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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.08 | Election of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the number of members of a board of education of any city school district to be elected at large as fixed by section 3313.02 of the Revised Code is even, one half thereof shall be elected in the year preceding, and the remaining one half in the year following the calendar year divisible by four. If such number is odd, one half of the remainder, after diminishing the number by one, shall be elected in the year preceding, and the remaining number shall be elected in the year following the calendar year divisible by four. All members to be elected from odd-numbered subdistricts shall be elected at one election, and all members from even-numbered subdistricts shall be elected at the alternate election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.09 | Term of Office of Members.

Effective:
September 30, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 475 - 110th General Assembly
The terms of office of members of each board of education shall begin on the first day of January after their election and each such officer shall hold his office for four years, except as otherwise provided by law. Four year terms of office shall expire on December thirty-first, except as otherwise provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.10 | Oath of Office of Member.

Effective:
January 16, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 44 - 113th General Assembly
Before entering upon the duties of his office each person elected or appointed a member of a board of education shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and that he will perform faithfully the duties of his office . Such oath may be administered by the treasurer or any member of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.12 | Compensation and Mileage.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Each member of the educational service center governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing board provides by resolution, provided that any such compensation shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars a day plus mileage both ways, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of the governing board, for attendance at any meeting of the board. No member of an educational service center governing board shall receive in compensation under this division a total amount greater than five thousand dollars per year for service on the governing board. Such compensation and the expenses of the educational service center superintendent, itemized and verified, shall be paid from the educational service center governing board fund upon vouchers signed by the president of the governing board.
(B) The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may provide by resolution for compensation of its members, provided that such compensation shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars per member for meetings attended. No member of a school district board of education shall receive in compensation under this division a total amount greater than five thousand dollars per year for service on the board of education. The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of amounts payable for benefits under section 3313.202 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each member of a district board or educational service center governing board may be paid such compensation as the respective board provides by resolution for attendance at an approved training program, provided that such compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars a day for attendance at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training program longer than three hours in length.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.13 | Membership Restriction.

Effective:
February 2, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 455 - 126th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or other official acting in a similar capacity shall be a member of a board of education.
An assistant prosecuting attorney may serve as a member of a board of education of a school district in any county other than the county in which the assistant prosecuting attorney is employed if the board of education's school district is not contiguous to the county in which the assistant prosecuting attorney is employed.
A city director of law who was appointed to that position under a city charter, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of a municipal corporation may serve as a member of a board of education for which the chief legal officer is not the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code. A city director of law who was appointed to that position under a city charter may serve as a member of a board of education for which the city director of law is the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code, but only if the board uses no legal services of the office of the city law director or if the legal services of that office that it does use are performed under contract by persons not employed by that office. An employee of an appointed or elected city director of law may serve as a member of a board of education for which the city director of law is not the legal adviser and attorney under section 3313.35 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.131 | Member of Governing Authority of Community School Prohibited From Membership on Board of Education.

Effective:
February 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly
No person who is a member of the governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code shall be a member of a board of education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.14 | Annual Organizational Meeting.

Effective:
March 2, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 89 - 133rd General Assembly
The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall meet on a day occurring during the first fifteen days of January of each year, and shall organize by electing one of its members president and another vice-president, both of whom shall serve for one year. The treasurer of the board shall canvass the members of the new board no later than December thirty-first to establish the day of the organizational meeting prescribed by this section.
The board of education of a joint vocational school district shall hold its first meeting in January of each year, and shall organize by electing one of its members president and another vice-president, both of whom shall serve for one year. The treasurer of the board shall canvass the members of the new board no later than December thirty-first to establish the day of the organizational meeting prescribed by this section.
The governing board of each educational service center shall hold its first meeting in January of each year, and shall organize by electing one of its members president and another vice-president, both of whom shall serve for one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.15 | Regular Meetings of Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At the time of the organization meeting each board of education shall fix the time for holding its regular meetings. Regular meetings shall be held at least once every two months.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.16 | Special Meetings of Board.

Effective:
May 16, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 113th General Assembly
A special meeting of a board of education may be called by the president or treasurer thereof or by any two members, by serving a written notice of the time and place of such meeting upon each member of the board at least two days prior to the date of such meeting. Such notice must be signed by the official or members calling the meeting. For the purpose of this section, service by mail is good service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.17 | Corporate Powers of the Board.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and taking and holding in trust for the use and benefit of such district, any grant or devise of land and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.171 | Consultant Services.

Effective:
December 16, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly
A board of education may expend funds for consultant services for any purpose related to the business administration of the school district, and this authority is in addition to any power, expressed or implied, granted to a board of education by statute or otherwise prior to September 24, 1963.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.172 | Purchase, Lease, or Lease-Purchase of Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of any educational service center may expend funds to obtain one or more motor vehicles, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, by purchase, lease, or lease-purchase. Except as provided in section 3327.14 of the Revised Code, any motor vehicle so obtained shall be used solely for school purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.173 | Reward for Information on Person Who Commits Violation of Law.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of any educational service center may offer and pay a reward to a person other than a board official or employee or a member of the immediate family of such official or employee, in an amount and under whatever conditions are fixed by the board, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who commits any violation of law committed on property owned by, or under the control or management of, the board or committed against any pupil or school employee going to or from property owned or controlled by the board or against any school employee while the employee is in the course of performing official duties. Any record containing the name of the person and other information that identifies the person who provides information under this section is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No member or employee of a board shall divulge the circumstances surrounding any information received or the identity of any person providing information or receiving an award under this section without the written consent of such person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.18 | Quorum - Recording of Votes - Adoption of Annual Appropriation Resolution.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
A majority of the members of a board of education shall constitute a quorum. Upon a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, or to employ a superintendent or teacher, janitor or other employee, or to elect or appoint an officer, or to pay any debt or claim, or to adopt any textbook, the treasurer of the board shall publicly call the roll of the members composing the board and enter on the records the names of those voting "aye" and the names of those voting "no." If a majority of all the members of the board vote aye, the president shall declare the motion carried. Upon any motion or resolution, a member of the board may demand the yeas and nays, and thereupon the treasurer shall call the roll and record the names of those voting "aye" and those voting "no." Each board may provide for the payment of superintendents, teachers, and other employees by payroll, but in all cases such roll call and record shall be complied with. Whenever a board of a city, exempted village, or local school district or a governing board of an educational service center by a majority vote of its members has adopted an annual appropriation resolution, then such board may, by general resolution, dispense with the adoption of resolutions authorizing the purchase or sale of property, except real estate, the employment, appointment, or confirmation of officers and employees, except as otherwise provided for by law, the payment of debts or claims, the salaries of superintendents, teachers or other employees, if provision therefor is made in such annual appropriation resolution, or approving warrants for the payment of any claim from school funds, if the expenditure for which such warrant is issued, is provided for in such annual appropriation resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.19 | Power of Board to Compound or Release Claims Due From Banks.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of education of any school district may compound or release, in whole or in part, a debt, obligation, judgment, or claim due the school district, or due the board of the school district from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship, except where any member of the board is personally interested as a stockholder. The board shall enter upon its records a statement of the facts and the reasons for such compounding or release.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.201 | Procurement of Insurance Against Liability of Officers, Employees, and Pupils of District.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 407 - 124th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each school district shall procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring officers, employees, and pupils of the school district against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including insurance on vehicles operated under a course in drivers education approved by the state department of public safety and including liability on account of death or accident by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, or all self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or operated by the school district. Each board of education may supplement the policy or policies of insurance with collision, medical payments, comprehensive, and uninsured motorists insurance. Before procuring such insurance each board of education shall adopt a resolution setting forth the amount of insurance to be purchased, the necessity of the insurance, together with a statement of its estimated premium cost. Insurance procured pursuant to this section shall be from one or more recognized insurance companies authorized to do business in this state.
(B) This section shall not be construed to affect the ability of any school district to establish and maintain self-insurance programs under the authority conferred by any other section of the Revised Code. Such programs may be established and maintained in combination with, or as an alternative to, any policy or policies of insurance procured under division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.202 | Insurance and Fringe Benefits.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly
Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may be covered, at the option of the member, under any health care plan authorized under section 9.90 of the Revised Code. The member shall pay all premiums for that coverage. The member's exercise of an option to be covered under this section shall be in writing, announced at a regular public meeting of the board of education, and recorded as a public record in the minutes of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.203 | Liability Insurance - Indemnification.

Effective:
July 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 178 - 119th General Assembly
As used in this section, "school support entity" means any nonprofit entity formed for the support of school district programs.
The board of education of any school district may do any of the following:
(A) Purchase a policy or policies of insurance insuring the board, or members of boards of education, superintendents, principals, other administrators, teachers or any other group of employees employed by the board; school support entities; or volunteer bus rider assistants authorized by section 3327.16 of the Revised Code against liability on account of damages or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of such board or entity, or such individual in his official capacity as a member or employee of the board of education or as a volunteer bus rider assistant or resulting solely out of his membership on, or employment by, or volunteer services to the board. Any such policy shall be purchased from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state, if such a policy is available from such a company. Whenever the board considers it necessary to procure such insurance, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the amount of the insurance to be purchased, the necessity thereof, and a statement of the estimated premium as quoted in writing by not less than two insurance companies if more than one company offers such insurance for sale to the board. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the board may purchase insurance from the insurance company submitting the lowest and best quotation. A board of education shall require a school support entity for which the board purchases an insurance policy under this section to reimburse the board for the cost of such insurance.
(B) Except for findings for recovery in an audit report pursuant to section 117.28 of the Revised Code, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless any person included in division (A) of this section against all civil demands, claims, suits, and legal proceedings, whether threatened or instituted, and defend such person against any criminal legal proceedings, whether threatened or instituted, that arise from the acts or omissions of such person while acting within the scope of the person's employment by the school board and in the good faith belief that such conduct was lawful and in the best interests of the school district, except that expenditures and obligations under this division shall not exceed the amounts appropriated for such purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.204 | Advertise Offering of Adult Education Classes.

Effective:
May 27, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 285 - 111th General Assembly
A board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may expend funds to advertise the offering by the district of adult education classes as provided for in sections 3313.52, 3313.531, 3313.641, and 3313.644 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.205 | Notification of Student's Absence From School.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 132nd General Assembly
S ubject to section 3321.141 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a written policy with respect to the notification of a student's parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, or legal custodian or any other person responsible for the student within a reasonable time after the determination that the student is absent from school. The student's parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, or legal custodian or any other person responsible for the student shall provide the school that the student attends a current address and a telephone number at which the student's parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, or legal custodian or any other person that is responsible for the student can receive notice that the student is absent from school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.207 | Latchkey Program Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 3313.207 to 3313.209 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Children" means children who are enrolled in kindergarten or who are of compulsory school age.
(B) "Latchkey program" means a program under which children are provided with child care during a fiscal year at any time outside of regular school hours. A program that contains any religious content, that uses any religious materials, or that in any way promotes or furthers any religious beliefs is not a latchkey program.
(C) "Program provider" means any agency, organization, or individual, licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or exempted from the licensing requirements of that chapter.
(D) "Ancillary services" means any of the following:
(1) Space in a building that is owned or controlled by a school district and that is used for other school district purposes in addition to latchkey programs;
(2) Utilities furnished in conjunction with such space;
(3) Transportation to a latchkey program on regular school buses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.208 | School District Participation in Provision of Latchkey Programs.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
A board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center may assess the need for latchkey programs in its district or territory and determine the best and most efficient manner of providing latchkey programs to children residing in the district or territory. Prior to operating any latchkey program, making any payments, or providing any employees or ancillary services under sections 3313.207 to 3313.209 of the Revised Code, a board shall provide notification to parents and other interested parties that the board is considering participation in the provision of latchkey programs and shall adopt a policy ensuring public input on the board's decision whether or not to participate, as well as any decisions concerning the district's or service center's role in the implementation and funding of any latchkey programs if the board does decide to participate. The policy shall also include provision for regular, periodic public input in the evaluation of any school district or service center participation in the provision of latchkey programs.
A board may provide a latchkey program, subject to the following limitations:
(A) The program shall be maintained and operated and pupils shall be admitted pursuant to rules adopted by the board;
(B) Fees or tuition, in amounts determined by the board, may be charged for participation in the program and shall be deposited in a special fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.209 | Options for Districts That Do Not Operate a Latchkey Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A board of education of a school district that does not provide a latchkey program may provide ancillary services to and may make payments to any program provider that operates a latchkey program that enrolls one or more children who are residents of the school district.
(B) A board of education of a school district that does not provide a latchkey program and that does not make payments under division (A) of this section may furnish to any person or entity that operates a latchkey program ancillary services or employees for use solely in conjunction with the program's operation.
(C) A board of education shall enter into a contract with a program provider as a condition for making any payments or furnishing any ancillary services or employees authorized by division (A) or (B) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.21 | Authority of School Board Over Selection of Instructional Materials and Curriculum.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each school district shall be the sole authority in determining and selecting all of the following to be used in the schools under its control:
(1) Textbooks, pursuant to section 3329.08 of the Revised Code, and reading lists;
(2) Instructional materials;
(3) Academic curriculum.
(B) The board of education of each school district may permit educators to create instructional materials, including textbooks, that are consistent with the curriculum adopted by the district board for use in the educators' classrooms.
(C) Nothing in this section is intended to promote or encourage the utilization of any particular text or source material on a statewide basis.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.211 | Employee Compensation While Serving as Juror.

Effective:
November 9, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 112th General Assembly
The board of education shall pay a full-time employee, including hourly and per diem employees, the difference between such employee's regular compensation and the remuneration received for serving as a juror.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.212 | Parental Review of Instructional Materials, Etc.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly
The board of education of each school district shall provide an opportunity for parents to review the selection of textbooks and reading lists, instructional materials, and the academic curriculum used by schools in the district. The board shall establish a parental advisory committee or another method for review, as determined appropriate by the board, to meet this requirement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.222 | Agreement of Districts to Jointly Employ Treasurer.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
As used in this section "school district" means any of the following:
(A) A city, local, or exempted village school district;
(B) An educational service center in which the governing board chooses to act as the governing board of the educational service center pursuant to division (D) of section 135.01 of the Revised Code;
(C) A joint vocational school district other than one governed by a governing board of an educational service center that has appointed the educational service center superintendent to act as treasurer of the joint vocational school district.
The boards of education of two or more school districts may, by agreement, jointly employ a treasurer to act as treasurer of each district and compensate him in accordance with the terms of such agreement. The duration of the agreement shall be the same as the treasurer's contract and may be renewed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.23 | Absence or Incapacitation of Treasurer.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
If a treasurer of a board of education is absent from any meeting of the board the members present shall choose one of their number to serve in the treasurer's place pro tempore.
If a board of education determines the treasurer is incapacitated in such a manner that the treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office of treasurer, the board may, by a majority vote of the members of the board, appoint a person to serve in the treasurer's place pro tempore. Each board of education shall adopt a written policy establishing standards for determining whether the treasurer is incapacitated, and shall provide that during any period in which the treasurer is incapacitated, the treasurer may be placed on sick leave or on leave of absence and may be returned to active duty status from sick leave or leave of absence. The treasurer may request a hearing before the board on any action taken under this section and shall have the same rights in any such hearing as are afforded to a teacher in a board hearing under section 3319.16 of the Revised Code. The treasurer pro tempore shall perform all of the duties and functions of the treasurer, and shall serve until the treasurer's incapacity is removed as determined by a majority vote of the members of the board or until the expiration of the treasurer's contract or term of office, whichever is sooner. The treasurer pro tempore may be removed at any time for cause by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board. The board shall fix the compensation of the treasurer pro tempore in accordance with section 3313.24 of the Revised Code, and, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall require the treasurer pro tempore to execute a bond immediately after appointment in accordance with section 3313.25 of the Revised Code. If a treasurer is a member of the board, the treasurer shall not vote on any matter related to the treasurer's own incapacitation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.24 | Compensation of Treasurer.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 671 - 126th General Assembly
(A) At the time of the appointment or designation of the term of office of the treasurer, subject to division (B) of this section, the board of education of each local, exempted village, or city school district shall fix the compensation of its treasurer, which shall be paid from the general fund of the district. No order for payment of the salary of the treasurer of a local, exempted village, or city school district, other than an island school district, shall be drawn until the treasurer presents to the district board evidence that the treasurer either holds a valid license issued under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code or is an otherwise qualified treasurer, as defined in division (B) of section 3313.22 of the Revised Code.
A governing board of an educational service center which chooses to act as the governing board of the educational service center pursuant to division (D) of section 135.01 of the Revised Code shall fix the compensation of its treasurer and pay its treasurer in the manner prescribed in the section for local, exempted village, and city school districts.
(B) The compensation of the treasurer may be increased or decreased during the treasurer's term of office, provided any decrease is a part of a uniform plan affecting salaries of all employees of the district.
(C) The board may establish vacation leave for its treasurer. Upon the treasurer's separation from employment, the board may provide compensation at the treasurer's current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation leave to the treasurer's credit at the time of separation, not to exceed the amount accrued during the three years before the date of separation. In case of the death of a treasurer, unused vacation leave that the board would have paid to the treasurer upon separation shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code or to the treasurer's estate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.241 | Documents to Be Executed by Superintendent.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 87 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3313.33 of the Revised Code, the following shall be signed and executed on behalf of a school district only by the superintendent of the school district or the president of the district's board of education:
(A) Employment contracts, salary notices, and other employment-related documents of the school district treasurer;
(B) Employment contracts, salary notices, and other employment-related documents of any member of the school district treasurer's family.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.25 | Bond of Treasurer of Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the duties of office, the treasurer of each board of education shall execute a bond, in an amount and with surety to be approved by the board, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the treasurer. Such bond must be deposited with the president of the board, and a copy thereof, certified by the president, shall be filed with the county auditor.
(B)(1) A treasurer shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act.
(2) The department of education and workforce shall not consider the loss of public funds not resulting from the treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act a violation of the treasurer's professional duties, provided the treasurer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer with reasonable care.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.26 | Record of Proceedings.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 87 - 132nd General Assembly
The treasurer of the board of education, in the performance of the treasurer's duties, shall record the proceedings of each meeting in a book to be provided by the board for that purpose, which shall be a public record. The record of proceedings at each meeting of the board shall be read at its next succeeding meeting, corrected and approved, which approval shall be noted in the proceedings. After such approval, the president shall sign the record and the treasurer shall attest to the accuracy of the information contained in the record. The treasurer's attestation shall not be construed to serve as authorization or execution of any action taken or not taken during any meeting.
By resolution, a board of education may waive the reading of the record of any of its proceedings, provided that such record has been distributed to the members of the board of education at least two days prior to the date of the next succeeding meeting and that copies of such record are made available to the public and news media. Such resolution shall be in full force and effect until such time as amended or rescinded by the board of education.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.261 | Treasurer to Notify Board of Elections of Changes in Boundaries.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The treasurer of an educational service center governing board or a city, exempted village, or local board of education shall notify the board of elections of all changes in the boundaries of the school district or educational service center territory. Such notification shall be made in writing and contain a plat clearly showing all boundary changes and shall be filed not later than ten days after the change of boundaries becomes effective with the board of election of the county or counties in which the school district or educational service center territory is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.27 | Delivery of Funds to Board at Expiration of Term of Treasurer - Certificate.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
At the expiration of the term of any treasurer of any board of education or before any board approves the surety of any treasurer, such board shall require the treasurer to produce all money, bonds, or other securities in his hands, which shall then be counted by the board or a committee thereof, or by a representative of the auditor of state. A certificate setting forth the exact amount of such money, bonds, or other securities, and signed by the representatives making such count, shall be entered upon the records of the board and shall be prima-facie evidence that the amount therein stated was actually in the treasury at that date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.28 | Delivery of Records to Successor.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly
The treasurer of a board of education, at the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, shall deliver to the treasurer's successor all books and papers in the treasurer's hands relating to the affairs of the district. The treasurer of a board of education shall include an inventory of the items delivered in accordance with this section in a certificate of transition under section 117.171 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.29 | Treasurer to Keep Account of School Funds - Vouchers.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 131st General Assembly
The treasurer of each board of education shall keep an account of all school funds of the district. The treasurer shall receive all vouchers for payments and disbursements made to and by the board and preserve such vouchers for a period of ten years unless copied or reproduced according to the procedure prescribed in section 9.01 of the Revised Code. Thereafter, such vouchers may be destroyed by the treasurer upon applying to and obtaining an order from the school district records commission in the manner prescribed by section 149.381 of the Revised Code, except that it shall not be necessary to copy or reproduce such vouchers before their destruction. The treasurer shall render a statement to the board and to the superintendent of the school district, monthly, or more often if required, showing the revenues and receipts from whatever sources derived, the various appropriations made by the board, the expenditures and disbursements therefrom, the purposes thereof, the balances remaining in each appropriation, and the assets and liabilities of the school district. At the end of the fiscal year such statement shall be a complete exhibit of the financial affairs of the school district which may be published and distributed with the approval of the board. All monthly and yearly statements as required in this section shall be available for examination by the public.
On request of the principal or other chief administrator of any nonpublic school located within the school district's territory, the treasurer shall provide such principal or administrator with an account of the moneys received by the district under division (E) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code as reported to the district's board in the treasurer's most recent monthly statement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.291 | Petty Cash Account.

Effective:
November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly
The board of education of a school district may adopt a resolution establishing a petty cash account from which a designated district official may draw moneys by check signed by that official for purchases made within the district. The resolution establishing the account shall specify the maximum amount of money that may be placed in the account; designate the district officials who may draw moneys from the account, or require the treasurer of such board to designate such officials; and specify the requirements and procedures for replenishing the account.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.31 | Treasurer to Perform All Duties Relating to Moneys.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 491 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) All the duties and obligations of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer or person relating to the moneys of a school district shall be complied with by dealing with the treasurer of the board of education thereof.
The treasurer shall be the chief fiscal officer of the school district, shall be responsible for the financial affairs of the district, and shall report to and is subject to the direction of the district board of education. Except as otherwise required by law, no treasurer shall be required to verify the accuracy of nonfinancial information or data of the school district.
No treasurer shall be liable for a loss of public funds that results from a treasurer's reliance on the accuracy of nonfinancial information or data of the school district, including reports in the education management information system under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, pupil transportation reports, and licensure or other credentialing information unless the loss results from the treasurer's negligence or other wrongful act.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, but subject to section 3319.40 of the Revised Code, in all school districts and educational service centers, the treasurer shall direct and assign employees directly engaged in the day-to-day fiscal operations of the district or service center, as those employees are so designated by the board of the district or service center.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.32 | Moneys to Be Placed With Treasurer When Depository Ceases to Act.

Effective:
May 16, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 113th General Assembly
If, for any reason, a depository in a school district ceases to act as custodian of the school moneys, all moneys of such school district shall be placed in the custody of the treasurer of the city or county in which the school district is located. Such moneys shall be held and disbursed by the treasurer of the board of education until another depository is provided for such moneys. Thereupon the treasurer shall place such moneys in the depository.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.33 | Conveyances and Contracts.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Conveyances made by a board of education shall be executed by the president and treasurer thereof.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no member of the board shall have, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary interest in any contract of the board or be employed in any manner for compensation by the board of which the person is a member. No contract shall be binding upon any board unless it is made or authorized at a regular or special meeting of such board.
(C) A member of the board may have a pecuniary interest in a contract of the board if all of the following apply:
(1) The member's pecuniary interest in that contract is that the member is employed by a political subdivision, instrumentality, or agency of the state or a private institution of higher education that is contracting with the board;
(2) The member does not participate in any discussion or debate regarding the contract or vote on the contract;
(3) The member files with the school district treasurer an affidavit stating the member's exact employment status with the political subdivision, instrumentality, or agency or private institution of higher education contracting with the board.
(D) This section does not apply where a member of the board, being a shareholder of a corporation but not being an officer or director thereof, owns not in excess of five per cent of the stock of such corporation. If a stockholder desires to avail self of the exception, before entering upon such contract such person shall first file with the treasurer an affidavit stating the stockholder's exact status and connection with said corporation.
This section does not apply where a member of the board elects to be covered by a health care plan under section 3313.202 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3313 | Boards of Education › Section 3313.34 | Process Against Boards.

Effective:
May 16, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 113th General Assembly
Process in all suits against a board of education shall be by summons which shall be served by leaving a copy thereof with the treasurer or president of the board.