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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.062 | Application to Department.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If a school district board of education approves an application under division (B)(1) of section 3302.061 of the Revised Code or designates an innovation school or innovation school zone under division (D) of that section, the district board shall apply to the department of education and workforce for designation as a school district of innovation by submitting to the department the innovation plan included in the approved application or created by the district board.
Within sixty days after receipt of the application, the department shall designate the district as a school district of innovation, unless the department determines that the submitted innovation plan is not financially feasible or will likely result in decreased academic achievement. If the department so determines, it shall provide a written explanation of the basis for its determination to the district board. If the district is not designated as a school district of innovation, the district board shall not implement the innovation plan. However, the district board may reapply for designation as a school district of innovation at any time.
(B) A district board may request the department to make a preliminary review of an innovation plan prior to the district board's formal application for designation as a school district of innovation. In that case, the department shall review the innovation plan and, within sixty days after the request, recommend to the district board any changes or additions that the department believes will improve the plan, which may include further innovations or measures to increase the likelihood that the innovations will result in higher academic achievement. The district board may revise the innovation plan prior to making formal application for designation as a school district of innovation.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:39 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.063 | Waiver of Laws or Rules Specified in Plan.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon designation of a school district of innovation under section 3302.062 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall waive any laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department that are specified in the innovation plan submitted by the district board of education as needing to be waived to implement the plan. The waiver shall apply only to the school or schools participating in the innovation plan and shall not apply to the district as a whole, unless each of the district's schools is a participating school. The waiver shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its designation revoked under section 3302.065 of the Revised Code, or if the school is removed from an innovation school zone under that section or section 3302.064 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department shall not waive any law or rule regarding the following:
(1) Funding for school districts under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code;
(2) The requirements of Chapters 3323. and 3324. of the Revised Code for the provision of services to students with disabilities and gifted students;
(3) Requirements related to the provision of career-technical education that are necessary to comply with federal law or maintenance of effort provisions;
(4) Administration of the assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710, 3301.0712, and 3301.0715 of the Revised Code;
(5) Requirements related to the issuance of report cards and the assignment of performance ratings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code;
(6) Implementation of the model of differentiated accountability under section 3302.041 of the Revised Code;
(7) Requirements for the reporting of data to the department of education and workforce;
(8) Criminal records checks of school employees;
(9) The requirements of Chapters 3307. and 3309. regarding the retirement systems for teachers and school employees;
(10) The requirements of section 3302.41 or 3302.42 of the Revised Code related to implementation of a blended learning model or online learning model in a school.
(C) If a district board's revisions to an innovation plan under section 3302.066 of the Revised Code require a waiver of additional laws or department rules, the department shall grant a waiver from those laws or rules upon evidence that administrators and teachers have consented to the revisions as required by that section.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.064 | Collective Bargaining Agreements.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Each collective bargaining agreement entered into by a school district board of education under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this section shall allow for the waiver of any provision of the agreement specified in the innovation plan approved or created under section 3302.061 of the Revised Code as needing to be waived to implement the plan, in the event the district is designated as a school district of innovation.
(B)(1) In the case of an innovation school, waiver of the provisions specified in the innovation plan shall be contingent upon at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit covered by the collective bargaining agreement who work in the school voting, by secret ballot, to approve the waiver.
(2) In the case of an innovation school zone, waiver of the provisions specified in the innovation plan shall be contingent upon, in each participating school, at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit covered by the collective bargaining agreement who work in that school voting, by secret ballot, to approve the waiver. If at least sixty per cent of the members of the bargaining unit in a participating school do not vote to approve the waiver, the board may revise the innovation plan to remove that school from the innovation school zone.
(3) If a board's revisions to an innovation plan under section 3302.066 of the Revised Code require a waiver of additional provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, that waiver shall be contingent upon approval under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section in the same manner as the initial waiver.
(C) A waiver approved under division (B) of this section shall continue to apply relative to any substantially similar provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into after the approval of the waiver.
(D) A waiver approved under division (B) of this section shall cease to apply to a school if the school's designation as an innovation school is revoked or the innovation school zone in which the school participates has its designation revoked under section 3302.065 of the Revised Code, or if the school is removed from an innovation school zone under that section.
(E) An employee working in an innovation school or a school participating in an innovation school zone who is a member of a bargaining unit that approves a waiver under division (B) of this section may request the board to transfer the employee to another school of the district. The board shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the employee's request.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.065 | Performance Review.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Not later than three years after obtaining designation as a school district of innovation under section 3302.062 of the Revised Code, and every three years thereafter, the district board of education shall review the performance of the innovation school or innovation school zone and determine if it is achieving, or making sufficient progress toward achieving, the improvements in student academic performance that were described in its innovation plan. If the board finds that an innovation school is not achieving, or not making sufficient progress toward achieving, those improvements in student academic performance, the board may revoke the designation as an innovation school. If the board finds that a school participating in an innovation school zone is not achieving, or not making sufficient progress toward achieving, those improvements in student academic performance, the board may remove that school from the innovation school zone or may revoke the designation of all participating schools as an innovation school zone.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.066 | Revision of Plans.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A school district board of education may revise an innovation plan approved or created under section 3302.061 of the Revised Code, in collaboration with the school or schools participating in the plan, to further improve student academic performance. The revisions may include identifying additional laws in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code, rules adopted by the department of education and workforce, requirements enacted by the district board, or provisions of a collective bargaining agreement that need to be waived. Any revisions to an innovation plan shall require the consent, in each school participating in the plan, of a majority of the administrators assigned to that school and a majority of the teachers assigned to that school.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.067 | Funding for Implementation.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of education of any district designated as a school district of innovation or any school participating in an innovation plan may accept, receive, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private entity to support the implementation of the plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.068 | Annual Report.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Not later than the first day of July each year, the department of education and workforce shall issue, and post on its web site, a report on school districts of innovation. The report shall include the following information:
(A) The number of districts designated as school districts of innovation in the preceding school year and the total number of school districts of innovation statewide;
(B) The number of innovation schools in each school district of innovation and the number of district students served by the schools, expressed as a total number and as a percentage of the district's total student population;
(C) The number of innovation school zones in each school district of innovation, the number of schools participating in each zone, and the number of district students served by the participating schools, expressed as a total number and as a percentage of the district's total student population;
(D) An overview of the innovations implemented in innovation schools and innovation school zones;
(E) Data on the academic performance of the students enrolled in an innovation school or an innovation school zone in each school district of innovation, including a comparison of the students' academic performance before and after the district's designation as a school district of innovation;
(F) Recommendations for legislative changes based on the innovations implemented or to enhance the ability of schools and districts to implement innovations.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:35 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.07 | Application Proposing Innovative Education Pilot Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of any school district, the governing board of any educational service center, or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school may submit to the department of education and workforce an application proposing an innovative education pilot program the implementation of which requires exemptions from specific statutory provisions or rules. If a district or service center board employs teachers under a collective bargaining agreement adopted pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, any application submitted under this division shall include the written consent of the teachers' employee representative designated under division (B) of section 4117.04 of the Revised Code. The exemptions requested in the application shall be limited to any requirement of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code or of any rule of the department adopted pursuant to that title except that the application may not propose an exemption from any requirement of or rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 3307. or 3309., section 3302.41 or 3302.42, sections 3319.07 to 3319.21, or Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. Furthermore, an exemption from any operating standard adopted under division (B)(2) or (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code shall be granted only pursuant to a waiver granted by the director of education and workforce under division (O) of that section.
(B) The department shall accept any application submitted in accordance with division (A) of this section. The director shall approve or disapprove the application in accordance with standards for approval, which shall be adopted by the department.
(C) The director shall exempt each district or service center board or chartered nonpublic school administrative authority with an application approved under division (B) of this section for a specified period from the statutory provisions or rules specified in the approved application. The period of exemption shall not exceed the period during which the pilot program proposed in the application is being implemented and a reasonable period to allow for evaluation of the effectiveness of the program.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.08 | Collective Bargaining Provisions Not Abrogated.

Effective:
October 2, 1989
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 140 - 118th General Assembly
Sections 3302.01 to 3302.07 of the Revised Code and any action taken under these sections do not abrogate any provision of a collective bargaining agreement in effect under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and do not relieve any school district of the duty to comply with any provision of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.09 | Communicating Change in Federal Policies or Rules.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Whenever the United States department of education makes changes in its policies or rules regarding implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Ohio department of education and workforce shall submit a written description of those changes to each member of the standing committees on education of the senate and house of representatives.
(B) If the Ohio department of education and workforce plans to change any of its policies or procedures regarding the state's implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 based on changes in federal polices or rules described in division (A) of this section, the Ohio department of education and workforce shall submit to each member of the standing committees a written outline of the existing Ohio policy regarding that implementation and a written description of the changes it proposes to make.
(C) The Ohio department of education and workforce shall not make any change proposed under division (B) of this section unless the general assembly has adopted a concurrent resolution approving the proposed change.
Last updated August 1, 2023 at 1:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.111 | Dissolution of Certain Academic Distress Commissions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) This section applies to a school district that meets both of the following conditions:
(1) An academic distress commission was established for the district in 2013 by the superintendent of public instruction under former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to October 15, 2015;
(2) A new academic distress commission was established for the district by the state superintendent under division (A)(2) of section 3302.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, any academic distress commission established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code and academic improvement plan established under section 3302.103 of the Revised Code for a school district to which this section applies shall be dissolved immediately on the effective date of this section, and the chief executive officer shall relinquish management and control of the school district to the district board of education and the district superintendent.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 3:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.13 | Reading Achievement Improvement Plans.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) This section applies to any school district or community school that meets both of the following criteria, as reported on the past two consecutive report cards issued for that district or school under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code:
(1) The district or school received either of the following:
(a) A grade of "D" or "F" on the kindergarten through third-grade literacy progress measure under division (C)(3)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code;
(b) A performance rating of less than three stars for early literacy under division (D)(3)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) Fifty-one per cent or less of the district's students who took the third grade English language arts assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code for that school year attained at least a proficient score on that assessment.
(B) By the thirty-first day of December of each year, any school district or community school that meets the criteria set forth in division (A) of this section shall submit to the department of education and workforce a school or district reading achievement improvement plan, which shall include all requirements prescribed by the department pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(C) The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing the content of and deadlines for the reading achievement improvement plans required under division (B) of this section. The rules shall prescribe that each plan include, at a minimum, an analysis of relevant student performance data, measurable student performance goals, strategies to meet specific student needs, a staffing and professional development plan, and instructional strategies for improving literacy.
(D) Any school district or community school to which this section applies shall no longer be required to submit an improvement plan pursuant to division (B) of this section when that district or school meets either of the following criteria, as reported on the most recent report card issued for that district or school under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code:
(1) The district or school received either of the following:
(a) A grade of "C" or higher on the kindergarten through third-grade literacy progress measure under division (C)(3)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code;
(b) A performance rating of three stars or higher for early literacy under division (D)(3)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) Not less than fifty-one per cent of the district's students who took the third grade English language arts assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code for that school year attained at least a proficient score on that assessment.
(E) The department shall post in a prominent location on its web site all plans submitted pursuant to this section.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.14 | Collection, Analysis, and Publication of Reading Achievement Data.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce annually shall collect, analyze, and publish data regarding reading achievement in schools and progress in assisting all students to become proficient readers. Beginning on January 31, 2015, and on the thirty-first day of each January thereafter, the department shall report these findings, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, to the governor and the general assembly. The report shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
(A) The progress of all students that were on a reading intervention plan at any time during grades kindergarten through four while enrolled in the state's public school system.
(B) The progress of school districts and community schools that are currently operating under a reading achievement improvement plan pursuant to section 3302.13 of the Revised Code, as data is made available.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.16 | Community Learning Centers; Written Consent Required.

Effective:
October 15, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 70 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) As used in sections 3302.17 and 3302.18 of the Revised Code, "community learning center" means a school operated by a city, exempted village, or local school district or community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that participates in a coordinated, community- based effort with community partners to provide comprehensive educational, developmental, family, and health services to students, families, and community members during school hours and hours in which school is not in session.
(2) For purposes of this section and sections 3302.17 and 3302.18 of the Revised Code, "community partner" means a provider to students, families, or community members of health care services, on-site resource coordinators, and any other services or programs determined appropriate by a school action team created under section 3302.18 of the Revised Code.
(B) Prior to providing health services to a student, a community learning center shall obtain the written consent of the student's parent, guardian, or custodian, if the student is less than eighteen years old, or the written consent of the student, if the student is at least eighteen years old.
(C) A community learning center and any employee, contractor, or volunteer of a community learning center shall, in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws, maintain the confidentiality of patient-identifying information obtained in the course of providing health services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.21 | School Rankings.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of education and workforce shall develop a system to rank order all city, exempted village, and local school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code except those community schools to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code according to the following measures:
(1) Performance index score for each school district, community school, and STEM school and for each separate building of a district, community school, or STEM school. For districts, schools, or buildings to which the performance index score does not apply, the department may develop another measure of student academic performance based on similar data and performance measures if appropriate and use that measure to include those buildings in the ranking so that districts, schools, and buildings may be reliably compared to each other.
(2) Student performance growth from year to year, using the value-added progress dimension, if applicable, and other measures of student performance growth designated by the department for subjects and grades not covered by the value-added progress dimension or the alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code;
(3) Current operating expenditure per equivalent pupils as defined in section 3302.26 of the Revised Code;
(4) Of total current operating expenditures, percentage spent for classroom instruction as determined under standards adopted by the state board under section 3302.20 of the Revised Code;
(5) Performance of, and opportunities provided to, students identified as gifted using value-added progress dimensions, if applicable, and other relevant measures as designated by the department.
The department shall rank each district, each community school except a community school to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and each STEM school annually in accordance with the system developed under this section.
(B) In addition to the reports required by sections 3302.03 and 3302.031 of the Revised Code, not later than the first day of September each year, the department shall issue a report for each city, exempted village, and local school district, each community school except a community school to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies, and each STEM school indicating the district's or school's rank on each measure described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section, including each separate building's rank among all public school buildings according to performance index score under division (A)(1) of this section.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:38 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.22 | Governor's Effective and Efficient Schools Recognition Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The governor's effective and efficient schools recognition program is hereby created. Each year, the governor shall recognize, in a manner deemed appropriate by the governor, the top ten per cent of all public schools in this state, including city, exempted village, and local school districts, joint vocational school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314., and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code.
(B) The top ten per cent of schools shall be determined by the department of education and workforce according to standards established by the department, in consultation with the governor's office of 21st century education. The standards for recognition for each type of school may vary depending upon the unique characteristics of that type of school. The standards shall include, but need not be limited to, both of the following, provided that sufficient data is available for each school:
(1) Student performance, as determined by factors that may include, but not be limited to, performance indicators under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code, report cards issued under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, performance index score rankings under section 3302.21 of the Revised Code, and any other statewide or national assessment or student performance recognition program the department selects;
(2) Fiscal performance, which may include cost-effective measures taken by the school.
(C) If applicable, the standards under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section may be applied at the school building or district level, depending upon the quality and availability of data.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:39 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.25 | Annual School District Reports.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In accordance with standards prescribed by the department of education and workforce for categorization of school district expenditures adopted under division (A) of section 3302.20 of the Revised Code, the department annually shall determine all of the following for the previous fiscal year:
(1) For each school district, the ratio of the district's operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes compared to its operating expenditures for nonclassroom purposes;
(2) For each school district, the per pupil amount of the district's expenditures for classroom instructional purposes;
(3) For each school district, the per pupil amount of the district's operating expenditures for nonclassroom purposes;
(4) For each school district, the percentage of the district's operating expenditures attributable to school district funds;
(5) The statewide average among all school districts for each of the items described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section.
(B) The department annually shall submit a report to each school district indicating the district's information for each of the items described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section and the statewide averages described in division (A)(5) of this section.
(C) Each school district, upon receipt of the report prescribed by division (B) of this section, shall publish the information contained in that report in a prominent location on the district's web site and publish the report in another fashion so that it is available to all parents of students enrolled in the district and to taxpayers of the district.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:39 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3302 | Performance Standards › Section 3302.26 | Performance Management Section on Department's Public Web Site.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Expenditure per equivalent pupils" is the total operating expenditures of a school district divided by the measure of equivalent pupils.
(2) "Measure of equivalent pupils" is the total number of students in a school district adjusted for the relative differences in costs associated with the unique characteristics and needs of each category of pupil.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall create a performance management section on the department's public web site. The performance management section shall include information on academic and financial performance metrics for each school district to assist schools and districts in providing an effective and efficient delivery of educational services. The section shall be located in a prominent location on the department's public web site. The section shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A graph that illustrates the relationship between a district's academic performance, as measured by the performance index score, and its expenditure per equivalent pupils as compared to similar districts;
(2) Each district's total operating expenditures per pupil;
(3) Statistics of academic and financial performance measures for each district to allow for a comparison and benchmarking between districts.
(C) The department may contract with an independent organization to develop and host the performance management section of its web site.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 1:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.01 | Vocational Education Defined.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
Except when utilized in Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code, whenever the term vocational education occurs anywhere in the Revised Code, it shall be deemed to refer to career-technical education, except that joint vocational school districts shall continue to be styled as and shall maintain their legal existence as either joint vocational school districts or vocational school districts pursuant to section 3311.01 .
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.02 | The Act of Congress for Vocational Education Accepted.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The act of congress entitled, "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure," is hereby accepted. The department of education and workforce has authority to accept supplementary acts for vocational education which are enacted by congress after September 16, 1957.
(B) The department shall be the sole state agency for administration of programs for which federal funds are received pursuant to acts accepted under this section. This division does not apply to programs for which federal funds are received pursuant to the "Job Training Partnership Act," 96 Stat. 1322 (1982), 29 U.S.C. 1501.
(C) The department shall secure the written approval of the governor prior to submission of any state plan or application prepared by the department to obtain federal funds under any acts accepted under this section.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.03 | Subjects for Which Appropriated Funds Are Accepted.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The benefits of all funds appropriated under the act of congress referred to in section 3303.02 of the Revised Code is hereby accepted as to:
(A) Appropriations for the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects;
(B) Appropriations for salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects;
(C) Appropriations for the preparation of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects and teachers of trade, industrial, and home economics subjects.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.04 | Cooperation With Federal Department of Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce may cooperate with the United States department of education in the administration of the act of congress referred to in section 3303.02 of the Revised Code and of any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the state, and in the administration of the funds provided by the federal government and by the state under sections 3303.02 to 3303.06 of the Revised Code, for the improvement of agricultural, business, distributive, trade and industrial and home economics subjects, and vocational guidance. The department of education and workforce may appoint such directors, supervisors, and other assistants as are necessary to carry out such sections. The salaries and traveling expenses of such directors, supervisors, and assistants, and such other expenses as are necessary, shall be paid upon the approval of the department of education and workforce. The department of education and workforce may formulate plans for the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of the public school system of education; and provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects, and expend federal and state funds appropriated under sections 3303.02 to 3303.06 of the Revised Code, for any purposes approved by the United States department of education. It may make studies and investigations relating to prevocational and vocational education in such subjects; promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments, and classes, giving training in such subjects; cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of such schools, departments, and classes; establish standards for the teachers, supervisors, and directors of such subjects; and cooperate in the maintenance of schools, departments, or classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers, supervisors, and directors of such subjects.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:30 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.05 | Approved Schools Receive State Money Equal in Amount to Federal Money.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Any school, department, or class giving instruction in agricultural, commercial, industrial, trade, and home economics subjects approved by the department of education and workforce and any school or college so approved, training teachers of such subjects, which receives the benefit of federal moneys is entitled also to receive for the salaries of teachers of said subjects an allotment of state money equal in amount to the amount of federal money which it receives for the same year.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.06 | Custodian of Federal Funds.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The treasurer of state is hereby designated as the custodian of all federal funds received for vocational education. All money so received or appropriated by the state for the purposes contemplated in the act of congress referred to in sections 3303.02 to 3303.06 of the Revised Code, or in acts supplementary thereto, shall be disbursed upon the order of the department of education and workforce.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.07 | Student Pathways for Career Success Grants.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Lead district" has the same meaning as in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code;
(2) "Ohio technical center" has the same meaning as in section 3333.94 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of education shall establish the student pathways for career success grant program to provide grants to lead districts and Ohio technical centers for the purpose of improving or expanding upon career-technical education programming that meets state or regional workforce needs.
(C) The state board of education shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer the program that address all of the following:
(1) Grant eligibility requirements;
(2) Grant application forms and procedures, including reapplication procedures;
(3) Any other rules the state board considers necessary for the operation of the program.
(D) When adopting rules under division (C) of this section, the state board may prioritize the awarding of grants for career-technical education programs that prepare students for occupations included in the list of in-demand jobs created under section 6301.11 of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 20, 2022 at 3:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3303 | Vocational Education › Section 3303.20 | Supervisor of Agricultural Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of education and workforce shall appoint a supervisor of agricultural education within the department of education and workforce. The supervisor shall be responsible for administering and disseminating to school districts information about agricultural education. The supervisor also may serve as the chair of the board of trustees of the Ohio FFA association, and may assist with the association's programs and activities in a manner that enables the association to maintain its state charter and to meet applicable requirements of the United States department of education and the national FFA organization. This assistance may include the provision of department personnel, services, and facilities
The department shall maintain an appropriate number of full-time employees focusing on agricultural education. The department shall employ at least three program consultants who shall be available to provide assistance to school districts on a regional basis throughout the state. At least one consultant may coordinate local activities of the student organization known as the future farmers of America. Department employees may not receive compensation from the Ohio FFA association, but the department may be reimbursed by the association for reasonable expenses related to assistance provided under this section.
Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.11 | Rehabilitation Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Eligible individual with a disability" means an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment and who requires vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain employment.
(B) "Physical or mental impairment" means any physiological, mental, or psychological disorder.
(C) "Substantial impediment to employment" means a physical or mental impairment that hinders an individual from preparing for, entering into, engaging in, advancing in, or retaining employment consistent with the individual's abilities and capabilities.
(D) "Vocational rehabilitation services" has the same meaning as defined in section 361.5 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 34 C.F.R. 361.5.
(E) "Establishment of a rehabilitation facility" means the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building that is necessary to adapt or to increase the effectiveness of that building for rehabilitation facility purposes, the acquisition of equipment for these purposes, and the initial staffing.
(F) "Construction" means the construction of new buildings, acquisition of land or existing buildings and their expansion, remodeling, alteration and renovation, and the initial staffing and equipment of any new, newly acquired, expanded, remodeled, altered, or renovated buildings.
(G) "Maintenance" means monetary support provided to an individual for expenses such as food, shelter, and clothing that are in excess of the normal expenses of the individual and that are necessitated by the individual's participation in an assessment for determining eligibility and need for vocational rehabilitation services or the individual's receipt of vocational rehabilitation services under an individualized plan for employment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.13 | Meetings; Members; Standards of Conduct.

Effective:
June 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 144 - 132nd General Assembly
The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council shall hold its first meeting at the call of the governor. Regular meetings shall be held not less than four times a year. Special meetings may be held with the approval of the governor. Eight members constitute a quorum.
The council, by a majority vote, shall select one of its members to serve as its chairperson. The member selected shall serve as chairperson for one year, unless removed earlier by a majority vote of the council.
The council shall establish standards for the conduct of council business.
A council member who has a conflict of interest on a matter before the council shall not participate in council discussions and votes on the matter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.16 | Administrative Subdivisions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall establish administrative subdivisions as necessary or appropriate to carry out the agency's functions and duties, but there shall be a bureau of services for the visually impaired and a bureau of vocational rehabilitation, each of which has as its head a deputy director appointed by the executive director. The executive director shall prescribe the budgets for the government of each division, and rules for the conduct of its employees, the performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, books, documents, and property pertaining thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.17 | Agency to Provide Vocational Rehabilitation Services to Eligible Individuals With Disabilities.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to all eligible individuals with disabilities, including any eligible individual with a disability who is eligible under the terms of an agreement or arrangement with another state or with the federal government. If vocational rehabilitation services cannot be provided to all eligible individuals with disabilities in the state who apply for vocational rehabilitation services, the agency shall implement an order of selection in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 361.36.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.171 | Creation of Account With Ohiomeansjobs Web Site.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each eligible individual receiving vocational rehabilitation services provided under section 3304.17 of the Revised Code shall create an account with the OhioMeansJobs web site upon initiation of a job search as a part of receiving those vocational rehabilitation services.
(C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any eligible individual with a disability who is legally prohibited from using a computer, has a physical or visual impairment that makes the eligible individual with a disability unable to use a computer, or has a limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand a language in which the OhioMeansJobs web site is available.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3304 | Worker Retraining › Section 3304.18 | Federal Funds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all moneys received from the federal government for vocational rehabilitation services programs and shall disburse the money upon the certification of the executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. If federal funds are not available to the state for vocational rehabilitation services, the governor shall include as part of the governor's biennial budget request to the general assembly a request for funds sufficient to support the activities of the agency.