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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.43 | Full Faith and Credit to Orders Issued by Court of Another State.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state consistent with this chapter that enforces a child custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under sections 3127.15 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.44 | Appeal From Final Order.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code. The supreme court of this state shall, by rule, provide for expedited appellate review of cases appealed under this section. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.45 | Actions to Locate, Obtain Return of Child, or Enforce Custody Determination.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
(A) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects in International Child Abduction, the prosecutor may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code or any other available civil proceeding, to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is any of the following:
(1) An existing child custody determination;
(2) A request to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;
(3) A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated;
(4) A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
(B) A prosecutor acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.46 | Authorized Enforcement Actions by Law Enforcement Officer.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under section 3127.45 of the Revised Code, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party and assist the prosecutor or appropriate public official with responsibilities under section 3127.45 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.47 | Assessment of Enforcement Expenses and Costs Against Losing Party.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or other appropriate public official and law enforcement officers under section 3127.45 or 3127.46 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.51 | Construction of Chapter to Promote Uniformity.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
In applying and construing sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact a uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.52 | Provisions of Chapter Severable.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act › Section 3127.53 | Prospective Application of Chapter.

Effective:
April 11, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
A motion or other request for relief made in a parenting or child custody proceeding or to enforce a parenting or child custody determination that was commenced before the effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3129 | Gender Transition Services for Minors › Section 3129.02 | Physician Prohibitions.

Effective:
April 24, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A physician shall not knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Perform gender reassignment surgery on a minor individual;
(2) Prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug for a minor individual for the purpose of assisting the minor individual with gender transition;
(3) Engage in conduct that aids or abets in the practices described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, provided that this section may not be construed to impose liability on any speech protected by federal or state law.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of this section, a physician may continue to prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug to a minor individual if the minor individual has been a continuous Ohio resident since the effective date of this section and the physician has done both of the following:
(1) Initiated a course of treatment for the minor individual prior to the effective date of this section that includes the prescription of a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug prohibited by division (A)(2) of this section;
(2) Determined and documented in the minor individual's medical record that terminating the minor individual's prescription for the cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug would cause harm to the minor individual.
Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3129 | Gender Transition Services for Minors › Section 3129.03 | Mental Health Care.

Effective:
April 24, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 5122.04 of the Revised Code, no mental health professional shall diagnose or treat a minor individual who presents for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition without first obtaining the consent of one of the following:
(1) At least one parent of the minor individual;
(2) At least one legal custodian of the minor individual;
(3) The minor individual's guardian.
(B) No mental health professional shall diagnose or treat a minor individual who presents for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition without screening the minor individual for both of the following during the course of diagnosis and treatment:
(1) Other comorbidities that may be influencing the minor individual's gender-related condition, including depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and other mental health conditions;
(2) Physical, sexual, mental, and emotional abuse and other traumas.
Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3129 | Gender Transition Services for Minors › Section 3129.04 | Permissible Medical Treatment.

Effective:
April 24, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly
This chapter does not prohibit a physician from treating, including by performing surgery on or prescribing drugs or hormones for, a minor individual who meets any of the following:
(A) Was born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, including an individual with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous, such an as individual born with forty-six XX chromosomes with virilization, forty-six XY chromosomes with undervirilization, or having both ovarian and testicular tissue;
(B) Received a diagnosis of a disorder of sexual development, in which a physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action for a biological male or biological female;
(C) Needs treatment for any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused or exacerbated by the performance of gender transition services, whether or not the services were performed in accordance with state or federal law.
Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3129 | Gender Transition Services for Minors › Section 3129.05 | Enforcement.

Effective:
April 24, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Any violation of section 3129.02, section 3129.03, or section 3129.06 of the Revised Code shall be considered unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by the applicable professional licensing board.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt any other private cause of action arising under the common law of this state.
(C) The attorney general may bring an action to enforce compliance with section 3129.02 or 3129.03 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the attorney general, the state, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any provision of the Revised Code, to institute or intervene in any proceeding.
Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3129 | Gender Transition Services for Minors › Section 3129.06 | Medicaid Coverage.

Effective:
April 24, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Medical assistance provided under the medicaid program shall not include coverage for gender transition services for minor individuals.
(B) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) The circumstances described in section 3129.04 of the Revised Code;
(2) Mental health services provided for a gender-related condition;
(3) Any services that are not gender transition services.
Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.01 | State Board of Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the state board of education consisting of nineteen members with eleven elected members, one each to be elected in accordance with section 3301.03 of the Revised Code from each of the districts established in accordance with division (B) of this section, and with eight members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
In addition to the nineteen elected or appointed members, the chairperson of the committee of the senate that primarily deals with education and the chairperson of the committee of the house of representatives that primarily deals with education shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board.
(B)(1) The territory of each state board of education district for each elected voting member of the board shall consist of the territory of three contiguous senate districts as established in the most recent apportionment for members of the general assembly, but the territory of no senate district shall be part of the territory of more than one state board of education district. Each state board of education district shall be as compact as practicable. The districts shall include, when practicable, some districts that primarily consist of territory in rural areas and some districts that primarily consist of territory in urban areas.
(2) If, after the apportionment for members of the general assembly is made in any year, the general assembly does not during that year enact legislation establishing state board of education districts in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section, the governor shall designate the boundaries of the districts in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section no later than the thirty-first day of January of the year next succeeding such apportionment. Upon making such designation, the governor shall give written notice of the boundaries of the districts to each member of the state board of education, including the nonvoting ex officio members; the superintendent of public instruction; the director of education and workforce; the president of the senate; the speaker of the house of representatives; and the board of elections of each county in each new district. On the first day of February in any year in which the governor designates the boundaries of state board of education districts under this section, the state board of education districts as they existed prior to that date shall cease to exist and the new districts shall be created.
Last updated August 10, 2023 at 3:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.011 | Total Student Count Defined.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
As used in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code, "total student count" for any school district means the average number of students enrolled during the first full school week of October in a school district in grades kindergarten through twelve, including students with dual enrollment in a joint vocational or cooperative education district that week, and the total number of students enrolled in units for preschool children with disabilities on the first day of December in the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.012 | Computer Science Defined.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 170 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in Chapters 3301. to 3329. and Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, "computer science" means logical reasoning, computing systems, networks and the internet, data and analysis, algorithms and programming, impacts of computing, and structured problem solving skills applicable in many contexts from science and engineering to the humanities and business.
Last updated February 27, 2023 at 11:15 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.02 | Elected and Appointed State Board Members - Terms of Office.

Effective:
March 18, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 192 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Elected voting members of the state board of education shall be elected as required by expiration of respective terms, each for a term of four years or until a successor is elected and qualified. One elected member shall be elected from each district respectively in which the term of office of a board member expires on the first day of January following the election. The term of office of each member so elected shall begin on the first day of January immediately following this election.
(B) At any time the boundaries of state board of education districts are changed under division (B) of section 3301.01 of the Revised Code, a member of the state board whose term will not expire within two years of the time the change in boundaries is made shall represent, for the remainder of the term for which the member was elected, the state board district containing the largest portion of the population of the district from which the member was elected. If more than one member whose term will not so expire would represent the same district under the provisions of this section, either the general assembly, if the general assembly enacted legislation establishing those districts under division (B)(2) of section 3301.01 of the Revised Code, or the governor, if the governor designated the bounderies of the districts under that division, shall designate which member shall represent each district for the balance of the members' terms.
(C) Appointed voting members of the board shall serve four-year terms beginning the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, members may be reappointed.
(D) No person, elected or appointed, shall hold the office of member of the state board of education for a period of longer than two successive terms of four years. Terms shall be considered successive unless separated by a period of four or more years. Only terms beginning on or after January 1, 1996, shall be considered in determining an individual's eligibility to hold office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.03 | Board Members to Be Qualified Electors - Oath, Salary, Expenses.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
Each elected voting member of the state board of education shall be a qualified elector residing in the territory composing the district from which the member is elected, and shall be nominated and elected to office as provided by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. Each appointed voting member of the board shall be a qualified elector residing in the state. At least four of the appointed voting members shall represent rural school districts in the state, as evidenced by the member's current place of residence and at least one of the following:
(A) The member's children attend, or at one time attended, school in a rural district;
(B) The member's past or present occupation is associated with rural areas of the state;
(C) The member possesses other credentials or experience demonstrating knowledge and familiarity with rural school districts.
No elected or appointed voting member of the board shall, during the member's term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit or be an employee or officer of any public or private elementary or secondary school. Before entering on the duties of office, each elected and appointed voting member shall subscribe to the official oath of office.
Each voting member of the state board of education shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code, together with the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of the member's official duties or in the conduct of authorized board business, and while en route to and from the member's home for such purposes.
(D) As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit" means:
(1) A federal or state elective office or an elected office of a political subdivision of the state;
(2) A position on a board or commission of the state that is appointed by the governor;
(3) An office set forth in section 121.03, 121.04, or 121.05 of the Revised Code;
(4) An office of the government of the United States that is appointed by the president of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.04 | Meetings.

Effective:
September 24, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly
Between the first and thirty-first day of January of each odd-numbered year, the state board of education shall hold an organization meeting at which time it shall adopt rules of procedure, elect a president and a vice-president each of whom shall serve for two years or until the president's or vice-president's successor is elected and qualified, and transact such business as the board deems advisable.
The state board of education shall adopt, by the thirty-first day of March each year, a calendar indicating the dates on which the board will hold its regular meetings for the following fiscal year. The board may hold special meetings on dates not indicated on the adopted calendar at such times as they may be called as provided in this section. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president, and, upon written request signed by at least a majority of the members, the president shall call a special meeting of the board. The president, or the president's designee, shall give notice through the superintendent of public instruction to each member of the board at least ten days prior to the time of any special meeting. The notice may be delivered by regular mail or by electronic means. The state board of education shall hold its meetings anywhere in Ohio designated by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.041 | Audio and Video Recordings of Board of Education Meetings.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The state board of education shall make available via the internet an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting of the state board conducted on or after the effective date of this section. The state board shall make the audio recording available not later than five business days after the conclusion of each such meeting. The state board shall not make available audio recordings of executive sessions conducted in accordance with division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
The state board may contract or consult with the Ohio government telecommunications service, and the Ohio government telecommunications service may provide technical assistance, in implementing and complying with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.05 | Public Meetings, Official Records of Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A majority of the voting members of the state board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Official actions of the state board, including the making and adoption of motions and resolutions, shall be transacted only at public meetings open to the public. The superintendent of public instruction, or a designated subordinate, shall record all official actions taken at each meeting of the board, which shall be a public record. The record of the proceedings of each meeting of the board shall be read at its next succeeding meeting and corrected and approved, which approval shall be noted in the proceedings. The president shall sign the record and the superintendent of public instruction or a designated subordinate attest it. The president's signature of the record and the attestation of the superintendent or designated subordinate may be made electronically.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 11:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.06 | Vacancy on Board.

Effective:
October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 711 - 123rd General Assembly
A vacancy in the state board of education may be caused by death, nonresidence, resignation, removal from office, failure of a person elected to qualify within ten days after the organization of the board or of the person's election, removal from the district of election or from residence in the state, or absence from any two consecutive regular meetings of the board if such absence is caused by reasons declared insufficient by a vote of twelve members of the board. When a vacancy occurs in the office of an elected member, the governor shall, within a period of thirty days and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a qualified person residing in the district in which the vacancy occurred to fill the vacancy until the next general election at which members of the state board of education are elected, at which time a qualified elector residing in the district in which the vacancy occurred shall be elected for the unexpired term. Such member shall assume office at the next succeeding meeting of the board. When a vacancy occurs in the office of an appointed member, the governor shall, within a period of thirty days and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a qualified person to serve the remainder of the term.
Last updated November 3, 2021 at 3:27 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.072 | Programs of In-Service Training in District Budget and Finance.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall establish continuing programs of in-service training in school district budget and finance for superintendents of schools or their designees, business managers, members of boards of education, and treasurers of boards of education for the purpose of enhancing their background and working knowledge of government accounting, state and federal laws relating to school district budgeting and financing, financial report preparation, rules of the auditor of state, and budget and accounting management.
The manner and content of each training program shall be determined and provided by the department after consultation with the department of taxation and the auditor of state. The department may enter into contracts with the department of taxation and the auditor of state to supply, at cost, any assistance required to enable the department of education and workforce to perform its duties under this section.
Each school district superintendent or designee of a superintendent, treasurer or treasurer pro tempore, and business manager shall attend one training program provided under this section each year.
Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.074 | Licenses for School District Treasurers and Business Managers.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the state board of education shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish standards for licensing school district treasurers and business managers, for the renewal of such licenses, and for the issuance of duplicate copies of licenses. Licenses of the following types shall be issued or renewed by the board to applicants who meet the standards for the license or the renewal of the license for which application is made:
(1) Treasurer, valid for serving as treasurer of a school district in accordance with section 3313.22 of the Revised Code;
(2) Business manager, valid for serving as business manager of a school district in accordance with section 3319.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each application for a license or renewal or duplicate copy of a license shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount established under division (A) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code. Any fees received under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state board of education licensure fund established under division (B) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code.
(C) Any person employed under section 3313.22 of the Revised Code as a treasurer on July 1, 1983, shall be considered to meet the standards for licensure as a treasurer and for renewal of such license. Any person employed under section 3319.03 of the Revised Code as a business manager on July 1, 1983, shall be considered to meet the standards for licensure as a business manager and for renewal of such license.
(D) Any person applying for or holding any license pursuant to this section is subject to sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code and sections 3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code.
(E) The state board shall issue a license to act as a school district treasurer or business manager in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a school district treasurer or business manager in a state that does not issue one of those licenses or both.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.075 | Purchase and Lease of Data Processing Services and Equipment - Ohio Education Computer Network.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of education and workforce shall adopt rules governing the purchasing and leasing of data processing services and equipment for all local, exempted village, city, and joint vocational school districts and all educational service centers. Such rules shall include provisions for the establishment of an Ohio education computer network under procedures, guidelines, and specifications of the department of education and workforce.
The department shall administer funds appropriated for the Ohio education computer network to ensure its efficient and economical operation and shall approve no more than twenty-seven information technology centers to operate concurrently. Such centers shall be approved for funding in accordance with rules adopted under this section that shall require the membership of each information technology center to be composed of combinations of school districts and educational service centers having sufficient students to support an efficient, economical comprehensive program of computer services to member districts and educational service centers. However, no such rule shall prohibit a school district or educational service center from receiving computer services from any information technology center established under this section or from any other public or private vendor. Each information technology center shall be organized in accordance with section 3313.92 or Chapter 167. of the Revised Code.
The department may approve and administer funding for programs to provide technical support, maintenance, consulting, and group purchasing services for information technology centers, school districts, educational service centers, and other client entities or governmental entities served in accordance with rules adopted by the department or as otherwise authorized by law, and to deliver to schools programs operated by the infOhio network and the technology solutions group of the management council of the Ohio education computer network.
Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:08 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.076 | Operating Reserve Account or Minimum Cash Balance.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
No information technology center established under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code shall be required to maintain an operating reserve account or fund or minimum cash balance. This section does not affect any sinking fund or other capital improvement fund the center may be required to maintain as a condition by law or contract relative to the issuance of securities. Any rule or other regulation or guideline of the department of education and workforce that conflicts with this section is void.
Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:09 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.077 | Adoption of Reading Competencies.

Effective:
June 4, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 21 - 130th General Assembly
Not later than January 31, 2014, the state board of education shall adopt reading competencies for all reading credentials and training. Such competencies shall include, but not be limited to, an understanding of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, appropriate use of assessments, differentiated instruction, and selection of appropriate instructional materials and application of research-based instructional practices.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.078 | No Agreements to Cede Control of Content Standards; No Purchase of Parcc Assessments; Analyses of Assessments.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) No official or board of this state, whether appointed or elected, shall enter into any agreement or memorandum of understanding with any federal or private entity that would require the state to cede any measure of control over the development, adoption, or revision of academic content standards.
(B) No funds appropriated from the general revenue fund shall be used to purchase an assessment developed by the partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers for use as the assessments prescribed under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
(C) The department of education and workforce shall request that each assessment vendor contracted by the department provide an analysis explaining how questions on each of the assessments prescribed under section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code and the end-of-course examinations prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code developed by that vendor are aligned to the academic content standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. The analysis shall be provided annually to all school districts and schools for all grade levels for which assessments are prescribed under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
(D) The department shall request that each assessment vendor described in division (C) of this section provide information and materials to school districts and schools for assistance with the state achievement assessments. The information and materials shall include practice assessments and other preparatory materials. The information and materials shall be distributed annually to districts and schools.
Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0713 | Education Management Information System Advisory Council.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall establish an education management information system advisory council. The council shall make recommendations to the department to improve the operation of the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code and shall provide a forum for communication and collaboration between the department and parties affected by the collection, reporting, and use of the system's data. Members of the council shall include department staff and representatives of school districts and other entities that regularly interact with data from the education management information system.
Last updated August 24, 2023 at 9:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0716 | Department Access to Student Information.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce may have access to personally identifiable information about any student under the following circumstances:
(A) An entity with which the department contracts for the scoring of assessments administered under section 3301.0711 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code has notified the department that the student's written response to a question on an assessment included threats or descriptions of harm to another person or the student's self and the information is necessary to enable the department to identify the student for purposes of notifying the school district or school in which the student is enrolled of the potential for harm.
(B) The department requests the information to respond to an appeal from a school district or school for verification of the accuracy of the student's score on an assessment administered under section 3301.0711 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.
(C) The department requests the information to determine whether the student satisfies the alternative conditions for a high school diploma prescribed in section 3313.615 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 9, 2023 at 2:57 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0717 | Establishment and Submission of Education Goals With Specific Timetables.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
In addition to the duties imposed on it by law, the department of education and workforce shall establish and submit to the governor and the general assembly a clear and measurable set of goals with specific timetables for their achievement. The goals shall be established for programs designed to accomplish:
(A) A reduction in rates of retention in grade;
(B) Reductions in the need for remedial courses;
(C) Reductions in the student dropout rate;
(D) Improvements in scores on standardized tests;
(E) Increases in satisfactory completion of high school achievement tests;
(F) Increases in American college test scores;
(G) Increases in the rate of college entry;
(H) Reductions in the need for remedial courses for first-year college students.
In July of each odd-numbered year, the department shall submit a report on progress made toward these goals to the governor and the general assembly.
Last updated August 30, 2023 at 5:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0718 | Standards and Curricula for Health Education.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall not adopt or revise any standards or curriculum in the area of health unless, by concurrent resolution, the standards, curriculum, or revisions are approved by both houses of the general assembly. Before the house of representatives or senate votes on a concurrent resolution approving health standards, curriculum, or revisions, its standing committee having jurisdiction over education legislation shall conduct at least one public hearing on the standards, curriculum, or revisions.
Last updated August 30, 2023 at 5:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0719 | Standards for Business Education in Grades Seven Through Twelve.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "business education" includes, but is not limited to, accounting, career development, economics and personal finance, entrepreneurship, information technology, management, and marketing.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall adopt standards for business education in grades seven through twelve. The standards shall incorporate existing business education standards as appropriate to help guide instruction in the state's schools. The department shall provide the standards, and any revisions of the standards, to all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code. Any school district, community school or STEM school may utilize the standards. Standards adopted under this division shall supplement, and not supersede, academic content standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 30, 2023 at 5:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0720 | Recommendations to School Districts for Teaching Secondary School Sciences.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall recommend all of the following to school districts in connection with the teaching of secondary school sciences:
(A) A suggested curriculum for the teaching of chemistry, physics, biology, and whatever additional sciences the department may select;
(B) Lists of minimum supplies and equipment necessary for the teaching of each science for which a curriculum is suggested under division (A) of this section, with special emphasis on recommended safety equipment;
(C) Acquisition and replacement schedules for the supplies and equipment listed under division (B) of this section. The schedules shall ensure availability of at least minimum inventories in every high school.
(D) Suggested safety procedures, including all of the following:
(1) Training for students and teachers in the safe handling and use of hazardous and potentially hazardous materials and equipment;
(2) Methods of safely storing and disposing of hazardous and potentially hazardous materials;
(3) Provisions for a biennial assessment of each high school's safety equipment and procedures by someone other than the school personnel directly responsible for them, and recommended procedures for making the results of any assessment available to the public.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 4:14 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0721 | Model Curricula - College and Career Readiness, Financial Literacy; Proper Interactions With Peace Officers.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of education and workforce shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in college and career readiness and financial literacy. The curriculum shall focus on grades seven through twelve, but may include other grade levels. When the model curriculum has been developed, the department shall notify all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code of the content of the curriculum. Any district or school may utilize the model curriculum.
(B) The director of education and workforce, in collaboration with the director of public safety, shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in grades nine through twelve on proper interactions with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters with peace officers. In developing the curriculum under division (B) of this section, the directors may consult with any interested party, including a volunteer work group convened for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the instruction. Before finalizing any curriculum under division (B) of this section, the directors shall provide a reasonable period for public comment. The curriculum shall include both of the following:
(1) Information regarding all of the following:
(a) A person's rights during an interaction with a peace officer;
(b) Proper actions for interacting with a peace officer;
(c) Which individuals are considered peace officers, and their duties and responsibilities;
(d) Laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws.
(2) Demonstrations and role-play activities in a classroom setting that allow students to better understand how interactions between civilians and peace officers can and should unfold.
As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 109.71 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 4:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0725 | Extended Programming Employment of Certificated Instructional Personnel.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A school district may employ certificated instructional personnel for hours outside of the normal school day for the purpose of providing extended programming. Extended programming, as defined by rule of the department of education and workforce, shall be based upon learner needs and, if applicable, business and industry validated standards and competencies and shall enhance student learning opportunities. Extended programming shall be subject to the requirements of sections 3313.6018 and 3313.6019 of the Revised Code.
No rule of the department shall require extended programming employment of certificated instructional personnel as a condition of eligibility for funding under any other section of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 4:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3301 | Department of Education and Workforce › Section 3301.0726 | High School Instructional Materials on Personal Financial Responsibility; Development of Handwriting as a Skill.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of education and workforce shall develop a packet of high school instructional materials on personal financial responsibility, including instructional materials on the avoidance of credit card abuse, and shall distribute that packet to all school districts. The board of education of any school district may adopt part or all of the materials included in the packet for incorporation into the district's curriculum.
(B) The department shall include supplemental instructional materials on the development of handwriting as a universal skill in the English language arts model curriculum under division (B) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code for grades kindergarten through five. The instructional materials shall be designed to enable students to print letters and words legibly by grade three and create readable documents using legible cursive handwriting by the end of grade five. The instructional materials shall be included in the model curriculum not later than July 1, 2019, and, thereafter, shall periodically be updated.
Last updated August 23, 2023 at 4:32 PM