each year, a report to the department of education and workforce, using the format and manner prescribed by the department as set forth in division (B) of this section, describing the amount and type of expenditures made to provide monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to the community schools it sponsors. The report shall also be submitted to the governing authority of the community school.
(B) Not later than ninety days after February 1, 2016, the department shall establish requirements and a reporting procedure to aid each sponsor in complying with division (A) of this section. The department shall require that each report include at least the following types of expenditures made to provide oversight, monitoring, and technical assistance to the community school it sponsors:
(1) Employee salaries, wages, benefits, and other compensation;
(2) All purchased or contracted services;
(3) Materials and supplies;
(4) Equipment, furniture, and fixtures;
(5) Facilities;
(6) Other expenditures.
(C) The report submitted under this section shall be a factor when evaluating a sponsor's compliance with applicable law and administrative rules as prescribed under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. The report also may be used as a factor when evaluating a sponsor's adherence to quality practices as prescribed under division (B)(1)(b) of that section.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.027 | Community School Sponsorship.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding the requirement for initial approval of sponsorship by the department of education and workforce prescribed in divisions (A)(2) and (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and any geographical restriction or mission requirement prescribed in division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, an entity that has entered into a contract to sponsor a community school on April 8, 2003, may continue to sponsor the school in conformance with the terms of that contract and also may enter into new contracts to sponsor community schools after April 8, 2003, as long as the contracts conform to and the entity complies with all other provisions of this chapter.
Regardless of the entity's authority to sponsor community schools without the initial approval of the department, each entity described in this section is under the continuing oversight of the department in accordance with rules adopted under section 3314.015 of the Revised Code.
If an entity to which this section applies receives a rating below "effective" under division (B) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code for two or more consecutive years, that entity shall receive approval from the department of education and workforce to sponsor community schools and enter into a written agreement with the department in accordance with division (B)(1) of section 3314.015 of the Revised Code prior to entering into any further preliminary agreements under division (C)(2) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code or renewing any existing contract to sponsor a community school.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3314 | Community Schools › Section 3314.028 | Conditions for Continued Operation.

Effective:
December 28, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 290 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, a community school that meets the following conditions may operate from the facility in which the school was located in the 2008-2009 school year and shall not be required to locate to another school district:
(1) The school was located in the facility for at least the three school years prior to the 2009-2010 school year.
(2) The school's sponsor is a school district that is adjacent to the school district in which the school is located.
(3) The school's education program emphasizes serving students identified as gifted under Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code.
(4) The school has been rated in need of continuous improvement or higher under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the previous three school years.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a community school described in division (A) of this section may operate as a conversion school.
(C) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in accordance with section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, the governing authority of a community school described in division (A) of this section may enter into a contract for the 2010-2011 school year and later with a different sponsor that is one of the following entities, provided the school was rated in need of continuous improvement or better under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for the 2008-2009 school year and the sponsor described in division (A)(2) of this section approves the change in sponsorship:
(1) The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district;
(2) The governing board of an educational service center;
(3) A sponsoring authority designated by the board of trustees of a state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code or the board of trustees itself.